YuYuGiDigiMoon: The Wrath of Pharaohmon

by Kanius

This is a crossover series putting the YuGiOh, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho into an arc series. Update 09 13 05: Finally, the The Wrath of Pharaohmon is over! Come and read the finale! Our heroes return home!

18. The Fall of the Senshi! The Awakening of...

Coral: Hi, hi, everyone! It's been a long week since our last installment, but we're back! First of all, we like to thank you for giving us over 222 reviews. This series alone has generated 222 reviews and we're already halfway through the series.

Kanius: It's a really big accomplishment for me. I can't say how proud I am of myself. But I'd also like to thank you guys for supporting me and allowing me to continue this fic series. Every one of you helped me with ideas and suggestions. You alone helped me to keep this saga from failing. You guys are the best! Now, this doesn't guarantee a sequel series. Then again, I have a habit of changing my mind at the last minute. So, who knows?

Coral: Now, that we've already taken care of that. Let us get on with chapter 18 and pick up where we left off. Let's give credit where credit is due. Himura, Yui and Inumon rightfully belong to Youkai Youko. Metaldevidramon/Wardevidramon is a character of Ninetalesuk. Pharaohmon, Felinismon and Brimstone are SSJ4Takeru/Kanius' characters.

Kanius: Without further ado, let us get on with the fic! Pharaohmon is only a few chapters away from revealing his real, frightening form. Enjoy!

The Fall of the Senshi?! The Awakening of Yoko Kurama!

Shibuya Park

A battle was now ensuing from the darkest corners of the park grounds. It was up to the five Sailor warriors to stop Lance from stealing their powers to use to his advantage. His objective was to steal their power brooches and use them to boost his power, which would allow him to release the dark soul of Pharaohmon.

"Pharaohmon! We'll finally settle this! Why don't you get out of that boy's body and show some courage?!" Sailor Mars screamed. "Oh I forgot. You have no courage. You have to hide behind that human."

"Mars. Don't provoke him," Sailor Pluto replied. "I've been anticipating this."

"What do you mean by anticipate?" Jupiter wondered. "Did you foresee the future to come?"

"As a matter of fact, I have. It doesn't look good…"

"Yes, tell them, Pluto," Lance snickered. "Tell them that I'll be taking their power brooches and I will use them to release my soul out from this body and feed my soul infinite energy."

"Is this true, Pluto? Are we really going to lose our powers to this freak?!" Venus asked.

"He's correct, but we're here to change that."

"That's right. We're not going to let him carry on with his threats," stated Saturn.

Sailor Mars turns around to face Lance and clenches her fists. The villain's chuckles did nothing more than anger the goddess of fire. The girl cries out and immediately calls forth the inner doses of her 'Eternal' power.

"Mars! Eternal! Make-Up!"

Immediately shouting out her power up, Mars' outfit changed into a white outfit with a red fade. A pair of angel-like wings sprouted from within her outfit and was decorated with a beautiful red bow at the back of her waist.

"She's ascending into Eternal Sailor Mars!" Venus stated. "C'mon, Jupiter! Let's do this!"

"Right!"

As soon as they made an agreement, Venus and Jupiter step out to summon their 'Eternal' powers. Mars looks out to her two long-time allies and nods assuringly.

"Jupiter!"

"Venus!"

ETERNAL! MAKE UP!"

Lance stood his ground and witnessed the two Sailors ascending into their Eternal forms. A sinister grin forms on his face once he felt their overwhelming power. It quenched his thirst and caused him to want some of their pure energy.

"Yes. That's it, ladies. You're simply delaying the inevitable. I've already planned ahead for your demise. In the end, your energy will be mine for the taking."

Suddenly, their transformation created an enormous aura of light that managed to blind the teen. Lance backs away from the aura and leaps away. Pluto and Saturn quickly intervened to stop Lance at his tracks.

"You're not getting away," Pluto threatened. "Saturn!"

Sailor Saturn immediately whipped out her glaive and pointed it out at Lance. She directly positions it directly towards his chest. He stops at his tracks, but he was chuckling to himself.

"What's so humorous, Pharaohmon?" Saturn wondered. "Do you find death funny?"

"No, but can you be sure that you even have the real me?"

"What do you mean?"

Replying to Pluto's question, Lance quickly fades out into a cloud of dust. Pluto and Saturn were caught completely off guard by Lance's decoy trap. Pluto looks out towards the Inner Senshi and senses a dark presence sneaking up from behind them. She saw Lance preparing for an ambush on the three Senshi.

"Sailors! Look out behind you! He was using another decoy!"

"What's that?!" Mars calls out.

Lance leaps out from the shadows and targeted Eternal Sailor Mars. The warrior managed to roll away to the side and was barely snatched by Lance's dark grip. Eternal Sailor Jupiter came running at Lance and delivers a kick to the teen's gut. Lance lets out a deep gasp from the senshi's kick. Followed by that, Eternal Sailor Venus delivers a flying kick to Lance's face. The teen was sent skidding across the concrete.

"Damn! Can't you ever attack us head on?" Mars asked. "Stop relying on those tiresome tricks."

"Get up. We're not through with you," replied Venus.

"I think we should give this bad boy an well deserved ass kicking his mother gave him," Jupiter said as she popped her knuckles.

"Be careful, Sailor Senshi," Pluto spoke out. "You're physical attacks couldn't even inflict damage on him."

"We know that," Mars replied. "We're just warming up. Besides, I think he's dying for another taste of my saber."

"Don't give him any second chances!" Saturn shouted. "Finish him before he uses another trick to throw you off of your game!"

With that said, Sailor Mars steps up towards Lance's fallen form and raised her right arm. An aura of fire ignited through her hand and materialized into the shape of a sword.

"Pharaohmon! I end your life here as it is. Goodbye and rest in peace, bastard. Never mess with me or those I love dearly! Mars Flame Saber!"

Mars quickly goes to impale her sword through Lance's chest cavity. Finally, she would rid herself of her most hated enemy since Queen Beryl and Galaxia. Victory was at last at her grasp, until… Lance's eyes opened wide and his body immediately phases out from sight. Mars' sword penetrates through the concrete instead. The infuriated sailor turns around to find Lance reappearing behind Jupiter and Venus.

"Guys! Look out!"

"You should have killed me when you had the chance!"

With that said, Lance's arms stretched out and wrapped themselves around the waists of the two senshi. Jupiter and Venus screamed out as soon as Lance tightened his grip. Mars rushes over to prevent them possessed teen from crushing them to death, but Pluto and Saturn stopped her at her tracks.

"What is the meaning of this?! He has Jupiter and Venus! I must release them from his grasp!" Mars screamed.

"Even if you implement an attack, then you will only make it worse for them."

Sailor Mars was frozen in her place while she laid her eyes on the grinning villain. The girls' screams were enough to make the other senshi cringe. Lance tightened his grip on the two and forced them to cough out blood.

"That's right, girls. Suffer. I want to hear you scream out in agony. Oh yesss… I would stay back if I were you, Mars. Unless, you want to see your comrades crushed to death."

"They didn't even have a chance to sense you coming! You are a no good coward who has to rely on tricks! Let them go now!"

The possessed teen simply snickered and tightened his grip even further. Now their ribs were being cracked and caused Mars to cringe with anger.

"I'm sorry. I didn't quite hear you. Mind repeating?" Lance taunted the trio.

"No! Stop it!" Mars cried out while wielding her flame sword. "Pluto! Saturn! I won't stand for this! I'm stopping his bastard!"

"Mars! Don't!" Saturn calls out.

"Do you want to risk their lives?!" asked Pluto.

Defying their warnings, Sailor Mars charges out with the sword in hand and prepares to cut through Lance. The teen was more than ready to crush the senshi's ribs. However, Venus immediately opened her eyes and flashes Jupiter a grin. Lance felt an overwhelming shock emitting through his hands and a thunder dragon jolted through Lance's hands.

"Jupiter Mega Dragon Jolt Wave!"

The teen was sent flying backwards once the dragon pushed him away. The electrical attack exploded with impact and electrocuted him immensely. Mars slides over to her fallen friends.

"Are you two ok? That bastard crushed your ribs…"

"We'll manage…" Jupiter muttered. "We've been through harsher pain than this. Venus, if you don't mind?"

"No problem."

Sailor Venus leaps out in front of the bushes where Lance laid. The teen slowly rises despite the after effects of the dragon's electrical shock. The blonde warrior puts her hands out in front of her face while using the reflective glow of a nearby light post.

"Venus Radiation Ray!"

Lance's eyes immediately became glazed over from the effects of the radiant light. Venus covered her eyes with one hand while clenching her ribs with the other. Mars rushes over and guides the blonde through the blinding flash of light.

"Thanks, Mars."

"Hey, we did our part. What we need to do is nurse your injuries. That should at least distract him momentarily."

As soon as Mars carried Venus over her right shoulder, Jupiter followed close behind. Pluto and Saturn made certain that Lance was still temporarily blindsided for the moment. It seemed everything was going according to what the Senshi had hoped.

"Still, why do I feel as though something terrible will happen to those three? The visions of the future are telling me that two of the Inner Senshi will suffer horrible fates. One of which will be spared for the time being… Mars will be the one to be spared. Pharaohmon has plans set for her, but we must prevent him from capturing Jupiter and Venus' power brooches. I fear the time for Pharaohmon to free himself from that boy's body is drawing nearer…"

"Pluto! Let's go! There's no time to waste," Saturn said. "At this rate, Venus' attack will fade and Pharaohmon will recover."

"Yes. We must work over Jupiter and Venus' injuries. He will eventually find us again."

"But we will be prepared for him until then."

The Outer senshi pair gave each other an assuring nod and fled out from the scene with the three Inners. Meanwhile, the radiant light that surrounded Lance faded away and the possessed teen searched his surroundings. His vision had returned to and there were no signs of the Sailor Senshi. The teen cursed to himself.

"Damn! They're gone! Just when I had… Wait a second…"

Lance looks down on the ground and finds a trail of blood. He kneels down, wipes his finer over the blood trail and tastes the blood. After licking the blood from his finger, his grin widened and an idea immediately popped up through the evil one's mind.

"You incompetent fools. You weren't smart enough to cover your trail. Now you just made my job much easier. By tasting your precious blood, I can sense your stench much easier. Get ready, Senshi. I shall remove you and add your powers to my own. Wardevidramon. Felinismon. I'm counting on you to carry through on your operations. The time for me to regain my true form is drawing nearer."

The teen quickly phases out from sight and follows along the blood trail left by the two injured senshi. This would eventually lead them to their whereabouts and launch his next attack on them.

Shinjuku Park. 5:50 P.M.

Mercuremon led his three comrades out into the battle against Wardevidramon. The cybernetic beast lets out a terrifying roar and fires laser beams through his eyes. Mercuremon manages to counter by absorbing a beam through the use of his mirrors. He fires it right back at Wardevidramon.

"Offset Reflector!!"

However, Wardevidramon retaliates by swiping at the attack witn a single claw slash. Mercuremon dodges a claw swipe and slides underneath him. Arbormon leaps out at his enemy's head and executes a spinning kick.

"How about them apples?!" Arbormon cried out. "I sure could go for some right now!"

Grottomon snatches Ranamon and tosses her over towards Wardevidramon's right leg. The sea warrior manages to deliver a devastating head butt at the beast. She then flips over and lands on her feet like a gymnast. Grottomon wielded his hammer and slams it against Wardevidramon's torso. The beast cries out in pain, but managed to fight through the threshold. He unleashes his Destruction Missiles to ward off the pests.

"Wow, they're actually giving it to him!" Gallantmon said. "C'mon, guys! They just gave us an opening to attack him!"

"Whoa, did somebody turn out the lights?" Mega Gargomon said while adjusting his head. "Stay serious, Terriermon. We're not out of the ball game just yet."

"Gallantmon! We must watch ourselves," Sakuyamon stated. "There's no telling how long it takes for this monster to recover. Those warriors merely angered it."

"I know. So we must make it quick! Let's go!"

As soon as Gallantmon said that, he lead out his digimon allies against Wardevidramon. Defying all odds, Gallantmon slammed himself against the cyborg dragon and slashes his stomach with his lance saber. The dragon cries out with agony and swung his tail at Gallantmon. However, he narrowly missed his target. Mega Gargomon came out and delivers a punch across his chin.

"All right, Sakuyamon! He's all yours!" Mega Gargomon exclaimed.

The golden-clad warrior began to chant a spell and creates a wave of fox spirits. Bathed by a purely white aura, Sakuyamon finishes her incantation and sends her fox spirits to attack the dark-hearted beast. Wardevidramon cries out with anguish as soon as the fox spirits started engulfing his form.

"Curse you, you insolent maggots!"

"That should immobilize him for a while," said Gallantmon. "Wait… No! It can't be!"

Wardevidramon unleashes a dark aura and destroys the fox spirits with ease. The Tamers looked on with utter horror at the sheer power of the cyborg dragon. The fox spirits were simply not enough to weaken the monster.

"Is that the best you fools have? Even you're teamwork won't do you any good! Now, I think would be the perfect time for me to exterminate you and report your executions to Pharaohmon."

"Hold on!" Mercuremon cries out. "You still haven't dealt with thee."

"You four won't make any difference. Your fates are sealed just like these Tamers!"

"Andromon! Why aren't you doing something about this? You haven't moved since that creep started attacking again," Kazu said. "Is there something you're not telling me?"

"There's more to Wardevidramon than just his overwhelming power. He's hiding something else. I can't tell what it might be," the android digimon replied. "Even our team work isn't enough."

"Whoa, that's crazy. Kenta, did you hear that, dude?"

"Oh yeah. How are we going to survive this?"

"We don't lose hope," Jeri spoke out. "You heard me. We don't lose hope. We'll manage to pull this through."

"What are you saying, Jeri? You clearly saw that freak take the best from our side! Not to mention we have four others trying to help us out here," Kazu replied. "Hello? Is that brain of yours malfunctioning?"

"My brain is just functioning very well. Thank you very much. No, I'm not going to lose hope. C'mon, Takato. Henry. Rika. Whoever you four are… You can do it."

Beelzebumon slowly rises out from the fallen debris and looks on. He clenched his fists tightly and steps out.

"You heard the girl, boys. You better not lose any hope or I'll make you believe."

"All right. There's no need to threaten us. C'mon, Takato! Stay tough! You can pull through!" Kazu exclaimed.

"You can do it, guys!" Kenta responded.

"It's a good thing we still have support," Gallantmon stated. "Right! This is what we need! You hear that, Wardevidramon? We're going into overtime!"

"Overtime, huh? Well, you've just furthered your own demise! I'm ending this little game now! Destruction Missiles!"

As soon as he said that, Wardevidramon lets loose an array of missiles at his targets. The Tamer megas stood their ground to take the missiles head on. The four legendary warriors charged out to prevent the missiles from hitting their marks.

However, an unknown force stops the missiles at their tracks. The digimon witnessed each missile exploding and not making contact with either one of the megas. Even the four warriors wondered what could have stopped the missiles. Their questions would now be answered. Youkai Inumon walks out with his twin swords and puts them away through his sheaths.

"Are you guys all right?" Youkai Inumon asked. "You owe me big time for saving your butts from those missiles."

"Wow. I didn't even see him move!" Mega Gargomon said. "Another dramatic entrance. That Inumon sure knows how to surprise ya."

Youkai Inumon makes eye contact with Sakuyamon and winks at her. The female stood still and covered her mouth.

"Hey there, Renamon. Did that jerk hurt you? Don't worry. I'll get back at him for you."

"You don't have to do that."

"Oh, but I must. Hey, ugly! That's no way to treat a gorgeous lady like Sakuyamon!" the canine warrior cried out.

"What's this? Another annoying insect?"

"I wouldn't be saying that if I were you. This mongrel doesn't appreciate the name calling."

"Just what is he thinking?!" Sakuyamon wondered. "Inumon! You can't possibly hope to beat that monster on your own?"

"Heh. We'll just see who's wrong, Renamon."

"Is this guy dense or something?" Gallantmon said. "He's only wasting his time. Even our combined efforts couldn't bring this guy down."

The canine charges out at Wardevidramon and pulls out his twin swords. Sakuyamon rushes out, in order to prevent Youkai Inumon from carrying out a senseless action against the dragon cyborg.

"Inumon! You're making a mistake! He's a lot stronger than you could ever hope!"

"Then allow me to be the judge of that!"

Himura and Yui had finally arrived at the park. They were shocked to see Youkai Inumon leaping at Wardevidramon. This was not what Himura had in mind and immediately calls out to his partner.

"Inumon! Seize your attack! We don't know how great our opponent may be! Sakuyamon! Stop him!"

Replying to Himura's plea, Sakuyamon leaps and spears down Youkai Inumon. The two megas tumbled down to the ground. Youkai Inumon attempted to attack the beast, but was restrained by Sakuyamon. He struggles to break free, but to no avail. Wardevidramon's laughs echoed throughout the park and he slowly approaches the fallen digimon.

"You should thank her, fool. If you had carried out your attack, you would have been dealt with easily. My Destruction Missiles would have seriously taken you out of commission. Consider yourself, lucky. However, just because you are the ground, that doesn't mean I will let you off easy."

"Give it your best shot, jerk off!"

"Inumon! You idiot! You're only provoking him!"

Wardevidramon roars out and delivers a swift kick that sends both megas flying back. The beast follows it up by firing laser beams from his eyes. A beam managed to strike Youkai Inumon and immediately knocks him out of commission. Sakuyamon lands on her feet from the fall and catches the male canine.

"Thanks a lot, Sakuyamon!" Yui cheers on. "Himura! Wasn't that incredible? Sakuyamon saved Inumon!"

"Yeah, that was cool. I have taught Inumon not to attack everything he makes contact with. He should have known that monster was too much for him to handle."

"What are you doing here?" Gallantmon asked. "You two will merely be targets for that creep."

"We're here to support, Inumon," Yui said. "We're not going to abandon him."

"Yes, but this is dangerous. Inumon will be fine as long as we're here. Besides, thanks to him, we can attack with everything we've got," Gallantmon replied. "Now stand back."

"Oh yeah! Time to lay some smack down on this chump," Mega Gargomon said. "You up for some payback, Beelzebumon?"

"You don't have to ask me twice."

The three megas stood out in unification with everyone else looking on. Sakuyamon trails off with Youkai Inumon around her arms.

"You three again? Do you really have any chance of taking me?"

"Hey, don't you go forgetting about us," Arbormon said. "EXECUTE!"

"SLIDE EVOLUTION!"

The four legendary warriors immediately took on new forms following their summoning commands. In place of Arbormon was a large, lizard whose body was made completely out of wood. There were hints of leaves covering some portions of his wooden form. He had evolved into Petaldramon.

"Petaldramon!"

Grottomon quickly transforms into a muscular, tall monster with a single horn on his snout. The beast bellowed as he pounded his chest.

"Gisamon!"

Ranamon and Mercuremon maintained their human-spirit forms as each one rode on the backs of their partners. The warrior of water rode upon Petaldramon's back while Mercuremon stood on top of Gisamon's shoulders. They aligned themselves with the three megas. Soon, they would set their attacks solely on Wardevidramon, in hopes of overwhelming his offense.

"Now this is more like it," Gallantmon said. "Now, are you ready for some more, Wardevidramon? I don't think you even know what you've gotten yourself into. All right, guys! Let's do this! On my command!"

Wardevidramon sets off to attack his adversaries head on with little strategy. The digimon forces set themselves up for attack.

"Let him have it!!"

Beelzebumon and Mega Gargomon carried out their assaults first. The winged demon lets loose an overwhelming force of energy through his gun blaster. Meanwhile, Mega Gargomon fires away two giant missiles from his shoulders. The missiles targeted straight for Wardevidramon.

"Chaos Flare!!"

"Gargo Missiles!!"

The legendary warriors were next to carry out the assault. Petaldramon unleashes a heavy array of razor-shapr leaves through the form of a tornado. On the other hand, Gisamon smashes his fist through the earth and creates an overwhelming invisible force.

"Leaf Cyclone!"

"Hurricane Bomber Earthquake!"

The attacks made their mark and collided with Wardevidramon. The Chaos Flare and Gargo Missiles manages to bring the beast down to his knees. Petaldramon and Gisamon's attacks slammed against the beast's face and that merely added the fuel to the fire.

Up next to take their shot at Wardevidramon, Ranamon and Mercuremon unleashed their official attacks. Ranamon raises her arms and summons a massive black cloud. The dark cloud lets loose a massive waterfall that fell on top of Wardevidramon. That was merely the icing on the cake since Mercuremon was ready to implement his attack.

"Generous Mirror!"

"Rain Stream!!"

Despite being downpoured, Wardevidramon fought through his opposition's assaults. Gallantmon was now more than ready to finish off the assault. He put his battle shield in front of him. The hazard sign on his shield started to let out a bright radiation of light and thins the light out into a single beam. He sets his powerful attack on Wardevidramon.

"Shield of the Just!!"

"WHAT IS THIS?! How did he do this?! He should have been low on power! I will not be defeated by such a petty attack!"

Gallantmon charges out and lets out a battle cry while directing his beam towards Wardevidramon. The cyborg dragon attempted to put his wings out in defense, but he was greatly overwhelmed by the exalted knight's offense. The force from the blast sends Wardevidramon soaring across the skies.

"We've got him! That should do it!" Gallantmon cries out.

However, rather than being deleted, Wardevidramon immediately dedgivolves back into his ultimate form, Metaldevidramon. The beast looks back down upon his adversaries and heavily growls.

"Damn you! I should have never underestimated you whelps! I was ordered to take your lives, but I propose we meet again another time. I'm sure Pharaohmon will order me to find you. Until then, prepare yourselves! Next time, you will not be so lucky!"

With that said to the digimon, the beast takes off into the distance and leaves the group to recover from their injuries. Gallantmon catches his breath and turns to face his friends.

"Hey, is everything all right? Wow, that guy sure knows how to make an exit."

"We'll manage," Kazu calls out. "Isn't that right, Kenta?"

"Uh, yeah. It's safe to come out now, Marine Angemon."

The boy opens up his shirt pocket and lets the tiny, pink digimon to fly out. Marine Angemon makes eye contact with Kenta and chirps happily.

"Pi! Pi!"

Meanwhile, the four legendary warriors start walking off out of the park. Mega Gargomon quickly dedigivolved into Henry and Terriermon. The boy heads off and calls out to Ranamon.

"Hey! Wait up! Ranamon!"

The warrior of water quickly responds to the boy and faces him. Henry stops in front of her and offers her a handshake.

"Thank you again, Ranamon. You and these allies of yours managed to save our hides again."

"It was nothing. We felt that monster's presence and decided to take matters to our hands."

Ranamon holds out her hand and shakes the boy's hand. A smile forms on their faces while they made eye contact.

"I have a question, Ranamon. Are you really human under that form? I mean are you like the other legendary warriors?"

"Maybe."

"Is that a yes?"

"You'll find out eventually. Maybe if we can gain each other's trust, then that would be perfect opportunity to unveil my human identity. Until then, you take care of yourself and your friends."

"I will eventually find out who you are."

"We'll see…"

As soon as they finished their conversation, the four legendary warriors walked off through the forests and disappeared into the night. Henry was left questioning their motives and looked back to the smile Ranamon had. That one smile reminded him of only one individual.

"Jaarin? Could it be you?"

"Yo, Henry! Earth to Henry! Everyone is wonder where we're at," Terriermon said. "What has you all tense?"

"Ranamon… She…"

"What about her? Did you thank her and her friends for saving our butts out there?"

"Sure did…"

"Then, that's settled, Henry. C'mon, I bet Kazu's being a show off since Guardromon can digivolve again. Man, that guy cracks me up."

Ignoring the dog-rabbit's remarks, Henry walks past him and heads off back to where the others were standing in wait. Terriermon tilted his head in question.

"Something bugging ya, Henry? Geez! At least, say something. Um, Henry? That guy really has some issues."

Terriermon followed his partner's trail and finds him sitting on a bench with everyone else recovering. Takato and Guilmon dedigivolved as they had words with Himura. Rika tended to Renamon's wounds with Inumon looking on with a smile.

"You okay there, Inumon? Mind if I treat your wounds?"

"I'll be fine, Inumon. I don't need your assistance."

The neon-furred vulpine immediately whispers into Rika's ear and her eyes make contact with Inumon. Rika nodded yet she had no idea of why Inumon troubles Renamon. The canine chuckles until he turns to find Yui missing.

"Hey, Himura. Where did Yui go?"

"What did you say? I thought she was with you?"

"No, she was with you…"

Himura realized that his younger sister was missing from the park and searches around his surroundings. There was no signs of Yui anywhere in the park.

"Damn it! Where did she go?"

"Your sister? I just saw her leave the park just a minute ago," Takato said.

"Why didn't you try to stop her?!"

"Hey, take it easy."

"You forget that those monsters are still out there!"

"I'm sure she's really close. We'll go and find her. Guilmon. Let's go! You can pick up her scent right?"

"Yep. Follow me, everyone. I'll lead you to her."

The crimson reptile walks off out through the park's gates with everyone else following along. Takato, the Tamers and the digimon followed along Guilmon's trail. Renamon stayed alongside Rika until Inumon inched closer to the female. She takes notice of Inumon's approach and glares at him.

"Take it easy, Renamon. Can't we just let by gones be by gones? Anyway, I just want to thank you for saving me."

"You're welcome, Inumon. You might annoying, but you're a good digimon. You're very loyal to your partner. It reminds me of myself and my relationship with Rika."

"It's good that we stay close to our partners. We're already starting to communicate without quarrel. If we keep this up, we could become friends."

"I don't know."

"C'mon, Renamon. Give me a chance. I haven't had another digimon friend for a long time. Sure, I love Himura and Yui to death, but I need another digimon to hang out with. That of the opposite sex of course…"

"Well… It wouldn't hurt to be your friend… You're a good digimon."

"I know. By the way, I have just one question for you."

"What's that?"

Inumon quickly spun around and takes Renamon's hands. The female was taken back by the canine's motives.

"Would you have the opportunity to bare my children?"

"Inumon?!"

"Hey, love birds! Hurry it up or we're leave without you!" Kazu calls out.

"Lovebirds?!"

"Well, he does have a point," Inumon said with a grin.

"Ugh, this is not the way I wanted to end the day."

Shinjuku. Construction Site

Brimstone looks up at Kurama from the ground level and prepared to attack the fox demon. The red-haired half demon jumps off from the metal silt and whips out another rose.

"Another rose trick? Give it up. My aura will roast it along with your flesh."

"You sure do know how to carry out your threats, monster. That aura can't protect you forever. I will eventually find out your weakness. Mark my words."

The armored beast charges towards Kurama with rapid speed and slashes his sword over Kurama. The fox demon ducks under and slides away. Brimstone waves his left arm out and sends a fiery blast. Kurama jumps away and allows the blast to incinerate a pile of wood.

As soon as Kurama made contact with Brimstone, the monster was nowhere to be found. He quickly reacts to an air borne presence and finds Brimstone leaping over with his sword. Kurama rolls out at the last minute. The beast drops down with his sword stabbed through the concrete. He lifts his sword along with the concrete attached at the tip of the sword. With a single swing, Brimstone sends the concrete piece hurtling towards Kurama. He acted to the flying concrete and slices it down with a rapid slice of his Rose Whip.

"If he maintains this assault, then he will surely overwhelm me and the heat over his body will incinerate me."

"Correct, that you are, demon. You will eventually taste my blade."

"What am I supposed to do when he maintains that aura at all times? Surely, I can devise a strategy to give myself an edge."

Brimstone stabs his sword through another concrete block and hurls it towards Kurama. The fox demon leaps away while catching his breathe.

As the struggle between the two continued, there was a dark-haired little girl running past the construction site. She stops and turns the other corner to find a wolf-like creature walking into an alleyway. He struggles to keep his balance, but eventually collapses.

"Oh! There you are Hey, it's me!"

Shadow Garurumon lifts his head to find Yui approaching him. The wolf growls deeply with hatred and managed to cause Yui to gasp. He was surprised that the girl didn't scurry off and scream.

"You didn't… run from me… You're not scared?"

"Why should I be?"

"Normally, little humans like yourself would fear my… presence… cough… Just leave me… I've failed Pharaohmon… I can't show myself to him… Or he'll execute me for failure…"

"Then, don't return to him. Listen, you have a choice to the matter. Don't you think it's time to get away from this Pharaohmon creep?"

"Perhaps… Perhaps it's time for me to move on, but what can I do?"

The young girl kneels down over the fallen wolf digimon and strokes his head. The wolf slowly purrs along by the girl's gentle touch.

"You don't seem like a bad human."

"Of course not. Not every human are bad. My brother is also a good person, but I don't understand why you hate Inumon…"

"I don't necessarily despise him… I was ordered to execute you, your brother and that mongrel."

"But you don't have the urge to kill me now?"

"No… I can't lower myself to kill the meek and innocent…"

"Um, thank you. Look. I know you're a tough guy, but you need help. That wound on your right side look bad."

"I'll be fine. I've managed to heal up my injuries overtime."

"Well. Maybe I can help hasten the healing. Come on. I can help."

"No, thank you…"

"Please?"

Shadow Garurumon looks deeply into Yui's eyes and was slowly starting to take kindly to her pleas. The wolf nods his head in agreement.

"That's a good Shadow Garurumon…"

Suddenly, the wolf started to shrink down to size and undergoes a dedigivolution process. His power was slowly leaving him and he was left lying in his rookie form. He looked exactly like Gabumon, except that his fur was black. This was Dark Gabumon.

"Oh, you… you just dedigivolved… Aw, you look like a Gabumon from the television show! Wow! Though, I'm not surprised since your champion and mega forms are dark versions of Garurumon and Metal Garurumon. Does that make you my partner?"

"What makes you think so? All you need to do is heal my injuries."

"Tell you what. We can surprise Himura. I'll take you back home with me and we'll see the reaction on his face when he sees you. What do you say?"

"I don't care… Just as long as you help to heal my injuries."

"Promise."

Yui kneels down and slowly puts Dark Gabumon on her back. She looks around her surroundings to find out if she was being seen. To her delight, she heads off out of the alleyway with Dark Gabumon on her back.

"Wow, I can't believe it! Dark Gabumon could eventually become my partner. I have a partner just like Himura. Hee hee. Wait until Himura gets a load of me with a partner. He's going to flip."

Once the girl disappeared down the street with Dark Gabumon, a Scrabmon walks out from underneath a pile of trash. The insect warrior watched Yui the entire time and listened to her conversation with Shadow Garurumon.

"This girl could be quite useful for Lord Pharaohmon. It's a shame Shadow Garurumon must turn traitor. Oh well. He's no longer a use to us. He just helped us to gain more information on the Himura boy and his sister. I'm sure Lord Pharaohmon will be interested in the girl."

The Scrabmon quickly disappears from sight. He would eventually base his report to Pharaohmon and inform him on Yui. Whatever the insect was thinking, it doesn't go well for Yui and Dark Gabumon.

Domino City. 5:40 P.M.

Felinismon's duel with Yugi continued even after all of their monsters were destroyed by the Dark Hole. The feline was leading the duel 5400 against Yugi's 3400.

"Well, Yugi. I hope you've come up with a strategy, because I'm leading this duel. Do you have anything that will hopefully make me sweat?"

"You're arrogance is overwhelming. I plan on ending this duel quick."

"I plan on ending this duel quick," Felinismon mocked the male duelist. "Listen, you were only lucky to have used that Dark Hole. Otherwise, I would destroy you with my monsters. Consider yourself lucky."

"Yugi! Hang in there! I know you'll pull through!" Joey calls out.

"Let her have it! Whatever decision you make, we're behind you!" cheered Tea.

"Keep on cheering, kids. But, it won't make much of a difference once I victorious," Felinismon replied. "I do believe it's my turn?"

The feline pulls out a new hand of cards and examines them carefully. Her face contorted with disappointed, which indicated that her hand didn't turn out the way she had hoped. She draws out a draw and summons forth a monster before her.

"I summon Grappler and put him into defense mode!"

"Fair enough. I summon my Celtic Guardian!"

An elf-like warrior wielding a sword stands before Yugi ready to take the Grappler out. Following Yugi's command, the Celtic Guardian rushes out and slices down the Grappler with a single sword stroke. Felinismon merely shrugs her shoulders in annoyance.

"I don't lose any life points. It's a shame I can't re-summon my Fairies. Oh well. You live and learn. Now, it's my turn. Isn't it?"

"Isn't that obvious? Make your move. I'm sick of listening to that irritating voice of yours."

Felinismon scans through her cards and sighs in disappointment. It seemed that nothing in her hand was useful.

"I don't have anything in my hand that's any use to me. I pass on this turn."

"Very well. I summon forth Alpha the Magnet Warrior!"

Summoned onto the battlefield was a warrior composed of magnetic components. Alpha sets himself for a attack.

"Alpha! She has no monsters on her side of the field! Attack her life points directly!"

Alpha flies out into attack and delivers a strike onto Felinismon. The feline screeched in pain and was sent skidding across the wooden platform. She looked down and reminded herself of the spiked pit. If she loses, then she would have to plunge into her death. This goes accordingly to the stipulations set up beforehand.

"You have 3000 life points left, Felinismon. I lead by four hundred. Who's laughing now? I guess you're starting to realize that even you can't always rely on your hand."

"Don't be ridiculous! This isn't over yet! I just had a bad hand. Now to draw my next card. Ah, this one should do quite nicely."

Felinismon chuckles and draws out her fifth card from her deck. She now has fix cards in her hand and throws down her next summon.

"I call forth this! Inaba the White Rabbit!"

"Oh no! That's a monster that-"

"Yes, I think you get the point. Inaba! Attack Yugi's life points directly!"

The white rabbit bounces across the field and gets past Yugi's two monsters. He quickly leaped over Yugi and lands behind his back. Inaba latches himself behind Yugi and strikes him in the back with a painful injection. Yugi lets out a horrifying cry while falling to his knees. Yugi's life points decreased from it's previous 3400 into 2700, since Inaba has an attack power of 700.

"Oh no! That's a monster that can directly attack an opponent's life points despite monsters being on the field!" Joey said. "Yugi should have seen that one coming! C'mon, buddy!"

"Paybacks are a bitch, aren't they?" Felinismon said. "Aww, what's the matter, dear boy? Did that hurt? You're going to be in a lot of pain once I'm through you and destroy your pride."

"Are you done yapping? Because it's my move now. I place this card face down and I sacrifice my Celtic Guardian. Now I bring forth the Dark Magician Girl!"

Once Yugi discarded his Celtic Guardian card, the monster disappears and the cute Dark Magician girl had taken his place. The feline gazed upon the female and merely nodded her head.

"Cute. How could such a duelist like yourself have such a girly card? But, I have to admit. She has such an adorable outfit! I want an outfit like hers! Tee-hee!"

"Oh and by the way, since my Dark Magician is in my card graveyard, that automatically increase my Dark Magician Girl's attack power from 2000 to 2300."

"Oh, wow. I'm scared. Oooo," Felinismon muttered while pretending to tremble in fear. "Are you done yet?"

"No. Next, I switch my Alpha into defense mode. I end it there."

"Finally, you were starting to bore me, Yugi. Since I have a hand full of crappy cards, I'll simply stick with my Inaba. I'll have him attack your life points again!"

Following her command, the white rabbit pounces towards Yugi and strikes him once again. That subtracts another 700 hundred life points from Yugi's previous 2700. He was down to 2000. His friends were now starting to worry since Yugi didn't bother to retaliate.

"You're down to 2000 life points. Maybe you ought to give up. Some duelist you've turned out to be, Yugi. I've had high hopes for you, but you're struggling against little ol' me."

"Heh, don't be so sure."

"What are you babbling about, idiot? I'm clearly winning this duel."

"Why don't you go ahead and attack me again? C'mon! I don't have any useful cards in my hand! Go on!"

"Yugi! Have you lost it, buddy?!" Tristan exclaimed. "You can't go on like this!"

"He's clearly let this go to his head," Joey said. "Hey, mind explaining this, Yug?"

"Well, I assume you pass your turn?"

"Yes."

"Ok, then. If you're dying to throw this duel away, then I'll be happy to finish it! Inaba! Attack his life points again and make him bleed!"

Following her command, Inaba hops towards Yugi and goes to attack. However, Yugi unveils his facedown card.

"You just allowed me to unveil my facedown card! Behold! My Dark Renewal card!"

"And what does this do?"

"Well, first off, this card allows me to sacrifice your white rabbit along with my Alpha!"

"No! My Inaba!"

"He's going away for good along with my Alpha. I sacrifice those two to bring back my Dark Magician from my graveyard!"

As soon as he said that, the Dark Magician reappears on the battlefield and stood alongside his female counterpart. Due to the Dark Magician being revived, the Dark Magician Girl's attack points returned to 2000.

"Well, do you have anything to save you, Felinismon? Hmm?"

"I can't believe this! What a turnaround!"

"Oh yeah! I knew he'd pull it off!" Joey cheered on. "Did I ever doubt him?!"

"Well, you did question his motives," Tea said.

"Hey, I was just worried, but now everything is a-okay!"

Growing frustrated, Felinismon drew a new card from her deck and plays it facedown.

"There I put this card facedown and end my turn. Your move, you brat!"

"My move!" Yugi said as he drew a new card to his hand. "I play this magic card! It's called the Dark Magic Ritual!"

"Oh, no. That doesn't sound good!"

"You better be shaking in your boots once Yugi uses this magic card!" Tristan calls out. "Isn't that right, Joey?"

"You 'betcha!"

"Now this requires me to make a sacrifice. I have a monster in my hand known as Valkyrion the Magnet Warrior. I'll sacrifice him from my hand! Now behold!"

Suddenly, the area around the battleground turns completely dark and pentagon symbol formed at the center of Yugi's side. A cloud of smoke emerges from the pentagon and unveils a new monster. The monster was completely black and wielded a magical staff in one hand. The monster stepped out and stood before Yugi.

"Felinismon! Allow me to introduce you to my Magician of Black Chaos!"

"Oh yeah! I love this dude!" Joey shouted. "He'll be sure to send that cat chick packing to the next millennium!"

"You can do it, Yugi!" cheered Tea. "She only has 3000 life points! Give it to her!"

Felinismon looks on with utter disbelief and realized that she has on card in her that has any hope of defeating the three magicians. She looks across at Yami Yugi and growls.

"Make your move, Felinismon. I end my turn here."

"I don't have anymore cards in my hand that can take these monsters out! Even my face down card will prove useless. Maybe I was wrong about this kid. If that's the case, I'll just have to surrender. No! If I do that, then I'll die! I'll fall into pit! I even laid the ground rules myself!"

"Well? Are you going to make your move?"

Suddenly, much to Yugi's surprise, Felinismon drops her cards to the ground. She looks across at Yugi and deactivates her duel disk. Everyone was starting to question the feline's motives until she raised her arms out as if she were begging for Yugi to finish her.

"Go on, Yugi. Finish me. I end my turn. I don't have anything that can destroy your monsters. Well, I'm waiting."

"If I defeat you, then you will fall into the pit as you said before the duel. Am I correct?"

"Yeah, but who cares right? I mean… It's not like Pharaohmon is watching me in the first place. He won't know."

"Felinismon. Just think about what you're saying," Yugi said. "You'll surrender this duel to me and it will cost you your life!"

"I'll risk it. There's no point in continuing this duel. Just finish me."

"What she's surrendering?!" Tea said. "That's unheard of!"

"Serves her right to go flaunting around like she did!" Joey exclaimed. "Finish her off, Yugi!"

"Hang on! That cat girl is planning something! Take a look!"

As soon as Tristan pointed out to the battlefield, they turned to find Felinismon slicing off her half of the walk board. Yami Yugi manages to jump away from his side of the walk board and safely lands on a dirt mound. The feline digimon lets out a scream as she immediately drops down into the pit below. Her screams were enough to cause Yugi and his friends to gasp in utter disbelief.

"Oh no! Felinismon!" Yugi calls out. "She wasn't bluffing! I can't believe she actually carried out her promise!"

"Yug! What just happened there?!" Joey calls out. "Did she just…"

"Yes. She destroyed her side of the walk board. Due to stipulation, she surrendered and took her own life away."

"But she didn't have to do this," Tea said. "How unfortunate…"

"Hold on a minute! Joey, do you still have your Time Wizard?"

"Of course, I do, Yug. What do you need it for?"

"Perfect! We can use this to bring back Felinismon from death itself."

"Oh yeah! You said yourself you can summon monsters to life with your Millennium Puzzle. You think it's possible to return that cat girl to life?"

"It's worth a shot. Now stand back, everyone!"

As soon as he said that, Yami calls forth the magical powers of his Millennium Puzzle. The card itself unleashes a massive orb of light. A monster emerges out from the orb and reveals itself to be a cartoon clock with a cape and wand. Yami had successfully brought broth Joey's rarest monster, the Time Wizard.

"Perfect! Now, Time Wizard! Use your time magic to turn back time and return Felinismon back before her death!"

"TIME MAGIC!!"

The Time Wizard uses his magic powers of time and space to turn back the clock backwards. Yugi and his friends look on as their were returned to their previous positions before Felinismon plunged to her death. The Time Wizard's effects immediately wore off, as his job was ultimately complete. Yami's Millennium Puzzle forces the Time Wizard away. Now, this would be his opportunity to save Felinismon.

Yami looks on and watches Felinismon plunging to her immediate death. The former pharaoh calls out to his strongest monster, the Magician of Black Chaos.

"Magician of Black Chaos! Save her from her fall! Immediately!"

Following his master's orders, the Magician swoops down into the pit and swiftly flies up. Felinismon quickly drops into the Magician's arms and was carried back up towards the surface. Yami looks on with relief as the Magician places Felinismon onto the ground safely. The feline checks herself and realizes that she did not fall into her death.

"What? Why did you save me? Why? I was planning on taking your puzzle and god cards. I don't understand any of this!"

"Cool! My time Wizard did come in handy! Wait, I thought time was turned back?" Joey wondered.

"That's because I insured that the Time Wizard would allow us to retain our memory of Felinismon plunging to her death."

"Wow, good insurance policy there, bud."

"I'm so relieved that she was saved," Tea said.

"But she's on Pharaohmon's side!"

"That's beside the point, Tristan," Tea stated. "She didn't deserve that kind of fate."

Felinismon slowly rises to her feet and focuses her attention on Yami Yugi. Her eyes slowly started to tear up.

"I don't understand any of this! You didn't have to save me! I threw this duel away!"

"But I simply can't allow you to take your own life."

"I had to do it. I was told by Pharaohmon beforehand to take your Puzzle. He also informed me that he'd kill me if I failed him."

"How do we know that you're not just jerking our chains here?!" Joey growled. "I don't appreciate the fact that your boss has been trying to kill us these past few weeks!"

"Look, that's not my problem. He wants you dead, but not I. I'm different from my lord and master. I don't crave death and destruction. Please, you have to believe me… I mean you no harm…"

As soon as she said that, Felinismon started to cry and covered her face. The teens were starting to feel deep remorse for the feline. Even Yami was touched by her speech yet he maintained that same serious glare. He kneels down next to Felinismon.

"I believe you."

"What you do? After the way I acted and treated you? I don't deserve to even look at you, little Yugi."

"You dueled fairly," the former pharaoh said. "You weren't bad and nearly had me there, but I just couldn't let you win. I need this puzzle to ensure that I defeat Pharaohmon."

"Yes and he'll find out that I've failed to win your puzzle. He threatened to take my life away… Yes, I remember what he told me beforehand…"

Flashback Scene

Lance unhooks the duel disk's straps from his arm and hands the oversized device to Felinismon. She takes it and attached it around her left arm. The teen also managed to pull out a deck of cards from his left pocket and hands it to Felinismon.

"I've managed to collect some effective cards during the day. You can use them in your duel."

"Thank you, my lord. But do I really need this duel disk? I can simply summon them through my powers."

"You give that to Yugi personally."

"Personally?"

"Confront the boy at anyway possible and challenge him right away. I'd recommend an area where you two cane duel without any intrusion. You cannot fail me, Felinismon. This is our last chance to capture that item. By taking the puzzle, I can gain an infinite amount of power to release my dark soul from his vessel. Yes… I hope everyone of those no good fools realize that their efforts were futile!"

"Yes, my lord. You leave Yugi Muto with me. I'll personally strip him of his precious Millennium Puzzle."

"That's good to know. Because if you fail me, then I will personally strip you of what you value most: you're own life."

Felinismon was taken back by the teen's threats, but she maintained her pride and bowed her head in obedience.

End of flashback scene

"No… He just can't… Yugi… I'm sorry to have troubled you and your friends… I deserve to face a cruel fate…"

Once she started to tear up, Yami stood up before the feline and placed his hand over her. Felinismon noticed a bright glow coming from Yami's Millennium Puzzle and was slowly being hypnotized by its aura.

"Felinismon. I understand your pain. You were merely used by that dark lord. My Millennium Puzzle will enable me to look deep into your memories and reveal your past…"

"My past?"

"Let me take you down a trip into your past and I shall judge whether to purify you, Felinismon. Maybe then, I'll find out how you eventually became a servant to Pharaohmon."

They were immediately bathed in a bright golden aura. Joey, Tristan and Tea were immediately gone from sight. This left only Yami Yugi and Felinismon in a desolate landscape similar to ancient Egypt. It was almost as if they were sent into a different time period, yet everything was merely an illusion of the past. This was in fact a scene from the Digital World's ancient past.

"What is this? A trick on your part, Yugi?! Don't make me laugh! You can't fool me with these illusions!"

Suddenly, Felinismon heard laughter of a child and turned to make contact with an illusion of her self as a child. She was wearing a small tan dress with a tiny tiara around her forehead. Her face glistened with a child-like innocence. Yami Yugi stood by to view the tiny feline digimon running across the sands and falling onto the sand. She then waved her arms over the sand to create 'angels'.

"So, this was her childhood? She seemed so pure and innocent," Yami said. "What could have driven her to side with such a monster like Pharaohmon?"

"How could this be? But that's me. Aww, I was such an adorable kitten back in the day. Childhood memories. I wish I was still a kitten."

The kitten scurries across with a couple of hatchling digimon following her. They were playing a game of tag.

"I remember I used to play games with the other digimon. I had so many friends, but now I feel so alone…"

Suddenly, the landscape started to erupt and destroyed the once peaceful ancient city. Felinismon watched as her past self scurried into a tomb with her digimon friends. Deep laughter echoed and forced young Felinismon to hide in fear. The dark, shadowy figure swept across the city and decimated every feline warrior that stood in his path.

"My goddramon! I remember that horrific day! A dark force swept across my homeland and killed nearly every one of my close friends. Not even the strongest of the guardians were a match for this dark force. I was left alone without a friend to protect me. I was scared…"

Felinismon shed a tear as she kneeled next to her child self. She laced an arm around the young kitten. Suddenly, the shadowy figure approaches the kitten as his eyes glistened with a crimson glow. The figure reaches out for the kitten.

"Who are you? Why did my friends have to die?" Felinismon's past self asked. "I'm all alone."

"Oh don't worry. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your loved ones," the dark one spoke. "I feel your pain. I sense doubt within your consciousness. You know what I also sense? I see that darkness has clouded your heart. Why don't you join me and I can be your new friend."

"Huh? You'll be my friend?"

"But of course. I promise that we'll have a never-ending friendship. Nothing will come between us."

"Really? Wow, I won't be alone anymore! Tee-hee! Where can we go from here?"

"Anywhere you want to go, Felinismon."

"Wow. You even know my own name! You're so smart!"

"A true friend never forgets the name of another. Besides, I hear you're quite a talented little girl."

"I'm skilled in tarot card reading. Maybe I can teach you sometime…"

"Perhaps, but I vision a future between us. How would you like to be an empress at my side?"

"Really? I can become an empress?"

The dark figure smiles and nods his head. Felinismon's past self giggled childishly and skipped around the dark figure.

"I'm going to become the most beautiful empress the Digital World has ever known!"

Yami Yugi steps out in front of Felinismon and clears his throat. The feline breaks out of her trance and faces the former pharaoh.

"Do you just realize who you ended up aligning yourself with?"

"No… This is all too confusing to me. I remember somebody coming up to me and telling me that I would become an empress."

"Yes, that was Pharaohmon and you want to know who destroyed your homeland in the first place?"

Felinismon nods with a questionable look on her face. She was dying to know the identity of the murderer that destroyed her former homeland.

"The same individual that took you in as his 'empress' and promised to be your friend. I'm talking about Pharaohmon himself! He's lied to you! He deceived you to join his side! He merely used you and you believed in every word he has said. You were duped in by the murderer that killed your loved ones."

"I can't believe it. Lord Pharaohmon did it?! He killed my loved ones?! He destroyed my homeland and forced me to endure years of heart ache and loneliness?! No, I refuse to believe it. He's the one who ruined my childhood… Those painful memories…"

The next image Felinismon gazed her eyes upon was a flashback during her teen years. She saw her teen self being physically abused by her so-called 'master.'

"I remember being abused by my master. He simply told me that I needed to be toughened up. He hated me to display any form of weakness and considers it a distraction. I could remember those words he told me each time he would whip me across my back."

"Compassion and love are delusions for the weak. They will not you a great ruler. If you wish to become an empress at my side, then you are to show no compassion for the weak. Strive to become strong and show no remorse, even if it means to kill."

"Could I really trust him with that advice alone? Have I been deceived by such a monster?"

Another image revelation is unveiled and it shows Felinismon in her early adulthood. The image displayed herself being absorbed into Pharaohmon after the Digital Priestess arrived to subdue the evil warlord.

"As a last resort, he saved my life and offered me the opportunity to become one with him. The Digital Priestess' magic was enough to seal away Pharaohmon. The Sovereigns had won and rid the Digital World of my lord. I was grateful that he would have spared my life. After many years since that event, the Digital Priestess disappeared. Unfortunately, another cataclysmic event had taken place. A powerful force erupted as a result of a monster known as Megidramon. Because of Megidramon, his sheer power shook the Digital World nearly down to its core and destroyed the seal that bound Pharaohmon. He was released and found a digital gateway into the human realm. Eventually, he released me and gave me another chance to redeem myself. I tried everything to please my master, but I failed every time I tried to destroy you and your allies. I'm not happy for what I have done. This whole time, I've been aligning myself with the murderer of my loved ones. I was foolish to ever believe him."

"Felinismon…"

"I'm still that naive little child, who will believe anything they hear. Heh, now that I know the truth… Maybe it's just not worth it anymore. My life isn't worth a damn after this revelation. Yugi. You should have let me die. Then, I could have been relieved of the pain…"

Yami steps over to the feline and reaches his hand to her. A smile forms on the pharaoh's face. He kindly puts his right hand over her forehead.

"Everything will be all right. You can't simply throw your own life away. There's always time to recover from your state of depression. You cannot go on living like this. You've been deceived by this madman. Make a choice, Felinismon. Do you want to continue serving for such a treacherous fiend? Or, do you want to be free from his dark hand? It's your choice, but my Millennium Puzzle will help to purify your heart."

Felinismon nods her head and placed her hand over the Puzzle. The item unleashes a blanket of a pure, golden light. The feline's body glistened with a bright aura and the darkness within her heart was slowly being erased.

"What is this light? It's so… warm and comforting… As if I were being tucked under a blanket… Pharaohmon never gave me proper treatment nor did he ever see me as a friend… He used me… And he still continues to use me. He only wants to continue where he left off in the Digital World: Death and destruction to the human race. I can't align myself with him anymore. He lied to me. He killed my people. I… I… I can't ever forgive him… I'll never forgive him!"

Felinismon drops to her knees and was gasping out for some fresh air. She grasped her chest and fell backwards. Yami Yugi stood before her. The scenery was now back to the present day with Tea, Tristan and Joey looking on graciously.

"Felinismon. Have you made your choice?"

"Yes," the feline said with a nod. "You helped me to wake up and look past my loyalty to Pharaohmon. Because of you, I now know the truth. Yugi. I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused you. How can I ever forgive myself? I tried to kill you and take your puzzle."

"You've been forgiven, Felinismon. This isn't your fault. It's all Pharaohmon's. Will you help us crush this madman before his evil poison spreads?"

"Anything to avenge the loss of my loved ones and for they way he's tormented me over the years, I will do more than help you. I'll be sure to kill him myself."

"What's going on?" Tea asked. "There was a bright light and poof… you two were gone."

"It's a long story, Tea," Yami replied.

"So, is that cat chick on our side or something?" Joey asked. "I still don't think we should trust her."

"I assure you that everything will be just fine, Joey."

"Awright, but she still annoyed me."

"I would be nice to me if I were you human boy."

"The name's Joey!"

"Whatever, I don't care if you don't trust me. But I have already gained your friend's trust. Nobody wants to get back at Pharaohmon more than I do."

"Then, let us begin by contact Takato and the others," Yami Yugi suggested. "Only then, we can get to the bottom of our enemy's locations."

"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure of that," a dark voice hissed from out of the construction site.

Suddenly, a large horde of Scrabmon came popping out from underneath the ground. Yugi and his friends stood back while the insects slowly approached them. Felinismon steps out in front of the humans with her claws ready for action.

"Get back, everyone. It seems Pharaohmon sent Scrabmon is spy on my every move. I guess he didn't fully trust me all along. How pathetic."

"Felinismon! You dare to betray our one lord and master? Pharaohmon will have your head once we report your treachery!" a Scrabmon hissed.

"Your lord and master deceived me! I'll never forgive him! How dare you show yourselves here just to die?!"

"You kill us? We have strength in numbers! There is no way you'll defeat all of us at once."

"But she has allies," Yami spoke out.

The Scrabmon turned to find Yami Yugi standing next to Felinismon. This had further angered the insects.

"You align yourself with the enemy?! You've just sealed your own death warrant, Felinismon. All traitors will be executed and you're no exception!"

"Well, then. Why don't you boys come on over and give it a try?"

"So be it! You die with Yugi and his friends. Afterwards, we shall take the Millennium Puzzle and hand it so graciously to Lord Pharaohmon."

"I'm afraid I cannot allow that to ever happen! Magician of Black Chaos! You and my Dark Magicians take position for combat!"

The three magicians fly out and stand by with Felinismon to take combat with the Scrabmon horde. The insects swarm out to attack their adversaries. Felinismon was the first to retaliate and leaps out at a Scrabmon. The insect tried to use his speed advantage to maneuver away, but Felinismon swiftly flips over and delivers a deadly claw slash that slices the insect down in two halves.

"That was too easy," the feline commented. "You annoying bugs are nothing more than cannon fodder to me."

"Magician of Dark Chaos! Attack the Scrabmon!"

The black-clad magician warrior wielded his magical staff and unleashes an energy orb, which easily vanquishes a large horde. The Dark Magician and his female counterpart managed to take out another approaching horde.

"They're still more coming this way!" Tristan exclaimed.

"Heads up, Yug!"

"I have that one covered!" Yugi responded while summoning a fourth monster. "My Buster Blader!"

"What are you thinking, Yugi? We won't need another monster to add to our arsenal," Felinismon said.

"No, but I do plan on fusing my Buster Blade with my Dark Magician! Behold! I'll use my Polymerization to fuse them both!"

With that said, the two monsters were immediately pulled together by the incredible magical force of the Polymerization effect. They merged together and formed a single monster. In their place was a dark-green armored version of the Dark Magician. His presence was enough to scare away the remaining Scrabmon.

"Oh, wow. So this is what kind of a duelist Yugi Muto really is? How could I have beaten him?" Felinismon wondered. "Huh? Oh no you don't, suckers!"

Felinismon leaps out and stops the fleeing insects at her tracks. She quickly slashes her away through the horde and instantly deletes several.

"Yugi! You're up!"

"Good! Now my Dark Paladin! Finish off the remaining Scrabmon!"

With that said, the Dark Paladin raises his magical staff and shoots out an enormous blast that incinerates the last horde of Scrabmon. Felinismon looks on with bewilderment.

"Incredible! He has such an amazing array of rare and powerful monsters at his disposal! There was no way I would have won that duel. Yet, he told me that I was giving him quite a challenge. I don't buy it. He doesn't seem like a bad person. After all, he does own a Kuriboh. Oh, that reminds me. He owes me a Kuriboh! Tee-hee!"

Yami Yugi de-summons his monsters back to his deck using his Millennium Puzzle's magic. The feline lands back onto her feet gracefully like a gymnast. She walks over to Yugi and shakes his hand.

"Thank you, Yugi. You've opened my eyes to a new light and I will aid you to defeat Pharaohmon."

"I knew you weren't purely drive by hate that you're former master inherits. My Millennium Puzzle informed that you were merely a child crying for help."

"I have a question meaning to ask you, Yugi."

"Yes?"

"You think you can summon the Kuriboh? I want to so huggle it! It reminds me of a toy I used to have!"

Eveveryone, including Yami, had dumbfounded looks on their faces because of Felinismon's comments. The feline giggled to herself and hugged herself tightly.

"A little obsessed, aren't we?" Tea asked.

"Very…"

"Whatever the case maybe, we know what we must do. Together, we shall combat Pharaohmon and his forces. We will save this world and rid it of this evil," Yami said.

Just then, the group watched as a fog covered the skies. This was a result from the affects of the Time Wizard. Yami looks on curiously.

"What is that? It's some sort of fog," Tristan said. "Yugi? You have any idea what caused this?"

"I'm afraid so. This is a result of Joey's Time Wizard. I thought it's affects had already worn off, but it seems that turning back time to save Felinismon is affecting the flow of time on this planet back to a few minutes. I just hope that this doesn't have any negative affects."

"I hope you're right, Yug. Or we're screwed."

Shinjuku. Construction Site

Kurama was in a deep struggle with the beast, Brimstone. He was lucky to have dodged every deadly blow from Brimstone's sword. He was slowly losing stamina while his adversary was barely losing his composure.

"He's purposely dragging this out so I can tire out and become an easier target."

Brimstone charges forward and slams his sword over where Kurama once kneeled. The monster's sword eats through a metal stilt and sets a bag of dust on fire. The red-haired fox demon exploited his terrain and found himself inside a deep pit. He was completely concealed and out of Brimstone's sight.

"I'm safe for the time being until he searches out for my energy aura. There is no way I can win by using a repetitive strategy. I must figure out a way to counter that weapon of his…"

Suddenly, the same fog that covered the skies over Domino City had quickly blanketed the skies. Brimstone takes a glance at the fog and watched a portion of it falling upon the area where Kurama was hidden. The half demon found himself blanketed by the fog.

"What's this? What is happening?"

Brimstone leaped away from the fog barrier and senses an overwhelming power developing from within the fog. He peers through to find any trace of Kurama, but he found nothing. Instead, he found a much taller figure. The mysterious figure slowly rises out from the pit.

"What is this great power? This is the same energy of the fox demon."

"You are correct on your assumption, my friend," a voice much deeper and calmer than Kurama spoke. "Yet, you are letting your eyes deceive you."

"What? You couldn't be the boy demon. It's just not possible."

The figure finally revealed himself to Brimstone. His height was just the same as Brimstone. His hair was long, silvery with a pair of fox ears pointing out. His eyes were purely yellow and gave quite an intimidating glare. His body was covered by a wavy, white cloth. Brimstone tensed up and held his sword to his side. He sensed the newly evolved 'Kurama'.

"You're different. Are you certain that you're the same fox demon?"

"In a way, I am. On the other hand, I'm slightly different from Shuichi Minamino."

"Shuichi Minamino. So that's the name of the weakling I was nearly taking apart. But you never answered my question. Who exactly are you?"

"Yoko. Or you can simply call me Yoko Kurama. Which ever you prefer."

"Yoko Kurama? I see. So, you've managed to undergo a transformation. How was that possible? You didn't seem like an individual who would pull off such a last resort."

"Maybe not Shuichi, but I came when I was needed. That fog allowed me to return temporarily to take care of you."

"But, where did this fog come from? What was the source of it and how did he gain such a benefit from it? This doesn't add up."

Yoko reaches down into his hair and pulls out several seeds. He holds out one hand and a seed quickly pops open to unveil a gigantic flower. The flower blossomed to reveal a mouth filled with razor sharp teeth. The saliva from its mouth slips onto the ground and eats through it like acid.

"You can create flowers from simply touching seeds?"

"Yes, they are quite a sight, aren't they?"

The flower widened its mouth while letting drops of acidic saliva dripping. Brimstone picks up his sword and quickly splits the plant in half. Yoko Kurama steps aside and tosses a seed onto the ground where Brimstone was standing. Another man-eating planet emerges from within the seed and towers over the armored beast.

"I would be careful if I were you, Brimstone. If you make any sudden movements, then you will provoke it."

"You forget. My body radiates a temperature that exceeds that of the boiling point. Even if the plant approaches me, then it will be burned to death."

"That's besides the point. Why don't you lower that shield aura and rely on you're other techniques. You can't hide behind that heat barrier forever."

"I see. You want me to lower my heat barrier. Interesting. Yes, I think this should make things much more interesting."

With that said, Brimstone calms his tense form and lowered the heat aura that once illuminated throughout his form. Yoko Kurama merely smiled at his adversary and nodded.

"I agree. This should be rather interesting. Let's see how you can handle dealing with my plants. You're taking a big risk. Are you up for it?"

"Just get on with it. You interfered with my business and you shall pay dearly."

"Very well then. My plants will be satisfied once they have consumed you whole."

Brimstone steps into a battle stance and prepares himself for his showdown with Yoko Kurama's monstrous man-eating plant.

Elsewhere, an orange-haired teen in a light blue school uniform came arriving at the construction site. The teen was none other than Kazuma Kuwabara. His 'spirit awareness' allowed him to pick up the strong spirit presence and peered through a fence hole.

"What is this spirit energy I've been sensing? It's so incredible and it looks like it's coming from that… silver-haired demon… Whoa! Who is this guy?! And that other guy has a pretty strong aura. I've never seen anything like these dudes."

Kuwabara turns his attention back on Yoko Kurama with curiosity. He sensed a portion of Kurama's demon energy from Yoko.

"Hold on a second, I'm sensing Kurama from that guy. Could it mean that guy is really Kurama? If it is, then he must have pulled off some transformation! I didn't know Kurama could do that. Whoa, I wasn't ready for anything like this. I better tell Urameshi this."

"Maybe you should open your eyes a little more," Hiei's voice trails off from a close distance.

"Huh? Man, I must be hearing things. I could have sworn I heard Hiei."

"It is me, you dolt," the fire apparition said as he phased behind Kuwabara.

The human teen jumps back in surprise due to Hiei's surprise entrances.

"Don't scare me like that, Hiei! You almost gave me a heart attack."

"Maybe I should have scared you off your wits sooner."

"Did you get a load of that guy?"

"Yes and it is Kurama. I watched his transformation unfold. The being you see before you is the reincarnated form of his previous identity. He is Yoko the legendary bandit."

"Legendary bandit?"

"I guess you never bothered to ask Kurama. He's quite a crafty character as Kurama, but very deadly as Yoko. This is a good reason why I never challenged him."

"Whoa, well at least he's on our side… I hope…"

"This is the first time I've gazed upon you, Yoko. Let's see if you actually do earn the legendary title. This monster should be nothing to you."

"Wait, didn't you and Urameshi fight that Brimstone guy? You barely managed to escape alive."

Hiei remained focused on the face off that was about to commence between Yoko's plant and Brimstone. The teen didn't bother with anymore useless questions and viewed the showdown at hand.

Outer sections of Shibuya Park

After fleeing from the confrontation with Lance/Pharaohmon, the five Sailor Senshi took refuge at a hiding spot. Sailor Jupiter and Venus were trying to recover from their injuries inflicted by Lance. Mars looked out for any traces of Pharaohmon and prepared herself for an attack.

"How are they holding up with their injuries?" Mars asked.

"They should recover," Pluto informed the younger senshi. "Any signs of that monster?"

"No, he's really good at playing these hide and seek games. What makes it more difficult is that he suppresses his dark energy. Damn, why didn't he just go after me? I thought I was the one he was after."

"Perhaps he seeks to take us out one by one until it's down to you."

"Too bad I don't have an Imperium silver crystal to purify the kid and destroy the dark spirit. I can't even instantly kill him like Sailor Moon could."

Sailor Saturn patrolled around the area with her glaive in one hand. She quickly heard a rustling noise from behind a bush.

"You guys. He's here!"

This immediately brought attention to the Sailor Senshi. Mars stood her ground with her sword. Jupiter and Venus slowly tried to make it up to their feet. Their injuries had hinged on their conditions. Pluto was poised and ready to attack.

Suddenly, a shadowy figure blitzes by. The Senshi responded to this and attacked. Mars rushes out and slashes a tree in half with her sword. Unfortunately, she did not make any contact with Lance.

"Damn! Saturn, are you sure it's even him?"

"At least I think so…"

"Don't let him fool you. He's a master of these tricks! He could have sent another duplicate copy of himself to throw us off. Jupiter! Venus! Give us a hand here!"

"You got it!" Jupiter responded.

"Right behind you!" Venus said.

As soon as Sailor Venus runs across to her allies, a hand pops out from within the ground and grabs onto Venus' brooch. The girl lets out a scream as she attempted to kick the hand away. However, the pain from her injuries was coming back to her.

"No!" Mars screamed. "Let her go!"

Another hand emerged from out of the ground and grabs Jupiter's brooch. The taller girl screamed as she felt her power brooch being ripped off from her sailor outfit. Mars leaps out to cut off Lance's arms off, but to no avail. He successfully rips off Jupiter and Venus' power brooches. The Senshi pair was quickly losing power and de-transformed back to their civilian forms. Saturn and Pluto were taken back by this sudden sneak attack. For the first time ever, an enemy has managed to outwit and outmaneuver the Senshi successfully. Lance pops out from underneath the ground and held out both energy brooches gloriously.

"No! You bastard!" Sailor Mars screamed. "Mars Flame Saber!"

As soon as she unleashed her attack, Lance quickly puts up a barrier to stop the attack. The possessed teen laughed heavily and attached the energy brooches against his chest. His body quickly became coated by a purely, dark aura.

"Thank you, Senshi! Because of your incompetence, you have lost your powers, Jupiter and Venus! You have your dear friend, Mars, to thank. She's let you down and allowed me achieve the first step in my goal."

"Your goal?!" Mars asked. "What are- Ah! You're hands!"

Lance's arms started to increase in size and his body started to enlarge. His eyes turned into a purely, crimson color followed by a pair of demonic wings sprouting from his back. His cries turned into that of demonic screams. Mars sensed an overwhelming evil power increasing from within the boy.

"He's transforming! Just as I've predicted!" Pluto explained. "No matter we would have done, that boy would have taken their power brooches. He planned this from the start."

"If only Sailor Moon were here, we would have been a much more organized unit," Saturn implied.

"Well, she's not here and we have to live with it," Mars stated promptly. "Minako. Makoto. I'm sorry. I swear I'll get him back for you. He will not get away with this!"

Sailor Mars turns around to face Lance. The boy had undergone a transformation into an unsightly form. He remained half human but also had features of that of a demon. His power was overwhelming and stronger than anything Sailor Mars could comprehend.

"As you can see, I'm not halfway complete through my transformation. This is just a first step from releasing my soul from this disgusting human's body. Behold, this is simply a taste of what's to come, Senshi!"

"So, what now? What else do you want? You've taken the powers of my friends! What else is necessary to satisfy your sick desires?! Answer me now!"

"Your energy brooch, my dear. That is all I need to release my dark spirit from this human body. After that, I'll finally be free and set on sights on Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. This world will soon come to know the dark powers that I possess. Ha. Ha. Ha."

The fire Senshi stood by to face off the powered-up enemy while Minako and Makoto were still laid unconscious from a loss of energy. Pluto and Saturn tended to the fallen girls.

"Makoto!" Pluto cried out. "Makoto! Please, snap out of it!"

"It's no use, Sailor Pluto. I can't even get Minako back to her senses!"

"This is bad, Saturn. It's up to the three of us to stop Pharaohmon before he attempts to take Mars' brooch. We must intervene at once."

"Agreed."

Looking on from a far distance was the shadowy form of Loweemon. He had witnessed the events unfold, but he was too late to save Venus and Jupiter.

"No! I was too late! Sailor Senshi. I'm sorry, but let me make up for it. You're not in this alone. Hurry up, Takuya. Get here as soon as you can."

Lance/Pharaohmon's beastly form sets his sights onto Eternal Sailor Mars and licks his lips.

"You will not take my brooch, Pharaohmon. I'll go down fighting. Amy. If I don't make out of this alive, it's up to you to protect my younger sister. All that matters to me is her safety. If this has to be my final battle, then I will make it count."

Sailor Mars held her flame sword tightly and channels her energy through it. Her intense anger causes it to enlarge. Lance/Pharaohmon swoops down at his adversary to prepare himself for the showdown with Eternal Sailor Mars. The Anti-evil priestess and the dark lord would now settle it.

Pharaohmon has taken away the powers of Sailor Jupiter and Venus to achieve his first step to releasing his true form, but Sailor Mars plans to fight the monster to the very end. Will she survive with her brooch still intact? Yoko Kurama has emerged after a near 15-year slumber and faces off with the flame beast, Brimstone. Felinismon has officially turned to the side of good and is willing to aid Yugi. But how will Pharaohmon handle his former minion's betrayal? The Tamers manage to survive an encounter with Wardevidramon, but the cyborg dragon vowed to return. Our heroes have a major situation at hand and must unite to prevent Pharaohmon from achieving his ultimate goal.

[Preview]

Mars: Hi, everyone! As you can tell, I'm a really bad situation. Lance has taken away my friends' powers to power himself up. If he takes away my power brooch, then I'm screwed. He'll eventually release his soul from that human boy. But I'm not going down without a fight!

Loweemon: Allow me to assist you, Mars.

Mars: Loweemon? What are you doing here?

Agunimon: Finally, we've made it to San Francisco.

Ami: Who are you? Did you happen to be sent by Sailor Mars?

Fairymon: Yeah, but we better hurry! There's an urgent situation with Pharaohmon!

Cammy: Please, take me to my sister. I need to know if she really knows the Sailor Senshi.

Brimstone: Yoko Kurama. You've certainly live up to your name.

Yoko Kurama: I'm not finished yet, demon. I have an array of plants that will eat you alive.

Felinismon: Yugi. This is bad. Pharaohmon has come close to achieving his ultimate goal. He's one more step from releasing his true form out of that boy's body. If we don't stop him, then the end of the earth is at hand.

Yami: Take us to where Pharaohmon is currently attacking. We'll do everything we can to stop him!

Beelzebumon: Yo, guys. There's a big heap over in Shibuya.

Takato: Himura! It's Pharaohmon! This is our chance to finally stamp out his plans!

Himura: You know I'm there!

Pluto: It is as I predicted… Pharaohmon shall…

Saturn: What?! Pharaohmon shall do what?!

Yusuke: Man, we're in serious crap.

Blitzmon: You don't want to miss the next exciting chapter! It finally comes down to this event!

The Dark Lord vs. The Goddess of Fire! The Dark One Prevails…

Metaldevidramon: He's done it! Pharaohmon has won!

Pharaohmon: At last, I've finally released myself from that human vessel. Behold you're greatest fear come to life. May death and destruction be spread on this retched plant.

Kanius: This doesn't sound good for our heroes. Well, duh… judging by the title name. It says it all. Make sure you don't miss out on the next chapter! Oh and I want to clear something up with LazerWulf. I'm sorry if my duels didn't turn out correctly, but I usually base my card duels on the rules from the TV show, not the card game. Unless, the rules are different between the CG and the show itself. Sorry if I offended you with the duel. I made sure to end it quick in this chapter.

Coral: It's not your fault if you don't play the card game that much.

Kanius: I only collect the cards. I don't play the game that often. I hope that clears everything. Anyway, make sure not to miss the next chapter. It's the turning point of the entire series. Don't miss out! Until then, peace!