YuYuGiDigiMoon: The Wrath of Pharaohmon Chapter 43: The Shadow Tournament's Conclusion!, an anime x-overs fanfic

W00t! At long last, we have reached the point of no return! Who would have thought I'd make it this far out into my Pharaohmon Arc series. After nearly two long years, this action-packed mega crossover will all come to an end with these final two chapters. However, this is the chapter to cover the conclusion of the Shadow Tournament. I hope each and every one of you is ready. ;)

This chapter will help either make or break the series, but I'll leave that each of you to decide. Plus, once this chapter is finished, I'll have a little detail of what to expect in the sequel. Anyhow, that's enough out of. Let's get on with the show every one! Grab yourself snacks and enjoy the tournament's end. :D

Enjoy!

The Shadow Tournament's Explosive Conclusion! The Priestess' Last Wish!

Phoenix Arena/The Final Stage

"EXECUTE! ANCIENT SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

(Cue Digimon Frontier theme "The Last Element")

The Phoenix Arena was awe struck by the massive column of light that engulfed the two warriors. All of the spirits merged together to construct a juggernaut of power and nobility. What everyone was prepared to witness was the rise of the unified warrior who brought about Lucemon's defeat. Now Pharaohmon would be next.

An astonished look crossed Pharaohmon's face once he was getting a glimpse of the one warrior that could present him the ultimate challenge. Could Susanoomon really be the one digimon that can push him beyond his limits? There was only one way to find out.

The Tamers, the digimon, the Spirit Detectives, the Sailor Senshi and the Dra-Warriors all watched the sequence of events unfold. Even more impressed was the Digital Priestess.

The ten spirit warriors of legend transformed into pillars of light and united together to combine themselves. They were then pulled into a single column of light and merged into one body. The new body grew into titanic proportions and stood tall. The twenty spirits encircled the body and dispersed across the body form.

Magna Garurumon's head attached itself onto the form's right hand. More pieces of armor attached themselves onto the legs and along came Kaiser Greymon's head attaching to the left hand. As soon as his body was covered by dark red armor with yellow stripes scattered across, the head forms. A helmet-like crown forms at the top of its head with a symbol. A mouth mask covers its lower face and a pair of eyes opened to get a view of its enemy. His lower waist was covered by a blue armor as was his feet. A pair of black glove hands came sprouting out from the heads. The transformation came to an end once a circular ring attached itself on the titan's back. The warrior finally exposes itself and completes its evolution. The unified spirit warrior lets out a cry as he calls out his official name.

"SUSANOOMON!"

(Play theme)

The whole arena was awe struck by the appearance of Susanoomon, the unified Warrior of Peace. Every hero was stunned and astonished by the power flowing through his body. Pharaohmon looked up with great interest with a grin crossing his face. He was even more anxious than before his battle with Gallantmon earlier.

"So, could you be the warrior to finally challenge me at my top strength?" Pharaohmon whispered to himself. "At long last, a worthy opponent..."

"I don't know, but you will soon realize that this is not a game, Pharaohmon! The finals start now!" Susanoomon declared and clenched his fists tightly. "IT ENDS HERE, PHARAOHMON!"

Upon these amazing turn of events, the arena busted out into a loud standing ovation for the appearance of Susanoomon. The chants of the Unified warriors erupted amongst the masses to the point where nobody can even hear each other speaking. The Tamers, the other Digi-Destined, the Digimon, the Sailor Senshi, the Spirit Detectives and the Dra-Warriors were all awe struck by Susanoomon's appearance. It was as if a miracle had arrived to save everyone from the impending darkness of Pharaohmon.

"So this is the infamous Susanoomon? Incredible, this is the first time I've had the privilege to see him up close and personal," Omegamon gasped out. "Athenamon, what do you think?"

The Amazon Queen was silent during the whole ascension and did not respond to Omegamon. Her expression had pretty much said it all.

"Guess, you're just as surprised as I am, my lady. You aren't saying much."

"Man! That is one awesome digimon! He's bigger than Imperialdramon!" Kazu exclaimed at the unified warrior.

"And he feels much more powerful than Gallantmon in Crimson Mode!" Guardromon pointed out. "We're all saved!"

"You bet! Pharaohmon has finally met his match if you ask me!" Kenta laughed happily. "Right, guys?"

"That's right," Jeri nodded in agreement. "What do you think Felinismon?"

"I never thought I say this but Pharaohmon has finally meets his superior. I can't wait for Susanoomon lay waste to this monster and avenges my loved ones!"

"I think all of us are hoping Susanoomon gets the job done," Henry responded to everyone. "If Gallantmon couldn't defeat this guy, then Susanoomon most likely has the power do make a difference."

"It's rather a shame for Takato and Guilmon though," sighed Himura. "Gallantmon could have won if Pharaohmon hadn't reached one hundred percent of his strength."

"I don't think so, Himura," Youkai Inumon spoke out to his partner. "Even before reaching full power, Pharaohmon was taking all those blows and healed himself from the damage."

"Inumon makes a good point," Sakuyamon agreed with the mongrel. "However, I have a good feeling Susanoomon isn't going to be pulling punches. He's going to do everything in his strength to crush Pharaohmon quickly and efficiently."

"I'll say! I'm already sick of looking at that freak if you ask me," Terriermon nodded. "It'll be great when he finally gets his just desserts! Oh, speaking of desserts, I could go for some cake!"

"Oh, boy, here we're all hoping Susanoomon beats Pharaohmon and Terriermon can only think about cake?" Dimitro sweat dropped in disbelief.

"Ah, that's not important right. What matters is the final match! If Susanoomon can't win, then we're all screwed!" Vega clenched his fists tightly. "C'mon, Susanoomon! I sacrificed my spirit to build you up!"

"The least you can do is defeat this creep!" Sam exclaimed.

"Pharaohmon is way over his head if he thinks he can take on all the spirits of the Legendary Warrior," Jaarin stated. "Then again, I thought the same thing when Gallantmon fought him earlier."

Takato looked up towards the face off between Pharaohmon and Susanoomon. He placed a hand over the gaping hole wound on Gallantmon's chest. The Crimson knight was lucky to even survive the deadly blow. If he had taken a full force blast, it would have been death for Gallantmon.

"C'mon, boy, you've got to recover. I know you can survive this," Takato whispered through slight tears. "C'mon..."

"Takato... All we... can do is rely on... Susanoomon now," Gallantmon coughed out and tried sitting up but the pain was too overbearing.

"Don't you worry about a thing, Takato. You let Gallantmon rest. Susanoomon will take care of this monster for all of us," Kouichi assured the goggle head. "Takuya and Kouji are in complete control with our spirits!"

"Go for, guys! We believe in you!" Junpei exclaimed.

"Don't hold back and let him have it!" Izumi cried out in encouragement.

"We're expecting for some heavy hitting action, guys! So don't let us down!" Tomoki shouted to the unified warrior.

Sitting next to Takato were Rika and Yami Yugi, they gave the boy assuring glances. He felt much better knowing that Susanoomon would indeed help bring about Pharaohmon's eventual demise.

"Don't you worry about a thing, Takato. This fight will be determined by Susanoomon," Yami Yugi said to Takato. "He will not allow Pharaohmon to win this tournament."

"Even if Susanoomon were to lose, we're not going to give into that bastard's demands. We're all here to stop him in case he cheats," Rika stated. "I know Sakuyamon won't take any of Pharaohmon's crap without a fight."

"And neither will Gallantmon," Takato responded. "Though, I'll admit you're in pretty bad shape, boy. I hope everyone is right, because I truly don't think Pharaohmon will be that easy to defeat."

Even the Digital Priestess shared the same sentiments as Takato. She didn't think that Pharaohmon was going to be done in as easily as everyone had hoped. She walked down the steps and passed along the digimon. Following behind her were the Eternal Sailor Senshi, sans Moon herself.

"Cammy, so you think this Susanoomon is going to make a difference? I'm sensing an even greater power from him than Gallantmon earlier," Sailor Jupiter asked.

"I mean there's no way Pharaohmon can take on ALL of those spirits at once? They merged to form this really big warrior," Sailor Venus pointed out. "Um, right, Cammy-chan?"

However, the Priestess did not respond to the blonde warrior's question. She merely continued her trek down the steps and eyed the face off between the two super-powered titans. The battle was set to commence at any given moment. Cammy could intervene but decided she would wait to sit this one out.

"Cammy-chan?" Sailor Mars approached her sister. "Is there something you're not telling us?"

"C'mon, now, you're making us a little nervous, kid," Sailor Uranus spoke up.

"We're wondering if Susanoomon stands a chance in this fight," Sailor Neptune said with concern.

"In case if you had forgotten, if Pharaohmon wins then he'll have both of our worlds," Sailor Saturn reminded the Priestess.

"I have not forgotten, Sailor Saturn," Cammy responded without making eye contact. "But even if Pharaohmon is to somehow win, he forgets that I am here. We didn't go through that long journey to waste time. We retrieved the sword for two objectives: upgrade your powers and destroy Pharaohmon. I've fulfilled one obligation and now I must carry out the second."

"We understand but why aren't we attacking him now?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"Because in the event Susanoomon does destroy him, then I am not needed," Cammy sighed. "However, I know I will be necessary for this final battle. There is more power that Pharaohmon has yet to demonstrate. Susanoomon maybe more powerful than either the demon and Gallantmon but he fails to realize the tricks Pharaohmon has up his sleeve. Demon, I know you far better than this."

"Everyone, they are getting ready!" Sailor Pluto pointed up to the stadium's ceiling. "At long last, we shall witness a battle like no other. Cammy-chan, let us hope he can stop the demon. If he can't..."

"Yes, I know," Cammy responded. "C'mon, Susanoomon, you have all powers of the ten warriors! It's your time to once again slay the darkness!"

On the other side of the arena, the Spirit Detectives watched the events unfold. Koenma was astonished by the appearance of Susanoomon and turned towards Yusuke.

"Well, what do you think Yusuke? Not too shabby if I do say so myself," the young ruler snickered.

"Are you kidding me! That guy is a behemoth! If I ever messed with that guy, he'd crush me like a damn bug!" Yusuke exclaimed out of the blue. "Though, I am glad he came managed to come through."

"It's incredible that two warriors merged with the other spirits to form this single, powerful entity," Kurama spoke up while observing Susanoomon.

"In any case, I'll bet Pharaohmon is pissing his pants off at this!" Botan stated.

"I would hope so. That Susanoomon sure is one big guy," Keiko nodded in agreement with the cute Grim Reaper.

"I kind of doubt that," Mizuno responded. "I can tell by the look on his face. He seems to be enjoying this moment since he thinks he might have found the perfect opponent to test out his full, complete power."

"Once again, I can't argue with that, Mizuno," Hiei said right out of the blue.

"Hey, you're agreeing with Mizuno again, Hiei! What's up with that?" Kuwabara pondered.

"Only because she knows what she's talking about unlike you," the fire apparition retorted.

"Hey, you don't think I know how strong this guy is? Remember who's got the keen spiritual awareness!"

"We know you can sense the strong aura of the supernatural, including Pharaohmon's demonic aura. But you couldn't sense out Pharaohmon's full power," Koenma responded. "I feel there's still a little more Pharaohmon has yet to show when it regards this final battle with Susanoomon."

"That and I'm still wondering what is taking so long with the spirit energy," Yusuke observed Pharaohmon. "That guy should have been feeling the effects by now!"

"Perhaps it will require more time," Kurama replied to Yusuke. "Which is something we don't have. We're already in the finals."

"Something will give. I guarantee it," Mizuno stated promptly.

"Must I say that this is shaping up to be one heck of a face off!" Lillymon exclaimed. "Only one of these two behemoths will come out on top, but who will? There's no telling. Susanoomon has become well known after his triumph over Lucemon recently, but can he hope to topple Pharaohmon? Can Susanoomon be the difference maker and save the two worlds? Only one way to find out and that's in this final match of our Shadow Tournament! Everything, including our free wills, are at stake! So, Susanoomon, if you can hear me... KICK HIS NO GOOD BUTT!"

(End theme)

The two titans faced off in mid-air above the stadium. All eyes were on the two titans. Pharaohmon flew up to meet Susanoomon directly face to face. The demon wasn't scared or intimidated by the same Unified warrior that destroyed Lucemon. Rather, a smile crossed his face. He smiled since he sensed that this would be the ultimate challenge he had been searching for. Gallantmon, even in his Crimson form, had disappointed him. It all comes down to Susanoomon taking center stage and challenging the evil demon sorcerer.

"Well, well, it all comes down to the finals. Who would have guessed we'd make it this far? My tournament has been a great success and I'd like to thank each of you for putting on some brilliant performances. You all fought valiantly," Pharaohmon's lips curled into a smirk. "Alas, I did not anticipate the two legendary warriors to merge with all the spirits. It truly is an honor to face you, Susanoomon. Perhaps you will present to me a challenge unlike Gallantmon."

"We didn't come here to present a challenge to you. We came here to destroy you," Susanoomon retorted with anger in his voice. "Pharaohmon, your games end here and now! You've overstayed your welcome!"

"Oh, is that so? I hate to disappoint you but I'm NOT going anywhere! I plan on defeating you, proving to everyone that I have no equal and become Kaiser of the two worlds! There's nothing you can do to stop me, Susanoomon! You will not deny me my destiny!"

"We'll see, Pharaohmon," the unified warrior retorted and raised his clenched fists.

"Oh, yes, indeed we will," Pharaohmon smirked as a demonic aura engulfed him. "Let's make this final encounter one to remember by! I'm sure the Sovereigns and the three Celestial Angels are watching us as we speak! Soon, they, too, will be kneeling before me!"

Upon hearing this, Susanoomon clenched his fists tighter and narrowed his eyes directly at the demon. If he didn't stop Pharaohmon now, the dark lord will claim rule over not just this digital world and the real world, but he will find a way to enter the Digital World watched by the three Celestial Angel Guardians.

"Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon, we defeated Lucemon and we'll make sure Pharaohmon does not reach your world! We will see to it!"

In just a few moments, the two titans would begin their colossal clash and this will be one moment the Sovereigns' Digital World will remember for a long time to come. This event will be in the record books of the Sovereigns' realm.

Digital World/Realm of the Four Sovereigns/Sector 000-BEAST-001

Within a sacred, tranquil sanctuary, there was a large platform with many stone pillars gathered about. At the center of this station was a massive purple orb with data rings encircling it. This was the orb in which one can view the whole Digital World. These sacred grounds belong to four majestic holy beasts that have guarded and watched over their respective territories for thousands upon thousands of years, Digital World time wise.

Appearing out from one corner of the sanctuary was a large dragon. Followed by this beast was a fiery phoenix, a two-headed turtle and a white tiger. These behemoths entered the sanctuary to view the events of the Shadow Tournament through the gigantic orb. These four beasts are known to all in this specific Digital World as the Digimon Sovereigns.

The first to reveal himself out of the lumbering shadows was the Great Dragon of the Eastern Quadrant. A large, serpentine body ascended over this sanctuary and lowered himself. The body of the beast was practically blue yet transparent and easily hundreds of feet long. Tiny wings dotted across his serpentine body with chains encircling his majestic form. Under his belly were four short limbs: two at the front and two more at the back rear of the body. Several orbs were encircled around each limb like a bracelet. The dragon's head was covered by black mask with yellow lighting streaks painted across it. Underneath the mask were four crimson eyes. The mask itself ended with spiked protrusions. A blue, lighting-shaped horn protruded at the tip of his nose. White, facial hair dropped across his face, especially around his chin, nose and mouth, almost like a massive Santa's bread.

The second beast to reveal himself was the Phoenix of the Southern Quadrant. He was tall in stature and large in width. Thin red feathers covered his body. He has four pairs of wings: from the sides, chest, shoulders and chest. Each wing had a beautiful, unique flame-like coloration and markings. A long reptilian tail emerged from his posterior and it, too, was covered with the same beautiful feathers. The neck of the beast was lined with black hair-like tuft. He also wore a facemask with red and flaming markings decorated at the tips. Bright colored feather protruded through the back of his facemask and head. Underneath the facemask were four crimson, rage-filled eyes, which greatly represented his persona: an angry phoenix. Several red digicores encircled his neck and tail at the end.

The White Tiger of the Western Quadrant stepped out to meet with his brethren. He was much smaller in comparison to the Dragon and the Phoenix but his presence was quite intimidating, too. He was tall in stature. His body not just built for battle but covered with beautiful white fur with black stripes running across parts of his body. Bracelets adorned around his ankles, neck and even one around his tail. The front part of his paws was covered with metallic blue platting with Chinese Kanji symbols. His paws were powerful and equipped with sharp claws used to take down large enemies. There was fur around his neck in the shape of a mane and three sharp iron spikes emerging through his spine. The mask of this beast was blue with yellow markings. The dentures, including his fangs, were sharp and had perfect precisions. Underneath the mask were four eyes, but not filled with rage like the Phoenix. Several orbs, known better as digicores, surrounded his abdomen.

Finally, emerged the most gentle and peaceful of the four Sovereigns, the Great Two-Headed Turtle of the Northern Quadrant. He was a behemoth when compared to the Tiger. His skin was delicately pale in yellow coloration with white scales over parts of his body. He, unlike his three brethren, has two-heads rather than one. On top of the right head was brown, tough armor. Its eyes were red plus his mouth and cheeks were revealed. A smoother plate of brown armor covered his left head, except for his lower jaw. Two eyes emerged out of what appeared to be eyeholes. A mammoth-sized tree with thick green leaves grew out of his back. His pale, short tail was also yellow. Many digicores encircled around the trunk of the mammoth tree.

"Hello again, my fellow Sovereign brothers. It's so good to see each of you again," the dragon's voice thunder out calmly.

"Likewise to you, Azulongmon," the white tiger bowed his head. "So, the Shadow Tournament is near its end."

"Indeed it is, Baihumon," the phoenix spoke in a deep, gruff voice. "The Legendary Warriors of Seraphimon have merged all of the twenty spirits together to form the ultimate warrior, Susanoomon, the Legendary Warrior of Peace. He is our last hope of defeating that terrible demon tyrant, Pharaohmon. Humph, to think that we'll be saved by humans again..."

"Still holding a grudge against the humans, eh Zhuqiaomon?" the turtle spoke through his left head in a Scottish-like accent.

Immediately speaking out, also in a Scottish accent, was the right head of the turtle, "Zhuqiaomon needs a wee time out, if ye ask me, lad!"

"Oh, please, Ebonwumon... My overbearing grudge for the humans isn't as hostile as it was before the whole D-Reaper fiasco. The Tamers have earned my respect when they saved our world from becoming feasting grounds for the Chaos. However, I do not and will not show love for the humans who dare to oppose the beliefs we stand for. To think that we allowed a human girl into our world to destroy Pharaohmon many ages ago..."

"That child was the Digital Priestess if you recall, Zhuqiaomon," Azulongmon spoke out to the Phoenix of the South. "It was thanks to the courageous spirit of the Digital Priestess that Pharaohmon was ever sealed away. Now, she returns to fulfill her duty and destroy the demon."

As the Priestess' name was mentioned, an image of the holy female herself was viewed closely through the orb. The four Sovereigns eyed her carefully and noticed the Sailor Senshi standing by her side.

"Who are those human females the Priestess is with?" Zhuqiaomon pointed his large beak directly to the orb.

"Those would be the majestic female warriors known to the Human World as the Sailor Senshi. They have defended the humans for years and have conquered many enemies to save their race countless of times during each state of crisis," Azulongmon responded to the Phoenix. "They have managed to gain more power from the Priestess alone. At their current power, each one can rival or surpass anyone of your former Devas, Zhuqiaomon."

"You're not serious? How could humans possess such great powers?"

"Not every human is as weak as ye seem to believe, Zhuqiaomon," Ebonwumon's left head snickered. "Believe it or not one of those human females is genetically related to the Digital Priestess."

"Indeed, you are correct, Ebonwumon," Azulongmon nodded in agreement.

"But what if Susanoomon ends up destroying Pharaohmon?" Baihumon asked the dragon. "Would we need anymore use of the girl?"

"I wouldn't think so. With the threat of Pharaohmon gone, we can concentrate on rebuilding more of the Digital Planes across our territories. However, there will come a time when we will need her again. I'm very interested in getting in contact with these Sailor Senshi and they would make very useful assets in case a great enemy arises to challenge our authorities," the Dragon replied. Then, we must find a new guardian for the Underworld. Since Anubimon has perished, there will have to be a suitable replacement."

"A 'sootable' replacement ye say? Where could we find this 'sootable' replacement ye suggest?" Ebonwumon's right head asked curiously.

"I do not know, but I do know that Anubimon wasn't absorbed," Azulongmon responded. "When Pharaohmon destroyed Anubimon, the Underworld lord's data was not absorbed or loaded into the demon. Rather it simply moved freely across the Digital World. There is a great possibility of Anubimon's body being restored in this case scenario."

"Then, Pharaohmon has no idea, Does he?" Zhuqiaomon asked the Dragon of the East. "So there is hope for the Underworld, but there is also the matter of the escapees from the Dark Area. Such vile abominations such as the Dark Masters, Demon and the Demon Corps, Myotismon and many other vile creatures have been released from their prisons."

"There is no doubt they will escape into the Digital World and hide in the event that Pharaohmon is to fall," Azulongmon explained. "I know for a fact that Myotismon has once again evolved into Belial Myotismon and is hiding. Of the four Dark Masters, only Metal Seadramon repented for his sins and took the position of the digimon partner of the late-Kotori. He has vowed to fight by his new allies' side. However, it is creatures like Piedmon, Demon, Myotismon and many others we need to keep an eye out for. There's no doubt they will scheme without our consent."

Zhuqiaomon grumbled, "If you ask me, we should simply intervene, crush whatever resistance they have and send them back into their prisons for which they can rot for all eternity."

"Zhuqiaomon, me friend, ye are seriously underestimating our enemies. They have strength in numbers and will no doubt build armies to resist our might," the Twin-Headed Turtle of the North responded.

The right head spoke out, "Did ye wake up on the wrong side of the nest this morning, Zhuster?"

"Let us not forget that we underestimated the Chaos and look what kind of trouble that got us in," the White Tiger of the West reminded his brethren. "The likes of Demon and Piedmon are lethal when they plan ahead while behind the scenes. Do you not remember when we were sealed away by the four Dark Masters? Please, let us not make the same folly and learn from our mistakes."

"Indeed, we must, Baihumon," Azulongmon nodded in agreement. "However, let us be happy that we don't have to deal with the likes of a Demon God such as Valmarmon or even the Time God himself, Zeed Millenniumon. If the likes of Valmarmon were ever to be revived, our Digital World cannot put up a resistance against that Demon God. Bless Granasmon for defeating that abomination."

"Bless Granasmon's sacrifice," the other three Sovereigns bowed their heads in respect of the fallen God of Light.

"Then, there's the existence of Zeed Millenniumon, the Wicked Time God. His mere existence would destroy our entire universe," Azulongmon's eyes narrowed while glaring down at the orb. "Let us be thankful we do not have to deal with these kinds of threats. We must pay attention to our current enemy, Pharaohmon. How dare that vile creature turn his back on Lord Granasmon and pledge his allegiance to Valmarmon just for the sake of more power. Susanoomon, I hope to all that you destroy Pharaohmon before he reaches his full power. If you are defeated, then..."

"Only the Digital Priestess is left as our trump card," Ebonwumon's left head responded. "She must come through if our world and the Human World are to be saved."

"I never thought I'd say this, but I give my blessings to the Tamers and each of their allies, including the Legendary Warriors. I am happy Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon came through to us in the end," the Phoenix responded with a lighter tone in his deepened voice. "Also, it is good to be graced once again by your presence, Digital Priestess. We truly believe in you."

"I'm glad you're once again starting to put aside your grudge, Zhuqiaomon," Azulongmon nodded with a kind gesture before glancing back to the orb. "It's all up to you now, Susanoomon. Bring peace to the Digital World and end the evil reign of Pharaohmon."

With those last words said the four Sovereigns glanced towards the orb to witness the events unfold. It was down to the two finalists of the Shadow Tournament: Susanoomon and Pharaohmon. Who will win?

Digital World/Holy Sanctuary of the Angels/Sector HOLY-0021

Inside a white majestic room, inside the castle of Seraphimon, the three Celestial Angels gathered together in unison. They had managed to recuperate their powers after a long slumber and have managed to regain their mega forms. The adorable Patamon once again took back his throne and evolved into Seraphimon of Hope. He appeared as a tall humanoid digimon with ten golden angelic wings with his face hidden inside a blue helmet. The helmet had a golden cross and the Symbol of Hope plastered across his chest. Following him was Salmon, who once again became Ophanimon of the Light. She appeared as a human female digimon with her own pair of ten glowing wings. Last but not least, Lopmon evolved back into Cherubimon of Miracles. He appeared as a giant pink, long-eared digimon.

The three high authority figures viewed the finals of the Shadow Tournament through a white viewing orb. Their composure was at ease but yet they couldn't help to feel tense at the same time. They were happy to once again watch Susanoomon fight another battle, but could this be a battle the unified warrior can win?

"So, the time has come," Seraphimon spoke in a deep, calm authority-like voice. "Susanoomon graces us with his appearance, but I have to wonder if he will be able to take Pharaohmon as he did against Lucemon. But I truly believe the Legendary Warriors will pull through."

"Takuya and Kouji only comprise of Susanoomon now along with all the spirits to guide them," Ophanimon stated in a delicate and kind manner. "I must say it was great timing for us to give Jaarin, Dimitro, Sam and Vega the remaining spirits. After all, they were corrupted by the dark powers."

"I'd thought we should give Ranamon, Mercuremon, Grottomon and Arbormon a second chance," Cherubimon spoke up in a deep, gruff voice.

"Indeed, this Pharaohmon proves to be a great threat if he shows no fear to Susanoomon. Even Lucemon displayed fear when he was slain by the great unified Warrior of Peace," Seraphimon stated while eyeing the viewing orb. "It was thanks to Susanoomon that the tyrant Lucemon was at last defeated."

"But Pharaohmon will prove to be an even greater threat than Lucemon if we are not careful," Ophanimon warned the Celestial Angel of Hope and shuddering at the memories of the chaos the tyrannical Lucemon caused on their planet.

"We understand your grief and fear of what Pharaohmon maybe capable of, but we cannot lose hope in the children," Cherubimon nodded his head and reassured the female Celestial Angel of Light.

Looking solemnly at the two males, Ophanimon felt a slight doubt for Susanoomon's chances and sensed the overwhelming darkness radiating from out of Pharaohmon. Could it be true? Can Pharaohmon at his full potential actually rival Lucemon's? She would hope not, but her mind is telling her something rather differently. She couldn't place her finger on it and couldn't bring it up to her fellow Celestials.

"Be at ease, Ophanimon. The Chosen Children of the Legendary Warriors will not let us down. They are our last hope if the Sovereigns' world, the Human World and even our own existence is to be ensured security," Seraphimon stated with a calm composure but even he couldn't predict Pharaohmon's motives. "Children, this is battle that will prove to be greater than you can imagine. Please, Susanoomon. Gather the strength necessary to bring about Pharaohmon's downfall! Do not lose hope, Legendary Warriors! The power of the Ten Warriors Courses through you!"

Phoenix Arena/The Final Stage

Back at the stadium, the grand showdown between Susanoomon and Pharaohmon was well underway. They were prepared to engage in the tournament's finals. Etemon didn't even bother making the call since it seemed obvious that the rulebook was thrown out the minute Susanoomon appeared.

"Well, we can forget about the rulebook as far as I'm concerned! Plus, I'm sure that would make Pharaohmon even more pleased! Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the finals after two long grueling days! The wait is officially over! Susanoomon! Pharaohmon! Let the finals begin!"

Once Lillymon called out, Susanoomon and Pharaohmon continued to encircle one another. The first one to make their official move was the demon lord himself. He threw out a right hand fist directly towards Susanoomon. The blow impacted with Susanoomon's chest, but it did no damage! Pharaohmon's eyes widened at the sight and couldn't believe his devastating blow did no damage to Susanoomon. The Unified Legendary Warrior retaliated with a rapid, lighting fast punch across Pharaohmon's face.

The blow sent Pharaohmon reeling back with a huge dent across his left cheek. Susanoomon followed it up with yet another lighting-fast punch, which connected this time with Pharaohmon's right cheek. The two blows were enough to cause Pharaohmon to soaring up through the stadium itself. The ceiling of the stadium started to collapse and caused a huge panic amongst the audience. However, the Warrior of Peace managed to hold the weight of the stadium to prevent a collapse. He placed it directly in place and waited for Pharaohmon to descend down through the hole of the ceiling's roof.

The audiences were awe struck at how easily and quickly Susanoomon took out Pharaohmon with simply two blows. This was Pharaohmon at one hundred percent of his top strength and already he was getting punched around like a rag doll! Of course, this was to be expected from a being the caliber of Susanoomon.

"Two blows and he sent Pharaohmon flying sky high through the stadium's roof! Incredible display by the Unified Warrior!" Lillymon exclaimed. "Will this be the end result of the Shadow Tournament? Will Susanoomon actually defeat Pharaohmon? It looks to be heading towards that direction!"

Looking up towards the stadium's roof, Susanoomon awaited for Pharaohmon to arrive down. Then, after a few moments of waiting, the evil lord descended down through the hole and meets Susanoomon directly. The villain's face had two dents across his face and bloody marks. He glared directly at Susanoomon and wiped the blood from his lip. A smile crossed the demon's face. Has he finally come up against the worthy challenger he has been seeking?

"Nice shots, Susanoomon. I'll grant you that. They staggered me and caught me completely off my guard," Pharaohmon chuckled. "You are definitely much stronger than Gallantmon in his Crimson form. It's no surprise. You alone are made up of all the spirits of the Legendary Warriors, but you're still primarily the Warriors of Flame and Light. Perhaps, it was better had all of you children joined together."

"No, because it will only require the two of us to defeat you!" Susanoomon pointed directly at the dark lord. "We've dealt with Lucemon and you will meet the same fate!"

"Ah, but unlike Lucemon, I come well prepared!" Pharaohmon chuckled and created yet another demonic aura.

"Wow, can you feel that, Omegamon?" Athenamon asked the Royal Knight.

"Pharaohmon's demonic energy is getting stronger! Susanoomon, there's no time to waste! You must destroy Pharaohmon now!"

"Wait, but Susanoomon has this thing in the bag!" Kazu exclaimed. "I mean look! He already sent Pharaohmon flying after two blows! That plus the fact..."

"Pharaohmon is at full power!" Kenta finished his friend's sentence.

"Yes, but look where it got Gallantmon," Henry replied.

"You guys worry too much. Susanoomon will beat this guy!" Junpei assured the Tamers and their allies.

"Let's hope you're right," Jeri said.

"We didn't sacrifice our spirits just to fail!" Vega spoke out. "You better give that punk hell, Susanoomon!"

Watching the showdown from the crowds was the Digital Priestess. She sensed the great demonic power from Pharaohmon and felt that she will be needed in the upcoming moments. Sailor Mars walked beside her to watch the two behemoths. To think that she had battled the monster while he had possession of Lance's body.

"So, when are you going to intervene, Cammy-chan?" the Senshi of Flame asked her sibling.

"Until the right opportunity presents itself, we will wait," Cammy responded. "However, I still feel that it will be me that deals the final blow to Pharaohmon."

Speaking of Lance, Yugi's friends finally arrived through the entranceway. They were greeted upon by the Tamers and the Legendary Warriors. Bakura emerged from the corner with Lance on his back. The formerly possessed teen looked completely out of it but he should otherwise be just fine. Yami Yugi rejoined his friends and nodded to Joey.

"I knew you'd lead them to the right direction, Joey."

"Just leave it to me, Yugi."

"Though, you did get us lost down the hallway before we got here," Tristan sighed.

"Hey! At least I got us here!"

Yami Yugi turned around and saw Seto Kaiba walking out of the entranceway, "Kaiba, what a surprise. I didn't think you'd show up."

"I'm interested in a little investment in this place and I'm not going to let some guy decide to ruin my future plans," Kaiba snorted as he walked by Yugi and watched the battle. "Yes, I have some use for this world after all. It'll make a nice integration with my Virtual World."

"Have any idea what's on his mind?" Mai asked Joey.

"Probably up to no good as usual," Joey crossed his arms and scoffed. "In any case, I just hope Susanoomon can beat Pharaohmon."

"Don't worry, Joey. Pharaohmon won't know what hit him!" Tomoki exclaimed.

"Let's hope so, Tomoki," Izumi whispered.

Takato looked up to witness the face off between the two super powers and placed a hand over his fallen digimon partner. He felt sad that Gallantmon did not defeat Pharaohmon, but he did not take into account that Pharaohmon would even ascend to his full powered strength.

"Oh, Gallantmon... If only there had been another way. We could have beaten this guy!" Takato cried to himself while whispering to the Crimson knight.

Rika turned around to watch Takato wallowing in self doubt and couldn't help it. She felt terrible for the boy but there was something she had to do to motivate him.

"Takato, don't be so down," Himura assured the boy.

"Yeah! Because we'll finally see that monster get what he deserves! Right, Inumon and Dark Gabumon?" Yui asked the digimon duo.

"I'm not too... sure... I mean Pharaohmon is sure enjoying himself... Then again, Susanoomon holds the advantage in power. There's no doubt he will overpower Pharaohmon," Youkai Inumon barely managed to speak out.

"I'll have to agree with the mutt," Dark Gabumon sighed. "Since I've once served Pharaohmon, I would know that he purposely holds out on most of his power..."

"He's right," Felinismon frowned at the sight of Pharaohmon's fully powered form. "Susanoomon certainly does have the upper hand..."

"But for how long...?" Sakuyamon wondered.

"I think you guys are looking too hard into this," Kouichi responded to the digimon. "Susanoomon will win! That's for sure!"

"C'mon, Susanoomon," Takato watched the two titans preparing to attack.

In another attempt to gain an advantage, Pharaohmon launched himself across and threw out numerous fists. The Unified Warrior took the blows head on and was barely flinching. The dark lord growled in frustration and activated the dragon on his back. The dragon head awakened and unleashed a fiery blast. Susanoomon gets blasted in the chest by the dark fire. Unlike the punches however, the fire did graze a portion of Susanoomon and stunned him.

"Well, it seems you are not invincible after all," Pharaohmon smirked. "LET'S KICK IT UP A NOTCH!"

With that said the dragon's head unleashed another dark fiery blast. It struck Susanoomon head and once again stunned the Unified warrior. However, Susanoomon had taken enough of Pharaohmon's assault and slammed a punch to knock Pharaohmon away. The demon lord reeled from the blow and flew across the stadium ceiling. Susanoomon cupped his hands together and gathered a large quantity of all the powers of the legendary warriors. A sword's handle appeared around his grasp. Finally, in an instant, a LONG, LONG, blade materialized. It was nearly as long as the stadium itself in diameter.

The stadium's audiences were awe struck by the appearance of the massive blade. Even Pharaohmon was stunned by this and did not realize that his end would come at any given moment. He placed his hands across and gathered more demonic energy to build up his strength.

"Whatever you attempt to do, I'll block it! Give me your best shot, Susanoomon! Whatever you do is futile!" Pharaohmon bellowed out.

"IS THAT A CHALLENGE!" Susanoomon roared out. "Fine then! Have it your way!"

"C'mon, Susanoomon! Let him have it!" the other Digi-Destined cried out in unison for the Unified Warrior of Peace. "DON'T HOLD BACK!"

'Whoa, now I've seen everything!" Beelzebumon shouted. "Damn, I don't think Pharaohmon is getting up after this is said and done!"

"Let's hope so, demon," Omegamon viewed the magnificent blade wielded by Susanoomon. "That is one massive sword! Can even Pharaohmon hope to overpower this? Even Lucemon fell to this same weapon!"

"If my eyes didn't deceive me, I'd say I'm looking at THE BIGGEST blade I've ever seen in my career! It's nearly as long as the stadium itself! Susanoomon plans do more than carve out Pharaohmon like a pumpkin! But, with this much power, can he hope to slice Pharaohmon? This going to be quite the test for the dark lord! You'll only get this much intense action only in the Phoenix Arena!"

Takato looked on in amazement and muttered to himself, "Can he actually defeat Pharaohmon with this weapon?"

"If he doesn't then we're all screwed," Rika responded.

Once the weapon was prepared, Susanoomon swung mightily across and sliced the massive blade across the top area of the stadium. He made sure not to inflict damage and cut the arena itself. The blade was wide enough to barely singe the arena edges but it was long enough to reach Pharaohmon.

"PHARAOHMON! IT ENDS FOR YOU!" Susanoomon declared as he swung his gigantic weapon across. "CELESTIAL BLADE!"

"LET HIM HAVE IT, SUSANOOMON!" the Tamers, the Digi-Destined and the digimon exclaimed in unison.

With one loud, intense battle cry, Susanoomon swung the mighty blade across and aimed to slice Pharaohmon in half through his torso. The demon lord prepared himself for the incoming blade and summoned forth yet another demonic aura. By concentrating on his demon energy, he would build up his own strength to catch the blade and stop it completely in its tracks. Susanoomon concentrated to exert enough force to pierce through Pharaohmon's strong aura.

Then, once the blade made contact with Pharaohmon's aura, a loud explosive eruption occurred between the two super powers. Lighting streaked around their surroundings with Susanoomon's in a tug of war against Pharaohmon's demonic aura. The strong barrier was proving to be the ultimate equalizer for the dark lord. This attack had successfully managed to slice through Lucemon. However, Pharaohmon was resisting against it and struggled to overpower his adversary's majestic weapon. Susanoomon was in shock to realize this was not an opponent that will not go down that easily.

"NO! YOU THINK CAN STOP ME! THIS IS MY TOURNAMENT! I OWN THIS EVENT!" Pharaohmon declared by screaming out. "EVEN YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DEFEAT ME!"

"No... We have to keep pushing forward! We can't let this monster overpower us! We have come a long way! We've defeated opponent after each opponent to reach this far! Pharaohmon has tormented many people's lives and caused grief to others!" Susanoomon exclaimed and managed to regain an advantage over Pharaohmon. "DO YOU HEAR ME?"

"YES AND IT'S THE MOST RIDICULOUS RANT I'VE EVER HEARD!" Pharaohmon laughed out manically and pushed out the expansion of his demonic aura. "YOU WILL NOT DENY ME MY DESTINY!"

"We'll stop you!"

"Everyone that has ever dared to oppose will have not choice but to call me their new Kaiser! Yes, KAISER PHARAOHMON has a nice ring to it! This world and the human world will be my new playground! Every living creature are nothing more than mere playthings to me!"

"How dare you show disregard for life, real and digital! We will never bow to your demands, Pharaohmon! It all ends here for you! Now, prepare to meet Lucemon in Digital Limbo!" Susanoomon roared out.

"THIS IS ONE PHENOMAL DISPLAY OF TITANIC POWERS! THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN ALL THE PAY PER VIEWS!" Lillymon exclaimed through her microphone.

"Susanoomon is overpowering Pharaohmon!" Junpei shouted out. "Keep it up, guys!"

"Stay on him and don't give out!" Tomoki cried out.

"C'mon! We believe in you two!" Izumi clasped her hands together. "Takuya... Kouji..."

"Pharaohmon's losing it!" exclaimed Vega. "That bastard is finally going to get what's coming to him!"

"I can't believe it! We're actually going to pull through this with Susanoomon!" Kazu shouted. "Susanoomon's become my new favorite digimon!"

"Um, hey! What about me?" Guardromon cleared his throat.

"Oh, yeah. You're always number one, Guardromon."

"That's what I thought."

"Boo-yah! You're finally going down Pharaohmon!" Joey laughed out. "Isn't this great, guys?"

"You bet! Nothing will make me happier than Pharaohmon finally going down in defeat!" Tea nodded in agreement.

"One of them will give out and I truly believe it will be Pharaohmon!" Duke watched with awe.

"Go for it, Susanoomon!" Mokuba cried out to the legendary Unified warrior.

Meanwhile, both the Sailor Senshi and Spirit Detectives watched the events unfold with anticipation. Amongst them, the Digital Priestess and Yusuke both were anxious. For Yusuke, he wondered whether his spirit blasts were going to detonate within the demon. The Digital Priestess observed Pharaohmon closely and gasped out in shock.

"What is it, Cammy-chan?" Sailor Saturn asked the Priestess.

"It's Pharaohmon! His power is somehow rising but it shouldn't be!" Cammy responded as her eyes displayed doubt for Susanoomon. "It won't be long until Susanoomon gives out and Pharaohmon takes back the momentum!"

"What! You can't be serious!" Sailor Venus gasped in horror.

"I'm serious..."

"No, Cammy! Then, we must intervene! Now!" Sailor Pluto declared.

"Yes, we must act now!"

However, before the Senshi and the Priestess could intervene, the power struggle between Pharaohmon and Susanoomon was making a complete 180. All of the momentum that the Unified warrior had gained was causing him to strain and lose a large quantity of energy. The amount of power he put forth through was going out and Pharaohmon's demonic aura proved to be far stronger than he could imagine. All twenty of the Legendary Warriors' spirits couldn't hope to destroy the demon aura!

"No... It can't be! How is he doing this! Even Lucemon wasn't capable of this!" Susanoomon gasped out. "We're gaining all of the power of the ten legendary warriors and all twenty spirits!"

"Heh! Apparently, you have forgotten where I gained my full demonic power from!" Pharaohmon reminded the Unified warrior. I gain all of my strength through the will and blessings of the Demon God, Valmarmon!"

"Valmarmon!"

"That's right! It is his will that I become the Kaiser of the two worlds! I will honor his good name and WIN THIS TOURNAMENT!" Pharaohmon roared out as he punched his fists across.

As soon as he thrust his fists across, a shadowy image of a horned monster appeared over Pharaohmon. The dark lord's eyes dimmed with a crimson glow and his body increased with more energy surging through his veins. Once the fists shot through Susanoomon's defense, the force of the double blow shattered the sword into pieces!

Suddenly, the audience was in complete silence at the shocking turn of events. They couldn't believe at what they were seeing! Pharaohmon destroyedSusanoomon's sword and broke it completely in half! It was through the combined might of Pharaohmon's strength and Valmarmon's power that shattered this sword.

The Tamers, the Duelists, the Chosen Digi-Destined, the digimon, the Senshi, the Spirit Detectives and the Dra-Warriors were stunned beyond horrified belief. Their lasthope was without his ultimate weapon, which had slain Lucemon before.

"NOOOOOOO!" Izumi screamed out.

"Heh, and to make sure that I'm the last one standing! Oh, mighty dark powers of Valmarmon, grant me the power to vanquish Susanoomon and the Legendary Warriors at once!" Pharaohmon called out as his brought his hands together and formed a massive sphere of dark energy. "THIS ENERGY BALL IS FROM ALL THE SOULS I HAVE CAPTURED AND I HAVE MIXED THEM WITH MY DEMONIC AURA! WITH THIS, I WILL FOREVER SEAL YOUR FATE!"

"No... Don't do it!" Susanoomon called out. "You'll be sorry if you do this!"

"Humph, whatever for?" Pharaohmon snorted. "You'll be gone and I will be declared the victor of this tournament!"

"Ah, so he doesn't realize it yet? He'll sacrifice a great deal of his power by throwing this attack!" Takuya thought.

"He's letting power go to his head!" Kouji added. "Plus, I can sense that his body will give out thanks to some source of explosive energy ready to detonate when he least expects it."

"There's also the fact that we won't be done in that easily." Takuya replied. "All right, here goes! Let's hope this new plan of ours works!"

"Well, since you aren't doing much, why don't I just put you out of your misery? Make it easy on yourself!" Pharaohmon laughed out heartily.

"Fine..."

"What? Have you finally realized that our powers are far different? You've realized that I am your superior?"

"Sure do," Susanoomon faked a groan. "Why don't you come and throw it? I can't defeat you. You destroyed our weapon, which was sued to slay Lucemon. Let me have it!"

"What! Susanoomon! Have you gone crazy!" Takato exclaimed as he heard Susanoomon's demand. "If you lose, then Pharaohmon will win control of our worlds!"

"Takuya! Kouji! Don't you realize what you two are doing! We sacrificed our spirits so you can beat this guy!" Junpei exclaimed.

"I can't... believe those two! They wouldn't give up!" Izumi screamed angrily.

"Just as I feared, Pharaohmon is too powerful even for Susanoomon," Omegamon sighed sadly.

"I swear men and their damn egos!" Athenamon snapped. "It should have been me in there!"

"Oh man! I can't stand the thought of being ruled over by that maniac!" Joey shuddered at the nightmarish thought.

"Yugi! We've got to do something!" Tea called out to her friend. "Yugi? Um, Yugi?"

However, unlike everyone else, Yami Yugi remained silent. It looked as if he realized what Susanoomon was aiming for and sensed the great deal of power sacrifice Pharaohmon was setting forth. His Millennium Puzzle dimmed a golden light, which managed to catch the group's attention. Whatever Yugi had in mind, it would help Susanoomon in the very end.

"FINE! IF IT'S A DEATH WISH YOU WANT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND YOU TO OBLIVION!" Pharaohmon bellowed out as he hurled the massive black sphere across.

The sphere quickly flew towards Susanoomon. As it drew nearer, the audiences all stood up in unison at the destructive sphere of darkness. The force of the ball slammed against Susanoomon and engulfed him completely. The warrior's screams echoed through as his body was breaking down inside the sphere. Izumi and the other Chosen children watched in horror as their last savior was being crushed inside the black sphere. Then, before anyone could utter a single word, the sphere exploded and shone a bright glow throughout the arena. Pharaohmon watched in happy glee as he saw no traces of Susanoomon from his powerful darkness sphere attack. He sacrificed a great amount of his and Valmarmon's own energy to finish off Susanoomon.

It had been done. Just like that... Rather anti-climatic for the side of good, but for Pharaohmon... This was the start of his new reign of darkness. He had won the tournament.

Everyone hero watched the turn of events with horrified expressions. The Tamers, the Legendary Warrior children, the Duelists, the digimon, the Sailor Warriors and the Spirit Detectives were speechless. Their last shining hope was destroyed within the blink of an eye.

"It's... It's over...?" Lillymon whispered through the microphone. "I can't believe my eyes, but it now it is evident that it is over... I... I don't know what to say... Susanoomon has been defeated?"

"No... It can't be..." Izumi fell to her knees with tears in her eyes.

"We... lost? After everything we've went through...?" Kazu quivered out of fear.

"No! It can't be true!" Joey exclaimed. "Not like this!"

"I hate to say it but it is over..." Sakuyamon lowered her head in shame.

Yui buried her face into her brother's chest and cried, "Don't tell me this is true, Himura!"

"Yui... I'm sorry..." Himura sniffed tears as he pressed his sister closer to him.

"Damn it... Why did Takuya and Kouji do this!" Youkai Inumon exclaimed. "Yugi! I hope you realize that our two worlds are now in control of this bastard, right?"

"Because of your decision, we just lost our best friends!" Junpei shouted out of anger. "You are responsible for this!"

Izumi quickly got up from the ground and screamed out the names of her two best friends, "TAKUYA! KOUJI!"

The entire stadium, excluding the cheering villains, was mourning over the loss of Susanoomon. Now, they too would become new subjects to the new reign of Pharaohmon. The Sovereigns were now forced to relinquish their territories. The dawning of a new era has begun and it would not be pretty. The Sailor Senshi were shocked by the events, as were the Spirit Detectives.

However, now the question remained, what were Pharaohmon's first words as official Kaiser going to be? What new law and order will he implement into his new kingdom? The Earth has come to realize that there wasn't a thing they can do to object against Pharaohmon's rule. The dark lord descended down towards the arena floor while panting heavily from the major loss of power he sacrificed. Nonetheless, he was satisfied. Victory was his just as he had hoped. He looked around at the arena filled with the digimon. There was a mixture of fear, shock, disbelief and anger over what had transpired. A grin crossed the dark lord's face and he waved his hand over to Etemon.

"Huh? You mean me?" Etemon asked the new Kaiser.

"Yes, come here and grant me thee victory or die," Pharaohmon cleared his throat. "Declare me the new Kaiser of the two worlds."

"Ye-Yes, Kaiser Pharaohmon," Etemon gulped while slowly approaching the Demon lord before turning to face the audience.

"Um, ladies and gentlemen... Since Susanoomon's body has not returned and was destroyed, I cannot officially count him out. Therefore, allow me to announce your winner of the Shadow Battle Tournament and new Kaiser of the two worlds! Kaiser... Pharaohmon!"

Upon this announcement declared, Pharaohmon's lips curled into a smile and he raised his arms in triumphant victory. He has won and become everyone's new Kaiser. The Earth and the Digital World were at last Pharaohmon. It has been thousands of years in the making, but Pharaohmon has at last achieved his ultimate goal.

"We're all screwed..." Flamedramon sighed in disbelief and lowered his head. "Now, we have to give into this psychopath's demands?"

"Worse yet, we're all going to become his subjects," Panzerdramon replied. "This is not how I wanted the tournament to end."

"Yeah. Don't you agree, Kyodaidramon? Espritdramon?" Luzdramon asked the Dra-Warrior duo. "Um, guys? Hello?"

The two advanced Dra-Warriors remained silent while their eyes observed Pharaohmon. Even they could sense an overwhelming power about to burst out of Pharaohmon. The trio themselves wondered what they both Dra-Warriors completely at peace?

Out of the whole Spirit Detective team, Yusuke and his three Detective allies felt the overwhelming spirit energy set to detonate any moment within Pharaohmon. Yusuke's eyes narrowed with a slight smirk crossing his face. Botan and Keiko took note of this smirk. Even Koenma knew what was coming up.

"Yes, it's about time! Here comes the big one you guys!" Yusuke exclaimed as he called out directly. "I hope you like your present, Pharaohmon!"

"It's huge! Even Pharaohmon will not realize what will happen to him!" Kurama cried out.

"This is it, guys! Urameshi is going to be leaving a wake up call for that bastard!" Kuwabara shouted out.

"It's about time this managed to come through, Detective," Hiei observed Pharaohmon closely as he sensed the overwhelming spirit energy set to erupt.

"Pharaohmon is in for it now," Mizuno nodded in reply.

"Well done, Yusuke. For once, you actually thought this one through using your head," Koenma admitted.

"Here's a wake up call for you, you dumb bastard!" Yusuke thought as he referred to Pharaohmon about his impending fate.

Out of the Sailor Senshi team, Cammy, Sailor Mars and Sailor Pluto knew exactly was going to occur. Pluto predicted this event to come ever since arriving at the stadium. Meanwhile, Cammy and Mars used their spiritual awareness to sense the large quantity of spirit energy preparing to detonate into a massive explosion from within Pharaohmon's body.

"Pharaohmon's fate is at last at hand," Sailor Pluto spoke out for everyone in the group to hear.

"Yes, and finally Pharaohmon gets what's coming to him. Never ever underestimate your enemy because it will always manage to come back and bite you in the ass," Sailor Mars nodded in agreement with her hands on her hips. "So, Pharaohmon, how does it feel to know that your new reign as Kaiser will be the shortest lived monarchy the worlds will have ever known? Such much for your greatness, your highness."

"Indeed, Sailor Mars, now watch everyone. This is what happens to those who overlook their enemy," Cammy stated to the Senshi as she gripped her sword and observed the dark lord. "Pharaohmon is about to learn the hard way. Once Pharaohmon has been severely weakened, then it will be our time to move and dealt the final blow to the demon. Pharaohmon, your reign of darkness officially comes to an end."

Once Pharaohmon once again raised his arms in triumph, a blue flash of light emerged from out of his body. Then, without warning...

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The dark lord's screams echoed out across the stadium and the loud explosion was heard by everyone in attendance, the blue energy enveloped into a broad, column of light and expanded out across where the villains stood. Pharaohmon's near invincible body was slowly breaking down and deflating as a result. Just moments as he was crowned as the new king, this happens to him without knowing. His face contorted with pain and fear.

"WHAT!... WHAT IS THIS!" Pharaohmon exclaimed out shock and disbelief. "JUST ONE MOMENT AND... ARGH! MY BODY IS WEAKENING? HOW?"

"What's this! Just seconds after he was crowned as our new Kaiser, a bright flash of light has erupted out of Pharaohmon and he is down on his knees. If I'm not mistaken, that blue flash looks like one of Yusuke's Spirit Gun blasts..."

Then, as soon as Lillymon announced this, it quickly came back to Pharaohmon and he realized what just occurred. He remembered Yusuke firing several Spirit Gun blasts but often wondered why Yusuke was effortlessly aiming more blasts than he should. It all dawned on Pharaohmon. The power of his Spirit power gathered up together inside the monster's body, contaminated his demon energy and thus collected itself to form of explosive energy. That detonation itself managed to come through and did its job on Pharaohmon. Yusuke for once thought through using his head and not by sheer luck.

"WHAT! SO, THAT'S IT! DAMN IT ALL!" Pharaohmon cursed as he sat up and roared angrily while thrashing about like a madman. "I SHOULD HAVE KILLED THAT DAMN FOOL WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE! NOW, THAT I SACRIFICED A GREAT OF ENERGY TO DEFEAT SUSANOOMON, I'M WEAKENED! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN THIS SO DAMN FOOLISH! ARGH! NO!"

Upon hearing this rant by the weakened demon lord, his supporters gasped out in utter disbelief. However, the crowds were greatly relieved. They had a second chance to resist against Pharaohmon and put up a fight against him. However, it would be the heroes that would get this opportunity. It so happens that even Yami Yugi saw through to Yusuke's plan and timed the detonation to occur within Pharaohmon. But that still does not explain Susanoomon.

"So, you were actually counting on Pharaohmon to blow up like, Yug?" Joey asked his strategic friend.

"Yes, and don't worry about Susanoomon, friends. He is not gone. In fact, he's still here as it is."

"Huh! How!" Himura wondered out of bewilderment.

"No! He's right! I see Takuya and Kouji right above us!" Junpei pointed out from above.

"All right!" Izumi gasped out in happiness as she saw her friends surrounded by the twenty spirits.

"Way to stay alive, guys! You had me scared!" Sam shouted out.

"Yes, and this was well thought out, my friends," Omegamon nodded. "Even you children had me on the edge of my seat. I sense Pharaohmon's is greatly diminishing. Don't you sense that, my lady?"

"Yes, his great power is greatly being reduced to what it once was," Athenamon nodded in agreement. "That spirit energy from that Yusuke boy really inflicted a heavy toll on that bastard. It's about damn time someone outsmarted him!"

"This is great! Man, I never would have thought about this!" Takato laughed out happily. "You guys really did think this through, but that still doesn't fix everything. Pharaohmon won this tournament!"

"Yeah, but how can he rule it when he's dead?" Yami Yugi responded.

"Oh that's a question I can gladly answer for you all," the voice of a young teenage girl called out.

The Tamers, the Duelists, the Legendary Warrior children and the digimon spun around to find the Sailor Senshi and Cammy the Digital Priestess standing behind them. The young Priestess turned towards the severely weakened Pharaohmon with an intense, hardened stare and with the majestic Holy Blade in her hand. The dark lord caught glimpse of the holy female and gasped in utter disbelief. Now his impending doom would soon come at hand. At long last, his dark fate will forever be sealed by the same power.

"No... No, it couldn't be! THE PRIESTESS!" Pharaohmon gasped out in horror as his eyes widened. "ARGH! THIS IS NOT WHAT I NEEDED!"

"We are graced by the surprise appearance of several females and a girl... Wait! Is that the legendary Digital Priestess? The same being summoned by our four Sovereigns to seal Pharaohmon during the Great Wars? It's hard to believe, but it is her! She has returned to save us all from this monster! Just when I thought we'd be ruled by Pharaohmon, the Digital Priestess has come through to us! Oh praise the Great Sovereigns! Thank you for answering our prayers!"

As soon as the Priestess was mentioned, a massive loud ovation erupted for Cammy. The girl was enthralled by the unified cries and praises of her legendary presence. A smile crossed her face once she came to accept all the praise and popularity of her legendary status. Sailor Venus walked over to Cammy and giggled to herself.

"You're pretty popular, aren't ya, Cammy-chan? They sure love you," Sailor Venus whispered in Cammy's ear.

"Oh, Venus..." Cammy slightly blushed and smiled.

"You deserve these chants, dear sister," Sailor Mars nodded accordingly. "Now, it's time: Time to fulfill the wishes and needs of these digimon, time to fulfill our greatest wish: To end the wicked reign of Pharaohmon once and for all!"

"And I'm more than happy to oblige, dear sister," Cammy nodded in reply and looked up ahead to face off against the dark lord. "Pharaohmon, it's over, demon! Time for you to pay for the crimes you have perpetrated against your enemies and all of us who have had to deal with your tormenting games! It all ends here!"

Finding himself glaring down the group of heroes that have opposed him, Pharaohmon growled intensely and tried standing up. The spirit detonation had taken a heavy toll on his body and left him more vulnerable against his opposition. His demon aura was slowly fading and his massive muscles were deflating. This wasn't what he needed right now. His destiny as Kaiser was to come at hand!

"No! I won this tournament! I'm your new Kaiser! You will all bow before me!" Pharaohmon roared out. "I may have sacrificed my power, but I can still take each and every one of you! Especially... You, Digital Priestess!"

"Pharaohmon... Pharaohmon, you sacrificed a great amount of your own power to defeat Susanoomon, but you never took into account that you actually killed him," Yami Yugi smiled. "If you don't believe me, then look above you."

"What are you..." Pharaohmon demanded before looking up into the stadium's ceiling and gasped out in horror. "NO! IT CAN'T BE!"

Descending down from the ceiling were the transparent forms of Takuya and Kouji. Their bodies were covered with encircling data codes and the twenty spirits surrounded them. Pharaohmon couldn't believe his very eyes. How could they have survived? He used the combined power of his own demon energy and from the dark sorcery bestowed to him by Valmarmon to destroy Susanoomon.

"HOW CAN THEY STILL BE ALIVE!"

"It's going to take more than your power to put us away, Pharaohmon! It doesn't matter if Valmarmon gave you this demonic power, because we've just proven that we are two steps ahead of you!" Takuya exclaimed.

"You're not the only who can plan ahead and successfully pull it off!" Kouji called out. "You underestimated the lot of us and that came to bite you in the ass, Pharaohmon!"

"Guess you can give me credit, too!" the voice of Yusuke called out.

The demonic entity immediately spun around and found the Spirit Detectives already standing on another side of the arena floor. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei and Mizuno faced him down with serious glares. Pharaohmon then turned another corner of the arena to spot the Dra-Warrior clan: Kyodaidramon, Espritdramon, Flamedramon, Panzerdramon and Luzdramon. He had found himself completely surrounded by every hero that he has ever tormented or opposed during his reawakening.

"The Spirit Detectives and the Dra-Warriors!" Pharaohmon exclaimed as he looked towards Yusuke. "Damn you, boy! It's your fault that this ever happened to me in the first place!"

"What can I say? I'm that damn good," Yusuke grinned while shrugging his shoulders.

"DON'T LIE TO ME! YOU HAD ALL OF THIS ORCHESTRATED TO CAUSE THAT SPIRIT ENERGY TO DENONATE INSIDE OF ME!"

"Look, ease down with the screaming," Yusuke snorted. "I didn't plan out anything. I just needed to see if my spirit energy would have any effect on you and so it did..."

"Wait...? You mean you never planned this out from that start?" Mizuno asked the Spirit Detective.

"Wha...? Are you kidding me? I don't plan anything ever," Yusuke replied.

"Yeah, he's always manages to rely on luck in these circumstances," Kurama sighed.

"Yeah, that's our team leader for ya," Kuwabara grumbled.

"He's definitely a fool, but he really pulled through with this. I'll grant him that," Hiei spoke out.

"There you have it, me, Yusuke Urameshi, in a nutshell!" Yusuke snickered.

"Wha-" Himura's mouth dropped upon hearing this. "You mean he wasn't even serious?"

Yui looked directly towards Yusuke and his team with keen interest. Not only was she admired with Yusuke's spirit powers but she realized that he was a much better planner than he thinks.

"Oh no, he did a really smart move," Yui replied. "Hey, Yusuke! That was a nice shot!"

Yusuke turned around to find Yui waving directly towards him. A sweat dropped dripped across his head as he waved back to the small little girl he had been introduced to the other day.

"Hey, who's the girl, Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked the teen.

"Um... That's a girl I met yesterday. Her name is Yui-chan," Yusuke replied. "She was alone and went to talk to her. It seems she knows a lot about these digimon."

"Oh...? Yeah, she's way too young for you if you ask me."

"What? You think I was flirting with a little kid!" Yusuke yelled out at Kuwabara.

"Hehehe, just kidding with you, man," he snickered.

"Well, if you ask me, you did us all a favor and greatly weakened Pharaohmon with that lucky shot," Takato walked up to Yusuke. "If it wasn't for you, we'd be in deep trouble and Yugi couldn't have used his Millennium Puzzle to erect a barrier to prevent Susanoomon from being destroyed."

"What...? You mean you guys orchestrated everything from there?" Yusuke asked.

"That's right," Yami Yugi walked over and nodded. "We had to take into account that your 'spirit' energy would weaken Pharaohmon. You proved us right when the large quantity of that energy detonated inside Pharaohmon. Once I realized that, I used my puzzle's magic to protect Susanoomon from Pharaohmon's attack."

"Man, I'll say," Takuya called out from above. "You really planned this one through, Yugi!"

"I didn't want to leave things to chance. It was now or never," Yugi stated promptly. "But, Pharaohmon... Unfortunately for you, you can no longer attempt to take any world after this loss of power!"

"No... That's not true!" Pharaohmon sat up from the ground and clenched his right fist. "I still have enough demon energy to KILL THE LOT OF YOU! I WILL NOT BE DENIED MY DESTINY!"

"Oh, get over yourself," Kyodaidramon snorted. "You've made a gamble against all of us and you've lost."

"Pharaohmon, it's time. You will be forever vanquished by my blade," Cammy the Digital Priestess raised her Holy Blade and chanted a prayer to channel through the mystic power of the weapon.

"BAH! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU!" Pharaohmon roared out as he launched several pods out of his body.

Everyone stood back as the pods landed on the ground. Each pod hatched open to unleash an army of Scrabmon. The insect warriors hissed out directly at their enemies and wielded blades in their right hands. With his power reduced to half of what it once was, Pharaohmon was forced to resort to drastic measures and keep his enemies at bay.

"Humph, well this is proof that Pharaohmon is indeed forced to resort to drastic measures," Omegamon stepped into a battle stance. "Athenamon, shall we?"

"Yes, I've been waiting for this," Athenamon smirked.

The Scrabmon armies scattered across the battlefield and prepared to launch an attack on all the heroes. The Tamers called forth to their digimon partners.

"Sakuyamon!"

"Youkai Inumon!"

"Guardromon!"

"Marine Angemon!"

Henry held his D-Ark and it dimmed brightly for Terriermon to evolve straight into his mega-level form.

"Terriermon MEGA SHINKA! Mega Gargomon!"

In place of the tiny yet witty Terriermon was a gigantic, robotic titan with green metallic armor covering numerous parts of his body. He has dog-like features on his face, including the snout and nose. His shoulders were equipped with large, yellow missiles. Smiley rabbit faces appeared on the front of the missiles. His arms were massive with black armor and tiny green hands protruding at the ends. On his chest was a tiny yellow face. Around his waist was a black belt wrapped around green armor. His legs also had the massive green armor and three clawed toes at the end. Terriermon had become the walking fortress known as Mega Gargomon.

"Your turn, Lopmon!" Suzie called out while holding her D-Ark.

"Right!" Lopmon leaped out and became covered with a golden aura of light. "Lopmon CHOU SHINKA! Antiramon!"

"Go for it, Dark Gabumon!" Yui instructed her digimon partner and held her D-Ark.

"I'm on it, Yui!" Dark Gabumon jumped out and evolved into his mega form. "Dark Gabumon MEGA SHINKA! Shadow Metalgarurumon!"

"Take these scumbags, out, Cyberdramon!" Ryo exclaimed as he pulled out his D-Ark.

"I'm ready to tear some Scrabmon apart!" Cyberdramon growled intensely and flew out into battle.

"Felinismon! You're up!"

"I won't let you down, Jeri!" the feline smirked. "C'mon, boys! I'm ready for the best you've got!"

Nearly every Tamers' digimon fled out into battle against the Scrabmon hordes. Well, all except one Tamer and his digimon. Takato had returned towards Gallantmon's side and held his hand to motivate the Crimson knight to return to battle.

"Oh, Gallantmon... If only there was a way to get you back into this fight..." Takato clenched his fists. "There has to be another way!"

The next to enter the battle fray was Takuya and Kouji. They merged the twenty spirits together to reform data code to recreate the body of Susanoomon again. The Legendary Warrior children cheered on valiantly for the unified Warrior of Peace.

Susanoomon turned around and charged out into battle. He slammed himself against the weakened Pharaohmon and clobbered him with a right handed fist. The blow connected with Pharaohmon and sent the demon reeling back. If he had gathered enough energy during the next few minutes, he would have stood a better chance of defending himself. Alas, Susanoomon had reformed himself and would take up arms to beat down the dastardly demon.

The Spirit Detectives, including Mizuno as their ally, jumped into the action to deal with more of the hatching Scrabmon hordes.

"All right, girls, you go and take care of the rest of the Scrabmon. I will deal with Pharaohmon myself," Cammy reassured the Senshi.

"But, you're going to need help," Sailor Jupiter reminded her.

"It's okay, guys. She knows what she's doing. Let's just take care of the nuisances first," Sailor Mars assured her fellow Senshi. "Besides, with the Holy Blade's power, I know Cammy will pull this one off. Right, Cammy-chan?"

"I won't let you guys down," Cammy nodded to the Senshi and ran off into the battlefield to confront Pharaohmon.

"All right, Senshi! Let's move out!" Sailor Mars called out.

"Right!"

With that said the Sailor Warriors scattered around the battlefield to take care of more of the Scrabmon hordes.

Now, it was the Duelists turn to implement their course of action. Yami Yugi activated his Millennium Puzzle and used the dark magic to bring forth several of his monsters to life: the Dark Magician, Magician of Black Chaos, Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast and the Dark Magician Girl. For Joey, the monsters to be brought forth were the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Thousand Dragon, Jinzo, Axe Raider, Gilford the Lightning, and Summoned Skull.

Everyone other duelist stood back until Yugi turned towards Seto Kaiba.

"Kaiba! It would be best if you allow me to summon your monsters using my Millennium Puzzle!"

"Whatever, they're still holographic images just like all of these digimon," Kaiba snorted as he reluctantly pulled out several cards.

"Thank you, Kaiba," Yugi smiled and let his puzzle's magic do all of the work.

The monsters to be summoned out of Kaiba's deck were his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Vorse Raider, Lord of Dragons and the Battle Ox.

"All right! Now we have our own monster army! This is so freakin' sweet!" Joey grinned and jumped around excitedly.

"Get over yourself, Wheeler," Kaiba remarked.

"Humph, shows how much you know!"

"If you two are done arguing, now would be the perfect time to attack! Go, monsters! Aid our comrades in the final battle!" Yami Yugi called out in command.

Upon hearing Yugi's declaration to war, the monsters all charged out into battle to aid their heroes against the Scrabmon.

Omegamon and Athenamon clobbered several of the Scrabmon flying towards their direction. The male Royal Knight launched a blast out of his Metalgarurumon cannon and incinerated a group of Scrabmon in the process. Athenamon skewered several of the Scrabmon with her majestic sword. Mermaimon, Jaguarmon and Darcmon jumped in to aid their queen to fend off the incoming Scrabmon.

"We're here to protect you, my queen!" Mermaimon exclaimed. "Don't worry! We can handle them!"

"We'll watch your back!" Darcmon reassured the Amazon Queen.

Jaguarmon jumped onto Athenamon's right shoulder and smiled, "Omegamon! Remember, you have to watch our queen's back since you will be marrying her! If anything happens to her, you will pay with your life!"

"Gee, thanks for the warning!" Omegamon called out as he stabbed a Scrabmon through its torso. "I'll be sure to keep that in... MIND!"

"Yeah, you had better!" Athenamon retorted. "Besides, I plan to have our wedding after this whole fiasco is over with. Wait until I see that surprised look on your face!"

Finally, the Dra-Warriors entered the battle fray and ready to take apart the incoming Scrabmon that flew out to attack the audience. Kyodaidramon and Espritdramon led the charge with their three comrades tagging along.

"Now, where is our leader? Imperialdramon-sama? He was supposed to be here..." Luzdramon wondered.

As soon as he said that, a massive blast penetrated through the stadium wall where Gallantmon had launched his attack earlier. The audiences turned to find the titan himself, Imperialdramon Fighter Mode. The heroes stopped fighting to watch the Dra-Warrior leader enter with his eyes set directly on Pharaohmon. Needless to say, the dark lord was surprised by this turn of events.

"Well, hello there, Pharaohmon," Imperialdramon Fighter Mode smashed his fists together. "Looks like you're in deep trouble. I can even sense that your energy is down. Guess that means the Priestess is going to be sealing you up again!"

"No! I will NEVER be defeated! I rightfully won this tournament! It's every one of you who are cheating me out of my right!" Pharaohmon roared out in insane anger.

"Sorry, but you would need to be at complete power if you are to rule over us. Unfortunately for you, your power has been reduced greatly," the Digital Priestess spoke out as she appeared at the center of the battlefield. "In the end, it was wit that denied you your power and not through physical force. You have let the lust of power to consume you and look where it has gotten you."

The dark lord growled out of pure hatred for the Priestess and held his ground against her authority. He glared directly into her battle hardened eyes. Their beautiful violet eyes meet his crimson ones. The Priestess possessed the determination and the desire to destroy the demonic entity before her. Cammy held the Holy Blade in her right hand prepared the process to activate the weapon's full powers.

"Ha! But of course you need time to gather enough power to activate the sword! That's something I will not give you! NOW PREPARE YOURSELF, PRIESTESS!"

As Pharaohmon charged out with his left fist extended out to attack, Susanoomon and Imperialdramon Fighter Mode stopped directly in front of him. The dark lord's fist collided with Imperialdramon and sent him reeling back. This allowed the Unified Warrior of Peace to grab Pharaohmon by his right arm and tosses him across the arena. Before Pharaohmon slammed through the wall, he managed to stop himself in mid-air and launches a fiery blast out of his dragon's head. The blast struck Susanoomon head on and slightly pushed him back.

Despite having lost a large portion of his power, Pharaohmon still had enough strength left to fight back against his adversaries. If he was given at least a few moments to recuperate, he will have regained his lost power and turn the tide back to his favor. However, much to dismay, he watched as his Scrabmon hordes were being physically dissected, blown apart and deleted by his enemies.

"No, my Scrabmon are easily getting decimated!" Pharaohmon growled angrily. "No matter, as long as I recover, my full demonic energy will return to me..."

"I don't think so!" Seadramon called out as he flew across and slammed himself against Pharaohmon's face.

Witchmon was seen directly from out of the crowds and cheered for Seadramon like a high school cheerleader.

"Go, Seadramon! Go! Make that Pharaohmon your daddy!" Witchmon cheered out for her 'dragon'.

"Argh! Insect!" Pharaohmon roared out as his fist emitted a dark aura.

"NOT SO FAST!" Youkai Inumon called out and stabbed his swords directly into Pharaohmon's waist. "That's payback for earlier and for everything you've put us through! And this one's for... ANUBIMON!"

With that said Youkai Inumon channeled through the dark energy of his attack and sent the flames directly through Pharaohmon's internal system. The demonic entity screamed out in pain as the flames entered through his body and caused him to stagger back with flames shooting through his mouth. Next, the rest of the Tamers were prepared to attack.

"SPIRIT STRIKE!"

"GARGO MISSILES!"

"TOMAHAWK MISSILES!" Shadow Metalgarurumon called out and launched missiles from out of his chest.

"DESOLATION CLAW!"

"BUNNY BLADES!"

"GUARDIAN BARRAGE!"

"FELINE LASH!"

The next to attack was Beelzebumon and he pointed his weapon directly at the dark lord.

"And this one's for me!" Beelzebumon activated his weapon and released a massive blast at the demon. "CHAOS FLARE! Now, you're on the other side of the big ass whooping, jack!"

Lillymon jumped right out of her seat and hollered out for Beelzebumon like a crazy fan girl, "ALL RIGHT! YOU GO, GUY!"

Etemon looked directly at the flower maiden and backed away slowly. Then, much to his surprise, Floramon and Tapirmon arrived.

"Man, are you getting all of this, Tapirmon?" Floramon asked her colleague.

"You bet! I've got everything! This one's going to be a big seller!" Tapirmon nodded enthusiastically.

"You two showed up just in time, too! This has turned into one big brawl and these fans love it! Shoot, I love it! Anything to see Pharaohmon get what he deserves!" Etemon exclaimed. "No way am I going to have to show loyalty to a jerk like him!"

"Heh, well, you just might get your wish," Floramon smiled and watched the heroes attacking Pharaohmon.

Reeling back from the Tamers' digimon attacks, the dark lord was now struck by countless strikes by the Duelists' monsters. Each of the summoned swordsmen monsters stabbed their blades into the demon's hide. The Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl pointed their magical wands together to release a powerful, combined magical beam. This dealt heavy damage on Pharaohmon and forced him down to one knee.

"Now! Let's hit him with our dragons' attacks!" Joey exclaimed.

"Go Red-Eyes and the three Blue-Eyes!" Yugi called out in direct order. "Attack Pharaohmon with all of your force! DON'T HOLD BACK!"

Pharaohmon staggered forwards and watched as the four dragons stepped forward. Each one opened their mouth and unleashed powerful blasts. The Red-Eyes Black Dragon's fiery blast slammed HARD against Pharaohmon's chest. Next, the three Blue-Eyes launched a trio of simultaneous blasts that condensed together. The combined attack penetrated against Pharaohmon and forced him to reel back against the force. He went down to his other knee. The mighty Demon lord was being forced down to his knees.

Next up, the Spirit Detectives and the Sailor Senshi were preparing a full force strike on the weakening Demon lord. The first to strike was Kuwabara and he jammed his spirit weapon right through Pharaohmon's torso.

"SPIRIT SWORD!"

Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune stepped out together to release a double assault upon the weakening villain.

"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!"

"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"

Pharaohmon directly took the Outer pair's simultaneous attacks and staggered back. The Spirit Sword sunk deeper through the demon's body and exploded from inside his body. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus followed it up with their own attacks.

"VENUS RADIATION RAY!"

"JUPITER POISON FLOWER STORM!"

As Venus' attack blinded Pharaohmon's eyes, Jupiter's flowers latched onto the demon. They quickly started to absorb his energy and release numerous toxins into his body, which managed to hold Pharaohmon at bay. Kurama jumped out next to attack and pulled out his Rose Whip.

"ROSE WHIP!"

The half-breed fox lashed his thorn whip across and inflicted numerous slashes across Pharaohmon's near steel-tough body armor. He shuddered and felt drops of blood emerging from the deep gashes.

Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn were the next to summon their most powerful yet effective attacks on Pharaohmon.

"PLUTO CHRONO TIME PARADOX!"

"SATURN SHINGAMI CHAOS!"

Pharaohmon howled out in agony as the direct attacks slammed against him and caused the torn skin to break apart. Yes, it was working! The demonic hide of Pharaohmon was coming apart as it seems.

Sailor Mercury leaped up into mid-air and released her deadliest technique.

"MERCURY ICE SPEAR BARRAGE!"

The icicles were launched across and stabbed right through the demon's body. Pharaohmon watched in horror as more of his demonic armor was breaking apart, especially since the icicles had inflicted more damage than anyone of the Senshis' attacks. Finally, Yusuke, Hiei and Sailor Mars would polish all of this off with their patented attacks.

Yusuke gathered spirit energy through his right fist and lets loose an enormous spirit blast head on.

"SHOTGUN!"

Hiei followed it up by flying across, channeling his dark fire energy into his sword and stabs it through Pharaohmon's upper chest. The dark fires shot out through the Demon lord's body and incinerated more of his internal system in the process.

"SWORD OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

Following up on Hiei's attack, Sailor Mars leaped up into mid-air with her flaming sword.

"MARS FLAME SABER!"

Rather than stabbing it, she hurled it across like a spear and watched as it went directly through his skull. Pharaohmon screamed out in horrifying anguish as the flaming sword started to incinerate his head. His mouth and eyes flashed with a mixture of Hiei's dark flames and Mars' purified flames.

"Yes! We got him!" Yusuke grinned as he watched Pharaohmon thrashing about.

After all of those attacks were implemented, Pharaohmon turned around to be met with a barrage of fists by Susanoomon. Imperialdramon pointed his attached arm cannon and unleashes a massive blast directly for the demon.

"POSITRON LASER!"

The blast completely engulfed Pharaohmon. More screams echoed out from out of the villain's mouth as his body was losing its massive form and his demonic aura was losing its power. The heroes watched on proudly as their efforts were damaging and weakening the Demon lord. At long last, Cammy stepped forward with her Holy Sword completely filled with the power necessary to destroy Pharaohmon.

"Wonderful effort, everyone, but now it's time we send this demon into the dark abyss where he belongs!" Cammy cried out. "Only this time, there will be NO escape for you, Pharaohmon!"

"No... I will... I will not be... I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY A CHILD!" Pharaohmon screamed out of insane anger.

"Yes, it is time..." Cammy stated before slashing her Holy Blade across into an 'X' shape. "HOLY POWERS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD! SEND THIS DEMON INTO THE DARK ABYSS WHERE HE BELONGS! SHINTO BLADE!"

Once she summoned forth the mammoth-sized holy attack, Pharaohmon retaliated by erecting a demonic barrier to hold the attack at bay. He wasn't going to be overwhelmed by the Digital Priestess and would prove that even his weakened state would overcome these odds.

"I didn't come all this way just to fall! NOT NOW!" Pharaohmon shouted out directly at the Digital Priestess. "Belial Myotismon failed me and now I have to pick up the slack!"

"It's your own fault for relying on others, Pharaohmon. You made that same mistake when I first sealed you in the first place!" Cammy exclaimed with authority. "Such a shame, demon. You claim to be the most powerful demon in the Digital World, but yet you must rely on others to sully to your needs! Now, you're nothing but a sniveling worm who cries when nothing ever goes his way! The truth hurts now doesn't it!"

"You will NOT deny me my DESTINY, Priestess! I WILL REIGN SUPREME!" Pharaohmon roared out.

"Damn, if he keeps this up... Even with the powers I possess, I can't defeat Pharaohmon... He is slowly but surely regaining his composure! I knew everyone's combined attacks were not going to slow him down! I can't overcome Pharaohmon unless..."

Then, an idea quickly popped into Cammy's mind. She turned towards Takato and Gallantmon. The Priestess was sensing a power she has once felt before during the Great Wars. It was the power of the Hazard. According to Digital World scripture, the Hazard can never be purified by any form of light, except by the power of the awakened Priestess. Since Cammy is the Digital Priestess, she can purify Gallantmon's Hazard. However, how will Gallantmon make a difference into her plans?

"What's Cammy doing?" Sailor Saturn wondered.

"No! Don't give it out!" Rika exclaimed.

"You've got him where you want that bastard!" Joey shouted out. "We're so close! Don't let out!"

"What could she be thinking, Pharaoh?" Yugi asked in his Yami's thoughts. "I don't know... But I hope she can be quick about it. If she doesn't destroy Pharaohmon now, the demon will simply recover his demonic energy! We can't afford to lose!"

"Damn! She is really giving it her all!" Susanoomon watched with astonishment.

Suddenly, within the speed of thought, Cammy directed a telepathic link to Gallantmon.

"Gallantmon... Gallantmon of the Hazard, please respond. This is the Digital Priestess."

"Digital Priestess... Are you able to read my mind? What's going on? I'm sensing a huge struggle..."

"Yes, we are all at combat... Pharaohmon had won the tournament but his body is now starting to weaken... It's a long story, but we must act quickly..."

"What am I supposed to do...?"

"You and I must perform a bio-mergence. You made it possible when you and Takato Matsuda bio-merged to battle Beelzebumon. In fact, it was due to your evolution to Megidramon that awakened Pharaohmon's tomb."

"So, it was all of my fault...?"

"But we can correct that fault and destroy Pharaohmon together. Please, my power isn't enough and it will only be matter of time before the demon regains his strength! Please, let me share your power!"

"Anything... Priestess... You want to get rid of Pharaohmon just as badly as I do... You got it! Hang on, I'm coming..."

"Arigato, Gallantmon..."

Upon receiving the Priestess' telepathic message, the broken down Crimson knight got up from the ground and breathed heavily. He looked out directly towards the struggling Digital Priestess. His eyes meet directly with hers. He started walking and this caught Takato by surprise.

"Gallantmon...? What are you doing? You need to sit back and recover..."

"No, Takato... I need to help the Priestess... She's in trouble..."

"But she seems to be doing just fine," Jeri pointed out.

"If you ask me, that Priestess is totally kicking butt!" Kazu shouted out.

"No... She's not going to last much longer and Pharaohmon's demonic energy is going to grow stronger if she wastes more time... Besides, she asked me to help her!"

"What... You mean..."

"That's right, Takato... She directed a link to my head... She is asking for my help and she wants me to bio-merge with her..."

"Bio-merge...? But..."

Suddenly, Takato felt a hand on his right shoulder. He turned around to find Rika giving him an assuring nod.

"It's all right, Takato," Rika smiled. "Besides, if it's the only solution to defeat that maniac, then I'm all for it."

"So you think a bio-mergence between the Priestess and Gallantmon will truly make a difference?"

"Yes I do, goggle head. Go for it, Gallantmon."

"Thanks... I know I won't let you guys down..."

The Tamers watched their beloved Gallantmon limping forwards to where the struggle was taking place. The Demon lord's dark magic was already getting a large foothold over Cammy's holy power. The female felt herself being pushed back and struggled to regain her momentum.

"YES! THAT'S IT! FALL BEFORE MY POWER!" Pharaohmon laughed out manically. "I AM THE SUPREME POWER! YOU CAN NEVER HOPE TO OVERWHELM ME, PRIESTESS!"

"Hurry... Gallantmon... Please..."

"HA! IT'S OVER!"

"I don't think so... Pharaohmon! It's over for you!" Gallantmon cried out and flew across.

The Demon lord turned and watched in horror as Gallantmon flew directly to Cammy. The Priestess pointed her sword across for Gallantmon to grasp. As Gallantmon quickly grasped the end of the blade, he felt an enormous surge of holy energy entering his body. Pharaohmon gasped out as both Cammy and Gallantmon flashed out a dual of white spheres of holy light.

"Hey! What's going on here!" Botan exclaimed.

"They're... Oh my! Their energies are merging together! They're going to perform a fusion!" Koenma cried out.

"That light... It's so pretty and filled with hope," Keiko whispered while holding onto Puu.

"CAMMY!" Sailor Mars cried out. "You can do it!"

"So, they're going to merge together to form the final miracle... Yes, I can feel it. This will be the end for Pharaohmon," Sailor Pluto smiled.

"What... Is that true, Inumon!" Himura overheard Sailor Pluto.

"Yes, with the combined power of Gallantmon and the Digital Priestess, even Pharaohmon doesn't stand a chance!" Youkai Inumon exclaimed happily. "Pharaohmon, at last... You'll pay for your crimes! Anubimon will be avenged for sure!"

"Let's hope so, Inumon," Yui watched the holy light growing. "Especially after everything that monster put me through."

"Yes! The nightmare is finally over..." Omegamon watched with excitement.

As the heroes watched with great anticipation, Pharaohmon's dark magic was overwhelmed. The two entities combined together into a massive orb of light and pushed Pharaohmon back across the battlefield. The evil sorcerer gasped out in shock as his worst nightmare was coming true. The two entities were becoming one.

Inside the holy sphere, Cammy found herself surrounded by data coding. Her sword was no longer in her possession, but rather in Gallantmon's gripped hands. A comforting smile crossed the Priestess' face. Gallantmon let out a deep sigh of relief with the orb shielding them from any direct attack by Pharaohmon.

"Wow... So this is what Bio-Mergence really feels like? I feel as if I'm protected. It's so warm and comforting..."

"Yeah, that's the same thing Takato would always tell me..."

"Gallantmon, I'm glad you're still there... Now, you wield my sword... With our combined strength, we will emerge as a entity twice as powerful as before... Your Hazard will become purified by my sacred light and that alone will give you even more power..."

"Really...?"

"Yes, because I am prophesied to prevent the Hazard from ever reawakening and destroy the Digital World... With my holy power coursing through you, you will be purified into an Angel of the Heavens. You maybe a viral but you possess the heart of courage, nobility and love... Love for your Tamer, your friends and digimon allies... I am just like you, Gallantmon... I want to be able to be there to aid the Sailor Senshi and my sister..."

"Is your sister amongst the Sailors...?"

"Yes..."

"I believe you... I can feel the kindness in your heart... You want to be there for everyone you care for and that's how I feel for my Tamer and his friends... Pharaohmon wants to take everything away and we cannot allow that to happen..."

"Thank you, Gallantmon... Now, let us slay this demon!"

"You got it! Pharaohmon won't know what hit him! GALLANTMON MODE CHANGE!"

(Cue Digimon Tamers theme "One Vision")

With that said, the two entities merged together. Cammy entered inside of Gallantmon and in the process transformed the appearance of Gallantmon altogether. His actual form remained the same besides the fact that his Crimson armor was replaced by a heavenly, pearl armor body. The Hazard sign on his chest was gone and replaced by the Crest of Light. His hands turned from silver-white into black. His limbs became enclosed inside bulkier, white armor. Sprouting from his back were two pairs of wings. However, each wing opened up to reveal hook extensions at the top and seven feather-like blades protruded out of the wings. The blades spread out and dimmed a beautiful, white aura of purifying light. His eyes opened to reveal golden eyes. In his right hand was the Holy Blade. Also attached to his back were two white lances. He spread his arms apart and pushed out a massive column of white, holy light before calling out his official name.

"GALLANTMON... SHINING MODE!"

(Play "One Vision")

Cammy found herself inside Gallantmon Shining Mode and smiled radiantly. She could feel the combined strength of her Priestess powers and that of Gallantmon's. At last, they had formed a power greater than Crimson Mode.

"At long last... Now we are one and we are the instrument to Pharaohmon's destruction! Let's finish this!" Cammy called out.

"I will carry out your will, Digital Priestess. This nightmare will END!"

As soon as the light sphere shattered, a bright heavenly aura shined down upon the entire arena. Everyone looked up awe struck at the figure engulfed by the white light. It looked as if an angel had arrived down from the heavens to answer everyone's prayers. In fact, that was exactly what was happening. The new Gallantmon raised the sword above his head and gathered enough holy energy to purify the darkest of souls. He looked down upon the dark lord with rage-filled eyes.

Pharaohmon looked up directly at Gallantmon Shining Mode and gasped out in disbelief. He could feel the combined power of the Priestess and Gallantmon together. Judging by the shocked expression on his face, he was literally scared out of his mind, which was an expression not seen on the demon's face. He was LITERALLY SCARED.

Takato looked up with an awe expression but soon a smile crossed his face. He held his D-Ark against his chest and could feel the strength of the newly evolved Gallantmon.

"Judging by the expression off everyone's face... I must say that even I am awe struck by this event! This is perhaps the most beautiful scene I've ever laid my eyes on... Somehow, the Digital Priestess and Gallantmon were able to merge together into this new entity!" Lillymon announced. "This whole arena is in silence at this phenomenon! Just when I thought Crimson Mode was something, this just completely came right out of the blue!"

"If you fans are just tuning in, you are not going crazy because Gallantmon has bio-merged with the Digital Priestess! I must say this is a miracle among miracles! We're getting glimpse of Gallantmon in his new... Shining Mode? I must say that he is definitely living up to his name!" Floramon spoke out through his microphone. "We're also getting a glimpse of Pharaohmon's face. The expression tells it all. He is scared... He never would have expected this and it looks like this will be the final stand for the demon lord. I must comment: It's about freaking time!"

"That's incredible!" Youkai Inumon exclaimed.

"So pretty..." Yui looked on with awe and a smile on her face. "What do you think, Himura?"

"That the end for Pharaohmon has finally come," Himura responded as he pat Yui on her head.

"Well, I've got to hand it him, goggle head. He knows when to surprise us all. Gallantmon that is," Rika said.

"Plus, we can't forget that he has bio-merged with the Digital Priestess. They are one entity!" Henry looked up at the new Gallantmon.

"He sure could light up all of Tokyo or even New York if he wanted to!" Mega Gargomon remarked.

"That is sweet!" Joey exclaimed. "Nothing will ever top that!"

"Well, I have to admit, that is one impressive light show," Kaiba remarked. "By getting rid of Pharaohmon, then I can plan out my new project of integrating this world with my Virtual World."

"So, that Priestess girl and Gallantmon are now one?" Tristan asked.

"Of course, weren't you just paying attention?" Duke scoffed.

"This is so pretty," Tea smiled radiantly. "I must say that Pharaohmon is looking scared."

"Yes, even he realizes that he no longer stands a chance," Yami Yugi replied. "He can gather all the strength he can muster, but it's not going to make a difference anymore. It will be over quicker than you know it."

"Let's hope so, Yugi," Bakura said with Lance on his back.

"Me, too, because I don't think I can take much more of the pressure," Kazu quivered in anticipation. "I haven't sweated this much since running those ten laps around the school."

"That's because you were slacking off in gym class," Kenta remarked.

"Hey, I heard that!"

"So, you think it'll be over, Seadramon?" Witchmon walked beside the serpent.

"Definitely... I have no doubt in my mind."

"Now that is kick ass!" Yusuke smiled. "Go for it, Shiny Knight! Let this bastard have it!"

"Judging by Pharaohmon's Youki, he will not be able to overcome Gallantmon now," Kurama observed the demon lord. "This is all over as far as I'm concerned."

"He should just end it now!" Kuwabara stated.

"He will..." Hiei muttered.

"Of course he will," Mizuno replied to Hiei and Kuwabara. "With the power of the Digital Priestess within him, there's no way Pharaohmon can stand up to that!"

"I'll have to agree with you," Sailor Mars approached the Spirit Detective team with the other Senshi. "We've seen what the Priestess can do on her own. She could have done Pharaohmon in already but choose to find help. Right now by standing together and believing in her, we witness the demise of Pharaohmon."

"Yes and I can see it already. Just as I predicted," Sailor Pluto nodded.

"Go for it, Shiny White Gallantmon Priestess! Let that jerk ass have it!" Sailor Venus called out.

"I think you speak for all of us, Venus," Sailor Mercury smiled.

Then, with one unified cry, all of the heroes shouted out:

"LET. HIM. HAVE. IT!"

As soon as he heard this, Gallantmon Shining Mode held his sword in place and chanted deeply to himself. His aura was not just beautiful but indescribably filled with intense, holy energy. Practically any demon digimon types would be incinerated just by getting a few yards from him. Yes, it was INTENSE. He glared down at Pharaohmon with cold, hardened eyes. It was time. Time to end the nightmare quickly and efficiently.

The dark lord quickly broke out of his trance opened up his wing flaps. He flew up into mid-air to glare down Gallantmon Shining Mode. There was no longer a smile on his face but a scared-angry scowl. If he didn't kill his newly revived opponent soon, he will be done for. Either way, Gallantmon Shining Mode was no longer going to waste any time.

"This can't be... No, this can't be my end!" Pharaohmon exclaimed. "I won't let my legacy end this way!"

"Pharaohmon, you brought this upon yourself. If you hadn't underestimated your opponents, this would not be happening. Alas, you once again made that foolish mistake and it will not come back to haunt you, demon!" Gallantmon spoke out in a dual mix of his and Cammy's voice. "All I need is two strikes of my Holy Blade and it will be all over for you!"

"Bold words, Priestess, but I will once again prove to you that I CAN and WILL survive against all odds! I proved it against Gallantmon Crimson Mode and I just demonstrated it against Susanoomon! You will not make a difference against me!" Pharaohmon laughed out manically.

"Well then, why don't you show me then, dear Pharaohmon?" Gallantmon Shining Mode spoke in a calm manner.

"AS YOU WISH!" Pharaohmon exclaimed and erected the dragon's head out of his back. "TYPHOON'S FIRE!"

Once the fire neared, Gallantmon Shining Mode merely directed the Holy Blade in front of him and created four wing-like shields to dispel the fire. The dark flames were easily extinguished against the aura-shields. Pharaohmon quickly launched himself forward and expands his demonic aura. He planned to force Gallantmon Shining Mode into a struggling tug of war. Only this time the victory would truly be declared. Pharaohmon laughed as his dark aura was expanding out across but then his smile twisted into a gaping mouth expression. His eyes widened as he watched Gallantmon Shining Mode RIP his way through the dark aura like a wet paper towel.

"NO! IT CAN'T BE! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!" Pharaohmon screamed out.

"Because WE are NOT afraid of you anymore! You're just a scared monster with NO powers left!"

"But... It isn't possible... It..." Pharaohmon stuttered but then his face turned pale as he caught glimpse of a familiar symbol. "It can't be..."

Looming behind Gallantmon Shining Mode was the image of an angel priest with ten massive wings. This angelic presence had blue eyes that pierced directly towards Pharaohmon. The dark lord knew who this 'presence' belonged to and he didn't want anything to do with him.

"It can't be... Granasmon...? No, I'm just seeing things... ARGH! NO MATTER! I'LL SIMPLY DRAW MORE POWER BESTOWED TO ME BY LORD VALMARMON!"

However, just as he was preparing to summon more of his demonic energy, an invisible force restrained him completely and froze Pharaohmon directly in place. He didn't understand what had just happened and now he couldn't move anymore.

"What is going on here! What is the meaning of this!" Pharaohmon thought as he panicked and stopped dead cold as he heard a familiar, dark laughter echo in his mind. "Lord Valmarmon... Why are you stopping me! No! Please, allow me this chance to finish him off! I have him where I want him!"

Unfortunately, Pharaohmon was not released and he struggled to break free of his spiritual restraint. His eyes widened and his face once again paled as an image of a demonic human digimon with a horned helmet and red, dimming eyes chuckled. Then once the image appeared, Pharaohmon felt a stabbing force pierce through his chest and completely drained him of his demon energy.

"NO! LORD VALMARMON! DON'T TAKE MY POWER AWAY! GIVE ME ONE LAST CHANCE! VALMARMON-SAMA!"

As soon as they saw Pharaohmon about to meet his eventual fate, Demon simply nodded his head in shame and gave a signal to Lady Devimon.

"Come, Lady Devimon, there's no reason for us to remain here," Demon spoke out.

"Why are we leaving so soon, Lord Demon?" Marine Devimon asked. "I haven't even gotten Lady Calmaramon a present yet!"

"Will you shut up about that slut?" Lady Devimon sighed. "Yes, we must leave. I think its obvious Pharaohmon will meet his end here. It's such a shame, but we can't associate ourselves with a loser. Now, won't we?"

"Yeah and he tried to steal away my cheeseburgers! I say: Screw Pharaohmon! We play by our own rules from this point forward!" Skull Satanmon made his declaration.

"Well, it's about time you said something intelligent. For once..." Marine Devimon replied.

"Lady Devimon, have you set the detonation to the stadium?" Demon looked towards Lady Devimon.

"I have, Lord Demon," the viral female bowed to her lord. "This place will go off in fifteen minutes tops! But, I'm sure the first wave of explosions will occur within the next few minutes. Those fools will notice this place was wired to blow and will escape for their precious lives."

"Excellent and that's another reason we must be heading out of here and take refuge beyond the dark continent of the Digital World," Demon proclaimed. "Come, my loyal followers... The Demon Corps shall escape to exile until we spring our next attack."

"Ooo and I love the sound of that, my lord!" Skull Satanmon laughed. "Until then, all the cheeseburgers I can eat!"

"WILL YOU SHUT UP ALREADY!" Marine Devimon and Lady Devimon exclaimed directly at the buffoon.

The Demon Corps walked directly through the hallway on the second floor and found an escape route leading to the ground level. They had not only abandoned Pharaohmon but seek to move out into exile to escape sight from the Sovereigns. When they will spring their next attack? No one knows for sure, but they certainly won't stay long enough with the stadium detonated to blow any moment. Time was of essence at this point. Fifteen minutes remained before total annihilation of the Phoenix Arena.

Also realizing that it was pointless to support Pharaohmon any longer, Piedmon simply scoffed at the sight and motioned over to Machinedramon.

"Come, Machinedramon. There's simply no point for us staying," the Dark Master leader stated promptly. "Besides, I've heard from my spies that Lady Devimon set this arena to blow in fifteen minutes."

"Is that so? Well, as soon as Gallantmon presented this new form of his, I knew Pharaohmon's end was at hand. Yes, I agree. Shall we move out into exile until then?" Machinedramon commented in a low, heartless manner.

"Yes, we have no need for that traitor Seadramon. However, we must locate Puppetmon," Piedmon said. "I've heard reports that he survived the siege at the Hohou Temple but no word on Belial Myotismon. Ah well... Pharaohmon, I must say that you have disappointed us all. Let this be your final curtain for we, the Dark Masters, do not associate ourselves with losers. Ta-ta!"

With that said the two Dark Masters made their exit through the second entranceway.

Everyone else watched in awe as Gallantmon Shining Mode twirled his Holy Blade across and flew towards the paralyzed demon lord. Pharaohmon raised his head and his eyes widened in disbelief. Fear. That was one emotion etched across the demon's face and his black heart stopped beating. For all the torment and pain he has caused, Gallantmon Shining Mode would return it tenfold!

"LET HIM HAVE IT!" Takato, Sailor Mars, Himura and Yui exclaimed out in unison.

These four souls were amongst those who were the most emotionally tormented out of everyone amongst the teams. Now, their hopes would be realized with TWO strikes from Gallantmon's Holy Blade.

Gallantmon Shining Mode stabbed the Holy Blade directly THROUGH Pharaohmon's skull. The demon lord screamed out in horror as he felt the blade pierce through his brain and completely purify the dark power within his body. Finally, Gallantmon Shining Mode removed the sword out of Pharaohmon's skull and was set for another strike. He gripped the handle of the sword and channeled even more holy energy through it.

"PHARAOHMON! YOU. CAN. GO. TO. HELL!" Gallantmon Shining Mode screamed out and swung his blade across. "FINAL JUDGMENT BEHEADING!"

Before the villain could even blink, the Holy Blade of Gallantmon Shining Mode CUT CLEAN through Pharaohmon's neck. He didn't even utter a single scream because his last vocal words were a bloody gurgling. The head of Pharaohmon cleaved right off his body and dropped down to the arena floor. Meanwhile the body itself fell directly down. Everything now seemed to move at a rather slow, dramatic fashion with both body and head plopping to the floor. The audiences were stunned in complete silence by this grotesque but well-deserved fate to the terrifying demon lord himself.

Everything he had once had: power, allies and confidence was all taken away in a matter of minutes. His allies had abandoned him, the spirit of Valmarmon had taken away his power and Gallantmon Shining Mode had finished him off abruptly with one blow. It only took one split second for his life to be cut short (pun intended). The decapitated body of Pharaohmon moved about a bit until it finally lost life and allowed a flow of black ooze to drip out of the headless stump. The head stopped moving its mouth and the life in the demon's eyes faded.

Yes, at last, the terrifying legacy of Pharaohmon had ended just now. The demon lord's reign of terror was at last at its end.

(End theme)

Gallantmon Shining Mode let out a deep sigh of relief and descended down. In a matter of seconds, the entire audience erupted in a deafening standing ovation. Everyone cheered at the sight of Pharaohmon's dead corpse and the victory by Gallantmon Shining Mode. The Shadow Tournament had at last ended.

"It's... It's over... I can't believe this! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! IT IS OVER! SET THIS ONE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!" Lillymon exclaimed. "The Shadow Tournament has ended! Pharaohmon may have won the actual tournament but WE HAVE OUR REAL WINNER! GALLANTMON SHINING MODE! YOU ARE THE CHAMPION!"

"You heard my good colleague, Lillymon, folks! Bless you Digital Priestess! You answered our prayers and we are forever grateful!" Floramon exclaimed. "You have managed to come through for us all! It's a true miracle!"

"He did it... HE DID IT!" Takato exclaimed. "THEY DID IT!"

"Yes! The nightmare is finally over!" Yami Yugi smiled with relief across his face. "You said it! I couldn't agree more!"

"Now, that was awesome! DING DONG, THE PHARAOHMON IS DEAD!" Kazu jumped up and threw a fist into mid-air.

"You said it, Kazu!" Guardromon celebrated with his partner. "HOORAY!"

"Well done, Gallantmon and Priestess. You managed to come through for us," nodded Omegamon. "At long last, this nightmare is over..."

"That one was for you, my queen," Athenamon whispered as she gave a prayer to the late Queen Garudamon.

"All right, now that's what I call a finish!" Yusuke shouted out. "Whoo! That finally did that big bastard in!"

"Thanks, in part, to you," Kurama smiled. "Even though you weren't actually thinking through, you managed to save all of us and gave everyone the chance to weaken Pharaohmon."

"Who would have though Urameshi would pull off another trick out of his sleeve," Kuwabara said. "Man, you've got to show me how you do it."

"Ha! He probably doesn't even know himself!" Hiei shrugged.

"Well, in any case, I'm just glad to know that it's all over," Mizuno responded.

"WHOO HOO! Can I get a V-I-C-T-O-R-Y? That spells VICTORY!" Sailor Venus jumped around and pranced around.

"Well, I can't argue against this! You girls really made a difference giving everyone else aid," Artemis smiled to the Senshi. "I'm proud of each and every one of you."

"Now, finally we can all breathe a sigh of relief," Sailor Venus said. "Ah, yeah. Plus, wait until Usagi gets a look at our new Eternal forms. She's going to flip!"

"I'm just glad we managed to pull through this," Sailor Jupiter sat on the ground and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"And so the wind of fate has sealed Pharaohmon for good," Sailor Neptune whispered.

"That it has, Neptune," Sailor Uranus stepped beside her partner and nodded.

"It's wonderful that all of us worked together through this," Sailor Mercury stated to the group.

"Pluto, now can we all go home and celebrate?" Sailor Saturn looked up at the Time Guardian.

"Yes, we will be celebrating our victory," Sailor Pluto nodded to Saturn. "Mars... Um, Sailor Mars?"

As Pluto looked ahead, she saw Sailor Mars running up directly to where Gallantmon Shining Mode was descending. She instantly turned around and saw Takato running up to meet Gallantmon. Both Mars and Takato glanced towards one another. Then they set their eyes on Gallantmon Shining Mode. In an instant flash, the White Shining Knight lost his majestic form and became engulfed by a bright aura. In his place were both Guilmon and Cammy. The younger Hino was restored back to her child form with the sword in her hand.

"Wow, that was a something else," Cammy cleared her head.

"CAMMY-CHAN!"

"GUILMON!"

As soon as the duo turned around, they were quickly embraced by their loved ones. Sailor Mars wrapped her arms around Cammy and hugged her young sister dearly while Takato did the same for Guilmon.

"Oh, Cammy! I'm so proud of you!"

"Guilmon! That was awesome!"

As they were being hugged, both Guilmon and Cammy exchanged friendly glances to each other. Cammy reached over and pat Guilmon on his head.

"We made an awesome team," Cammy giggled while patting the playful reptile.

"That we did, Priestess," Guilmon nodded in reply with a smile on his face.

"That's so cute," Sailor Mars watched her sister petting Guilmon. "Kid, I must say, you got one strong digimon there, plus he's so adorable."

"Ah, well... Heh, that's Guilmon for ya," Takato chuckled while rubbing the back of his head.

"I see..."

Then, the other members of the Tamers, the Legendary Warriors and the Duelists gathered around to praise Guilmon's efforts as well as the Priestess herself. The Sailor Senshi, the Dra-Warriors and the Spirit Detectives watched them from the background. Each of them were satisfied and relieved to have escaped this whole ordeal alive. The Shadow Tournament had now officially come to a close, but the happy ending would not last long.

Suddenly...

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The first wave of explosions occurred in the background and portions of the top ceiling were starting to come down. Debris and heavy stone pillars were immediately starting to come down. The audiences watched and were struck with fear. Just before they had a chance to celebrate the biggest victory, their party plans were all cut short. The first wave of explosions was set to take place since Lady Devimon had set the bombs earlier. Then, a digitized female voice blared out of the speakers.

"Warning! Stadium detonation has been set for ten minutes! Warning! Stadium detonation has been set for ten minutes!"

Each of the heroic groups had heard this warning immediately and were shocked out of their wits. This wasn't the parting gift they had expected. Lillymon and her colleagues were panicking out of fear over this startling revelation.

"WHA- WHA- WHAT! Stadium detonation!" Lillymon screamed out. "OH NO! YOU GUYS! EVERYONE! GET OUT NOW!"

"Yes! Everyone take the escape route through the hole created by Gallantmon and Imperialdramon! Hurry!" Floramon warned everyone in the stadium. "Hurry! That goes for everyone in the top sections! Move! I know I'm moving!"

Then, as soon as she said that, Tapirmon grabbed Floramon by her arm and fled out with the many audience members jumping out to escape. Labramon was seen jumping and screaming out.

"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Labramon screamed out into panic.

"Yeah! I'm out of this joint!" Socramon yelled out as he made his way through the exit.

"Oh no! We have to get out of here, you guys!" Susanoomon called out to everyone. "I can carry most of you along!"

"Same here. Anybody looking for a lift? You've come to the right digimon," Imperialdramon kneeled over and placed his hands down. "All board for anyone who wants a free ride!"

"AH! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Neemon panicked until Bokomon bopped him upside the head.

"Pipe down, nincompoop!" Bokomon shouted at the fallen Neemon. "We're all going to be just fine with Susanoomon hitching us a ride out of here!"

"You heard them, guys! We can get out of here by climbing aboard!" Izumi called out to her fellow Legendary Warriors. "We can go hitch a ride with Susanoomon!"

"Right! Come on everyone!" Junpei ran down with Tomoki and Kouichi following his lead.

"I'll stick here with the Tamers, guys," Jaarin told Vega, Sam and Dimitro.

"All right, but you get out here quickly, too. You hear?" Dimitro nodded and led his friends out.

"Mercury! I'll see you on the other side!" Vega waved out to the blue-haired Senshi.

"I'll be there, Vega!" Sailor Mercury calls out to the teen.

"All right, guys! We don't have much time left! We'll hitch a ride with Imperialdramon," Takato instructed the Tamers. "Our digimon should be fine by running through the exit Gallantmon and Imperialdramon created earlier."

"Right. Sakuyamon, you help carry Youkai Inumon out of here."

"Yes, and Inumon... I suspect you won't try anything funny?" Sakuyamon glared at Youkai Inumon.

"I cross my heart," Youkai Inumon waved his hands out and slightly begged off.

"Hell! I'm getting the hoo-ha out of here!" Beelzebumon exclaimed.

"Everyone, let's make this hasty!" Kyodaidramon called to those who were still in the arena. "Dra-Warriors, lets lead these digimon out to safety!"

"You got it!" the other Dra-Warriors shouted out in unison.

"While I'd love to stay and chat, but I want to get the heck out of here!" Joey panicked. "Besides, I need to tell everyone how Yugi whooped Lance's butt!"

"Everyone, we will go hop aboard on Imperialdramon then," Yami Yugi announced to his friends, including Kaiba. "Kaiba, Mokuba, Will you two be coming?"

"Whatever, I just want to get out of this dump," Kaiba scoffed as he joined Yugi's group. "Let's go Mokuba!"

"Right behind you, big brother!"

"Yusuke!" Keiko called out with Puu in her arms.

The Spirit Detective team immediately spun around as Keiko, Botan and Koenma approached them. Keiko threw herself onto Yusuke and happily cried for him.

"Oh, Yusuke! Now, we can finally get out of this place!" Keiko smiled while embracing her long-time friend.

"Yes, but we have to get out of here if we want to see the next sunrise," Koenma reminded everyone.

"Five minutes until stadium detonation!"

"Let's get our asses into gear, guys!" Yusuke called out to his team. "Hey, that goes for you too, Sailor chicks!"

"Excuse me... What did he just call us?" Sailor Venus placed her hands on her hips. "He's calling us chicks!"

"Well, at least, he didn't call you playboy bunnies..." Artemis sighed.

"That doesn't matter now! We have to get out of here before we get blown away in!" Sailor Jupiter warned the other Senshi. "Cammy! Mars! Did you guys hear me?"

Sailor Mars quickly nodded in reply and took her sister's hand.

"Ready to leave this place, Cammy-chan?"

"Yeah, let's go, sister," Cammy responded while grasping Mars' hand.

With the Tamers and the Duelists hitching a ride on Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, the other Legendary Warrior children, sans Jaarin, were carried out by Susanoomon. The Dra-Warriors were led out by Kyodaidramon and Espritdramon. The only groups that were already preparing to leave were the Spirit Detectives and the Sailor Senshi. The audiences from the stands were already fleeing out into masses until there was no soul left.

With the Detectives and the Senshi fleeing through the exit way, Sailor Mars and Cammy were tagging along behind them. Suddenly, Cammy flew over a rock and tripped. This immediately caused Sailor Mars to stop and rush back over to her fallen sister.

"Cammy! Are you all right!"

"I'll be fine... Ouch, my leg!" Cammy looked down and grasped her wounded right knee.

"I'll make it better as soon as we get out of here," the raven-haired Senshi smiled. "But we have to get out of here now!"

Just as they were about to leave, a pair of crimson eyes appeared from out of the head of Pharaohmon. Then a pair of tentacles came shooting out and snatched Sailor Mars around her waist. The Fire Senshi was caught off guard by this and gasped out. Cammy screamed out of fear and jumped back.

"SISTER!"

"CAMMY-CHAN! YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

"NO! I CAN'T LEAVE YOU!" Cammy screamed and jumped out to grab Sailor Mars' hand.

However, the tentacles tugged harder and reeled Sailor Mars directly in. The Fire Senshi turned as she heard sinister chuckling coming from the severed head. Emerging from out of the severed head of Pharaohmon was the MOST DISGUSTING SIGHT the girls had ever seen. The creature looked like a mutated brain, about the size of a widescreen television monitor. Its eyes dimmed a demonic purple aura and his mouth was rowed with razor, sharp dagger-like teeth. It had eight pairs of tentacles on each side of the body. The skin of the brain creature was sickly, moldy brown with black patches of sickly skin spread across its body. This was obviously the brain of Pharaohmon, the life force that sustains the demon lord's life. He tightened his grip on Sailor Mars and spoke out in a gurgly, snake-like voice.

"NO! IT'S PHARAOHMON! HE HAS A LIVING BRAIN!" Sailor Mars screamed out. "CAMMY! YOU HAVE TO GO NOW!"

"I CAN'T LEAVE YOU!"

"PLEASE...! YOUR LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MINE!"

Upon hearing this, Cammy's eyes widened and she watched as Sailor Mars was being pulled in. The fire around the arena was getting bigger and the smoke getting thicker. The little girl started coughing out and cried out for her sister. Before long, Sailor Saturn came out of nowhere and grabbed Cammy by her right hand.

"Cammy-chan, we have to go!"

"Saturn, but we can't leave my sister!"

Looking directly into Mars' determined eyes, Saturn gave an assuring smile to Cammy, "Don't worry. Your sister is a survivor. She will make it out of here and come back to us."

"But..."

"Trust me..."

Cammy didn't know whether to believe Sailor Saturn or not, but there was no arguing. The Senshi of Flames was not going to die that easily and even Cammy finally realized that. The young Hino grabbed Saturn's and called back to her sister.

"SISTER! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!"

Once Sailor Saturn ran through the exit with Cammy, a teary smile crossed Sailor Mars' face. She turned around to find Pharaohmon's brain pulling her in and opening his mouth.

"SAILOR MARS! YOU WILL BECOME MY NEW HOST! I, PHARAOHMON, WILL NOT DIE!"

"No... I don't think I can pull myself out of this! I wish I had power like Sailor Moon! Cammy... I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I won't be able to live up to my promise... It was really good to finally meet you, sister... Sailor Senshi, you've been good to me. Sailor Moon, if only I had a scepter or a silver crystal like you... Everyone, I guess this is goodbye..."

Closing her eyes, Sailor Mars was ready to meet her fate and become the new host for Pharaohmon. At least she ensured that Cammy survived. That is all that mattered to her. It was the end for the Senshi of Mars. The Pharaohmon brain dragged in forward and widened its mouth. The demon would finally have the last laugh after all. That is until...

SWISH!

(Cue Gundam Seed theme "Believe")

A sword slash ripped across and severed the tentacle that snared Sailor Mars. The Senshi fell to the ground hard and squeaked out in pain. As she opened her eyes, much to her surprise, she found the fire apparition Hiei with his sword in hand. Even the Pharaohmon brain was shocked by this turn of events. Sailor Mars looked directly up at Hiei and gasped.

"Now, why did he come to save me? Isn't he with those Spirit Detective guys?" Sailor Mars thought while observing the demon. "What is his motive?"

(Play theme)

"ARGH! JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! I COULD HAVE MERGED MY BRAIN AND SOUL INTO THIS GIRL! WHY JUMP IN AND PLAY THE DAMN HERO!"

"Humph, who said I came here to save this girl? I'm not some prince charming here to save the damsel in distress..."

"Well, that's some attitude you have there, buddy," Mars quipped with a sweat drop dripping over her forehead. "Not like I asked for your help either..."

"But I'm not going to allow you to possess another person's body! This way I don't have to deal with you ever again," Hiei gripped his sword and pointed it towards Pharaohmon's brain.

"Ha! Fine then, I'll possess your body instead!"

Just as the brain launched out its tentacles at Hiei, Sailor Mars threw herself in front of the demon and summoned forth her Flame Saber. She quickly hacked away at the tentacles. Now Hiei was surprised by Mars's course of action.

"I could have taken him, woman," Hiei growled.

"Consider this my way of saying thanks, buddy," Sailor Mars retorted back with her sights on the demonic brain. "Pharaohmon! I'm through with this bullshit! Remember when I said that I'd deal the final blow to you, well I haven't forgotten my promise and I plan to live up to it! Now prepare yourself, Pharaohmon!"

"BAH! MY LEGACY WILL NOT DIE! YOU WILL BECOME MY NEW HOSTS! TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE IF YOU ASK ME!"

Once Pharaohmon launched more tentacles out, Hiei quickly sliced through the tentacles with his sword and gave Sailor Mars enough time to gather her flames. She summoned forth her bow and arrow. She pointed a purified flame arrow directly for the demon brain's forehead.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

"PREPARE TO BE CHASTISED, PHARAOHMON! NEVER TORMENT ANOTHER INNOCENT SOUL AGAIN! MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

As soon as she said this, Sailor Mars released the arrow and watched it punctured THROUGH the demon brain. Pharaohmon screeched out in pain as the purified flames began to engulf him completely. Parts of his body started to explode and were blown apart into pieces. Hiei quickly grabbed Sailor Mars around her waist and quickly moved out across towards the exit way. The Senshi of Fire did not know what to make of this since she was being saved by a demon of all people.

"Thanks..." Sailor Mars whispered.

"Humph, you don't have to thank me! I'm only doing this because that girl with you reminded me of someone I knew and I wanted to make sure she isn't saddened over losing a loved one," the fire apparition replied.

"Oh... Well, still, thank you..." Sailor Mars lightly smiled. "At least this whole nightmare is over with..."

Unfortunately for Mars, that wish did not come true. A pair of long tentacles shot out of the flames and grabbed her by her right foot. Sailor Mars screamed out as she felt herself being tugged. Hiei stopped and turned to watch Pharaohmon's demonic brain attempting to lure in Sailor Mars desperately.

"NO! LET GO!" the young woman exclaimed angrily. "LET GO, YOU BASTARD!"

"NEVER! YOUR BODY WILL BE MINE FOR THE TAKING!"

"Fifteen seconds until stadium detonation!"

"No! There's no way we'll escape alive!" Sailor Mars thought until an idea came to her mind. "Wait! That's it! There's only way method I can use! This is something I've always wanted to try out! Here goes nothing!"

Before long, the Sailor warrior summoned forth her bow but not her arrow. Hiei took notice of this and wondered what she had planned. There were only ten seconds left remaining. The demon brain tugged harder and was close to completely snaring Mars into him. Then, much to the brain's dismay, Sailor Mars summoned forth her Flame Saber and quickly substituted it in exchange for an arrow. She pulled on the fiery bow string with her eyes filled with raw fury and determination. The demon brain gasped out as he saw the eyes of the young woman transform into a crimson red aura rather than their normal purple. This instant change of her eye color occurred during that nightmare illusion she had seen earlier. He sensed a great power emerging from the female and watched as his tentacle was incinerated by her flames.

"PHARAOHMON! WELCOME TO MY WORLD, BITCH!" Sailor Mars screamed out with the flames dancing around her and her eyes dimming a crimson flare. "SUPER MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

Then, with one release of the bow string, the sword was shot across. It pierced directly through the demon brain's forehead and intensified with purified, holy energy. Once she had released her final assault, Hiei quickly sped out through the exit while carrying Sailor Mars along in his arms. Pharaohmon's demonic brain screamed out for the last time before the effects of Mars' attack caused him to explode into pieces of brain matter and blood splattering across.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

One second remained... The splattered eyes of Pharaohmon's brain watched the whole stadium explode in a major flash of light. Then...

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The entire Phoenix Arena exploded in a bright flash of light. Everyone within the arena had managed to escape, including the arena staff, nurses and the audiences. All of the heroes watched in awe as the stadium was now nothing more than a pile of debris and a giant, smoking crater lying at the center. The one being to be caught in that explosion was Pharaohmon and his demonic brain.

(End theme)

The Senshi worried for Sailor Mars as Cammy lowered her head in sadness. However, the mood quickly changed once Hiei reappeared before everyone. In his arms was Sailor Mars and he set the raven-haired woman down.

"MARS!" the Senshi called out as they gathered around her.

"SISTER! YOU MADE IT! JUST AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD!" Cammy happily cried and threw herself onto Sailor Mars. "You had me scared!"

"I had to make sure Pharaohmon was truly dead," the Fire Senshi softly replied to her sister lovingly.

"So, did you finish him?" Sailor Uranus asked the girl.

"Yes, I delivered the final blow using my Flame Sniper and watched his brain explode before my very own eyes. Right, um... whatever your name is," Sailor Mars turned directly to Hiei.

"If you wanted to know my name, it's Hiei but don't think I'll ever come to help you again," the demon responded and turned away to regroup with the Spirit Detectives.

"Well, gee, someone call him Mr. Sunshine," Sailor Venus scoffed. "I mean really... Is that his way of saying you're welcome? I don't even want to know his way of saying..."

"Venus! Enough!" Artemis scolded the blonde-haired Senshi.

"Yeah, but I truly believe he meant what he said," Sailor Mars sat up from the ground. "He did save my life in there..."

"Well, that certainly seals another saga in our storied lives as Sailor Senshi, girls. Wait until we tell Usagi-chan about everything," Sailor Mercury spoke out.

"It sure does, Mercury," Sailor Saturn nodded in agreement.

"I'm just glad this is all over," Sailor Jupiter sighed a relief. "Now we can all relax..."

"Back to normal lives, right, Neptune?" Sailor Uranus smiled to her 'partner'.

"Indeed."

"Sister, I'm so glad this is all over," Cammy embraced Sailor Mars.

"So am I, Cammy-chan. So am I..." she whispered as she eyed the Spirit Detective team with a smile. "Arigato, Hiei... Maybe you and your Spirit Detective will cross paths with us one day. I'd be honored to work with you guys."

Meanwhile, back at the Spirit Detective camp, they were relieved to have finally survived that final showdown with Pharaohmon. What surprised the group was the fact that Hiei rescued a human girl, who turned out to be Sailor Mars of all people.

"Wow, I never thought you had that in you, Hiei," Yusuke teased the fire apparition.

"SO, what drove you to rescue that girl? She is one of the Sailor Senshi I've heard from reports back home," Kurama pointed out.

"No concern for any of you. It's simply because that little girl with her reminded me of somebody I know..."

"Ah, you mean Yukina, don't you?" the red-haired fox half breed thought.

"Who did that little girl remind you of, Hiei?" Kuwabara asked with curiosity.

"None of your concern..."

"C'mon, you can tell me!"

"I am so glad that is all over with," Mizuno smiled as she watched the smoke cloud collecting from the fallen debris of the destroyed stadium.

"Whew and it's back to paper work I go," Koenma sighed.

"Don't worry, Koenma. At least we won't have to worry about another case for a while," Botan smiled to the ruler.

"I'd hope so..."

"Hey, Yusuke..." Keiko approached the teen. "Ready to get back home?"

"Yeah, but I don't even know how to get out of this place first of all..."

"Oh don't worry about that you guys. The Sovereigns will make sure of that," Mizuno reassured the Spirit Detective group.

"Oh, well that's good news, Mizuno," Kuwabara sighed a relief. "But who are these Sovereigns?"

"They are the four digimon guardians who watch over the Digital World."

Yusuke stared off into the distance and watched the fallen ruins of the Phoenix Arena with a smile. This case was finally solved and the threat of Pharaohmon had at last come to an end. The Spirit Detective can now return home knowing that he survived against another powerful villain but is unaware of what the future holds in store for him.

The Duelists, the Tamers and the Digi-Destined children viewed the fallen stadium. Their greatest enemy was finally put to rest. For Inumon, he realized that Anubimon was avenged. Himura and Yui were grateful to see the demon finally get what he deserved after all the torment the demon has put them through. Takato was proud of what Guilmon had accomplished. With the power of the Digital Priestess, he tapped into a new power and vanquished the evil of Pharaohmon.

"I'm so proud of you, children," Omegamon spoke up. "The Digital World is now saved. The threat of that vile creature has now been officially sealed. There is no coming back for him."

"And my Amazon sisters have been avenged," Athenamon nodded. "Omegamon... There's something I've been meaning to you just now..."

"What is it?"

"Well..."

"Just go ahead and tell me...

"... I have decided that our marriage will take place tonight at the Sphinxmon Hotel! I declare that everyone who has participated in the tournament and their friends to be invited as guests!"

"WHAT!" Omegamon exclaimed. "Tonight...! Isn't this a little too sudden?"

"Not at all. We should get it over and done with. I'm not the patient type," Athenamon crossed her arms. "Well?"

"Oh, boy, poor you, Omegamon," Kazu snickered.

"Gee, I wonder why Omegamon doesn't look happy." Calumon tilted his head in confusion.

"Looks like you'll have to go through with this," Joey teased the Royal Knight.

"But..."

"Come now! Don't be shy, Omegamon!" Athenamon grasped Omegamon's right arm. "It will be wonderful and I'm sure the staff at the hotel will provide us with a wonderful ceremony!"

"This is going to be one wonderful wedding if you ask me," Jeri smiled. "Right, Himura?"

"Um... I'm sure it will be. After all, we are all invited guests, right?"

As everyone gathered around to discuss the matter on the wedding, Yami Yugi approached Takato, Guilmon and Takuya. The leaders of the respective groups took one final glimpse of the fallen stadium. Watching from one corner was Bakura as he held the unconscious Lance over his back.

"Enjoy this victory while it lasts, Pharaoh. Lance may have failed to gain your puzzle, but it will be I that will succeed in taking your ultimate power. Mark my words..." the evil spirit within Bakura thought.

"Yugi... Thanks for everything," Takato turned around and faced the King of Games. "We wouldn't have escaped with you planning ahead."

"No, we pulled through this together. It was all of us united and defeating Pharaohmon. Our team work was what conquered Pharaohmon. Takuya, you and Kouji really persevered. Thanks to the spirit detonation that Yusuke had planted within Pharaohmon, the demon was brought down to his knees."

"Hey, I was just relieved we managed to survive thanks to your puzzle's magic," Takuya replied.

"Yeah and that gave me enough time to recover," Guilmon smiled warmly. "Takato, you couldn't imagine how comfortable and safe it was to bio-merge with the Priestess. We guided each other and knew what we had to do. We both shared the same disgust for that monster and let him have it!"

"I've noticed you seem to have taken a liking for that little girl, Guilmon," Takato kneeled beside his digimon partner and pat him on the head.

"She's a sweet little girl, Takato. I could feel her heart and her love for her friends. We both wanted to make sure everyone of you were safe. It did feel great as Gallantmon Shining Mode!"

"I'm sure it was something even I couldn't comprehend. Nonetheless, thank you and the Priestess for coming through for us. We all now move on with our lives and press onward on what the future lies in store for us," Yami Yugi stated promptly. "Where would it lead us? There's no telling for sure, but allow us to partake in a celebration in this grand victory. Come, we've all been invited to the wedding of Omegamon and Athenamon."

"WHAT! YOU'RE KIDDING!" Takuya and Takato exclaimed in unison.

Yes, at long last, after a two-day trial, the Shadow Tournament has officially come to a close. The threat of Pharaohmon has ended and his evil ambitions to take over the two worlds were abruptly stopped. Despite winning the tournament, he couldn't overcome the unity and the perseverance of Earth's heroes. The Digital World and the Human World rejoice in a momentous celebration for the fall of the demon lord. All thanks to not just every hero of each of the five specific groups, but also to the combined efforts of the Digital Priestess and Gallantmon. The light of hope from Gallantmon Shining Mode has brought forth a miracle that has overcome the great darkness.

The Phoenix Arena lies in shambles and memories within this fallen stadium will never be forgotten. It truly was an historic two-day event but now it has become another chapter written in the long history of the Digital World.

Digimon Tamers. Legendary Warriors. Duelists. Sailor Senshi. Spirit Detectives. The Dra-Warriors. These six groups will forever be idolized by the digimon for a long time to come. As a token of appreciation, they all have been invited to witness the wedding ceremony between Omegamon and Athenamon. After that, it will be a return to their daily lives.

But this story is far from over as the final chapter itself has yet to be written...

(PREVIEW)

Omegamon: The final chapter is finally here! After such a long wait, the first series will officially come to an end.

Takato: Yes, it's the end to The Wrath of Pharaohmon series and the beginning of sequel! But first, we will witness the wedding between Omegamon and Athenamon!

Athenamon: Oh, isn't this just wonderful, Omegamon?

Omegamon: Yes, my lady... I can't believe this is happening to me... If I screw this up, I'm so dead...

Takuya: After that, we all return back home to our normal lives. Yay... Just what I needed... A return to school life. Bummer!

Yusuke: What's this about a Dark Tournament! Oh give me a break! Plus, I thought Toguro was dead!

Minako: YIPPEE! I get to start on my Idol career!

Cammy: Sister, there's something I have to tell you...

Rei: That bastard! Cammy, from this point forth I'm going to hold custody as your new guardian. My damn father abused you just as he did to me before! I will not let him get away with this!

Takato: You don't want to miss out on the epilogue to the first series! It's entitled...

The Departure from the Shadow Tournament! The Dawning of a New Era!

Yugi: There is no telling what futures relies for each of us, but let us embrace and enjoy the rest of our lives as best as we can.

Ahem. Allow me to be the first to say this...

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! Yes, after nearly two years, the official wrath of Pharaohmon has ended! While the series only needs one more chapter for completion, the main villain himself is finished! Now, we'll take a look at each of our heroes as their lives move on since the Shadow Tournament's end. Plus, we get to see Omegamon and Athenamon officially tie the knot:D

(cue a wedding theme) DUM, DUM, DA-DUM! DUM, DUM, DA-DUM!

Big thanks to LazerWulf for beta-reading this chapter and the set-ups for the whole Shadow Tournament; credit goes to Ninetalesuk for his Dra-Warriors (Valmarmon, Granasmon, Kyodaidramon, Espritdramon, Herodramon, Ninjadramon, Panzerdramon and Luzdramon) and Gallantmon Shining Mode is his idea; and big thanks to Belletiger for showing support for this story. Shoot, I should be thanking each and every one of you for sticking around this long. I'm just glad to finally kill off Pharaohmon for good.

Now, finally I can move on with writing the sequel. I have some news on the sequel. It will be officially 28 chapters and shorter compared to this giant of a crossover. But the chapters will be a little longer in length. However, it will be more action-packed and less emphasis on Duel Monsters. There will NO tournaments, sorry. Of course, there will be some duels but that won't be too much of importance. The main casts will remain the same, but with a few new character additions, including a few surprises. In fact, most of the chapters in this upcoming second series will have plenty of shocking cliffhangers, kind of like how Full Metal Alchemist does a great job with those surprise cliffhangers. ;) Though, I'll admit my work will never be as good as FMA. That show rocks!

Now, this first series was heavily focused on the Tamers, the Frontier team and the Duelists. For the sequel, the spotlight will heavily be placed on the Tamers, the Sailor Senshi and the Spirit Detectives. But that doesn't mean I'll be alienating the Duelists and the Frontier crew. I'm just simply going to focus more on those three specific groups. Plus, can you imagine the Senshi and Detectives working together? Sailor Moon/Yu Yu Hakusho crossover goodness! We just saw hints of that in this chapter! ;D

The time period set for the sequel will be at least seven-eight months after the Pharaohmon arc. The Spirit Detectives will be done with the Dark Tournament and the Duelists would have overcome Dartz and Zork Necrophidius, but it will still be before the final Ceremonial Battle.

As I said, 28 chapters, the same casts, some new characters and plenty of shocking twists! In addition, we can't forget about the cast of villains. This time it will be an armada of aliens known as the Rajita Empire. They will be old enemies of the Sailor Senshi plus the Rajita's leader will be TWICE more powerful than Pharaohmon could ever hope to be. There will also be a few additional minor rogues to appear. The Tamers will gain new powers thanks to some cards known as Beast Cards. Yes, they will gain some nifty X-Men and Fantastic Four-like powers. :D This ought to be something useful for when the Rajita mutants invade. Plus, I will say this: the near end of the second series will leave you stunned and on the edge of your seat. Yeah, I have something big planned. ;)

I expect and hope this sequel will be better than this one. I know there are more people reading this story and reviewing. Don't be shy. ;) I'd like to hear those comments.

Well, that's the preview I wanted to give you guys concerning the sequel. Until then, be sure to check back for the epilogue of The Wrath of Pharaohmon. Now repeat after me everyone: DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! LOL. :D Peace!