Notes: You might notice that there is only three gods in the story. Don't worry; I've got an idea about the 4th god but if I say more it'll be a spoiler…

Another digimon fanfic by: Imp24

Chapter 6

"Fate Hurts"

Indeed, Daisuke and his trusty acquaintances have finally arrived to the Temple of the Gods where they met Flamedramon and his brother. Will the battle between two friends begin? And will Azulongmon ever have a chance to tell Flamedramon the truth? Or the bogus?

"Flamedramon! You've got to stop this nonsense!" ordered Daisuke trying to convince Flamedramon to see what's the brighter side of this situation. "You know that having revenge won't do anything good! Killing the gods is not the best solution."

"Shut up!" yelled back the angry Flamedramon. "Daisuke, even though that I have disobeyed your orders, I still care for you and will not let anything hurt you. So that's why you have to go back! Go away! Never return from here!"

"No! We will never leave unless you come with us!"
"Fools! How the heck did you come here?" asked the dark Flamedramon in confusion.

He looked at the 5 Samuraidramons who were fighting them a while ago knowing that it's them who are the cause of all this.

"Damn you! Why did you ever let them come here?"

"But we were just—" explained one Samuraidramon but instantly, Dark Flamedramon shoots a purple fire ball at the five of them and together, they melted into molds of clay.

"Enough of this, nonsense! Kill them all!" commanded the dark dragon at hundreds of Samuraidramons.

"What? You mean you're going to hurt Daisuke too?" asked Flamedramon blocking the way of his brother.

"Brother…are you going to let them stop you? Even I know that they're going to destroy our revolt and once again, we'll be estranged."

"No, but…"

"Face it, brother…this is fate. You cannot escape it, or let others escape you."

Flamedramon, speechless, looked back at Daisuke and his friends. He looked at the digimons, they are so weak knowing that the Samuraidramons ambushed them a while ago. He knows that he must do this to teach the gods a lesson that they will never stop thinking about, but at the same time, he'll never do anything to hurt his friends.

"Samuraidramons! Don't hurt them!" Commanded Flamedramon.

"What?" asked his brother.

"Throw them inside the temple and make sure they won't escape while me and my brother are trying to execute our providence."

"Certainly, young master." Agreed the Shadow Samuraidramons.

"What are you planning?" asked again his brother.

"I told you that you mustn't hurt them." Replied Flamedramon. "Besides, their digimons are weak. They'll never break out of the temple."

"I know what you mean, brother." Understood the evil Flamedramon. "Now! Let's destroy the gods and conquer the digiworld with our dark powers!"

The Samuraidramons arrested Daisuke and his friends and carrying them into the temple's room. They slammed the door closed with two Samuraidramons guarding outside.

"Wait!" yelled Daisuke knocking hardly on the door. "You can't do this! Flamedramon! Please!"

Tears gush out of his eyes with his jaws angrily rubbing into each other. He doesn't know what to do next since that his old digimon partner has turned into a conqueror. He looked down in his digivice and noticed that it's weakening. After a few seconds, it broke into pieces and bit-by-bit, they fell into the ground.

"No…" he uttered.

"Daisuke…I'm so sorry…" apologized Hikari slowly walking towards him.

She stares at the poor boy kneeling down with his head bowed down to the floor. She could see his tears dropping and she could hear his endless sobbing. She felt a warm hand holding her shoulder. She turned her head around and saw Takeru smiling at her and whispered, "It's going to be alright." Hikari didn't understand what he just said, so she just smiled back at him and the two of them walked slowly near Daisuke together with Yolei and Iori. Daisuke looked at them wondering why they look so happy.

"Don't worry, Daisuke." Convinced Yolei. "I'm sure we'll find a way on how to get out of here and stop Flamedramon!"

"But how can we do that?" asked Daisuke rubbing his tears off his eyes.

"I don't know but we'll think of at least something." Replied Yolei.

"Hey…where's Gatomon?" asked Hikari walking around in the room trying to find Gatomon.

"What? You mean she's not here?" asked Takeru looking at her.

When Patamon heard that Gatomon was gone, he felt worried and scared she might be in terrible danger since she's too weak to fight.

"Are you ready, brother?" asked the evil dragon facing the three digimon gods.

Flamedramon nodded beside him. The gods looked angry, they thought.

"We will bring out the guards!" yelled Xuanwomon.

"It's no use!" shouted the dark Flamedramon. "The guards inside the temple have been killed by the Samuraidramons who are also patrolling inside."

"That's not going to help! We've got more guards from where they came from!"

The gods summoned hundreds of guards near them. They're called, Knightmons. They have huge bodies and with symbol at their chest armor. They're carrying a large shield with another symbol like the one in the armor. They're colored shining silver which the sun reflects the surface of it. They have eyes glowing at the dark background inside their head armor. They're carrying a wide and straight sword just like any other. But Flamedramon thinks that they're still no use of the Shadow Samuraidramons.

"Samuraidramons! Fight the Knightmons while we take care of the gods." Yelled Flamedramon.

The Samuraidramons agreed their master and started charging towards the Knightmons. The Samuraidramons and the Kinghtmons scattered all over the place fighting and slashing against one other. Some of them went in the temple and continued to fight until the very end…some of the Samuraidramons and Knightmons were killed making them equal more or less by numbers.

"Azulongmon!" shouted Flamedramon at the god standing right in front of him. "Let's finish this one on one, right here, right now!"

"I don't want to fight you, Flamedramon." Replied the sincere god of the east. "You know that your friends have helped me accomplish my mission a few months ago."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Don't pretend it's nothing! I know that you only wanted to kill me just because your brother told you so."

"Huh?"

"Your brother is not fighting for you or you brotherhood. Your brother is only fighting for himself!"

"No! I won't listen to you!"

Flamedramon ignored him and immediately, he unleashed two blazing balls of fire from his palm and aims at Azulongmon.

"Inferno Rocket!"

The blazing fireballs strike Azulongmon causing him to collapse.

"What…are you doing?" asked Azulongmon trying to get up.

"That's my new technique, Inferno Rocket. It possesses the power of darkness, and it's 200 times more powerful than the original one!"

"Then I guess I have no chance but to fight you!" yelled Azulongmon. "Aurora Force!"

The attack hits at Flamedramon causing a massive light explosion. When the wind cleared the area, Flamedramon is still standing there without any scratch at all.

"What the…?" asked Azulongmon in disbelief.

"Fool… you think I can die that easily?"

"I order you to stop this now!"

"I'll stop this after I kill you!"

Flamedramon charged and kicked him at his face hard. Azulongmon fell down holding his face while Flamedramon smiled enjoying this battle.

Meanwhile, the dark Flamedramon is fighting the other digimon god—Baihumon.

The two are standing a few meters away from each other staring. Without a word, they rub their left foot on the ground preparing to fight.

"I can see that you're here for your upheaval." Baihumon uttered with his eyes glimmering at the sun's luminosity.

"What else am I here for?" asked the dark digimon having the same expression as Baihumon.

The wind is starting to get burly. The dusts that are surrounding the area are coiling around them. The clouds started to swallow up the sun's body causing the battlefield to be murkier.

"I know about these kinds of things." Started Baihumon. "Revolts…always seeking for vengeance in order to make them feel good about themselves and their loved ones but you know what? Your revolt is not the same as the others"

"Exactly! Me and my brother's destiny are different. Despite from our vicious appearances and warfare, we have the emotional revolt that leads the two of us into the same path."

"That is wrong! You're going to rule this land! We have to confess, this land is not only for us gods but also for all the digimons who are existing in it!"

"Enough talk, useless one! Let's finish this before sunset!"

Baihumon agreed to Flamedramon and they started to jump in mid-air. In a second, they started to swift against each other rapidly. It's so fast that a naked eye couldn't even see it. Finally, after the aerial confrontation, the two swift down on the ground with their heads looking downwards.

"You're pretty good about this, dragon." Commented Baihumon breathing hardly on the ground.

The dark Flamedramon could hear his hard breathing a few feet away.

"Not so bad yourself." Replied the dark one. "Enjoy breathing for this will be your last!"

The dark digimon dashed swiftly heading towards him and without a second to waste, he swipes his hand upward with a violet aura surrounding the palm of his hand. Baihumon was critically hit and started to rise up in the air. Without any warning, the dark Flamedramon started to leap with him and kicked him hard on the stomach. Baihumon screamed in pain and quickly he was slammed on the ground unconscious.

The dark monster landed at the same spot he was standing before and gave an evil look at the god laying vulnerably on the soil.

Xuanwomon slowly sneaks at the back of the temple to call for more allies but something jumped in her way from above.

"Going somewhere?" asked the monster in front of her.

"Samuraidramons!" yelled back the damsel. "I always know that you cannot be avoided."

"Of course we can't!"

The Samuraidramon took out his sword and slashed her so fast; only light runs through its surface.

Xuanwomon held her injury at her arm. She used Phoenix Fire at the Samuraidramon, causing the digimon to disappear.

"I've got…blood." She whispered. "These Samuraidramons have powers that are equal to us, gods. Please be careful, Azulongmon…Baihumon…"

Flamedramon was already winning; therefore, Azulongmon was getting weaker as his powers are all useless to Flamedramon's immortal strength. The poor god is lying helplessly on the ground while Flamedramon is standing right in front of him.

"Now…die!" yelled the digimon pointing his fiery palm to Azulongmon.

"Stop!" yelled a small voice coming from afar.

A small digimon is heading right through him. Flamedramon can't see well because she's so small. When she got closer, he was astonished seeing Gatomon badly injured but still kept on running towards him.

"G-gatomon?" he asked to himself.

When Gatomon stopped in front of him, Flamedramon retreated his arm from Azulongmon and walked slowly to Gatomon.

"What are you doing here?" asked the digimon furiously. "I told you not to come out of the room!"

"There's a pretty good explanation for this." Replied the feline catching her breathe. "As far as I concern, you must stop this, Flamedramon. I don't want any of my friends to kill anyone above suspicion!"

"Get away from here!" Flamedramon yelled once more.

Gatomon ignored him. The dragon loses his temper and raised his arm preparing to hit Gatomon. She crouched down protecting herself until a dash of light strikes at Flamedramon's arm.

He glanced at another digimon who is flying above him.

"Angemon!" screamed Gatomon slightly getting up.

"Don't worry, Gatomon!" he said. "I'll take care of him."

"No!" she replied. "You mustn't fight at one another! It's not the reason why we are here for."

They ignored Gatomon and continued to fight.

Flamedramon kept on avoiding the attacks of Angemon but the angel doesn't mind at all. The dragon, finally, assaulted him with his knee on Angemon's stomach and blazed him with his Inferno Rocket.

Angemon, injured, remained kneeling and shaking on the ground. Flamedramon aimed his last shot to him. Gatomon screamed but there was no use.

When Flamedramon was about to fire his attack, a holy light knocked him at the back causing his Inferno Rocket to hit the other direction.

"Azulongmon!" cried Gatomon seeing the digimon god standing weakly behind Flamedramon.

"You have to get out of here." The god said. "Find out a way on how to reverse the dark powers of these 2 digimons."

"But how can we do that?" asked Gatomon glancing at Angemon turning back into Patamon.

"It's up to you. Flamedramon won't listen to me."

Gatomon and Patamon are both staring at Flamedramon shaking and trying to get up.

"You must hurry." Added Azulongmon. "I'll take care of Flamedramon!"

"…All right. We'll do it…" agreed Patamon.

"What?" asked Gatomon a little bit surprised.

"You don't want our friend to be our enemy, right?"

"Thanks, Patamon."

"Damn you!" yelled Flamedramon running towards them.

"Go now!" ordered Azulongmon.

Gatomon and Patamon quickly ran back into the temple still surrounded by Knightmons and Samuraidramons fighting against each other.

Flamedramon charged at Azulongmon and without a second to waste, he swiftly kicked Azulongmon on the head.

At the temple, Gatomon and Patamon hurriedly went to the room where the digidestineds are.

When they opened the door, the others seemed to be safe.

"Gatomon!" yelled the worried Hikari.

"Guys! We have to find out on how to get rid of the dark powers!" Gatomon said with Patamon standing on her side.

"What's the use?" asked Daisuke kneeling at the corner turning his back. "I'm not a digidestined anymore. I don't have a digimon. I don't even know what will I do next."

"Listen, you!" ordered Hikari pointing her finger at him. "If you really want to be a digidestined again, you better get your ass over here and help us find the violet crystal!"

"The violet crystal!" Daisuke said standing up knowing that he had an idea. "I remembered Flamedramon told me that his brother absorbed the powers of the violet crystal some years ago. If we could find it, we'll destroy that virus and more or less, Flamedramon and his brother's powers will all be gone1"

"That's a pretty good idea but the violet crystal lived for maybe a hundred years or more!" replied Yolei. "Flamedramon's brother has absorbed that power many years ago already. How can we know that it's still there?"

"I know it's still there. Somewhere, even a thousands miles from here. It's still there. If the violet crystal does not exist anymore, why would the dark digimon still be carrying that kind of power?"

"That's right!" added Takeru. "The violet crystal is a virus because it turns Flamedramon into a different type of digimon called virus. His brother has possessed the powers of the violet crystal by the use Internet signal. The crystal couldn't just give its power to someone. That would make it wear off. But by the use of Internet connection and data, that could make it possible that the crystal is somewhere right here!"

"So does that mean we have to cut all the Internet connections all over the world?" asked Yolei.

"We don't have to do that. It'll be hard for us even just by hacking. What we need is distance."

"Distance?" asked all the other digidestineds.

"That's right. I'll contact Koshiro to use his computer to hack through the digiworld and find out where the violet crystal is by using the dark Flamedramon's energy connection to the violet crystal. In that way, we won't have a hard time on finding it."

"The dark Flamedramon's power is still going strong here." Added Daisuke walking towards the center. "That gave us a clue that the violet crystal isn't far."

"Wow! You guys are truly amazing!" said the impressed Hikari on Daisuke and Takeru both.

The two boys exchanged glances wondering.

"So where should we start?" asked Iori.

"We start by eating a nice meal!" suggested Armadillomon.

"Gatomon, you escaped through here, right?" asked Hikari.

"Yes, but we cannot go through the door since there are so many of us, we might get captured again."

"I know where Gatomon escaped through!" interrupted Patamon.

He ran unto the left corner of the room and opened a small sliding door that leads to the back part of the temple.

"Great! Now, let's get moving!" commanded Ken.

"Ken, you haven't spoken for a while until now. Is there something wrong?" asked Yolei.

"Nothing at all. I just like to watch all of you cooperate. It's the only way that will make me confident on doing this mission."

Yolei nodded and followed the others on crawling through the small hidden door that heads to "freedom".

Xuanwomon was watching them running as fast as they can to look for the crystal.

"It's good that you've found out on how to stop this catastrophe." She whispered quietly. "Perhaps you might need a little help from someone."

Xuanwomon took out her cellphone (um, don't ask LOL) and dialed a number.

"Hello? Yes, it's me." she said. "Look, I know that you haven't come here in the temple with us but since you're heading here to help us, I need you to take the other direction instead."

Azulongmon shaking on the ground still struggling to get up. Flamedramon laughed at him while stepping his foot on the digimons god's head.

"You still don't want to give up?" asked Flamedramon smiling at the poor digimon who is lying helplessly on the ground. "You better say your prayers. Oh, wait, no one will grant them because you're the god yourself! Hahaha! Now this is for killing me many years ago!"

Flamedramon aimed his attack at Azulongmon.

"Flamedramon…" whispered the god. "If you really wanted to kill me, I have to say this before I die."

"What is it? Hurry it up!"

"I didn't kill you…"
"I laugh at your lying tongue!"

"Your brother was the one who killed you! Believe it or not, I don't care! Kill me! I don't care if I die! As long as I know what I am saying and what I am saying is the truth!"

"Shut up! I don't believe you!"

"You just don't want to hear the truth, that's all! That's because you're afraid!"

"What are you talking about?"

"You're afraid to hear the truth and know that you've committed a big mistake! That's why you just have to kill me in order to turn away from your fake destiny!"

Flamedramon was shaking. He was confused all over again. His arms are trembling and his teeth are gripping against each other. He has to face two decisions again…whom will he believe? His most trusted brother or the one he has to kill?

Finally, he let go of him and looked down and asked, "Tell me…"

"Wh-what?" asked Azulongmon catching his breath.

"Tell me what really happened."

To be continued…