Notes: I'm sorry for long update; I have less time on spending with my fanfic and I kind of running out of ideas but providentially, I've already thought of things.
Another digimon fanfic by: Imp24
Chapter 7"The Unleashed Truth"
Flamedramon glanced at his brother from afar. He seems to be busy fighting with Baihumon. With his brother lost in focus with him, he asked again to Azulongmon, "You better speak that has sense or I'll kill you immediately!"
Azulongmon got up still shaking and holding his bruises. He stared at Flamedramon. He has finally listening to me, he thought.
"You may not believe in this, but it's up to you." He whispered with his voice as pale as his face.
--Flashback—
"Brother! There's another challenger who comes to fight with us!" pointed the dark Flamedramon to the Goburimon excitingly.
At this period, Flamedramon's brother isn't "dark" yet but his eyes are still redder than the real Flamedramon. (But I'll still call him dark Flamedramon so that you won't get confused.)
There are crowds everywhere, surrounding the arena, cheering up for the famous and strong dragons that are standing at the center.
"Wow, another contender to test his skills if he really is fit to be a real wild fighting digimon?" asked Flamedramon with high confidence. "Why don't you handle me this, brother?"
"Uh…sure, anything for you."
The Goburimon approached Flamedramon with the large club in his hand.
"Are you ready, brave fighter?" asked the dragon smiling with his eyes closed.
"I am ready to prove myself that there is always a digimon who's better than you two aside from the digimon gods!" replied the tough Goburimon.
Goburimon quickly jumps with one foot and raises his club heading for Flamedramon. The dragon just stood there motionless. When the challenger was about to strike him with his attack, Flamedramon grabs his club and smashes it together with the digimon at the ground.
"Want more?" asked the confident dragon.
"No! Please! You won!"
Flamedramon uses his Fire Rocket at him and he was burned furiously running away from them.
The crowd presented their cheers and yells with howls all around them shouting, "Flamedramon, you rock!" "You're the best, Flamedramon!" "Yeah! You're better than the one with redder eyes!"
When the dark Flamedramon heard those words, he was struck by an evil intention called, "envy".
As days go by, Flamedramon seems to be more popular than his dark brother. Many digimons said that the one with redder eyes is a little weaker than his brother. When the dark Flamedramon heard the rumor, he lost confidence on fighting. As a matter of fact, one day came when his dark brother challenged a digimon and after a few minutes of conflict, the challenger defeated the dark Flamedramon. Many crowds are yelling "BOO" "YOU SUCK" and "WE WANT THE OTHER ONE!" at him. They are even throwing dirt at him.
"What is happening?" he asked to himself standing at the arena. "I always thought I'm as strong as my brother!"
Flamedramon went in the arena and asked his dark brother, "Hey, what happened, bro? I was expecting that you would win."
"I don't know what happened but…I…"
"Look, you need rest. Go down and watch me fight the next challenger, ok?"
"O…ok…"
The dark digimon went down and stared at his brother fighting the rebel. He noticed that he really IS better than him. He looks down gripping his hands and runs away.
Flamedramon smashed the digimon on the ground eliminating the challenger out. The crowd, once again, cheered at him. He looked back to see his brother but there's no sign of him around.
"Brother?" he asked to himself looking around for him.
Meanwhile, at night, Flamedramon has arrived from their territory where the two of them always stayed—at the cave.
He finds his dark brother sleeping behind a huge rock.
He seems to be disappointed, he thought. He ignored him and lied a few inches away from his dark brother under the moonlight glowing at the hole of the cave (familiar?)
Flamedramon has fallen asleep very quickly after a few minutes since he lied there.
The dark Flamedramon's glowing eyes opened and got up. He looks at his brother sleeping soundly under the moonlight. The dark digimon's hands are gripping tightly. Releasing his anger and envy on his brother, he stabbed his brother with a sharp rock continuously at the back.
Flamedramon opened his eyes with pain and shouted, "Wh-what happened!"
"I'm sorry, brother, but I will be taking over your place from now on." The angry digimon whispered as he releases his knife and throws it away.
Flamedramon screamed again and disappeared into thin air.
The dark dragon stared at his hands. It's filled with the blood of his brother. He knew what to do in order to cover up his alibi; therefore, he washed his hands with water at the nearest spring from the cave.
He went back to check at the area where his brother died. The blood is still shining under the moonlight. He stomped his feet on the blood and shouted, "Who's going to cheer for you now!"
Morning hit the digiworld. The dark Flamedramon woke up stretching his arms. He could hear voices of the crowd shouting outside of their cave. He knew they were waiting for someone.
He walked out seeing many digimons cheering and yelling for his brother.
"I am sorry, my dear digimons, but your so called, champion, is no more. I've found out last night that he was murdered by a digimon during his nap. I tried to defend my dear brother, but it was no use. He was killed, murdered simultaneously by a digimon's jealously of evil."
The digimons gasped and spoke nothing with their eyes as big as their astonishment. They've lost their one and only champion whom no digimon was able to defeat him except one.
"Yes, it's true that no one can resist quiet assassination. From now on, you can always rely on me…the next and the only champion here in the digiworld!"
The dark brother walked out of his cave spreading his arms around his new fans.
"Hey! What's that?" questioned one digimon who is looking at his feet. "It's covered with blood!"
The dark digimon looked at his feet. It's true; he washed his hands with pure water, but never his feet.
"I…I can explain!" he defended staring at the angry digimons.
"Punish him! For his jealously killed his own loved one!" shouted the digimons.
They captured the traitor and took him at the Temple. Azulongmon walked out asking, "Aren't you the twin brother of someone?"
"My lord!" bowed one digimon in front of him. "This conspirator killed his brother for fame!"
"Are you serious?" asked the surprised god. "How dare you kill your own twin brother? You were born not because for fame and fortune, but because of your specialty, that you have a brother to depend on!"
"I did it because all of you are comparing me with him!" replied the dark betrayer. "He deserves it!"
"No, Flamedramon. YOU deserve it."
Azulongmon unleashed his holy power and fires it at the dark one. Dust surrounds the place, causing all of the digimons to go blind. When the area was cleared, there was no dark dragon in sight.
"Is he dead?" asked one digimon.
"I don't think so." Asked Azulongmon. "His body should remain for a while before he disappears."
"You mean he has escaped? Then we must find him!"
"No! That is no longer required. That will cause us more trouble. Leave him be, if he ever comes back, we'll get him."
Meanwhile, the dark Flamedramon kept on running away from the desired place. He finds himself on a weird jungle with no signs of digimon around him. He kept on walking and walking, until his feet got hurt.
"Damn it." He murmured. "Evidence reveals it all. Why did I do it? Why!"
He punched his hand hardly on the ground with tears gushing out of eyes. He looked up noticing that there is something glowing behind the trees. He continued to follow the light until he saw huge violet crystal glowing at the center of the jungle.
"What's this?" he asked to himself. "Some kind of virus?"
He moves his arm slightly heading towards the crystal. With one touch, he was absorbed by the dark power in the crystal transforming him into a virus type digimon. He looked at himself. He looks powerful; he can feel the energy running inside him.
"Yes, this is it!" he said. "I've finally found an indestructible power to prove that I'm stronger than my brother. And when my brother comes back from resurrection from the digiegg, I'll give him a false story about his past and convince him to join me in my destiny to conquer the digiworld and avenge myself from the gods! It will be a brilliant plan! After I conquer the digiworld, I will assassinate my brother in the same method again so that I will be the only ruler of digiworld! HAHAHAHAHA!"
--End of Flashback—
Flamedramon was speechless. He didn't know after all these happened that his brother betrayed him, lied, cheated…used. He's confused all over again. He doesn't know whom to believe.
"Wait a minute." He snapped. "How do you know all about this? About my brother doing these kinds of things even if you're not there."
"I'm the god who watches over the eastern side of the digiworld," Azulongmon replied still holding his arm. "I can see all things that are happening in the east part of the digiworld."
"But why didn't you stop him in the first place?"
"I knew what I have to do. Stopping him while doing his own rule won't help. I guess it's the way of life. He must see his mistakes by himself…not with the help of others."
Flamedramon looked again at his brother. Baihumon seems to be unconscious now.
"So what are you going to do about it?" asked Azulongmon frequently.
"I'm going to stop him. I don't want this power anymore!"
In the intervening time, Daisuke and the others haven't got any luck on finding the crystal yet. They're just walking as if they're in the middle of nowhere.
"I can't take this!" growled Daisuke. "When is Koshiro going to give us the map on finding the crystal?"
"I guess he hasn't received my email yet," answered Takeru wondering about his message he sent a while ago.
It seems that Koshiro won't be able to receive emails for the moment since that the time in the Real World is school time. Koshiro can't just use the computer at the desired moment.
"We'll just have to wait, then." Hikari said looking on the bright side of this situation.
After a few minutes, the digidestineds noticed a glowing light in front of them. It's forming a weird object, only that it isn't really clear because of the glitches. The kids wondered about it for a while, but when the image is clear, they recognized quickly the image.
"I've finally contacted you!" Azulongmon said through the weird glitching screen. "Have you gotten any luck about the crystal?"
"We're sorry, but we couldn't find it yet." regretted Yolei. "We tried to contact Koshiro for directions by using the signal through the Dark Flamedramon's energy, but it seems that he hasn't been replying for quite a while."
"That's too bad but I've got good news. While I'm explaining Flamedramon's true past a few minutes ago, I've remembered something that would help you."
The digidestineds didn't say anything. They opened their ears to hear the shortcut.
"Where are you heading now?" asked the god.
Ken took out his compass he found a few weeks ago and looked at the arrow.
"We're heading north-east" he replied.
"Close enough. Head to the eastern part of the digiworld. There, you will find a large jungle with no digimons in sight. You'll find the crystal there."
"We'll do whatever you say, Azulongmon!" thanked Daisuke.
The image disappeared through the air. Azulongmon must've used a portal to contact them.
"Alright, guys!" ordered Daisuke. "We've lost directions by a million times here in the digiworld and this has far to be the worst. We're heading east again! And this time, we'll not going to let ourselves lose hope!"
The others nodded and yelled, "Let's do it!"
Then they started to run with their digimons heading to the eastern part of the digiworld.
"You won't kill me that easily, you bastard!" yelled Baihumon shaking with injuries all over his body.
The dark dragon grinned and scratched him on the face. Baihumon screamed while the dark one just grinned again.
"I feel good when your faces looked like rotten bananas!" teased Dark Flamedramon.
"Enough!" snapped the voice behind him.
Dark Flamedramon turned his head around looked at Flamedramon filled with angered souls.
"What's the matter, dear brother?"
"Don't you call me brother!" Flamedramon shouted at him. "How dare you used me and lied to me just to fulfill your own destiny! I always thought that I could trust you but…"
Dark Flamedramon smirked. He stood up laughing his heart out.
"So, you've found out…too bad!"
"What are you talking about? I'm through with this destiny! And so are you!"
"Did you remember about the dark powers I gave you?"
"Dark powers? Yeah…why?"
"You see…there are some side effects if I give it to you."
Flamedramon wondered. Rapidly, a weird sting struck him in his body. His heart is pounding so fast, his boiling, he feels like he can't control his body anymore.
"What is this?"
"There's a possibility that you will turn into a huge mutating monster and can only obey to my orders. It's a weird explanation, actually. But to make it all simple, you will be my slave starting from now."
"Aaaaagh! Stop this!" Flamedramon screamed in pain holding his head. "I…can't…"
His whole body is shaking. His eyes are exploding; he started to growl after that.
Baihumon and Azulongmon stared the poor dragon suffering in pain.
Without any warning, he started to grow bigger. His muscles became superior, his teeth are now coming out of his mouth, like that of a crocodile, and two large teeth coming out at the sides. His armors ripped off, and two horns are growing out of his forehead. His eyes turned glowing red with a scar marked on the right eye. His claws became sharper and longer. After the extreme mutation, he turned into a growling monster that crashes everything in its path.
"Oh my gawd…" uttered Azulongmon in surprise.
The two digimons looked up staring at the simple dragon digimon who turned into an extreme giant monster.
"My friends…" Dark Flamedramon said. "Prepare to be crashed by my own mutated brother! Hahahahahaha!"
The monster Flamedramon looked at the digimon gods. He growled and raised his arms to hit the two gods.
"Digidestineds…please hurry up…Flamedramon's life and ours are lying in your hands." Prayed the helpless gods.
To be continued…