Chapter Six: Showdown of Fate

Karu and Cloud were fighting ruthlessly against each other, or so it would seem to most people. In reality, they were trying to emulate the power created when Cloud fought Sephiroth so they could reopen the gate between the dimensions. So far it had proven useless. Without Cloud using Omnislash he couldn't emulate that power and if he did use Omnislash, he would have to target Karu and he knew Karu couldn't survive an Omnislash. They couldn't reopen the portal. Then, Karu had an idea. A risky idea, but one that just might work.

"Cloud, I want you to use Omnislash on me." Karu sounded nervous as he said this.

"I can't. You can't survive that." Cloud said in a tone of defeat.

"Maybe I can, maybe I can't. In any case we're out of options. If it does work, I still have a green material orb so I can heal myself if I make it through… And if I survive."

"Are you sure about this, Karu?" Cloud sounded just as nervous as Karu at this point.

"I'm sure. Do it." Karu then put the hood to his cloak up and put his swords into their sheaths on his back. He then stood there, ready for Cloud's attack. Cloud lunged at him and started attacking. After 15 or so hits, Cloud jumped into the air and proceeded to finish his attack. The last blow hit Karu head on, knocking him backwards onto the ground. Amazingly, his plan had worked. Cloud had gathered enough power to rip yet another hole between the dimensions. Karu also managed to survive the attack, but just barely.

Cloud took out a green materia orb and placed it in his sword. Then he pointed it at Karu and used the Curaga spell on him, healing him back to full health. Karu then stood up and ran through the portal before it had a chance to close. Cloud also tried to make it, but the portal closed just as he got to it. Karu was on his own.

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The tamers had fought hard against Sephiroth. All of their Digimon had fallen against him, almost being deleted. There seemed to be little hope for them.

Sephiroth walked up to the tamers. "Tell me, which one of you wants to die first?" Sephiroth said arrogantly. Then he put his sword to Takato's throat. "Maybe you? No. You?" He then put his sword to Henry's throat. "No. Ah, yes. You. You shall be the first one I kill." He then put his sword to Rika's throat.

He pulled his sword back and then started to thrust it at Rika, but then they all heard a voice yell "Stop!" Sephiroth stopped just short of penetrating Rika's chest. He then turned around to see someone in a cloak.

"So, you want to die first? So be it!" and with that Sephiroth lunged at the cloaked figure with his sword.

The cloaked figure then proceeded to draw both his swords and block the oncoming attack. Sephiroth and the cloaked figure fought furiously, nether of them gaining any ground over the other. Then Sephiroth caught the cloaked figure off guard and knocked him into a nearby building. Sephiroth jumped at this opportunity and dashed at the cloaked figure. Just as he recovered, Sephiroth started attacking again. He didn't have enough energy to block Sephiroth's attacks and somehow Sephiroth managed to destroy one of his swords. Then Sephiroth knocked the cloaked figure back into a wall and stuck his sword through the cloaked figures shoulder.

"You're going to become part of the planet soon and so are all of them." Sephiroth pointed at the tamers and their digimon. "When you become part of the planet, you will also become part of me. Before you die, tell me what is most important to you? Will you give me the pleasure of taking it away?"

"You fool. There is nothing that isn't important to me!" The cloaked figure then pulled Sephiroth's sword out of his arm and slashed his sword at Sephiroth. Sephiroth stepped backwards out of the way before the cloaked figures sword had a chance to hit him. The cloaked figure knew that he didn't have the energy to continue fighting, and so did everyone else. Sephiroth knew he would be able to win this battle soon, and the tamers knew that this mysterious warrior that had come and had fought for them would soon fall. Then Rika had an idea.

"Hey!" Rika yelled as loud as she could. Both the cloaked figure and Sephiroth looked over at her. She then threw a white orb to the cloaked figure. Both he and Sephiroth lunged toward it, but the cloaked figure got to it first. He caught it and quickly placed it in the slot in his sword. His sword then started to glow a brilliant white as he felt a power enter his body that he had never felt before. He then lunged at Sephiroth and proceeded to attacking him very rapidly.

It looked like the cloaked figure was moving at speeds almost faster than the speed of light. After about 15 slashes the cloaked figure absorbed the power of the sword into his fist, the sword dissolving. He then took one last lung at Sephiroth and punched him hard in the stomach, causing what appeared to be the white outline of a person to exit his body.

Sephiroth just stood there, a large black wing having extended from his right shoulder. With the final words "I cannot be killed." Sephiroth covered himself in the wing and dissolved into nothing more than many black feathers. The cloaked figure then collapsed to his hands and knees on the ground, having run out of energy from the battle.

The tamers all ran over to the person who had just saved their lives and helped him to his feet. Then Henry said, "We wanna know who you are so we can thank you properly."

The figure then stepped back and lowered his hood. Their jaws all dropped when they saw who it was. They just couldn't believe it.

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Sorry for the delayed update. Had a major writers block for a long time. Next few chapters should come relatively fast because I have a lot of them planned out already. And if you were wondering, I referred to Karu as the "Cloaked Figure" for the latter half of this chapter because, even though we all knew who he was, the tamers didn't. That was just my way of telling you the tamers were completely clueless to who it was. Now you have to wait till the next chapter to see their reaction.