The Digital Gate: Thanks to everyone who reviewed.
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"What's going on?" Chazz demanded as cracks began to appear across the ground.
Yazuki didn't answer. Instead, he was watching the cracks intently.
Suddenly, the broken ground started to leak pitch-black smoke. It drifted out and hung in the air. As smoke kept bellowing out of the cracks, it started taking on a shape of something human, yet not quite human. The edges grew less blurred and more sharp.
"This can't be good..." Suzy murrmered, staring at the defining shape. She winced as a chill swept through the field. It's laughing, she realized as her head began to throb.
"Enough!" Yazuki barked. "Let's get this over with!"
"Why? Don't you want to have some fun first?"
Kyoufuakumon tensed. "You've had enough fun, Necromancer!"
"Necromancer?" Suzy echoced. "I thought his name was Akuonimon."
"It is," Yazuki answered, "but he's known as the Necromancer of the Digital World."
"So kind of you you remember." The mist was swept aside as Akuonimon made himself visible. He towered over the Tamers. Leathery wings clothed his back. 3 twisted horns sprouted from his head. Gleaming fangs shone clearly in the night. Well-polished claws jutted out of his hands. Blood-red eyes pierced through the mist. As the Necromancer glanced at the group, his mouth twisted into a grin. "So who are the others?"
"They're none of your buisness!" Yazuki snapped.
"Wait...you're not with the ugly-icky-thing?" Suzy asked.
Behind her, Antylamon let out a groan. "Sometimes I think Terriermon's manners rubbed off on you."
"No, I'm not." Yazuki glared at the Necromancer. "He's the reason why I lied to you." Ignoring Suzy's stunned face, he continued, "Meinumon isn't the cat deva, I made that up, knowing you would buy it. Back then, you were gullible-"
"And still are," Chazz muttered. Suzy glowered at him.
"-so I made it up to scare you. I found out about Akuonimon the same time I found Meinumon. Meinumon was his servant before I rescued him."
Akuonimon let out a bark of laughter. "Don't you mean stole?" he asked.
"No, I don't," Yazuki testily replied. "I had to put Henry out of the way because I knew he wouldn't listen as long as you were in trouble. Everything you think you know is wrong."
Suzy could only stare, trying to make some sense in what her cousin was saying. It was Chazz who spoke up. "Then why did you try to kill her?"
"I never meant to. I was always going to be a bit off and let her get away. The only reason why I fought her was because I needed to distract her from Lopmon. The person, or rather, Digimon, I tried to get rid of was Lopmon. Meinumon needed his data in order to defeat Akuonimon."
"Don't even think about it," Suzy snapped.
Yazuki turned to her. "So you want Akuonimon to destroy everything? Is that what you want?"
"What I want is for you to leave Lopmon alone."
"I hate to interrupt this lovely conversation," Akuonimon smoothly interjected, "but I'm getting bored."
Kyoufuakumon glared balefully. "You can wait even longer," he snarled. "Yazuki needs to clarify some things."
"As I was saying, Meinumon, actually Kyoufuakumon now, needs Lopmon's data," Yazuki desperatly said.
"Why Lopmon?" Suzy demanded. "Why him? Henry couldn't bring himself to get rid of Meinumon because he's most likely your only friend. I never allowed Lopmon to use Meinumon's weakness against him because you're family."
"If you don't let me, Akuonimon is going to get rid of everything and everybody!" Yazuki yelled. "Wh-"
"Blazing Fire of Darkness!"
Suzy was slammed backwards. She rolled to a stop, unconcious, at Antylamon's feet. Yazuki whirled around. "What was that for?" he thundered.
"Doing you a favor," the Necromancer replied, sounding amused. "She wasn't listening."
"That doesn't give you the right to attack her," Chazz shouted.
Akuonimon shifted his glance to him. "Who are you? You don't have a Digimon," he pondered. "You must be--what do humans call it?--her boyfriend."
Chazz flushed a dark red. "I am not!"
"Where's Suzy?"
Dimitri paused for a couple of seconds, then contined to scratch. "Don't know," he replied. "She went running off saying, 'Dammit.'"
Jaden plopped down between him and Alexis. "That's not very helpful."
Dimitri shrugged when something caught his eye. "Neither is that," he said, indicating a dangling plant above Jaden's and Alexis's head.
Jaden glanced up. "Oh no.." he gasped. It was a mistletoe.
"You're kidding," Alexis moaned. "Why did you have to sit there?"
Dimitri starting guffawing. "You know the rules!" he laughed.
"Needles of Pain!"
Yazuki ducked out of the way. "Is she awake yet?" he shouted.
"No," Chazz called back. Turning back, he continued to shake Suzy. "Get up you dork."
"She's not a dork!" Antylamon snapped. "Treasure Axe!"
Akuonimon easily dodged it. "Pathetic."
"Verdict of Death!" Kyoufuakumon roared. Akuonimon gave his wings a mighty clap and soared upwards.
"Is that the best you can do?" he mocked. "I must say, you've grown weaker in the presence of a human, Kyoufuakumon. Hidoi Fate!" Two identical bursts of darkness shot out. One aimed towards Kyoufuakumon, the other headed towards Suzy.
"Chazz! Get her out of the way!" Yazuki hollered.
"Me? How?"
"Just do it!" Kyoufuakumon ordered, dodging the beam that was headed for him. Its twin would reach Suzy in a matter of seconds.
Chazz continued to panic. How was he supposed to get her out of the way? Pick her up? Drag her away?
"Digi-Modify! Defense Shield Activate!"
Antylamon leaped in the way, holding a gigantic shield. The rabbit deva brought it up and ducked. The beam smashed into the defense, destroying it in the process. Both disappeared but left everyone behind it unharmed.
Chazz glanced behind him to see Suzy standing with a modify card in her left hand. "Doofus," she muttered as she brushed past him and onto the battlefield.
Yazuki jumped beside her. "Will you let me take Lopmon's data now?" he mumbled under his breath.
"Never," Suzy fiercely hissed.
Her cousin let out a sigh. At least she trusts me. The one that's not lying. "Can you at least biomerge?"
Suzy scowled. "No. I'm made of flesh, not data. Only Ryo, Takato, Henry, and Rika can do that because of something that I can't remember."
"Death's Blaze!" Kyoufuakumon roared.
Antylamon leaped in the air. "Arm Bomber!"
Akuonimon nimbly flew out of the way. "Needles of Pain!
Both Tamers tensed, but the attack wasn't directed at them. "Chazz! Move!"
Before anyone, Tamers, humans, and Digimon alike, something leapt between the oncoming attack and its target. The needles rattled harmlessly against the Digimon's shield.
"Gallantmon?"
The biomerged form of Takato and Guilmon gave a hearty wave. "Long time no see, Suzy." Gallantmon caught sight of her cousin. "Yazuki."
"Did Henry get my message?" was the first thing Yazuki asked.
"Message?" Suzy repeated as the Mega Digimon nodded.
"Before I left to chase after you, I left Henry a message that explained everything. He's the one that told me to come back and explain things."
"So he's not in a coma anymore?" Suzy asked hopefully.
Gallantmon joined them. "Nope. Now what do you say in taking this 'Necromancer' down?"
TBC
The Digital Gate: This was orginally was supposed to be the last chapter, but it was too big. Was this chapter confusing? Please review, thanks.