Author's Notes: It's going to be hectic for me for a while. I have to study like mad but I'm sure all of you…er…most of you can relate to that. If you guys can help me reach 100 reviews by the time I get chapter 10 out, that would be super. Okay, on with the show!!
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Ascension – V 1.9
Takato looked at what just happened and tried to make sense of it. "The last time Rika bio-merged, that didn't happen." Terriermon gave a grin. "What's the difference? She still became Sakuyamon but instead of becoming a normal, hot looking female Digimon with battle armour, she became someone who looks drop dead gorgeous in that outfit!!"
Henry took out his D-Ark and started making scans. "Let's see here. Other than a change in appearance, she's lost about 20% of her normal combat capabilities but she's also gained a few tricks. But I can't tell what they are…not yet anyway." The other boy remained silent as he watched the battle unfold.
'Come on, work already!! Why couldn't she have left some instructions on using this new power?!? And what is with this…thing anyway?!?' Sakuyamon kept moving to confuse Diaboromon further. It was fortunate that the Goliath Queen chess piece had become a part of her mega form so she still had an edge in battle. Rika was still fuming over this new form's lack of battle gear when Renamon's voice began to speak. "I do believe I have found an actual purpose for that…accessory. You must use it to create different patterns for different attacks."
"When this is over, remind me to ask you how you knew about that." Sakuyamon stopped moving and began to move her body in some sort of strange dance. Diaboromon decided not to find out what she was doing and fired. "Catastrophe Cannon!!" "Amethyst Wind!!" The pattern she drew in mid air glowed pink for a moment before cherry blossoms came out of the pattern, blocking Diaboromon's attack. Then they all went towards the other mega Digimon and started to seal him inside a sphere. He tried to hit them but his blows had no effect.
"Alright!! That'll show that nasty devil a thing or two!!" exclaimed Yolei. Sakuyamon gave a small smirk of triumph as she prepared to deliver a final blow. But she failed to notice Diaboromon's grin. "If you believe that this is going to stop me, then you're sadly mistaken." His eyes rolled back as he increased his power.
Henry's eyes widened when he saw the scans on his D-Ark. "He's activated some sort of implant to make him stronger!! His power and speed…they're now twice as big as they were before!! I don't think that cherry blossom prison is going to hold him for much longer!!" Takato gave a look of alarm before yelling. "Rika, watch out!!!" As soon as the words left his mouth, Diaboromon burst free of his prison.
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Imperialdramon had his hands full trying to dodge Daemon's attacks. "Evil Inferno!!" The other mega Digimon gave a small gasp as the attack burned the tip of his tail. "Hey, that hurt, you prick!!! Positron Laser!!" Imperialdramon fired his attack but Daemon summoned a shield to block it.
"Man, he's good. How the heck are we going to beat him?" asked Davis. Ken didn't answer the other boy as he was focused on something else. Davis looked at his friend strangely. "Yo, Ken. You awake?" Ken didn't answer. "Daemon has brute strength and power and Imperialdramon has a balance of power and speed…they're evenly matched to a degree."
Neo began to shout. "Enough fooling around!! Destroy those two, now!!" His partner quickly descended from the sky to the ground in front of his tamer and the two other boys. Imperialdramon quickly landed to shield his two partners. "You're not going to hurt them!! Positron Laser!!"
Daemon simply summoned another shield to block the attack. "Your weak powers cannot penetrate my shield!" The other mega Digimon was about to power down his attack and try to retreat with Ken and Davis when he noticed something approaching from behind Daemon and Neo. Instead, he focused more energy on his attack. "Eventually, you will run out of power…and out of time. This is a battle you cannot win."
"Maybe but this is one you can't win as well. At least not with that coming up from behind you!" Neo turned around in alarm to see a pink vacuum sucking up everything in its path. Before he could warn his partner, both tamer and Digimon were already hauled into the vacuum.
The trio gave a sigh of relief. "Talk about a close call. We better get back to the others," said Ken. Davis pulled out his D3 from his pocket. "I can't detect the other Digivices. I wonder how far we are from the rest of the gang." Imperialdramon transformed back into his first form on four legs and transported Ken and Davis into his dome. "Don't worry about it. We'll catch up to them in no time."
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"With all due respect, I don't think that it's a very good idea." The other man's face didn't change as Yamaki spoke. "Neither do I but you're the best person we have who can help calm the public's fears concerning the digital menace. There are a lot of frightened people who want reassurance and you're the person to give them that hope."
"I'm not exactly a religious figure, you know." Yamaki saw a tiny smile form on the other man's face through the monitor. "If you're able to solve this problem, you'll probably be just as famous as the Pope. One more thing…"
A beeping came from the console, signalling that another call was waiting. Yamaki gave a growl as he heard Megan's message. "Sir, she called again. And she doesn't seem to be buying the reply." The man pressed a button on the console to put his assistant on hold. "Just for the record, you shouldn't have issued that public statement about Hypnos and how we may be able to do something about the Digimon."
"Noted. As I was saying before, there was one more thing of interest. You kept saying about how essential it is to get this Shibumi fellow on your team. It took us a while but we found out everything about him. Just this morning, one of our search teams brought him in…or at least his body. We believed that he was caught in the crossfire of one of the Digimon attacks about a few hours ago. The doctors are working on helping his body heal but his mind is another matter. He's in a coma." The other man paused to let the news sink in. "Keep me posted." The screen then went blank. Yamaki sat down in his chair before reactivating the console. "Megan, I want you to keep reassuring anyone who calls. We're working on the situation with expert computer programmers and we can't be constantly disturbed like this. I'm counting on you." Yamaki then left his office and headed towards the laboratory.
Megan sighed and looked at Riley with pleading eyes. "Oh no…you're not getting me to talk to Mrs. Matsuki." The other woman sighed. "But you always buy a few pastries from her bakery. It'll be easier for you!!" "That was because I was a customer simply making a purchase. Now I have to be a telephone operator, constantly reassuring people that we're working on this on top of my normal job!!" Riley pressed a button and proceeded to answer another call.
"Alright. What have we got?" asked Yamaki as he entered the laboratory. A bald African man with a beard and sunglasses looked at him. "Not much considering the time limits and the feasibility of these ideas. But Daisy here came up with something interesting." Yamaki turned his attention to the blonde woman.
"I was thinking that we can create a firewall to block out the Digimon from entering our world. We could base the firewall on the same principles as anti-virus software with detection and elimination protocols. With the amount of resources that we have and the data that you've collected on how they entered our world, we can get this up in a few days. But this is only a temporary solution. There are too many unpredictable variables to be certain of anything."
Yamaki nodded. "At least we've got something to go on. Get your teams to work on this right away. I would also like you to do one more thing for me. I've designed a program to eliminate Digimon on a massive scale and I want you to inspect it and then upgrade so that it can achieve maximum efficiency." "What type of program is this?" asked Dolphin. Yamaki placed the folder marked 'Juggernaut' in the centre of the table.
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"This isn't right!! She's fighting alone out there!! We've got to do something!!" exclaimed Cody. TK cradled his injured partner in his arms. "With Diaboromon projecting that field to limit our Digimon's digivolution, there's nothing we can do for now but give Sakuyamon our spiritual support. And maybe that could be enough."
Takato winced as Sakuyamon was knocked down to the ground by Diaboromon. "That's it!! I've had enough of sitting on the sidelines!! It's time we did something!!" Henry looked at his friend. "But what exactly can we do? I have no idea how Rika was able to tap into her essence and bio-merge with Renamon. It may have been a fluke."
"Fluke or not, we've gotta try!! Guilmon!!" The virus Digimon was ready as he'll ever be. Moments later, both tamer and Digimon started heading into the battle. 'If there's one thing that I really need right now, it's for me and Guilmon to become Gallantmon!!' His D-Ark started beeping as soon as he finished that thought. "Alright…Biomerge Activate!!"
BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION….
A light erupted from Takato's D-Ark, enveloping both human and Digimon. Moments later, a holy knight emerged on the other side with his lance aimed directly at Diaboromon. "Royal Sabre!!" Diaboromon was caught off guard but quickly recovered in time to see Gallantmon charging at him, with his lance raised high. "Fool…" Diaboromon caught the lance as soon as it came down and used Gallantmon's momentum to flip the holy knight several feet away. The mega Digimon gave a smirk before turning to Sakuyamon but she wasn't there. She had already gotten up and moved a safe distance away.
Gallantmon gave a groan as he landed flat on his back on the ground. He tried to shake off the dizziness when Sakuyamon came up from behind. "Are you alright?" Her voice was neutral but there was a hint of worry. The holy knight got up. "Just got the wind knocked out of me." Sakuyamon gave a small smile. "Okay. Let's trash this creep!!"
"If Takato did it and Rika did it…what's that saying? When in Rome…um…do what the Romans do? I don't think they can beat Diaboromon by themselves so we better go in and help!!" Terriermon's tamer gave a small sigh. "Just promise me you'll keep your big mouth shut unless I talk to you!" "Okay, okay!! Momentai already!!"
Henry looked around and saw several cracks in the ground, thanks to Digmon's earlier efforts to attack the tower and Diaboromon. "Maybe we can try and plan a sneak attack. If Gallantmon and Sakuyamon can keep Diaboromon in that one section then we should be able to take him by surprise!!" The boy quickly took a look down below.
'We can hold him off but we don't have enough power to finish him!! I just wish that Grani could come and help like before!!' Gallantmon's thoughts were interrupted as he felt something slam him to the ground. Diaboromon grinned savagely. "You let your guard down. Very sloppy…and now you will pay for that mistake."
The holy knight tried to focus on using his Goliath Knight piece to teleport himself out of Diaboromon's grip but the other mega Digimon had already taken possession of it. "This should be useful in the future. Now…let's get this over with." He quickly glanced to the right and blasted a small spot with his attack. Moments later, Sakuyamon came flying out of control. "You should have spent more time developing alternative movement patterns. But then again, you've never faced someone such as myself before."
Before he could turn back to Gallantmon, something slammed into him hard. He was sure it wasn't the holy knight as he has him in his sights the entire time. He used the Goliath Knight to teleport out of the way and got a good look at the mysterious red glider that appeared. "Grani, you have impeccable timing!!" Gallantmon hopped on the glider. "Just what happened to you anyway?"
"The temporal incursion caused by Lunarmillenniumon's death transported me to an alternate quantum plane. I was badly damaged however I was able to repair myself thanks to your…or I should say an alternate Gallantmon's help. During my regeneration, I found a few new programs that had been created in my database as a result of the shift in quantum planes. These programs have allowed me to track you here and transport to this specific plane and this specific world."
Before Diaboromon could try and do anything else, he noticed the ground beneath him shake violently. The next thing he knew, a giant hand coming from a giant green Digimon had grabbed him. "Surprise!!" exclaimed Megagargomon. Diaboromon smirked as he teleported out of his enemy's grasp. Terriermon's voice had a hint of shock in it. "Hey!! He wasn't supposed to do that!!" Henry fired the rockets on their back to get themselves out of the ground.
Inside her glowing sphere, Rika gave a tiny smile. "Now that all three of us are bio-merged, we may have a chance of beating him. I think the Triad Cyclone should be able to pull off the trick!" "I'm not sure if that attack has enough power to seriously injure him. Not only do we have to worry about power but we also have to find some way to make him hold still before he teleports again," stated Renamon.
"Let's blast this guy!! Dragon Driver!!" Before Gallantmon could execute the attack, Diaboromon appeared to his right and tackled him off of Grani. Then he quickly spun around and fired his attack. "Catastrophe Cannon!!" The glider took some damage and started to spiral down towards the other Digidestined. "Oh boy…incoming!!!" yelled Yolei. Grani was aware that if something was not done to alter the trajectory, the Digidestined children could be injured. The glider quickly activated the only program that could save them…and burst into data.
The holy knight tried to regain some control but Diaboromon came out of nowhere and wrapped him in a bear hug before diving towards the ground to slam his opponent into. Gallantmon struggled but the other Digimon's grip was too strong. "Looks like you're going to end up like that glider…deleted!!"
Gallantmon's body paralysed when he heard the fate of his friend. He heard the others shouting his name, trying to snap him out of his trance. At the speed Diaboromon was moving, not even Megagargomon or Sakuyamon could reach him in time. Unknown to everyone, on the atomic level, Grani's data was grafting itself onto Gallantmon's. A new surge of power flowed through his veins. "Gallantmon mode-changed to…"
His red cape disappeared as it became replaced with white angelic wings. The weapons became replaced with a sword and a staff. The armour changed colour from white to red with yellow surrounding certain sections to give a certain style similar to the mightiest of holy knights such as Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. "…Crimson Mode!!!"
Before Diaboromon could react, the newly transformed holy knight burst free from his grip. The other mega Digimon quickly teleported away to safety before Gallantmon could attack. "You have killed a noble being, one with more heart than you or your master. And now, I, the Crimson Knight, shall vanquish you!!"
Me: Man, I'm so sorry it took so long but my time is really becoming limited. Maybe I should drop a few activities to write more. I bet you would all like that very much…where are you going?
Rika: I've got to go and narrate Frontier. The studio wanted someone from the Tamers season to fill the role and they picked me.
Me: They're already airing Frontier?!?!?
Rika: It's been on for almost a month now!!
Me: I see…well, it'll be a while before it gets aired in Canada on YTV. From what I've been able to gather, the show airs on WSBK on Mondays at 6:30 in the morning so American fans are going to have to drag themselves out of bed just to watch.
Rika: Hybrids…those kids are going to get eaten alive out there.
Me: At least they've got stronger powers at the beginning unlike certain Digimon tamers and Digidestined I know. Anyways, I've got stuff to do so see you all next time!