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VENGEANCE
- Chapter 12 - Of Foxes and Fire -
by
Alforce Zero
"Kulon Mines should be further ahead," Chaos WarGreymon muttered to himself.
He was here on a mission assigned to him by Chaos Specter, his master. He was ordered to retrieve a special crystal deep inside the Kulon Mines. Chaos WarGreymon had been forewarned that the crystal was heavily guarded, but Chaos Specter had trusted him on doing this job and he wasn't about going to let his master down. What kind of crystal he should be retrieving, Chaos WarGreymon didn't have a single clue. He just assumed that he would know when he saw it.
"How hard can it be? It's purple, diamond shaped, holds a dangerous power within," he said to no one in particular.
The northern quadrant of the North Sector was generally split up into three different regions - the volcanic regions, the snowy regions and the rocky regions. These three regions were considered the extreme parts of the north sector, that was why they were located on the northmost part. Below, which were the eastern, western and the southern quadrants of the North Sector, were basically greenlands, small villages, deserts, swamps, small cities and other usual places present in all other sectors. (A/N - One sector is divided into four quadrants, one quadrant divided into a number of regions)
Chaos WarGreymon continued flying slowly towards north, and soon he came into the rocky region. He had no intension to go as further as towards the snow region. It was there where the legendary city of Genbu was situated, although Chaos WarGreymon had no idea where exactly the city was. It was said that the city was somewhere in the glacier parts, surrounded by frozen seas and guarded by many ice-based digimons. The place where Ebonwumon, the Harmonious One of the North, dwelled had been somewhere near Genbu City as well. Chaos WarGreymon had no intention to go there as well.
He halted when he noticed something. Something all the way down the rocky mountains. Somewhere in the valley.
"There it is," he said with satisfaction. Inside the valley, a small old metallic crate was lying on a railway. Owing to his good vision, Chaos WarGreymon could see that the railway also was old. The crate was covered with rust, which told Chaos WarGreymon roughly of its age. As he got closer to the grounds, he saw that the old railway was leading into a large cave. The cave was pitch dark, and silent.
Chaos WarGreymon slouched slowly into the cave. On top of the cave, someone had obviously written the large letters which spelt "Kulon Mines" carelessly. The cave was lit by some torches which hung on the wall. No digimons seemed to be present. In fact, the place looked completely deserted.
"They must have fled when master attacked this sector," he thought. "No one seems to be here for a while. This'll make my job a lot easier." He continued walking into the deeper parts of the cave, and after a while to his surprise, he had reached a dead end! He sighed in frustration, trying to find any entrance or anything that might lead him to the place where the crystal was kept.
"This can't be the end of this cave. There has to be a secret passage somewhere." Chaos WarGreymon leaned towards the wall which ended the tunnel. To his surprise, a portion of the wall where he was leaning budged a little, and he heard a soft rumble from his left. He turned to the source of the rumbling noise, and saw that at the corner of the tunnel a partition of the stone wall had moved deeper, revealing a secret doorway. Chaos WarGreymon silently let out a relieved sigh, and walked briskly towards the doorway. The doorway was however too small for a tall and biped digimon like him to enter. Only smaller digimons would fit in. This wasn't a problem for the general, as he used his Chrome Digizoid claws to make the doorway bigger by crushing the stony walls beside the doorway. After a few minutes, the doorway would fit him, and he walked in and gasped in awe.
The sight inside the doorway was absolutely breathtaking. There was an icy clearing, and from the looks of it Chaos WarGreymon knew that it would be too slippery too walk. Lucky for him he knew how to fly. Some frozen stone formations protuded from the icy grounds. Chaos WarGreymon realized that the clearing used to be a lake, which was now frozen. He then took the stairs to walk down and out of curiosity he decided to inspect the frozen lake even further. As he reached closer to the frozen lake, he felt a sudden chill. It was somehow windy even though they were closed in a cave. The winds was so cold, Chaos WarGreymon shivered a little and decided to fly across the frozen lake immediately and look for the crystal, until a cold high-pitched feminine voice stopped him.
"You're not going anywhere!!"
Chaos WarGreymon glanced towards his right, where the voice seemed to be coming from. He saw a tall, elegant feminine digimon dressed in black and purple armor, and she was holding a long thin staff on her right hand. Her face was covered by a purple mask which depicted the head of a fox. Chaos WarGreymon had never seen such digimon before.
"I can't let you pass, not unless you beat me first."
"I don't want to fight," Chaos WarGreymon replied. "I just came here upon order from my Master."
The female digimon stepped closer towards him until she blocked his way by standing in front of him. "And your master will be...?"
"Chaos Specter."
"That vile human!" the female digimon spat. "He's captured the mighty Ebonwumon and threathen the safety of the Digital World. If you're working for him, I afraid I can't let you pass at all."
"I have no wish to fight a female digimon," Chaos Specter said gruffly. "And you are a female digimon. So step aside."
"You're underestimating me," the digimon replied with a slight smile. Her tone however, was no longer as cold as before.
"Well, don't force me to fight you."
"I'm afraid I'm obliged to challenge anyone who wants to pass through the Ice Lake."
"Good! So you won't blame me if I beat you," Chaos WarGreymon said.
She smiled. "Very well then. Spirit Strike!!" She cried, and her whole body glowed in an eerie violet and white aura. One ghostly white fox spirit emerged from the tip of her staff and flew around her for a while. She then muttered something while holding two pieces of small red papers, and then she threw the papers towards Chaos WarGreymon. Both papers were pasted on his chest, and instantly the fox spirit shot towards Chaos WarGreymon. In a blink of the eye, the spirit flew through Chaos WarGreymon and stunned him with sudden extreme chill. Chaos WarGreymon instantly was temporarily immobilized.
"For a ridiculous attack name, the effect sure is lasting," Chaos WarGreymon muttered with slight awe. He attempted to struggle before he was stopped by the feminine digimon.
"Save your strength," she said with a smile. "The stunning effect of my attack is capable of holding digimons with great powers, such as you." She walked closer and examined Chaos WarGreymon with curiosity and suspicion.
"Who are you?" Chaos WarGreymon asked. "Not many digimon managed to do that to me, and I would like to know who's successful in doing so. I must say that I've never seen you around before."
"I'm not surprised, because I've lived almost whole my long life inside this cave and my species is very, very rare. My name is Kuzuhamon. I'm a Mega level, Virus type digimon," she said. "And your name?"
"Chaos WarGreymon."
"A WarGreymon? Well this is interesting. I haven't seen a WarGreymon before, but I've always thought WarGreymons are good digimons, serving the side of good," Kuzuhamon said. "But you? You serve the forces of evil."
Chaos WarGreymon felt that he was beginning to regain his mobility again. He was surprised that the effect of Kuzuhamon's attack was so short, but then again he was the stronger digimon. Kuzuhamon however, didn't seem to notice this as she turned her back against him for a while.
"I've been serving my master for as long as I could remember."
"Don't you have any second thoughts?" Kuzuhamon asked. "I th --" Before she could finish up her sentence, Chaos WarGreymon had seized both her hands and was holding her firmly.
"Surprised?" he asked.
"How did you get over the immobilizing effect so soon?" Kuzuhamon asked, shocked. She struggled to break free from Chaos WarGreymon, and to her amazement she was released instantly. Apparently Chaos WarGreymon had no intentions to harm her in any sort of way. She then turned to face Chaos WarGreymon, who was looking at her triumphantly.
"I'm well-armored," Chaos WarGreymon said smugly. "So are you going to fight me?"
Kuzuhamon hesitated, knowing that her opponent was far more powerful compared to her.
"Stop right there! Don't you dare hurt her, intruder!" Another female voice shouted from where Kuzuhamon had came from earlier. Both Chaos WarGreymon and Kuzuhamon glanced towards the source of the voice, and saw two identical nine-tailed foxes standing on all fours. Both foxes had the similar stern expressions plastered on their faces. They were similar in every way except for their colors. One of them had purple furs, with green unearthly flames erupting from each of her nine tails while the other one was silver-furred with red flames flaring on each of her nine tails. Both fox digimons leapt high on the air, and landed on all fours on each of Kuzuhamon's sides.
"I'm alright, Youkomon, Kyubimon," Kuzuhamon said assuringly.
"Who are you, intruder?" the silver fox who was addressed by Kuzuhamon as Kyubimon, asked Chaos WarGreymon. Her tone was fierce, and apparently she was the one who had shouted towards him earlier.
Chaos WarGreymon scoffed. "That's none of your business, digimon!"
"I'm called Kyubimon!" the silver fox digimon said defiantly. "And I'm ready to fight you!"
"Count me in as well. I'm Youkomon!" the purple fox added, stepping further to stand beside her silver counterpart.
"What are you, Ultimates?" Chaos WarGreymon said disbelievingly. "Even your Mega-level friend is no match for me, and you two here want to fight me? You'll be signing your own death warrants, digimons."
Both Youkomon and Kyubimon (silver) were perplexed. Kuzuhamon stepped forward to stop them from attacking.
"Actually, they are Champions," she said matter-of-factly.
"Champions? Hah! You should know that you don't even stand a chance," Chaos WarGreymon said.
"We're obliged to stop anyone from passing the Ice Lake!" Youkomon said defiantly.
Chaos WarGreymon scowled. He didn't like fighting female digimons.
"Tell you what. I will stand right here, and the three of you can strike me with your most powerful attacks once. You have my word that I won't run away," he said with a sneer.
"You're really are full of yourself, aren't you?" Kuzuhamon asked irritably.
"How do we know that you'll keep your word?" Kyubimon (silver) asked, eyeing Chaos WarGreymon suspiciously. "How do we know that you don't have any hidden agenda?"
"I don't --"
"What's the catch?" Youkomon cut in, before Chaos WarGreymon could even reply to Kyubimon (silver)'s answer.
"There's only one catch. If the three of you are still unable to destroy me after attacking once with your powerful attacks, you have to let me pass," Chaos WarGreymon said.
"What!!" Kuzuhamon exclaimed.
"Deal!!" Both Youkomon and Kyubimon (silver) said simultaneously.
"No!" Kuzuhamon said sternly.
"Think about it. If I were to fight you back, I can easily wipe these two Champions instantly with a single blast of my Terra Force. I might need to attack you even more, Kuzuhamon, as you're a Mega, but eventually I'll defeat you. This way, however, you have the chance to destroy me and I won't even do anything to stop you. To make it better for you ---" Chaos WarGreymon took off his shield, which he wore on his back, and threw it away on the frozen lake. "There... you can attack me a lot more easier from many sides."
"..." Kuzuhamon didn't know what to say.
"You don't know what's coming for you!" Youkomon declared. "I'm going first."
Youkomon positioned herself about six meters in front of Chaos WarGreymon.
"I'm going to attack you at close proximity," she told the dragon digimon, who looked pretty much unimpressed. Seeing that Chaos WarGreymon had prepared to receive her attacks, she powered up and all the tips of her nine tails flared with bright orange flames.
"Fox Tail Inferno!!" she bellowed, and nine jets of orange firebeams shot out from her tails and blasted Chaos WarGreymon. "That should teach you --- what!!" Youkomon was taken aback when she saw Chaos WarGreymon was still standing, unscathed. He sneered at her.
"Nice one," he said mockingly. Youkomon growled back, but she stepped back to let her friends to try.
Kyubimon (silver) was next. She powered herself up and instantly she was engulfed with a fiery red fireball.
"Dragon Wheel!!" she cried out, and launched herself as the fiery red fireball towards Chaos WarGreymon. She went directly through the dragon digimon and turned back to her fox self after that. Chaos WarGreymon staggered a little, but still managed to maintain his stance.
"Still alive," Chaos WarGreymon said tauntingly, and looked at Kuzuhamon. "I guess it's only you then."
Kuzuhamon stared at Chaos WarGreymon, thinking of a way to stop Chaos WarGreymon from passing over the Ice Lake. She knew that he was more powerful than her, and it would be useless for her to attack him with the attack she'd used earlier as Chaos WarGreymon was only momentarily stunned. He was too strong that he was able to resist the effect of the attack, whereas other Mega digimons will usually be stunned as long as she wanted them to be, and the chill from the stunning effect would take effect a few minutes after they were stunned. Chaos WarGreymon however, managed to break free of the stunning effect even before the chill effect could take place.
"Aren't you going to attack? I promised earlier that I won't budge," Chaos WarGreymon said. 'Why is she hesitating?' he thought silently.
Kuzuhamon made up her mind. "Youkomon, Kyubimon, I need your help."
"Anything, Kuzuhamon," they said simultaneously.
Kuzuhamon glanced at Chaos WarGreymon. "You don't mind if I borrow their powers to increase my attack power, do you? I don't think I've broken any rule by doing so, as I'll still be attacking you alone."
Chaos WarGreymon was slightly surprised, but the feeling changed to total admiration.
'This female is really something,' he thought. "Be my guest, Kuzuhamon."
Kuzuhamon raised her staff and began to chant a spell, which was actually a song. The song echoed all over the cave, and for a while Chaos WarGreymon really admired Kuzuhamon's voice. Kuzuhamon however, wasn't just singing. Slipped between the index and middle of her right fingers were two red paper talismans, both engraved with Chinese characters. The papers glowed bright red, and Kuzuhamon threw the papers towards her two Champion friends. The papers were pasted in the middle of their foreheads, and both of them glowed green and silver. Instantly, they de-digivolved back to their Rookie forms and two orbs of lights, one green and the other silver, appeared.
The orbs of lights then were absorbed into the staff, and Kuzuhamon's song became louder. Purple and white aura erupted from her body and she stopped singing/chanting. The top part of her staff, which was a large ring-shaped part with smaller rings attached to it, exploded with white and purple jets of lights which then combined forming a large streak of white and purple lightray. The lightray encircled around Kuzuhamon until when it reached the foot part. Then, the lights materialized into a large, real-life shaped, silver-colored projection of a fox.
"Spirit Strike!!"
The silver fox let out a growl, and leapt up into the air towards Chaos WarGreymon. It then emitted bright sparks of silver lights before pounding towards Chaos WarGreymon. The dragon digimon let out a yelp when he was lifted of the grounds by the silver fox, and cold chilling aura began to spread all over Chaos WarGreymon. The fox then made a back-flip on the air before diving towards him, and completely went through him before it emerged behind his body. After that, the fox projection dissolved into data particles.
Chaos WarGreymon had never felt such excruciating pain which was also freezing at the same time. He fell crashing on the grounds and doubled over, trying to rid the pain and chill.
Kuzuhamon approached Chaos WarGreymon slowly, her expression serious.
"What do you say now, Chaos WarGreymon? It seems like you have lost the deal."
Chaos WarGreymon stopped doubling over, and was grinning maliciously. "Oh I don't think so, Kuzuhamon. Aside from feeling a little bit of chill and stunned temporarily, I'm far from being destroyed. As a matter of fact --" he instantly stood up. " -- I'm alive, and kicking!"
"What?!" Kuzuhamon nearly shrieked in disbelief, and instantly backed away a few steps.
"Oh yes, Kuzuhamon. The stun effect didn't even last a few seconds on me, and the coldness will soon disappear as well," he said with a sinister sneer on his face. "You're powerful, Kuzuhamon, I'll give you that. However, you're still no match for me. So why don't you and the Rookies just stand aside and let me be on my way?" Chaos WarGreymon walked towards his shield, which he had thrown away earlier, and placed it back on his back. He then summoned his power and instantly, bright fiery aura erupted from his body for a while before it disappeared again.
"There, the chillness is completely nullified," he said with satisfaction.
"You... may go," Kuzuhamon said, lost of words.
"Kuzuhamon, no!!" the two Rookies protested.
"He's won, and we've made a deal," Kuzuhamon said impatiently. "A deal you two have agreed."
"..." The two Rookie forms of Youkomon and Kyubimon (silver) fell quiet. (A/N :Their Rookie forms are Renamons - purple and silver)
"Go then," Kuzuhamon said finally, a tone of bitterness was evident in her voice as she turned away from Chaos WarGreymon and walked away back to her lair. The two Renamons looked at each other, speechless, and followed Kuzuhamon without looking back towards Chaos WarGreymon. Chaos WarGreymon shrugged and took off towards the exit, which was a large doorway situated at the end side of the clearing. He contemplated for a while whether to fly or to walk, and decided for the latter.
The exit was dark, but there was a slight reddish glow coming out from it. Chaos WarGreymon walked into the doorway, which was revealed to be a long and narrow tunnel, and he saw that the source of the glow had merely been from the torches on the wall. As he walked further, he came into a series of stairs which he would have to take to go down. It was getting darker and the lights from the torches became fainter, and Chaos WarGreymon decided that it was probably best if he walked down the stairs instead of flying down. The further he went, the hotter he felt. The temperature was rising with every step he had taken down the stairs, and Chaos WarGreymon began to wonder whether he was under the volcanic region again. He found the exit, and took it eagerly.
Outside was a land of frozen magma, the size of the land was just as big as the frozen lake he had encountered earlier. Small rivers of larva flowed in every direction, and geisers shot out from the grounds without warning, shooting boiling waters and steam towards the ceiling. Chaos WarGreymon saw a clear pathway, made of frozen magma, but without the geisers and the larva river, and deduced that the pathway must be the only way to cross the frozen magma land to get to the other side, where he saw an exit. He decided not to fly, as he didn't want to be scalped by the steam or the boiling water. Sighing, Chaos WarGreymon took the pathway to start passing through the magma-land.
"Halt!" a rough voice demanded. Chaos WarGreymon saw a tall and buffed humanoid digimon with chains wrapped on his uncovered torso. Light blue flames were seen radiating from his body, and his mask covered his facial expression. He was SkullMeramon, and on his sides were Meramon on his left, and BlueMeramon on his right.
"You've passed through Kuzuhamon, I see," BlueMeramon said. "Unscathed," he added in distaste.
"Well you're not passing here," SkullMeramon said gruffly. "Not until you've defeated the three of us."
"You're a Mega digimon," Meramon said out loud.
Chaos WarGreymon nodded. "What's the matter? Scared already?"
"You're on our grounds now, WarGreymon! Although your species fare quite well in fires, but here the three of us are at our best," SkullMeramon said.
"The name's Chaos WarGreymon. Bring it on!"
"You'll pay for your arrogance, intruder!" SkullMeramon declared. He untied the chains which was loosely tied at his body, and held it like a whip. Blue flames erupted from his hand, and SkullMeramon infused the flames into the chains. He jumped in mid-air and lashed out the chains towards Chaos WarGreymon. "Flame Whip!!"
Chaos WarGreymon raised his claw to catch the chains, but SkullMeramon's chains then swirled away avoiding the claws. The chains moved past the dragon-man digimon before it made a comeback from behind, trying to tie Chaos WarGreymon on the neck. SkullMeramon who was getting closer to Chaos WarGreymon, pulled the chains slightly, and the chains was successfully tied at the latter's neck. Chaos WarGreymon felt a burning sensation coming from the chain-whip. Suddenly, the chains erupted blue fires again and scorched Chaos WarGreymon's neck.
"AAAAARRGGGHH!!" he screamed in a mixed sound of pain and rage. His fiendish expression covered by his metallic mask, Chaos WarGreymon made an attempt to seize the chains to try pulling it away.
"I don't think so, Chaos WarGreymon. This is what you'll get for tresspassing the Kulon Mines. Now, Kuzuhamon may have gone soft on you but don't expect the same thing from us," SkullMeramon said triumphantly, and tugged the chains harder. This time, his motive was to choke the life out of Chaos WarGreymon. Chaos WarGreymon felt pain in his chest and head, his blood flow and air flow inside his body were disrupted.
Meramon and BlueMeramon watched intently as SkullMeramon used his chains to burn Chaos WarGreymon cruelly. Although Chaos WarGreymon was nowhere near on the winning side, SkullMeramon seemed to have some difficulties to finish him up once and for all. His Chrome Digizoid armor protected him from being burnt alive, but it also absorbed the intense heat from the fire cast by SkullMeramon.
"The WarGreymon is as good as dead," BlueMeramon said. "SkullMeramon is absolutely notorious when it comes to roasting the enemy."
Meramon nodded in agreement. "How true."
Chaos WarGreymon wriggled more forcefully, attempting to make SkullMeramon lost his balance. The chains were suffocating him hard, and if he didn't break free he would be deleted. The thought of losing in the hands of an Ultimate digimon made Chaos WarGreymon seethed with anger. Using the anger, he focused his remaining dark chaotic energy and soon, deep crimson - black aura erupted from his body, completely extinguishing the flames from SkullMeramon's chains. Chaos WarGreymon let out an extremely deafening howl, his neck bulged as he strained to do so. Finally, with help from the dark aura around him Chaos WarGreymon destroyed the chains which was choking him.
SkullMeramon was taken aback after seeing this. "What dark powers do you possess, Chaos WarGreymon?!" he demanded.
"It's all thanks to my master. His Chaos power had energized me, making me twice as powerful as any normal WarGreymon."
BlueMeramon and Meramon stepped forward.
"You may be powerful, but how well can you fight the three of us together?" BlueMeramon challenged.
"Hah!! Don't be ridiculous! I am way beyond a normal Mega digimon. I've defeated even the Harmonious Ones with this power, don't think that I would have any much of a problem to eliminate you three," Chaos WarGreymon retorted. "Terra Force!!" he bellowed again, firing an attack towards the three Meramons.
"Metal Fireball!!" SkullMeramon countered the attack with his own brand of attack, which lived up to its name.
"Fireball!!" Meramon joined in, his attack however was weaker than SkullMeramon's Metal Fireball.
"Cold Flame!!" BlueMeramon, instead of the usual hot fire attacks, he used his icy powers.
The three attacks collided with the Terra Force, and all four attacks disintegrated instantly.
"Three of you makes a formidable team," Chaos WarGreymon remarked with a scowl. "Few can withstand MY Terra Force. Perhaps the three if you shall give me a more interesting fight compared to my battle with Kuzuhamon and her Champion friends."
"Save it, Chaos WarGreymon. It's unlikely that you'll manage to pass the Underground Volcano region. I, as the leader of the Fire Knights, will make sure of that," SkullMeramon said icily, and raised his chains again for another combat. Fiery blue aura erupted from all over his body, indicating that he was powering up. His chains glowed with the same blue flames. SkullMeramon then launched himself in the air, and swinged his chains towards Chaos WarGreymon with great agility.
"Flame Chains!!"
Chaos WarGreymon felt the intense heat radiating from the chains and attempted to fly away, but as he did that SkullMeramon used the chains to catch his left leg with the chains, and pulled Chaos WarGreymon towards himself. When the dragon digimon was close enough SkullMeramon landed a powerful fiery punch onto his back. However, the punch did nothing more than a few minor scorches on the shield which Chaos WarGreymon wore on his back.
Chaos WarGreymon however was irritated by SkullMeramon's recent doing and decided to end the battle as soon as possible. The force from SkullMeramon's mighty blow sent him flying towards the roof of the cave, but he managed to regain his composure and stopped himself in time from hitting the roof.
"Terra Force!!" Chaos WarGreymon launched his massive fireball attack towards SkullMeramon, who tried in vain to stop the attack. He was vaporized instantly by the attack, his agonizing scream filled the air for a while before it subsided.
Meramon and BlueMeramon were absolutely shocked after seeing their leader destroyed by Chaos WarGreymon.
"SkullMeramon!!" Both of them cried out, slightly trembling as they knew that they were no match for Chaos WarGreymon.
"What do we do now?" Meramon asked worriedly.
"We can't let him pass us. Clearly, he has no good intentions. We've been given the task to stop any intruder from passing, and this is what we should do even if we have to sacrifice ourselves!" BlueMeramon said determinedly.
"But we must not be rash. This digimon is more powerful than the both of us combined. We've got to think of a plan, and I have an idea," Meramon said, and leaned closer to BlueMeramon and told him of his plan, carefully avoiding his voice to be heard by Chaos WarGreymon.
Chaos WarGreymon wondered what were the Meramons up to. "They're hatching up a plan. Well, let's see what they wanted to do," he said to himself, and took the time to slowly regain his strength back. The battle he had with SkullMeramon didn't bend his energy too much, but a few parts of his exposed skin were scorched by SkullMeramon's chains.
After a while, both Meramons suddenly jumped up towards him without warning, and fired their attacks.
"Roaring Flame!!"
"Cold Flame!!"
The sudden attack surprised Chaos WarGreymon, but he managed to protect himself from the attack using his shield. Meramon and BlueMeramon however, were undainted. The jets of red and blue flames erupting from their hands grew bigger and pushed Chaos WarGreymon backwards slightly. The stronger Mega digimon was perplexed by their actions.
"Are you planning on pitting strength with me?" Chaos WarGreymon asked mockingly. "Both of you are way out of my league!"
Unknown to Chaos WarGreymon however, the two Meramons had something in their minds. Something that would even up the odds.
"More power, BlueMeramon!!" Meramon said, and increased the force of his Roaring Flame attack.
"Right!" BlueMeramon followed suit. Both Meramons then roared loudly, and the forces of their flaming attacks greatly increased, pushing Chaos WarGreymon further and further backward.
Behind Chaos WarGreymon, there was a small opening. It was releasing steam, and was slowly gurgling with magma. The opening was actually an orifice leading towards a small underground volcano, and it would soon erupt. It was a normal phenomenon which occured in the volcanic part of Kulon Mines, and the Meramons planned to use it to their advantage. They were trying to get Chaos WarGreymon nearer the opening of the volcano, and with perfect timing they were sure that they would win the battle.
"Anytime now," Meramon said slowly. "More power now!"
Both Meramons attacked harder, and Chaos WarGreymon soon became wary.
'They were up to something,' he thought, and no sooner after that he accidentally stumbled backwards, and felt a small hole beneath his body. Chaos WarGreymon attempted to get up when the grounds around him suddenly rumbled, and Chaos WarGreymon paled after sensing strong movements coming from the hole under him. "Blast! I've been tricked!!" he said angrily. A couple of seconds later, the small underground volcano erupted, spitting out a large amount of hot burning larva and Chaos WarGreymon. The dragon digimon was showered with the larva, which was too hot for him to withstand. He howled in pain and doubled over in mid-air, trying to get away from the shower of larva which was mercilessly burning and scorching him. Meramon and BlueMeramon however were unaffected as they were fire-based digimons.
"Now's our chance!" Meramon leapt in mid-air. "This is for SkullMeramon! Roaring Flame!!"
"Cold Flame!!" Both attacks collided with Chaos WarGreymon and caused a loud explosion of fire. Smokes engulfed the surroundings and for a moment, the Meramons were blinded of their vision. They waited in anticipation as to see whether their combined attacks had destroyed Chaos WarGreymon for good or not.
"Is he gone?" Meramon asked.
"I hope so," BlueMeramon replied, fixing his eyes on the smokes. They couldn't see anything yet.
"Gone? I don't think so!" A familiar voice replied suddenly as a figure emerged from the smokes. It was Chaos WarGreymon, his armor scorched in various places and shield destroyed but otherwise, he was in perfect health. However, he was extremely pissed off the two Meramons. "You think you could get rid me that easily with that trick? I am well-adapted to fire, as your deceased leader had said earlier, you fools! Now you'll pay for this!" Chaos WarGreymon summoned an extra-massive Terra Force with both his hands raised upwards, and blasted the attacks mercilessly towards the two Meramons, who were instantly pulverized upon contact.
Chaos WarGreymon smiled sinisterly as he flew over the frozen magma, feeling a little relieved of finally ridding himself off another obstacle. He took the exit and instantly was engulfed in total darkness. Unlike the previous tunnels he had taken to go to the Ice Lake and the Underground Volcano region, this tunnel had not any source of light, forcing Chaos WarGreymon to be extra careful and on his full guard. As a powerful Mega digimon, the battle he had with the Meramons earlier had taken only a small amount of energy out from him but from that battle he had substained some minor injuries as well.
"Blast it!" he muttered as he touched the place where he was scorched by the larva and SkullMeramon's chains.
He walked aimlessly inside the darkness, but using his other well-developed senses he managed to navigate himself perfectly until he was sure that he had reached the exit. He stepped out carefully from the tunnel, but wasn't able to see anything. All he saw was black, everywhere. The situation unnerved him, as it was also deathly silent. His senses didn't pick up any movements. Chaos WarGreymon didn't like this, he was quite vulnerable in his current situation. He energized a small fireball on his right claw for some lights, and the orange lights from it helped him to get a clearer vision.
Chaos WarGreymon saw that he was at a small underground valley. He could make out that the grounds were metallic, as some of the lights from the fireball reflected back towards him. Besides, his feet felt the coldness of the metallic floors.
"You are to be commended for reaching this far!" A loud and commanding voice boomed out of nowhere. Chaos WarGreymon was slightly shocked by the voice, and made his small fireball bigger to give out more lights. He then released the fireball to hover in midair so that he could see clearly who his opponent was. He nearly jumped when he saw a figure with the splitting image of himself standing ten meters in front of him, watching him with a pair of yellowish eyes.
He was standing face to face
with Black WarGreymon!
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The defeat of NeoDevimon caused the spell of darkness he had cast all over the East Sector to be lifted immediately. The Black Gear-possesed digimons were freed and together, they destroyed NeoDevimon's hidden fortress as a way to express their anger of being controlled for evil purposes. The Digidestined assured that it was not their fault, and that they had never engaged them into any kinds of battles. The digimons were thankful that they had never fought the Digidestined against their will, and that they were freed from the Black Gears.
GrapLeomon however, was less-fortunate. He remained unconscious even after the Black Gear was removed. Seeing that he was hurt, the Digidestined had taken him back to Asuka Laboratory for check-up. Gennai and Piximon concluded that the DNA Digivolution between Leomon and Ogremon was permanent, they would have to remain together as GrapLeomon. The situation was ironic, considering that they were once mortal enemies. Although for the past few years they had resolved their enmity, they were not exactly the best of friends either but had worked together on numerous occasions. It was concluded that it was perhaps their fate, but as long as GrapLeomon lived, the power of DNA Digivolution between Angemon and Ankylomon remained forever within him. The Digidestined and the digimons, particularly T.K. and Patamon, and Cody and Armadillomon, took their loss of powers well as T.K. and Patamon already achieved the ability to Trans Digivolve to Patamon's Ultimate level, MagnaAngemon!
With both of them finally able to destroy NeoDevimon once and for all, T.K. could finally let go of his inner demons and went on. The event where Angemon was deleted in front of him four years ago used to play in his mind everytime he saw dark digimons. Their newfound ability enabled both T.K. and Patamon to work together to ensure NeoDevimon's permanent destruction.
One day later...
A tall man dressed in black with a crimson cape stood in front of the remnants of the destroyed fortress of NeoDevimon. He had raven hair and emerald eyes, and from a glance many would say that he looked rather a bit like Myotismon, with the way he dressed. However, his features clearly stated that he was a human. Accompanying him was a small black cat digimon, known as BlackGatomon.
"Well, well, well, nothing much remains around here after that battle," the young man said towards the BlackGatomon.
The BlackGatomon tilted her head up slightly. "Why are we here then, if I may ask?"
The man smiled slightly, and took out a small metallic device from the pockets of his robe. The device looked like a syringe with a round concave plate attached on one of it's end, while the other end was shaped like a gunholder. He beckoned for the BlackGatomon to follow him as he turned away from the destroyed fortress, and walked towards the place where the intense battle between NeoDevimon and the Digidestined took place the day before. On the grounds there were patches of brown dried liquid at certain places.
"Excellent. This is exactly what I'm looking for," the main said with a smile, and pointed the device towards the dry patches. He pulled the trigger of the device, and the plate released a soft yellowish beam towards the dry patches. Instantly, both the man and the BlackGatomon saw as the dry patches began to liquify itself again, and the brown color changed into green.
"Eerrgghh, what's this horrible smell!" the BlackGatomon said and covered her nose with one hand. She then leapt up towards the man's shoulder and settled herself there. The man's nose twitched a little, but he didn't cover his nose although for the BlackGatomon the foul smell was unbearable. Instead, the man's smile grew wider.
"The blood sample of NeoDevimon," he said with satisfaction, without glancing towards the BlackGatomon.
The green liquid then was vaporized and became a small cloud of green mist. The mist was absorbed by the plate part of the device, and instantly the same green liquid that was on the grounds a minute ago filled in the syringe. The man nodded in satisfaction and placed the device back inside his pocket. Then, both the man and the BlackGatomon disappeared in a flash of crimson lights, leaving not a single trace of evidence indicating their presence on that place.
