Previously on Vengeance: The battle between the DigiDestined and the corrupted six destined Digimon has begun, and with help from Kuzuhamon, Rosemon and the three angels, they manage to beat them. However Milleniumon has another trick up his sleeve, forcing WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon to DNA Digivolve into Omnimon! In the meantime, Gennai and HolyAngemon sneak in Milleniumon's fortress in an attempt to save the captured DigiDestined. Elsewhere, Ryo and Cyberdramon manage to locate the dimension where the four Harmonious Ones are imprisoned, but are stopped by the guards there. Can he beat them? Find out next, on Digimon 02: Vengeance!
In the middle of the desert on eastern Server, the battle between the DigiDestined and Omnimon was about to ensue. It was morning, nearing to noon, and the sky was cloudless and bright. Soft winds blew sands all over the place. For a moment there was a standstill. Neither side attacked the other. Everything was quiet except for the sound of the whispery winds.
The DigiDestined stared in dreadfulness as Omnimon towered over them mightily. His pearly armor glistened impressively against the clear sky, and the magnificent cape flowed elegantly in accordance to the flow of the desert winds. However, one thing that was blatantly different was the eyes. Those green eyes had a cold, hard look as they were fixed towards the six DigiDestined. A malicious glint was evident in the eyes of the holy knight Digimon. His imposing weapons, the Grey Sword and the Garuru Cannon, sticking out from where his hands should be, gave him an even more daunting, dangerous aura.
In that moment of standstill, nobody moved. Seeing that Omnimon was not about to attack, the DigiDestined quickly made a few steps back to regroup and to think of a plan.
"This isn't good," Paildramon muttered. "We're sitting ducks here. We could barely handle them when they were normal Megas… how can we outdo a… a Super Mega?"
"I once hoped that I could see Omnimon, face to face…" Sylphimon said waveringly as she stood beside Paildramon. It was obvious that she was feeling intimidated by Omnimon. "I saw him battling Diaboromon a few years back…I never imagined that this is the way my wish is granted."
Paildramon looked sideways and nodded silently.
"We need a good plan, there's no use of just going there and attack him blatantly, as he wouldn't be able to feel it. We will just waste our energy," Dinobeemon cautioned as he joined Paildramon and Sylphimon. "I've done some statistic readings of Digimon back in my Emperor days, and I can say that Omnimon ranks as one of the most powerful Digimon ever existed in the Digital World, along with Milleniumon, Apocalymon, the Dark Masters and Myotismon. And since Omnimon had beaten Milleniumon before….he could be the most powerful foe we have to face now."
"No kidding," Sylphimon muttered. "What does the Digimon Analyzer say about Omnimon?"
"Hold on; let me check," Dinobeemon replied.
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Name: Omnimon
Attribute: Vaccine
Level: Mega
Type: Exalted Knight
Specialty: Holy
Attacks: Transcendence Sword, Supreme Cannon
Power Level: 125
Omnimon can only be formed by the DNA Digivolution of a WarGreymon and a MetalGarurumon. He is said to have unrivaled powers.
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Sylphimon groaned. "Unrivaled? Great. So what do we have to do now?"
"We still stand a chance," Valthrumon said, motioning to themselves and their allies. "There is power to numbers."
The Transdigivolved DigiDestined all had lined on Paildramon's left, while Kuzuhamon and Rosemon stood on the dragon's right. The three angels, though weakened, felt that their assistance was vital, and bravely joined the others, standing behind the assembled team of six Ultimates and two Megas. All of them kept a close watch on their foe, who was once, a friend.
"Not even eleven Digimon can match Omnimon's power," Angewomon said darkly, shaking her head. "I don't like to do this…Omnimon's our friend, but…but Milleniumon said that if we don't defeat Omnimon then Tai and the others could…" Her voice broke into a stifled sob.
"Kari, be strong,"Gatomon said comfortingly. "Agumon and Gabumon are my friends, and I care for their safeties… but I will not hesitate to fight them if that's what you want."
"I don't want to do this….but Milleniumon has given us an ultimatum we can't get away with," Angewomon said softly. Quietly, she unfurled her eight wings and rose towards the sky. She then raised her hands wide and instantly, a golden halo was formed. The halo let out myriad colors of light, and Angewomon used one arm to guide the lights to envelope Omnimon, while using her other hand to maintain the golden halo, which began to shine with brilliant emerald hue.
Omnimon obviously was aware of Angewomon's intention, but the second he took a step forward, the multicolored wave of lights generated by Angewomon's golden halo froze him in place. He attempted to move his blade and cannon, but was unable to do so. The mighty knight was paralyzed, not completely, but the light seemed to be holding the possessed holy knight for the time being.
MagnaAngemon observed Omnimon struggle and realized that the halo's energy wave would not hold Omnimon for long. Angewomon was only an Ultimate Digimon, while Omnimon was twice as strong as a beyond-Mega Digimon. Sooner or later, he would be able to break free of the halo's immobilizing effect.
"Well guys, you know the drills. Let's do it! We don't have much time!" he shouted. Rising to the air, he energized his fist and released Angemon's attack. "Hand of Fate!"
"Right! Elemental Bolts!"
"I'm with you, Kari. Top Gun!"
"Count me in. Irritant Buzz!"
"Me too. Titanic Hammer!"
The three angels Angemon, Piddomon and d'Arcmon were also familiar with this technique; they had watched how Angewomon defended Asuka City from Megadramon and Gigadramon back when the DigiDestined first obtained their Diginizers. And strangely, both Kuzuhamon and Rosemon, though nobody had explained it to them, somehow knew what they should do.
"Reverse Spirit Strike!" Kuzuhamon released an ice-cold silver apparition of a fox towards the halo.
"Roses Rapier!" Rosemon whipped her rapiers together, generating pink energy waves in the air.
"Hand of Fate!"
"Fire Feathers!"
"La Pucelle!"
All ten attacks entered the halo, and merged as one form of raw power. The emerald lights inside the floating pool of power turned white and Angewomon raised both hands up. She wasn't intending to form the Celestial Arrow, fearing that it might just kill Omnimon and she didn't want that to happen. She planned to improvise, with the hope that her attack would just knock Omnimon out and drain his energy, to force him to revert back to his composite selves.
Clasping her palms together and bringing them forward, Angewomon absorbed the white light and summoned her secondary attack, "Heaven's….AAAHHH!"
This was when everything went wrong. To the horror of the other DigiDestined and Digimon, white electricity shot out from the floating pool of power and Angewomon was electrocuted by it. They watched helplessly as Angewomon screamed in pain before the power outrage sent her plummeting towards the ground. Out of reflex, MagnaAngemon rushed to Angewomon's aid and caught her with both arms before she crashed onto the mounts of sands. He knelt down and laid Angewomon gently on the sands.
The female angelic warrior was very weak, and barely conscious. Her breathing rate increased as she gasped for air.
"What happened up there?" the royal archangel wondered in concern.
VENGEANCE
Chapter 38: The Ominous Warning
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"Justice Kick!"
Justimon loomed down and delivered a high-powered kick straight onto Craniummon's chest. However, the knight Digimon's armor was too strong and practically impenetrable, forcing Justimon to bounce away as soon after his legs slammed the purple knight. The evil Mega retaliated with his powerful staff, swinging it towards Justimon, but the smaller Mega narrowly dodged it, and floated several meters away from the taller Mega.
"That was too close," Justimon said in his dual voice.
"He's tougher than I thought!" Ryo exclaimed furiously, whilst inside the Biomerged Mega. "And it's not only him we have to face. There's still Cannondramon."
"Don't underestimate ourselves," Cyberdramon said with determination. "We'll beat this pushover!"
The battle engaged between Justimon and the two Digimon working for Chaos Specter had been going on for nearly an hour, and so far it was mainly Craniummon who delivered the attack. Their strengths matched each other, and Justimon had the advantage of being smaller and more agile, while Craniummon had much more strength to compensate for his lack of nimbleness. Cannondramon however had chosen to stay on the sidelines for the time being, seeing no need to get himself engaged in the battle when his fellow cohort was more than able to do the task. Besides he was too big for Justimon; the warrior Digimon could easily dodge all the cannons launched by the large dinosaur.
"Do not get your hopes too high, intruder!" Craniummon sneered. He raised his sturdy staff high. "I'll admit that you are indeed highly-skilled, but even that cannot save you from the wrath of my staff – the mighty Kurau Shirasu! Behold; End Waltz!"
The high-speed rotating staff emitted blinding flash of blue and Justimon, out of reflex despite having his eyes covered by the metallic helmet he was wearing, still had to raise both arms to cover his eyes while swiftly moving a few meters back. A whooshing sound was heard coming from where Craniummon was at, and Justimon quickly opened his eyes. He saw his adversary spinning his staff at top speed; the sound let out by the sheer speed of the spinning began to form a somewhat musical note, earsplitting yet irresistible. Justimon quickly attempted to block out the high-pitched sound from entering his ears, but they were already cosseted by the metal helmet. Yet, the protection delivered by the helmet was not enough.
"Darn it!" Ryo muttered. His face and body were sweating profusely. His brows contorted as he held both palms over his ears, trying to block out the sound. "At this rate, my eardrums will explode and I'll be one deaf Tamer!"
"That's the idea," Craniummon said viciously. The knight kept spinning his staff, knowing that he had an advantage with it. "And now, to finish you off once and for all, as I ought to have done the second after you appeared here."
"We're not going down without a fight!" Justimon countered. He raised his metal-grafted arm high and summoned, "Voltage Blade!"
His arm instantly morphed, the metal graft transformed into a bigger weapon, with a lava-red energy blade emitted out from its end. Then, trying his best to ignore the hypersonic resonance sound, Justimon leapt towards Craniummon, the Voltage Blade thrust towards the spinning staff. Before Craniummon could retract his weapon, Justimon successfully jammed the energy blade onto the staff. The burning hot energy blade cut the staff into half, and Justimon watched with satisfaction as the lower end of the staff fell towards the bottomless abyss below. Beneath his helmet, Ryo grinned as he heaved a relieved breath. He felt tired, and could sense Cyberdramon's weariness. Both knew that they needed to end this battle quickly.
Craniummon was shocked, and froze in place. He didn't expect the bold move Justimon had demonstrated. Without a weapon, he was defenseless. He turned to face his comrade.
"Cannondramon! Assist me now!"
The brachiosaurus shrugged and didn't reply. However the cannons mounted on his back began to lower, as Cannondramon used his computerized vision to focus a shot onto Justimon. This was done to ensure that he would not miss a shot. The cannons began to let out a mechanical hum as they shone with dim yellow light.
Justimon realized that he was in danger. "I don't like the look of this…"
The cannons then shot out three intense red beams at the speed of sound. Justimon had barely registered the booming reverberation let out by the cannons when he saw the three beams were about to hit him. Making a back flip, he managed to avoid himself being vaporized by the beams. Unfortunately, he wasn't quick enough to evade them fully; one of the beams had singed half of his crimson scarf to smithereens, while the other two beams charred the sides of his left and right calves. Though safe, Justimon wasn't able to move as freely as before. Both his calves now were bleeding, releasing liquefied data.
Inward, it was Cyberdramon who was groaning with pain, but with them being bonded, while uninjured Ryo felt his pain too. It was excruciating.
"Gotcha!" Cannondramon growled evilly.
"You'll pay for that!" Ryo shouted. Then, his mechanical graft morphed into its other shape, a hand-like form.
Justimon slammed his arm in midair, and thunderbolts were released from the hand-shaped graft. The thunderbolts streaked towards Cannondramon, and the massive Digimon hadn't time to evade it as Justimon's Thunder Clap attack electrocuted him fully. The effect was destructive. Cannondramon roared out in pain as the mechanical and computerized part of him immediately malfunctioned due to the electric shock. Angered still, Justimon attempted to release another attack but found himself severely weakened as well.
Looking down, he saw streams of liquefied data coming out from his wounds. The bleeding had just gotten severer than ever.
"Oh, no!" he groaned. "Man, I wish MarineAngemon's here. He could easily heal this."
Kneeling in midair, Justimon tore the remains of his crimson scarf and used it to bandage his wounds. The bandages were effective in stopping the data-hemorrhage, but Justimon still felt greatly weakened by it. Two looming shadows approached him, and groaning, the Mega-level warrior stood up and turned back to face his foes.
"You fought well, intruder!" Craniummon boomed. He sounded angry. "You've destroyed our weapons, but we can still crush you."
Despite being hurt, Justimon, and inwardly, Ryo, managed to let out a scoff. "You guys are all talk! I've fought enemies ten-times harder than you two. Milleniumon, the D-Reapers…compared to them, you two are nothing. This is merely a setback, I'll pull through this and I will save the Harmonious Ones!"
"Really?" Craniummon said calmly. Turning sideways to face his dinosaur friend, he said, "Cannondramon, walk all over him."
"Gladly."
Justimon made a high jump and aimed a kick towards Craniummon. However he had lost his speed, causing Craniummon to be able to slap him away easily. He fell right in front of Cannondramon, and was about to be trampled by the gigantic Mega, when suddenly a glimmering ray of pure white light streaked past the cosmos towards the three of them. The beam came from out of nowhere and approached them with what seemed like the speed of light! It blasted onto the three of them…then everything stood still.
Justimon removed his arms from his face, and was relieved to find himself uninjured. Looking up however, he saw both Craniummon and Cannondramon had glazed looks on their faces. They were not moving, as if somebody had paralyzed them in place.
"Quickly, Justimon…seize this chance!"
The voice was feminine, strong and echoing, and it was imploring Justimon. The Biomerged warrior stood up, confused.
"Who's that?"
"Hurry…the paralyzing effect of my attack can last only for a few minutes. Do what you must!"
"Ok…and thanks, whoever you are."
"I am the one who will be thanking you soon. Good luck!"
Justimon summoned all his remaining strength, roaring loudly as he tried to summon his Voltage Blade. The crimson energy blade materialized, but its light was dimmer than usual. Justimon realized that he was too weak to conjure up the mighty attack, which at its strongest, could cut through almost anything. Silently he wished that Sakuyamon was here to give him a power up, like she had done before…but now, Justimon realized that he was on his own. He pushed the thought away and concentrated on forming a decent-sized blade, but the one that he managed to form was even shorter than the one he had formed merely minutes before. The blade won't be able to even go through Craniummon's armor.
Suddenly another bright flash of light appeared from behind, and Justimon, part-trusting the light, but mainly because he was unprepared for it, let it rammed him from the back. Instantly, to his surprise, his body was invigorated with pure energy. It was enough for him to form a meter-wide crimson blade. Not wanting to waste his strength and the power given to him, Justimon immediately leapt towards Craniummon and with a loud cry, thrust the blade into the left-side region of Craniummon's body, where the heart was. The hot blade penetrated the thick armor worn by the knight, directly onto the skin inside, piercing it before reaching the ribcage…and Craniummon instantly exploded into data particles when the blade went through the ribcage.
Justimon let out another cry as he noticed the dimming color of his blade and realized that he had no time to spare. He made it to Cannondramon's long neck, and slashed it with a clean cut. The blade vanished as the upper half of the brachiosaurus' neck was detached from the rest of the body. Both parts then exploded into million bits of black data as Justimon regressed back to Ryo, and Monodramon.
"Are you ok, pal?" Ryo asked in concern. He saw gashes on Monodramon's short legs. The wounds had not dried completely, but the scarf used to bandage the wounds had vanished.
The stout purple dragon let out a whimper. "I've felt better."
Ryo nodded sympathetically. He tore his shirt off and used it to form two straps of long cloths. He then used the cloths to bandage up his Rookie partner.
"Thanks. I feel better already."
"No problem, Monodramon." Ryo then stood up straight and scanned his surroundings. A thoughtful expression glazed his battle-worn face. "I wonder whose voice we've heard just now. She helped us defeat Craniummon and Cannondramon. And how are we going to look for the Harmonious Ones in a place like this?" He looked down and his eyes lit up. He grinned. "Heh…whoever heard of a boy and a dragon walking in space?"
"Are we going to go back now?" Monodramon whined. "'Coz I'm hungry and tired!"
"In a sec, Monodramon. We still have a mission to complete. Gennai and the DigiDestined are counting on us. We…hey, what's that?"
From a distance, both of them could see a small orb of light approaching them. It glimmered with the same white light which had come to their rescue earlier. However unlike the previous ones, this orb was approaching them with a much slower speed. Ryo and Monodramon waited for almost ten minutes before it finally reached them.
"I commend you for being able to beat the guards, Ryo and Monodramon."
"It's you," Ryo said in realization, recognizing the strong feminine voice at once. "Who are you?"
"I am Baihumon, one of the four Harmonious Ones, and the Tiger Sovereign of the West. I and my fellow Harmonious Ones are imprisoned at four different places at the time. However, I am not that far from you, although by using merely your naked eyes you will not be able to see me and the prison which is holding me now."
"Wait a minute!" Ryo said, looking confused. "You're Baihumon? But….I thought Baihumon is a guy! At least, the Baihumon back at my dimension is a guy," he finished weakly.
"Digimon do not have genders, as I'm sure you have already known. Masculine and feminine are very subjective when it comes to Digimon," Baihumon said matter-of-factly. "However that is not important. Even as we speak, the four of us are growing weaker with every second passes. We ask for you help to set us free, and I request you to come to me first as I'm the closest to you. Hold this orb and to your partner, and I will use what limited power I have to bring you forth to my place of imprisonment."
Ryo shrugged and grabbed Monodramon's paw, and held the white glowing orb with another. Instantly, white light enveloped the two of them and they vanished from sight.
"TK…the powers…." Angewomon said weakly. She seemed so drained of energy; MagnaAngemon wondered why she was still in her Transdigivolved form. On usual occurrences, she would have reverted back to Kari and Gatomon by then. Angewomon coughed and continued, "They were too much for me to handle. I don't know why…"
The others rushed to the two angels as soon as MagnaAngemon successfully caught Angewomon.
"What happened?" Paildramon immediately asked. "Kari, are you ok?"
"I'm alright…but I don't know why I couldn't control the Heaven's Charge. I feel…it's like the powers are just too strong for me to wield."
"Is it because unlike before, you had two Mega Digimon's powers to control as well now? I can say that Kuzuhamon and Rosemon are fairly strong Megas, and seasoned fighters too from what I can gather," Valthrumon suggested.
"It sounds logical," Dinobeemon said.
Sylphimon looked up and observed the pool of power, which was still floating on the sky. "What about that?" she asked, gesturing towards it. "What do we do with it?"
"Someone has to assume the powers that have accumulated inside of it," Angewomon answered weakly as she stood up, helped by MagnaAngemon who was starting to heal her with his Magna Antidote technique. The healing process was slow as MagnaAngemon too, was not at his utmost power. "That someone must be able to handle the powers that lie inside of the pool."
"Whoever that someone is, I suggest we choose one quickly," Dinobeemon alerted, pointing towards Omnimon. "…because with Kari down, Omnimon isn't going to be paralyzed for long."
"The strongest among us right now is either Kuzuhamon or Rosemon," Valthrumon said plainly.
"Oh, no…ah don' think that ah can handle that kind o' power," Rosemon quickly said, shaking her head. "Ah only can retain mah Mega form 'cause of a potion I took. When the potion's effect wears off ah'll revert back to mah Lilymon form. Now, don' go tellin' this to anybody."
"I too, cannot wield the power of that pool," Kuzuhamon said. "The accumulated power inside that pool will reject me the same way it did to Angewomon."
"How do you know that? You haven't tried it yet," Paildramon challenged.
Kuzuhamon however was interrupted when a loud clanging sound was heard. Everyone turned to face their frozen adversary, only to find him not being frozen anymore.
"Omnimon's free! And you know what; I don't think that I am fit of the power, so I'm going to slow him down. Be quick with the decision alright?" Dinobeemon interrupted in a rush before flying off towards Omnimon, who was starting to make his way towards the DigiDestined, sword and cannon glowing with amber and sapphire lights. With an unspoken agreement, Sylphimon and Valthrumon left as well, quickly followed by Rosemon. Only Angewomon, Paildramon, MagnaAngemon, Kuzuhamon and the three angels remained.
"Boys, though I don't look like it, I am old. My age could not handle that amount of power," Kuzuhamon finally said sagely. "I am better off joining the others in the battle."
Kuzuhamon took off to battle as well. MagnaAngemon and Paildramon looked at each other.
"Now, TK…we both know that you are…"
"Davis, don't even think about finishing that sentence…"
"Uh…" d'Arcmon said suddenly, stopping MagnaAngemon and Paildramon quickly. After getting their attentions, the Champion angel continued, "If there is no objection between the three of you, I would like to suggest that you will allow the three of us to assume the accumulated power. That way we can form either Phoenixmon or Magnadramon by Jogress Digivolution."
Paildramon, MagnaAngemon and Angewomon contemplated the idea silently.
"That would be best, we could use either of them," Paildramon replied.
"It is settled then. We are grateful for your decision," d'Arcmon thanked him. Angemon and Piddomon nodded and smiled slightly before the three of them stretched their wings wide and took off towards the pool of light. They entered it and a familiar screech ensued before the magnificent Phoenixmon emerged, her feathers glowing as bright as the sun above the morning sky. She swooped down towards Angewomon, MagnaAngemon and Paildramon, and the three found themselves bathed in golden light shining from Phoenixmon's quadra-wings. A warm feeling emanated from within them as they felt their powers returned.
"Hey, we're stronger than ever!" Paildramon shouted happily. He watched as Phoenixmon glided in midair and suffused the other DigiDestined and allies with the same light.
"Unbelievable. Maybe we do have a chance against Omnimon," MagnaAngemon said with vigor as the recently rejuvenated destined and allies shouted happily.
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Name: Phoenixmon
Attribute: Vaccine
Level: Mega
Type: Bird
Specialty: Holy
Attacks: Crimson Flame, Starlight Explosion
Power Level: 105
The female form of the male Hououmon species; this mighty phoenix commands holy power to thwart dark type Digimon as well as healing her fallen comrades.
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With the coming of the gigantic holy avian Digimon, the DigiDestined now stood a better chance against Omnimon. Phoenixmon, Kuzuhamon and Rosemon led in the attack by delivering their best attacks. Phoenixmon let out a burst of golden holy light towards Omnimon, which halted Omnimon's sword which was about to attack them. She then kicked Omnimon with her talons, but the warrior was too sturdy for her to unbalance in one blow. As Phoenixmon was about to attack again, Omnimon thrust his cannon and fired a stream of ice ray which froze Phoenixmon's wings. With her incapacitated, Kuzuhamon and Rosemon followed with their assaults, in the forms of thousands cherry blossoms and blasts of thorny vine whipping. Omnimon however, merely knocked both of them with his cannon, sending them plummeting towards the fallen Phoenixmon.
In the meantime, the DigiDestined began to surround Omnimon from six sides. Paildramon whipped out his guns and began firing his best shot while Dinobeemon split himself into three and began attacking Omnimon simultaneously with three different attacks. Sylphimon and Angewomon double-teamed against Omnimon with their own attacks, sending out pink phantom form of Sylphimon and the Heaven's Charm straight down Omnimon's chest. They managed to push Omnimon back slightly, but the knight remained on his feet, undisturbed.
Hoping to remedy this, Valthrumon slammed his Titanic Hammer forcefully onto Omnimon's chest armor, successfully cracking it a little. Omnimon retaliated angrily by lashing out his sword towards Valthrumon, but the Transdigivolved Ultimate blocked the attack narrowly with his Shakkou Shield. While he was defended from the sharp Grey Sword, the shield was cleanly cut into two in the middle. Valthrumon quickly abandoned his shield and released his Katchina Bombs, hoping to further damage the knight's chest armor. One of it managed to further deepen the crack, but Omnimon swatted the other two clay bombs easily with his sword. Omnimon's green eyes flashed red momentarily before turning green once again. He then abandoned the other DigiDestined and focused his attack solely on Valthrumon, with the said Digimon being the largest of all Transdigivolved Digimon.
"Transcendence Sword!"
Without a shield to protect him, Valthrumon hastily evaded the attack, relying fully on his body and the armor adorning it to resist the profoundly powerful attack. He was hit, but had not taken the full effect of it thanks to a timely intervention by MagnaAngemon, who had jumped in his way and protected them both with his own shield, infused with his powers. The shield managed to deflect the attack sideways, but the sheer force delivered by it threw both Digimon away. MagnaAngemon's shield was broken and Valthrumon suffered injuries enough to devolve him into his composite selves. Seeing Cody and Armadillomon vulnerable to attack, MagnaAngemon swooped down and flew them off to safety.
Omnimon ignored MagnaAngemon's action, pleased that he had one opponent less. He then saw an opening to attack a relentless Paildramon with the dragon being the closest to him. Quickly he aimed his cannon and was about to fire when a crimson fireball and an arrow of light slammed on it. The shot that came out from the cannon deviated to Paildramon's left ever so slightly, close enough to slightly graze the humanoid dragon and made him feel the intense heat generated by the Supreme Cannon attack, but Paildramon, thanks to Sylphimon and Angewomon's timely intervention, was saved, albeit hurt a little on his right side of body. Taking Omnimon's momentary halt to his advantage the Ultimate dragon jumped in midair and pelted the enemy two-times his size with barrages of his guns.
The bullets however, did only so little in stopping Omnimon, who had begun to watch the three Dinobeemon with malevolent interest. All three clones were not within his reach, but Omnimon had a simple solution to remedy his problem. His Garuru Cannon began to glimmer with bluish white light, looking more intense than his previous attempts. Then with the blink of the eye Omnimon fired his cannon at random; not caring of who had gotten itself hit. Two Dinobeemon were blasted and vanished, revealed to be merely clones of the real Dinobeemon, who was trying his hardest to evade Omnimon's relentless shots. He fired his hypersonic attack, only to have it swallowed by the Supreme Cannon. Dinobeemon then resorted to his Champion self's attacks – the Moon Shooter, but the poisonous silver needles merely bounce away from his thick ivory armor. Then, seeing the cracks on Omnimon's chest armor Dinobeemon made a decision to further deepen the crack so that his fellow DigiDestined and friends would be able to inflict more damage on the knight. He summoned a glowing purple blade and launched Stingmon's trademark attack.
"Spiking STRIKE!"
Dinobeemon zipped towards Omnimon and dunked his blade through the cracked armor, successfully chipping off the cracking surface, only to find out in dismay that Omnimon's torso was pure armor. The fifty-or-so centimeters deep hole he managed to produce was not enough to injure Omnimon, or even hurting him at all. Omnimon seemed to find Dinobeemon's effort amusing, but did not take any chance of letting the insectoid Ultimate get away. He slammed his cannon onto Dinobeemon's unprepared back, destroying his wings. Right in midair, he de-Digivolved back into Ken and Wormmon and were in danger of falling a hundred foot down below.
Ken closed his eyes but was surprised to find himself being caught…by Sylphimon.
"Right on time," he commented with relief. He was on Sylphimon's massive arms, and Wormmon was perched on top of her head.
"What's a girlfriend for anyway?" Sylphimon replied quickly as she flew them off to safety.
Omnimon seemed to be steadfastly growing impatient with how the situation was going. He was winning, but he desired to finish off the battles as quickly as he could to claim victory. With the three Mega unable to fight for the time being and two Ultimates defeated, he only had to deal with another four Ultimates. He saw little threat in Paildramon and Sylphimon and had chosen to ignore them blatantly despite Paildramon's continuous barrages of bullets. Omnimon however felt that the two angels were more worth of attending to; Angewomon possessed the ability to immobilize him and collect energy from other Digimon, while MagnaAngemon had proven the danger of having him around when he attempted to suck in WarGreymon, a fellow friend and partner to a DigiDestined, inside the Gate of Destiny.
Angewomon and MagnaAngemon began attacking from both Omnimon's sides, the female angel firing the Celestial Arrow one after another while MagnaAngemon attempted to slice any body part of Omnimon with his mighty Excalibur sword, only to be met with failure as Omnimon was careful to guard his surrounding. MagnaAngemon's glowing blade was even more dangerous than Dinobeemon's which to his opinion, was a pitiful attempt. While Dinobeemon had managed to create a glaring hole now present at the center of Omnimon's body, the Mega had no doubt that MagnaAngemon could do worse. He needed to eliminate the angels.
"Transcendence Sword! Supreme Cannon!"
The exalted knight spread out both arms wide, the sword aimed towards Angewomon while the cannon pointed over MagnaAngemon. With a loud roar both weapons glimmered with intense lights as loud rumbling sounds were heard as Omnimon summoned his power to put an end to Angewomon and MagnaAngemon once and for all. He lashed his sword out, releasing magenta stream of energy assault which Angewomon attempted to counter with her Heaven's Charm. Her effort proved to save her life, as the holy energy generated by the Heaven's Charm managed to absorb a portion of the deadly Transcendence Sword's power. Nevertheless she still was at the receiving end of Omnimon's attack while the latter was not. She was hit and was sent crashing over a pile of sands not very far from the battlefield, where the devolved DigiDestined and Digimon were currently at.
MagnaAngemon decided to use a different method in countering the cannon attack. He activated the Excalibur and zoomed towards the tip of Omnimon's Garuru Cannon, ignoring the flickering lights which signed the activation of Omnimon's Supreme Cannon attack. Brilliant blue light sparked from the cannon, but MagnaAngemon, adamant, glowed with silvery light as he increased his flight speed. The cannon released a stream of energy, but MagnaAngemon thrust his blade forward, resulting in the splitting of the one massive beam of energy into two separate ones. MagnaAngemon continued to fly forward, splitting the intense ray of energy as he reached the tip of the cannon closer and closer. The two cut beams were fired haphazardly across the deserts, one hitting the foundation of Milleniumon's castle while the other streaked just above the fallen Phoenixmon, Kuzuhamon and Rosemon, hitting a faraway stone formation located on a barren, sand-less region of the desert. The archangel of Hope reached the tip of the cannon, and impaled his blade on its steely surface. The cannon, however, was as hard as diamonds and MagnaAngemon was not able to inflict damage on it just as he had hoped. However, he still had another trick up his sleeve; another trick, which would not require the Gate of Destiny, but equally as dangerous. He had demonstrated this technique only once before, having just mastered it.
"Soul Banisher!"
The holy blade sparked with brilliant light as it swept all over Omnimon. MagnaAngemon shook violently in midair as more and more power was forced out from his body, flowing into the blade. Omnimon was very strong; it would take a lot of MagnaAngemon to just halt him. But it looked like MagnaAngemon's effort was working, as Omnimon ceased attacking Angewomon with his sword, and the cannon was no longer emitting the extremely cold and powerful stream of energy. His eyes no longer had the crazed look reflected, replaced by a dazed look. Omnimon was not released from Milleniumon's possession just yet, but MagnaAngemon's attack seemed to be able to stop him for the time being.
Angewomon fluttered beside MagnaAngemon and they were joined by Paildramon and Sylphimon, the remaining two Transdigivolved ones other than them, below. She looked at the two of them.
"Yolei, help free Phoenixmon from the ice," Angewomon instructed quickly. "Davis, I need you to carry Kuzuhamon and Rosemon here. TK's going to need their powers to beat Omnimon."
Paildramon and Sylphimon immediately followed Angewomon's orders, which in actuality, came from Gatomon from within the female angel. Out of all Digimon, the old and new team, Gatomon had more experience than any of them put together. Her years of servitude under Myotismon had taught her a lot. And right now, she had a plan.
"What are you planning, Gatomon?" Angewomon asked silently.
"MagnaAngemon's Soul Banisher attack not only work to…well, banish souls of Digimon out of their bodies, but in this case it might also be effective to permanently remove Milleniumon's influence from inside of him. However in doing this, MagnaAngemon alone will not be able to do just that. He will need power, and judging from the way Kuzuhamon has helped him back during the fight we had with ChaosSeadramon, she is the ideal girl to power up MagnaAngemon. However, with only power MagnaAngemon might accidentally banish Omnimon's soul away…which is where Phoenixmon, and to a certain extent…US, will enter. We and Phoenixmon both have holy powers, Kari. And holy power is just what we need to control MagnaAngemon's Soul Banisher, to block the attack from removing Omnimon's digital soul while vanquishing any of Milleniumon's dark traces."
Angewomon was astounded by the idea, which sounded thoroughly complicated that nobody else could even dream of coming up with.
"How did you know this, Gatomon?"
"Let's just say that if there was any good in me being under Myotismon's service, THIS is it."
Seconds later, Angewomon was joined by Paildramon, who was carrying Kuzuhamon and Rosemon. Behind the humanoid dragon, Sylphimon and Phoenixmon floated in the air.
"Kari? So what's the plan?" Paildramon asked.
Angewomon smiled and explained Gatomon's plan to the others. As she'd expected, Paildramon and Sylphimon both were having slight difficulty in grasping the attack. Rosemon too, judging from her confused expression, was having the same problem. However both Phoenixmon and Kuzuhamon, the two essential players in Gatomon's plan, understood the plan.
All the while, MagnaAngemon remained oblivious to what was happening behind of him. His mind was set to banishing the dark traces of Milleniumon's influence over Omnimon.
Silently, Kuzuhamon slid down Paildramon's grasp and floated in midair. Rosemon joined her, holding her hand, knowing what she had to do.
"Paildramon, Sylphimon…hold Rosemon's hand, the both of you. Your powers and Rosemon will be accumulated with my own to be transferred to MagnaAngemon," the sorceress instructed. "This way, he might just be able to defeat Omnimon, and free him from Milleniumon."
The two said Ultimates looked at each other. "You don't have to ask us twice," Paildramon quickly said and joined his draconic paw with Sylphimon's furred one. Sylphimon then joined hand with Rosemon and the fairy held Kuzuhamon's free arm tightly.
"Ready when you are, old girl," Rosemon said encouragingly to Kuzuhamon.
The four of them soon found themselves trapped inside a calm whirlwind of cherry blossoms, summoned by Kuzuhamon's staff. They glowed, and in a blink of the eye Paildramon and Sylphimon de-Digivolved back into their composite selves and were lowered slowly towards the ground by the cherry blossoms, which surrounded them separately. A meter away from the ground where Ken, Cody and their partners were waiting, the cherry blossoms suddenly vanished and Davis, Yolei and Veemon plummeted down while Hawkmon instinctively flapped his wings to maintain balance.
Ken immediately leaped up and with grace and fluidity that were usually demonstrated in the movies, caught Yolei in his extended arms. He landed back on the sandy ground, but his knees gave up on him and he accidentally dropped Yolei on the piles of sands, much to the lavender-haired girl's chagrin.
"Whoops! Sorry!" Ken said quickly.
"My hero," Yolei muttered dryly, shaking her head as she stood up and wiped the dust from her pants. She then flashed Ken a warm smile and helped him back up. "And thank you."
Davis crash-landed on top of Armadillomon, which acted as a tension-breaker before he rolled on the sands with Xs in place of his eyes. Veemon was more fortunate when Wormmon splattered his silk threads to catch his dragon pal before Veemon suffered the same fate as his partner. Successful, Wormmon then guided Veemon's fall onto one particularly tall pile of sands.
"Aww…yuck!" the blue Rookie dragon complained. He got up and frantically pulling off the silk threads.
"Don't complain; I've just saved you," Wormmon admonished slowly. All of them then looked up to the remaining Digimon above.
Beside Kuzuhamon, Rosemon had already devolved back to her Ultimate form Lilymon. The petite pixie fluttered away as Kuzuhamon focused all the powers she received from Rosemon, Sylphimon and Paildramon at the tip of her staff, slowly channeling her own powers as she recited a haiku that was necessary to perform the power transfer spell.
"MagnaAngemon, be prepared!" Kuzuhamon called out.
It was then MagnaAngemon realized the whole thing that was happening all the while he was up against Omnimon. Barely registering Kuzuhamon's call, MagnaAngemon saw her releasing two waves of purple energy beams shaped like two crescents facing each other. The crescents were made out of pure energy and around them were Kuzuhamon's trademark cherry blossoms. The flower petals and the crescents were joined together by crackles of pink electricity that was emitted from the crescents. MagnaAngemon saw Kuzuhamon devolving into Doumon as he received the power up, and his strength multiplied greatly. The power was channeled solely to his blade as he increased the intensity of the Soul Banisher technique.
Omnimon's eyes shot up wide as he sensed great power coming from his blade. Barely visible smokes began to emanate from all over his ivory-armored body. MagnaAngemon's technique began to work, and everyone saw it.
"Keep it like that, MagnaAngemon!" Doumon cried.
"It is time," Angewomon said, echoing Gatomon's thought inside of her. "Phoenixmon, release your holy powers straight towards Omnimon as soon as I release mine!" Clasping her hands together, Angewomon recalled the Heaven's Charm attack and released it towards Omnimon. The attack was blasted right onto the hole on Omnimon's chest armor. The faint smokes began to darken ever so slightly.
"Starlight Explosion!"
The magnificent attack confounded Omnimon greatly. The holy powers released from it seeped through Omnimon's body, primarily from the hole on his chest armor. The smokes blackened and Omnimon fell on his knees, and his body crackled with black electricity. Omnimon writhed in pain, rolling violently on the sands. Multiple electrical bolts shot out from the hole and blasted MagnaAngemon, Angewomon, Doumon and Phoenixmon. MagnaAngemon and Angewomon instantly devolved in midair while Phoenixmon separated into her composite selves as all of them began to plummet dangerously towards the desert sands. Doumon however, maintained her form and instantly activated her shield spell, catching the others before they crashed.
Omnimon glimmered with deep green light as the smokes emitting from his body thickened. He then shrunk, separated into two before vanished, leaving only the exhausted, unconscious forms of Agumon and Gabumon.
"Yes! YES!" Kari cried happily, thrusting an arm up. "We beat them! Tai and the others will be ok!"
Gatomon narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "I doubt Milleniumon will keep his part of deal. That slimy scum…"
What Gatomon was going to say was left unknown as black and green energy specs began to form in front of the devolved DigiDestined. Milleniumon appeared in a puff of black and green smokes, looking beleaguered, with his yellow eyes reflecting malice.
"He doesn't look too happy," Davis noted with a small grin. "'course, that's only because we've beaten him!"
"I don't think he's going to keep his part of bargain," TK said scathingly as Davis helped him up. The blond was weakened due to the stress he had experienced as MagnaAngemon.
"He promised, though," Ken reminded.
"But then again, he is a villain," Yolei said thoughtfully. "And since when does villain want to keep his part of a bargain when he's the one losing? You don't get to see those honor-bound villains these days."
Milleniumon eyed the fallen DigiDestined loathingly. The words exchanged between the DigiDestined ringed on his ears. He had the chance to wipe out them with one blow, with all of them weakened severely from the previous battle they had with the partners of the older DigiDestined. Milleniumon was not surprised that they had managed to beat Omnimon and the other four Ultimates; it only confirmed to him that defeating the DigiDestined would not be so easy. Inwardly, he smiled. A treacherous plan began to form on his mind.
"Two energy signatures not under my command are lurking in my castle," he thought sinisterly. "Perhaps they are looking for their friends there. Very well, I shall surprise them. They will not have anybody to be rescued. I have no use of the DigiDestined anymore. Should I release them, eventually they will stand together fight me. However, why should I be worried? I am not what I was. I am stronger now. These composite selves I have are much more potent than my previous ones. Chaos Wargreymon's body, as Machinedramon, and the Kimeramon with the digital data of Devimon, a menace once feared throughout the Digital World. With these bodies, I might be able to TRANSCEND beyond my Zeed form. Heh, heh…well, the DigiDestined are of no use to me anymore but I sense greater powers coming from the two intruders inside."
Silently he raised an invisible barrier around his castle. Then, Milleniumon raised one long arm and waved it slightly. "DigiDestined, your words are definitely unflattering. I am glad to have proven you wrong. Here!"
Six streams of green energy beams shot out from the highest window of the castle and spattered all across the DigiDestined. The unconscious forms of Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Mimi and Joe appeared when the green lights vanished. Milleniumon then threw their Digivices on their unconscious forms.
"It was an enjoyable battle, I have to admit. Now I have seen how far your powers and resourcefulness could take you…I am prepared to face you. Not that I need it, I am powerful enough to defeat you…but then again, why should I not see your talents? Previous villains have been known to make the mistake of underestimating their opponents, which have led to their downfall. You children have always come up with a miraculous comeback whenever the villain was too much for you to handle. I should know; I have experienced it three times already, haven't I? Four times a charm, I believe. Now, take your friends and leave….but be forewarned, DigiDestined. In three days time, I shall be coming to your beautiful world."
"WHAT!" the DigiDestined all shouted.
"Don't you dare!" Davis cried angrily.
Milleniumon snorted. "Why should you be so worried? You have Omnimon at your side now. You yourselves, I daresay, are all very powerful Ultimates. The other four you have fought are now Ultimates as well. I cannot take back the powers I have bestowed them. Combine your powers, call for your allies, I could care less. Band together, then perhaps you might provide me with a real challenge!"
"What's there on our world that you'd want?" Cody asked quietly. His eyes however blazed with silent anger.
"The technology of your world is what created the Digital World. I am a creation of your world too, being a Digimon. Now, what could be said when a creation destroys its creator? I shall leave it as such for you to ponder about. Remember…three days, no more, no less. Ta!" With a flash of green light Milleniumon vanished, and his castle emitted a green barrier which looked absolutely impenetrable.
The good guys were all appalled on hearing what Milleniumon had said. The DigiDestined began to panic.
"He can't be serious!" Davis said loudly. "Can he?"
"He's dead serious," Gatomon said finally. "The human world is in grave danger if Milleniumon invades it."
"What should we do now?" Yolei asked shrilly. "We can't allow Milleniumon to do that! Our parents…our families…they're in danger if Milleniumon…"
"Do not panic! All of you will have to regroup," Doumon reminded sharply. "Three days, he said. That is all the time you have to look for reinforcement."
"Something's not right," Gennai said suspiciously to HolyAngemon who was walking cautiously behind him.
The two of them spent the whole time searching the castle for the captured DigiDestined and their friends who had disappeared. They had refrained from entering the main chamber located at the top of the castle, where Milleniumon dwelled. Then when Milleniumon left the castle once again, the two of them rushed inside and saw the captured DigiDestined. However, before they could attempt to rescue the DigiDestined, to their surprise the six chosen children vanished. By looking outside the window they had seen the final outcome of the battle but could not hear the words exchanged by Milleniumon and the younger DigiDestined.
"We better leave now. Milleniumon is coming back," HolyAngemon warned.
"What about Piximon and the others? They're here too, I'm sure of it," Gennai pointed out. "We have to look for them too."
"There is no time now. We have to flee this main chamber; Milleniumon is coming back any minute now. And you are not so certain of the outcome of your plan."
"I've said it before; I'm pretty sure it will work."
"Until you are positively sure, we shall not take that chance. Let us teleport out of this castle instead."
The two of them attempted to teleport out of the castle, but found out that they were unable to do so. Something was blocking them from moving out of the castle. Then to their horror, Milleniumon materialized inside the chamber, sneering at the both of them. His presence drowned both Gennai and HolyAngemon with his shadow.
"Well, well, well….what do we have here? A priest mode MagnaAngemon…and Gennai, the last remainder of the extinct Order of the Light! What's your hurry?"
Gennai scowled upon the reminder, and locked eyes with HolyAngemon. HolyAngemon nodded ever so slightly, and Gennai whipped out a grey ring from his belt. The ring had a white jewel embedded on it, which glistened in stark contrast against the darkness of the chamber.
"TRANSDIGI----"
Milleniumon however had another agenda in mind. Not wanting to fight, he sent out two energy bolts which slammed against Gennai and HolyAngemon. The bolts stunned them quickly before Gennai could finish his call. Both of them limped on the floor, unconscious and paralyzed, and Milleniumon let out a deep, hearty laugh.
Ryo and Monodramon materialized in front of a six-sided emerald green energy walls, floating in the midst of the space dimension. Peering closer, they could see a huge beast sitting inside, looking at them as if it was expecting them. It was a white furred tiger with blue stripes, wearing a helmet of the same color of the stripes. Ten yellow spheres orbited her torso. But what attracted Ryo's attention were the four eyes, which were brilliant blue as the sky and reflected peerless wisdom.
"I bid you my gratitude, brave Digimon Tamer Ryo Akiyama, and to you too, Monodramon," greeted the white tiger solemnly. "I only wish that we could meet in a much better circumstances."
"Baihumon," Ryo said in awe. He touched the energy field with the tip of his index finger, only to be mildly electrocuted by it. Quickly, he retracted his finger.
"Ryo, I feel funny," Monodramon complained, backing a few steps away from the energy walls. "Something is strange about these green walls. I'm feeling weaker."
"Strange, but I don't feel anything," Ryo said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"That's because these walls are made out of Digiranium, a kind of metal which is dangerous to Digimon," Baihumon said grimly. She let out a groan and stood up on all fours. Instantly the walls resized to compensate her standing height. "It is thought that the metal was destroyed permanently long ago by a group of ancient Digimon of the past, but apparently Chaos Specter was able to obtain it from an alternate Digital World dimension to use it against us."
"I never knew that such metal exist," Ryo said. "How are we going to free you when it's lethal to you?"
Baihumon looked as if she was stifling a smile. "That is why I am so grateful of you risking your life to come and rescue us. The Digiranium is lethal to Digimon…but bears no effect at all to humans. That is the reason why Chaos Specter is able to use it against us. Without the Digiranium, that vile human cannot hope to beat us. With it, he is able to confine us in imprisonment while monitoring us from his base of operations. And…hold on, the other three Harmonious Ones wish to speak to you as well."
Ryo looked all around him. "Really? I don't see them anywhere."
"That is because they are confined a thousand miles away from where we are. No, they will be communicating with you via me. The four of us share a psychic rapport, which allows me to see what they see and to feel what they feel. We can also communicate with each other using this bond we share together for centuries."
Ryo was about to ask another question but was silenced when Baihumon's eyes glimmered with white light. Then, the blue color in Baihumon's three eyes changed – into steel grey, earth brown and fiery red. The fourth eye remained the same sky blue.
"Greetings, Ryo Akiyama,"boomed a thunderous voice, which sounded sagely yet kind at the same. It seemed to come from out of nowhere, but Ryo noticed that when the voice appeared, Baihumon's now-brown eye shone brighter than the other three. "I am Azulongmon, and on behalf of Zhuqiaomon and Ebonwumon, we owe you our gratitude for your willingness to save our life. Time is running out, Ryo. We are placing our hopes in you to come up with a method to rescue Baihumon. Once she is released from her imprisonment, she will be able to free us three."
"We'll do our best," Ryo promised.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Get to it already, human! Do not waste any more time!" roared a shrill male voice, sounding more annoyed than real anger. Ryo however was unperturbed and stared defiantly into the fiery red iris of Baihumon, recognizing immediately the attitude of the sovereign behind the red glow, which seemed to stare back at him with an equal stubbornness.
"Child, do not mind Zhuqiaomon. He has been ornery for as long as I remember, but his cantankerous nature has profoundly increased ever since his capture," said a comforting wizened voice, which sounded like two people speaking at the same time, with one voice being loud while the other softly echoed the words of the previous speaker.
"Ebonwumon is right. And Zhuqiaomon! As a sovereign, I expect you to be better-behaved than this, especially in front of a human," Baihumon scolded. "The child is here to rescue us, so control your temper for the time being and show him some respect!"
Zhuqiaomon didn't reply, and the red eye of Baihumon reverted back to its original color.
"I await your arrival to release me from my imprisonment, child. I believe in your resourcefulness. Until then…" the steel grey eye changed back into blue as well.
"Until we meet face to face, Ryo," Azulongmon said, and with him leaving, Baihumon's eyes all returned to their normal blue color.
"We usually were able to maintain communication with each other far longer than this," Baihumon said slowly. "Each of us is feeling a great strain in our depleting powers when we attempt to join our thoughts together, whereas in our strongest we could always maintain connection for months, years even. And…oh no! I don't believe this! This is impossible!"
"What is it, Baihumon?" Ryo asked quickly.
Baihumon took a deep breath and looked at Ryo gravely. "Ryo, you need to hurry and release me. Ebonwumon…he, he has de-Digivolved!"
Baihumon sounded profoundly disturbed, and Ryo raked his brain for a solution. He looked at Monodramon. His partner was too weak to Digivolve, but partners of Digimon Tamers could be powered more in another way than just Digivolving.
"Are you up for some DigiModifying, buddy?"
Monodramon contemplated his chance. "I guess so, as long as I'm away from the field."
Ryo nodded and took out his D-Power Digivice from his left pocket, and a card from his right. He slashed his card through the slot on his Digivice and pointed it towards Monodramon.
"DigiModify! Avenging Knight, Activate!"
Two jousting staffs appeared on Monodramon's paws. Ryo immediately seized both staffs and made it to the green energy fields. He impaled both staffs through the energy walls and instantly, an explosion of light ensued and Ryo was hurled away by it. Monodramon was able to seize him, and while standing, Ryo noticed that the energy field had disappeared. Baihumon was there, standing on all fours with a depressing expression on her stern face.
"Thank you, Ryo…but I am afraid that we are late. Ebonwumon and Zhuqiaomon have regressed…but to what level I am not certain. The mental link we share together is gradually diminishing; I could barely track their mental signature." She then lowered her body. "I usually do not permit anybody to use me as a means of vehicle, but with you I am willing to make an exception. Climb on me, and I shall transport the three of us to the locations of the other three sovereigns. We need to act quickly as any time soon… I too might de-Digivolve."
Ryo helped Monodramon to climb up the great white tiger before he hoisted himself up. Baihumon glimmered with white light and as soon as she was able to connect to the mind of the other sovereign who still maintained his form, teleported the three of them towards Azulongmon's location.
They were however, arrived just in time to witness Azulongmon's devolution into Armor level Digimon called Quetzalmon. Ryo immediately freed the devolved Azulongmon before making way towards the next sovereign, which was the turtle sovereign of the north. Ebonwumon was no more; in his place was a gentle-looking Armor known as Prairiemon. Zhuqiaomon suffered the same fate as his fellow comrades; when rescued he was already only a Champion unicorn Digimon, Unimon. Finally, Baihumon herself was weakened into Mikemon, a feline Champion resembling Gatomon with the exception of her orange and black spots pattern on her back and head.
Ryo just stood there, speechless. Never had he thought of the possibility of the guardian beasts of the Digital World being forced to de-Digivolve. But it only proved to him that the four sovereigns were also, once normal common Digimon.
"I can sense a great danger in the Digital World now," Mikemon said; traces of her strong voice were still evident, despite now she sounded just like Gatomon.
"The DigiDestined are fighting Milleniumon even as we speak," Ryo replied. "But come on; huddle together so that I can bring all of us back to the Digital World."
"I may be a Champion Digimon now, but that does not give you the right to command us around, human!" Unimon snapped irritably. Ryo sweatdropped.
"Oh, be quiet, Unimon, there's certainly no need to be haughty now, especially since the boy has saved us," Quetzalmon sighed. "Ryo, please proceed. If it is Milleniumon the DigiDestined are up against, then they will need all the help they can get."
"I am terribly sorry to break this to you, Quetzalmon…but we are no longer the four Harmonious Ones. What can four Champions and Armors do?" Prairiemon said dejectedly.
"Before I left my sanctuary to fight Chaos Specter, I entrusted one of my DigiCore to my apprentice. I had a feeling that the DigiCore would be needed someday. Looks like I was right."
"One DigiCore cannot restore even you alone to your sovereign level," Unimon pointed out bitterly.
"Perhaps not," Quetzalmon agreed. There was a glint in his eyes. "But it will greatly aid the DigiDestined."
"Going now," Ryo announced, taking out his Digivice.
The Digivice let out a bright blue flash, which enveloped all six of them. It transported them out of the space realm, into a tunnel of complete whiteness with pure blackness outside. For a while the six of them were flying their way within the tunnel, until Ryo traced the link to return to the Digital World. A portal opened at the end of the tunnel, and the six of them were pulled into the portal, bringing them back in front of a familiar white building, looking like a cross between an ancient temple and a contemporary laboratory.
Ryo let out a relieved sigh, recognizing Asuka Laboratory. "We're back."
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Author's Notes:
This chapter ends on a high note. I meant for this update to be done by the 6th of December, in conjunction with Vengeance's second year in this website, but I was so busy I could not finish the chapter by the intended deadline. I now have a LiveJournal to respond to reviews and post notes about the stories, as I really don't favor the REPLY system provided by FF(dot)net. Please follow the link available on my profile's page. I'd post the link here but this site has a way of screwing up URLs should I type it here.
