Back at this place again huh? Well, now let's do a recap on how many Digimon Davis does have.

Miracle Hunters

Veemon

MetalKabuterimon

MetalTyrannomon

Renamon

Gaogamon

3 Biyomons

Angewomon

Seadramon

Ignitemon

Flamedramon

BanchoLeomon

Porcupamon

Fusions

MechaVeemon

WereVeemon

Biyomon Combined Mode

AngeLilymon

Veemon Aquia Mode

BlazeIgnitemon

RoboKabuterimon

Shoutmon Z

Shoutmon X8

Digivolutions

UlForceVeedramon

Title: Dark Side of the Sun

Davis, Mikey and the gang had just arrived to the next and final Land they'd have to deal with. It looked like a waste land with blades sticking out of the ground and a large white tower with wing like structures standing in the middle of the land.

"Dang, so this is the last land huh?" Davis asked seeing what they were heading to.

"Brace yourselves guys, we're about to land." Mikey says as they all landed on the ground with no trouble and Sparrowmon went to check out the tower.

They were all in awe at how the land was. "Well, I guess we know why it's called Bright Land now." Veemon states.

"Yeah, the lights are beautiful. But it's a wasteland. Nothing to see but that tower." Nene points out.

"That and the flag of the Dark General just above it. Once that thing's gone, then we're gonna be on our way to the final battle." Shoutmon points out.

"At the Bagra Army's headquarters, the Dark Nest." Mikey finishes for him.

"But you gotta figure the Dark General in this land is gonna be impossible to beat. Something like that, anyway." Christopher told them.

"He does have a point, each Dark General we've faced is stronger by the next. I wouldn't be surprised if it took us who knows how long to beat him." Davis tells them.

"Ether way-" Mikey was saying until Sparrowmon came back.

"NENE!"

"Sparrowmon, did you see anything that would help us?" Nene asked.

"Sorry, I couldn't get too close to that thing." The jet Digimon tells him. "There's some kind of invisible force keeping me from going close." She continued to tell them.

"So, some kind of force field then?" Mervamon asked.

"I'm honestly not surprised that it would have some kind of protection." Gaogamon stated.

"That's not the worst part, guys. C'mon." Sparrowmon says as she flies back towards the tower.

"Wha?… *Sigh* This better be good. I-I mean bad, I mean… nevermind." Shoutmon says as they follow her.

"Well, it is." She tells them before they come upon a landscape full of Digimon trapped in large spikes gasping from the sight of it.

"All these innocent Digimon, trapped in these… torturous spikes. I've don't believe I've seen such cruelty in my entire life." BanchoLeomon says seeing the Digimon suffering.

"Not for long you won't!" Veemon says running down to one of the Digimon.

"Wait, hold on-" Davis tried to tell him.

"VeeHeadb-OOF!" The Digimon yelled dashing at one only to hit it and look like he was in pain.

"Are you an idiot Veemon!? What made you think something like that was gonna work?" Gaogamon scolded the Digimon.

"Well, he's not exactly the brightest tool in the shed." BanchoLeomon states.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt." Mikey says as Davis sighs.

"Don't worry, we'll still get you guys out of there, hold on." Shoutmon says as him and Mikey go for one of the spikes while Veemon is rubbing his head in pain.

"It's no use-

Silver: TAKE THIS!

*Take 2*

"It's no use. No one can remove these iron spikes but the one who cast them." One of the Truiemon told them. "Only Apollomon can remove these." He told them.

"Apollomon?" Mikey asked.

"You think he's the Dark General of this Land?" Veemon says still rubbing his head.

"Well, he's gotta be if that's the case." Davis states coming over.

"He is, and he's terrible." The Truiemon told him.

"Why'd he do this to you?" Shoutmon asked.

"All the negative energy he gets from trapping us gets sucked out and they send ever last bit to the Bagra Dark Nest." He told them.

"Gh… that jerk… LISTEN HERE! You may be powerful, you Dork General, but after what you've done to these Digimon, you're going DOWN!" Shoutmon yells to the tower.

"Yeah, you tell'em, Shoutmon!" Mikey tells him.

"I'm with you on this one. Whoever makes innocent Digimon like this suffer is to pay." BanchoLeomon says with pride.

"C'mon, let's get to this Apollomon and teach him a lesson." Davis says before some bright light appeared on the field.

"Such big talk, coming from puny runts like you." Two Digimon floated down in front of them.

"And who're you supposed to be?" Dorulumon asks glaring at the two Digimon.

"Sethmon and Marusumon, Apollomon's captains." One of the two announced.

"Sethmon and Marusumon?" Davis asked.

"Is there a version of these two from your world?" Mikey asked.

"Not really, I don't know who these guys are at all. But that one guy kinda reminds me of Gabumon with the mask." He told him.

"Well, here's new Digimon for ya then." The Red General tells him.

"If you wish to meet Apollomon, you rebels will never beat the general even if he did grant you an audience, which by the way… he won't!" Sethmon tells them. "Sun beasts! Destroy these puny invaders!" He then called out as more Digimon came down to fight.

"Oh, it's gonna be like that, huh?" Shoutmon says glaring at them. "Let's do this Mikey!"

"Let's go Davis!" Veemon called out.

"Yeah/You got it." The two Generals called out. "Reload!" Three of them also yelled.

The Cyberdramon, MailBirdramon, Greymon, MetalKabuterimon, MetalTyrannomon, and Beelzemon were reloaded. Greymon bit down on one of the larger Digimon while MetalKabuterimon blasting some as was MetalTyrannomon clawing and shooting. Dorulumon tackled down one of them while Sparrowmon went for Marusumon.

Grabbing onto him allowing Mervamon to slash at him as he screamed out in pain. Meanwhile, Beelzemon and Deputymon seem to be riding a few of the Digimon for some reason, allowing them to run into each other.

Sethmon looked annoyed at what was happening until Shoutmon jumped on his back. "WHA?! Get off me you little mongrel!" He yelled trying to shake him off.

"Oh, you ain't seen nothin' yet. I've got a hot tip with, Firey Fast Ball!" Shoutmon yelled jumping off then firing a blast at him to which caused him to yell out in pain.

"Oh, I got something for ya too! Vee-Shot!" Veemon then yelled firing his own attack, then the Generals took out their Fusion Loaders.

"Greymon, MailBirdramon, Digi-Fuse!" Christopher fused the two of his Digimon into MetalGreymon.

"Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon then fired his blast at the Digimon as they all got hit each.

'The advance reports were no lie, these Fusion Fighters are indeed as good as we heard. Do they hold the power Apollomon has been searching for?' Marusumon thinks after seeing how the army of Digimon they had was going down easily.

"Tch, you know you don't seem as tough as I imagine you to be." Veemon states as Shoutmon lands beside him.

"I'm just getting started, you runts. Apollomon!" Sethmon calls out from above. "Digi-Fuse me, my lord, so I may defeat these insolent intruders!" He calls out again.

Then a light shines brightly before the image of a large Digimon appears in front of it. "Very well, Sethmon." The being called down.

"It's Apollomon!" Mikey says while covering his eyes a bit.

"Dang, I think he's bigger than even Godzilla." Davis comments.

"Digi-Fuse!" The being then rose its hand as a light of darkness shined from above him engulfing all the Digimon.

Then all the lights flew into Sethmon. "Sethmon…" Then his new form made its appearance. "Wild Mode!" He roared out as the wind from him shook some of the group.

"I am Apollomon, the Sun General. Who dares challenge me in my own domain?" Apollomon then calls out.

"Heh, what kind of General hides behind special effects?" Shoutmon says cocky.

"Yeah, you tell'em your majesty!" Veemon says to boosts his confidence.

"Come down here and face us! Or are you too scared to even fight up against the Fusion Fighters!?" The red dragon Digimon yelled up to him as he began to glow gold.

"It doesn't matter. Let's take them down!" MetalGreymon shouts while glowing as well.

"You know we can do this guys!" Veemon shouts glowing as well.

Then the three Generals smirked at each other knowing what to do before grabbing their Fusion Loaders. "Shoutmon/MetalGreymon/Veemon, Digivolve!" They all shouted out.

"Shoutmon!"
"MetalGreymon!"
"Veemon!"

"Digivolve to…"

"OmniShoutmon!"
"ZekeGreymon!"
"UlForceVeedramon!"

TRI FUSION

"OmniShoutmon/ZekeGreymon/UlForceVeedramon… Tri Fusion!"

"TRI FUSION!"

"Shoutmon Z!"

Shoutmon Z stood with his might and faced Apollomon who looked in awe at first. "Iron Spikes!" Apollomon called out as more of the black spikes fell from the sky and caught Shoutmon Z off guard as they trapped him inside.

"Okay, I admit I didn't see that coming..." He said in a grunting voice.

"Oh come on! That's just unfair now!" Davis then says before looking over at BanchoLeomon and Gaogaomon.

"Well, since you're staying a while, allow me to warm things up for you." Sethmon says planning to attack.

"BanchoLeomon, Gaogamon…" Davis calls over and catches their attention.

"Atomic Heat Wave!" Sethmon then fires his blast.

The blast hit, but Shoutmon Z barely felt it. "It is getting a little hot in here, I'll give ya that."

"Digi-Fuse!" He then heard before looking towards the Miracle General holding up his Loader.

"What?" Sethmon says in shock.

Digi-Fusion

"BanchoLeomon!"
"Gaogamon!"

"DIGI-FUSE!"

The two then began to combine and fuse into a large yellow lion like Digimon with a bright white mane, grey saber tooths, had a spike on each of the back of his legs, sports tape wrapped around his red paws, blue eyes, a curled up tail and two long pieces of scarf coming out of his mane.

"SaberLeomon!"

"What's that supposed to be?" Sethmon says confused.

"Wow, you came up with that already?" Mikey asked amazed.

"Yeah, it kinda came to mind a little bit ago." Davis told him.

"Wild Saber Fang!" SaberLeomon yelled charging forth as Sethmon had almost no time to react.

He bit down on the Digimon in which the fangs pierced right through his arm. "AGH!" He yelled out in intense pain as data began to flow from his arm. "Why you- Atomic Heat Wave!" He yelled out firing his blasts which was easily dodged.

"Infinity Arrow!" SaberLeomon then yelled out before the hair on his mane became hard and shot out like arrows.

"GAH!" Sethmon yelled out as he seemed to be unable to move after getting hit. "What?!"

"Hey, thanks for the help." Shoutmon Z states towards SaberLeomon.

"We figured you could use it much." The lion Digimon responded back.

"Thanks, but these things don't really have much of an effect on me. Grey Sword!" The golden Digimon yelled out before his Greymon wrist changed his hand to a flaming sword before he sliced the spikes into pieces then flew up. "You're next! Zeke Cannon!" His MailBirdramon wrist then changed his hand into a cannon before aiming at Sethmon and firing.

Sethmon took the blast while screaming out in pain as he fell backwards. He grunted as he began to get back up. "No… I can't allow you to beat me." He said painfully.

"Enough, Sethmon!" Apollomon then called out as said Digimon froze steady. "You have been defeated by a far superior force and ther is no shame in that. As for you outlanders…" He gained Shoutmon Z's attention. "Sine you have beaten my captains, I will agree to meet with you. Climb to the top of my tower, and we shall discuss the situation." He told them.

"Tch, you got some nerve thinking you can tell us what to do." Z says in a rather annoyed tone. "Your orders, Generals?" He then looked down to the human Generals.

Davis looked at Mikey with Christopher having looks that said it might be a bad idea or a trap, but Mikey put his hand on his chin thinking for a second. "Alright, we'll play along for now, Apollomon!" He then called out.

"Very well. Marusumon, show our guests to the tower staircase." Apollomon then tells said Digimon as he flinches at first.

"… Right away sir." Marusumon stated, not knowing that a certain blonde and smaller Digimon were watching with smiles.

(Later)

"You know, they've got this new thing nowa days called, uh… elevators?" Shoutmon says exhausted.

"Yeah, you'd think a Dark General could use some upgrades." Christopher grunted as well also tired.

"Yeah, I've never walked up… so many stairs in… a long ti-" Veemon says as he almost collapsed had Ballistamon not grabbed his scarf to hold him up.

"I don't get it, how are the rest of you guys not tired?" Shoutmon complained.

"Well, when you have strong body stamina, you rarely do get tired." BanchoLeomon responds.

"Yeah, easy for you to say." Davis says as Mikey seemed to be panting from exhaustion as well.

"I've heard data that suggests strenuous exercise is good for flesh types." Ballistamon states as he holds a Veemon with swirls in his eyes in his arms.

"And I heard data that suggests shutting up is good for machine types." Shoutmon then says.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" MetalKabuterimon and MetalTyrannomon yelled from Davis' Fusion Loader, offended.

Shoutmon jumped from hearing them shout and almost fell down had Marusumon not caught him. "Be careful! You fall from this height and it's all over!" He warned him.

He pulled him up before the red dragon looked down and the sight almost made him throw up. "What even is this place?" He asked.

"Being that General Apollomon is Lord of the Sun, his tower acts as a link between the heavens at the top, and the underworld all the way down the bottom." Marusumon explained as they continued walking. "In order to reach the top, all must prove they are worthy and climb this ancient stairway on their own two feet." He then explained.

"That's why I couldn't just fly to the top." Sparrowmon states.

"This is a lot of walking but, I'd rather this then the other way." Mikey tells him.

"I'd have to agree with you on that." Davis says to him.

"Are we there yet?" Veemon says dizzily.

"Does he still have those swirl things in his eyes?" Shoutmon asks looking back at Ballistamon.

"Yep. Has been having them for a while now." Ballistamon tells him.

(At the bottom)

There was a group of Digimon at the bottom that consist of a SkullMeramon, several Grizzymons, a few Bullmons, along with some Peckmons, Apemons, and a Firamon waiting at the bottom all on defense. They appeared to be waiting for something or someone to arrive.

"When do think leader gonna be here?" One of the Grizzymons asked.

"Our leader is known for being busy. If anything, he's probably stalling the Bagra Army as we speak." Firamon states with confidence.

"Indeed, he is. Who knows when he'll be here?" One of the Peckmon states.

"But, what if leader got caught and Bagra Army now tormenting him?" Another one of the Grizzymon states.

"Sheesh, I don't know where he got the idea to bring you with us. Don't worry so much about the General, he hasn't been compromised." SkullMeramon states in an annoyed tone.

"How you know? Leader could be caught!" Another one of the Grizzymon states.

"Do not doubt our General. He is very powerful and it would be foolish to underestimate him." Firamon states as one of the Bullmon huffs in agreement.

"Exactly. Our General has proven to be very strong and as such, we should have confidence in him." SkullMeramon then states in agreement as well before they hear a door opening. "Speak of the devil…"

Then the door opened up completely, only to show darkness which confused the group of Digimon at first… but to their horror they heard a dark laugh with a cruel… "Hello…" As eyes flashed in the dark then something rushed out at them.

*SLASH, SCREAMS OF HORROR!*

(…)

All that was left were SkullMeramon and Firamon on the ground in pain while leaking data as they watched the last of their crew get destroyed. They looked in horror as they saw Duskmon, Laylamon and AxeKnightmon finishing off the last of the Bullmons.

"I-Impossible… how did they know?…" Firamon says struggling to move as AxeKnightmon laughed evilly.

"Oh, we've known for quite a while now. We knew all about this little cute plan of yours and decided to pay a visit, and look what we've just found." AxeKnightmon tells them.

"Y-you'll never get away with this… the Fusion Fighters… the Miracle Hunters… they'll find you." Firamon was saying in his weakest state.

"And that will lead them to their demise." Duskmon says walking up to him. "As have you." He then jabs his sword into the lion Digimon before he burst into data.

Meanwhile, SkullMeramon was sneaking away. "I've got to warn the General… I got to find Marusumon." He says with hand on the wall as he snuck away.

"AxeKnightmon is it me or does it seem as though we missed one?" Laylamon asked rhetorically.

"I do believe we have. Even so, he won't last long." AxeKnightmon then states.

(Top of the tower)

"Finally, the last steps. That wasn't so bad." Nene states as they finally made it to the top.

"Speak for yourself, my legs feel like jelly right now!" Shoutmon says annoyed as he was on his knees.

"Ugh, did we make it to the top?" Veemon says on the ground.

"Aw, man… Woah." Davis then says as everyone seemed amazed at the beautiful scenery.

"It's so beautiful." Nene says.

"Look at all those golden flowers." Mikey says also amazed.

"Can you believe this creepy General keeps all this for himself while he holds those poor Digimon down there captive?" Shoutmon says irritated.

"This tower is more than a link. From what I've seen, it's some kind of tube that sucks all the life from below, in order to grow this paradise." Christopher states.

"How'd you find that out by looks alone?" Veemon asks confused by what he said.

'All this and those Digimon below are suffering?' Davis thought to himself as it sickened him to learn what the General was doing.

"Welcome, rebels." A voice called startling them as they turned to see a large Digimon walking towards them.

"Apollomon." Mikey says seeing the General. "I would say it's nice to meet you if you weren't this kind of jerk of a Digimon. Why'd we have to come up here?" He then asks angered.

"Better question, why do you have to treat the Digimon down there like that!" Davis came in also angered.

"Trampling the weak underfoot and always using pain to gain power. That has always been the Bagra Army's way." Apollomon tells them.

"Really? Well, if you admit you're guilty, let's get the punishment going." Shoutmon says summoning his weapon.

"Actually, we have much to talk about before that." The Dark General states before stopping in front of them. "I've had my eyes on you for a quite a while. Mikey Kudo, Nene Amano, Christopher Aounuma, and Davis Motomiya." He says knowing their names. "And of course your many Digimon friends and allies." He then says opening his arms out.

"So many victories, it's been a long wait. But I finally get to meet you all." He then says causing the crew to look puzzled. "But, at last I can reveal the truth. It may be hard to believe, but I am on the side of justice as are you." He told them.

"What?!" Shoutmon and Veemon say in disbelief as the others seemed to be in disbelief as well.

"No way… No way is that even the slightest bit true!" Shoutmon then shouted out.

"That's right, you're a Dark General and you've been tormenting those Digimon down there! Why should we believe you!" Veemon also shouted out while pointing at him.

"I know it's not easy to believe, but I need you to defeat Lord Bagra. As well as prevent the ultimate day of destruction from coming." Apollomon then tells them as they remembered something that the being that controlled Kari stated.

"D-5…" Davis muttered out loud enough to hear as Apollomon was surprised at first.

"How did you…" Then he realized. "Right, you are of another world and have met someone who told you, correct?" He asked as the group were the ones that were surprised.

"You knew?" Davis asked.

"Let's just say that Bagra mentioned it during a few events." The Digimon explained.

(Meanwhile at the bottom of the tower)

SkullMeramon was just getting out and looked around to see that the coast was clear before he made his move. Marusumon appeared around the tower and found him stumbling and ran over with a worried expression.

"SkullMeramon! What happen?" He asked worried. "Where are the rest of the-?" He was about to ask.

"They're gone… they're all gone… We've been compromised!" The blue fire Digimon warned him.

"What? They found out? How?" Marusumon asked getting even more worried.

"They knew all along… they knew the entire time… We've got to warn General Apollomon!" SkullMeramon says as he tried to walk only to stumble.

"Take it easy. I'll get you up to-" Marusumon was saying until he saw something that he believed was good. "General! You're here."

SkullMeramon wondered what he meant and looked in his direction as fear also had struck him at what he saw.

(Back with the others)

"The other Dark Generals you've defeated were evil. I understand that it might be hard to believe…" Apollomon stated.

"Yeah, I mean they weren't exactly the kind of guys to party with." Shoutmon says snarky.

"Are you really telling us that you've just been pretending to be evil this entire time?" Mikey asked confused.

"Indeed, I've always been a Digimon that tried to do the right thing. Even after the fall of the Digital World when I was forced to be one of Bagra's Dark Generals, I never gave up hope of returning to the old days. Even if I am a powerful General with many weapons, I am unable to beat Lord Bagra myself." Apollomon continued to tell them.

"I knew that one day some brave heroes would arrive to fight alongside me, and here you are." He told them. "Defeating one Dark General after another, and now target Lord Bagra himself."

"Wait, so let me get this straight. 'You' were pretending to be the bad guy, until you could be good again?" Veemon asked confused and skeptical.

"Correct, I had to fool Lord Bagra. Though it does look cruel, trapping the Digimon keeps him from destroying them. As long as he thinks that I am on his side, then I remain in control here." Apollomon continued to tell them.

"What do you think Mikey?" Shoutmon asked his partner.

"Well… I kinda believe him a bit." Mikey tells him as the red dragon growls.

"Well, I assume you have a plan." Dorulumon states.

"I don't know about this, this seems too soon and too predictable." Gaogamon says suspicious.

"Davis, I'm gonna have to be on Gaogamon's side on this. Something doesn't sit right with me ether." BanchoLeomon says with the same vibe.

"…" Davis didn't say anything at first but looked at Mikey. "I think we should be careful Mikey, I've had some experience with stuff like this." He told him.

Mikey looked back at him then put his head down in thought. "Let's hear him out at least." He then said which surprised his friend but none the less he listened.

"Listen, I want you play along and pretend that I beat you." Apollomon then tells them.

"You can't be serious." Mervamon says not really believing him.

"He should invite me to the palace to congratulate me. Once we're in, we need to take him down." The Dark General continues to tell them.

"Well, how do we know if give that free pass that you won't just turn us over to Bagra? It would work just as well enough just to defeat you and then you turn in to him as our prisoner." Christopher says not believing him.

"It might, but would still have to fight Lord Bagra. And fighting two battles of such magnitude will cause most hope to be gone." Apollomon continued to tell them. "But, we're running out of time."

"Time for what?" Nene asked confused.

"Lord Bagra's Code Crown is rapidly filling with negative energy, squeezed from Digimon across the Seven Lands. It's collecting them from all the Digimon who were in pain and/or suffered. Once it's completely full, it will bring about the day of ultimate destruction." Th Dark General continued to tell them.

"There is only so many days left. So, please…" He then got on a knee. "Help me, before it is too late." He told him.

"Well, Mikey?" Shoutmon asked his General again. "Do we trust or toast him?" He asked again. "Look, as much as you want to believe him, we haven't the slightest clue of him." He told him as Mikey's attention ran to Apollomon's bandaged arm.

"… Hang on, I need to talk this over with my team." Mikey then answers.

"… Very well then." The Dark General states as he stands up and leaves them to talk.

"Well, he seems like a decent guy." Ballistamon states.

"I think we should go with him." Mikey then says.

"No way, we can't trust him. 'Sides, I'm after Bagra's Code Crown, cause I know it should bring Deckerdramon back to life. That means defeating every Dark General, including him." Christopher says disagreeing.

"I know, but this General seems different. Then again, maybe he's leading us into a trap-" The Red General was saying.

"Which is exactly why we shouldn't believe him." The Blue General tells him.

Davis was still uncertain about Apollomon being good or not, however, he did sense some friction with the two disagreeing on what to do. "Nene, Davis, What're your opinions?" Mikey then asked his friends.

"Well, if we were join forces with Apollomon, it give us a better chance to win. And we did hear about D-5 before this from that being that was controlling one of Davis' friends, so that would mean…" Nene was saying until she got lost in thought.

"Well, I have gone through something like this before so… I don't know, I'm sure whether to believe him or not." Davis then tells them.

"See? It's three votes against one Mikey, neither of us can say that he's telling the truth." Christopher then states.

"Wait, since when were we voting?" The Miracle General says confused.

(With Apolomon)

Apollomon punched in a wall nearly cracking it. 'I've failed…' He thinks to himself as he looks at his left fist. 'I should have known they wouldn't believe me, especially since it was too much too soon.' He thinks while the orb above his head changed color inside from red to blue.

(At the bottom)

Marusumon got punched down to the ground as he looked at the being that was hurting him before getting punched again and him bursting into data. SkullMeramon looked in horror after seeing his friend get destroyed as the being walked over to him and picked him up by the mask. He then punched him hard in the gut as he spat out data in pain.

'General Apollomon… I've failed you…' SkullMeramon thought before bursting into data.

The being then dropped his mask before stomping on it destroying it. Then he spotted Ewan and Damemon ahead.

(At the top)

Apollomon came back to the group and saw they were expecting him. "Have you made your decision?" He asked them after he arrived.

Mikey opened his mouth to say something but- "Yeah, it's right here!" Christopher then says as MetalGreymon charges.

"Wait, Christopher!" Mikey yelled trying to stop him.

MetalGreymon headbutted Apollomon causing him to stumble back before hitting his bandaged arm with his tail next. The Dark General grunted in pain as his arm was being held down by the metal dinosaur.

"STOP! That's enough!" Mikey yelled as the Blue General grunted and MetalGreymon got off him. "Are you okay, Apollomon?" He asked concerned.

Apollomon was still standing but he held his right arm. 'They shouldn't have attacked that arm.'–"It hurts, but I can… I can endure it. Until you do start to trust me, I'll take every hit." He tells them as he stands back up.

"No way, is he serious?" Davis says confused.

"I don't know Davis, I think we should've agreed with Mikey." Veemon then tells him.

"No way, you were right, Mikey." Shoutmon then says.

"So, let's stop this. Shoutmon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon, Starmon, Digi-Fuse!" Mikey shouts with his Loader out.

"Even if I'm not certain, we can't just outright attack him. Veemon, MetalKabuterimon, MetalTyrannomon, Digi-Fuse!" Davis then says with his Loader out as well.

"DIGI-FUSE!"

"Shoutmon X4!

"MechaVeemon!"

The two fused Digimon then grabbed ahold of MetalGreymon and pulled him away. "What are you two doing? Let go!" He yelled at them.

"Cut it out, we don't wanna fight you." Shoutmon tells him.

"Then fight with me! He's a Dark General, he needs to be destroyed!" MetalGreymon yells at them.

"We don't really know that! We shouldn't act jus-" MechaVeemon was saying until he felt something grab ahold of him. "What are you doing?!" He yelled at Mervamon.

"You're not getting very far on your own." Mervamon says trying to help MetalGreymon.

"Cut it out, Christopher!" Mikey yells as he runs at him and jumps at him.

"You oughta wake up and quit trusting everyone so easily!" Christopher says as they were struggling to get the other to stop.

"Guys, calm down!" Davis says as he runs in and tries to stop them.

"Let go of me you big tin cans!" MetalGreymon shouted at the two Digimon holding him back.

"KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!" Christopher then yells as he shoves Mikey and Davis.

"Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon then fired his attack which was headed for Apollomon, but Mikey and Davis were shoved just in front of the blast.

It seemed to play in slow motion, but the blast was coming towards the two as everyone watching had worry plastered all over their faces… When the blast hit, smoke filled the area. Everyone looked freaked out and shocked at what just happened and as the smoke disappeared, Apollomon was on one knee grunting in pain with his hands closed over each other.

He opened them up to show the Miracle and Red General who got up and out of his hands holding their heads. "You guys okay?" Christopher asked as him and Nene ran up to them.

"Yeah, I think so…" Mikey says showing a smile.

"I mean, we didn't really get hit, so…" Davis says showing a reassuring face.

Then the bandages fell off from Apollomon's arm as he grunted in pain while grabbing it. "Woah, you're hurt. Wait, where'd you get those wounds?" Mikey asks concerned.

"They're battle injuries. I stopped healing them out of shame and guilt from the terrible suffering I've put my poor Digimon citizens through. Saving them is my first priority, and my self being comes second. But I can barely feel my right arm anymore." Apollomon tells them. "I know a small thing that can never make up for my own crimes, but even so… what else could I have done?" He tells them.

"… Apollomon, you can stop that now. You just saved our lives and that's gotta say for something." Mikey tells the Dark General.

"Yeah, you are a good Digimon. Especially if you're willing to put your life on the line for the other Digimon." Nene then tells him.

"That's right. Plus, not healing yourself like that out of guilt shows that you're not truly with the Bagra Army." Davis then comes in.

Christopher didn't say anything at first, then when the others looked at him he put his head down. "Alright, I believe you. Maybe not everything you said, but I will fight alongside you." He tells him.

Apollomon seemed taken aback but then chuckled a bit. "Thank you."

"That's great! You are awesome Christopher!" Mikey then says before hugging the Blue General.

"GET OFF! I'm not the touchy-feely type!" Christopher shouted trying to push him off as Davis and Nene laughed a bit while sweating.

Seeing this also caused Apollomon to release a chuckle of his own, then he looked to the entire gang. "Thank you all. With allies as powerful as yourselves, I am sure that victory will be in our hands." He then says with determination before the entire ground shook then something broke out of it.

"You know what they say about overconfidence, don't you?" Everyone heard a familiar voice as they turned to see who was its owner. "Cause it seems as though you're full of just that." A familiar large and golden Digimon states.

"Ewan?" Nene says in shock seeing her little brother in the Digimon's hands.

"Tuwarmon!" Shoutmon then says referring to said Digimon.

"How did you get up here? Even with AxeKnightmon's power, that should not have allowed to get pass my security." Apollomon tells the enemy.

"Maybe that is true, except you yourself orrode the system and let us up. Ring a bell?" Ewan then states as the others looked confused.

"Absurd! I did no such action!" The Dark General opposes.

"But you did." The boy still says.

"Don't you dare lie." Apollomon still opposed.

"What do you… Oh right, the bright side of you never knows what the dark side is doing, which means you probably don't even remember even destroying Marusumon or SkullMeramon." The blond boy still continues as Apollomon's eyes widened in shock.

"Wait, what? But, I wouldn't-" He was about to say until he grunted from a strange feeling. "It's true!" A voice echoed out causing him and the others to stiffen as they looked towards him. "You terminated both of them at my bidding, just as you've done many times over these past years." The voice echoes as a darkness appeared around Apollomon's head.

The large Digimon then grabbed his head, grunting in pain and was swaying about. "W-what are you!?" He yelled out in pain as the others looked at him worried. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" He yelled out as if Christopher got déjà vu of when he yelled out those exact same words. "GH! Stop!" He was saying before he began to scream out in pain.

"Don't worry, the pain will be over soon." The voice says as the darkness started to envelop his entire right side.

"W-what's happening to him?" Nene says in fear.

"I don't know, but it's like a dark force is eating him from the inside." Christopher states also in fear.

Apollomon stopped screaming, then his right eye opened and his right side was a completely different color before they heard a distorted laugh come from him. "Oh, no…" Shoutmon says knowing that meant no good.

Then Apollomon, or whoever he was now stood up straight. "Just as the bright sun has its dark spots, so does Apollomon have a dark side…" He says before putting a foot forward. "You may know me as Apollomon Whispered." He tells them.

As they all looked at him with fear, Mikey shook it off. "What do you want?!" He then asked.

"It's simple." Ewan grabs their attention. "Whispered is a program that's been sleeping inside Apollomon for many years to come. Lord Bagra and AxeKnightmon planted it deep inside you just in case you ever turn against them. In other words, they played it smart and thought ahead of time." He explains to them.

Just for a second the real Apollomon gasped in shock. "It can be activated to take over your consciousness and turn you into a dark warrior at any time. And that time just so happens to be now." The boy continued his explanation. "You thought you could plan a secret rebellion, but you were only being a tool the entire time." He tells them.

"N-no… You're lying! Y-you have to be! I could nev-AGH!" Apollomon's normal voice yelled out before yelling in pain again. "Face it, it's all true. You know it is, deep down you feel it. But now, it's time for a change." The voice says before Apollomon flailed about as the darkness engulfed the rest of his body.

"No! Don't go, Apollomon!" Mikey yelled.

"You have to fight it!" Davis shouted out.

"I'm sorry, but I can't…" The Digimon told them as the darkness engulfed the rest of his face.

"No! Keep fighting!" The Red General still tried.

"You can't let them use you!" The Miracle General also yelled out.

"I… I'm sorry… You should've listened to Christopher…" Apollomon says before the last of him left was enveloped by the darkness.

'There is only one thing to do now.' Davis flinched from hearing Apollomon's voice in his head. 'I'm afraid you must destroy me.' He then heard before gasping. 'You have to do it now! Before I become a threat to you and the mission!' He heard the voice yell out.

'W-what?' Davis thinks to himself after hearing what the voice said.

"… Save your breath, the Apollomon you know is long gone…" Whispered then says before throwing his hand back. "Whispering Arrow!" He then fires his attack at Shoutmon X4 and MechaVeemon as they took the hit unable to dodge and MechaVeemon defused while Shoutmon was sent back.

"You guys okay!" The remaining fused Digimon asked the defused ones.

"This is gonna be fun. Start the game Whispered!" Ewan then says with that smile still on his face.

"As you wish…" Whispered then says before the orb above him shines a bright purple light and a large symbol above the tower.

"Oh, crud." Davis says while sweating.

"What are we gonna do now?" Nene asks worried.

"They got us surrounded. X8 might be our only option now." Shoutmon tells them.

'But, we can't. Maybe we could defeat Whispered but that means Apollomon will…' Mikey was thinking to himself.

'Destroy me… please…' Apollomon's voice was still being heard through Davis' head.

'But if we do…' He thought to himself before he got a flashback of what happened to Agumon and the MetalGreymon incident. '… Then again…' He thought about back then where he 'had' to fight against his friend due to there being no other way to help him. 'What am I doing? I've done this before. I shouldn't hesitate to help him… even if I have to beat him.'

"Defuse guys, prepare for X8!" Christopher yelled out.

"Wait-" Mikey was about to say.

"Listen to what he says, guys!" Davis then says gaining his attention. "Get ready." He then says again as Shoutmon X4 listened and defused.

Mikey grunted at first but then took out his Fusion Loader. "Let's go!" Shoutmon says as he begins to glow.

"Ready!" Veemon then says as he glows as well.

"Great Fusion!" They yelled out and all of their loaders let out a light… except Mikey's as they stopped.

"Wait, what?" Davis says confused.

"Mikey, what are you doing?" Christopher says as he looked over to the Red General.

"Are you holding back?" Nene asked him.

"*Grunt*… Shoutmon, Digi-Fuse!" Mikey yelled again as the glow from Shoutmon disappeared.

"Wha… It's not working Mikey!" Shoutmon yells over.

"I just… I can't attack him." The Red General says.

"You're gonna get us destroyed!" Christopher yelled at him.

"Mikey, come on!" Davis grabs him by the shirt. "We don't have a choice! We need to-" He was telling him until the floor around them broke off in a circle platform that went down a large hole as yelling was heard echoing.

"Underworld here we come!" Shoutmon says trying to keep his balance.

"I thought they didn't have an elevator!" Starmon yells out.

"Then what is this thing?!" Veemon says also trying to keep balance.

As Davis was standing, he looked at Mikey who was looking down with guilt plastered on his face. The Red General knew that it was because of his kindness that they were probably gonna be destroyed and the was-Digi-destined knew it completely. He couldn't blame him, but right now… who knows what's gonna become of them.

But, back at the top… "Awesome! We've finally come to the final stage of the game and now it's my turn." Ewan says getting excited. "I like you Whispered. So, how about you and I destroy the Fusion Fighters as a team?" He then asked the evil Digimon.

To this, Whispered chuckled at first. "Well now, that sound fun." He then says before he hears something and turns around to see three beings.

AxeKnightmon, Laylamon, and Duskmon. Not only that, just in AxeKnightmon's left hand, he was holding a purple glowing net with a passed out Digimon in it. Said Digimon looked almost lie Duskmon… but this Digimon was more different and didn't have that dreaded look like him and didn't look evil at all. The Digimon grunted a bit before just slightly opening one eye.

Then AxeKnightmon threw him forward in front of the hole before Duskmon walked up to him. When the Digimon saw him, his eyes showed anger once they made eye contact.

"You traitor… to think there was a time when I trusted you." He then says to him.

"Oh, dear brother. Have you forgotten that those times are non-existing as of now?" Duskmon then asked him.

"We're not brothers… and we never were." The Digimon tells him.

Duskmon then let's out a chuckle. "That's something I can live with." He says before kicking him into the hole as he fell down.

As the Digimon watched and saw the outside disappear in the distance, he shut his eyes and let himself fall down into the darkness…

To be Continued…

TaiKetch'em: Hey guys, it's me again. Listen I'm sorry if this took a while to update, that seems to be a thing with my fanfics nowa days. But it's because doing collabs aren't easy. Again, I wanna thank poseidon7/Purpleolaf96 for helping me out with this chapter, so thank you for your help once again.

PurpleLoaf96: Thank you TaiKetch'em. So we almost at the end, right. Ok, Mikey is hesitating as he can't attack Apollomon, but Davis isn't why?

TaiKetch'em: Who knows? But it might have to do with him being reminded of his time with Ken and his fight with the MetalGreymon he had back then.

PurpleLoaf96: How would the fusion fighters united army make it out of hell? Will Mikey be punished for his actions? Who is the Digimon that AxeKnightmon threw in the Underworld?

TaiKetch'em: Find out all this in the next chapter of Digimon Fusion the Miracle Hunters.

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TaiKetch'em: Thank you all for reading and stay tuned.