Okay, guys. I really don't know what to put for an Author's note so for now we're just gonna ask you a question.
Bendy Plushie: Question of the day. Which series did you grow up with?
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(Davis' P.O.V.)
My head hurt so dang much. I haven't felt this kind of pain in a while. These adventures… this time in this 'other' Digital World… these are nothing like what me and the Digi-Destined went through. We might have gone through some intense battles and many times dangerous adventures, but this… this is nothing compared to what I've been through.
"Davis…!" Is that… Veemon…? "Davis…!" There it is again.
I start opening my eyes from hearing him say my name and, my eyes were met with… darkness… mixed with, some purple. Grunting while getting up, I head my head with one of my hands and shook a bit, as though it would do something. My eyes were still a little squinty, but I was still able to see that I was still in the darkness, none the less.
"Agh… Veemon…?" I then hear it again.
"Davis…!" I heard him calling out to me as I get onto my feet with a grunt.
"Veemon! Veemon, where are you?!" I call out hoping to get a response.
"Davis…!" There it is again.
"Veemon! Where are you?!" I called out once more.
I looked around trying to figure out where his voice was coming from, then… my eyes fell right on someone I never expected to see once again. Ken… the Digimon Emperor. Why am I seeing him again? Why do I keep seeing him? As I stared, I saw him smile which caused me to flinch and step back before I backed into something.
I turned around, and there was Myotismon, right there and then. This caused me to jump with fright and I jumped a good distance from him. What was he doing here? What's going on? The smile on his face widened with a chuckle and his wings spread out. I knew he was gonna come after me so I turned ran as fast as I could.
Then I saw something I especially didn't want to see… I saw every Digimon that was with us on our adventure, but not in any good way at all. They were all there, there thriving as if they were in pain, and Veemon in front was no different. I saw them… saw them all… in agony… but why? What's going on?
"Veemon…" I tried to get to him, but… he didn't respond. Then I saw Gaogamon attempt to get up, even in pain. "Gaogamon, what's goin-?" Before I even got the chance to finish, I heard him start growling at me. I knew who he was looking at because I saw him direct his eyes right in my direction. "MetalKabuterimon! What's going on?!" I then asked the tank Digimon, but all he did was grunt as if in pain.
This made me take a step back… what's going on? "D-Davis…" I then heard a familiar voice… from behind me… I turned and saw Mikey on the ground heavily bruised up as if he was just beaten. "H-h-help… please…"
"Mikey!" I ran over to help him, but then he suddenly disappeared. "Mikey!" What's going on? What's happening?
Then, I saw some kind of black shadow rise out of nowhere. A dark shadowy figure with bright red glowing eyes that looked as though it had a white mask around part of its face. W-what is that? A Digimon? Seeing this, I had to take a step back and ended up stumbling and fell down not taking my eyes off of the shadow in fear of what it might do. Then, I saw its right arm move up and then I began to hear sounds of pain behind me.
When I turned around, I wish I hadn't. The Digimon… they were being drained of power… their energy was being taken from them as they couldn't do anything to stop it. "No… STOP IT! Stop it! Leave them alone!" I then ran at the shadow as if I was gonna do something.
But it just looked at me, and I was sent flying back onto my back. I looked up, and began to see another being I was hoping not to. AxeKnightmon floated down with this larger, black and green, robotic looking Digimon right by his side and I was unable to move myself. He started to approach, but for some reason I couldn't move. It was as thought I was frozen in place.
Then hearing more grunting, I saw Knightmon struggling to make his way towards him. He rose his sword and began attempting to attack AxeKnightmon while still looking as though he couldn't even carry his weapon. His attempt was blocked, then his second attempt was blocked. Then as he was about to try a third time… AxeKnightmon stabs him with his spear… as Knightmon grunted in agony, the spear was ripped out… and he exploded from the inside… only bits and pieces of armor of what was left of him.
N-no… he wasn't supposed to go out like this… he was supposed to turn into data… what happened? Then I heard grunting once more, and saw MetalTyrannomon trying to make his way to AxeKnightmon… but he disappeared and reappeared behind him… then, the same thing happened to MetalTryannomon… he exploded, his tail being what remained of him.
No… he can't keep doing this. "STOP IT!" His minions then started to approach the rest. "STOP IT! LEAVE THEM ALONE!" They then struck Ballistamon, who exploded leaving his horn and pieces. "NO! PLEASE!" Golemon, in which was now left as just piles of rubbles. "NO! STOP! PLEASE!" AxeKnightmon blasted Dorulumon, leaving his horn drill. "NO! I'M BEGGING YOU! PLEASE!"
Then Gaogamon managed to stand up and start making his way towards them… only to be slashed from one of AxeKnightmon's airwaves… explode… and he was no more. "STOOOOOOPPP!" I could hear BanchoLeomon gasp as tears formed in his eyes. Then I saw Deckerdramon. "Wh-what?" How was he here?
He charged at AxeKnightmon… only to be sent flying back with a wave of his hand that cased wind to sent him back. I looked and saw ZekeGreymon who also looked like he was in pain. He shouldn't even be here without Christopher. Where is he? Deckerdramon looked at him… he looked sad… both of them did… he moved to him… his head was on his chest… ZekeGreymon attempted to put his arms around him… but then AxeKnightmon chopped Deckerdramon's side… and he screamed in agony before he exploded as well leaving him in blue scales and brown metal pieces.
I saw tears flow from ZekeGreymon as pieces of his brown face and blacked out eyes landed in front of him as he was unable to move. I wanted to move so badly, but I couldn't control my body at all. AxeKnightmon looked at BanchoLeomon… "No… no more… please…" My pleas fell upon deaf ears and I saw him go over to the poor Digimon.
He then rose his hand, forcing my friend up… the clenching it, forcing BanchoLeomon into a pose. That pose… from when he helped us first preform Tri Fusion… I remember that exact pose he did. He did that on his own account, but now I can hear the agonizing pain from him being forced into the pose once more.
"RAAAAHHH!" ZekeGreymon… he actually managed to force himself to move and charge at him.
But… that plan broke into pieces as the moment he was close enough, AxeKnightmon punched him and he exploded as well… leaving even more pieces scattered everywhere. All gold pieces of his armor, all his blue scales… one ended up cutting me when flying by… and the horn, right by BanchoLeomon.
I saw the way he looked when he saw it land beside him… horror in his eyes… tears beginning to form… still trying to resist… yet was still unable to move. I saw a piece of Greymon's tail began to rise up into the air… "No… no more…" I wish I could stop it, but I can't.
That piece… started flying at BanchoLeomon… and cut his bicep. Once that happened… I heard it again… another unbearable cry of agony. I can't stand it, I want it to stop, please make it stop! I can still hear the groaning in pain coming out of him. But AxeKnightmon hovered forward and began to rise his spear again… NO! I'm can't do this! I won't see any more in pain!
I had to get up, I don't care if it felt as though I couldn't move, I need… to fight it… and I was finally able to move my body… then I got up while struggling just to walk. I had to do something, anything. I don't know what to do, but I don't care. I managed to make my way over to BancoLeomon still struggling to even stand, and I looked up at his face in agony. He still looked in pain, still had tears flowing from his eyes, it was almost unbearable to watch.
"B-Bancho… L-Leo…mon…" I struggled just to get a word out.
I saw him trying to open his mouth, and after a second, he opened it… but… all I could hear was groaning and nothing else. What was happening to him? Why was this happening to him? Why was this happening to anyone here? So many question, who knows how much time? I still wanted to help in anyway I could, so… I did the only thing I that I could think of. I stumbled over to him, nearly falling and… snakingly, put my hand on one of his arms.
Gripping the arm, I looked up at him. "P-please… say s-something… a-anything…" I doubt talking was gonna work even now but still, what else could I do. His mouth opened once more… but groans of agony was once again all that emerged.
"Hmph…" A huff was heard from behind and I knew all too well that it could only be AxeKnightmon.
I turned towards him and he looked annoyed… but I had enough. "KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!" I yelled while walking over to him. "Just leave them alone! Haven't you done enough!? What more can you take?! What more do you want?! Just leave them alone, ALREADY!" I should know that wouldn't do anything, but I still yelled it out ether way.
I stood there staring at him for a little bit… then I began to hear a small growl from him, before hearing him roar out in anger which I didn't understand. How could he destroy all of these Digimon without a care then suddenly seem angry? He then started to hover his way over to BanchoLeomon past me, which made me turn to see him point his spear under my friend's neck.
Then to use it to lift BanchoLeomon up to look at him. After getting his head forced up, he stared at him… I saw fear on his face… but it was also mixed with anger… lots of anger. I can't let him do this, I had forced myself over to them and jumped to grab ahold of the spear and pull it away from him.
"BanchoLeomon, I know you still can move… I know you still can fight! You can't be stuck like that forever!" I yelled out to him as he looked at me with pain still on his face. "You can fight this! Don't you remember what you told me? What you said to me to keep me from losing my courage?" I yelled over to him.
I knew he heard me, he was looking right at me. But, all I could see was sadness in his eyes. Still, I won't give up. I let go of the spear I pulled away and ran to him. I tried to pull him out of the pose he was in, even pushing him, but nothing worked. When I did, he made another grunt of pain and once again had sadness in his eyes.
There's gotta be something I can do, there has to be something I can do. I looked at AxeKnightmon who put his hand up before swiping it, and I got blown back yelling a bit. Ugh… I tried to get back up but felt myself slowly losing consciousness. The one thing I saw and heard left before I did black out… was AxeKnightmon grabbing ahold BanchoLeomon, squeezing him as he grunted in anger and pain, and I heard that maniacal laugh.
Although, I wasn't entirely out. I got some glimpses that I couldn't make out at first… but they seemed to be, BanchoLeomon burning… AxeKnightmon screaming in pain… BanchoLeomon still in that pose… him getting up grunting, moving his arms while growling… once I started focusing my eyes, I saw his feet floating but… it looked like was, how do I put it? Standing on air?
I looked up to BanchoLeomon and he was looking down right at me, with his arms still crossed… I heard him grunt before he looked up. I looked where he was and saw AxeKnightmon was still here. What next, more torture? I looked back at BanchoLeomon and heard him grunt even more before what seemed like forever, he managed to move his arms and force himself out of the pose he was in and look at him in anger.
Once he was finally able to move, AxeKnightmon took his spear and attempted to attack, only for BanchoLeomon to dodge. He looked at me and smiled before putting his finger to his forehead doing… what was it called, a finger salute? Looking back at AxeKnightmon he roared before charging at him. Jumping with his fist thrown back… Then…
"FLASH BANCHO PUNCH!" He was about to use one of his attacks.
I saw AxeKnightmon bring his spear back, and they collided with a blast, and this time, both of them scream in agonizing pain. His armor was in cracks and smoke was coming from him as he was struggling just to stay up… He rose his hand in cracking armor up as if trying to grab something… but only for it to blow up as he screamed in more agony.
But as for BanchoLeomon… he was the next explode… just like the others, he left something behind, that something being his jacket… in shreads… and his hat… destroyed… it was only until I saw them both was when I passed out.
Title: The Dark Side of Bright Land
(Third Person P.O.V.)
"Davis…! Davis…!" Davis started to shudder a bit, but finally managed to open his eyes. "Davis!" He then saw Veemon standing above him. "Oh, thank goodness you're okay." He says with a smile.
"Ugh… huh?" Davis says confused.
"You've been out for a while, I was starting to get worried." He told his friend
"Ugh, my head… What happened?" the boy says while sitting up holding his head.
"When we landed here… wherever here is, some of us ended up passing out before awakening. However, even if you are the last one up, you've been out for far longer than anyone else here." Gaogamon states getting his attention.
"It is very concerning that you were the last to be awakened. Even more so, seems as though you've seen something while in your unconscious state. What happened exactly?" BanchoLeomon asks as he walks to the blue hound's side.
"Uh… well… -his jacket in shreads- GH!" Davis flinched when he remembered what happened in his dream. 'Wh-what the heck kind of dream was that?' He thought to himself with a look of fear.
"Davis?" He heard which caused him to look up at BanchoLeomon. "Are you alright?"
He was hesitant to answer and was about to say something about the dream but decided not to tell them. "I uh… was being chased by… eggplants?" He tells them as they then looked at him with shocked eyes and sweat dropping. 'DANG IT DAVIS WHAT KIND OF LIE IS THAT?!'
"T-that's it? You were being chased… by some kind of food?" Gaogamon sweats after hearing that.
"I-I mean… I-I really, really hate eggplants, t-they're gross… and they're… gross." The boy keeps going.
"… Well… he isn't wrong." Veemon then says while also sweating.
"*Sigh* Well, now I feel less concern. Guess nothing's wrong then." BanchoLeomon says while scratching the back of his head as Davis sighed being relieved that he believed it.
'I can't tell them what actually happened. Who knows what might go down after I do that?' He thought to himself.
"Hey guys, is he okay?" He then hears before turning to see Mikey and the others heading to them. "Huh? Hey, Davis!" Mikey then ran down to him. "Good to see you finally woke up. Didn't think you'd be out this long." He says with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, you were out longer than Mikey and he got crushed by both me and Ballistamon. Didn't think you were a heavy sleeper." Shoutmon then stats.
"We were worried about you, especially since you haven't wakened up in a while." Nene told him.
"Well, I've kind of… -help… please…- Gh… y-you know what nevermind." He then says putting on a fake smile and laughing nervously.
"He was dreaming about being chased by eggplants." Gaogamon then tells them blankly.
"Thanks for keeping it secret…" Davis says with a bit of annoyance.
"Eggplants? What kind of dumb nightmare is that?" Christopher asked him.
"Look, eggplants are just gross okay? They're disgusting and the after taste they in your mouth after eating them-OH they are so unbearable." The goggle-wearer goes on with his lie as he got to his feet.
"I mean, he does have a point, but I could think of worse things to have a nightmare about." Shoutmon says while sweating.
"After what we've been through, I can say the same thing." Ballistamon states while also sweating.
"Nevermind forget about it! Where are we anyways?" Davis then asks.
"Well, remember Apollomon Whispered? He dropped us into that shaft and we ended up falling all the way down here. And here, has those things." Christopher states while pointing up.
Davis turned to look at what he was pointing at and saw something unexpected. There were all these island-like platforms in the air floating around with sharp spikes, rocks, pits of lava, and who knows what else could have been on those platforms.
"What the heck? You gotta be kidding." Davis says after seeing where they were.
"It's the underworld. Not exactly a vacation spot." Nene points out.
"What part about this makes you think it's a vacation spot?" Veemon asked confused.
"Yeah, I remember Marusumon saying this was at the bottom of the tower. What doesn't make sense is why we were sent here. Didn't they want to battle us?" Mikey asks to anyone.
"Maybe that's just it. Ewan wants us to fight here. Kid probably thinks this is the best place for a fight." Christopher then states.
"Davis, there is also something you should see while here. But, it looks as you would say out of place." BanchoLeomon then says before pointing over towards a bright beige colored castle looking structure.
"Woah, now that does look out of place. What's that about?" Davis asked confused.
"I sent scouts with Renamon to check. They should be back in a bit." Nene tells him.
"Wait, you sent Renamon?" The boy then asks surprised.
"Nene asked for her help with the investigation. Even if she's in your Fusion Loader we can still talk to her. She was more than happy to thankfully." Mikey explains to him as the boy looked at his female friend who blushed a bit. "But I wanna say… I'm sorry, about before…" The green goggle-wearer then says.
"I just… I can't attack him." The Red General says.
"Mikey, come on!" Davis grabs him by the shirt "We don't have a choice!"
"I-If I hadn't held back up there then… X8 could've beaten him. It's my fault we're stuck down here." Mikey tells them as Davis, Nene, Veemon and Shoutmon looked at him with faces that say they felt bad.
"Well, we can agree on that." Christopher then says before the Miracle General elbowed him. "Agh, what?" He then asks.
"Listen, you shouldn't be too hard on yourself Mikey. Every warrior is bound to experience doubt in battle at some time. Even if you don't expect it." Dorulumon tells him as he walks forward.
"Yeah, join the club. We've all been through this kind of stuff before. And we still managed to pull through in the end." Ballistamon admits.
"Besides, it could be worse, ya know. We're still here and ready to fight." Shoutmon tells him with courage.
Mikey looked at his friends as he was being given sympathy, and then felt Davis' hand on his shoulder. "I should know what it's like to experience doubt. I have been through an entire adventure like this before anyway. The best we can do is make these next moments count and make them worth it." He tells him with a smile.
Hearing this, Mikey looked down before smiling again. "Thanks guys. I needed that." He tells them.
"I wouldn't exactly worry if I were you. Even when you don't land on your feet, you never stay down." Christopher then says with a compliment. "You two are just too much alike, but that's obviously a good thing." He then says.
"Wow, believe it or not but he just gave you a compliment. Well, in his Christopher kind of way." Nene says with a smile.
"I guess, but… you three were right up there. Apollomon did turn out to be the enemy in the end." The Red General states.
"Don't let it overcome you. You weren't entirely wrong, Apollomon does have a good side to him." Davis says trying to cheer him up.
"He's right. He was good until the evil side of him won and took over. None us ever expected Whispered coming. Now our only question is whether we can still win without Apollomon." Nene then states.
Mikey and Davis were left in thought and wondered what they could do now. Until the Miracle General closed one of his eyes as a light shined in it. "Dah! What is that?" He says before looking to see the light coming from the castle.
"The Monitamon must've reached the castle." Nene says while looking in the same direction.
Meanwhile at the castle… "ALL CLEAR! ALL CLEAR! WE'VE CHECKED IT OUT! THE COAST IS CLEAR!" The Monitamon were yelling out in a sing-song tone.
"So, annoying. You couldn't have thought of something better?" Renamon says while covering her ears annoyed as Monitamon sweated.
Back with the others… "Well, that's the signal. Means that it should be unoccupied." Christopher states.
"It's odd, but for some reason our Squawkers don't work down here. So, this is the next best option." Nene then states as she begins walking towards the castle.
"C'mon guys, lock and load!" Mikey then says as they all begin to follow her.
"Bout time. I was getting tired of standing around." Veemon says after stretching.
As they were walking, the Red General took a moment before looking at Davis and letting curiosity get the better of him. "Hey, I hope you don't mind me asking but… When we were gonna fight Whispered, I was expecting you to hold back as well but… you didn't. I was confused why, but you didn't seem to hesitate. Why was that?" He asked him.
The boy thought for a moment before coming up with an answer. "Well, it just comes from experience." He tells him.
(Flashback)
MetalGreymon lands on the ground before roaring at the Digi-Destined.
"I went through something like this before. My friend was being controlled by something evil as well."
MetalGreymon then starts firing his missiles against his will and the Digi-Destined attempt to fight him off.
"We were hesitant to fight him as well but, in the end… we had to fight him to save him. It was the only way possible even if it meant hurting him."
(Flashback over)
"I guess that's the reason why I didn't hesitate to fight Apollomon. Because sometimes we need to fight our friends in order to help them. Don't you remember what happened when we faced Olegmon?" Davis tells him.
"Yeah, I still remember. We did have to fight them, but… with Apollomon, something just feels different." Mikey states.
"I know, but it's probably the best we can do now. Next time we see Whispered, we're gonna have to fight him. Espiecally since there won't be any other option." The Miracle General tells him.
Mikey looked down for a second in thought. "*Sigh*… Alright… guess you're right." He then states.
Meanwhile BanchoLeomon overheard them talking and was impressed by Davis trying to help Mikey, but he was right. In the end, they might need to fight Apollomon, with no other choice. But that was one of the few things on his mind. He knew Davis was trying to cover up the whole dream he had when he was out by lying and now was worried about whatever he saw in that nightmare of his.
(After reaching the castle)
The gang entered and would have been impressed by how the castle look, if they didn't have to deal with their greatest enemy. "Oh man… more stairs…" Shoutmon says annoyed and exhausted as they walked up the stairs.
"Come now. A little bit of exercise isn't gonna do us harm." BanchoLeomon tells him.
"I don't care! I just wanna stop having to go up stairs!" Shoutmon complains more.
"I know, we already had to deal with stairs up there! Why here?!" Veemon was next to complain.
"Quit acting like babies. After all we've been through, walking up several flights of stairs is the least horrible thing we could go through." Christopher tells them with a hint of annoyance.
"It's not that bad. I actually find some comfort in this." Gaogamon then states.
"Yeah, but we're not the ones wearing boxing gloves." Ballistamon then says as the hound got confused.
"What are you talking about? What does what I'm wearing have to do with walking?" He asked confused.
"Well, those gloves you wear do have a sort of softness to keep them comfortable. Though, the source I wear on my feet doesn't cover them entirely, it does help when it comes to walking from time to time." BanchoLeomon states referring to the sports tape on his feet.
This then caught Veemon's attention as he looked at BanchoLeomon's feet. 'Huh, wonder if me and Davis have something like that back at home. Maybe that could help with my feet when I walk.' He then thinks to himself.
"We're almost there. There's some kind of throne room up ahead at the top." One of the Monitamon states.
"Hey! You said I could tell them about that!" Another Monitamon says annoyed.
"No I didn't." The one who tells them then states.
"Yes you did! You said I could tell them." They then start to bicker.
"This is honestly embarrassing for them." Renemon says while sweating.
(At the top)
"Okay, if I find out there was an elevator we could've taken, I'm gonna lose it." Shoutmon says with annoyance as they reach the top.
"If there was, I'm gonna take those Monitamon and then I'm gonna-… oh wait, I can't say that because of the ratting of this fanfic." Veemon then states.
"Wait, what?" BanchoLeomon asks confused.
"Uh… nothing?" Veemon then says suddenly.
"Shh, keep it down you two." Mikey tells them.
"Why? The Monitamon said it was all clear. Why would we need to keep quiet?" Veemon asked confused.
"Well, it could be a trap you know." Davis tells them as they stopped before reaching a doorway.
"He's got a point. We should expect anything to happen when it comes to places like these suddenly being empty." Nene explains as Mikey takes a peak with his head.
"The coast seems clear… huh?" He says before being confused as it did look like a throne room but… "Wait, why does this place have our flag on the walls?" He says as they others came around to see the room but it had a flag that showed the three-way symbol of the teams.
"Wait, what?" Davis says confused as everyone else seemed to be the same.
"Okay, this is beyond suspicious." Nene states before Shoutmon suddenly ran up to the throne.
"Hey, chill out! If it's got our flag then it can't be a trap." The red dragon Digimon states.
"I have a feeling you don't know how traps work." Ballistamon then says.
"I've been trapped a bunch of times, of course I know what it's like to be trapped. And no one jumped out at us yet, have they?" Shoutmon then says hopping up to the throne. "Look they even made a throne for the king." He then hops into it.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Gaogamon says shocked to see him do something stupid.
"Get off that, you fool!" Dorulumon then scolds him.
"Why? What's the big deal?" The red dragon like Digimon asks.
"In case you've forgotten, Shoutmon, you're not the Digimon King just yet." Christopher then tells him.
"And there's a crabby response. I don't see what the big deal is with me at least making sure it's comfy." Shoutmon then says.
"Exactly!" They then suddenly heard which caused most of them to jump and look around for the source. "After all, I had this castle built just for you, Fusion Fighters." They recognized the voice as Ewan before the green gem in the middle of the room began to glow and form a holographic version of the blonde boy.
"And great. Look who's back." Christopher says sarcastically.
"Should have known Mister Short-Pants had something to do with this." Shoutmon then says getting off the throne. "Alright, enough of this stupid materializing garbage!" He then runs forward to hit the kid only to go through him.
"Heh. Oh, Mikey, Davis, Christopher, big sister! I welcome you to the Digital Underworld!" Ewan then states.
"Alright, what do you plan on doing this time Ewan?" Mikey asks him.
"Come on, isn't it obvious? This place, this dark place is the opposite Bright Land. The birthplace of all evil. Nothing is what you're normally used to down here. Crystals like the one beneath me are the only links between the two castles, as such is the only way we can really communicate." The boy explains to him.
"Wait, two castles?" Davis asks surprised.
"Ya catch on quick, just as expected. Like I said, two castles serve as the home basis between the two teams. One at each end of the Underworld. Also the sight of the final challenge. Fun, right?" The blonde haired boy tells them with that innocent smile on his face.
This caused Mikey to grunt in anger as the rest of the group seemed surprised. "Heh, I've waited for a long, long time. And I am gonna win this." He tells them before the castle started shaking.
"What the-?!" Veemon says before Ballistamon fell onto him.
"Everyone, grab onto something!" Mikey yelled to the group as the castle from the outside began to rise out of the ground.
Then as it ascended into the air, it stopped as the three-way flag appeared at the top of it. "Ugh, that little brat…" Christopher grunts to himself.
"Agh, dang it." Davis then says before suddenly feeling something on top of him. Then to see that it was Nene who got up rubbing her head, only to see her face to face with the boy which caused them both to turn red and… "DAHHA!" The two yelled before bouncing back from each other.
"Uh… s-sorry Davis." She then says apologizing.
"No, no, no, it's not you're fault! It really isn't!" He then says waving his arms about.
"Agh… man…" Shoutmon says while getting up feeling nauseous. "I really prefer castles that stay on the ground." He then says.
"Ditto and uh… Veemon? You okay buddy?" Ballistamon asks as he looks under him.
"F-five… more… minutes…" Veemon says as he was in a pose where he looked like he fell from the 2nd floor.
"Uh, not to be rude… but would you mind not biting my leg?" BanchoLeomon says annoyed as he was on top of Gaogamon and his leg was in Dorulumon's mouth.
"GAH! I didn't do this on purpose!" The drill dog then says releasing the leg.
"Get off of me before 'I' bite you!" Gaogomon then says in a muffled annoyed tone.
"Oh, sorry." The lion man then says as he got off him.
"Uh, guys?" Mikey then says gaining all their attention as they saw he was looking out in the distance. "That is never good news." He then points out as they all go to him and look to where he was pointing to see another castle in the distance but this one had the Bagra Army Flag above it.
"Huh. You know, they could use a better paint job." Veemon then comments.
"The rules for this game are simple. Both sides advance toward the opponent's castle and try to defeat its General." Ewen then states.
"Which one or all? Cause in case you haven't noticed, there's more than one General here." Christopher tells him.
"Well, as much as I'd like fight two of you, there's one General I wanna fight. Mikey Kudo." The young boy then says putting his hand to his chest with a stamp on it before throwing a light ball at Mikey as it hit the symbol on his shirt and then turned into the stamp Ewan had on. "One more thing I forgot to tell you. We're gonna be playing this until one of us is destroyed." He then says before they all ether gasped or grunted in shock.
He exploded from the inside
his tail being what remained
leaving him in blue scales and brown metal pieces
pieces scattered everywhere
Davis then stumbles back a bit then slips and almost falls had BanchoLeomon not caught him. "Woah, Davis are you okay?" Mikey then says as him and the others were worried. But BanchoLeomon was more worried cause he felt the fear that the boy had earlier.
"Jeez, I say destroy in a sentence and one of you already is freaking out? You guys are taking this game way too seriously." Ewan then says after rubbing his head.
"Ewan, you can't be serious. You can't actually be saying-" Nene was about to say.
"I am serious, and I meant that. The only way to win this final round to completely eliminate the other player. It's pretty simple rules for a game, I don't see what the problem is." The boy then states with an innocent smile.
"Uh… No you don't understand! You're saying one of us loses everything! This isn't a game, Ewan!" Mikey says still trying to convince him.
"Not one I plan to lose that's for sure. Why are you freaking out so much? In any game, when you lose, your character just disappears." The blonde boy tells them while dropping his smile. "Sorry that you're taking it this way. The game starts in five minutes whether you like it or not. But just being polite, do you accept this, Mikey?" He then asks him.
Mikey grunts to himself as he was now in deep thought. "Ewan, this is all a mistake. You can't do this." Nene says as Ewan kept his stolid face waiting for his request to be answered.
Davis was still in shock, Mikey was in thought, Nene didn't want to do anything, but then suddenly… "Yeah, we accept." Christopher out of nowhere says something unexpected.
"CHRISTOPHER!" Mikey and Nene both shout.
"Alright, finally." Ewan then says as his smile returns. "Oh this is gonna be fun. Give this all you got and no holding back." He the says as he begins to glow.
"One thing Ewan." The Blue General then says as the boy stops glowing then made a questioned face.
"Hmm? Yeah?" He then asks.
"Don't forget. It was you who set the rules up. Don't go whining if you do lose." He then tells him.
"Uh… Heh, I'm not a baby. Besides with the army I have, I doubt I'll lose." Ewan then states with his smile returning.
"If you don't understand the stakes, you're a fool." Christopher then says with a stern expression as Nene and Davis turned to him. "There is no 'never' in that. Miracles beyond your imagination can occur. I will teach you that!" He then says before showing more of an angry look.
After hearing the word miracle come out of Christopher's mouth, Davis finally snapped out of his trance and got up stumbling a bit while holding his head as BanchoLeomon and Veemon helped him keep his balance. "Ewan, you have to listen to him! Take this from someone like me, none of this is a game!" The Miracle General then spat out.
"And there you go again, acting like this is real. You may have had a bit of a head start by transferring from the game you were playing, but I'm not backing down just because you're more experience." The boy then says as his smile dropped again.
"I didn't transfer from another game! This experience comes from fighting in another Digital World, where they are also living creatures! Please, just think about it." Davis tells him.
"I have thought about it, and I can clearly see that getting out of character isn't something you're known for. Meh, might as well just enjoy it while we can." Ewan then says as he glows.
"No wait! Hang on!" The Digi-Destined Leader ran over but was too late as he had already disappeared which brought him to a stop. "Dang it!"
Mikey say and heard what happened and stood shocked at first before grunting and turning to glare at Christopher. "What the heck, Christopher?! What were you thinking?!" He then yelled at him.
"Ewan thinks these fights in the Digital World aren't real. He thinks the losers in these fights just go away for a while and then just come back. Is that right Nene?" Christopher then asked as Nene made a small gasp before nodding.
"Yes, that's correct. Even back home sometimes he had trouble separating fantasy from reality. But to think that it would come down to anything like this…" Nene trailed off with her words.
"No matter how much we tell him, words aren't enough to make him see that he's wrong. We have no choice. We're gonna have to make him understand through this battle." The Blue General then states keeping his solid expression.
"But, there's gotta be another way." Mikey tries to convince him.
"Mikey, you went soft on Apollomon and that didn't do good for us. And Davis has more experience with this kind of stuff than you do, so he should know how to handle situations like this. The stakes are too high now. So, if you're too soft to lead, then it's either me or Davis taking charge." The Blue General tells him.
The Red General was about to say something, but didn't know what to say. "Speaking of. Hey, remember telling me about Ken? He acted like this before as well, correct?" Christopher then calls over to Davis.
The boy flinches at the question and turns towards him as the others turned their attention to him. He then looked down in thought. "Yeah, he did… but he didn't do it the same way." He says still looking down. He then felt something tug his hand as he looked down to see Veemon who looked up at him with concerning eyes.
To this, Davis smiled and put his hand on his partner's. "You know what we gotta do, too. Right, partner?" The little dragon asks him.
"Yeah." He then put on a stern expression before grabbing his Fusion Loader then looking towards everyone. "Christopher is right. Unfortunately, after now the only way we can convince Ewan is by winning this battle. Though, we shouldn't go as far as destroying, but we need to knock sense into him." He then says as the others looked at him with surprised looks.
As for BanchoLeomon, he smiled at his courage. 'Now this is the side I like seeing of my General.'
Then Davis turned to Christopher who wasn't surprised unlike the others and he walked to him. "I assume you have a plan?" He asked him.
"Yeah, I might." The Blue General then states.
"Okay, then let's hear it."
(Ewan's P.O.V.)
I stood with AxeKnightmon, Whispered, Damemon, Lalyamon, and Duskmon over a group of Digimon roaring out which I guess is sort of like cheering. They all looked ready to fight, but I wasn't entirely excited for the fight ahead. I was excited, but I didn't understand. How hard is it to believe that this is all just a game? Why are they taking this way too seriously?
Whatever the reason, I shouldn't really let that get the better of me. "General Ewan." I turned towards Duskmon who was next to me. "Is something the matter? You seem awfully focused on something." He then asked me as I realized.
"Nah, it's nothing. No need to worry." I lied to him, but I don't think I had any reason to tell him as I looked back at the Digimon with a smile.
"Greetings, loyal soldiers of the Bagra Empire! I, AxeKnightmon, Admiral of the Dark Nest salute you!" AxeKnightmon then called out getting their attention. "The brave challengers who have conquered six of the Lands thus far, will soon meet their end! Today is the decisive battle with our sworn enemies Mikey Kudo, Davis Motomiya, Christopher Aonuma, and their treacherous army! I present you our great champion, who will bring victory to us all. General Ewan Amano!" He then finishes his speech as they all cheered out, which I could only smile at.
"The duel will unfold in the Underworld. An unforgiving land of sharp spikes forged from cold steel, under skies scorched by flame, amid pits of boiling lava hot enough to melt any Digimon. Such will be the place where the accused Fusion Fighters are defeated. For with the brilliant battle plan devised by our General, victory will soon be ours! HAIL EWAN!" He continued on as I felt embarrassed to hear while they cheered on.
I walked in front and was ready for my speech. "Thank you for that splendid introduction!" I say starting to feel better. "Onto my strategy: Listen carefully cause regrouping on the battlefield won't be possible and communications will be down. Fortunately for our side, I've spent years studying the enemy, even the new General they had added recently. As such, I know exactly what they're gonna do." I then say as it was time to put my plan into action.
(? P.O.V.)
… Ugh… my head… wha… what the…? "We're not brothers… and we never were." *GASP* Duskmon! I need to find him! GH! What is this? Why can't I get up…? This net… this net that, my br-… m-my enemy used to hold me captive. Son of a gun… I need to get out of this. I need to find Duskmon!
Wh-what is this place? This environment… it looks like the inside of a castle, but where is this castle? I looked around me the best I could and saw out a window that there were many surprises held in this 'world' or what ever it was. Floating islands, spikes, lava… and another castle just up ahead with the Bagra Army flag above it.
That's it, that must be where he is. But… it's all out of my reach. I can't move. I can't do anything with this pathetic net around me… because of my cursed so-called brother. If only…
(Third Person P.O.V.)
BanchoLeomon then snapped his head back sensing something as they were going over the plan Christopher had. No one seemed to notice as he turned around to face where he was sensing the source was coming from. 'Is that… a Digimon?' He thinks to himself.
He then closed his eyes and was put into a trance as he attempted to sense where this energy was coming from. The presence he felt was weak but could still manage to sense it. He was searching… and searching… and searching… then he found where it was coming from. It was coming from below, seemingly inside the castle.
"And then we ju-huh…? Uh, BanchoLeomon, are you listening?" Davis then asks as he got snapped out of his trance.
"O-oh, sorry. But there is something I need to warn you about. Someone else is here." He then states as they all looked shocked.
"Wait, already?!" Shoutmon then says in disbelief.
"Calm down, it's not an enemy. I know because this Digimon seems to weak to be one ambushing us." The lion man then tells them as they didn't look shocked anymore.
'Wh-what is this place?' Mikey then flinched when hearing some words in his head and looked around for the source. "Who said that?!" He called out.
"Oh, great. What is now, Mikey?" Christopher asks concerned and annoyed.
"Wait, you guys didn't hear that?" He asked them.
They looked at each other confused. "Mikey, none of us heard anything." Nene then states.
"But, that voice. It just said-" 'That's it, that must be where he is.' He flinched again to the voice but figured out that it was. "A Digimon Melody."
"A Digimon Melody?" Davis asks as he gains the Red General's attention.
"Huh?… oh that's right, I didn't tell you did I? That's how I met Shoutmon. You see he was on the verge of being deleted and was about to kick the bucket at first, but I heard his voice in my world and went to save him. By hearing his voice, I heard his Digimon Melody, which was what led me right to him. I don't think I really need to explain what is anymore than I already did." He explains to him.
"Wow, really? Now that's cool." Davis then says impressed.
"We don't exactly have much time here. Ewan's not gonna wait all day for us to plan our attack. We should go find this Digimon quick before the fight commences." BanchoLeomon states before taking off.
"Wait, BanchoLe-… *Sigh* Come on, guys." Davis then says as they all start running to catch up.
BanchoLeomon jumped down the stairs as he made his way into the castle. He then closed his eyes and searched for the energy. He reopened them and ran for the source as he found another set of stairs that he went down them and went around the corner before coming to a stop as he spotted a large down in his direction covered in chains with a lock.
'Shoot, it ends here.' He then closes his eyes once more. 'But the energy is coming from inside there. What Digimon are you?' He thinks to himself before going to punch the lock only to punch a sort of purple forcefield. 'Just as I thought. It obviously wouldn't be that easy.'
"BanchoLeomon, what are-huh? Wait what's that?" Davis says as the others arrive.
"This door has a Digimon behind it. However…" He then punched it again. "It seems they don't want us in." He then states.
"Huh…? That really doesn't make much sense. Why put that room with a Digimon in it in our castle then?" Shoutmon then says confused.
"Y-yeah, I don't think it would make much sense to put something like this in our castle if we can't even reach it." Veemon then states as well also confused.
"Well, maybe it's some kind of trap. Maybe that's why it's our castle." Davis then states.
"I don't think they'd put a forcefield here if it were a trap. They'd probably just let us walk right in." Nene told him.
"Besides, knowing Ewan, cheating isn't what he'd do. He'll just wanna win this fight fair so, why set a trap?" Mikey asks.
"Oh please, who said it had to be Ewan who set up the trap. But you do got a point, they wouldn't put a forcefield here if it was a trap." Christopher explains.
"Hmmm… maybe they wanted us to find it." BanchoLeomon states before looking back at the group. "Young Generals, would you mind bringing out your Fusion Loaders?" He then asks them as they seemed confused.
"But, why?" Nene asked curiously.
"Well, they might be of use right now." The lion tells them.
"How do you know that? What gives you the idea that us taking out our Fusion Loaders is gonna do good?" Christopher asks getting confused.
"I don't know for sure. All I can really say is that… well I guess I just feel it." BanchoLeomon continued to tell him.
To this, the four Generals looked at each other and thought about it for a bit. "Tch, the heck with it. Our Fusion Loaders haven't let us down yet." Christopher then says before taking out his Fusion Loader and walking to the door while taking her Loader out.
"Uh… *Sigh* Alright, it's worth a try." Nene then says as she starts advancing forward as well.
Mikey stayed where he was still in thought before him and Davis looked at each other. "Well, it's all or nothing." He tells him as he goes to join the other two while also taking out his.
Davis stood there for a moment in thought and tried to think of if he should do so or not. After a moment of thinking. "Alright… here goes nothing." He then takes out his Fusion Loader and joins the others.
"So, what do we do now?" Christopher then asks.
"Well… hold your Fusion Loaders up to the door." BanchoLeomon tells them.
"That's it?" Mikey asked getting a nod from him. "Um, okay?" He decides to put his Loader up.
Christopher and Nene look at each other before doing the same. Davis waited for a moment before he decided to do so as well and they all held their Fusion Loaders up to the door and waited… and waited… and waited… But… nothing seemed to be happening. They waited for a bit longer, but still nothing.
"Hey, nothing's happening." Mikey states while they held their Fusion Loaders up to the door.
"Maybe we're doing it wrong?" Nene questions.
"Just give it some more time. This is the only solution I could think of." BanchoLeomon tells them.
"Nothing is happening. We shouldn't be doing this, we should be plotting our strategy not wasting our time doing some kind of-" Christopher was saying until a bright light emitted from their Fusion Loaders.
"Woah, hey, it's actually working?" Davis says surprised.
"That's it, just keep your Fusion Loaders where they are until the light goes away." The lion Digimon told them again.
They listened to him and held their Fusion Loaders up towards the door as after a moment, the door started to glow a gold color. "Hey, it's working! Keep it up guys!" Mikey says as they keep a hold of their Fusion Loaders as Shoutmon and Veemon stood back in awe.
They stood there for a while and it was taking a minute or two, but in time, the glow enveloped the entire door and then died down as the lock and chains began to disintegrate. When it did, the door began to open by itself and it revealed what it held. And they were surprised to see what was inside.
It had a Digimon wearing black armor around it with the theme of a lion. It almost looked like Duskmon but not frightening and far less evil looking. He had a mask over his mouth that only covered part of his face and a lion shaped chest plate with a golden mane around his head. It wasn't just that he was there, he was on the ground unconscious in a purple glowing net while twitching.
"No way, what kind of Digimon is that?" Davis asks surprised.
"I-I don't know but… it doesn't look like an evil Digimon at all." Nene says also surprised.
'I'm so useless.' Mikey then heard the Digimon Melody once more. "That's the Digimon I'm hearing alright. It's definitely got the same voice and is coming from him." He then states.
"Well, let's get him up to the throne room and see if we can help him." Shoutmon then says going up to him. "Fiery Fastball!" He then says firing a ball at the net which ripped it open as the others did the rest and helped the Digimon out of the net.
(Back in the throne room)
"Well, it's safe to say that he's on our side that's for sure." Mikey says with a smile on his face as Cutemon was trying to heal his wounds.
"Yeah, I doubt they'd just hide him in that room damaged like that. He must be against the Bagra Army." Dorulumon states.
"That means that we're gonna have to leave at least someone here with him to help keep him from being attacked off guard. But having one or two less in our strategy shouldn't affect us much." BanchoLeomon then states.
"How'd you even know that we were supposed to use our Fusion Loaders to free him like that? This is obviously the first time you've seen it happen." Christopher then asks him.
"Like I said, I can't say that I actually know. When we made it down to the door, I ended up hearing a strange voice in my head that was telling me that that's how we were to open the door. Doesn't sound believable but, that's the only way I know about how to break the lock on the door." The lion man told him.
"So, let me get this straight: You heard this strange voice in your head, just up and listened to it no problem, and didn't stop to think it could be a trap?" The Blue General then asks as he looked ticked off.
"Hey calm down, Christopher. Remember? Ewan's probably gonna wanna win fair, so setting a trap here wouldn't be fair." Davis tells him.
"And I told you that one of the members of the Bagra Army could've done it behind his back. Just because the kid doesn't do it doesn't mean those scumbags wouldn't." The blonde boy tells him.
Davis was about to say something but closed his mouth and grunted in defeat as he knew he was right. After thinking, BanchoLeomon knew he was right and growled while mentally scolding himself. That conversation reminded Mikey of what he did, and he mentally scolded himself as well while looking down.
"We'll talk about this later. But right now, let's just go over the plan again." Christopher then says.
(Battle begins)
Out on the battlefield, multiple dog like Digimon rained down from Ewan's castle as they all charged at the Fusion Fighter's castle, which sent down Knightmon and the PawnChessmon. "The enemy is arriving, troops! Stand ready!" Knightmon commanded as they all raised their weapons.
"Woah, they're charging straight for us." Mikey states as they watch the battle from the crystal.
"It's AxeKnightmon and Laylamon, leading an army of Divine Beasts, huh? They're using their main forces right at the start. Not exactly the best of ideas." Christopher then says to the group.
As Davis watched Knightmon and his army about to duke it out with them, -he exploded from the inside- He flinched after he got reminded about what he saw and lightly shook his head to quickly get rid of said thoughts. No one seemed to notice, but BanchoLeomon had a concerned look on his face.
"Are you sure this plan of yours if gonna work, Christopher?" Mikey asks uncertain.
"No, I obviously don't, but it's the best chance we have and it will be the only chance." Christopher tells him as Nene smiled at the Red General and nodded and as a response he nodded back.
Gaogamon then walked to BanchoLeomon's side. The lion man looked at the wolf standing next to him as he looked at him then nodded. This cause the lion man to open his mouth a bit, only to close it and nod back as they understood each other.
(Some time later)
"Enemy five hundred meters closing!" Ballistamon shouts over communication as AxeKnightmon, Laylamon fused, and their troops marched on.
"Be on guard for an attack, troops! And don't underestimate them!" AxeKnightmon calls out before they hear a familiar voice.
"DIGI-FUSE!" They heard before turning to see Shoutmon X5.
"End of the line, AxeKnightmon!" He yelled out as he landed with Beelzemon, Mervamon, MetalKabuterimon, and Porcupamon. "Shoutmon X5 is here to rain on your parade! Team, charge!" He then commands as he rushes forward. "Earth Shaker!" He then says as he charges forward.
"Oblivion Cannon!" Beelzemon was the next to shout his attack as he fired from his blaster.
"Medulla Punch!" Mervamon then charged forward ready while raising her snake hand.
"Electron Cannon!" MetalKabuterimon then blasted a beam from his cannon.
Meanwhile Porcupamon just ran at them and started attacking with his claws slicing through them and causing them to leak data in an instant. Then X5 clashed blades with AxeKnightmon's. "Just as Ewan predicted, you've thrown your all main forces into battle at once, and yet still can't prevail!" The dark knight tells the fused Digimon.
"Who told you that?" X5 asked him while taking a step forward.
"Says I!" AxeKnightmon then overpowered and kicked him back.
The fused Digimon grunted as he slid on the ground trying to remain down, but ended up going into the air. Meanwhile, Beelzemon was dealing with Laylamon as she swung her Blastmon wrecking ball at him which brought him to block with his cannon arm.
"How do you like that?! You always wanted to get ahead!" Blastmon then mocks him.
"Get off me!" Beelzemon then swats him off, only for his head to come back at him and knock him back.
Then the head got kicked away by Mervamon before she kneeled down and checked on her teammate. "Are you okay?" She asked him.
"*Grunt* Yeah… just… hurts." The masked angel man says as he struggles to get up.
"Well, if I'm being honest, I like this Underworld. I've never felt so much more alive than down here, not to mention the overwhelming power!" Laylamon says before rising her hand up. "Flame Spires!" She then flames began to burst out of the ground causing the two to get up quickly. "I never felt so much energy… I MUST HAVE MORE!"
(Castle)
Nene and Wisemon were standing in the throne room of their castle as the hooded Digimon had his head down before rising it back up. "I have no data on this Underworld at all, but what I do sense, is very frightening. The power of this place is truly immense, but because the Underworld is the opposite of everything beautiful about the Digital world, everything is also reversed." He says as Nene got confused.
"What do you mean?" She asked him.
"I'm saying evil flourishes, and kind Digimon with good hearts have about no chance against those whose hearts have turned to black." He goes on to explain.
After Nene heard that, she then looked down worried. She knew that Christopher's plan was their only hope and if it all fails, not only will her world be in danger but Davis' as well. Then the thought of the boy came to her mind. Ever since he had waken up when they got down there, he has been acting weird and not like himself. He looked as though he had something on his mind and whatever it was, it was causing him fear and she remembered that BanchoLeomon seemed to have noticed.
This made the girl feel concerned and worried for Davis as he was hiding something that was bothering him and wasn't telling anyone probably because they'd be in just as much fear. 'Davis, what is happening to you?' She thought to herself.
(Back to the battle)
"Electro Lance!" AxeKnightmon yelled out as he fired at X5 who was able to dodge his attack and hover above the water. "Lava Lasso!" The black knight then yelled out as the lave from under them rose up like ropes and grabbed a hold of his opponent.
"Wait, what the-DAH!?" X5 yells as he gets pulled into the lava. "HOT, HOT! IT'S SO HOT!" He screamed out.
"Quick, use the thrusters!" Dorulumon's voice yells out.
"Not so fast!" AxeKnightmon came and held them down. "Let's see you cook a little while longer, shall we? … Huh?" He says before looking up to see a blue light leaving the heroes' castle. "Blue Flare! Right on time! Just as Ewan predicted!" He says while still holding his opponent in the lava.
(With Christopher)
Christopher was traveling to the spikes on Cyberdramon as they reached it, only to then suddenly have the spikes stretch up and try attacking them. "Look out!" Christopher yelled as the robot Digimon dodged most of the attacks, only to then be blasted with an attack he couldn't dodge and he roared out in pain before landing on his feet.
"Hang in there." Christopher says before two lights came out of his Fusion Loader going off somewhere. "You again." He says seeing the former good Digimon standing before him.
"Your moves are so predictable. Ewan knew exactly what you would do and look at this. You actually did it. Destroying you will be so simple for us." Whispered tells him. "Now, go have some fun Sethmon. Let's see if your loyalty extends to the dark side." He says to the Digimon next to him.
"It does indeed, Lord Whispered. I always have felt that Apollomon was weak and his methods were suspect. As such, I welcome your strength." Sethmon says while walking in front of him.
"Very well. Attack!" Whispered then commanded whole throwing his arm forward.
"Brace yourself, Cyberdramon!" Christopher tells him not knowing they are being watched from another crystal.
(Ewan's castle)
"See, I knew Christopher would come in like that. Whenever the Fusion Fighters get into trouble they always seem to revert to a double-pronged attack. Mikey's taking the traditional direct approach with his army, but Christopher's more creative so he'll launch a sneak attack right here on me. And knowing Davis, he's probably ether still plotting his part of the strategy or is just on standby for the time." Ewan states to Tuwarmon.
"AxeKnightmon and Laylamon already have the Red General's forces on the run. That would mean Blue Flare would try to sneak through, but wouldn't expect Whispered coming. A perfect plan, indeed." The big golden Digimon says while pulling his fist up.
"Yeah, it is. Now, Tuwarmon, I want you to change back into Damemon." The boy suddenly says as his partner got confused.
"Huh? What?" He says looking down at him.
"Isn't it obvious? We've already won. I wanna quit so you and I can play a different game. Sound good?" The boy asks him as the big Digimon looked nervous.
"Uh… I'm uh, not sure that's a good idea, Ewan. I am still your bodyguard after all. That being said, until the war is over there's still danger. Plus, there's… uh…" Tuwarmon was saying as he trailed off while the blonde boy looked confused. "Look, this battle must be played out all the way until the end. If you quit now, you won't have victory. You must destroy Mikey Kudo or this could be the end for both of us. Do you understand?" He asks him.
To this Ewan still looked as confused as ever, but then he just suddenly laughed. "You are so funny, Tuwarmon. If I do lose, I'm just gonna go back home safely. Not only that, but also have memories of this awesome place." He says while running to the balcony. "In this world, no one dies and no one ever gets hurt. It's like a dream come true! I can do whatever I want." He then says as his partner arrives.
Tuwarmon looks at him then looks down almost guilty. 'What have we done to him?' He thinks to himself. "Yes, you are correct General Ewan." He then says.
"Aw, come on! Is that the best you can say?" The little mouse on his back says.
"What do you expect me to say? That if he loses he turns to digital dust…? I-I mean, I guess I could tell him that." He then says sweating. "This job is harder than I thought." He then says under his breath.
"You know what?" Ewan then says catching their attention. "I actually miss being home. Huh? Oh, would you look at that." He then says as his attention was at X5 and AxeKnightmon's battle. "Looks like they're not doing so well out there. You know, this might be over way too fast." He then says with that innocent smile of his.
(Meanwhile)
On the battlefield, Porcupamon and MetalKabuterimon were still holding their own against the minor foes, but Beelzemon and Mervamon were having a hard time with Laylamon. "This is so much fun! Flame Spires!" Laylamon shouts as she blasts fire at the duo.
"Gh, LOOK OUT!" Beelzemon yells covering Mervamon.
Meanwhile, AxKnightmon had pulled Shoutmon X5 out of the lava before throwing him, full force at the edge of the stone spikes. "Spinning Spear!" He then yells out as his spear twists in the form of a drill and then he thrusted it down onto X5's chest. This caused the fused Digimon to scream out in agony as he was shaking during the process. 'How strange, I expected Shoutmon X5 to at least be a challenge. No matter, a few more seconds and my drill is going through his chest!' He thinks to himself.
"Almost…" He then heard him mumbling. "Not yet…"
'What? Wait, is he stalling? For what?' He thinks to himself wondering what he was talking about.
Meanwhile with Christopher, Sethmon blasted Cyberdramon and it sent both him and Christopher flying back. But both of them managed to stay on their feet regardless of the attack even if he fell on one knee. "You not as strong as I was lead to believe you were. If a single hit is what sends you backwards, then how did you manage destroy six Dark Generals before me?! You're nothing but weak!" Whispered yelled out in annoyance.
Christopher got up and wiped some sweat from his face. "Then you're a fool…" He says before spitting. "The bond between us is how we've won all our battles." He continues as the possessed Apollomon looked surprised. "And it's what we'll use to defeat you." He then says.
Afterwards, Whispered seemed confused and didn't understand at first. Then he saw two shadows appear from the spikes… one of those shadows, just happened to be Gaogamon. And the other one was BanchoLeomon who had his hat over his eyes and looked with a smirk. Then he looked over at Christopher, who then grew a smirk of his own.
(Ewan's castle)
Ewan was watching and was seeming disappointed. "I don't understand, things aren't happening how I predicted. They shouldn't be lasting this long." He says to himself before realizing something. "Wait a minute… where are the rest of the Miracle Hunters?" He then says realizing that the only members from the Miracle Hunters who seemed to show up were Porcupamon and MetalKabuterimon.
That was before the castle began to shake as explosions occurred all around it which brought Tuwarmon to shield the boy. When they looked, they saw it was MailBirdramon causing the ruckus as he was blasting everything.
"MailBirdramon?! What's he doing here without Christopher?" Ewan says confused and shocked.
"General Ewan!" Gorillamon appeared at the scene. "Are you alright-?!" One of them called out before they all got blasted by the robot dragon's mouth beam.
He then looked at the boy with a fierce look on his face. "This… this doesn't make any sense… what are you do-…" The boy was saying until he saw a silhouette in the smoke. "Wha-Christopher?! What are you doing here? I just saw you down in-…" He was saying until the figure was fully out of the smoke and he was shocked to see who it was.
"M-Mikey?" He says before he sees another familiar face appear from behind him. "And Davis?" He says shocked. "Wha-what are you doing with MailBirdramon?" He asked.
"You can't predict everything, Ewan. Some things just happen unexpectedly." Mikey tells him.
"But… that's not fair! You didn't do what you were supposed to!" The blonde boy then says pointing his finger at them.
"ENOUGH, EWAN!" Davis shouted which caused him to flinch. "Christopher tried to tell you that this was not a game and what happens in real life can never predicted. But you never listened." He tells him while reaching for his Fusion Loader.
"He risked his life to prove that point to you… by entrusting his Digimon to our Fusion Loaders." The Red General explains. "And his plan was brilliant." He then says.
(Flashback)
At the castle, Christopher had just reloaded Greymon and MailBirdramon. "Now, give me your Fusion Loader, Mikey." He says as the Red General looks confused but gives him his Loader. "Fusion Loader Transfer!" He then yells as the Digimon then go inside it.
"Now, I want you to head straight for the black castle." He then says handing the boy back his Loader. "With the bonds between us we should be able to use each other's Digimon after now." He then states. "We can't Digivolve them, but even so, this should give us the power way beyond the limits of our individual teams."
"Yeah, but-" Mikey was about to say.
"No, 'yeah but's! We don't have time for this. This plan is the only option at this point, so it's time I made the team plan." The Blue General tells him.
"But Christopher, if you're the decoy, then that means you're putting yourself in more danger." Nene says worried.
"Yeah, are you sure you're alright with this?" Davis asked him.
"It's dangerous yes, but we need to make Ewan understand. He should listen to Mikey and Davis, so that's why they need to go. He has to listen to at least one of you two." Christopher tells them.
"I-I don't know about this. If it all backfires-" Mikey was saying.
"Mikey, enough! This is the only way we can go." The Blue General then tells him while getting angry. "Look, I know it's going to be hard for me, but I know deep down somewhere this will make us stronger. Isn't that what you've been telling me this entire time? You can never win alone?" He then asks the two Generals standing in front of him.
Mikey then stopped and had his head down in thought as he was thinking about what he just said. "He's right you know." He then looks to Davis surprise. "This plan is our only way to get out of this place and face Lord Bagra. If we don't do this, we might be stuck down here for eternity and that would mean we wouldn't be able to save our Digital Worlds. So, let's do this, okay partner?" He then says extending his hand out.
The Red General looked at him for a second before a smile made its way onto his face. "Alright, your call then." He then takes the hand and shakes it.
BanchoLeomon and Gaogamon then looked at each other for a second. "We'll go with Christopher to help him out. We should be able to help him last longer and keep the danger to a minimum. Let's get this plan ready." Gaogamon then states.
"Alright then. Christopher…" Davis then says as he looks at his blonde friend who hands him his Fusion Loader without hesitating. "Alright. Fusion Loader Transfer!" He then says as the two Digimon looked at each other with smirks as they then were loaded into Christopher's Fusion Loader.
(Flashback over)
"Christopher actually trusted someone else with his Digimon?" Ewan asked shocked. "But, that's impossible… Wait, then who Digi-Fused Shoutmon X5? You two are here, Christopher's fighting in the spikes with Whispered, and… No way." He then says in disbelief as he remembered his sister.
(Mikey's Castle)
"I can make X5 as well. This is the power of the bond between us." Nene says holding her Fusion Loader. "Let's win this X5! Go on!" She then shouted out.
And meanwhile Shoutmon was still dealing with AxeKnightmon. 'Is that why they were holding back?! No, I can't let them win!' He thought before he stopped attacking and was about to fly away.
"Oh no, you don't!" X5 then grabbed a hold of his foot. "You're not going anywhere!" He yelled out while gripping him.
"Very well, prepare to go for a swim!" The dark knight then says as he pulls him into the lava with him.
(Christopher)
"What is this? What are you planning" Whispered asked getting confused and annoyed.
"Oh, you're about to find out." Christopher says before taking out his Fusion Loader. "You ready guys?!" He then calls out.
"I'm ready!" Gaogamon says determined.
"I am as well!" BanchoLeomon says too.
"Alright… BanchoLeomon, Gaogamon, Digi-Fuse!" He then yells out.
Digi-Fuse
"BanchoLeomon!"
"Gaogamon!"
"DIGI-FUSE!"
The two Digimon then fused together creating once again… "SaberLeomon!"
"Wh-what is going on?!" Sethmon then says shocked.
Christopher keeps his smirk on his face as he chuckled a bit. "You know, you should think twice before underestimating us and our bond. If I learned one thing from Mikey and Davis, it's that friends are the strongest source of power. Something that you Digimon in the Bagra Army lack." He then says as he walks forward with SaberLeomon behind him. "Now, let's try this again."
(Ewan's Castle)
"W-what? My predictions… were wrong?" Ewan says under so much shock.
Then Davis walks forward to him. "Ewan listen, we can still call off this fight. Please, come to our side and together we can end this without anyone getting hurt." He then extends his hand out as the boy looked at him confused. "Please, make the right decision." He asks him.
Ewan then grunted as he looked at him. "No… I'll never admit defeat… I won't do it!" He then yelled at him.
"That's enough! Gorillamon, attack!" Tuwarmon then shouts out as said Digimon jumped into the throne room ready to fight.
"Here we go… Reload, Greymon!" Mikey then shouts releasing the dinosaur Digimon.
"Mega Flame!" Greymon shouts as he fires his blast from his mouth and destroys all the Gorillmon in the area.
"You two okay with this?!" The boy then says holding up his loader.
"If Christopher trusts you…" MailBirdramon says.
"Then we trust you, Mikey!" Greymon finishes.
"Great… Greymon, MailBirdramon, Digi-Fuse!" Mikey then yells out
Digi-Fusion
"Greymon!"
"MailBirdramon!"
"DIGI-FUSE!"
"MetalGreymon!"
After fusing, MetalGreymon swiped his claws and took out most of the Gorillamon. "Trident Arm!" He then yells as he slashed them all before they all exploded causing the part of the castle to blow up as well.
Meanwhile, down below, Knightmon had sliced through one of the Digimon. "Attack Fusion Fighters!" He then calls out.
But at the lava pits, everyone saw the explosion and Laylamon was shocked. "Wha-are you kidding me?" She then says before about to take flight.
"Don't go running away after now!" Beelzemon then fires from his cannon and stopped her from going further. "I still got a present for ya!"
As for Whispered, he looked shocked when he saw the explosion occur. "So, all of this? It was just a diversion?!" He asks getting angry before grinding his teeth for a second. "Get back to the castle!" He yells as they began running to their destination.
"Infinity Arrow!" SaberLeomon yells as he fires at Whispered which brought him to block. "This is the plan we've had in mind and now we're going to put it to use!" He says as he stands in front of him.
Sethmon looked angry and was about to go forward. "No, you go the castle. I'll deal with this pest." He then says walking forward. Sethmon was about to say something but decided to listen and go off on his own.
Christopher was using spike to hold him up as he looked over at the castle. "Mikey, Davis… it's up to you guys." He says before he fell to the ground.
SaberLeomon looked at the boy and then thought… 'This boy has changed for the best.' As he then looked at Whispered. "I may not be able to beat you, I know that. But even still, I won't back down. I will give this battle all I have!" He then yells out before roaring out with pride and then charging.
Back at Ewan's castle, MetalGreymon blasted Tuwarmon out of the castle as he was chased by said Digimon down the tower reaching the bottom. "Tuwarmon!" Ewan yelled out before grunting and running down the stairs to the bottom.
"Ewan, get back here!" Mikey yells as he begins chasing him. Davis looked at where MetalGreymon went with Tuwarmon before he started going after Mikey and Ewan.
Tuwarmon was falling for a bit before he flipped and landed on his feet hopping back a bit. "Just perfect, there goes our pl-OOF!" He says before he accidentally hit his head on something hard. "OW! Darn these statues." He says rubbing his head.
"Heh, that kinda tickled a bit." He then hears before his eyes go wide.
"Oh, you're kidding me." He then turns around to see it was UlForceVeedramon behind him.
"Sorry, but luck just ain't on your side." The dragon then says.
"Yeah, I couldn't agree more!" MetalGreymon also says as he charges and goes to slash him.
As for Davis, he was running down the stairs after his friend who was chasing their opponent at the moment. He was hoping he was alright… then he stopped midway down the stairs and looked down to see. And what he saw was something that made him worried.
"I've got you now." Ewan says holding a large and sharp sword as Mikey stood back. "You really are an amazing player, Mikey. But now, forgot about using Digimon. Once I take your character out, you'll vanish, and I'll be the winner!" He says with a competitive look on his face.
To this, Mikey couldn't move as he didn't want to fight, and Davis didn't know what to do. He couldn't use any Digimon he had with him to fight Ewan, and that's never a good thing because that meant he couldn't stop him. He was worried, the plan was going so well but now it was starting to backfire and his friends are still in just as much danger if not more.
'T-this can't be happening.' He thought to himself as he was reminded of his nightmare. 'No, I can't let it end like that! I can't let that actually come true!' He looked out one of the open windows and saw MetalGreymon fighting Tuwarmon with UlForceVeedramon. - tears flow from ZekeGreymon-All gold pieces of his armor, all his blue scales- 'N-no… there's gotta be a way out of this.' He thinks with his eyes wide.
(Meanwhile in Davis' world)
Joe was grunting as he was laying down and supposedly past out. But, he began to get up and started opening his eyes, only to find that he was somehow lying in… snow? He got up and looked in front of him to see an entire field covered with snow and ice. He was confused and didn't understand what was going on.
"What the heck?" He says confused before hearing a grunt which made him turn to his side. "Gomamon?" He says as the little Digimon pulls his head out of the ground.
"Aw man, that was so weird… Huh? Joe?" Gomamon then says confused as well before they looked around. "Where are we?" He asked his partner.
"I have no idea." The blue haired boy states just as lost. "It's like some kind of… I don't know, snow biome or something?" He tells him.
"This place looks really odd. Are we in the North Pole or something?" The Digimon asks.
"No… I-I mean, maybe. No that can't be possible." The boy says trying to be reasonable, then something came to mind. "Hey, Gomamon, you're not cold, are you?" He asks him.
"Well, no I'm not. But, shouldn't I be?" Said fish states.
"I'm not ether. This is odd, we're here in some kind of snowy area but… it doesn't feel any lower than normal temperature." Joe says as he looks down before they heard large footsteps come their way. "W-what?" He says before he looks to see something unexpected.
"Woah, is that…?" Gomamon says almost amazed.
Standing right there in front of them was… "Zudomon?" Joe says confused. "W-what is he doing here?" He says as the Digivolution of his partner looked down at him.
Then it blinked twice before it then held out its hand to them. "Um, uh… I think he wants us to come with him." Gomamon says.
Joe looked back at the Digimon for a second looking concerned and wondering if it was a good idea. After some time, he thought that he might be trying to help them, but then again he could be a bad Digimon and that was most concerning. But he decided that they might not have much of a choice and picked up Gomamon before walking into Zudomon's palm.
"Hopefully this ends well." He says in a weary voice as he put down his partner and they were fully in his Digivolution's hand.
The large Viking like Digimon then began to walk with them in his hand through the snowy tundra. He was walking through it for about a minute or two before they reached a large ocean ahead. He continued to move forward not seeming to notice what's in front of him, but what he did surprised the two. When he reached the water, he took a step and his foot had stayed on its surface, walking on water.
Joe gulped and was starting to question his choice a bit, then as Zudomon was walking, he seemed to be making his way to an icy region of some sorts with a large block of ice that held a Digimon that looked similar the Ultimate Level Digimon. When he reached it, he stopped where he was and put down the two in his hand which caused confusion to them. But Gomamon was getting annoyed at all of these questions being raised in his head.
"Hey, what give?! What are we even doing here?!" He then yells up to his Digivolution.
Zudomon then rose his hand up at them for a moment before putting it down and taking a deep breath. "All will be answered." He then says catching the attention of the two. "I'm sure you both are aware that a friend from your world has traveled to another. I am here to tell you, even with the help of those in said world, he won't be able to come out alive. As such, I am here to help you." He then says as the two looked at each other for a moment.
"So, Davis needs our help?" Gomamon asks curious.
"Yes, he does unfortunately. Those who brought him there thought that he would be enough, but it seems they were wrong." Zudomon then states as he continues to look down at the two. "If you wish to help him, you're not enough the way you are now. You need to ascend even further than before." He tells him.
"Wait, you mean like, Mega-Digivolving? We can't do that." Joe then states.
"Not yet, but you will." The bigger Digimon tells them before he felt something then closed his eyes. "It seems our is already up." He tells them as they seemed confused once more.
Then, they looked out into the ocean as it looked normal at first, but then something began to rise out of the water. What rose from the water looked like a black knight-like Digimon wielding a large two-sided spear and head down as Zudomon slowly turned towards him. Then when he was fully out of the water, his eyes flashed as he looked directly at the Ultimate Level Digimon.
"Head my warning! If you wish to help your comrade, you must ascend the greatest of your strength!" He then says before he starts to approach the knight while readying his hammer. "Destroy the ice and free the Digimon of the ice and use his bond to become stronger!" He says as the black knight rushes him.
He strikes with his hammer, but the hammer was blocked by its spear as they were put into a lock. "DAHA!" Joe yells as he shakes from the shockwave.
"C'mon Joe! We gotta hurry!" Gomamon says heading over to the ice.
"Uh, okay!" The boy then got up and head over to the ice. "How are we gonna break this?" He says as Zudomon and the knight clash once more creating a shaking shockwave.
"I can do this! A-hem… haven't used this in a while." Gomamon then says as he backs up. "Marching Fishes!" He then yells out before the water in the ocean begins to glow and then an army of rainbow themed fishes started jumping out of the water and began banging against the ice.
Then the ice started to crack which caught the dark knight's attention while it was in another lock with Zudomon. Then it threw the Ultimate Digimon off him before roaring out in anger before attempting to go past his opponent to get to the duo, but he was blocked once more and kept from getting closer.
"Deh! Zudomon!" Joe yells out worried before he heard him laughing and looked confused.
"Hey, don't worry about it! I've handled tough guys before. This one is nothing!" Zudomon then jokes as he held the block before throwing his opponent off. "This won't take too long!" He then says as he charges back at him.
"Hey, you know, he kinda sounds like me. You know?" Gomamon then says with a smile.
"Yeah, that's nice…" Joe says while sweating. 'Please tell me I'm not gonna have to deal with two jokesters.' He thinks to himself before realizing. "Wait a minute, shouldn't you be-?" He was about to ask his partner.
"Huh? Oh, right! I totally forgot!" Gomamon says as he remembered he stopped attacking. "Marching Fishes!" He yelled as another army burst out of the water and started attacking the ice that held the large Digimon.
As the two bigger Digimon were duking it out, they were both getting tired as they fought. Zudomon was unfortunately getting more tired as they fought. The black knight was struggling to keep fighting, but was managing to still hold itself against the Ultimate Digimon. Then it flinched when it heard more cracking.
It looked to the source and saw that the ice was starting to break. This caused him to roar out in anger once more before once again attempting to go after the two but Zudomon grabbed his foot and stopped him from going any further. Then the ice continued to break, before a grayish blue light emitted from the ice and began to get brighter as the ice cracked, then it exploded and covered the area.
Then when the light died down, Joe and Gomamon looked to see what they released. And when they got a better look at it, it looked more like a Viking and held dual axes at his sides while looking down. Then its head rose before looking at the two as they flinched on eye contact. They stared at each other for a few seconds before it looked up at the black knight.
It stared at it for a moment before it got up and rose its axes, then it roared out with pride. "Joe, that's… that's Vikemon." Gomamon then says catching his partner's attention.
"Wait, who?" Joe looked down at his partner.
"Vikemon! He's a Mega Level Digimon and… Oh my gosh… I think I Digivolve into him." The rookie level Digimon states in amazement.
"Digivolve?!" The boy says surprised before looking back at the Digimon in amazement. "No way."
The Digimon known as Vikemon then walked forward approaching the dark knight until he was up in front of it. The knight then kicked Zudomon in the face and then charged at the Digimon attempting to attack. It made it to the front of him then threw his spear back ready to attack.
"Vikemon! Get out of the way!" Joe yells out worried.
Then it thrusted its spear forward expecting to attack it. But when it did, it didn't hit Vikemon. Zudomon grunted as he was standing in front of the Mega Level Digimon with his arms out wide stabbed with the knight's spear. He was still grunting in pain with his eyes barely opened while Joe and Gomamon looked wide eyed at him.
He was in pain as he remained where he was as the knight withdrew his spear. He struggled to stay on one leg and using his hand to hold him up. Shaking-ly turned his head to look at the two on the ground in pain. Then he smiled, even while damaged.
"D-don't worry. This ain't nothin'…" He says to them. "At least now… I'll join you… and be of help…" He then says as he winked before he jumped at the knight.
It then rose its spear and blocked the attack from his hammer, but the spear cracked on impact and was barely holding itself up. Still, it managed to knock the hammer out of his hand. Then it thrusted its spear forward once more before Zudomon used his bicep to block it which caused it to shatter, sending the knight back.
"My muscles are… tougher than they look… they're as hard as Chrome Digizoid armor… maybe more…" He says as he laughs before hacking in pain.
The knight seemed angrier then ever as it then rushed up to him and chopped him in the chest. Then after that, Zudomon then exploded and pieces of him began to turn into data which flowed into the air. When this happened, the knight fell to its knee and Vikemon approached it. It looked up to his frightening face as he rose his axes, then threw both of his arms forward slashing in a x formation which created a large blast.
"AHHH!" Joe yells as him and Gomamon jumped awake.
"WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT'S GOING ON?! Huh?" Gomamon shouted before he realized they in the boy's room while the light from the sun came through the window. "Wait was that all a dream?" He then says confused.
Joe however was more or less still shocked at what happened and looked down at his hands. He began to wonder if that dream was real and if what happened in it was real as well. -"At least now… I'll join you…"- He remembered Zudomon's words from that dream and realized something.
"We need to tell the gang!" He then says as Gomamon looked at him confused. "They have to know about this. We need to tell the rest of the Digi-Destined!"
To be continued…
Wow, that took way too long. Okay, how many words do we have on this in total? 15352?! Dang… these chapters are getting longer with each one and are taking more time to make… Yeah, it's gonna be forever before we get done with this series-thank you guys for reading. If you guys liked this then go check out my other fanfictions, although not all of them are for kids.
This chapter… was pretty scary at the beginning, but it works. Also, the rest of the Digi-Destined are gonna be in these chapters at some point, but they won't be meeting Davis and his crew just yet. But we will have a plan for the big finale which will hopefully prove better than the Fusion or Adventure storylines' endings.
Thank you all for reading and stay tuned.
