Hey, I'm back again. My hiatus is crazy and let me tell you, I should not have made so many stories… I might have a bit of a problem. Me and Purpleolaf96 are talking and we've been offered a few ideas by a fan of the story, and we've been discussing ideas for the story. Let me tell you though, it's because of his help that this story got where it is today and I thank him.
Wisemon pushed a button and the helmet emitted noise while a glow came from inside it. "Now, watch as my brilliant invention does its job." He then says while taking a step back.
"So, you sure this thing's not gonna blow up or something?" Shoutmon asks, nervously.
"As I've said, I have run trials on it. It's not likely to blow up by any means." Wisemon assured him.
"Are we sure this will work?" Dorulumon says, skeptical.
"Do you have your hearing turned off or something?" Balistamon asked. "If the Beta's been tested and nothing bad turned up it should be fine."
"First of all, I can hear perfectly fine. Second of all, it's only been through one test. Are we really gonna trust it from just one test?" The hound said back.
"Relax, I've been through that test. I was skeptical myself but it actually works pretty well." Christopher reassures him. "Besides, this is probably the safest option we have."
"Well, if it gets Christopher's approval, I say it's good enough." Mikey says with confidence and trust.
"If it'll bring Davis back, then I say go for it." Veemon says as he climbed onto the bed to see his partner.
Nene looked hesitant but then sighed. "Well, we've come this far haven't we? Besides, he has a world and home to get back to. If this really will work, then I'm alright with it, as long as it assures he's still alive."
"She isn't wrong, we have been through some pretty rough times and have already made several risks. I don't doubt that we might need to take another risk like this." Gaogamon states.
"Agreed. We're a team no matter what. And after all, Davis has done to help, let's not let it all go in vain." BanchoLeomon then says.
Saying that the rest of the group agreed that they had to do whatever they could to help Davis. As Lowemon saw this, he was intrigued by how trusting they were and how close they were as friends. He knew they couldn't see, but he smiled behind his mask knowing that this group was more than just trustworthy. Then a beeping noise was heard from the helmet.
"My invention has detected something." Wisemon says, approaching the boy.
"Wow, that was fast." Shoutmon says.
"It was. How bad is it?" Nene asked, worried.
"It's a strong reading. Everyone, brace yourselves for this next part?" The hooded-Digimon warns the rest.
"Wait, what?" Dorulumon asked, looking a bit worried.
"Uh, what exactly are we bracing for?" Mikey asked nervously.
"Let's just say that this part will make you feel a bit weird." Christopher says.
"Not exactly reassuring, Christopher." The red general says now sweating.
"Wait, what's happening? I don't think we should just leave it off on the excuse of it being a weird fe-" MetalKabuterimon was saying in a worried tone before a sudden flash occurred.
Before it ended, everyone present got a view of something unexpected. They saw Davis… on his knees, looking down at the ground. However, they also saw something off. It was themselves surrounding him, but they looked angry and as though they were shouting at him. Then the flash ended and they were back in the room, all looking uneased by what they saw.
Cutemon fell right off of Dorulumon and landed on the ground shaking. "Cutemon! Are you okay?!" Dorulumon says as he checks on him.
"So scary." The pink rabbit says.
"Okay, can someone tell me what the heck that was all about? Because that gave me something worse than chills." Shoutmon says.
"That was a vision. A vision of what is in Davis' dream. I have to say, that was unsettling. Even for me." Wisemon states.
"Why would he be having that dream? And why couldn't we hear anything we were saying to him?" Mikey asked, more concerned than ever.
"Well, I've only just made this invention so long ago, and this is its second time being used. I suppose there are still some things I need to work out."
"Uh… w-well, m-maybe the machine needs a few k-kicks and it'll start working." MetalKabuterimon says in a scared tone, trying to joke, all it did was give him glares.
"This is not a time for jokes!" BanchoLeomon says, angry. "We need to take this seriously. If anything we must find the source of what's causing Davis to have this dream."
"I might have an idea." Christopher states, gaining everyone's attention. "I can't exactly confirm, but… well, my theory is that…" He hesitates. "Maybe this is caused by the Dark Ocean."
"Huh, what do…" Mikey was about to ask before thinking. "Actually, now that I think about it, maybe that could be it. Given what we were told about the Dark Ocean, it honestly doesn't sound farfetched."
"So, that place is still haunting our team?" Sparrowmon asked.
"I wouldn't be surprised that would be the case." BanchoLeomon states before Lowemon stands up.
"Pardon me, but what is this Dark Ocean you speak about? Is it a land here in the Digital world?" He asked.
Everyone started looking at each other. One by one shifting from one person to another as if they were telepathically talking. Some had a strained look on their faces showing a bit of distrust, then looked as though they were losing an argument. Without saying a single word, everyone nodded as though they understood each other as Lowemon looked confused.
"It's a long story." Angewomon says before they begin to explain.
(Meanwhile)
"Where are we going?" Sora asked as her and Biyomon were riding a Digimon through the bright blue sky.
"Well, might as well tell you while I still have time." The Digimon says. "My name is JetSilphymon. There's gonna be a bunch of Digimon where we're going and they're currently waiting for your arrival. You're needed to free her from her prison as you're going to need her help in the future."
"Who's she?" Sora asked again.
"And why do we need her help?" Biyomon asked.
"I'm sure you've heard by now, but one of your friends has disappeared from your world, correct?" JetSliphymon asks.
"Yeah, that's right. But how do you know?" Sora once again asked.
"I'm here to help you. You're not the first to be warned that your friend is gonna need your help. For this kind of emergency, you're not gonna be able to help him the way you are now." The Digimon states.
"Go on."
"You and the Digidestined have once given up your crest powers to free the Harmonious Ones from the seal made by the Dark Masters to shield the Digital World from the darkness. However, the darkness of another Digital World was beginning to leak into other worlds so the gate was closed to keep it from getting to ours completely."
"We've heard that from Kari. Are you one of those summoned by them?" Biyomon asked.
"I guess you could say that. As for me, well, I'm a manifestation of the Crest of Love." JetSliphymon says as the two's eyes widen from hearing so. "The reason I'm here is because the darkness from that world is intending on destroying the Digidestined of your world. As such, manifestations of the Crests, including me, are here to help you. However, the darkness will likely come to attack you in this reality."
"Is it Myotismon again?" Sora asked.
"No, it's an evil that wants nothing more than to have control over the Digital World. His plans went for years to come. A Digimon known as Lord Bagra." The Digimon explained.
Hearing that caused the girl to gasp. A flashback of the time when Gennai mentioned an enemy going to war in the Digital World. Is this Digimon really so bad that even her own world is gonna be in danger because of it?
"I don't get it." Biyomon states. "If he is a Digimon then shouldn't he be called something like Bagramon or something?"
"The way he's named is odd, but I don't think anyone knows the specifics on why. But anyway, we're here." JetSilphymon says as they start flying through some clouds.
As they come out, they find themselves in what looked like a sky world, like floating islands in the sky. There were some Digimon on said islands, but the two couldn't see what they were no matter how hard they look. Then they found themselves heading towards what looked to be a giant cage before JetSilphymon stopped at the front.
When upfront, they could see that there was a large golden Digimon curled up in the cage. "What is that?" Sora asked, amazed.
"This is the Digimon that you'll need to help your friend. To fight the evil, you must need the power from this Digimon to help you." JetSilphymon says.
"Really?"
"Yes, once you release it, you'll exceed beyond the Ultimate form." The Digimon explained as the two knew exactly what she meant, before they heard a roar in the distance, causing heads to turn. "Oh, no, not now."
"What is that?" Biyomon asked, scared.
"Something that wasn't supposed to come here so quickly." JetSilphymon says as she flies to the ground level of the cage, letting the two down. "You'll have to hurry. We need you to free the Digimon inside to access its power."
At that point, they would've asked what they were supposed to do, but they understood what they needed to do. They both nodded and JetSilphymon nodded back before flying up and getting in defense as she saw a shadow from the clouds coming towards them and she sweated in anticipation.
(White Castle)
"So that's it." Lowemon says with a hand on his chin while sitting on a chair. "And you're telling me that the evil we're facing is so bad that it's putting the Digital World and Earth of another dimension in danger?"
"It sounds cool, but… doesn't seem that way since it's actually happening." Shoutmon states.
"I mean, when Davis told me he was from another dimension, I didn't exactly believe it at first." MetalKabuterimon butted in.
"I don't think it's farfetched to think that a lot of us had a hard time believing such a thing. Though, we needed to accept it after all we've witnessed." Angewomon says.
"Well… I didn't exactly…" Gaogamon started to say.
"It's in the past." BanchoLeomon says while putting a hand on his back. "We all know how you feel about lying."
When he heard that, it put a small smile on the wolf Digimon's face that unfortunately didn't go for long before it became a frown. He pulled back a bit as the lion Digimon had a sympathetic look to such.
"I beg your pardon, but what do you mean?" Lowemon asked, curious.
"It's a personal subject." Nene interrupts. "I think it's best we keep that off the table."
"Alright, enough of this!" Veemon says. "Now that everyone has caught up, we should be focusing on how to save Davis."
"He's right, we should probably stop wasting time talking like this." Mikey agreed.
"Right, we must figure out some way we can help, Davis. Unfortunately, I don't have another machine that can help us at the moment, but I could get started on one." Wisemon states.
"You could've started on one while we were talking." Ballistamon says.
"I don't think that'll be necessary." Lowemon interrupted as everyone got confused.
"What do you mean that won't be necessary? What you got some other plan or something?" Veemon asked.
"You can say that." The dark armored Digimon says as he stood up. "I actually used to be a part of the Daybreak Zone way back when. At the very least it was before Bagra came and took over the place. I come from a line of warriors that emerged from the shadows." Hearing that made some of them perk up.
"Wait, you're a member of the warriors that emerged from shadows?" Beelzemon asked, surprised.
"That's exactly what I said. Have you heard of such?"
"I did. I was told about how you would aid the Warriors of Light as allies. However, I thought that you were all deleted after… well, when I was still Reapmon."
'Wait, what?' Lowemon thought in shock before regaining his composure. "So, you were a member of them."
"That's right. At least before this whole mess of events happened." Beelzemon told him.
"Well, it's in the past now. And we're gonna make sure events like that don't happen again." Mikey states.
"Yeah, but right now, if you got something that we can use to help Davis, now will be the time to use it." Shoutmon states.
"Right. Being how I was born, I have control over some powers of darkness. Ironic, isn't it? Considering I'm on your side." The black-armored Digimon states as almost everyone was surprised to hear.
"Calm down everyone. I know we all have had bad experiences with enemies that had used the power of darkness, but the Warriors from Shadows were made to use this power in order to have a balance between both light and darkness." Beelzemon explained.
"Correct. And being that we can control darkness, I might be able to help Davis." Lowemon states.
"That's a relief, to say the least." Gaogamon says before looking at the unconscious boy. "I wish I could've apologized before all this had started."
"Don't worry. You can apologize to him after we save him." BanchoLeomon says while putting a hand on his back.
"I hope I can get the chance." He says, still feeling guilty.
"I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee that it'll come out successful." Lowemon says as he gets up.
"We couldn't guarantee the other times we thought we were successful either, so I'm sure our chances are higher than we think." Christopher says.
"Right." The black-armored Digimon then approached Davis. "I suggest you all stand back. Just to be safe."
Everyone did as they were told and stepped back. Lowemon then looked down to the boy and stared at his body. He hesitated before sighing, holding his hand up, closing his eyes, and began focusing. For around ten seconds, nothing appeared to be happening, but then dark purple energy started to slowly form in his hand which left all in awe on sight.
Then the darkness began to make its way and began wrapping around Davis. As it did so, the eyes on the top of Lowemon's mask started glowing purple. Seeing this, Ballistamon flinched for a second.
"Woah, woah, what are you doing?" He says a little freaked out before Beelzemon shushed him.
"It's an ability that the Warriors from the Shadows possess. It's what they use in order to help anyone who has become a victim of darkness. Right now, he's going through Davis' mind." He quietly explains.
"I really hope he'll be okay." Nene says, most concerned.
"Surely this is a harmless process, am I right?" Mervamon asked.
"I've only seen it happen once in person. However, the process was harmless." Beelzemon explained.
As Lowemon continued to channel his energy into Davis, he made his way into his mind. And soon, we switch to inside such and find what is going through it. And what was happening was something that he no one would want.
Title: The Warrior of Darkness
"Hello!" Davis was walking through the dirt of a dark, cold, and dreary wasteland. "Anybody!" No land in sight for miles. "Please! Anyone!" His voice echoed through the sky. "Someone! Please!" He called once more.
The more he called, the more the silence would remain. No matter how much he yelled out, no matter how far he walked, he couldn't find anything to bring him out of this nightmarish place. He came to an abrupt stop and panted for air as he looked around once again. Still nothing. He was about to sit down before he heard a noise behind him.
He slowly turned around and saw something he wasn't expecting. There stood the evolved form of Veemon. Otherwise known as UlForceVeedramon. He stood in front of him. Facing his direction, his face was hidden in the fog as the boy tried to at least make out his face.
"V-Veemon…" Davis asked as the Digimon didn't even move. "Veemon… hey… please can you… can you answer me…" He waited… and waited… but his partner wasn't responding. "Vee-"
"Pathetic…" He heard come from the large Digimon which took him aback.
"W-what are-"
"You've always been a failure…"
"... W-what?" Davis asked, not understanding.
"A failure as a Digidestined… a failure as a General… a failure as a hero…" He heard before he saw the giant Digimon clench his hand in anger. "And a failure as a partner…"
Hearing that made the boy's eyes widen. "Wha-what are you talking about?!"
The more he looked at his partner, the more he started to notice something off. Some cracks were starting to form in his armor and the scars on his thighs widened. Safe to say, he was getting more and more freaked out. Then as he looked up, the fog had cleared… and he saw the anger on UlForceVeedramon's face.
Then, something else happened. Tears were starting to form in his eyes and ran down his face. Davis got more concerned when he saw it happen and wondered even more about what was happening.
"You… were supposed to be my friend… yet… you abandoned me…" He says as the cracks and scars widen to the rest of his body.
"What?! No! Veemon, I pro-!" Davis tried to call out.
Before he could, the large Digimon instantly broke down into data particles that immediately disappeared. That made his eyes widen. His hands started to shake as well as the rest of his body… tears started to form in his own eyes from the sheer terror of what he just saw.
"This… this isn't right… n-no, this… this isn't real." He told himself as he continued walking. "T-this is just like in those movies-T-they put someone in some kind of illusion and… y-yeah, that's it. None of this is real." He kept murmuring.
Then he stopped when he saw another friend right in front of him. "M-Mikey… W-what are you doing here?" He asked.
"He's right you know." He suddenly said which took him aback. "It's your fault you know. It's always been." He says as he looked at him in fierce anger.
Davis's eyes widened in shock as he heard that from him. As much as he wanted to believe that this wasn't actually happening, hearing 'Mikey' say that with his voice and his face didn't make it better. Before he could say anything, Nene and Christopher were suddenly in front of him.
"I once thought that I never should've trusted you. I should've stuck with that thought since it turns out I couldn't." Christopher says in his old cold, dark tone.
"I agree with that. I trusted you and now everything's become even worse and all your fault." Nene says.
"SHUT UP!" Davis suddenly shouted which didn't faze them. "Stop saying that."
"Are you denying that it's true?" Mikey asked.
"I'm denying that this is even the real version of you saying this. I know you're trying to make me feel bad for what I'm doing." He says while glaring at them. "I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to make me feel bad over anything just to make me unable to fight alongside the real versions and they'd lose, and you're not gonna trick me!"
"You really think that it's not us that's saying that." He hears before he turns around and sees Gaogamon.
He fully turned around to face him and waited for what he might say next. However, he just stood there, head down and growling. Even if he couldn't see his eyes, Davis knew he was looking at him, and that he was full-on angry.
"I trusted you… I had my doubts… and I should've stuck to them." Gaogamon says in a cold tone.
"What? No! I tried to-" Davis was about to say as he stepped forward, only for the wolf Digimon to bark and growl at him.
"Don't come closer."
"STOP IT! Shut up!" He shouted out in anger. "Just stop! Stop using my friends' faces to make me feel bad!" He continued to yell.
"Is that what you think?" He heard before looking up.
"You really think it's not true?"
MetalKabuterimon and MetalTyrannomon. Both of them stared down at him, however not in anger like the first few, but had tears forming in their eyes.
"I thought you were a great leader…" MetalKabuterimon started to say.
"No…"
"I believed in you and your power…"
"No…"
"And yet I was wrong."
"Indeed. Our lives would've been better without you." MetalTyrannomon also says through sobs.
"No!" Davis shouted out. "Stop it! Stop trying to lie to me! Stop trying to control my feelings and make me feel betrayed! Just stop!" He continued to scream out.
Then suddenly, MetalTyrannomon swung his tail at him, knocking him across the withered field. When he tried to push himself up, he felt pain in his stomach. That made him shocked and he lifted his shirt to check. A bruise was starting to form which only made his eyes widen. This wasn't real right? How could he be feeling pain right now?
"No… no… this isn't real…" He says to himself as he stood stumbling a bit. "This is all fake. It's just trying to make me think it's real. There's no way." He told himself.
"Will you just shut up already!"
He heard just as he stood up. There stood Shoutmon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon. Davis stumbled back a bit, worried about what might be said next and if they planned to attack as well.
"I've had it with your ramblings! Quit lying to yourself and just accept it!" Shoutmon yelled at him.
"It's all real, Davis. You're just making excuses at this point." Ballistamon tells him.
"Excuses to make you believe that you're not a coward when that's exactly what you are." Dorulumon continued after him.
"No… I refuse to believe that…" Davis says while crying. "I-I won't accept it! I don't care what you say!" He screamed again.
Dorulumon's eyes widen in anger before he fired a drill attack at him to which he barely dodged as the end of his jacket got shredded.
"You can't keep denying it's all your fault. Now because of you, Cutemon is gone!" He says in anger.
"I've wanted to live as Ballistamon. Not DarkVolumon!" Ballistamon yelled before he suddenly started to shift into DarkVolumon as Davis put his hands on his ears, unable to block out his next words. "Now I'll never get the chance and it's all because of you!"
"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real!" The boy kept mumbling to himself. "They're fakes, they're not real, come on!" He says before slapping himself. "Wake up, Davis!" He yelled as he kept slapping himself over and over again.
"Oh knock it off! This is all real and you know it." Shoutmon yells at him again, causing him to stop. "It's all your fault and you should know by now. Especially since I was supposed to be the Digimon King, but thanks to you-"
"SHUT UP!" Davis yelled out. "JUST SHUT UP!" He yells through his tears before glaring up at those he believed to be fakers. "You all are just saying the same thing over and over again. Repeating one after another, saying that it's my fault for everything…" He says while tears still streamed down his face.
"Stop lying." Then BanchoLeomon appeared before him as he looked up. "You're pathetic and a failure. Accept that."
At that point, Davis was horrified, not just by what he said, but by the anger on his face. Fake or not, seeing BanchoLeomon furious in general was frightening enough as is. He couldn't find any words or a way to respond. The lion-man faced the ground, his hat covering, however, not completely hiding his face scrunching in even more fury.
"I believed that you were a good General, that you had strength… and yet you were nothing but a disappointment." He says to the boy. "Everything we've done up to this point was all for nothing. I had so much faith in you… and yet, not only have you failed to even live up to my expectations, but you ruined it for all of us!"
He couldn't bother to even yell back in retaliation. In his mind, the second leader of the Digidestined wanted to believe that what he's hearing wasn't real, that all he was hearing was from liar's using his friend's body, but from the way they looked down to the voice being exactly the same as well, he was starting to become convinced that it really was true.
He tried to rationalize, tried to convince himself not to believe in such, even reminding himself about how they would appear then just disappear like that. Unfortunately, it was starting to turn out too late.
Davis hesitantly looked back to BanchoLeomon and saw him looking back at him with a furious glare. His eyes were filled with sadness, disappointment, but most of all, angry. Such a gaze felt so horrible that the boy felt as though he could die from such a gaze.
"P-please… just listen…" He says as he was about to speak. "I-I-"
"Silence!" The lion-man shouted in fury, causing him to shake a bit. "You either accept that it's your fault… or it's best you do not speak at all."
Hearing that from a faker, his feeling of despair transferred to a bit of anger. "I tried to save you! I tried everything I can! I was trying to help you save the Digital World!" He yelled out.
"Excuse me?!" BanchoLeomon growled.
"Don't even think about it! I'm not gonna listen to your lies-!"
"The only one making lies here is you!" He heard Mikey next to him. "You act like you can't do anything wrong, isn't that right?"
"You're nothing but a phony." Christopher says.
"I thought you could make a difference." Nene says as his eyes widen.
"You're a failure!" Gaogamon yelled.
"And nothing more." BanchoLeomon says before he hunched over and cover his ears.
Tears streamed down his face as he stumbled a bit. Deep down inside, deep down in his mind, he was starting to believe such a thing. He knew that it was all fake, that it was all to make him lose hope, but even so, it proved to be succeeding and starting to make him doubt that he was ever helpful.
Then another presence appeared, but unbeknownst to Davis. A Digimon in black armor was approaching the situation and saw what was happening. Even though he had already seen what happened, such a hateful behavior was still a shocking sight. He squinted his eyes at those that looked like the boy's friends and found what was off about them. His eyes glowed red and his vision changed, seeing dark smoke around those pretending to be his friends.
His eyes then flashed as he was beginning to trace where the darkness was coming from. However, he couldn't trace it and closed his eyes to focus as the eyes on his helmet glowed red. From that, he started to see smoke appear and coming from above. Seeing this, he focused harder as he looked up trying to find the source, but unfortunately couldn't find anything.
However, now that he knew what direction it was coming from, he focused harder. As he did, he was able to find something. To his shock, he found that it was a figure, but not in the form of a person, rather the form of a shadow. He tried to see what it was, but all he could make out was its shape and hands that had what looked like red strings attached to them.
Seeing this, he seemed more shocked and tried to put it all together. He followed the strings and they were attached to the beings that looked like Davis' friends. It was at then became clear that this was what was infiltrating the boy's mind. Knowing what was happening, the eyes on his helmet dimmed before he opened both sets of eyes which flashed red.
"You ca*^ &(O^e that yo% aren't a fa*&%re-" BanchoLeomon was saying before suddenly his voice sounded as if it was getting messed up.
"%^u're no&^*ng but a %^ke-" Mikey's voice was also becoming the same.
At that point, Davis looked up, wondering what was happening. The beings that were pretending to be his friends were being messed up and looking all glitchy. He looked around and concluded that it was happening to all of them. Each of the parts of their bodies disappeared and some even stretched as if they were 3D videogame characters.
"What the heck?" He says to himself before his eyes landed on Gaogamon.
The hound Digimon seemed to have noticed the glitching at that point and gave up the act. Instead rushing at Davis and lunging at him as the boy put his arms up to protect himself. However, the Digimon glitched so much that it both went through him, then disappeared afterward.
When Davis opened his eyes, he looked around and the fakers had disappeared. They were all gone just like that. He turned and saw the Digimon in the black armor, seeing him approach as he stepped back in caution.
"There's no need to fear. The problem is taken care of. At least I took care of them." The Digimon says as he came to a stop about a few feet away. "Nice to meet you, General Davis."
His eyes widened at the mention of his name but still took a step back. "W-who are you?" He asked.
"Not a foe, I can assure you." The Digimon says before moving a hand to his chest. "My name is Lowemon."
(Outside World)
The others were watching Lowemon do his work as Davis' head started to glow a dim white light which caught the others' attention.
"Um… is that a good sign?" Veemon asked.
"I mean, it's not like dark light... right?" Shoutmon also says.
"He can still talk to us, can't he?" Ballistamon then asked.
"I don't believe that Lowemon is in a position to talk at the moment. I doubt that he can speak and keep his progress on helping Davis recover at the same time." Wisemon spoke up before he stood up. "All we can do at the moment is leave him to the task at hand." He says before he noticed that Nene was walking away. "Where are you going, Nene?"
"I'm going to find Ewan." She says while Sparrowmon followed her.
"You're just gonna leave like that?" MetalTyrannomon asked.
"I know it might seem sudden, but I wanna find him. If I can't talk to him, I at least want to make sure he's okay."
"Really? What about Davis?" Shoutmon asked.
"I know I can trust Lowemon with him. Besides, he wouldn't want us to just sulk around, especially leaving ourselves open for attack. Also, Ewan's my brother. He's the whole reason I came to this world and I'm not just forgetting about him like he's nothing." Nene says while holding up her Fusion Loader. "So, I'm going to find him."
"I'll go with you." Christopher says while also getting up. "Better safe than sorry. Might as well make try to help out as much as I can instead of sitting around here, doing nothing."
"And I'm grateful."
"You coming too, Mikey?"
"Nah, I understand how you feel completely. I'm gonna hold down the fort since I'd be the only one here who can fuse our teammates." Mikey says with a thumbs up.
"I'm staying behind too. I wanna make sure no one comes after Davis while he's out." Gaogamon also says. "Besides, I still need to apologize for-"
"You've apologized plenty of times. You don't need to anymore." BanchoLeomon interrupted.
"I know, but… I still feel like I haven't made things right yet." The blue wolf states. "So, I'll apologize as much as I can until I know that I have."
Seeing the look of hope in his eyes, the lion man could only smirk and chuckle a bit. "Alright, if you wish."
"You should take it easy Gaogamon and quit 'hounding'-" Before MetalKabuterimon could finish, Gaogamon sent a glare in his direction. "Uh… never mind."
"I dare you to finish that sentence." He snarled.
"U-uh, come on, is it bad for me to make a joke every now and then?"
"There is a time and place for jokes, but you just picked the worst time."
"Uh…" The giant metal Digimon backed away a bit. "Ya know what? Maybe I should go with you guys."
"And how do you plan to do that when you can't even fly?" Christopher asked.
"Well, I can just travel in one of your Fusion Loaders."
"But then you wouldn't be able to look so you're not helping either way."
MetalKabuterimon sweated a bit from that statement. "I-I just stand guard outside the castle. Yeah, yeah, I'll do that. You can count on me!" He then says as he rushes off.
"We'll stay and also guard the place as well." Angewomon states. "Davis is our General and has been by our side this whole time. The fact that he was willing to come to this world and risk his life at all shows how honorable he truly is and therefore, we shall not abandon him."
"I can agree with that." Seadramon says from his Fusion Loader. "Even if I can't fight like the others, I still believe in him and won't abandon him as well."
"I too can agree." Flamedramon says. "Even though Ignitemon and I were traitors, he found it in him to forgive us and give us a second chance."
"We'll stick by him until we've rightfully thanked him for such until the end no matter what." Ignitemon also says.
"And I can say that too. I'll never stray my loyalty from this boy no matter what and abandon him." BanchoLeomon also says.
Veemon looked around, then looked back to Davis before looking down. "I appreciate everyone for this." He then says. "This might sound a little out of character for me, but me and Davis have been together for years and I've gotten to know him better than anyone else. We're more than just partners. We're friends till the end and I refuse to abandon him. I'll always be by his side no matter what I do, and as long as he has my back, I'll have his. So, as obvious as it be, I'll be staying here too."
"Now that's what I like to hear." Shoutmon says with a smirk. "Isn't that kinda like us, Mikey?"
"Yeah, no doubt about that. I understand completely how you feel. Keep up that courage." Mikey then says with a thumbs up. "While here, we might as well try to come up with something to get out of this world so once Davis does wake up, we can ditch this place."
"Alright, good luck then. Here's hoping we find some results before we get back." Christopher says while also giving a thumbs up.
"Right, be careful." Nene also says.
"I should be telling you that. Good luck finding Ewan." Mikey says.
"Thanks." She says before looking at Davis. 'Please wake up soon.' She thought to herself before she left with Christopher.
"Well, since they're gonna be busy finding Ewan, we'll get started. And starting with that." Wisemon then says as he points towards the rose on Mikey's shirt.
"Huh?" The boy says before looking at said rose. "Oh yeah. We should probably deal with that." He then got up. "Tell Davis where we are when he gets up, we'll be outside." He says as he leaves with Shoutmon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon, and Wisemon.
"We will." BanchoLeomon says.
After he said that, he shifted closer to the bed as Gaogamon laid at the edge and Veemon sat right next to his partner, putting a hand on his shoulder. BanchoLeomon walked over and sat on the bed next to him.
"Be strong Davis." He says.
(Meanwhile)
Ewan was with Twarmon right next to a pool of lava, staring at the golden Digimon's arm which was leaking data. He heard said Digimon groaning and looked to his face, seeing how he looked as though he was in pain. That made him concerned, but also want to understand.
"Twarmon, does it hurt?" Ewan asked.
"I-I'm sorry?" The golden Digimon says, looking at him.
"Your data's leaking out. Does it hurt?"
"N-no, course not. It's just a scratch, it-GH!" He tried to move but only groaned in more pain as the boy looked worried.
"But… if it hurts then…" He says as he thought back to what he did. "Mikey… Davis… were they right when they said this wasn't a game? Then that would mean…" He asked again.
"No, no, no-GH!" Twarmon says before grunting as he deDigivolved to Damemon. "No good! No good! Don't think about stuff like that, it's only gonna upset you!" He says before twitching a bit.
"Don't move!" Ewan put his hands around him.
"L-Lord Ewan, the only thing that matters… is to get you back to the castle so we can get ready for the next round of the game."
The boy looked as though he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words and just looked down. All the while, doubts were sprouting and growing in his mind. Then he felt a nudge from Damemon, turning his attention to the little Digimon.
"We should leave before we get caught." He tells him while pointing up.
Nene and Christopher were flying in their direction, not appearing to know where they were, but definitely looking for them. He wanted to confront them, but he didn't know if it was a good time. He took a moment to think before he picked up Damemon and started to leave with him.
"Ewan! Where are you?!" Nene called out.
"Ewan! There's no point in hiding! Come out!" Christopher called as well. "Great just what we need today of all days… Hey, how're you holding up?" He then asked her.
"I… well…" She says before looking away.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find him soon, Nene." Sparrowmon says trying to cheer her up.
The blonde stared at her for a second. "Is it also because of Davis?" He asked her.
"Hmm?" She says before thinking. "Well, yeah."
"It's the whole thing that he'll be leaving and going back to his world isn't it?"
"Sort of."
"It can't be helped. He has to go back at some point, nothing we can do about it."
"I know, but… I don't know if I'm gonna be ready for such a thing."
"Can't say I don't understand how ya feel. First, it's saying goodbye to the Digimon as we part ways from them, then it's parting ways with him."
"I know… I want to save Ewan but at the same time, I wish we didn't need to say goodbye to Davis."
"I think that the others feel the same."
(Meanwhile)
In one of the towers of the white castle. "You have to sit still Beelzemon." Cutemon says as he was trying to heal him. "I can't heal you if you don't, especially if you don't rest."
"I don't have time for that." Beelzemon says as he stopped the little rabbit Digimon while sitting up. "I've recovered enough." He then says as he got up and started walking while gripping his side.
"Where are you going?"
"I just got somewhere to be."
Beelzemon then proceeded to walk out as Cutemon looked concerned. However, he didn't notice who was watching them through the opening, MetalTyrannomon, MetalKabuterimon, and Mervamon...
"What is up with him? He doesn't look very fine at all." MetalTyrannomon says as they back up.
"I don't know. Maybe being a Digimon as powerful as him means he can last longer?... Or something?" MetalKabuterimon says.
(Meanwhile)
Duskmon stood atop the castle alongside Apollomon Whispered as they stare across the lands surrounding them.
"Do you think they'll be able to succeed?" Duskmon asked.
"If even AxeKnightmon himself couldn't put down these irritating humans then I should be more cautious. Even if they haven't seen my full power, I can't risk being reckless." Whispered answers him.
"Well, not underestimating them is a good idea, however, they seem to be having trouble themselves."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is that one of their members is in distress already. I can sense it." Duskmon says as his eyes glowed red.
"Care to explain what you mean by that?"
"Darkness is currently invading his mind and messing with his mental state. Such a work done by my master."
"So, Axeknightmon does have something up his sleeve."
"My only master is Lord Bagra. Me working for Axeknightmon is but a ploy. Lord Bagra has stated that I work under him as a way to make things easier."
"Then you're saying it's Bagra doing such?"
"Partially him. He is getting some help from that Digimon that showed up to give him information about the general with the golden Fusion Loader."
"Well, I'm curious." Whispered asked as he turned to the other Digimon. "What is it currently doing to his mind?"
"Do I really need to say? It puts him in an unconscious state and goes into his mind and attempts to corrupt in any way it can through manipulation." He says as Whisper grunted. "Something the matter?"
"Apollomon is still trying to take control back. It's bad enough I can't use one of my arms but the fact that he has any control is annoying." Whispered says while rubbing said arm. "Regardless, is that the reason why he acted weird and begged me to free his friends like he did?"
"It is indeed."
Hearing that, Whispered let out a dry laugh. "Isn't that amusing." He says before thinking. "I wonder how he would react if I had more time to torment those friends of his. What do you plan to do with AxeKnightmon and those brats?"
"That information unfortunately is gonna have to stay known to me for now. I won't make any acceptions."
"What do you plan to do then?"
"If you must know I guess I got some time to explain."
(Meanwhile)
Wisemon was currently holding a purple glowing ball which had some metal arms with spikes at the end of them moving around the badge on Mikey's shirt.
"So, got any idea what this is?" Mikey asked.
"This rose medallion materialized after you accepted the fight with Ewan. I am currently probing it to understand its function." Wisemon states. "I've determined that it's also probing you for your functions as well."
"Well, I felt that not long ago. Ewan's probably feeling the same. He said that in order to leave, one of us has to beat the other."
"I know, I was there to hear such. However, it's not just to beat, but to destroy forever."
"Then who is the medallion reporting back to?" Ballistamon asked.
"Obviously the bad guys! They're the ones who gave it to him in the first place." Shoutmon says.
"There's gotta be another way." Mikey says.
"I'm currently running an analysis to find a way around such a thing. Surely I'll be able to find a method." Wisemon states.
"I hope so." The goggle-wearer then waved off the metal arms. "We don't have time to keep standing here. Trying to convince Ewan to join us is what we need to do. Much less, we need Davis to recover so he can also help us."
"But I'm not finished."
"We'll have to finish it later then. Like I just said, we don't have time for this."
"I agree with Mikey. This probing you're doing might take forever for all we know." Shoutmon says.
"I also agree. We don't know how much time we have left, but we might as well treat it like we're short on it." Ballistamon also says.
"You need to be patient. We don't know what they could be planning." Dorulumon states. "Right now we should focus on Wisemon figuring out about the medallion."
"Exactly." Wisemon says while his metal arms started again.
"You'd be best to listen, especially since the last battle didn't go so well." They all heard as they turned and found Beelzemon standing there.
"Hey, Beelzemon! You're okay!" Mikey says with a smile.
"Let Wisemon finish probing that thing. In the meantime, leave Ewan to me. I'll head out and search for him as well and surely bring him back while at it." The black-winged Digimon states as he turned and sprinted off to the exit of the castle.
"What the? That's all he needed to say?" Shoutmon says, dumbfounded.
"Well… yeah, maybe you guys are right." Mikey says.
"Good. Then let me continue." Wisemon says as his metal arms kept doing their work.
"Ya know what, I'm gonna see what Beelzemon's doing." Shoutmon says as he gets up and walks in the direction of the black-winged Digimon.
Beelzemon wasn't there to hear such, however, he still went from walking to sprinting, grunting a bit while holding his side. That didn't stop him and he spread his wings as he made it to the exit and began to take off, only to be stopped in mid-air by a sword that nearly hit him which got lodged into the side of the castle wall. Before he could say anything he fell to the grunt gripping his side.
"You told Mikey you were healed, didn't you?" Mervamon says as she walked up to him.
He looked up to meet her annoyed gaze before standing up. "It's nothing serious, just a flesh wound." He tried to convince her.
"Don't give me that, you can't just go out there while leaking data everywhere. Come on." She tells him while holding her hand out to which he took and she helped him up. "You need to be more careful. You can't always count on someone being there all the time." She scolded him.
"I can't do that. After Mikey saved me, I still have yet to return the favor. I'll make sure his goal for saving the Digital world is carried out." He told her as he was about to continue forward only to be blocked off by her again.
"While I do find that admirable, that's not a good enough excuse to be running off while injured in such a way."
"Correct, but we also can't give the enemy any more time to recover as well."
"Goodness, you're stubborn." She sighed before stepping in front of him. "If I can't stop you, I might as well not let you go on your own. I'll be going with you."
"Well, I'm relieved to have someone like you care for me at least." He then says in a joking manner.
"Wha-Who said anything about caring about you?" She then says with a blush as she hit him causing him to grunt. "OH! I'm so sorry! Did I hit you in the wound?!" She then says, almost freaking out.
"Calm down. It's not that bad, I swear." Beelzemon tried to assure her.
Meanwhile, the two metal giant Digimon watched from afar.
"Shoot, didn't think that they became a thing." MetalTyrannomon says.
"I don't know if I should feel shocked or amazed." MetalKabuterimon says.
And Shoutmon was with Cutemon in the tower.
"Jeez, when did Mervamong get a soft spot?" Shoutmon asked.
"Well, it's just for him." Cutemon says before they saw the too take off together.
"Yeah, no doubt about that. Is he gonna be okay?"
"I don't know."
To Be Continued…
I am not dead. I'm still alive and moving well. I just have a lot of stuff to do in real life and I can't focus too much on fanfiction. I'm mostly focused on YouTube and making videos to make money. There's also plenty of events that I am currently having trouble with at the moment, so I can only focus on so much now these days unlike back then.
Also, my friend Purpleolaf96 has an upcoming story based on Smash Bros. He should be able to post it, though it is taking a while.
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