Digimon Adventure Tamers
Chapter 15
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Quick note: There's another way you can find the music that you can play as you read the chapters. There's a channel on Youtube called OSTDigimon that has the soundtracks of all of the seasons of Digimon. Go to the channel and type in the music you're looking for in the channel's search-bar, and you'll be able to find the music earlier.
(Play The Biggest Dreamer: TV Size)
(Play Digimon Tamers Aban)
Sora, Jeri and Rika braved a daring mission into the Digimon Emperor's base with help from an Elecmon, and managed to rescue Agumon. However, the mission ended in failure when the Emperor revealed his newest device, the Dark Spiral, and used it on Agumon, who became MetalGreymon. Jeri received a shock when Elecmon was revealed to be her reborn partner, Leomon. Now the Digidestined and Tamers set out to find a new Digimental capable of freeing MetalGreymon.
(Play Digimon Tamers: Subtitle 2)
Raidramon, The Blue Thunder!
(Play Digimon Tamers: Yukikau Hitobito)
"So, why did you want to come here to the Daikanransha, Kazu?"
"Well, I wanted to do a little sight-seeing today since we're not going to the Digital World. And since we're watching Ai and Mako, and Ai and Mako have never seen much of Odaiba back in our dimension, I figured we could do two birds with one stone."
Kazu and Kenta sat in a Ferris wheel in Odaiba, watching the people going about their business grow smaller in their sights. The rain had subsided shortly after school ended, and the two boys, who had the twins with them, decided to go for a ride on the Daikanransha so they could entertain the twins. Ai and Mako were a little upset about not being able to go to the Digital World today so they could continue finding Impmon, but their faces lit up with excitement when the older boys offered them a Ferris wheel ride. Kokuwamon wore a black sweatshirt and wool hat to hide himself from the humans while Betamon rode in Kenta's backpack so they could enjoy the ride as well.
"Wow!" Ai breathed in astonishment. "Everything looks so small from up here!"
"Ever been on a Ferris wheel before?" asked Betamon.
"Yes, but not one this big," Mako answered for his sister, looking out the window as well as the car they were in reached the very top and stopped so people down below could board the other cars that hadn't been filled yet. "I can see all of Odaiba from here!"
"Yeah, there's the Dai-roku Daiba!" Kazu pointed to a small island in the distance. "That's where Myotismon stayed during his attack in the Human World!"
"And the Rainbow Bridge there," Kenta pointed to the tall bridge near the island, "crumbled to pieces during Zudomon's first battle. It looks like they managed to rebuild it."
"And Tokyo Tower as well," Ai looked in the distance to see a tall red tower. "Didn't that get damaged as well?"
"Yeah, when the Digidestined fought SkullMeramon," said Kazu, who looked over to see a tall building with a massive sphere in the center. "And The Fuji TV Station…that's where the Digidestined fought their greatest enemy as Myotismon and VenomMyotismon…"
"…and that's where they lost one of their Digimon friends," said Kokuwamon. "Wizardmon. That was his name, right?"
"Yeah," Kenta sighed sadly. "And now he's stuck there forever as a ghost…"
"But why did Wizardmon become a ghost?" asked Ai, remembering the second season. "Don't Digimon get reborn in this dimension?"
"Only if they're in the Digital World," Kazu explained to the twins in a way he could explain. "Since the Digital World here has Primary Village, their data can get reconfigured there and they can be reborn. But since the Human World isn't made from data like the Digital World…they can't be reborn."
"That's terrible…" Mako said sadly, realizing the sadness of the situation.
"Except for Myotismon," Kenta said sourly. "Do you think he's still alive and possessing Oikawa in this dimension as well, Kazu?"
(Play Digimon Adventure: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni…)
"Well…I can't really be sure," Kazu said honestly. "After all, this is an alternate dimension, so everything could be different…but we can't let our guard down just in case." The visor-wearing hat boy's expression turned serious. "If there are some things here similar to the show, then we have to be prepared for the worst. We can't afford to slip up this time…"
"Wow, when did you get so serious Kazu?" Kenta asked his friend in surprise, receiving a dark look in response, and the dark-haired boy suddenly remembered.
"Oh…right, sorry…"
"Not your fault," Kazu sighed, thinking back to that day. "I try to forget as well, but I can't. That incident opened my eyes and made me realize that if I wanted to be a Tamer, then I can't be so goofy all the time and take things lightly. I know I've been acting like a total fanboy since we got here, but, you know…"
"Yeah, I've been a little excited as well to meet the Digidestined," Kenta laughed. "And I'm sure Ai and Mako have been excited as well."
"Yeah, we have," both twins said with a nod.
"But today really made a turn for things for the Digidestined," said Kazu. "Ken making Agumon become MetalGreymon, Davis realizing the importance of friendship, Raidramon appearing…I felt like it began to get serious after that."
"That's another reason I wanted to come here today on the Daikanransha," he continued. "I wanted to get the whole sight-seeing of Odaiba and the locations of the Digidestineds' battles from Season 1 out of the way before it got really serious."
"It already 'got really serious' after yesterday," Kokuwamon commented, sitting back and placing his arms behind his head like Kazu.
"Yeah, why do you think I wanted to do this today?" asked Kazu as the Ferris wheel car they were in came back down so they could get out.
"So what can we do now?" asked Mako.
"Well, we could go to Aqua City," Kenta suggested before a loud beeping sounded from Ai's pocket. The girl reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out the white and purple D-Ark she shared with Mako, the device beeping like crazy.
"What…what's going on?" Mako asked in confusion, Ai pressing a button on the D-Ark and the holographic screen popped up, the red arrow spinning around like a top.
(Play Digimon Tamers: Net no Umi)
"That…that's the detection feature on our D-Arks!" Kazu said in surprise. "It reacts every time a partner Digimon is around!"
"Partner Digimon?!" gasped Ai. "Does that mean it's detecting Impmon?" All was quiet for a moment before the words DIGIMON DETECTED IN AREA flashed on the screen.
"Holy smokes!" yelled Mako. "Impmon's in Odaiba?!"
"Wait, he was here the entire time under our noses?!" Kenta yelled in surprise. "Why haven't we seen him?!"
"He's probably in a place of Odaiba we haven't been to yet," said Kazu.
"Then we have to find him!" insisted Mako. "Please!" Kazu nodded, knowing this was important to Mako and his twin sister.
"Let's go! He's probably in Aqua City!" Ai, Mako, Kenta and Kokuwamon nodded, breaking into a run with Kazu for the shopping district, the twins leading the way with their D-Ark in Mako's hand, the arrow still spinning like crazy.
'Hold on Impmon, we're coming!' both twins thought to themselves as they ran towards Aqua City.
(Play Digimon Adventure 02: Gekitotsu!)
"GIGA DESTROYER!" MetalGreymon's twin missiles flew forward as they hit the ground and exploded, causing a number of Digimon to scatter. They were unable to get far as a Control Spire appeared from out of the ground and rained down Dark Rings on them.
"Excellent work, MetalGreymon!" Ken laughed from his place on MetalGreymon's shoulder. In the last half-hour, five areas had fallen under his control, and he had gained a number of new minions. It wouldn't be long before he had control over the entire Digital World, and peace and order was brought to it. And it was thanks to his new Dark Spiral.
"Wormmon," he spoke to his partner through a communicator. The green caterpillar was back in the base, overseeing the creation of more Dark Spirals. "See what you can do about making the Control Spires appear faster. I want less casualties."
"I'll see what I can do," Wormmon's voice rang through the communicator.
"And what about the Dark Spirals?"
"They're in mass production," Wormmon said in a less than enthusiastic tone, "and I've sent some out in the Digital World. Already, four Ultimate level Digimon have joined your ranks."
"Excellent!" Ken said with a big smile. "Send them to me right away."
"They'll be here in a half-hour," replied Wormmon. As Ken spoke to his partner, MetalGreymon veered to the right, snorting and sniffing the air before growling lowly. Curious at what the cyborg dinosaur was growling at, Ken looked in MetalGreymon's direction and saw a Locomon chugging its way through the empty wasteland on tracks. A single car was attached to it, and when Ken zoomed in with a pair of binoculars, he smirked when he saw who was in the car.
"Wormmon, you said the new Ultimate level Digimon will arrive in a half-hour," he said into the communicator, "but what about the Flymon?"
"They're not far from you."
"Good," said Ken. "Send them to me, and then come here on an Airdramon."
"Are you sure the Digimental is in this area?" asked Hawkmon. "There's usually not much here in the Arid Express."
"I am sure," Henry said with a nod. "It's straight ahead…and MetalGreymon won't be far behind."
"Hopefully, we find the Digimental first before we find Ken and MetalGreymon," Mimi said, cradling Palmon in her arms. The plant Digimon was still injured from her last fight with MetalGreymon, where she received a full blast of flames from the Virus Digimon.
"So what did you guys mean before when you said we would know where the next Digimental was when we saw it?" Tai asked curiously.
"Any minute now…" Ryo said, staring intently out the window. Before long, it came in view.
"Stop!" Locomon screeched his wheels and stopped moving at Ryo's command, and the Legendary Tamer jumped out of the car with Monodramon.
(Play Digimon Adventure: Iya na Yokan)
"Follow us," said Monodramon. The rest of the group followed out of the car and walked up to a nearby canyon wall, stopping near the wall when they saw a symbol familiar to most of the group present, especially Matt.
"The Crest of Friendship!" gasped the blond-haired boy. "So that means…"
"Yes," Takato looked down in a hole underneath the carved symbol. "The next Digimental is the Digimental of Friendship."
Everybody gathered around the hole and saw a small, black object shaped like a sandal. Blue triangles decorated the sides like fangs, and a long, bent yellow spike jutted out of the top.
"So that's it?" asked TK, walking down in the hole. "Who exactly does this go to, anyway? We already each have a Digimental." The blond-haired boy gestured to Yolei, Cody, Davis and Kari.
"Yes, but Davis, Yolei and Cody each have the ability to carry two Digimentals," said Renamon.
"So is this mine?" Yolei walked down in the hole and bent down, gripping the Digimental and pulled it, but the Digimental remained in place. "Guess not…"
"Let me try." Cody walked down the hole and tried to pick up the object, but it still didn't budge at all. "It's not mine either, which means…" Everybody looked at Davis, who had a look of confusion and shock.
"Wait…me?"
"Yes, Davis," Ryo wrapped an arm around Davis's shoulder and led him to the hole. "Quite frankly, I can't think of anyone more worthy of the Digimental than you." Davis dropped to his knees and stared at the black object, but his eyes were more focused on the small blue symbol. The Crest of Friendship. Friendship…
'Me?' Davis thought, staring long and hard at the Digimental.
"Come on Davis, the Digimental's not going to move itself!" Yolei barked impatiently.
"Easy Yolei," said Rika. "I think he's doubting himself…"
(Play Digimon Adventure: Hirogaru Fuan)
"What is Friendship?" Davis asked softly, but it was still loud enough for everybody to hear. "I thought I knew it…but now I don't know if I do…"
"Davis, what's wrong?" Kari asked her boyfriend in worry. Davis breathed deeply, hands clenching tightly as the memories came back to him: Ken being revealed as the Digimon Emperor, Agumon being forced to Digivolve, and the people he considered his friends talking about fighting Ken and killing Agumon like it meant nothing to them.
"I can't do this," Davis finally said, trembling slightly. "I can't do this!"
"You can Davis," Matt said in a reassuring tone. "You just have to believe in your friends."
"Oh, you mean the friends that are saying we should kill Agumon?!" Davis yelled suddenly, standing up and glaring at everybody. "Yeah, you're all real friends!"
"Davis, what's wrong?" Tai asked in concern.
"What, you don't know, or did you not hear me the first time?!" Davis yelled to his mentor before glaring at everybody. "You want to know what's wrong with me, I'll let you know! What's wrong is my best friend from the Digital World has been brainwashed into becoming a dictator, and he won't listen to reason! Tai's partner is being controlled, and you're talking of fighting and killing him like he's just some evil Digimon! You call yourselves friends, yet you fight with those you consider friends! They're supposed to be there for each other!"
"Is this what friendship is about?!" Davis yelled, his eyes beginning to water slightly.
"Davis, there's no other choice," said TK. "We have to do this!"
"You mean killing a friend?!" yelled Davis. "There has to be another way to break the Spiral off! I won't put Tai through the pain of losing his partner!" The burgundy-haired boy turned and looked at said boy. "Are you okay with this, Tai?!"
"…Yes," Tai said, nodding with a frown. Davis felt like somebody had just punched him in the gut before ripping his heart out.
"I can't believe this…" Davis muttered. All was quiet before he yelled loudly. "I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY OF THIS!" Davis then ran off from the others, leaving a stunned silence in his wake.
"What…was that about?" Armadillomon asked in disbelief.
"Davis is taking this a lot harder than most of us," said Ryo. "He doesn't want to bring himself to fight Ken and Agumon since they're his friends."
"Davis always believes friends should never fight each other, and they should always be there for each other," continued Monodramon, "but I don't think he gets the full picture yet."
"I didn't either," Matt said with a sad frown. "But I managed to figure it out in the end."
"Well, I think Goggle-head 2 needs some help understanding," said Rika, following after Davis, who had stopped after running a considerable distance from the group. "Come on, Renamon." The kitsune nodded and followed after her partner.
"Wait for me!" Matt hurried after the younger girl with Gabumon in tow, Ryo and Monodramon close by with Tai. Kari made to follow after them, but Sora stopped her from moving by putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I know you want to help him Kari, but maybe we should let them do this."
"Okay…" Kari said, looking over to where her boyfriend was with a sad look on her face.
"Davis…what's wrong?" Veemon asked, kneeling down next to his partner. Davis hit the ground with his fists in anger.
"I'm sorry Veemon, but I'm not sure if I can do this anymore," he said as his eyes watered. "I've tried to stay strong and do this for everybody's sakes, but it all just crashed down on me after Agumon was taken again. How can I fight Ken and Agumon without destroying anymore friendships?!"
"You're not." Davis stiffened and he turned around to see Matt walking towards him with Tai, Rika and Ryo in tow.
"Leave me alone," he grumbled. "I don't want any company right now."
"But what about me?" Veemon asked sadly. "Do you not want me around?" Davis was unable to answer, but Rika spoke up next.
(Play Digimon Tamers: Setsunasa ~The Biggest Dreamer~)
"You're lying. Nobody wants to be alone." The red-haired girl bent down to make eye contact with Davis, her usually icy eyes showing warmth and compassion. "I usually act like I don't want anything to do with most of the others, but deep down, they're my friends, even Kazu and Kenta, and I wouldn't want to see them hurt at all."
"Davis, you're not alone," said Tai. "You have all of us. We're your friends."
"Then why aren't we acting like friends?" asked Davis. "We shouldn't be fighting each other! That's not what friendship is about! I never want to fight friends, and I don't want to fight Ken and Agumon…but I want them back with us…"
"It's not about want Davis, it's about need," said Ryo. "Agumon and Ken may not be themselves, but they still are themselves deep down, and they need us to do this."
"But…I don't understand," said Davis.
"Friendship can never really be understood," Matt clapped a hand on the younger boy's shoulder. "I may have the Crest of Friendship, but when I first got it four years ago, I never really understood friendship. I wanted to be alone, and I often got into fights with the other Digidestined, especially Tai."
"But because of our fights, we became best friends," Tai said with a light smile.
"That's how I actually became friends with Takato and Henry," Rika said, remembering the early days she spent with those who she would consider her closest friends. "When I first got Renamon as my partner, I believed Digimon were only all about fighting, and I often challenged Takato and Henry to fights, but they refused more than once since they said Digimon shouldn't be fighting all the time. I didn't understand it as first, since I had little to no friends when my parents divorced. But after a while, I understood what that meant and they later became my best friends, and I truly accepted Renamon."
If Davis wasn't confused before, he was definitely confused now. Tai and Matt used to fight, and they became best friends because of it. And Rika became friends with Takato and Henry by attacking them and fighting them.
"I…I still don't understand."
(Play Digimon Adventure 02: Ie ni Kaerou ~Target Instruments~)
"Davis, being friends isn't just about being buddy-buddy," said Ryo. "Being friends means being there when they're at their highest and lowest. Didn't you tell me the other day that Kari was there for you when you were feeling depressed after your first experiences in the Digital World?"
"Yes…because…she was my friend," answered Davis.
"And she did what friends do," said Rika. "Sometimes, you have to stop them from doing what you know is wrong, while keeping them safe from what you know is wrong."
"Sometimes we did stupid things," said Matt, thinking back to a bad day in his life. "I did a majorly stupid thing by attacking Tai and thinking I could be stronger from it, and I had some sense knocked into me. I realized friendship is about doing what needs to be done, and friendship is what makes us stronger. Agumon needs us to do this."
"And Ken needs us, deep down," said Ryo. "He needs you Davis."
"But…but fighting Ken…killing Agumon…doesn't that just destroy your friendship?"
"No, it doesn't," said Rika. "Agumon would rather die than allow himself to be a slave for one second more. He would want us, his friends, to do the right thing, hard as it may be."
"It may damage friendship, but it heals in time," said Gabumon. "You need to think about what they want."
"That's why we need to fight Ken and Agumon," said Veemon. "If we fight them, then we can free them from their suffering. And I'm prepared for whatever the consequences may be. I know it, Tai knows it, and everybody else knows it."
"But the problem is you don't know it yet," said Renamon. "You have to understand."
Davis remained quiet as he let them talk, and the words slowly seeped into his head. As he kneeled in silence, he realized suddenly that they were right. He thought he would be driving his friends away by hurting them with either verbal or physical jabs, but his indecision only served to drive them away, which he was trying to prevent. By refusing to fight Ken, he was allowing Ken to continue fall into darkness. And by holding back against Agumon, he was only allowing Agumon to continue being a slave.
Friendship meant doing what you could do for your friends, and Davis realized if he was in Ken's position or Agumon's, the others would do it for him.
"Damn it…" Davis sniffled, his eyes watering. "I'm so pathetic!"
"We all are," Matt said with a sad smile. "But I know you can get through this Davis. You don't have to do this alone."
"He's right," said Ryo. "I'm sorry I haven't been there for you and Ken the past three years Davis, but I promise you I will be from now on. And I promise I'll help you get back Ken and Agumon."
"So will I!" said Veemon. "Will you help us?"
"We need you Davis," said Tai. "We need the second leader." Davis took a deep breath and wiped his eyes dry before offering Matt's hand to be pulled back up.
"Thanks guys…I'm not sure if I fully understand it yet, but I know what has to be done," Davis steeled himself as he spoke. "I'll fight…and even if it means killing Agumon, we'll win. Just…don't hate me if I do, Tai."
"I won't," Tai said with a sad smile. "It's what Agumon would want."
"Well, if this moment of angst is over, let's get that Digimental before Ken gets the drop on us," Rika said, heading back to the group. Tai and Ryo followed behind with Matt and Davis taking up the rear.
"If it's all the same with you Davis," Matt smiled lightly as he slung an arm around Davis's shoulders, "I think there are times when I'm still learning about friendship."
"Maybe you can both get some pointers from each other," Gabumon chuckled, making Veemon, Davis and Matt chuckle as well.
When the small group made it back to their friends, Davis stepped forward and spoke up.
"I'm sorry everybody. I've been so shaken up over what's become of Ken and Agumon, I thought by not wanting to fight them it wouldn't make things worse, but it did. But I'm done hesitating. I'm done underestimating friendship. For the sake of everybody, I'll fight to my best…and we'll get our friends back no matter what!"
"That's the spirit, Davis!" Takato said happily as Kari went over and kissed Davis's cheek, making the bearer of Miracles blush slightly.
"All right Davis, you know what to do now," Matt gestured to the black Digimental. Nodding to the older blond-haired boy, Davis went back down into the hole and bent down in front of the Digimental.
'You can do this, Davis,' he thought to himself. 'You can do this. For Tai, Kari, Agumon, Veemon, Matt, Ken, Ryo and everybody else! For your friends! You're not alone!'
Davis's hands reached for the Digimental, but before he could lift it, a loud screeching noise filled the air, forcing everybody to cover their ears with their hands.
"What's that horrible noise?!"
"I don't know, but it sounds like somebody's blaring an air horn in front of me!" moaned Terriermon.
"Mine too!" said Lopmon.
"Well, your ears are bigger than ours!" Suzie screamed through the noise. "Where is that noise coming from?!"
(Play Digimon Adventure: Tatakai no Toki)
Takato looked up and saw a dozen black shapes drop down from the sky. The figures were large Digimon that looked like black and yellow wasps, giant red stingers on their thoraxes, and even more giant red wings on their backs, a loud screeching noise being created from their wings.
"Those are Flymon!" yelled the brown-haired boy.
"They don't look like flies, they look like giant wasps!" Yolei yelled through the noise. Jeri pulled out her Digivice and scanned the giant bug Digimon flying overhead.
"Flymon. Champion level Insect Digimon, Virus type. They fly at extremely high speeds with their enormous wings, which can generate an ear-splitting screech called Howling Noise. Their special attack is Deadly Sting, where they shoot poisonous stingers from their thoraxes. If you get hit by one, your body becomes paralyzed and turns violet before you die!"
"DEADLY STING!" The red stingers flew from the thoraxes and at the Digidestined and Tamers, forcing them to scatter and forcing Davis to move away from the Digimental of Friendship.
"Biyomon, get up there!" Sora pulled out her Digivice.
"On it!" Biyomon flew up at the Flymon while she glowed brightly with Sora's Digivice.
"BIYOMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…BIRDRAMON!"
"Everybody, back her up!" Takato said to the other Tamers. Jeri, Rika, Henry, Ryo and Suzie nodded and pulled out their D-Arks, swiping the Digivolution cards through the slots.
(Play Digimon: SLASH!)
"DIGI-MODIFY! DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!"
"GUILMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…GROWLMON!"
"ELECMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…LEOMON!"
"RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…KYUBIMON!"
"TERRIERMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…GARGOMON!"
"MONODRAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…STRIKEDRAMON!"
"LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…TURUIEMON!"
"Now it's our turn!" Yolei said to Kari, Cody and TK before turning to the leader of her team. "Davis, throw me your D-Terminal! I want to try the Digimental of Courage!"
"Sure, catch!" Davis tossed his D-Terminal to Yolei, who caught it in her hands.
"Yolei, give me yours," Kari stretched her hand out. Yolei nodded it and handed it over to the brown-haired girl.
"Cody, take mine," TK tossed his D-Terminal to the young boy. "I'm going to Digivolve Patamon normally."
"All right, TK," Cody nodded, taking hold of the D-Terminal.
"Let's do this!" said Yolei, raising her D-3 in the air with Kari, Cody and TK.
"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
"HAWKMON ARMOR DIGIVOLVE TOOO…ALLOMON!"
"GATOMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…SWANMON!"
"ARMADILLOMON ARMOR DIGIVOLVE TOOO…SHEEPMON!"
"PATAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…ANGEMON!"
Angemon stood in place where Patamon originally was, and where Hawkmon, Gatomon and Armadiilomon stood were respectively, a Greymon-sized blue dinosaur with red stripes on his body and red hair and feathers on his head, a beautiful swan-like Digimon with silver and grey feathers and a sheep-like Digimon with pink wool, red horns and what appeared to be a missile launcher on his back.
"Hawkmon became a dinosaur?!" Yolei gasped in surprise.
"That's Allomon, a very powerful Armor Digimon," Rika answered, recognizing the Digimon as one of the many Digimon Renamon fought back home. The red-haired girl pulled out her D-Ark and scanned the other two Digimon.
"Swanmon. Armor level Bird Digimon, Vaccine type. Her special attack is Down Tornado, where she tears her enemies apart with a cold wind and feathers."
"Sheepmon. Mammal Vaccine Digimon, Armor level. His special attack, Wool Grenade, is said to lull his enemies to sleep."
"DEADLY STING!" The Flymon began firing their stingers again, but the Digimon were instantly in action, Angemon and Swanmon flying up to help Birdramon.
"DIGI-MODIFY! AERO WING ACTIVATE!" Takato swiped a card through his D-Ark, and Growlmon grew wings similar to Airdramon's, allowing to him to help the flying Digimon.
"DINO BURST!" Allomon breathed in a mass amount of air before releasing it as a fiery blast that incinerated the stingers coming for the Digidestined, but the Flymon were able to reproduce the stingers in seconds, firing them in rapid-fire succession.
"WOOL GRENADE!" Sheepmon's missile launcher released its missiles, destroying two more stingers heading for Cody. Gargomon and Kyubimon fired their Gargo Pellets and Fox Tail Inferno attacks at the stingers while Leomon released his Fist of the Beast King attack, and Suzie and Ryo used Digimon cards to give Turuiemon and Strikedramon long-range attacks to destroy the stingers.
"Angemon, Swanmon, cover us!" Growlmon said as he flew closer to the Flymon with Birdramon next to him.
"POISON POWDER!" Two of the Flymon closest to the flying Digimon released a yellow powder from their wings, intent on paralyzing their opponents, but Angemon and Swanmon were prepared.
"GOD TYPHOON!"
"DOWN TORNADO!"
A tornado of golden winds was released by Angemon's spinning staff and combined with Swanmon's attack, a swirl of winds and feathers. The joint attack hit the powder and sent it flying back at the Flymon. The insect Digimon screeched as they were hit by their own attacks and were instantly paralyzed. Unable to stay airborne, six of the Flymon fell to the ground while the other six continued for Birdramon, but the fiery bird was much more agile and dodged the giant bugs before spreading her wings and releasing her Meteor Wing attack, the fireballs pelting the Flymon and knocking them out of the sky and breaking their Dark Rings.
"PLASMA BLADE!" Growlmon slashed at the other airborne Flymon with his glowing arm spikes, shattering their Dark Rings as well as taking a chunk out of their arms. One sole Flymon attempted to stab Growlmon from behind, but Angemon managed moved fast for the Flymon.
"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!" A golden light flew from Angemon's fist and collided with Flymon, breaking his Dark Ring and knocking him out cold.
On the ground below, the remaining Flymon were recovering from their paralysis, but the recovery did not come fast enough, allowing Turuiemon and Strikedramon to move in with Allomon, destroying the remaining Dark Rings.
"All right!" Yolei cheered for her partner, but the relief didn't last long as a loud roar shook the area around the Digidestined and Tamers. A familiar shape landed on the ground in front of everybody, crushing the Flymon underneath and turning them to data. When the dust faded, MetalGreymon was revealed, standing over everybody with Ken on his shoulder and Stingmon flying above.
"I see you managed to survive the Flymon," the violet-haired boy stated the obvious to his enemies down below. "As expected."
"Give up now, Ken!" Davis called from below. "You don't stand a chance against all of us!"
"Oh, I know that," Ken said with a smirk. "But who said MetalGreymon and Stingmon were the only Digimon I brought with me? You see, I've been able to create more Dark Spirals, and allow me to show you the results!"
(Play Digimon Adventure 02: Aku no Butai ga Yatte Kita)
Ken raised his whip and snapped it in the air, and a loud screeching noise filled the sky, but it wasn't as loud as the Flymon's wings. A giant gray stag beetle looking similar to Kuwagamon flew out of the sky, its mandibles clicking together.
"Is that Kuwagamon?!" yelled Tai.
"Worse, that's Kuwagamon's Ultimate level, Okuwamon!" answered Henry, noticing a spiral of black around Okuwamon's leg. "And he's got a Dark Spiral!"
"He's not the only one!" Ken snapped his whip again and the ground shook like crazy before it burst apart under Locomon, a massive metal claw bursting out and crushing Locomon to data. Another similar claw burst from the ground and a giant brown and orange dragon with purple tattered wings and a metal helmet. The dragon roared loudly, spreading his wings and taking flight.
"Megadramon!" gasped Strikedramon. Like Okuwamon, Megadramon also possessed a Dark Spiral attached to his left arm.
Ken's whip snapped again and a nearby hill was blasted to pebbles, the dust clearing to reveal a green and gray Triceratops with a Dark Spiral on its right foreleg.
"Triceramon," Suzie read from her D-Ark. "A Ceratopsian Data Digimon, Ultimate level. His shell is said to be hardest of any organic Digimon alive! His special attack is a charging maneuver called Tri-Horn Attack!"
"I bet I could crack it open," Growlmon said in rumble before the sound of the whip snapping was heard and a Meramon leapt off a nearby cliff and landed near MetalGreymon, but like MetalGreymon's skin, this Meramon's flames were burning bright blue and a Dark Spiral adorned his right arm.
"What the…did Ken Dark Digivolve a Meramon?" TK asked in confusion.
"No," Takato scanned the Digimon with his D-Ark. "That's BlueMeramon, one of two Ultimate levels for Meramon, the other Ultimate level being SkullMeramon. He's a Virus attribute Digimon, and his flames burn bright blue, giving his enemies freezing burns. He has two attacks, Cold Flame and Ice Phantom."
"As you can see, my army has grown to include more Ultimate level Digimon," Ken glowered to the children below him, the Digimon moving in protectively. "So I suggest you surrender now."
"Get real, Ken!" said Davis. "We're going to stop this right here and now!"
"Davis," Takato said to the burgundy-haired boy. "Let us handle the Ultimate levels. It'll be up to you and Matt to destroy the Dark Spiral on MetalGreymon."
"Us?" Davis asked in confusion, wondering how he and Matt alone could break MetalGreymon's Dark Spiral.
"Davis," Matt placed a hand on Davis's shoulder. "Just believe in us and your partner, as well as yourself." Davis was quiet as he pondered the words.
"I'll back you up as well," Rika said to the two boys. "Kyubimon, you'll have to Digivolve again."
"Very well," Kyubimon said with a small nod.
"Guys, the Blue Cards!" Henry yelled to his teammates. "Leomon, cover us!"
"Understood!" the lion man nodded. Henry, Rika, Suzie, Takato and Ryo quickly pulled the Blue Cards out of their pockets and swiped them through the D-Arks to enable Ultimate level Digivolution.
(Play Digimon: EVO)
"DIGI-MODIFY! MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!"
"GARGOMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…RAPIDMON!"
"KYUBIMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…TAOMON!"
"TURUIEMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…ANTYLAMON!"
"GROWLMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…WARGROWLMON!"
"STRIKEDRAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…CYBERDRAMON!"
"Digivolve further, Birdramon!" Sora called to her partner as her Digivice turned bright red with orange buttons and Birdramon Digivolved to her Ultimate level for the second time today.
"BIRDRAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…GARUDAMON!"
"Go for it, guys!" called Ryo.
"I don't think so!" said Ken. "Megadramon, destroy them!"
"GENOCIDE ATTACK!" Megadramon opened his metallic claws and fired a number of missiles from his arms at the Digidestined and Tamers. Taomon, Kyubimon's Ultimate level who resembled an onmyuji, remained calm amongst the panic as she placed her hands together.
"TALISMAN SPELL!" A massive purple dome of energy appeared over the Digidestined, the Tamers and their Digimon, protecting them from the missiles.
"TRI-HORN ATTACK!" Triceramon was the next slave to attack, charging forward on his hind legs and slamming his three horns into Taomon's barrier, but the dome held firm.
"I've got Triceramon handled!" said Rapidmon, a green armored dog that could move at fast speeds. Flying so fast that he was only seen as a green blur, Rapidmon flew out of the dome and crashed into Triceramon, knocking him away from the dome.
"Take this, horny! RAPID FIRE!" Raising his arms, Rapidmon fired two missiles at Triceramon, but the dinosaur Digimon was barely affected by the projectiles exploding against his tough shell.
"Rapidmon, wait!" Cyberdramon said once the dome dropped. "Let me handle Triceramon! Take care of Okuwamon!"
"Whatever you say!" Rapidmon took off and flew after Okuwamon, who was attempting to divebomb the children. Seeing a new challenge in the green cyborg, the gray insect flew up at Rapidmon with his claws outstretched.
"DOUBLE SCISSOR CLAW!" The pincers swung at Rapidmon, but the green cyborg managed to dodge at the last second with his much faster speed, appearing behind him and kicking him in the back of the head.
"RADIATION BLADES!" WarGrowlmon flew right for Megadramon, slashing with his blades while Garudamon aided him with her Phoenix Claw.
"ULTIMATE SLICER!" Megadramon swung out with his arms at the two Ultimate levels, both catching the metal limbs. The three Digimon fought in a battle for strength, but Megadramon managed to wrap his tail around Garudamon's leg, knocking her down before swinging her into WarGrowlmon. The two Ultimate level Digimon crashed into the ground and Megadramon fired his Genocide Attack again.
"Get behind me!" WarGrowlmon planted himself in front of Garudamon and merely grunted as he felt the missiles explode off his body, Takato grunting as well from the pain his partner was feeling.
Nearby, Allomon, Sheepmon and Antylamon, a giant brown rabbit that wore light purple pants, engaged BlueMeramon in battle. It was difficult to hit him, as his flames burned cold.
"ICE PHANTOM!" The flaming blue man thrust his arms out to release a blast of cold air at the Digimon, but Allomon stood with his back to Sheepmon and Antylamon, breathing in air for his attack.
"DINO BURST!" The flames connected with the cold wind and pushed back the ice, forcing BlueMeramon to change tactics.
"COLD FLAME!" Conjuring up two blue fireballs in his hands, BlueMeramon threw them at Allomon and Sheepmon with surprising speed. The fireballs exploded against them, and both Armor Digimon yelled in pain from the freezing burns that appeared on their bodies.
"Agh…so cold!" Sheepmon groaned as Antylamon leapt forward, her hands turning into axes.
"BUNNY BLADES!" Antylamon ran for BlueMeramon, who released more blue fireballs, only to see the Deva slice through them with relative ease.
"Suzie, a flame card!"
"Right!" Suzie pulled out a card with another flaming man not unlike Meramon and BlueMeramon and gave it a swipe through the D-Ark to give Antylamon another attack temporarily.
"DIGI-MODIFY! SKULLMERAMON ACTIVATE!"
"HEAVY METAL FIRE!" Antylamon roared, spewing out blue flames from her mouth that engulfed BlueMeramon, causing the flaming man to scream in pain from the attack.
"That…Spiral…is still on tight!" Allomon groaned through his wounds, seeing the Spiral on BlueMeramon's arm was still attached without showing any sign of damage. Antylamon narrowed her eyes, realizing this would not be easy. But then again, she was a Deva, and she had faced far stronger troubles than this.
"Kari, I need to become Angewomon!" Swanmon said as she landed on the ground next to her partner and reverted to Gatomon. "I can give Rapidmon a hand that way!"
"Do it," Kari nodded. Gatomon leapt into the air and glowed brightly to reach her Ultimate level.
"GATOMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…ANGEWOMON!" The blond-haired female angel took flight to aid Rapidmon in battle against Okuwamon. Leomon broke away from the group and leapt up to fight Stingmon, the green insect Digimon having dropped down to try and fight Veemon. Ken merely chuckled at the different fights taking place around him before looking down at Davis.
"I wonder how much longer it will take for you to realize that resisting me is useless, Davis," he called down to his old friend.
"And I wonder how long it will take for you to realize that we'll never stop resisting you!" yelled TK, making Ken look over to him. "We'll never let darkness reign over the Digital World again!"
"Excuse me, but is your name Davis Motomiya?" Ken asked rudely. "If it's not, then shut up!"
"Why, you!" TK's anger flared up at Ken insulting him. "Angemon, get that Dark Spiral!"
"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!" The golden beam flew from Angemon's fist and connected with the Dark Spiral, but the dark device didn't even crack under the attack. Growling in annoyance, MetalGreymon raised his left arm and swatted Angemon away, sending him flying away from the battlefield.
"Angemon!" TK yelled in concern for his partner.
"What the…Angemon's attack didn't affect MetalGreymon at all?!" Mimi asked in confusion. "I thought that could take down any Digimon!" The pink-haired girl stood close to Jeri, holding Palmon in her arms. The plant Digimon was still hurting from her last battle with MetalGreymon, rending her unable to fight this time.
"Usually if it's a dark-type Digimon, like Devimon," answered Rika. "Against any other Digimon, though…"
"Then I guess it's up to us then," Davis said, taking in a deep breath before stepping forward and looking up at MetalGreymon, who continued growling.
"So what will it be, Davis?" Ken looked down. "Are you giving up now?"
(Play Digimon Tamers no Theme)
"No," Davis said firmly. "I'm not giving up. I'll never give up! Not until everything is back to the way it was! I've been foolish letting my friendship with you get in the way of fighting you and MetalGreymon, but I realize now that it's the only way! I don't care what the consequences will be, or what has to be done Ken, but I won't stop fighting until Agumon and Tai are reunited with each other, and I won't stop until you're back to the kind boy you were when we first met!"
"Davis…" Stingmon whispered in awe, breaking away from Leomon temporarily.
"For the sake of my true friends…I will fight!" Davis screamed, and his D-3 suddenly glowed brightly. At the same time, the Digimental of Friendship glowed brightly and rose up from the hole it sat in, floating past everybody until it stopped in front of Davis. Staring at the black object in awe, Davis raised his hands and allowed the Digimental to land in his palms.
"This is…my new Digimental!"
"Now Davis has two Digimentals!" Yolei gasped.
"Davis, use the Digimental of Friendship!" called Ryo. "Believe in your bonds of friendship!"
"Believe…" Davis whispered.
"Don't think I'll let you use that!" yelled Ken. "MetalGreymon, crush them!"
MetalGreymon roared and prepared his Trident Arm, but a loud roaring caused Ken to turn around and yell in surprise when Triceramon was thrown into MetalGreymon's side, causing the Trident Arm to hit the ground far near Davis.
"You know Ken, you never talked this much before!" Cyberdramon growled as he stormed over to MetalGreymon and Triceramon. "What, did you fall in love with your own voice?"
"TRI-HORN ATTACK!" Triceramon charged for Cyberdramon again, and the black-armored dragon fired his Desolation Claw attack at the dinosaur Digimon. The attack bounced off Triceramon's head due to the toughness of his shell, but it was still strong enough to slow down the horned dinosaur, allowing Cyberdramon to grab Triceramon by his two biggest horns and flip him on the ground, where he had a clear visual on the Dark Spiral.
"DESOLATION CLAW!" The energy beam flew from Cyberdramon's hands and collided with the Dark Spiral, which shattered to pieces.
"Cyberdramon managed to break a Dark Spiral!" Cody gasped in shock. "They can be broken!"
"Impossible!" Ken yelled in shock. But then again, Cyberdramon was a powerful Digimon.
Growling lowly, Cyberdramon grabbed Triceramon by the tail and threw him at MetalGreymon again. The dinosaur slammed into the cyborg, forcing MetalGreymon to take several steps back and nearly making Ken fall off his shoulder. Cyberdramon then flew up to Ken and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.
"Get off Tai's Digimon!" he yelled, pulling Ken off MetalGreymon and growling in his face. Ken's eyes widened in fear as he looked at the growling dragon, worried what Ryo's partner would do. Suddenly, a dark pulse came over both Cyberdramon and Ken. The Digimon and young tyrant yelled in pain as they collapsed to the ground, dark energy swirling through them.
"Cyberdramon!" Ryo yelled, running towards his partner in worry.
"Davis, the Digimental!" yelled Rika. "Use it now!" Davis, worried about Ken yelling pain, steeled himself and focused on MetalGreymon.
"Veemon! You ready, buddy?"
"Yeah!" Veemon nodded and Davis held the Digimental of Friendship high in the air while Matt pulled out his Digivice to allow Gabumon to Digivolve.
"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
(Play Digimon: Break Up!)
"VEEMON ARMOR DIGIVOLVE TOOO…THUNDERING FRIENDSHIP, RAIDRAMON!"
"GABUMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…GARURUMON!"
"GARURUMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…WEREGARURUMON!"
WereGarurumon stood in place of Gabumon, and in place of Veemon was a quadruped Digimon covered in black armor. Three black spikes grew from his back and a gold and silver metallic horn stuck out of the black helmet on his head.
"Raidramon…" Davis breathed, amazed at his partner's new form.
"Davis, climb on!" said Raidramon. "Let's save Agumon together!"
"Yeah!" Davis ran over and climbed on Raidramon's back. Before he could have Raidramon take off for MetalGreymon, the burgundy-haired boy felt someone climb on Raidramon. Looking behind him, Davis was surprised to see Matt and Rika climbing on with him.
"What are you…"
"You think we're going to let you do this yourselves?" Matt asked with a smirk.
"Taomon, WereGarurumon! Get in there!" yelled Rika.
"Right!" both Digimon exclaimed, heading for the virus cyborg.
"TRIDENT ARM!" The metal claws flew out at WereGarurumon, but the beast man Digimon leapt up to dodge the arm and landed on the cable, running up it before leaping up again and kicking MetalGreymon in the face, forcing him back several steps.
"THOUSAND SPELLS!" Taomon raised her arms in the air and waved her sleeves around, making numerous paper seals fly out at MetalGreymon. The blue Ultimate level slashed at some of the seals with his metal claws and burned more with his Revenge Flame, but more papers flew out and hit MetalGreymon in the chest, making him step back even more.
"Now's your chance, Raidramon!" said Davis.
"Yes!" Raidramon ran forward and leapt up towards MetalGreymon's right arm, where the Dark Spiral was.
"BLUE THUNDER!" The spikes on his back crackled with electricity before firing it at the Dark Spiral, hitting it and making it crackle with electricity.
"ELECTRIC BITE!" Raidramon followed the attack up by leaping on MetalGreymon's arm and biting on the Spiral, his teeth sparking with electricity. MetalGreymon roared in pain as he shook his arm, forcing Raidramon back on the ground. Fortunately, the black beast managed to keep his three passengers on board the entire time.
"WOLF CLAW!" WereGarurumon attacked with his claws again, but MetalGreymon knocked the attack aside with his metal arm before firing his Giga Destroyer.
"TALISMAN OF LIGHT!" A giant brush slid out from inside Taomon's sleeve, and the magic-wielding Digimon drew a magic seal in the air before releasing it at the missiles. The attacks collided in an explosion that nearly blinded the combatants.
"That Dark Spiral is tougher than I thought!" said Matt. "How was Cyberdramon able to break it easily?"
"He's powerful like that," said Davis. "Maybe if we tried freezing it, we could weaken it…"
"That could work," Matt agreed, turning to his partner. "WereGarurumon, Digivolve and target the Dark Spiral!"
"Understood!" WereGarurumon charged forward and Matt leapt off Raidramon, landing on his Digivolving partner's back.
"WEREGARURUMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…METALGARURUMON!" WereGarurumon dropped on all fours, becoming a wolf again, but this time, his entire body was covered in metal, and yellow wings grew from his back. This was Gabumon's Mega form.
"Hold that wolf!" Rika stood up on Raidramon's back and leapt off, landing on MetalGarurumon's back, arms wrapped around Matt's waist. "Taomon, give us cover!"
"Of course," Taomon nodded.
"Davis, let's go!" said Matt. Davis nodded, determination running through his body.
"Right!"
"Cyberdramon, hang in there!" Ryo said to his partner once he reached him. "Are you okay?"
"I…I think so…" Cyberdramon groaned, struggling to stand back up. "I think…when I touched Ken…Millenniummon's data…reacted to the Dark Spore inside him…" Ryo paled slightly when he heard what his partner said.
"What…what does that mean for us?" Cyberdramon was silent before he answered, and it unsettled Ryo even more than before.
"I don't know…"
(Play Digimon Tamers: Tamer Action)
Stingmon continued his battle with Leomon, attempting to stab him with his Spiking Finish, but thanks to a Digimon card from Jeri, the beast man gained a second sword and was expertly using them to keep the insect man at bay. Stingmon prepared his Moon Shooter, but a familiar yell of pain caused him to look off to the side.
"Ken!" Stingmon gasped, seeing his partner writhe in pain on the ground. The insect assassin was torn between continuing his fight with Leomon and helping his partner, when…
"Go to him," Leomon said to Stingmon, sheathing his real sword while letting the other sword vanish in thin air. Stingmon could only look at Leomon in confusion.
"What…?"
"Go to him," repeated Leomon. "He is your partner Stingmon, and he needs you now." Stingmon and Leomon stared intently at each other until Stingmon nodded, flying over to Ken and scooping him up in his arms before taking off from the battlefield. Leomon watched the green insect Digimon leave as Jeri walked up to him.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to let him go?"
"Yes," Leomon nodded. "I know Stingmon will do the right thing when it comes down to it. But for now, there is another battle to be fought." He looked up in the sky to see Angewomon and Rapidmon continuing their battle with Okuwamon. "Jeri, I'll need to fly!"
"I got it!" Jeri grabbed a White Wings card from her pocket and swiped it through her D-Ark slot, allowing Leomon to grow wings like Angemon's and fly up to help his fellow Digimon.
"Stingmon…what's happening?" Ken groaned in his partner's arms as Stingmon flew away.
"We're losing badly," Stingmon said truthfully. "We have to leave now."
"No…I won't…!" Ken argued, but grunted in pain. Whatever had happened when Cyberdramon touched him had nearly drained him. "I won't leave…there has to be something we can do…to end this!"
"Perhaps," Stingmon muttered as Ken looked down below and noticed something. "But maybe we can think of something back at the base…"
"Wait!" said Ken. "Look down there!" Stingmon followed Ken's gaze and saw, several yards away from the fight, was Angemon, struggling to free himself from a number of boulders he ended up trapped under when MetalGreymon swatted him with his metal arm. An evil smirk came upon Ken's face again.
"Stingmon…take me down there!"
"But…"
"NOW!" yelled Ken. "I may have found somebody new!"
'Oh, no…' Stingmon thought in worry as he dropped down towards Angemon. As the green insect man flew down, Ken pulled out a Dark Spiral, his eyes never leaving the angel Digimon.
(Play Digimon: Target ~Akai Shougeki~)
"DOUBLE SCISSOR CLAW!" Okuwamon slashed at the two Digimon fighting him with his pincers again, intent on cutting through them in half. However, Angewomon's smaller size and Rapidmon's speed made it easy for them to dodge the attack. But it still wasn't enough to get to the Dark Spiral.
"Man! How hard can it be to squish one bug?" asked Rapidmon.
"We have to find a way to keep him from moving," said Angewomon. "If we hit him with a strong enough attack…"
"Leave that to me!" Leomon roared as he soared past the two Ultimate levels and rammed his fist into an unsuspecting Okuwamon, forcing him back with his Fist of the Beast King, the attack stronger thanks to a card from Jeri. The gray insect Digimon groaned as he stumbled back in the sky.
"Now's your chance!" Leomon yelled, flying out of the way so Rapidmon and Angewomon could attack.
"CELESTIAL ARROW!"
Angewomon's arrow soared through the sky and pierced the Dark Spiral, making cracks appear around it. As this happened, Rapidmon raised his arms in the air, an orb of light appearing in each one as a third one appeared on his feet.
"TRI-BEAM!" The three orbs combined to form a green triangular laser beam that flew at the Dark Spiral, hitting it and destroying it. Okuwamon dropped out of the sky and crashed to the ground unconscious, free from the Dark Spiral's influence.
"GENOCIDE ATTACK!" Megadramon flew in the sky again and fired his missiles at Garudamon and WarGrowlmon, but the bird woman expertly dodged the missiles coming for her while WarGrowlmon plowed through his projectiles with his Radiation Blades, flying right up to the giant dragon and delivering a massive headbutt.
Megadramon nearly fell out of the sky, disoriented by the headbutt, which allowed the two Ultimate levels to capitalize and attack the Dark Spiral.
"SHADOW WING!"
"ATOMIC BLASTER!"
The fiery bird soared at Megadramon, strengthened further by the red atomic beams, and collided with the dragon in a fiery explosion that enveloped the Dark Spiral and shattered it to pieces.
"DYNAMITE HEAD!" Allomon charged forward at BlueMeramon and crashed his head into the flaming Digimon's body, creating an explosion that forced BlueMeramon back.
"SILENCE OF LAMBS!" Sheepmon planted his feet firmly in the ground before delivering a loud bleat that shook the area around BlueMeramon, causing the Dark Spiral to vibrate and crack slightly from the vibrations. Antylamon leapt up into the air and her arms transformed into axes again so she could attack.
"COLD FLAME!" In a desperate move, BlueMeramon lobbed his ice fireballs at Antylamon, but Allomon and Sheepmon used their attacks to disperse the fireballs, allowing Antylamon to attack.
"BUNNY BLADES!" The rabbit Deva dropped down fast and swung her axes hard, shattering the Dark Spiral and knocking BlueMeramon unconscious.
"TALISMAN OF LIGHT!" Taomon pulled out her brush again and fired another seal at MetalGreymon, colliding with his chest. MetalGreymon roared in pain from the attack as he dropped down to one knee, his right arm stretched out.
"Now!" Matt yelled to his partner.
"METAL WOLF CLAW!" MetalGarurumon opened his mouth and spewed out a blast of ice that covered the Dark Spiral on MetalGreymon's right arm, freezing it solid.
"All right Raidramon, it's all or nothing now!" said Davis. "Hit that Spiral with everything you've got!" Raidramon grunted as the horn on his head crackled with electricity.
"LIGHTNING BLADE!" Putting all of his strength into the attack, Raidramon released the attack, which soared through the air and collided with the Dark Spiral. The black device crackled with black electricity before breaking off MetalGreymon's arm, dissolving to data.
Nobody was able to hold in their cheers when they saw the Dark Spiral shatter.
"Davis and Raidramon did it!" said Sora, a big smile on her face. "Agumon is back with us!"
"It's finally off," said Matt, relief on his face. MetalGreymon glowed bright yellow and shrunk down. When the glow faded, what stood in his place was not Agumon, but a small pink ball-shaped Digimon with long ears and soft red eyes.
"He turned into Koromon, his In-Training level," Rika noted, scanning the Digimon with her D-Ark.
"The constant battles and Digivolutions Ken put him through the past two days must have caused him to lose a lot of energy," Taomon noted before reverting to Renamon.
"Yeah, the same happened to me," Tsunomon, an orange and cream furred Digimon with a gray horn, said once he reverted from MetalGarurumon. "It's been a long time since I went Mega."
"But at least he's finally back with us," Davis sighed in happiness as he watched his mentor run over to the small Digimon.
(Play Digimon: Shinka de Guts!)
"Koromon…are you okay?"
"Tai…" Koromon moaned, looking up to his partner meekly. "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be, it's not your fault," Tai said with watering eyes. "I'm just glad you're okay…" The bushy-haired boy hugged Koromon as best he could, being mindful of his injuries. "Promise me you'll be okay from now on when I'm not around. I was really worried…"
"I promise I will be…" Koromon snuggled in Tai's arms, his red eyes watering as well.
"Davis, that was amazing!" Kari ran forward and climbed up on Raidramon, throwing her arms around her boyfriend in happiness. "You got Agumon back for Tai!"
"Yeah…I did it…" Davis smiled, returning the hug and accepting a kiss on the cheek from Kari.
"Davis…" The burgundy-haired boy looked up to see Matt holding Tsunomon in his arms, a calm smile on his face that seemed to calm Davis's psyche. "Do you understand now?"
"I do…" Davis nodded, stroking Raidramon's ear with one hand while keeping his other arm wrapped around Kari's waist. "I understand now Matt…"
"Good," Rika said with a small smile of her own before looking over to everybody else. "So, is everybody okay?"
"Yeah, we're fine Rika," Takato said, looking over Guilmon. "Megadramon didn't do much damage to us…"
"Although I'm feeling hot and cold in some places," Hawkmon groaned in Yolei's arms.
"Let's get back home then," said Mimi. "Koromon looks like he could use some medical attention."
"And food," groaned Koromon. "I'm so hungry…"
"I bet you are," Tai said with a chuckle. The roars of stomachs belonging to other Digimon sounded through the area made everybody else chuckle
"Cyberdramon, can you stand?" Ryo asked, helping his partner up.
"Yeah…I'm fine…" Cyberdramon breathed, feeling the dark sensation disappear from his body. As the Digidestined and Tamers regrouped, TK looked around the area and suddenly noticed somebody missing.
"Hey, has anybody seen Angemon?" The rest of the group looked around, noticing the chosen Digimon of Hope was missing from their ranks.
"Yeah, MetalGreymon knocked him over the left," Mimi looked to where she saw Angemon fly away. "I think he…"
SHLUCK!
Everybody went quiet when they heard the sound of something going through flesh, and what they saw shocked them all, especially Ryo and TK.
Cyberdramon stood still in shock, looking down to see a purple sword sticking out of his chest. The cyborg dragon could only give out gurgled noises as the sword was pulled out from behind his back.
"Cyberdramon!" Ryo cried out as Cyberdramon glowed brightly and shrunk down to his In-Training level Hopmon, a small purple dragon with little wings. The sword that stabbed Ryo's partner in the back was lowered, and TK could only gape at the attacker.
"Ma…MagnaAngemon?" The eight-winged angel Digimon stood before everybody, glaring at them through his helmet. TK was confused beyond belief. He never remembered Angemon Digivolving at all. How was that possible?
(Play Digimon Tamers: Panic)
"Oh, no…" Takato whispered in shock, his eyes on a particular limb of MagnaAngemon's body. "His left arm…" TK looked at MagnaAngemon's left arm, and he felt his blood run cold, his eyes shrink down to the size of raindrops, and his body freeze up. There, on his left arm, was a Dark Spiral.
"It…it can't be…!" the child of Hope whispered in shock.
"Oh, but it can be!" Ken laughed as he appeared above MagnaAngemon on Stingmon's shoulder. "I may have lost MetalGreymon, but I just received a major improvement: MagnaAngemon, an Ultimate level Digimon powerful enough to be considered a Mega!"
"This can't be…!" gasped Gatomon.
"MagnaAngemon, show them your power!" Ken said to his newest slave. MagnaAngemon spread his eight wings and took flight, his sword raised in the air as he drew a purple circle in front of him.
"NO!" TK screamed in horror. "PATAMON, DON'T DO THIS!" But MagnaAngemon didn't hear TK's pleas at all as the golden gate appeared in front of him.
"HEAVEN'S GATE!" The gate opened up and glowed bright white. The Digidestined and Tamers braced themselves in an attempt to prevent themselves from being sucked into the gate, but they felt no pulling force.
"What's going on?" Rika asked as she looked up at the gate. "Why aren't we getting sucked into it?"
"It can do more than that," Gatomon said gravelly. Davis and TK looked up and saw the light in the gate glowing more brightly, and they realized what was about to happen.
"HIT THE GROUND!" The gate released a blast of white energy that tore up the ground underneath it and hit the children and Digimon, knocking them all off their feet. Ken laughed with madness when he saw his former friends and their teammates lie in pain on the ground, impressed with the power of MagnaAngemon. With the powerful angel Digimon by his side, he could take over the entire Digital World in a matter of days.
"I won't kill you for now," the young emperor said to Davis and Ryo. "I want you to watch as I finally bring balance to the Digital World, and then I will bring balance to the Human World. And then, once that is all done…I will finish you off!" Ken laughed like mad as Stingmon and MagnaAngemon flew away in the skies above.
"No…" TK groaned, struggling to stand back up from the attack, but he could only lie in agony and watch as his partner flew away. "Patamon…"
(Play Days: Aijou to Nichijou TV Size)
END CHAPTER 15
Something good happens, but I end this chapter with something bad happening. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, "Ain't I a stinker?"
The team has a new Digimental, and Davis now understands true friendship. While that may have been enough to get Agumon back, it didn't stop Ken from getting MagnaAngemon. Now things have truly gotten worse. And it seems like Impmon is in Odaiba, but the question is: Where in Odaiba is he?
For the part where Ken captured MagnaAngemon, I was heavily inspired by the fanfiction Zero 2: A Revision by Ultra Sonic 007, who I would like to thank for the idea. I've seen a lot of 02 rewrites on this website, and as far as I know, Ultra Sonic 007 is the only one that did the idea of Ken actually accomplishing what he tried to do in the anime, and that's enslave MagnaAngemon, so I decided to do it as well. For those that haven't, read Zero 2: A Revision by Ultra Sonic 007. It's one of the best re-tellings of 02 on the fanfiction website. It's a little old as it was written in 2003, but it's an amazing piece of writing, and it also has several spin-offs and sequels.
What did you think of the battles? What did you think of MagnaAngemon being captured? Let me know in your reviews.
In the next chapter, the search for Impmon continues in Odaiba, and Kari and Gatomon have a dream of an old friend...