Ladies and Gentleman... here's the chapter and episode that always makes me cry, not matter which Digimon makes the ultimate choice.
Shoutout to DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96 and Whiteling for the reviews.
Now, let's end this war, once and for all!
Chapter 26: The Kaiser's End! Monodramon!
Digital World. August 9th, 2002. 0623 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
The 'Radiance and Illumination of Miracles.' That was the title our two Digimon declared once they armored evolved into these gold forms. I guess this definitely was a miracle as it looked like these two Digimon might actually be able to beat Chimairamon… though it's still anyone's guess. But I get the feeling we might be able to pull it off.
"Ma-Magnamon…" "Kon- Kongoumon…" Both Ken and I muttered the names of our two Digimon.
"M-my power…" "My power is back!" We actually heard Poromon's and Upamon's voices from a few levels above us. Now without the sound of the power rumbling through the fortress, it was actually kinda of silent. "Poromon, Evolve! HAWKMON!" "Upamon, Evolve! ARMADIMON!" Sounds like whatever power these guys are radiating off, it's restoring the strength of the others.
"What's that? I've never seen Digimon like them before!" Miyako exclaimed.
"A new Armor-Evolution?" claimed Iori.
"It can't be… there shouldn't be any more crests to claim." Takeru said. Yeah, how exactly are you gonna explain what is happening right now then?
"It must be different from the usual, some kind of special evolution." Hey, whatever it is, I'm grateful right now.
P.O.V. – Third Person
"Sora, get down!" Taichi shouted as he grabbed Sora and tackled her to the ground, shielding her from Chimairamon who nearly got them with one of his hands. "You okay?"
"Yeah… thanks, Taichi." She said though she was still a bit in shock.
"Dammit! He just can't be stopped!" Yamato cursed as their Digimon were beginning to reach the end of their rope.
"We've thrown everything at him and he's still going with almost not even a scratch." Jou panted in exhaustion.
"He's clearly designed to be a Perfect-Level Digimon; our Armor-Evolutions only match that of an Adult!" Koushiro informed.
"Hey, look at the fortress!" Mimi pointed to the now falling base.
"It looks like they did it!" Ross cheered. Chimairamon looked to it and roared before he just abandoned the fighting against the other Digimon and returned back to the base.
"Where's he going?" Yamato questioned.
"I don't know but I do hope the others are ready for a rematch against him…" Taichi said.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
"How many times are you all going to get in my way?" Both Ken and I looked up to see the Kaiser staring down at us from an upper platform.
"Until you come to your senses and realize you're messing with things you can't control! Until you give up and put an end to all this pain and suffering once and for all!" Ken declared.
"Hey, Digimon Kaiser! It's time to settle this!" I shouted. An explosion rattled the place as something near the bottom of the room had been blown apart.
"The power of darkness…" Hikari sounded worried.
"He's back!" Takeru cried meaning that Chimairamon was back for more. We soon heard that sinister laughing from earlier and felt the whole place rock before seeing a wall being absolutely destroyed thanks to Chimairamon bursting through the walls.
"Chimairamon!" The Kaiser sounded pleased. What? He thinks he came back to him out of loyalty? He probably came back because he sensed the presence of Magnamon or Kongoumon because he was flying right towards them.
"Daisuke!" "Ken-chan!" We heard our Digimon shout out our names before they grabbed us and moved us out of the way as Chimairamon tore through the platform we were standing on. Talk about a close one.
"Guys, leave this to us." Magnamon advised.
"Got it." I nodded before I clenched my fist. "All this… ends today!" I ran out for the stairwell with Ken following right behind me.
"We're going too!" We heard Takeru announce from above us.
P.O.V. – Third Person
Monodramon stood on the platform where the power room once existed before he turned to look at the platform the Kaiser was near and jumped off. He glided to the wall before he gripped it with his claws and crawled his way up until he was now in front of the Digimon Kaiser.
"Hey, it's dangerous here… We have to run!" He warned.
"Shut up! My Chimairamon is back."
"But he's not listening to you anymore… Actually, I don't think he ever listened to begin with."
"Shut up!" The Kaiser cracked his whip and hit the floor right next to Monodramon who backed up in fear. He turned his attention back to the fight. "Chimairamon…" The three Digimon charged towards each other but Magnamon and Kongoumon backed up to avoid the swings that the abomination tried to do with his Devimon hands. They bounced off the wall and headed right back towards him.
"Magnum Punch!" "Teppou!" Magnamon charged with his fist raised while Kongoumon had all six of his fists up and struck the Digimon hard with Kongoumon slamming Chimairamon's gut while Magnamon got him in the face.
"Guys!" Daisuke yelled out as he and Ken were catching up with the others running up the stairwell of the fortress.
"Daisuke-kun! Ken-kun!" Takeru looked back at them. Their speed proved usefully as Chimairamon's arm crashed through the stairwell just a few meters behind them. The monster was now pinned and open to multiple attacks from the two golden Digimon.
"Magnum Kick!" "Holy Roll!" Magnamon kicked him in the face while Kongoumon rolled up into a ball and spun rapidly into his chest. They then began just throwing multiple kicks and punches while the mutant Digimon remained stuck.
"There's not much time left. The fortress is starting to collapse." Tailmon observed.
"If we don't hurry, that Kaiser is going to get away!" believed Armadimon.
"Alright, let's go!" Daisuke took the lead and ran further up the stairs with the others behind him as Chimairamon got free. He charged up his Heat Viper attack and fired, forcing both Digimon to back away to avoid the attack but they didn't get away clean as their armor was smoking due to the heat.
The attack also nearly hit the Kaiser as the flames struck the fortress walls only a few meters away from his observation platform.
"Where are you aiming, Chimairamon?" The Kaiser demanded. Chimairamon just turned his attention away from the two Digimon and stared right at the Kaiser before giving that haunting laugh that was tormenting the Kaiser. A look of utter terror flashed across the boy's face as he backed up to the far wall in the stairwell. Magnamon and Kongoumon charged once more but were both struck by the arms and sent falling down to the dark bottom of the room. The Kaiser was paralyzed in fear and the sounds he was making matched it as Monodramon grabbed his leg to try to get his attention.
"You understand now, right, Osamu-chan?" The Kaiser regained himself and tried to shake the dragon Digimon off of his leg.
"Let go!"
"We made a mistake!"
"Mistake?" He questioned. "Nonsense! I never make mistakes. I'm always perfect!"
"This time is different, Osamu-chan…"
"Shut up!" He kicked him off then cracked the whip on the floor. "This is a game, and the ultimate winner will be me!"
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
"You're still saying that?" I shouted as we all caught up to the Kaiser on the stairwell. He turned around and looked to us before giving us a smug look.
"The Chimairamon I created will never lose to you."
"It's not the time to be talking about winning or losing a game!"
"You think you can just build a Digimon?" Miyako angrily questioned. "Do you really think you can do that?"
"Taking other Digimon's data and being proud of 'my Digimon'… It's stupid. Digimon are not toys!" cried Iori.
"Look at these Digimon!" Takeru motioned to our partners. "Digimon have souls too! They're alive! They're our irreplaceable, most important partners!" If I looked closely, I think the Kaiser's eye widened at that point.
"You're a Chosen Child, and you can't understand that? That Digimon is your partner, isn't he?" Hikari pointed to Monodramon who he turned to look at.
"Osamu…" Ken stepped forward. "Try and remember. Everything you and I did with Wormmon and Monodramon when we came to the Digital World. Remember all those times he tried to protect you… Monodramon has been loyal to you throughout everything you've done, before and after you became the Kaiser."
"Osamu-chan…" Monodramon looked up to him, waiting for an answer.
"My suitable Digimon is…" The Kaiser muttered. Don't say it. "Chimairamon!" We looked down to the ruins of the power room and saw that Chimairamon was just blasting anything in an effort to kill Magnamon and Kongoumon. Both of them vanished in the flames of a large explosion before another titanic one detonated at the base of fortress. The whole place rocked violently and warning alarms began blaring. "It's the end of this fortress… Stay here if you want to die!" He then ran further ahead with Monodramon following him behind.
"Wait, Digimon Kaiser!" I yelled. "Ichijouji Osamu!" Another explosion went off and the place rocked again.
"Miyako-san, we must escape too!" Hawkmon informed.
"But, aren't you tired?" She asked.
"It's okay. Please leave it to me."
"Are you alright, everyone?" Tailmon looked to Armadimon and Patamon.
"Dagyaa." Both Digimon nodded.
"Then… please!" Hikari said.
"Digimental Up!" Hikari, Iori, Takeru, and Miyako all shouted.
"Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!" "Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Wings of Love, HOLSMON!" "Tailmon, Armor-Evolve! Light of Smiles, NEFERTIMON!" "Patamon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Hope, PEGASMON!"
"Gold Rush!" Digmon blasted a hole through the fortress walls and we busted our way out, with the others riding their Digimon while I rode with Takeru and Ken with Miyako.
"Plasma Shot!" I looked over to see that Chimairamon had followed our Digimon outside before seeing the armor on Magnamon open up and launch out multiple golden missiles.
"Vajra Bombs!" Kongoumon throws all of his Vajra's out before they regenerate in his hands. All the objects approaching Chimairamon explode but do not destroy him.
"Osamu…" I hear Ken mutter and I turn my head back to see a Devidramon escaping the base. Safe to assume that the Kaiser is on that. The base rapidly lost altitude until he slammed into the desert ground which kicked up a huge sandstorm and forced us to cover our eyes.
"Extreme Blast!" "Divine Wave!" Both Magnamon and Kongoumon shot out a massive beam of light at Chimairamon which clearly hurt him but by the time it died down, he was still standing! Albeit smoking from the heat, but it was clear that we still couldn't beat him!
"It's no use…" Kongoumon growled.
"Damn it, I have no power left…" cursed Magnamon.
"Me too, I used everything in that!" Both Digimon were grabbed by Chimairamon in his Devimon arms.
"Ahh!" They both shouted in pain.
"Magnamon!" "Kongoumon!" We screamed for our Digimon as we began approaching where the others were with their tired Digimon.
P.O.V. – Third Person
"That's it! Crush them, Chimairamon!" The Kaiser yelled out from atop the Devidramon he was standing on away from the battle.
"Don't give up, Magnamon… Kongoumon…" Monodramon said.
"What!?" The Kaiser shouted before he swung his whip and cracked it on the back of Monodramon's head. This was a first. He had always cracked the whip around him but never actually stuck Monodramon with it. However, this finally caused something to snap in the dragon.
"Osamu-chan… you still don't understand?" He winced in pain but stuck it out. "The old Osamu-chan wasn't like this…" He turned around and revealed he had tears in his eyes. "The Osamu-chan I traveled the Digital World with wasn't like this… the first time you actually saw me, you freaked out and were scared. But then we soon laughed together, we cried together… The normal, compassionate Osamu-chan!" The Kaiser just continued to stare at him while Chimairamon tightened the grip he had on the two Armor Digimon.
"And then… the next time we met, you told me to call you 'Digimon Kaiser'… I couldn't do it… at least not for long… because… No matter how you look, you're still Osamu-chan. That's why… no matter what horrible things you did after becoming the Digimon Kaiser… I always thought you would return to the old Osamu-chan someday. Believing in that, I stayed with you!" Monodramon soon began to glow when he said that. And both Magnamon and Kongoumon began to glow as well.
"Th… this is…" Magnamon muttered.
"From now on, I'll always believe in you. The real Osamu-chan isn't the Digimon Kaiser. The real Osamu-chan…" Monodramon suddenly exploded in light. "Is the compassionate Osamu-chan!" He yelled as he tackled the Kaiser and knocked him off of his Devidramon. Monodramon soon took the reins so to speak and flew the controlled Digimon straight towards Chimairamon. "AHHHHHH!" He screamed as they rammed into the abomination and forced him to free his captives.
"Monodramon, you…" Kongoumon said as both he and Magnamon was taken aback by the actions of the dragon Digimon.
"Save Osamu-chan…" Chimairamon was beyond enraged by this action and swatted Devidramon away with his Kuwagamon hand which sent Monodramon flying… only to be punched by the SkullGreymon arm.
"Monodramon!" Both Magnamon and Kongoumon shouted.
"Please, Kongoumon, Magnamon… Save Osamu-chan…" A bright light shout out Monodramon before it split in two and connected with the two Armor Digimon.
"Monodramon's power…" Kongoumon said.
"It's running through my body…" Magnamon finished. Both Digimon turned to stare down Chimairamon who was fast charging them. Both of them roared in anger before channeling all their power into their most devastating attacks.
"Extreme Blast!" "Divine Wave!" The two of them exploded in a bright ball of light which terrified Chimairamon but it was too late. He was caught in the blast zone and screamed as he was slowly disintegrated into data. When the light died down, there was nothing left of the evil Digimon.
"My Chimairamon…" The Kaiser muttered. "…lost." He fell to his knees in defeat.
"Alright!" All the Chosen Children and their Digimon cheered in victory upon the sight they just witnessed while Daisuke and Ken ran forward to get their Digimon who devolved back to their Baby-Levels of Chibimon and a small larva creature that was sheltered in a pinecone looking shell called Minomon.
"Are you alright?" Daisuke asked as he ran up to Chibimon. Chibimon gave him a small laugh before closing his eyes to quickly rest. "Chibimon…"
"You okay, Minomon?" Ken picked up his partner.
"I'll be alright…"
"Thank goodness…"
"Huh…?" Daisuke said as he noticed something light-blue colored buried in the sand. He picked it up and looked at it. He saw that it looked exactly like the Crests the others had but the symbol was the one that was on the Golden Digimental.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji
"Hey, over here!" Koushiro called out and we soon ran over to where he was where we saw the Kaiser on his hands and knees in the sand.
"Didn't think you were really gonna run away…" Jou observed.
"I've been dreaming of this moment for months." Yamato said.
"I… lost…" The Kaiser muttered. "Why? Everything was supposed to be perfect…" He pounded his fist. "This… this is the worst… The worst bad ending of all…"
"Checkmate, Herr Kaiser. Do us all a favor and be smart with your next move. Surrender now." demanded Ross.
"If that's the case… I'll start everything over… I'll reset the Digital World…"
"Huh?" We all were confused.
"Reset the Digital World?" Takeru asked.
"I mean… I'll go home, erase all the data in my computer… And then… and then I'll start all over again."
"What are you talking about?" Daisuke walked up.
"Resetting, erasing? What do you think this is? A gam- Oh my God." Mimi gasped. We all collectively came to a realization, and if anyone had any animosity towards the Kaiser; it vanished immediately. Osamu really thought all of this was nothing more than just some video game.
"You actually thought…" Sora muttered.
"That it was all a game." Taichi finished her sentence. I think Taichi took it to heart the most because I quickly remembered the story during their fight against Etemon when Taichi also thought the Digital World was a game and thought his actions didn't have consequences.
"Are you serious?" Miyako spoke up. "You think you can reset the Digital World by deleting some data in a computer?"
"This is not a game." Iori told him which actually caused him to lift his head up and look forward. "You can't reset the Digital World."
"What did you say?" He turned to us with his eyes widened.
"Osamu… Onii-san… it's all real." I said.
"That time… at the soccer field…" He seems to be remembering. "It was you Digimon?"
"We're not just data inside a computer." Chibimon explained.
"Digimon are just like us." Daisuke said. "We're all the same, alive."
"Digimon are… living beings?" He was putting it all together. "Then… the Evil Rings, Spirals, Dark Towers, Chimairamon… everything I've been doing…" He finally figured it out… and it absolutely broke him. "I…I… WHAT HAVE I DONE!?" He screamed.
"The Digital World isn't a dream or a fantasy world." Takeru informed.
"It's like our world, just another part of reality." Hikari finally spoke.
"Believe me, Osamu. I once thought the same thing at one point, but quickly realized the truth before I nearly got myself killed." Taichi tried to somewhat console him. But it was far too late. I did what I was trying to do. Bring back Osamu. And Osamu had returned… and he thought himself as nothing more than a monster. Osamu grabbed for his hands and threw off his gloves before they dissolved into data. He then reached for his neck and removed his cape which also vanished before grabbing the Kaiser's glasses and throwing them away, all the while screaming in a mix of anger and sorrow. He got up and walked away from us, grasping his head before he fell forward and the rest of his outfit dissolved, leaving him looking like his normal self, with his short cut hair and school uniform, in the sand.
"Monodramon…" Minomon muttered. We all looked past Osamu and saw Monodramon lying on his side not too far away. We all ran and gathered around the dragon.
"Monodramon?" Osamu muttered.
"He's still breathing." Tailmon checked him over. Osamu slowly walked over to us before Monodramon looked up and opened his eyes.
"You're back to the old Osamu-chan…"
"Old?" Sora questioned.
"That suits you better." Monodramon strained. Oh gods above; please don't tell me… Not like this.
"The old Osamu?" Daisuke repeated the same phrase before he looked into his hand. A light-blue object glowed in his hand before it floated out of it and went towards Osamu. It was his own Crest. I quickly dug into my pocket and found mine before pulling it out.
"In the power room, I heard a voice from that crest." Daisuke explained. "It was saying that it wanted to be free. Like maybe it wanted to go back to its true owner."
"It's true owner…?" Osamu whispered.
"I saw a sort of vision of you, Onii-san… you were telling me to use the Digimental to stop Chimairamon and free you from the darkness."
"Free from darkness…?"
"That looks like our Crests." observed Koushiro.
"That's Osamu-chan's…" Monodramon struggled to speak. "…Crest of Compassion."
"This is my… Crest of Compassion? Is this some kind of cruel joke? I've been anything but compassionate."
"'Compassion will release the golden light…'" Mimi repeated Wizarmon's message.
"That must be what Wizarmon was talking about." Hikari guessed.
"Because… Osamu-chan is compassionate…" Monodramon spoke again. Osamu walked up before he fell to his knees and picked up Monodramon in his arms.
"Monodramon… Were you… always this light?" Osamu began to tear up. "Monodramon… I'm so sorry…"
"It's okay… I'm just glad… I was able to see you… the real you… one last time… Goodbye… Osamu…cha-" Monodramon lightly gasped as he closed his eyes, took his final breath… and died in Osamu's arms.
"Monodramon…?" Osamu muttered before Monodramon's body dispersed into data.
"He's dead…" Yamato said as we all shared a heavy heart for the loyal dragon.
"Dead? Dead!?" Osamu broke down completely and began crying heavily. "NOOOOOOOO!" He screamed. "Why did he have to die?! Why wasn't it me?! I don't deserve to continue to live!" He cried even harder. "Ken-chan? Where's Ken-chan?" He begged. I put Minomon on my head and quickly dived down next to him.
"I'm here, Onii-san! I'm here!" He grabbed me and continued crying into my chest.
"Ken-chan, I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" He sobbed before he soon went quiet. I looked down and saw he wasn't moving.
"Onii-san? Onii-san? Onii-san!" I shouted.
"What happened!?" Mimi exclaimed as Jou ran up next to me.
"He's unconscious. Probably due to exhaustion, malnutrition, and dehydration." Jou practically gave a medical examination. "It's amazing he was even functioning so normally for the past few days, much less the past few minutes."
"What do we do?" Iori asked.
"We got to get him to a hospital, quick!"
"Well, what do you say, Ken-kun?" Taichi questioned as everyone looked to me. I slowly got up, carrying Osamu over my shoulder as best I could before looking at all of them.
"Let's go home…" I looked back to Osamu. "All of us." On August ninth, Two-thousand and two, at seven twenty-three Japan Standard Time… the war against the Digimon Kaiser had finally ended.
Lake Yamanaka, Japan. August 9th, 2002. 0842 Hours.
P.O.V. – Taichi Yagami
We returned back to the Real World as soon as we could and the first thing we did upon returning was calling for an ambulance that picked up Osamu. Ken traveled with him while the rest of us started packing up to head back home when we soon had an unexpected and uninvited guest.
"Hey! Yamato-kun!" Our eyes widened and our jaws nearly hit the ground as we saw Jun running towards us.
"Man… she actually came all the way here…" Yamato moaned.
"How mean! Yamato-kun, how could you leave me behind?"
"Ah! That was, um… you know…" He tried to talk his way out of things. She soon looked around and saw that we were packing up.
"What!? This isn't fair! Now that I got here, you're leaving already?"
"It's been a somber morning, sis." Daisuke explained. "Ken found his brother."
"What!? Really!?"
"Yeah, we called an ambulance for them an hour ago. And besides, we're all really tired… You came uninvited, so stop complaining! I'm so sleepy…" He climbed into the Ishida van with the myself, Koushiro and the rest of the New Breed.
"No way!"
"Umm… we have a problem… we won't all fit." Yamato's dad said.
"Yeah, we're kinda full too…" Phil admitted as he was driving Ross, Sora, Mimi and Jou along with most of the camping equipment.
"Huh? How were you all going to fit to begin with?" Jun questioned.
"There was supposed to be a third car that would carry the rest of us." Phil lied to her. "Though, that kinda changed…"
"Well, I guess the only thing to do is-" Yamato spoke up before his father interrupted him.
"Yamato, you'll take the bus home."
"Eh!? You can't be serious…"
"Here, take this." He handed him some yen for the bus fare.
"Sorry, Yamato." I called out.
"Well, take care." added Koushiro.
"H-hey, wait…"
"Then, I'll go home with Yamato-kun!" Jun cheered as she slid the van door closed. Yamato's eyes practically shot out on the prospect before she wrapped her arm around his. "Leave Yamato-kun to me!"
"Wait, let me on too!" He shouted.
"Have fun, you two lovebirds!" Ross teased from the Subaru.
"Ross, get in the front." Phil said.
"Aw come on!" Ross cried before he reluctantly switched seats with Jou. Guess Phil was going to keep him from sitting next to Mimi.
"Bye!" Jun waved as we all began driving away, leaving Yamato behind.
"And now, on the news…" I turned up the radio in the car as we were going down the freeway. "Child prodigy Ichijouji Osamu, who had been missing since May, was found near Lake Yamanaka an hour ago. There are no details as to why the boy who had been missing for three months was discovered in the area by his brother, Ichijouji Ken. However, early reports say that he has been suffering from a mix of exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition and is now currently being treated at a nearby hospital. Doctors say he's currently stable."
"I guess the Digital World's crisis is over." I admitted.
"For now at least…" Koushiro quickly reminded me. I then remembered that Wizarmon did warn of a greater threat that lurked. "But for now… let's not worry about that for now." He turned to look at the others who were all asleep. "Boy, they all did great."
"Yep, they sure did."
P.O.V. – Third Person
"-say he's currently stable."
"He's failed…" A female voice said in a dark apartment in Tokyo.
"Shame. I had hoped he could've caused some more damage for another month or two… at least when things could be ready." A dark male voice replied.
"So what shall we do now? Shall I deal with the boy?"
"No, he's now useless to anybody; it's not worth our time. We must accelerate my plan. Begin Phase Two. You know your mission. Keep the Chosen Children distracted for as long as you can as well as cause as much havoc until the next phase is ready."
"Of course… I will not fail."
"I don't expect you to. Just keep them from interfering."
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
What should've been more of a time for celebration was replaced with a pained feeling. We dreamed for months that the Kaiser would be defeated but the last few hours changed all those wishes. I still can't believe that he thought it was all just a game. I mean, I've done the Dark Side playthough of Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight a few times, but I would never really go further than that. I sighed as I just kept looking out the window. I hope everything is going to be okay with Ken and his brother. I pray that they'll be okay.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji
"He should recover but we're gonna keep someone posted on him for the time being." An officer explained to Mom and Dad shortly after they arrived to the hospital Osamu was being treated in. Apparently, the police are under the opinion that Osamu tried to kill himself by starving to death. After the last few hours, I'm honestly worried he might actually try to hurt himself. It was too much pain for anyone to truly handle. I just hope that he'll recover and truly be back home soon.
And I really hope that he can learn to forgive himself for what he has done…
I always cheer when Wormmon has his moment of pure awesomeness, and Monodramon is no different, you know before I cry. Also, I don't think we need to guess who that man and woman at the end was.
Anyways, this story is going on a bit of a hiatus because I'm gonna do my version of Hurricane Touchdown over the next few days so keep an eye out. Take care everyone.
"Push the button, Frank."