Here we are, the penultimate chapter before the last one and then the epilouge. This journey is almost to a close.

Shoutouts to GreenD109, God of the Challenge, MadDogLucario96, DigimonAT0318, Whiteling, Super Saiyan 3 Odd, and a guest for all the reviews. Think it's the most I've ever gotten on a chapter.

Anyways, don't got much to add. Time to deal with one hell of a beast.

Chapter 54: Master of Illusions! BelialVamdemon!

Location Unknown. Date Unknown. Time Unknown.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

I stayed a bit back as I watched XV-mon charge forward towards BelialVamdemon. This was certainly an uneven fight as BelialVamdemon must be another Ultimate-Level Digimon considering that Vamdemon was a Perfect and VenomVamdemon was an Ultimate. The main difference I could see was that while according to the others, Vamdemon had brains but lost it for brawn when he was revived as VenomVamdemon. Now, I think it's clear he's got both which makes a dangerous combination, especially with his cruel nature. I mean… slaughtering his own two servants even after they served him so… it just doesn't make sense to me, but I guess villains like him don't care; they're only in it for themselves. Now, it's XV-mon's turn to fight him alone while the others are still gripped with fear. It'll be a really tough fight, toughest we've ever had, but I have to keep believing in XV-mon or we're doomed.

XV-mon roared as he got close before he head-butted the evil monster's stomach and groin area, but that metal armor was really tough as he just merely bounced off his armor. BelialVamdemon then grabbed XV-mon by the back and soon threw him away.
"It's useless, Daisuke-kun." Takeru was continuing that defeatist attitude. "There's no way XV-mon can win on his own."
"Don't say that!" I snapped at him. "We'll win for sure." My fists tightened. "Even if we have to do it ourselves! We've always believed in that. How could we lose now?"
"Right! We won't lose! We'll never lose!" XV-mon cried out as he continued fighting. He was putting his all into it but it was clear that BelialVamdemon was just toying with him. However, as he declared that, he was back up on his feet and a blue aura started to surround him. XV-mon charged with his fist which caused BelialVamdemon to smirk before he was punched in the face and actually pushed back by a few feet!

"What!?" He was completely surprised by what XV-mon just did to him.
"It's working…" I muttered to myself. "It's working!" I repeated, this time shouting out loud.
"X Laser!" XV-mon's attack hit BelialVamdemon in the chest and pushed him back much further than before.
"Your power has increased!?" BelialVamdemon was completely surprised by this sudden turn of events. It's clear that XV-mon suddenly had gained a huge boost in power, probably thanks to my support and believing in him, which must have awakened something inside of him. This fight might actually be over fast if XV-mon keeps this up!
"Go, XV-mon! One more X Laser!" I ordered. We might just win this right here and now.
"X-Las-"
"Mind Illusion!" BelialVamdemon's eyes glowed white before everything suddenly was engulfed in a blinding light.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

Everything suddenly went bright and before long, I felt like I could open my eyes again. I soon found myself sitting on a familiar bench looking out towards Tokyo Bay. I knew this bench because it was right near the apartment… but I'm confused. How did I get here? Where's the others? Where's BelialVamdemon? Was it… could I actually have dreamt it all? I checked my D-3 and saw that it was a bit late on the afternoon of New Year's Eve. Shoot… I must… I must have been watching the kids again and then just ended up going back near home before taking a nap on the bench. I put my hat back on my head and soon walked back to the apartment.
"Mom, I'm home!" I announced as I walked in… only to find not only Mom at the table… but Dad and Yamato as well.
"You're late, Takeru. Come on, sit down." He said. I looked closer at their hands and saw their old wedding bands on their fingers… Mom said she was seeing someone lately… was it actually Dad? Did they get married and move back in with Mom and myself when I wasn't looking? Is this a dream too? Well… either way, I can't say I can't complain about this. I smiled and nodded before taking my seat at the table.
"You're both early today." I said.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Miyako! Wake up and eat some desert, we got cake!" I heard Mom's voice calling for me and I bolted straight up out of my bed. For a moment I looked around and wondered how I ended up being back home. I couldn't have dreamt all that stuff that happened earlier, could I? I then shrugged and got up and changed out of my pajamas. I then headed to the living room/dining room and saw a large yummy cake sitting on the table with a few other sweets.
"Boy, this is certainly a large sweet feast." I chuckled as I sat down. "Too bad you've got four children that make it vanish in a few minutes."
"What are you talking about?" She told me as she was washing some dishes.
"Huh? I'm saying that Mantarou, Momoe, and Chizuru would eat all this stuff as fast as me."
"Who are they?" She asked. I looked at her strangely before I noticed a nearby photo and saw that it was just a picture of Mom, Dad and myself. Wait… I'm not an only child, I know it! Right? At the moment… I don't know what's real and what's not… but what I'm pretty sure about is that cake.
"So wait… Really? Can I really eat this cake all by myself?" Mom just simply nodded and I then had a huge smile on my face. "Bingo, bingo, bingo!" I then dug in.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

I was blinded by the bright light before I reopened my eyes. I soon found myself back in the Digital World and was looking around for Armadimon or the others. I kept walking for a few minutes before I found myself near the Village of Beginnings or what I thought was considering I never actually went there that time we tried to stop Osamu at File Island. I could see a bunch of small baby Digimon hopping around in a large field of beautiful flowers. and looking so happy. However, I soon stopped in my tracks as I saw a large man dressed as Tokyo officer looking around. He looked very similar to me and I knew it was impossible… but somehow, standing right in the Digital World… was my father.
"Father…?" I questioned before he turned to me and gave me a smile. I nearly had tears in my eyes before I ran up to him and hugged him tight. I don't care if this is some sort of dream or perhaps I had been killed somehow… all I know is right now I just want to share the Digital World with Father who so wished to see it himself. I took his hand and led him along. "Father, this is the Digital World." I told him. "I really am glad I'm here walking you around here, Father."

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

I woke up and found myself leaning against a tree in the park before I looked around and tried to regain my bearings. I could see the weather felt much more like summer rather than winter and a quick check of my outfit suggested it too as I was wearing fewer layers. I don't really know what had happened with BelialVamdemon but my focus was suddenly changed when I noticed multiple kids playing around… with Digimon. Did… did we win? When did others start getting Digimon? I had so many questions but they all started to fade away when I just saw how happy others were with Digimon. I then leaned back more on the tree and took in the nice warm weather while under the shade of the tree.

"It's so warm… Isn't it, Tailmon?" I told Tailmon who was sitting near the other side of the tree as I could see the tip of her tail.
"That's Tailmon!" I heard a boy say before I turned and saw a boy with his mother near me. In his hands he was holding a Nyaromon. "That's great… I wonder if my Nyaromon will become Tailmon soon." I smiled once more.
"Do you like Nyaromon?"
"Yeah, I love him!"
"Then don't worry. I'm sure he will become Tailmon soon."

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

After that blinding light died down, I suddenly ended up on my bike riding across the Rainbow Bridge, confused completely about what had happened. I looked around and soon noticed my clothes were my school uniform like I was wearing earlier in the year before things got warmer and then cooler. I wondered what time it was as it looked like the sun was going down before I saw my D-3 read that it was May 12th at nearly six in the evening. It was the day that Osamu ran away to fully become the Kaiser. I soon peddled as fast as I could back to the apartment before I finally got there. However, there were no police cars waiting outside and neither was Mom or Dad outside crying and looking distraught either. I soon ran up to the apartment and walked inside before immediately going to Osamu's room and opening the door… only to find him sitting on the patio in a chair blowing bubbles.

"Hey, Ken." He smiled as he looked over to me.
"Onii-san…?" I practically felt all my breath leaving me like it did that day when I discovered he was the Kaiser; but this time it was just the fact that he was still here… and not once did it look like that cruel person he was at one point.
"Was feeling nostalgia today and decided to blow some bubbles for old time sake." He then smiled once again. "Think you can still blow them bigger than mine." I had no idea what to say before I walked forward and took the glass of soapy water from his hands and smiled back as I sat down in the chair next to him.
"You better believe it."

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

I was happily eating a bowl of rice with a pair of chopsticks with my family all happily reunited. I wasn't hearing much but Dad was clearly just laughing at something Mom had said. I was truly happy just to see us back together once again.
"Hey, Takeru?" I hear Patamon's voice before I realized he was on my head.
"Huh? Oh, what is it, Patamon?" I asked.
"Are you okay with this?" What did he mean by that?
"What are you talking about?" I said to him.
"You haven't realized yet, have you?"
"But what do you mean? My family is finally together…" I looked back at them before my eyes widen as the whole room and them started drifting further and further away from me. "Huh? What's wrong?" I panicked. "Where are you going?" I tried to reach out. "We were all… together…" The whole world went white again.

"Takeru!" Patamon tried to draw my attention back to him.
"This isn't real…" I muttered as I put things together. I slowly started to get angry after that. "None of this is real." It was all a trick. BelialVamdemon must have tried to trick me by showing me something that I truly desired as a way to distract and buy himself time.
"Takeru!" I turned around and found Daisuke standing right behind me with a small hole behind him that led back to that strange realm.
"Daisuke-kun!"
"You realized, huh?" I nodded to his question.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Yum!" I cried out as I took another bite of the cake. It tasted like pure heaven! "I'm so happy!" I said with the fork still in my mouth.
"Miyako-san." I heard Hawkmon's voice before turning and looking down at him on the floor. "Is this okay, Miyako-san?" I didn't know what he was meaning with that.
"Oh, you want some too, Hawkmon?"
"Is it fun to eat alone?"
"What are you talking about? Of course it's fun." I took another bite of cake before I suddenly felt guilty about what I just said. "No, it's not."
"You have many siblings and it's always noisy, so you want to be alone sometimes, right?" He hit it right on the head.

"Yeah." I quietly said. "I only wanted to be alone for a bit… It's not that I want to be alone forever!" I told him. I then stood up and kneeled down to him. "You always understand me, Hawkmon. This time I want to know more about yourself. Will you tell me?" His face went red and he started to rub his head.
"It's a little embarrassing." I then heard some loud stomping sounds before turning and seeing XV-mon.
"Miyako, I came for you." He said. I nodded as I realized the trick that I had fallen for.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

I took Father towards the edge of a large cliff that over looked an even larger field of flowers. It was actually quite breathtaking.
"Iori." I turned and saw Armadimon next to me.
"Armadimon! Where have you been?" I asked. "I was looking for you."
"Iori, this is wrong, dagyaa."
"Wrong…? What is?"
"Iori…"
"You're acting strange today, Armadimon. Right, Father?" I turned to him. He then started to move forward, not moving his feet and soon floated away off the cliff. "Father!" I cried as I lost his grip.
"You can't go, Iori!" Armadimon told me as Father just vanished. I felt as if my heart had been torn out once more.

"Goodbye, Father." I teared up again as I regained my composure. "I haven't told my mother yet, but when we get home, I'd like to introduce you to her, Armadimon." I turned around after I stopped staring into the distance. "Do you think she will be surprised?"
"I'm sure she'll be, dagyaa!" A bright red light glowed behind him that I just made out as Daisuke's Digimental of Courage. It then burst into flames before morphing into Fladramon.
"Fladramon…" I muttered.
"Come on, let's go!" He said.
"Everyone's waiting, dagyaa!"
"Yes." I answered them and followed them out of this mirage.

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

"Look, Tailmon." I told her as I kept looking out towards the park. "Everyone is having fun with the Digimon."
"Yeah." She said. "But…" I looked confused at her.
"But?"
"You have to realize on your own." I looked back at the park and the kids playing with their Digimon.
"Everyone's together…" Tailmon ran in front of me.
"Look closely, Hikari!" All the things I saw turned into photographs that just began to fade away, leaving me in a blank, white world.

"This is not…" I was sad for a moment before I felt angry at this cruel playing with my emotions and dreams that BelialVamdemon was obviously behind. "…real." Soon, a blue light glowed and revealed Daisuke's Digimental of Friendship that exploded with lighting before it reformed into Lighdramon. "Lighdramon!"
"I came for you, Hikari."
"For that day to come…" Tailmon spoke up and referred to the dream that I was having. "We have to defeat BelialVamdemon now."
"BelialVamdemon…" I growled.
"Let's go, Hikari. We have to grab our future with our own hands."
"Right."

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

I leaned back and blew out another bubble. Once again, I clearly did one bigger than Osamu's.
"Yeah, still got it." I said. He chuckled as I smiled.
"Ken-chan?" I looked behind me to see Wormmon.
"Oh, hey, Wormmon. You want to join us." I asked him.
"Ken-chan… you know the truth about all this." He said. I looked at him confused.
"What do you mean? I'm just hanging out with Onii-sa-" I looked back over to find Osamu was gone. I then looked back into the room and saw the message flashing on his computer screen again. 'This world is no longer good enough. Goodbye. You're all insects.' I felt depressed once more. "I know…" I admitted.
"You feel just as responsible about what happened, don't you?"
"I do… I just wish there was something more that I could've done… to keep him from becoming the Kaiser… to keep him from feeling all that guilt…"

"Ken-chan… it's not like that anymore. You did help bring him back and now things are good again. You've got to understand that while you can't change the past, you can change the future." I gave him a small smile.
"You're right, Wormmon… he's not the Kaiser anymore and we're back to being close as brothers again… and I intend to keep it that way." I walked over to him and picked him up. "Thank you again, buddy." Back on the patio, there was a bright golden light that revealed the Golden Digimental that Daisuke and I used against Chimairamon and Chocomon that became Magnamon. "Magnamon…" I muttered.
"Ken, hurry, I think your brother is still in trouble." I gave him a nod.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

After that bright flash died down, I soon found myself in the desert with a large sandstorm pelting me and no sign of Monodramon, Ken or the others. This storm was just so intense as I had to keep my eyes closed and wander blind in it.
"Where… am I?" I muttered to myself, trying to keep as much sand out of my mouth. After a few more minutes, the storm began to die down and I soon looked out in the distance and saw this sort of black hole swirling above in the sky just next to this large wooden pole that stood out of the desert. Upon closer inspection, I could actually see someone on it. "That's…" My eyes widened as I saw who it was tied up on it. "The Digimon Kaiser!?" I soon ran fast over towards my old self who was looking a bit worse for wear and just hanging up there. "It can't be… it can't be!" I thought to myself as I picked up speed. I stopped as I got much closer and then found a whole horde of Digimon suddenly appearing.

"You're a horrible person!" A Gotsumon yelled at the Kaiser.
"Do you have any idea how many Digimon suffered because of you!?" A Gizamon chimed in.
"The pain and humiliation of all those Digimon you oppressed and whipped… Have a taste of it!" An Elecmon added before he launched his attack right at the Kaiser. I then only wanted in horror as all the Digimon were taking their turns attacking my former self. One by one, they took their shots and the Kaiser was just looking worse and worse with each strike. One last attack was sent that knocked the Kaiser's glasses off and he fell forward. I was looking at my own face with blood trickling out of my mouth and my eyes open… all life had left them as the Kaiser now laid dead on the pole. All the Digimon vanished as I just continued to look on at my corpse. Everything that I had witnessed… it cause me to fall to my knees.

A second later, I watched as Monodramon came out of nowhere and picked up the glasses.
"Osamu-chan… is this honestly what you want?" He asked me.
"What… I want?" I questioned.
"That you deserved to be punished by the Digital World for what you've done? That you've gotten off easy because of your actions? Osamu-chan… you've suffered enough. You have already paid for your sins."
"My sins… you really think so?"
"If anyone should say that, it's me. You were nothing but cruel to me and yet I stayed loyal to you throughout it. You made up for that long ago… you're not the Kaiser anymore. You should be stuck in the past. You said so yourself. Besides, aren't there things you have to do now?" His words echoed in my mind.

"Things I have to do now?" I questioned once more. "Things I have to do now… Things I have to do now." My blood got boiling before I stood back up. "That's right! This isn't the time to be regretting what I've done. I have to do something about the children who were implanted with the Dark Seed. For their sake, that I have to do now is… defeat BelialVamdemon!"
"Osamu-chan!" Monodramon smiled. I then turned around when I heard a strange noise and saw Daisuke with Takeru and Patamon.
"That's it, Osamu-san!"
"Motomiya-kun!" I shouted back at him.
"We'll defeat him. Everything starts from there." I then turned to see Miyako and Hawkmon along with XV-mon.
"We know it well." She said to me.
"Inoue-kun…"
"You've done your best until now, Osamu-san. Just a little further!"

"As long as we have this feeling…" Hikari said as she appeared with Tailmon and Lighdramon.
"Yagami-kun…"
"We can't erase our past… But we can get over it."
"That's right." Iori chimed as he, Armadimon and Fladramon showed up.
"Hida-kun…"
"Let's fight together, Ichijouji-san."
"Agreed. I wouldn't want to fight next to anyone else more than my own brother." Ken showed up behind me with Wormmon and Magnamon.
"Ken…"
"Come on, Onii-san… we'll fight alongside each other to the end."
"Everyone…" I looked back around to see all the others.
"We're all partners!" Takeru declared which cause me to nod.

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

As soon as Osamu nodded, the desert around us vanished and we were once again back in that strange realm with BelialVamdemon. I ran to the front of everyone as we all got into fighting positions.
"We're back, BelialVamdemon!" I shouted at him. He merely growled. "Let's go!" As I said that XV-mon jumped over my head and charged ahead. Not actually just him, but Fladramon, Lighdramon and Magnamon as well.
"Knuckle Fire!" "Blue Thunder!" "Plasma Shot!" "X Laser!" All attacks hit the cruel Digimon and he cried out in pain as he was blown backwards.
"The attacks are working…" muttered Ken. "So XV-mon, Fladramon, Lighdramon and Magnamon appearing at the same time wasn't an illusion?"
"I wanted to defeat him." I told him. "I thought 'I want to get stronger'. Then XV-mon powered up, and Fladramon, Lighdramon and Magnamon appeared."
"Could it be…" Iori wondered.
"This must be a world where emotions turn into power." Osamu theorized.

"Then if that's the case, then let's use it ourselves! Let's go, Patamon!" Takeru cried. Patamon nodded. He then grabbed his D-3 and brought it close to his face. "I'll never lose to the power of darkness!" His D-3 began glowing green.
"Patamon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Hope, PEGASMON!" "Patamon, evolve! ANGEMON!" "Angemon, super-evolve! HOLYANGEMON!"
"What? BelialVamdemon questioned before Patamon's line attacked.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" "Shooting Star!" "Heaven's Gate!" All three attacks hit their target as well.

"Hawkmon, us too!" Miyako shouted.
"Got it!" He agreed. She placed her D-3 close to her face.
"We won't lose… we won't lose… we won't lose!" It soon glowed red.
"Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Wings of Love, HOLSMON!" "Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Bursting Purity, SHURIMON!" "Hawkmon, evolve! AQUILAMON!" BelialVamdemon growled once again.
"Blast Laser!" "Tempest Wing!" "Kusanagi!" More direct hits on him!

"Armadimon!" Iori ordered.
"Gotcha, dagyaa!" He nodded. Iori held his D-3 tight.
"Playing with people's hearts is completely unforgivable!" His D-3 then turned a bright yellow light.
"Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!" "Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Whirling Sincerity, SABMARIMON!" "Armadimon, evolve! ANKYLOMON!"
"Gold Rush!" "Oxygen Homing!" "Tail Hammer!" The attacks continued to crash into BelialVamdemon.

"Tailmon!" Hikari stepped forward.
"For the future." She said. Hikari closed her eyes and held her D-3.
"For the future, we will not be defeated!" Her D-3 then brightly glowed pink.
"Tailmon, Armor-Evolve! Light of Smiles, NEFERTIMON!" "Tailmon, super-evolve! ANGEWOMON!" BelialVamdemon really growled at his former servant and her attacks.
"Rosetta Stone!" "Holy Arrow!"

"Monodramon!" Osamu called to his partner.
"Leave it to me, Osamu-chan!"
"I won't let my past define me anymore!" Osamu's D-3 glowed purple.
"Monodramon, evolve! STRIKEDRAMON!"
"Strike Fang!" Strikedramon did some more damage.

"Let's do this, Wormmon!" Ken announced.
"Right with you, Ken-chan!"
"We have to beat that cruel and manipulative Digimon no matter what!" Ken's D-3 brightly gave off a dark green glow.
"Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Stinging Kindness, TETERMON!" "Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Illumination of Miracles, KONGOUMON!" "Wormmon, evolve! STINGMON!"
"Teter Spin!" "Vajra Bombs!" "Spiking Finish!" BelialVamdemon once again was pushed back and now looked worse for wear actually!

"Wh… what are these brats…?" The vampire grumbled as he fell to his knees. "But… I will not be defeated like this!" He slowly got back up. "I have finally returned. How would I lose to some brats like you? Melting Blood!" His ghastly attack shot forward.
"Ankylomon!" "Angemon!" Iori and Takeru called out for their partners.
"Ankylomon!" "Angemon!" "Jogress Evolve! SHAKKOUMON!" Shakkoumon stood forward and took the entire attack head on before absorbing it.
"What!?" BelialVamdemon was completely shocked by this turn of events.
"Aquilamon!" "Tailmon!" Now it was Miyako and Hikari's turn.
"Aquilamon!" "Tailmon!" "Jogress Evolve! SILPHYMON! Top Gun!" The Ultimate Digimon roared out in pain once more.
"Well, then… let's try this thing… Strikedramon!" Osamu called out and suddenly Growmon appeared in this realm.
"Growmon!" "Strikedramon!" "Jogress Evolve! MECHARAPTORMON! Howitzer Blast!" Another dead-on strike.
"Stingmon!" "XV-mon!" Ken and I gave our partners the word.
"XV-mon!" "Stingmon!" "Jogress Evolve! PAILDRAMON! Desperado Blaster!" The attacks riddled the undead Digimon and caused him to drop on his knee once more.

"We won't let you do whatever you want anymore!" I declared once again.
"Paildramon, ultimate-evolve! IMPERIALDRAMON!"
"For our tomorrow." Ken took a step next to me.
"Imperialdramon, Mode Change! Fighter Mode!" BelialVamdemon growled at the vast horde of Digmon staring him down.
"BelialVamdemon, you lose!" I announced.
"A…amazing…" Iori was in awe of the force that was assembled. "This is a realty thanks to this world's strange power."
"But without Daisuke's will not to give up until the end and his blind faith in our victory…" Hikari said.
"Without Daisuke's passion, I'm sure this power wouldn't have been born." Miyako finished her statement.
"But why Daisuke-kun?" asked Takeru.
"Yeah… why and how was Motomiya-kun able to tap into all this power?" Osamu questioned.

"Motomiya Daisuke, is it?" BelialVamdemon addressed me.
"Yeah. What do you want?" I scoffed at him.
"Why weren't you affected by my technique? Are you saying you have no dissatisfaction or worries?"
"Yeah, I don't." I told him. "I'm perfectly happy right now. I have my family, my friends, and the Digimon. I have nothing to be worried about."
"Are you saying there are children who have no worries in this world?"
"Too bad." I taunted. "I'm not saying it's bad to be worried or unsatisfied. Wanting to improve yourself is important. But messing that up with the power of darkness…" I tightened my fists. "There's only one thing I want right now. Defeating you, BelialVamdemon!"
"Double Positron Laser!" Both Imperialdramon's fired their shots right at him. He screamed out in pain before being blasted into a large explosion.
"We did it!" I cheered.

However, when the dust cleared, there was this large made doorway in the realm that opened to his rocky, lifeless canyon. We all ran forward but when most of the Digimon hit the doorway, they just merely vanished leaving only Imperialdramon in his Fighter Mode, Shakkoumon, Silphymon and Strikedramon.
"Fladramon and the rest disappeared!" I shouted as we ran into the canyon. "Huh? Our clothes changed…" I noticed we were all wearing our Digital World outfits again.
"Does that mean… this is the Digital World?" Iori guessed.
"Of course… that's why the other Digimon disappeared." Takeru put things together.
"Where's BelialVamdemon?" Ken questioned.

Our response came in the form of his cruel laughter as he appeared from behind the canyon.
"You were close, kids! Just a bit more and you could have finished me off." He now taunted us and looked much better off than he was before. "But now that we are in the Digital World, I can control the power of darkness to my liking."
"What?" I gasped along with the rest of us. He lifted his arms up and dark energy began swirling around which caused him to get larger and larger.
"He's turning into a giant…" Osamu observed. Hikari screamed out and grabbed her head.
"The darkness… the darkness is surrounding us!" He kept on laughing until he was the same size as Imperialdramon.
"Let's go!" Imperialdramon shouted and the other three Digimon followed him.
"Fools! Sodom and Gomorra!" His gaping shoulder jaws opened up and fired these four dark balls at the Digimon that stopped them dead in their tracks and knocked them all to the ground. "Oh? I didn't think it would take so little to surprise you. This is nothing compared to my true power!"

He raised his arms in the air again and these two black auras surrounded his hands. We watched as they flew into the sky before tearing a hole in it. It then revealed Earth and the dark energy began spreading on it!
"Th-the Earth is getting swallowed by darkness…" muttered Iori.
"What will happen to everyone on Earth?" Miyako asked. "What about my father, my mother, and my siblings?"
"Was this… was this your true goal?" Osamu demanded.
"Exactly!" BelialVamdemon taunted again. "I was reborn to unify the Real World and the Digital World as a world of darkness, and control it all by becoming its king!"
"What?" Ken and I cried out.
"He said the same thing three years ago!" Hikari informed. "He hasn't changed one bit!"
"What changed is his power!" Takeru said. "He must be a dozen times stronger now!" We continued to watch the Earth just continue to get engulfed in his darkness. They always say it's the darkest before the dawn.

I'm now hoping that dawn is coming…

Not looking too good for us, is it? Well, as we already know, it won't last long.

Thank you all and I'll see you for the last episode. Take care.

"Push the button, Frank."