Kari stared out into the ocean as she rested in a room and looked out the window. She was pretty worried about Davis just live Veemon was.

"Kari, can we come in?" Lita asked.

"Sure." Kari said. Lita and the others came inside the room.

"Is something wrong girls?" Veemon asked.

"Kari, there's something we must ask you." Serene said.

"We know the time might be lousy timing to ask this, but we just have to know. It's about Davis." Sierra said.

"And you better answer honestly and clearly or else." Kimi said as she smashed her fist against her hand.

"Kimi, you shouldn't threaten her like that." Fria said. "This is how you threaten her." She said as she took out a battle dagger. "We'll cut her to ribbons if she gives us an unprecise answer. Laura will be happy to help for it being out of love." Kari was starting to get scared and Veemon was even more freaked out because he knows them.

"Kari, do what they say! They're crazy and crazier about Davis." Veemon said.

"Uh…okay. What do you want to know?" Kari said.

"We want to know….if you have feelings for Davis because we know he has feelings for you." Lita said. All of them really wanted to know that. Kari's face turned red for she really didn't know how to answer that. She didn't need to because they all felt the boat shake as something smashed against it.

"What was that?" Kari questioned.

….

The Deck

No one was really expecting this. Davis came back to the others, but he wasn't himself. He was under Lineer's influence and was wearing a brand new I.S. Lineer created to control Davis known as Dragonic Hell, where it looks like a darker version of Dragonic Heaven. He also seemed more psychotic.

"Is that really Davis?" Rin questioned.

"What is that I.S. he's wearing?" Cecilia asked.

"It must be one Lineer created." Marinda said. "If that's really one of hers, she probably made it so she can control him. In other words, his body might be fighting, but his mind is trapped in some sort of fake reality."

"Nice little boat you've got here." Davis said. "You don't mind if I sink it, do you?" Davis pulled out a dark sword and was ready for action. "How about you make it fun and try to fight me?"

"What's wrong with him?" Ichika said.

"It's just as I said. He's under Lineer's influence. If I had to guess, getting rid of that I.S. he's holding might be the key to snapping him out of it." Marinda said.

"If you're not going to come to me, I'll come to you!" Davis said as he flew up to them and Ichika got right in front of him. "I think I'll start with you, Ichika!" He grabbed a hold of Ichika around his neck. "Let's find out right now which is the better male pilot." He tossed Ichika high into the air and Davis went after him. Ichika tried to fight against the force.

"Byakushiki!" Ichika released his I.S. and was able to stand in the air. Davis flew up to him and tried to strike Ichika with his sword, but Ichika was able to defend himself against his attacks. "Davis, stop! It's me!"

"I know!" Davis said as he slammed his sword against Ichika's and Ichika went falling down.

'He might not even know what he's doing.' Ichika thought. 'Marinda might be right. It's got to be the work of that I.S. he's using. We need to get it off him.' Ichika tried shooting Davis down, but he was moving too fast for him. Davis slammed against Ichika and had him crash against the boat.

"Time to die, Ichika!" Davis shouted.

"Get away from him!" Houki shouted as she flew in her I.S. and went to attack, but Davis turned around and was able to block both of her blades.

"How sweet. I'm almost getting a cavity from it." Davis said. "You thought you could save your little old friend. If you want to go first, fine with me! It makes no difference!" Dais added some pressure and knocked Houki's swords away. Houki tried to move back, but Davis was able to grab a hold of her hair.

"Aw! Hey! Let go!" Houki said.

"Now be a good girl and die!" Davis said and was about to stab her, but Cecilia used her drones and shot Davis and stopped him from doing anything.

"Enough of this, scoundrel. Stopping acting like such improper man." Cecilia said. "There's nothing worse than someone acting like something they're not."

"You want some too?" Davis said as he kicked Houki down and flew up to Cecilia. Cecilia tried using her drones to keep him back, but Davis was able to outmaneuver all of them. "I've already beaten your blond head before. I'll just do it again!" Cecilia kept shooting at Davis as she tried to keep some distance from him, but Davis was even bigger challenge than the last time they fought. As all the fighting was going on, Kari and the others tried looking out the window to see what was going on.

"What is that?" Kari said.

"Looks like an enemy attack." Kimi said. "We better get up there and help the others out."

"Hault for a moment." Fria said as she reached for a pair of binoculars and tried to keep up with the movement. She tried to identify the threat and she couldn't believe who she was seeing. "Aw! That is Davis up there!"

"It's what?!" All of them said.

"It is him! He's wearing some sort of black I.S., but why is he fighting the others?" Fria said.

"Those monsters! They must have done something to him!" Lita said.

"Bigger question. What are we going to do? Are we actually going to fight him?" Kimi said and none of them were sure as to what they should do.

…..

The Deck

Cecilia wasn't having any luck. Davis kept outmaneuvering every single one of her shots. Davis got close enough to her and was about to strike her, but she used her gun like a shield. It failed as Davis cut right through it.

"By the way. Your friends think your cooking is awful." Davis said.

"What?" Cecilia said and when she was distracted Davis struck and caused her to fall on the boat.

"Now to take lives!" Davis said as he flew down to them.

"Now, Charlotte!" Laura called out.

"Got it!" Charlotte said as they both opened fire at him. Davis saw their attacks coming and avoided them as well.

"Cecilia!" Ichika called out as he raced over to her and helped her up. "Are you okay?"

"Yes. I think so." Cecilia said. Laura and Charlotte continued to shoot at Davis. Rin used this opportunity to attack herself, but Davis blocked her attack.

"You're all starting to get on my nerves!" Davis said. Davis tried the same manner on Rin's weapons as he did with Cecilia, but Rin split apart her weapon and it missed. However, Davis used the momentum and gave Rin an axe kick and slammed her against the boat as well.

"Davis, please stop this at once." Charlotte said. "You are clearly not yourself, but we can help you."

"Are you kidding? I've never felt more alive!" Davis said.

"Really? I can tell since you're so full of energy." Davis turned around and saw Tatenashi standing there. "You do appear to be alive, but I guess you can be both of those when you're acting like a psycho."

"Tatenashi! You annoy me the most!" Davis said as he thrusted his sword at her, but Tatenashi jumped over and slammed her foot against Davis' face. "You're actually trying to fight me without your I.S.? Are you that stupid?"

"Are you forgetting that with my title I am also the best fighter?" Tatenashi said.

"Oh shut it! You're the most annoying out of the bunch!" Davis shouted and thrusted his sword with it piercing right through her. "Finally, I've got one. It's also going to get a whole lot more quiet around here."

"Think again." Tatenashi said and she turned into water.

"What?!" Davis said.

"Psyche!" Davis turned around and saw the real Tatenashi in her I.S. She used her lance and fired a series of shots. Davis got hit by some of them and was starting to push him back. "I'll try to drain his shield's power. When I do, everyone move in and try to rip apart that I.S. off of him."

"You think that will stop me? Think again!" Davis shouted and was able to break free as he flew up. Tatenashi was a little impressed. All of them kept their eyes on him, but he was moving pretty fast. Davis flew to the side and smashed against Laura and Charlotte and knocked them off their feet. Davis circled back around and tried to slash against Tatenashi, but Tatenashi used her lance to form a shield of water and was able to block his attack.

"You certainly seem stronger than before. Does learning the truth about your origin have something to do with that?" Tatenashi said.

"Maybe I found the right I.S. that works for me." Davis said as he kept trying to strike her. As they were fighting, Houki came from behind to try and attack him, but Davis acted quickly as he ducked under her swords and kicked her back. "Did you really think that would work?" Tatenashi tried to strike with her lance, but Davis deflected it and kicked her back.

"We're not getting anywhere like this. His fighting skills seem better than ever before." Houki said.

"I've noticed, but we can't just give up." Tatenashi said.

"Why not?" Davis said. "You little girls can't possibly beat me and you can't defeat my mother either. Just surrender and you can have eternal happiness."

"Keep talking, jerk!" Rin shouted as she charged at Davis. "We'll see who's laughing when we knock your block off!" She swung her weapon at him, but Davis blocked it. "Now I've got you." She was powering her cannons, but Davis kneed her in the gut and socked her right across the face and knocked her down.

"Like I would fall for that dumb trick again." Davis said. The girls kept trying to fight him off and while they were going at it like that, Ichika was hanging back.

"Ichika, why are you just standing there?" Cecilia asked. "Get out there and help the others. Are you holding back because Davis is doing this against his will? You know we need to do this to free him."

"I know. It's not that." Ichika said. "I'm waiting for the right moment because I'm probably going to have only one shot at this. I'm waiting so I can use Ignition Boost with Reiraku Byakuya."

"Both of them together?! That could completely deplete Byakushiki's power." Cecilia said.

"I know. That's why I'm only going to have one chance at this." Ichika said.

"But can you even control something like that?" Cecilia questioned.

"I don't know about that, but the power of the two together might be enough to rip that I.S. apart and free Davis." Ichika said as he kept his eyes on Davis and was waiting for an opening. Davis kept fighting the girls off and was starting to get annoyed with all of them. He flew up into the air to get some distance from them.

"I've had just about enough of this! It's time for everyone on that ship to die!" Davis shouted as he was getting ready to attack.

'It's now or never!' Ichika thought as his body began to have a powerful aura form around him. 'Please, Byakushiki. Let this save him!' Ichika went so fast that the naked eye could not keep up with it. Ichika suddenly appeared in front of Davis and Davis appeared surprised. "Now wake up!" Ichika thrusted his sword forward and it appeared to have work as there was a shockwave that traveled right through the air.

"Ichika!" Houki said.

"Did he get him?" Charlotte said.

"I'm not sure. Looks like it." Laura said. All went silent for a moment.

"Not bad, Ichika." Davis said. It didn't work and Ichikca couldn't believe it. Just before he made contact, Davis was able to block the attack with his sword. "That did do some damage, but not enough."

"Damn it. No." Ichika said. He was betting it all on that one attack and it failed.

"You made the mistake of showing that light. I caught a look at it just before you attacked and I knew you were going to try something like that." Davis said. He moved Ichika's sword out of the way and slashed against him. The force caused Ichika to fall out of the sky and Byakushiki went away as it ran out of power.

"Ichika!" Houki shouted as she flew up and caught him. "Ichika, are you crazy trying something like that?"

"Sorry, but I was certain that it would work. I didn't think he would actually block it." Ichika said.

"Let me see Byakushiki. Maybe I can use Akatsubaki's power to revive it." Houki said.

"Houki, lookout!" Ichika said. Houki looked up and saw Davis was about to slash against her as well. Houki's I.S. ran out of power as well and they both dropped to the boat.

"Unbelievabl! I can't believe Houki and Ichika were taken out!" Kanzashi said. "How did he even block a powerful attack like the one Ichika just released?"

"He anticipated it." Chifuyu said.

"He saw that light Ichikia emitted when using his one off ability." Wade said. "Even if it was just for a moment, he saw the attack coming. After that, it was just a matter of timing to block it."

"But how could he have even acted fast enough?" Kanzashi said. "Ichika moved so fast that no one could keep up with that speed. Even so, Motomiya could never fight like that before."

"The answer is the I.S. Motomiya bares." Marinda said. "It's obviously been made by my mother. As I said, his own mind isn't exactly in control. His body is acting the way Lineer would have wanted it to. To put it another way, the I.S. itself is doing most of the fighting. My mother has designed it so that whoever holds it becomes an elite warrior."

"And the only way to defeat an elite warrior is with someone of the same level." Chifuyu said as she looked to Marinda and held out her I.S. as well as the key to her cuffs. Marinda could see what Chifuyu was getting at.

"Have them hold out for a few moments. I need to get something." Marinda said as she moved out.

…..

Below Deck

"I don't know what to do." Lita said as all of them were hesitant to go out there and actually fight Davis.

"We're not really going to fight Davis, are we?" Serene questioned. None of them were really sure what to do.

"Hey, I know it might be hard, but if Davis really needs your help, you have to." Veemon said, but the five of them still weren't so sure.

"I'm coming in." They all heard the door open and saw Marinda coming in. They were all a little surprised and kept their guard up around her.

"What do you want?" Kimi asked.

"You want to save him, don't you?" Marinda said and they were all ears.

…

The Deck

Davis was able to fight off against all of and beaten nearly every one of them. Tatenashi was able to stay strong, but barely.

"I can't believe how much stronger he is." Tatenashi said. "Is there really no limit to his power?" She tried to keep the fight going, but she's taken too many injuries in this battle.

"Is that all? You guys are a grade ahead of me? I guess one year doesn't make that much of a difference." Davis said.

"No. How could he have beaten all of them?!" Chifuyu said.

"Lineer has really out done herself." Wade said.

"Davis, you've got to stop." Ichika said as he tried to get back up. "You don't know what you're doing."

"I think I do." Davis said as he walked over to him. "Time to start some killing and I think I'm going to start with you, Ichika!" He lifted his sword and was ready to deal the final blow.

"Ichika!" Houki shouted.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on him!" Rin shouted.

"Please stop!" Cecilia said as all the girls were scared on what he was going to do. Just as Davis swung down, he stopped for he heard a sound. He saw something rising out of boat and saw it was Marinda.

"Look who's here. Just who I was looking for." Davis said.

"Marinda? Is she actually going to help us?" Ichika said.

"I know you all don't trust me. I know you must despise me, but I'm really the only one who can stop him." Marinda said. She said she was no longer bound and had her I.S. Still, brother and sister fight each other, but it's on different sides this time. Will this affect the outcome?

…..

Davis: So my twin sister still fights against me. This time, she's fighting on the side of my old friends. That isn't going to make any difference, but only one. This is where I finally get to clobber her. It doesn't matter what side she's on. This time, she won't be able to get the better of me. If she or anyone thinks she can come between my happiness, they're as good as dead.

Next Time: Freedom from Happiness

This will be the final battle between me and my sister.