Restoration
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Gennai grunted as he hauled himself up the final step. He tapped the granite floor with his walking stick.
"Definitely need some kind of escalator." Gennai snorted as he turned and looked down the near mile of steps.
He turned and walked through the gaping opening into the temple. The statuary and pillars were damaged. Moss was growing languidly anywhere where sunlight dropped through the holes in the ceiling. The inner chamber of the temple opened creating a great hall ringed with benches. A low, cold breeze wafted through the chamber; leaves crackled and twirled as they bounced and scraped against the stone work.
So long ago, in worlds past, this hall was filled. There used to be so many like him, he winced as his joints pinged with pain. He felt his chest burn slightly and he took a deep harried breath; bracing his weight against his walking stick. He slowly staggered to one of the benches and ingloriously deposited himself upon it.
"How much longer?" He whispered quietly as he looked at his craggy arthritic hands. "How much longer am I expected to carry this torch, to usher this victory? Because I'm not sure I can – anymore. I can't keep doing this; I can't keep burning my body out just to stay one second ahead of some inevitable fate. I know you forget it, but we aren't immortal….we're just…really annoyingly persistent." He felt another stab pulse out from his chest. He winced, his hand clenching tightly against the pain. "When is it my turn? When do I get my reward? I have served you for so many epochs. I have given you everything. I gave you everyone else. Are you even there? Do you even care? Or have you retreated to your unassailable crystal kingdom at the center of everything?" Gennai struggled to look up at the statue of the sainted bodhisattva. He pushed himself to his feet. "I can't give you more…. I can't-I just can't-"
He turned and started to walk away. A warm wind swirled around him and rushed eagerly behind him towards an altar at the front of the temple.
"A lost soul staring into the night-"A voice said quietly from the front of the temple chamber. "The pessimistic prophet, always, always is seeing destruction, rather than the alternative."
"Alternative?" Gennai grunted not turning. "This world is collapsing, it doesn't know it yet, but it will do, soon enough…and when it goes…"
"Catastrophe."
"Putting it a bit lightly there." Gennai replied. "And you say there's an alternative?"
"Always."
"And it is?"
"Them."
A breeze swirled up and a light glowed from the ceiling. Gennai looked up. The ceiling panels numbered nine. Each one imprinted with a sigil. Each sigil was glowing softly.
"The children are not enough this time." Gennai said quietly. "Already one of them is lost to the darkness…"
"Not lost…"
"He was deleted, I didn't have the heart to-" Gennai breathed heavily through his nose as his chest stabbed with pain.
"Nothing was deleted in the reboot only- reconceptualized."
"The whole point of it was to restore the Digital World to a state before-" Gennai shook his head and turned.
Nine digi-armors were sitting on the altar.
"That which can be remembered, can be found, restored; nothing is lost forever-"
"So he survived?" Gennai said a little more cheerfully as he walked towards the altar.
There was only silence as a response. A blush of warm wind swept past him, and the temple seemed far colder again.
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"Stop!" Hikari said sharply as the group walked forward through the caves. She closed her eyes, wincing slightly.
"What's wrong Hikari?" Salamon asked.
"It was near…" Hikari whispered quietly.
"It?" Takeru asked.
"Homeostasis or Shakamon or whatever it is…" Hikari said quietly.
"Really?" Koushiro asked as he pushed forward. "Are you sure?"
"I think so-" Hikari whispered as she put her fingers to her temples, "but it was really faint like…"
The D-terminals of Miyako, Iori, Ken, Takeru and Hikari went off.
"The digi-armors!" Miyako said quickly. "Gosh, I'd completely forgotten about them!"
Another D-terminal chimed from Ken's pants' pocket. He pulled out Daisuke's D-terminal.
"Daisuke's too…" Ken said quietly.
"Digi-armors?" Kazemon looked confused.
"These armors that let some of our digimon digivolve to an armored form…" Iori explained quietly.
"That's gotta be a good sign!" Flamon said looking to Hikari. "I mean if whoever sent the armors must definitely think Daisuke would need them and they wouldn't if he was-"
Veemon jabbed Flamon in the stomach and vigorously shook his head 'no' and lifted a clawed finger to his lips.
"Shame then, isn't it?" snarled a voice from behind the children. "That he's not around to use them!"
"That voice!" Kazemon clenched her fists as the draconic form of Dorbickmon emerged from the cave shadows.
"Ay, Olegmon we found that little butterfly girl, too!" another voice said, the sharp features of the woodland archer Zamielmon seemed to melt away from the cave walls.
"How convenient! One-stop pillaging!" The hulking form of the Viking pirate chortled as he lifted his ax. "Mind you, we should just be quick and cut them up and feed them to the fishes!"
"How did you even find us!?" Flamon snarled.
"Ah, the boss, he's much more thorough than we are." Olegmon replied as he looked up, a hovering robotic spider glided by. "I can tell you, Gravimon was right embarrassed by his little mistake."
"So he sent you three stooges down here to fix it?" Yamato grumbled.
"Figured we three were the only ones required for the likes of you." Olegmon snorted.
"We'll see about that!" Kazemon shouted as she brought her hands up and the cave became a tumult of wind and fury.
"Ah come now, little chickadee…" Zamielmon sneered. "Iffin' you were that dangerous we wouldn't be sitting here have this little conversation…"
"You caught us off guard, unprepared-" Kazemon returned as wind swirled around her.
"And she's not alone!" Taichi said as he stepped forward. Agumon was at his side.
"Ha, they wanna scrap!" The dragon growled chuckling. "You lot could hardly put up a fight last time!"
"Well, thish time we're ready!" Veemon yelped leaping forward.
"I'd hang back if I were you," whispered Ken quietly as he stood forward taking half a step with Wormmon in front of Veemon. He lifted his D-3. The dark haired boy looked down at Veemon and smiled. "We might need you later for the clean-up."
"Huh?" Veemon looked up.
"Don't worry; we got this." Flamon said looking back to Veemon and lifting a thumbs-up as his skin started to crackle into flame.
"Fine then, let's do it!" Dorbickmon snarled and started to charge forward.
Kazemon launched forward, wind burning in front of her as suddenly her butterfly wings flashed becoming long aquiline wings. Her gloved hands became gauntleted with long bestial claws. The digimon formally Kazemon slashed forward and sent Dorbickmon staggering backwards in surprise as his chest glowed with a red cut across his chest armor.
"Oh, our little lady can digivolve eh?" Zamielmon chuckled as he watched Dorbickmon.
"It doona matter, she'll split all the same!" Olegmon chuckled as he pulled his axes.
He swung and the female digimon leapt landing deftly onto one of the blade and immediately turned on the blade swinging her leg up and smacking Olegmon in the face with her clawed foot. The pirate growled and swatted at her with his other axe but she was already gone, having taken to the air.
"Ok, wait…they weren't this good before!" Dorbickmon growled.
"You ain't seen nothing yet." The female said as wind swarmed around her and dropped down like a comet towards the three digimon.
There was a loud screeching sound of wind being stretched thin as she emerged covered in armor, with metallic wings and a large pinwheel sword that she sliced forward. Blades of wind sliced forward drilling into the dragon as he struggled to cover himself with his arms. The blades sliced angrily through his armor cutting him harshly across his body.
"Arrow Lance!" A giant arrow sliced down shooting the pinwheel blade from the female digimon. This was then followed by a hail of arrows that drilled the female digimon into the ground.
"Sorry, I'm going to have to put an end to that, nonsense…" Zamielmon said. "But really you and your friends really should've broke out those moves earlier…would've been less disappointing."
"I'll show you less disappointing!" Flamon shouted charging forward his body completely bathed in flame. "Baby-"
A battle axe swatted the flame ogre and the fire ball was sent sailing into a wall.
"Yer, right, tha' was disappointin'." Olegmon laughed.
"Flamon!" Veemon and Hikari shouted as they ran towards the humanoid digimon.
"Breastrionic Fire!" Dorbickmon rose from his previously defensive position and blew a stream of flames towards Hikari and Veemon.
"KARI!" Salamon yelped as the little puppy kitten leapt in front of the girl. The little mammal glowed and leapt forward twisting and sweeping her now long tail down in front of the flames. Gatomon was hurled backward as the flames slammed into her.
"Gatomon!" Hikari yelped as she ran towards the feline.
"Ish she ok?" Veemon asked as he skidded to a stop.
"I am fine…" Gatomon grunted slightly trying to sit up but finding the effort taxing.
"You're hurt…" Hikari whimpered.
"Don't worry little one…she won't be the only one hurting when we're finished!" Zamielmon chuckled as he lifted his gauntleted hand up an arrow was loaded onto it and was pointed at Hikari. "Arrow-"
What happened next could only be called an orchestra of light that roared and soared forward. The weight of a giant tiger-striped tyrannosaur and very angry angel bore down on him. Olegmon quickly found himself pressed upon by a giant, blue beetle and a heavy white-furred walrus were smashing into him.
Dorbickmon was the most confused as a very punchy cactus, a giant, flaming bird, an ankylosaur and a horned eagle came steaming towards him. All the while a wolf was lancing him with blasts of blue flame.
"Digi-armor, energize!" Ken shouted pointing his D-3 to Wormmon.
"Wormmon armor digivolve to…Puttimon the Strong Heart of Kindness!" The caterpillar transformed into a cuddly teddy bear in rubbery pink armor. The new digimon looked down at itself. "Wow…I didn't…"
"Not now, we gotta go help Flamon, Gatomon and Kazemon!" Ken said as he ran towards them. He skidded to a stop near to Gatomon. Hikari was holding her in her arms. "Puttimon can you heal her?"
"Heal…I err…" Puttimon furrowed its brows. It then shrugged its shoulders and pointed a rubbery finger at the feline. "We'll give it a try! If nothing else she'll feel better! Heartner Beam!"
The glow faded and Puttimon tilted its head.
"Well, how do you feel now?" Hikari asked Gatomon.
"What did you put in that beam…cat nip?" Gatomon asked as she leapt into the air and did several flips and landed on her feet baring the claws on her front paws. "Let me at em!"
"Oh ge' off me you prehistoric poser and ya's cloud walkin' pretty boy!" Zamielmon snarled as he twisted and his long extendable arms smashed Greymon and Angemon into the ground.
"How dare you do this to us!" Dorbickmon snarled and with the roar exploded outward with flames; knocking the gaggle of digimon back off of him.
"Yar!" Olegmon roared as he grabbed Ikkakumon by the horn and tossed him into Kabuterimon, drilling the two digimon into the wall of the cavern. "Caught me off guard but I'll be making you take a long walk on a short pier soon, boyos!" The pirate pulled his battle axes out of the ground and prepared to strike.
"Come on guys let's step it up a notch!" Taichi shouted pointing his D-3 forward there was an orange sun-like symbol glowing on its face.
"Greymon digivolve to Metal Greymon!" The tyrannosaur under Zamielmon's grip glowed, increased in size and sprouted metal filament wings as well as a significant metal accoutrements, its blue and orange tail swung up and smacked Zamielmon in the face, and when released turned sweeping its new metal claw pinning the archer to a wall.
"Digi-armor energize!" Takeru opened his D-terminal.
The armor formed briefly before becoming a mote of light that surged to Angemon. The angel became emblazoned in golden light.
"Angemon Armor Synthesis digivolve to-" The golden light peeled away revealing a lavender helmed angel with a lavender energy blade. "MagnaAngemon….the Harbinger of HOPE!"
Without much coaxing the other digi-destined digimon all formed into their next level forms, except for Puttimon who watched in awe as the others leapt back into the charge.
Zudomon's hammer smashed against Olegmon's battle axes as MegaKabuterimon fired a bolt of electricity against the pirate's heavy shoulders. Gatomon's became the angelic Angewomon and fired a bolt of light from her angel-winged bow towards Zamielmon who was currently pulling himself from MetalGreymon's metallic clutches. WereGarurumon leapt above Dorbickmon's head and came slamming down both fists entwined together and being brought down as a giant hammering punch on the dragon's head as Lillymon swarmed around the dragon trying to snare him in lianas of flowers. The others unleashed a barrage on Dorbickmon that send the dragon caterwauling backwards.
"MagnaAngemon, let's take out the trash!" Takeru shouted.
The lavender helmed digimon nodded and slashed the air in front of him. "Gate of Destiny!"
"No you don't!" Zamielmon snorted and swung a lanky fist into MetalGreymon's chin and leapt free swinging his other arm around and firing arrows at Angewomon would barely escaped. He pulled the massive arrow from his back and launched it at the forming gate, shattering it. Zamielmon snarled loudly. "Pathetic, little twerps! You should've just laid back and let us finish you off! All this effort…all this struggle!" MetalGreymon reached out towards the woodland imp and WereGarurumon was running towards him. Zamielmon glowered angrily. "I'm ending this now! GET OUT OF MY MASTER'S WAY! ARROW LANCE TIMES ONE THOUSAND!"
There air was filled with arrows. The children leapt behind rock formations as their digimon moved to shield them. Even Olegmon and Dorbickmon growled as the barrage swarmed past them. MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon crashed to the ground as they took the brunt of it and reverted to their Rookie form. The digimon that had been Kazemon was once again the butterfly-winged digimon and crawling towards a rocky outcropping shielding Flamon and Veemon. The other kids' Ultimate digimon dropped to the ground but did not quite revert to their baser forms.
The hail of arrows ceased. Taichi and Yamato ran to Agumon and Gabumon. The other kids rushed to their partners. Above them Zamielmon seethed, glaring down at them.
"Powerless, infantile, a waste of energy…" Zamielmon was growling from above.
"Agumon are you ok?" Taichi asked as he held the little dinosaur.
"Yeah, just he caught me off guard…" Agumon said as the little dinosaur stood up.
"Gabumon, buddy, are you hurt?" Yamato asked.
"Not badly, he just sucker punched us…" Gabumon said.
The two little digimon nodded to each other. "We could take him if we had a little more power; he's just a little too tough!"
The two boys looked at each other and nodded and held out their D-3s.
"I guess, this is the best time to test if we still got the old stuff or not!" Taichi said as the D-3 started to squeal.
"Worst case scenario we'll look like idiots." Yamato said, he looked back to the other digi-destined. "But it's just our friends, so it won't be anything new!"
"What's this?" Agumon said slightly startled as his body started to glow.
"Are you guys really this strong?" Gabumon asked as a blue light flowed around him.
"Agumon-"
"Gabumon-"
"Warp digivolve to-"the two little digimon said together as they flashed through their two other forms.
"WarGreymon!" the dragon warrior flew from the light.
"MetalGarurumon!" the lupine cyborg rocketed upward next to the dragon warrior.
Zamielmon blanched visibly as the two Mega digimon charged towards him.
"Donna worry, Zams! We're a-comin'!" shouted Olegmon.
"Zudomon!" Koushiro shouted
"MegaKabuterimon!" Jyou yelped.
"Stop them!" the two shouted together and pointed their D-3s forward. "Let's show them how we do things!"
The two digimon looked at each other and then their partners as their forms were engulfed in light.
"MegaKabuterimon-"
"Zudomon-"
"DNA digivolve to-" The light revealed a massive heavily armored turtle. "JumboGamemon!"
The turtle turned and swung its tail around catching Olegmon in the chest and pinning him onto the ground. Dorbickmon snarled and flung blasts of fire towards JumboGamemon
"Hey, that's not fair!" Mimi shouted.
"Let's go, Mimi!" Sora said as she lifted her D-3.
Mimi nodded and followed Sora's lead.
Garudamon and Lillymon looked at each other incredulously and then looked to JumboGamemon. They didn't get much time to mull the potential of their combination as the D-3s' light engulfed them.
"Garudamon-"
"Lillymon-"
"DNA digivolve to-" The cave seemed to get three sizes larger as the opalescent light of a giant six-winged bird filled the cave revealing its true size. "Valdurmon!"
Dorbickmon's fire balls puffed out and dispersed as Valdurmon wheeled over him.
"Guys, you need to get going!" Taichi shouted back to the younger kids. "We can handle these three. Take Kazemon, get to the codex! We'll catch up to you!"
Ken nodded and found Kazemon and with Puttimon's help got her on her feet and started running. Flamon, the other kids and their Ultimate digimon also retreated.
"See!" Hikari said to Angewomon who was flying above her. "That's how you and Silphymon turn into Ophanimon!"
"That is impressive if that's true!" Angewomon said.
"IF!?" Silphymon could be heard shouting as the younger kids fled.
"It's not far now." Kazemon said quietly as the kids started to get away from the sound of the battle behind them.
The glow of Valdurmon slowly was replaced with a different kind of light. A cold sweep of air pushed past them from ahead. An arch was up ahead. The light from outside was too bright to discern beyond the opening. The group rushed to leave the catacombs and took a deep breath of the fresh air.
The girls took off with their accompanied digimon. Iori was grasped by Shakkoumon who hovered ponderously out of the cavern over the abyss that was so deep its bottom was imperceptible. Takeru grasped onto MagnaAngemon. Flamon, Veemon and Ken looked over to Puttimon.
"I mean I could try…" Puttimon said meekly.
"Or…" Ken said lifting his hand and showing off the Digimental of Kindness.
"Really!?" Puttimon said with such joy that he squirmed. The little rubber armored teddy bear returned to his caterpillar origins and then evolved to Stingmon. "Stingmon, Armor Synthesis Digivolve to DinoBeemon the Strong Heart of Kindness!"
Flamon, Veemon and Ken scrambled onto DinoBeemon's back. Kazemon watched as they thundered after the others and took off behind them. As they took off the cave entrance behind them exploded outward as Valdurmon was sent rushing upwards into the sky as magenta flames erupted from the mountainside.
"Shouldn't we help them?" Kazemon asked.
"Our target is getting to the codex, Taichi and the others can handle themselves, I know it." Ken said sharply.
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"Sutr, Jorganmundr, come out!" Olegmon roared as his shoulders opened and two spirit forms rushed towards JumboGamemon.
The massive be-cannoned turtle met the two spirits with its cannon-hands pinning the spirits with and then driving them into the ground. The cannons then fired and the spirits dispersed into data. JumboGamemon growled and turned towards Olegmon. A few minutes later the pirate berserker was smashed against the wall by a pressurized torrent of water.
"Purge Shine!" Valdurmon screeched from the ceiling of the cave. The light erupted into an opalescent blast the sent Zamielmon crashing to the ground his quiver of arrows set to flame.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Terra Force!"
MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon launched their attacks forward into Dorbickmon. The giant red dragon roared as he thrust his hands forward, his palms erupting with flame against the incoming blast. The flames washed around the entwining ice and orange energy and smashed Dorbickmon in the chest tossing the dragon roaring backwards.
"I think we're done here." Yamato stated as he stared down at the group of digimon.
"Go to your master, tell him that whatever he's planning, he's beat." Taichi said standing next to Yamato, "because we're back, and we're not having any of what he's selling."
"You really think, this is a victory?" Dorbickmon snarled.
"We got you on the ground, beaten; I don't know what else you'd call it?" Jyou said as he adjusted his glasses.
"I'd call it the first and second course…" Dorbickmon snarled.
With lightning fast reflexes the children watched as the dragon digimon rammed his claws into Zamielmon who was nearby and tore out the wood-elf's digi-core. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon moved to attack but Dorbickmon was already at Olegmon driving his claws into the pirate. Dorbickmon turned his head and sneered at the children.
"You, you…killed your friends!" Mimi screamed.
"Friends? More like, auxiliary fuel tanks…" Dorbickmon returned as he pushed the cores into himself. The children lifted their arms as a pulse of energy rocked the cavern. The shadows of the cave seemed to twist and swarm into where Dorbickmon was positioned. The dragon's form changed as massive leathery wings unfurled and sickly lavender flames seemed to wash around him. "Welcome to your end, for this is my Darkness Mode…"
"Mode change…" Koushiro said taking a step back. "This could be bad…"
"Could be?" Sora asked as rocks started to fall.
"Everyone retreat!" Taichi shouted as the dragon roared loudly and the cave started to shutter.
"Protect the kids!" shouted WarGreymon as he rushed towards Dorbickmon.
MetalGarurumon and JumboGamemon charged after WarGreymon. Valdurmon dropped down putting herself between the children and Dorbickmon. The children rushed to the gates of the cave entrance and passed the threshold as the cave burst open even wider and their partner digimon were flung unceremoniously into the sky. Dorbickmon was now in the air, magenta flames swirling around him. JumboGamemon crashed onto the mountain side and rolled down inartfully landing on a ledge. Valdurmon likewise crumbled onto the ground near the children.
WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon hung in the air between the children and Dorbickmon. The dragon thrust his arms forward and the spirals of magenta flame twisted around them and fired forward toward the two remaining Mega digimon.
"WarGreymon! MetalGarurumon!" Taichi and Yamato shouted. "You gotta fight back!"
The two digimon seemed to jolt awake. WarGreymon launched himself forward and swung his brave shields forward meeting the blasts of magenta fire. From behind WarGreymon came the multitudinous missiles from MetalGarurumon's missile ports. The projectiles exploded across Dorbickmon, covering him in a solidifying layer of coolant. WarGreymon closed his gauntlets together and started to spin as the energy of the Terra Force swirled around him and he drove claws first towards the frozen Dorbickmon.
Just as WarGreymon was about to connect the ice shattered, as massive magenta inflamed fist smashed into the side of the twisting tornado and WarGreymon was sent spinning towards the mountainside. MetalGarurumon fired beams of ice at Dorbickmon as the dragon charged forward in a rage. A double-fisted hammer slammed down upon MetalGarurumon and the cyborg wolf crashed to the ground. Dorbickmon's fist, engulged in magenta flames, lifted and he turned to the children.
"DRAMON DESTROYER!" WarGreymon roared his gauntlets poised to slice the dragon.
Dorbickmon turned and twisted bringing the fist to bear into WarGreymon's chest and sending the golden-armored warrior tumbling backwards and crashing next to MetalGarurumon. The dragon snarled loudly as he looked down at the two Mega digimon and then to Valdurmon and JumboGamemon. His eyes glared to the children.
"I think you are done here, just not in the way you thought." Dorbickmon snarled as his murderous eyes glared at them. He swung his arms out and swept them in a giant circle so that his hands met in the middle of his chest. A ball of fire swirled into existence in the space between his hands.
"It can't end like this…" Mimi said.
"Run." Taichi said looking back to the others. "Run now!"
"What about you?" Sora asked.
"I'll keep him distracted." Taichi said.
"How?" Mimi yelped.
"JUST GO!" Taichi shouted; his eyes narrowed and were fierce.
Sora, Mimi, Koushiro and Jyou turned and started to run down a trail that led around the mountain. Yamato stood next to Taichi.
"That meant you, too." Taichi growled.
"And? Since when have you ever been able to get me to do anything that I didn't want to?" Yamato asked as he grabbed his hand. "We're sticking together."
"Plan?" Taichi asked.
"None, except maybe…" Yamato said as he pointed to some rocks.
The two boys leapt from their position diving towards the rocks as Dorbickmon unleashed the blast, which swept out across the rock shelf and into the open air.
"Run all you like, I will have you crushed under my claws!" Dorbickmon roared. The boys heard the wings of the dragon flap and heard the air as he rushed into the air.
"That's right, he can fly…" Taichi said, wincing.
"We need Omegamon." Yamato hissed, as Dorbickmon started to fire bolts into the mountain side.
"Well, obviously!" Taichi grunted as he tried to peer over the rocks to where WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon were.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Yamato asked.
"Do they look like they are in the condition to try it?" Taichi returned as he thumbed towards the digimon.
"Did they the first time?" Yamato asked.
"Point taken…but the first time we had help, remember!" Taichi replied. "And we don't have the luxury of help this time, and it's their first time…as far as they know."
"Right, I keep forgetting that…" Yamato said frowning.
"None the less, we do need Omegamon…" Taichi said as he looked over the rocks to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. "We're just going to have to really be in synch, like Takeru and Hikari are with Iori and Miyako."
"I know that you really love Sora…." Yamato said suddenly.
"What?!" Taichi said, blinking at Yamato.
"Yeah, I know, and you know what…I was kinda proud I took her away from you." Yamato said; his eyes closed. He opened them. "You know, at first, now it's just kinda, you know, awkward sometimes, but look I understand and I'm kinda cool with it, you know…in a friendly understanding sort of way."
"I-bu-NOW!?" Taichi stammered. He narrowed his eyes "You want to do this now!?"
"Yeah, we should all be on the same page." Yamato shouted, glaring at Taichi.
"I-I," Taichi stammered. A blast exploded near them. He narrowed his eyes. "Now is not the time, and this isn't helping us synch our hearts or whatever!"
"I know you've had feelings for Sora, like everyone has, since when we nearly got nuked when we first made Omegamon." Yamato said firmly as he grasped Taichi's hand.
"Look, I don't love Sora, I just want to make sure she's ok." Taichi said narrowing his eyes.
"Because you love her…I get it." Yamato said smirking and patting Taichi on the shoulder.
"STOP IT!" Taichi yelled and clenched his fists as his face turned bright red.
"It's why you and Mimi didn't work." Yamato said off-handedly.
"No, me and Mimi didn't work because I was having nightmares about children being murdered by dragons and I didn't want to scare anyone so I bottled it all up until I had crippling anxiety every time a wild digimon showed up in the human world!" Taichi shouted loudly and angrily. He breathed tightly. "And now, I'm terrified we'll all die just like Daisuke, but I'd rather take one for the team than risk having to watch someone else die because I'm not a good enough leader! But your dumb face had to stick around, instead of running like I told you!"
Yamato sat back. "Wow…dude…." Yamato leaned in and hugged Taichi close. "You know you can always talk to me, you should've come over. You don't need to carry this all alone…it's literally what I'm here for."
Taichi started to cry and wrapped his arms around Yamato. All the while Dorbickmon continued his blind attack on the mountain. That's when they felt it, an up-well of air. Taichi and Yamato opened their eyes to see a cylinder of light engulfing them. They stood up and clasped their hands together and climbed to the top of the rocks.
"So you finally have decided to come out of hiding, and die!" Dorbickmon roared from above.
"No," Yamato said sharply as he lifted his D-3. "We're here for a little thing us humans like to call…."
"Round 3…." Taichi said as he lifted his D-3.
Light erupted from their D-3s and arched back to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. The two digimon were lifted from their prone positions. Their bodies dissolved save their heads and a new single torso and legs were congealed into place and burnished in white armor. A head emerged from the torso as the WarGreymon head and the MetalGarurumon head locked into the ends of the arms. A brilliant golden cape unfurled behind the body of the newly merged digimon and it sliced out the WarGreymon head unsheathing a transcendent broadsword. It lifted the MetalGarurumon head, whose mouth opened, revealing the barrel of a supreme cannon.
"Get him Omegamon." Taichi and Yamato shouted.
The knight rushed upwards and pointed its cannon arm towards Dorbickmon. Bolts of blue energy exploded upwards. The dragon dipped and dived sweeping between the blasts until there were simply too many coming in for it to dodge. The dragon snarled and summoned the engulfing magenta flame to one hand where it spun itself into a shield. The bolts of the knight's cannon smashed into the shield driving the dragon back as the knight rushed upwards. Omegamon swooshed past the dragon; its cape flared as it swung its sword arm up and then brought it crashing down. The flame shield broke, the flames flared out in front of Dorbickmon as the sword sliced in front of the dragon.
"You cannot stop me!" Dorbickmon snarled as he grabbed one of the streams of flame that were angrily trying to escape and seemed to whip it into the form of a sword and charged Omegamon.
Omegamon's and Dorbickmon clashed, the two swords met, the holy blade against the infernal blade. The struggle though left Dorbickmon open, and Omegamon stepped through it as the cannon in the mouth of the MetalGarurumon head pressed against the torso of Dorbickmon. It took only a few seconds for the dragon to realize the oversight. Those few seconds of tardiness would be the last few second Dorbickmon was afforded as the blasts annihilated the vast majority of his torso. The remainder of Dorbickmon tumbled to the mountainside.
Taichi narrowed his eyes as he heard it, a howling laughter. The remnants burned as they fell and he heard the laughing.
"You only grant me my reward digi-destined!" Dorbickmon's voice called out. "But do not fret my master will see that all achieve this freedom…yours will come all too soon…!"
Omegamon touched down in front of Yamato and Taichi. The knight's aura seemed to spill outwards towards Valdurmon and JumboGamemon. The two mega digimon seemed to rouse from whatever unconscious state they had been in and rose.
"We need to find the others, and catch up to the younger kids." Taichi said as he looked out across the expanse. Even at this great distance he could see the smoke billowing from the Rosa de Venus.
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AN: Still here…more or less. I've been sorta personally busy lately, difficult to explain. Anyways hope you enjoy, working towards it…working towards it….