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No matter how much you train, you can never attain true strength unless you can forgive someone from the bottom of your heart.

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Chapter 11: Eternal Nirvana!

Ice Sanctuary, Paildramon vs Wisemon

Every time Paildramon would attack Wisemon, the humanoid Digimon would simply suck his attack and then fire it back with double force. Daisuke could simply stand and watch, unable to think of anything. All this time he was in the Digital World, he felt like he hadn't grown at all; they were always at the losing side.

Back at Umi Town, it was MegaSeadramon who defeated Okuwagamon and saved the Digimon.

When they were in Gear Savanah, it was Miyako who saved them from the Sunamon.

When they were attacked by the Yanmamon at the swamp, it was Vamdemon who saved him once more.

While at the Grey Lord Mansion, they were utterly defeated by Ivan and AeroVeedramon. OujoVamdemon had lost her life in the process.

While at the Green Forest, Oakmon had sacrificed himself to give Daisuke his Crest and save him from Ningenmon.

Here still, many Digimon had lost their lives in this war.

Rage once more filled him up. Was he that useless? He couldn't stand it anymore; he acted all tough in front of Beowulfmon, saying he wanted to protect all Digimon, all his friends. Was this the limit of his resolve? Here he was, once more losing to an enemy Digimon. The Ice stone suddenly got cold. Daisuke looked at it. An impulse suddenly filled him; he wanted to throw away this stupid stone. Mustering himself, he turned back to the battle. Paildramon was still battling his hardest. If he hadn't given up, Daisuke would never do.

"I am tired of playing games with you. Time to die! Eternal Nirvana!" roared Wisemon. Suddenly, a distortion in the very air appeared that seemed to suck Paildramon and Daisuke. The boy screamed in fear, as he felt like he was falling down. Suddenly, he landed somewhere close to a river. Looking around, he noticed he was in Umi Town. Shocked, Daisuke stood up. It was full with Digimon. The Kuwagamon were once more attacking Umi Town.

"Paildramon! Protect the town!" roared Daisuke.

"Leave it to me Daisuke!" Paildramon yelled and rushed to the nearest Kuwagamon. He raised his fist but the attack went through the Kuwagamon. Without even flinching, Kuwagamon proceeded to kill a Baby Digimon. Daisuke, equally shocked as Paildramon, jumped up and ran towards a Baby Digimon, trying to pick it up. But he couldn't touch it. Bewildered, Daisuke turn to Paildramon.

"Daisuke! Look at that!" said the Perfect Digimon. Daisuke looked at the direction Paildramon was pointing and he saw himself and XV-mon fighting those Kuwagamon. Daisuke realized at once; they were trapped, forced to relive their worst memories.

Even though he knew now that this was an illusion or something, Daisuke still ran towards Jijimon's house. He was about to turn a corner when he came to a halt. Not only that, he felt something pull him by the hair, making him lose his balance and fall and get dragged backwards.

"What the!?" yelled Daisuke and turned to look at his attacker. He saw nobody, but he was still being dragged by something. Daisuke turned to Paildramon and saw that his partner was experiencing similar symptoms; however, Paildramon was being dragged towards XV-mon. Daisuke turned his head backwards, trying to see where he was heading. Then he saw himself holding a couple of Baby Digimon and getting them to safety. Realization hit him; back in Umi Town he never reached Jijimon's house till late so he didn't know what happened during that time. So if this was Daisuke's memory, he could only see what he had seen back then. His other him dropped the Baby Digimon to a hut faraway from the battle.

"Stay here! Don't worry, we can take those guys!"

"Jijimon! Save Jijimon! He can't fight at all!"

"Leave it to me!"

The current Daisuke found a chance to stand up and ran after the memory Daisuke. They finally reached the place where Jijimon breathed his last. He couldn't watch; he turned his back to the scene.

The scenery revolved once more… He was at Gear Savanah… Then at the swamp… Then at the Mansion… Then at Green Forest…

"NO! STOP THIS! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" roared Daisuke but the memories kept replaying themselves. Daisuke knew what was going to happen; he was doomed to watch and watch again, till he got crazy. Every time he was trying to escape, every time he was dragged by some unknown force back to the scene. Paildramon picked him one time.

"Daisuke! Calm down! This is just an illusion Wisemon made!" said Paildramon.

"But it's real! It has happened before! All of them… All of them died because of my stupid actions! I am a complete idiot! I am completely useless!" yelled Daisuke and felt tears come to his eyes.

"Wrong Daisuke! If it wasn't for you, Umi Town would be annihilated! If it wasn't for you, we would have never found the Tags! If it wasn't for you, OujoVamdemon would have died in worry about the Baby Digimon! If it wasn't for you, the whole Grey Lord Mansion and its inhabitants would have all been dead! If it wasn't for you, we would have lost the Crest and I would never be able to evolve! Daisuke, I evolved so I can grow stronger, so I can fight our enemies and make sure nobody will die again! This is what made me evolve Daisuke! Don't forget these feelings now!" yelled Paildramon. The boy stared at the Digimon for a while What he said had a base, but they were just words to make him feel better. Still, they did their work. He stood up and tried to think this through.

What was certain now was that he was reliving his memories. He racked his brains to think of a way out or whether the rest and older Chosen Children had ever gone through a similar situation. However, he was never one of the thinking department. If only he could somehow gain great power, so great that V-mon would be able to evolve to an Ultimate and then be victorious…

Daisuke stopped his train of thoughts because once more the air seemed to distort. He saw himself once more, this time however with very cool clothes wearing a cape with V-mon at his side. At his feet, laid defeated Ivan and AeroVeedramon, Ningenmon, Deathmon and several other Digimon which they once fought. Also, Hikari was at his side as well, looking at him with sheer admiration.

This was really weird. He was certain that his never happened before. Perhaps, a tiny part of him wanted to believe that, this was his future. But that didn't make sense. It was true that he was wishing for something like that but…

And then an idea hit him. He knew what was happening. Wisemon's attack were illusions. But he could never know what to show so he was using Daisuke's imagination and past memories to use it. He smiled. In this world, he could be as weak as he could possibly be, but also he could be as strong as he wanted to be.

"Paildramon. Listen carefully. I want you to shoot at the sky right now." said Daisuke.

"What? How will that help?" asked Paildramon.

"Simply believe you can break the very sky. Believe that we can win." replied Daisuke. Paildramon grunted and raised his blasters.

"Desperado Blaster!" he roared. The attack flew away from them and hit something. That something cracked like glass and a hole opened in the sky. Daisuke saw the room they were before, fighting Wisemon. Paildramon grabbed Daisuke and together they flew towards the hole, escaping Wisemon's Eternal Nirvana. They landed on the Ice Sanctuary, with Wisemon in front of them.

"Impossible! How could you escape my Eternal Nirvana!?" Wisemon shouted, shocked. Daisuke laughed hard.

"That is for you to find out! Paildramon! Finish that guy off!"

"Got it! Desperado Blaster!"

"No matter how many times you attack it won't work! Pandora Dialogue!" yelled Wisemon and made to suck Paildramon's attack once more. However, this time Wisemon had underestimated Daisuke and Paildramon. The boy raised his Crest and D3 towards Paildramon. A very bright blue light came from the items and engulfed the Perfect Digimon. Paildramon let out a loud roar and attacked once more.

"Desperado Blaster!"

Both Blasters hit each other but the one shot by Paildramon later was stronger. It broke the other Blaster and then hit Wisemon. The weird enemy was screaming as it was decaying to bits of data.

"We did it Daisuke!" yelled Paildramon and reverted back to Chibimon.

"That we did pal! Now, let's get out of here! We have a war to stop!" Daisuke smiled and picked up his partner. As he was running, he saw Leomon coming at him.

"Daisuke! Are you ok child?" asked the lion Digimon.

"Yeah, I also have the stone! I had some trouble getting it, but in the end I managed to grab it! How is the situation outside? Is everybody..?"

Daisuke stopped talking when he saw two more figures running after Leomon. It was a Digimon Daisuke had never seen before and Ichijouji Ken.

"You!? What are you doing here?" asked Daisuke.

"The former Digimon Kaiser has been a great help outside; he defeated one of Deathmon's henchmen and saved your friend Seadramon. We don't have time to argue though, we still need to drive out the enemy!" stepped in Leomon before this turned into a fight. Ken and Daisuke both nodded. The group ran outside. The battle seemed to have ended for the most part, both sides injured heavily and having many casualties. Only one fight was still ongoing, Beo vs Deathmon. Daisuke made to run towards them, but a look at Chibimon made him realize it was useless; they didn't have any more power to fight. Their part in this war was over.

Or so he thought.

A loud cry made the group jump. As they were searching for the source, they saw something they dreaded; one more of the Digital Captains was approaching with his own army. Deathmon was coming and he looked very bloodthirsty.

"Heh, so they finally came huh?" Daisuke said to no one in particular. Leomon stepped in front.

"We need to reorganize ourselves! Daisuke and Chibimon, you guys must store energy for your next evolution! Rest as much as you can for as long as you can! Ken and Dinobeemon, I want you to help gather our remaining forces and stop the new army, at least until Beowulfmon defeats Deathmon or is himself defeated! Understood? Yes? Then GO!" Leomon roared and immediately jumped to find survivors. Daisuke found himself alone with Ken.

"Ichijouji… I will say this now. I am not about to forgive you any time soon. But we need your power now. So I guess this makes us allies for now right?" said Daisuke and offered his hand to Ken. The later seemed a bit taken aback from this. He smiled shyly and shook hands with Daisuke.

"Yes. Thank you." The children remained silent for a while, looking each other in the eye. Then, as if they had mentioned it, both broke the handshake and ran to different directions.

The war wasn't over yet.

Preview: While Daisuke and the rest fight in Freezeland, the rest of the Chosen Children try to gather as much information as they can about their new enemies. As Iori gets home from school, he encounters a Digimon who attacks him. Then, a distortion appears in the air and Iori finds himself in the Digital World close to a town very near to the ocean.

Next Time: The Crest of Justice

Author Notes: I decided to spice things a little bit and have my original storyline move a bit. For the next couple of chapters, it will be Iori action, as he finds his Crest and… well, let's just say I have a surprise for all of you.