Though the moment that felt like it could last forever didn't last. Jason and Kaili yelled as they and the Digimon rushed onto the beach, holding a few six-packs of coke, as they had just gone out to steal some food from what was left of Port Chester. "What the hell is going on!" Leon shouted as he stood up, then saw a huge Shruiken land in the san beside him.
"Hello, sweetie." Miko smiled as Leon's stomach turned in disgust.
"What the hell do you want!" Leon shouted as Wormon ran to his side and Shurimon began to laugh.
"We want a one-on-one duel. Shurimon versues Stingmon. I simply want to know who's more powerful here, so let's do it." Miko smiled as Shurimon jumped in front of Wormon, poised for action. "Oh, and while I think about it..." Miko smiled as he grabbed a card. "CARD SLASH! TELEPORT ACTIVATE!" Suddenly, the surrounding changed to that of a run-down, debris-littered city.
"Welcome to Boston." Miko smiled. "I thought I'd save you the trouble of traveling, so I just warped us all here."
"This is a great opprotunity, guys." Leon said under his breath as he turned towards them. "Go defeat the next Chosen General..."
"But, we don't even know where it is!" Tyler exclaimed.
"Oh, General Baruuk and Devimon should be in Boston Harbor right now." Miko smiled. "Go ahead, I want a one-on-one duel."
"You heard 'em." Leon smirked. "Wormmon!"
"Right!"
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WORMMON EVOLVE...STINGMON!
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"This should be a lot of fun." Miko smiled as Shurimon nodded, jumping in front of Stingmon.
"Guys, you get the next key card, and fast. Don't worry about me." Leon chimed as Stingmon and Shurimon got into fighting stances.
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Digimon Tamers: Infection
DISC 02: Attack on The Chosen Saga
Chapter 21: One-on-One Duel! Leon VS. Miko!
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"Alright hun, just you and me." Miko smiled. "Let's go!"
Shurimon walked in a circle around Stingmon, his shuriken spinning like saw blades, waiting to see if Stingmon was going to move. Stingmon didn't, so the ninja Digimon did, lunging forward towards Stingmon, who barely jumped out of the way in time, his arm getting grazed by the attack. "SPIKING FINISH!" Stingmon shouted, extending the lavendar blade on his wrist and dashing towards Shurimon, stabbing his opponent in his shoulder armor, which was deceiptively in the form of a large leaf. Shurimon chuckled a bit as he raised his legs up towards Stingmon's abdomen, extending them, and sending Stingmon backwards in the air.
Jason sighed and began to walk. "This is annoying...how come Leon gets to do all the fighting? And how're we gonna get to Boston Harbor?"
"Uh, isn't it obvious?" Agumon spoke up. "Jason, DigiBeetles, remember?"
"I don't like beetles." Jason replied as the group sweat dropped. "OH!" Jason exclaimed. "DIGIBEETLES!" With enamoured enthusiasm, Jason slashed a card, creating a DigiBeetle in front of him. "C'mon, guys, get in!"
"Meet you there, Jason!" Noelle shouted, Tyler, Noelle, Palmon, and Patamon in tow. "There's not enough room for us in one!"
"That's right." Jason remembered, standing as Agumon set his behind ablaze. "AAAAH! AHHH! I'M GOING! I'M GOING!"
"I'm driving this time." Tyler said to Noelle as he took a seat in the DigiBeetle.
"We'll see about that." Noelle said under her breath as they started to head towards the harbor. Soon, at a steady pace, Noelle grabbed the wheel from Tyler. "Muhahahaha!" Noelle laughed in a sinister, joking manner.
"Oh fun." Tyler replied, grabbing his seat.
"What the heck is going on up there?" Kaili asked as they saw the DigiBeetle ahead of them swerving back and forth, from side to side, but they were soon interrupted...
"ATTACK!" A deep voice shouted from outside of the DigiBeetles as they neared the harbor. It was the voice of Chosen General Baruuk, a man of few words, an a former bank robber in the days of his youth...
"RAZOR WIND!" A large, demonic Digimon shouted outside, firing two blasts from his wings that sent the DigiBeetles flying towards the ground, causing them to explode into data.
"Well, our fun was short lived, eh?" Tyler asked as he, Noelle, and the others got up off the ground.
"Devimon," Kaili read on her D-Ark, "Adult Level, Virus Attribute. It's special attacks are Death Claw, Razor Wind, and Hell Contract."
"Time to fight the devil..." Tyler smirked, pulling out a card and looking at Patamon, "With an angel! CARD SLASH! EVOLUTION, ACTIVATE!"
"Right!" Patamon shouted.
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PATAMON EVOLVE...ANGEMON!
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"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!" Angemon shouted, firing a blast of light towards Devimon and sending him smashing into a building.
"Get up, Devimon." Baruuk spoke, whipping out his Black D-Ark. "CARD SLASH! IMPMON, ACTIVATE!"
Devimon spread his hands, creating a circle as he emerged from the rubble, one that formed a pentagram. "Pico Devimon, I summon thee!"
Suddenly, tons of small, bowling ball-shaped Digimon emerged from the portal, ones with crazed, red eyes and drool foaming at their mouths. "Looks like we got some nice, Infected ones, Baruuk."
"It would seem so." Baruuk laughed. "Pico Devimon, tear them apart!"
"Pico Devimon," Noelle read on her D-Ark, "A Child Level Digimon, Virus Attibute. It's special attacks are Pico Dart and Evil Whisper."
"Angemon and I will take care of Devimon and try to get the key." Tyler paused, turning to the others. "You guys take care of these little distractions." Tyler smirked, before running towards his opponent.
''Alright! I'm ready beat the crap out of these annyoing things!'' Palmon shouted.
''I don't know were you get your agression from'' Noelle replied, causing Palmon to look back at her.
''Wh-What! I am not agressive'' Noelle yellled.
''Remember the whole Goblimon incident when you cussed 'em out'' Palmon said, smirking.
''Shut up and kill those evil little bastards!'' Noelle replied, laughing
''POISON IVY!'' Palmon shouted, her vines ensnaring two Pico Devimon, swinging them to the ground, destroying them.
"That's my partner." Noelle laughed, then looked back to check on Tyler and Angemon...
Back in the other part of town, Stingmon and Shurimon were entrapped within a fierce duel. "KUSANAGI!" Shurimon belted out, sending two spinng shuriken towards Stingmon with astounding force, the insectoid Digimon barely dodging them in time before they could've taken his head off.
"MOON SHOOTER!" Stingmon shouted, on the rebound, releasing a charged blast of energy towards Shurimon, knocking the Digimon into the air.
"Yeah!" Leon shouted. "Go, Stingmon!"
"AUTUMN WIND!" Shurimon shouted, appearing behind Stingmon, in mid-air. "KUSANAGI!" This time, the blades didn't miss, one stabbing Stingmon in the back, the other grazing his inner thigh as he went down.
"Don't give up, Stingmon!" Leon yelled, grasping his D-Ark.
"You've lost." Miko smirked. "Shurimon, finish him!"
"NO!" Leon shouted, grabbing two cards. "CARD SLASH! HEAL CHIP, ACTIVATE! OMEGAMON'S GREY SWORD, ACTIVATE!" As Leon finished with the Card Slash, the shuriken in Stingmon's back popped out, while War Greymon's head appeared on Stingmon's arm, a blade extending from it. Stingmon wasted no time in turning around, pulling the blade back.
"GREY SWORD!" Stingmon shouted, as he stabbed through Shurimon's chest, letting blood seep all over the ground...
"NOOOOOOO!" Miko screamed at the top of his lungs as Stingmon stabbed Shurimon. Shurimon's pupils shrunk, all that could be heard was his breath leaving and entering his lungs. Stingmon jumped back to Leon, taking a stand beside him as tears fell onto Miko's face, streaming down his pale skin. "This wasn't supposed to happen...you weren't supposed to die!"
Miko ran as fast as he could to where Shurimon laid, sliding towards him. "Hey...don't cry." Shurimon laughed, coughing up a bit of blood. "It was...a good duel."
"But-!" Miko couldn't find the words to say. "Hawkmon! I shouldn't have drug you into this...it's my fault you're here...None of this was supposed to happen. I should've thought things through. I was stupid, and now you're paying the price." Miko laid his arms on Shurimon's chest, his sobs growing louder and louder. "Please don't die."
But it was too late. Shurimon's blood quickly became data, as did his entire body, floating into the air. Miko looked into the sky with sorrowful eyes. "I'm sorry, Hawkmon..."
"I miss you..." Shurimon's voice began to vanish as his body itself did...
"NOOO!" Miko screamed. His data was gone. Miko stood up and walked towards Leon, falling in front of him and Stingmon. "Go on...kill me."
Leon's eyes widened in shock.
"YOU WON!" Miko shouted. "Now kill me...I have nothing else." he wiped his eyes, in anticipation of Stingmon's blade...
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Next Time: Was defeating Miko really the right path for Leon and the others, or was the slaughter of Shurimon too harsh a punishment, or not enough of one for the Chosen Operative? Next time, Miko takes part of the stage once more, returning to another part of the past...his own...In the meanwhile, Tyler and the others work their hardest to take down Baruuk without Leon's help? Do they really need Leon to take him down, or are they stronger without their 'fearless leader'? Also, a mysterious shadow appears...one with one thing on his mind...The complete and utter destruction of The Chosen...
Digimon Tamers: Infection
DISC 02: Attack on The Chosen Saga
Chapter 22: Tyler's Battle against Baruuk! Beyond Good and Evil!