Author's notes: Grrrr...all gone...all my data...months of research and planning lost in an instant! I had to rewrite this chapter, and now I've got to go hunting for the rest of the data I had saved on my disk before it was wiped clean! Why me?
Author's notes: I'm going to postpone Dark Wing Type 2 until I've watched the second Tamers movie: Runaway Digimon Express. I'd like to include some of the events.
Digimon Levels:
Child : Rookie
Adult : Champion
Perfect : Ultimate
Ultimate: Mega
Also, the term 'Biomerge' does not exist in my vocabulary. In the Japanese original, the one I base Dark Wing on, to evolve to Ultimate/ Mega they just say 'Matrix Evolution', except they don't have to slash a card.
Author's notes: ********* means a scene change.
Also, thanks to anon for informing me Chapters One and Two got switched somehow.
Digimon Tamers: Dark Wing
The Dark Masters VS Belial Vamdemon!
Disclaimer: Digimon Tamers and related elements are registered trademarks of Toei, Bandai and their respective owners and are used without permission.
"Mugen Cannon!"
"Ultimate Stream!"
"Pandemonium Flare!" The three attacks connected, causing a huge explosion that shook the foundations of what few buildings hadn't been destroyed during the battle between Belial Vamdemon and Ruki's Tamer team.
Sakuyamon kneeled beside Ryo, who was still knocked out following Piemon's surprise attack. Picking the boy up and leaping out of the way as masonary crashed into the ground, the gold-clad warrior quickly conferred with her Tamer. "Renamon," Ruki said, concerned. "We'd better get Ryo out of here."
"Right." The silver-haired Ultimate called up to Cyberdramon, who was circling the area blasting larger pieces of falling masonary to make sure they didn't hit anyone. "Cyberdramon! We have to get out of here!"
"Grrhh..." Cyberdramon growled in reply. As more explosions erupted, the two Digimon withdrew.
**************
"Takato-kun..."
The brown-haired Tamer moaned. "Aaaahhh..."
"Takato-kun..."
"Wha...?"
"Takato-kun, wake up..."
Takato stirred, trying to place the voice. "Juri...?"
"Takato-kun, wake up...please!"
Takato's eyes slowly fluttered open and the boy found himself looking into Juri's concerned face. "Juri..."
"How are you feeling?" the girl asked worriedly.
Takato winced as he tried to sit up. "Ow. Not bad, I guess..." He looked around. They were in what looked like a subway tunnel. The ends were walled off. He remembered that some subway tunnels had been sealed off after suffering severe damage after the attacks by the Devas and the D-Reaper. "Are we dead?"
"No," Lee said, walking into Takato's view. "Though if we don't do something we will be."
"What do you mean?" Lee didn't reply, instead pointing up. Takato looked and gasped. Twisted metal and parts of shattered buildings filled a huge hole in the ceiling of the tunnel, held up by a blue translucent dome. "That's..."
"One of Marine Angemon's shields," Kenta said. Takato blinked.
"Kenta! When did you get here? Weren't you with Ruki?"
"Yeah," the green/black-haired Tamer said, pushing his glasses up his nose. "But she and Ryo-san told us to come help you while they fought Belial Vamdemon. Hirokazu used a Speed Plug-In card on Guardromon to get us to you in time, but we got separated."
Lee shook his head. "I still can't believe you left Ruki and Renamon back there."
Kenta raised his hands to defend himself. "It's not our fault! She told us to go! You do not say no to the Digimon Queen!"
"Moumantai!" Terriermon chirped as he hopped onto Lee's shoulder, one of his ears wrapping around his friend. "Renamon and Ruki'll be okay, Jen! Just have a little faith!"
"I guess you're right, Terriermon," Lee sighed. "I'm just worried about them, that's all."
Takato tried to stand. Juri offered him a hand and helped him up. "Where's Hirokazu?" He looked around. "And Guilmon! Where's Guilmon?"
"Over here." Leomon appeared out of the shadows, leading a slightly-dazed Guilmon. The Child level perked up when he saw Takato.
"Takato!" he cried, running towards the goggle-wearing boy. "There you are!"
"Guilm-aack!" Takato was cut off as his partner tackled him, licking his face like an over-sized puppy. "Okay! Okay! I'm glad to see you're okay too!"
"Where did you find him?" Juri asked her partner.
Leomon nodded in the direction of one of the tunnel ends. "He was over in there. The end is walled up and there's too much debris to dig through. And the roof looked too unstable to use Fist of the Beast King."
"The same thing over at the other end," Oikawa reported, walking out of the tunnel, Archnemon behind him.
"And no sign of Mummymon either," added Archnemon, now in her human disguise. She looked around. "Did you find him in the other tunnel?" she asked Leomon.
The Beast Man Digimon shook his head. "No sign of him."
"Damn." Oikawa clenched his fist. "I told him to be careful..."
"Well," Lee began reassuringly. "He was on one of the buildings. He might've just fallen somewhere else."
"Perhaps." Oikawa looked up to see Marine Angemon straining to keep his shield up. "But right now we'd better find a way out of here."
**************
"Archnemon! Boss!" Mummymon looked around, searching for his companions. The bandage-wrapped Digimon had been blasted clear during the battle and had been knocked out. However, as soon as he recovered, he immediately started looking for the others. "Where are they?"
"Uh..." A moan rose from under some rubble.
"Who's that?" The Perfect quickly ran forward, straining his ears to locate the source of the noise. "Here." He reached out, some of his bandages unravelling. He began digging through the rubble, using his bandages to full effect. "Archnemon? Is that you?"
"Uhh..." Guardromon suddenly burst out of the rubble, startling the Perfect.
"Aaah!" he yelped. "What in the...?"
Guardromon fell to his knees. "Thanks."
"Uh...sure." Mummymon leaned forward, noticing that Guardromon was carrying something. "What's that?"
Guardromon slowly lowered Hirokazu to the ground. "Hirokazu, are you all right?"
The visor-wearing Tamer coughed once then sat up. "Ow...what a headache..." He looked up at Guardromon. "Did we make it?"
"I don't know," the brown machine Digimon replied, looking around. "I don't see Kenta or the others."
"Great." Hirokazu got to his feet. "Let's go look for them."
"Nothing had better have happened to Archnemon and the Boss," Mummymon said, clenching his fist. "Or someone will pay!"
**************
Sakuyamon touched down in the field at the school Takato and some of the other Tamers went to. The Ultimate gently lay Ryo on the ground then vanished in a flash of light as Cyberdramon landed. Ruki kneeled beside Ryo. "I'm beginning to think you need a babysitter," she smirked as the boy stirred.
"Funny." Ryo sat up, rubbing his head. "Is everyone out to kill me?"
"Just be glad we managed to get out of there in one piece." Ruki looked back to where Belial Vamdemon was still battling the Dark Masters. "They're really going at it over there..."
Cyberdramon growled, clenching and unclenching his hands. It was obvious to the others he was trying his best to contain his bloodlust. Ryo tried to think of something to distract his partner before he lost control and went back to fight. 'Not even Cyberdramon can take on FIVE Ultimates,' the Tamer thought to himself. Out loud, he asked, "Where did BlackWarGreymon and the others go?"
Ruki shrugged. "We got separated when the fighting started."
"I'll go find them." Without another word, Cyberdramon took to the air, flying back in the direction of the battle.
"Cyberdramon, wait!" Ryo called, but the cyborg was already out of earshot. "Great," he cursed. "That's what I was trying to avoid..."
"We might as well go look for Takato and the others." Ruki thought out loud. "I'm worried. They should've been here by now." "I'll go," Renamon told her. "I can cover more ground faster. You should probably wait for Cyberdramon and the others."
"Be careful, Renamon."
The fox-like Digimon nodded, then backflipped off the roof and vanished. Ryo sat down and took out his cards. Ruki looked over at him and raised an eyebrow. "What're you doing?" she asked. "This is no time to play a game!"
Ryo looked up at her. "Who said anything about playing?" He went back to shuffling his deck. "I'm just sorting through my cards. We'll probably need them soon. Especially against them," he added, nodding in the direction of the battle. Pinnochimon leapt off Belial Vamdemon's back, bringing his hammer down on the larger Ultimate's head then jumping clear as MugenDramon charged forward, ramming the Demon Lord.
Ruki sat on the edge of the roof and took out her cards. "Well, at least it's something to do..."
***************
"Hmph," Piemon snorted as he somersaulted over Belial Vamdemon. "You're just as strong as I've heard!" "Flattery will get you nothing but a quick death!" Belial Vamdemon hissed as he swiped at the Dark Master.
"Face it, Belial Vamdemon," Pinnochimon said to the massive Ultimate. "You can't hope to beat us!" "Hmph," Belial Vamdemon smirked. "But what about this?" He raised his hand and a card flew out of the rubble. "Max Charger!"
"Not this time." The card suddenly tore in half, the pieces fluttering to the ground. "Whaat?" roared Belial Vamdemon. "Who dares?"
"Hahahahaha." Devimon suddenly appeared in the air, a smile on his face. "It's been some time, Vamdemon."
Belial Vamdemon was livid. "Devimon?! You're behind this?"
The demonic Adult smirked. "Did you really think I was just going to sit back and let you kill me?" His face twisted into a sneer. "Don't be stupid." He called to Piemon. "Now! That card would've restored his power, but now he's vulnerable! Finish him!"
**************
BlackWarGreymon watched from above as the Dark Masters began another attack on Belial Vamdemon. "No matter how many enemies I have," he declared as he prepare to charge, "I will kill them all!"
"Not today." Cyberdramon flew up behind him. "Come with me. We must regroup."
"Don't try to stop me," BlackWarGreymon told the Perfect. "I'll defeat anyone who stands in my way!"
"Idiot!" Cyberdramon pulled back his fist and punched BlackWarGreymon in the face. "What good could you possible do against five Ultimates?"
"Simple," the Ultimate replied. "Defeat them!"
"BlackWarGreymon." An image of Xuanwumon suddenly appeared in BlackWarGreymon's mind. "Even you cannot defeat the four Dark Masters and Belial Vamdemon..."
"Keep out of this, Holy Beast!" BlackWarGreymon growled. "I don't need you to tell me what to do!"
"Perhaps," the turtle-like Digital God agreed. "But remember, you are no longer fighting for yourself. The fate of the Digital World rests in your hands. Don't let us down."
"Grrrrh..." BlackWarGreymon growled as he digested the information. "Very well." He turned to Cyberdramon. "Let's go."
The black and grey dragon nodded. "Follow me," he said as he swooped down in the direction of Ryo and Ruki. BlackWarGreymon followed, casting death glares at the battling Ultimates below.
**************
"Takato! Katou!" Hirokazu yelled, shifting through the debris.
"Archnemon! Boss!" Mummymon was doing the same, lifting slabs of concrete and tossing them aside.
"Nothing..." Guardromon reported as he landed after fruitlessly searching from the air. "I can't see any sign of them anywhere!"
"That means the only place they could be..." reasoned Hirokazu as he turned to the crater MugenDramon had left behind. "...is down there."
"No one could've survived that..." Guardromon whispered, louder than he had planned.
Mummymon clenched his fist, his body shaking. "Then...then...I've lost her again..."
"Huh?"
"Archnemon...damn...damn...DAMN!" Mummymon cursed, screaming up at the heavens. "Why? Haven't we suffered enough?" He fell to his knees, his eyes brimming with tears. "The Dark Masters..." He got to his feet, slinging his gun over his shoulder. "I'll make them pay!"
"Not alone you're not!" Hirokazu said as he ran to catch up. "We'll help!"
Guardromon sighed and move to follow the two, more than a little worried.
**************
"I've found something!" Terriermon called.
"What is it, Terriermon?" Lee asked as he and the others ran up to the cream-coloured Digimon.
"I can hear something behind this wall," the floppy-eared Child Digimon reported, pointing at the wall he had been checking. "It sounds like a train."
Lee cupped his chin thoughtfully. "Well, it does look like we're in one of the abandoned subways."
"Abandoned subways?" Juri repeat.
Lee nodded as he explained. "Yamaki-san told my father that after the Deva and D-Reaper incidents, some of the damaged subways were sealed off because they were too risky to continue using."
"So this place is unstable," reasoned Oikawa. "We'd best find the part of the wall which is most vulnerable and break out soon." The sunken-eyed man looked up. "That Digimon won't be able to hold that debris up much longer..."
"I think I've found it," Leomon reported. The Beast Man was kneeling not far away, studying part of the wall. "This place seems weaker than the rest."
"Good." Lee said as looked at the spot Leomon was studying. "Now we just need to carefully..."
"Rock Breaker!" Guilmon charged forward, his claws glowing, and punched a good sized hole into the wall. It crumbled, revealing a way out. "There!"
"..." Lee sweatdropped. "Or we could do that."
"Okay, Marine Angemon!" Kenta yelled once everyone had gone through the hole. "Let it go!"
"Pipi!" The little Ultimate flew down as he deactivated his shield, letting the debris crash down into the now deserted tunnel.
"Okay, everyone," Takato said as he and Guilmon took the lead. "Let's go after the Dark Masters before anything else happens!"
**************
Meanwhile, Fladramon, Holsmon and Digmon had taken cover in a back alley after being separated from Ruki's group. "First Belial Vamdemon, then the Dark Masters..." Fladramon moaned. "What's next...the Demon Corps?"
"Granted, we are at a disadvantage," Holsmon mused thoughtfully. "I think we should try to find those children and their Digimon."
Fladramon nodded. "Yeah. Ryo'll think of something. I hope." The red-hued Digimon looked around. "But how are we supposed to find them?"
"Try lookin' up," Digmon said, pointing. The three armoured Digimon looked up to see Cyberdramon fly overhead with BlackWarGreymon behind him. "There goes BlackWarGreymon..."
Fladramon kept his eyes on Cyberdramon. "And that Digimon who was with Ryo. Come on," he said, leaping into the air and hovering. "Let's follow them."
**************
"Well, well, well..." Skull Satamon said to himself. He had been sitting atop a large advertisment board, scanning the ground below for any sign of his targets. Now, as he spotted Cyberdramon amd BlackWarGreymon flying across the rooftops, the Undead Digimon felt his patience had been rewarded. "Marine Devimon! Lady Devimon!"
Down below, the other two members of the Demon Corps looked up at their de facto leader. "What is it?" asked Lady Devimon, stretching her arms. "Have you found something?"
Skull Satamon leapt off his perch and dropped down to land before her. "BlackWarGreymon and an unknown Digimon are nearby. Get ready to follow them!"
Marine Devimon's cold lips spread in a feral smile. "Good...then the fight will begin soon enough!"
**************
"Whew..." panted Takato as he dragged himself out of a subway. "I never realised walking through the subway could be so tiring..."
Guilmon plopped down onto the ground. "I'm tired, Takato!"
"Me too," the boy panted, his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. "How are the rest of you doing?"
"Not too bad, Takato-kun," Juri told him. Leomon walked out of the subway, carrying Juri on his shoulder. "If you'd have waited, Leomon would've carried you too."
Oikawa and Archnemon emerged from the subway as well. Surprisingly, the man didn't even look winded. "Hmmm," he said, looking up into the sky, which was still shrouded in darkness. "It seems nothing has changed."
"We'd better go after Ruki, Renamon and the others," Lee said as he joined the other Tamers. "If the Dark Masters were headed that way, they'll be in serious danger."
"Don't worry, Jen," Terriermon told his partner. "They're smart. They can take care of themselves."
"I know Renamon can," Lee admitted. "But you know how Ruki can get sometimes."
"You're lucky Ruki isn't here to hear you say that," said a voice that seemed to come out of the shadows.
"Who's there?" Takato demanded, as Guilmon leapt to his feet. He breathed a sigh of relief when Renamon walked out of the shadows.
"Renamon!" Lee said, smiling. "It's good to see you're all right!"
The yellow fox-like Digimon smiled slightly. "Thank you, Jen-san. I'm glad to see you are safe as well."
"Where's Ruki?" the olive-skinned Tamer asked.
"She and Ryo-san are waiting for Cyberdramon to return with BlackWarGreymon, Fladramon and the others."
"Fladramon?" Kenta interrupted. "They're on our side now?"
Renamon nodded. "Yes. Unfortunately we were separated when a group of Digimon ambushed us and began attacking Belial Vamdemon."
"The Dark Masters are fighting Belial Vamdemon?" Oikawa said with surprise. "Odd..."
"We'll worry about that later," Lee said. "Renamon, take us to Ruki."
The humanoid fox nodded and began to leap away, but Archnemon stopped her. "Wait. Have you seen any sign of Mummymon?"
Kenta snapped his fingers. "Yeah, Hirokazu is missing too. Have you seen him, Renamon?"
"I don't know about this Mummymon," Renamon replied. "But I haven't seen Hirokazu or Guardromon anywhere."
"I hope they're staying out of trouble," Juri said to herself.
"Me too," Takato agreed.
**************
"Gahh!" With another wave of darkness, Belial Vamdemon knocked the Dark Masters back. "Don't you understand? Even weakened, I am Belial Vamdemon, the ruler of darkness! I am unbeatable!"
MugenDramon staggered to his feet, his Chorme Digizoid armour smoking and melted. "His power is greater than I calculated."
"Now's a fine time to realise that," Metal Seadramon growled.
Piemon gritted his teeth. "So...this is his power, eh?" The clown rose to his feet. "The power that nearly conquered both worlds..."
"There will be no nearly this time, Piemon!" Belial Vamdemon told the sword-wielding Digimon. "I will cinquer this, and every other world!" He raised his hand, a purple flame appearing. "There is only room for one Dark Master in this world..."
"Is that so?" Piemon smirked. "I beg to differ."
"You can't defeat me..." Belial Vamdemon scoffed. The Ultimate glanced at Devimon, who so far had kept out of the battle. "And once I'm finished with them, you're next, traitor!"
"Traitor?" Devimon repeated. "Who are you to call me a traitor?" The demonic Adult bared his fangs, snarling. "You butchered your own followers, tried to seal away our fellow Dark Digimon! And worst of all..." Devimon's eyes began blazing. "You squandered the gift the darkness gave you!" He clenched his fists. "You wasted your time gloating instead of vanquishing the Chosen Children!" He raised his now-glowing hands. "And for that...you must pay!"
"And who will make me?" Belial Vamdemon laughed. "You? Or these weaklings?" He gestured to the Dark Masters.
His laughter was cut short by a powerful, terrifying voice. "No. I will."
"Who?!" The Demon Lord whirled around, and gasped as his head was suddenly siezed in a death grip by a huge hand.
"You disappoint me, Vamdemon," said the voice as a huge cloaked figure emerged out of the shadows. "I expected better of you."
"Demon!"
"Die, traitor!" roared Demon, tightening his grip on Belial Vamdemon's head. The others could hear the sound of his skull being crushed.
"Never!" screamed Belial Vamdemon, bringing his tail up and stabbing at Demon. "I will rule!"
"You aren't even worthy to rule pigs in a pen," Demon replied, catching the tail with his free hand.
"Wh...what?" The surprise was evident in Belial Vamdemon's voice. "How? I should be more powerful than you!"
"Perhaps," Piemon said, "If you were at full strength."
"!" Realisation hit Belial Vamdemon. "You...you were...!"
"Playing around with you," Pinnochimon finished for him.
MugenDramon spoke up. "This entire engagement was part of a plan to weaken you."
"And you fell for it," said Metal Seadramon. "Hook, line and sinker."
"And now..." Devimon added. "You die."
**************
"Hey, Ryo," Ruki called to the other Tamer. "Take a look!"
"What is it?" Ryo asked, walking up to her.
"Looks like someone else decided to join in." Ruki held up her D-Ark, which began displaying information as she aimed it at Demon. "Demon. Virus. Demon Lord Digimon. Ultimate. Ultimate Technique: Flame Inferno, Chaos Flare."
"Great," Ryo sighed. "Another one."
"We'll defeat him and the others too," Cyberdramon promised as he swooped up and landed on the roof.
"You mean I will defeat them," BlackWarGreymon corrected as he landed beside the Perfect.
"Quiet!" Ruki snapped. "Something's happening!"
**************
"Whoa," Fladramon gasped. "Demon's here too?"
"Things just get better and better," moaned Digmon, riding Holsmon's back as the three armoured Digimon flew down the street towards the building they had seen Cyberdramon and BlackWarGreymon fly toward.
"Things will get worse if we don't find the others," reminded Holsmon. "Without Miyako-san and the others, we can't Jogress and our armoured forms are no match for Ultimates."
"Good point." Fladramon increased his flight speed as he tried to keep up with Holsmon. A roar caught his attention. "What the?" He quickly stopped and whirled around, Holsmon doing the same. The Chosen Digimon watched with horrified interest at what was happening.
**************
"FLAME INFERNO!" Demon roared. Belial Vamdemon screamed as black flames erupted from the cloaked Digimon's hands, covering him in horrible, searing fire. "Farewell, Vamdemon," the leader of the Dark Digimon said, hurling the other Ultimate into the air. "Finish him!" Raising a clawed hand, a circle containing an upsidedown five-pointed star appeared in the air, glowing purple. "CHAOS FLARE!" A huge ball of fire launched out of the circle.
The Dark Masters followed suit with their own attacks. "Mugen Cannon!" "Ultimate Stream!" "Pinccho Hammer!" "Clown Trick!" The five attacks struck dead on, engulfing Belial Vamdemon in a massive explosion.
"Damn you!" cursed the silver Ultimate as he hovered in the air, covered with wounds. "I will kill you all!"
"Not today, Vamdemon," Devimon told him. "Not ever!" The black-clad Adult spread his ragged wings and flew up at the Demon Lord. "To me, my Black Gears!" At his call Black Gears burst of the ground, disappearing into his body. "DIE, VAMDEMON!" His hand suddenly burst into data, reassembling as one made of black flame. "SATAN CLAW!" With one smooth move, Devimon thrust his flaming arm into Belial Vamdemon's head.
"D-Devimon..." the dying Ultimate growled. "You..."
"Consider this payback for PicoDevimon. Ask yourself...is this how he felt when you murdered him?" Devimon had a sneer on his face as he spoke. "Farewell, Vamdemon. Good death."
"Fool," replied the other Digimon. "I will rise again. I always do."
"Not this time, Vamdemon. You will become part of me, and your power will be put to good use for once." Devimon smiled evilly. "My plan has worked perfectly. You always were easy to manipulate..."
"DEVIMON!!!!" screamed Belial Vamdemon as he exploded into data, his scream echoing through the city.
"Hell Contract!" Devimon began glowing as the data that was once Belial Vamdemon, the terrifying Lord of Darkness, swirled around him. The devil's wings spread and slowly the data began flying into them, coating the demonic Digimon with a pale purple light. "Hahahaha..." Devimon chuckled as he felt raw power surge through him. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" His eyes glowed bright red, and the gem in his forehead shone with an unholy light. He slowly lowered himself to the ground, a sinister smile on his face. "Now...for the Tamers."
**************
"Whoa..." Ryo whispered as Cyberdramon growled. "They killed Belial Vamdemon."
"Great." Ruki shook her head. "Which means they'll probably go after us next."
"Let them try," BlackWarGreymon growled. "I will crush them all!"
"Brave words, BlackWarGreymon," said a voice from below. Skull Satamon leapt up and aimed his staff at the group. "But let's see if you can live up to them! Nail Bone!"
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Preview:
Shuichon: Jen-nii-chan, I hope you're okay...
Reika: Yamaki! We have trouble!
Yamaki: What is it?
Reika: The Digimon...they're coming right at us!
Digimon Tamers: Dark Wing! Take aim and defend our families! HiAndromon!
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Author's notes: Jen-nii-chan is how Shuichon refers to Jenrya in the Japanese version. Translated, it would be Big Brother Jen. But that just sounds wierd.
Author's notes: Have watched the Spider-man movie. Liked. Go watch. Now. If you already have...watch it again. Hah! Who's this Potter guy?
Reviews, comments, suggestions and criticisms (constructive or otherwise) are welcome and can be sent to Withoutmorals@antisocial.com
Author's notes: I'm going to postpone Dark Wing Type 2 until I've watched the second Tamers movie: Runaway Digimon Express. I'd like to include some of the events.
Digimon Levels:
Child : Rookie
Adult : Champion
Perfect : Ultimate
Ultimate: Mega
Also, the term 'Biomerge' does not exist in my vocabulary. In the Japanese original, the one I base Dark Wing on, to evolve to Ultimate/ Mega they just say 'Matrix Evolution', except they don't have to slash a card.
Author's notes: ********* means a scene change.
Also, thanks to anon for informing me Chapters One and Two got switched somehow.
Digimon Tamers: Dark Wing
The Dark Masters VS Belial Vamdemon!
Disclaimer: Digimon Tamers and related elements are registered trademarks of Toei, Bandai and their respective owners and are used without permission.
"Mugen Cannon!"
"Ultimate Stream!"
"Pandemonium Flare!" The three attacks connected, causing a huge explosion that shook the foundations of what few buildings hadn't been destroyed during the battle between Belial Vamdemon and Ruki's Tamer team.
Sakuyamon kneeled beside Ryo, who was still knocked out following Piemon's surprise attack. Picking the boy up and leaping out of the way as masonary crashed into the ground, the gold-clad warrior quickly conferred with her Tamer. "Renamon," Ruki said, concerned. "We'd better get Ryo out of here."
"Right." The silver-haired Ultimate called up to Cyberdramon, who was circling the area blasting larger pieces of falling masonary to make sure they didn't hit anyone. "Cyberdramon! We have to get out of here!"
"Grrhh..." Cyberdramon growled in reply. As more explosions erupted, the two Digimon withdrew.
**************
"Takato-kun..."
The brown-haired Tamer moaned. "Aaaahhh..."
"Takato-kun..."
"Wha...?"
"Takato-kun, wake up..."
Takato stirred, trying to place the voice. "Juri...?"
"Takato-kun, wake up...please!"
Takato's eyes slowly fluttered open and the boy found himself looking into Juri's concerned face. "Juri..."
"How are you feeling?" the girl asked worriedly.
Takato winced as he tried to sit up. "Ow. Not bad, I guess..." He looked around. They were in what looked like a subway tunnel. The ends were walled off. He remembered that some subway tunnels had been sealed off after suffering severe damage after the attacks by the Devas and the D-Reaper. "Are we dead?"
"No," Lee said, walking into Takato's view. "Though if we don't do something we will be."
"What do you mean?" Lee didn't reply, instead pointing up. Takato looked and gasped. Twisted metal and parts of shattered buildings filled a huge hole in the ceiling of the tunnel, held up by a blue translucent dome. "That's..."
"One of Marine Angemon's shields," Kenta said. Takato blinked.
"Kenta! When did you get here? Weren't you with Ruki?"
"Yeah," the green/black-haired Tamer said, pushing his glasses up his nose. "But she and Ryo-san told us to come help you while they fought Belial Vamdemon. Hirokazu used a Speed Plug-In card on Guardromon to get us to you in time, but we got separated."
Lee shook his head. "I still can't believe you left Ruki and Renamon back there."
Kenta raised his hands to defend himself. "It's not our fault! She told us to go! You do not say no to the Digimon Queen!"
"Moumantai!" Terriermon chirped as he hopped onto Lee's shoulder, one of his ears wrapping around his friend. "Renamon and Ruki'll be okay, Jen! Just have a little faith!"
"I guess you're right, Terriermon," Lee sighed. "I'm just worried about them, that's all."
Takato tried to stand. Juri offered him a hand and helped him up. "Where's Hirokazu?" He looked around. "And Guilmon! Where's Guilmon?"
"Over here." Leomon appeared out of the shadows, leading a slightly-dazed Guilmon. The Child level perked up when he saw Takato.
"Takato!" he cried, running towards the goggle-wearing boy. "There you are!"
"Guilm-aack!" Takato was cut off as his partner tackled him, licking his face like an over-sized puppy. "Okay! Okay! I'm glad to see you're okay too!"
"Where did you find him?" Juri asked her partner.
Leomon nodded in the direction of one of the tunnel ends. "He was over in there. The end is walled up and there's too much debris to dig through. And the roof looked too unstable to use Fist of the Beast King."
"The same thing over at the other end," Oikawa reported, walking out of the tunnel, Archnemon behind him.
"And no sign of Mummymon either," added Archnemon, now in her human disguise. She looked around. "Did you find him in the other tunnel?" she asked Leomon.
The Beast Man Digimon shook his head. "No sign of him."
"Damn." Oikawa clenched his fist. "I told him to be careful..."
"Well," Lee began reassuringly. "He was on one of the buildings. He might've just fallen somewhere else."
"Perhaps." Oikawa looked up to see Marine Angemon straining to keep his shield up. "But right now we'd better find a way out of here."
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"Archnemon! Boss!" Mummymon looked around, searching for his companions. The bandage-wrapped Digimon had been blasted clear during the battle and had been knocked out. However, as soon as he recovered, he immediately started looking for the others. "Where are they?"
"Uh..." A moan rose from under some rubble.
"Who's that?" The Perfect quickly ran forward, straining his ears to locate the source of the noise. "Here." He reached out, some of his bandages unravelling. He began digging through the rubble, using his bandages to full effect. "Archnemon? Is that you?"
"Uhh..." Guardromon suddenly burst out of the rubble, startling the Perfect.
"Aaah!" he yelped. "What in the...?"
Guardromon fell to his knees. "Thanks."
"Uh...sure." Mummymon leaned forward, noticing that Guardromon was carrying something. "What's that?"
Guardromon slowly lowered Hirokazu to the ground. "Hirokazu, are you all right?"
The visor-wearing Tamer coughed once then sat up. "Ow...what a headache..." He looked up at Guardromon. "Did we make it?"
"I don't know," the brown machine Digimon replied, looking around. "I don't see Kenta or the others."
"Great." Hirokazu got to his feet. "Let's go look for them."
"Nothing had better have happened to Archnemon and the Boss," Mummymon said, clenching his fist. "Or someone will pay!"
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Sakuyamon touched down in the field at the school Takato and some of the other Tamers went to. The Ultimate gently lay Ryo on the ground then vanished in a flash of light as Cyberdramon landed. Ruki kneeled beside Ryo. "I'm beginning to think you need a babysitter," she smirked as the boy stirred.
"Funny." Ryo sat up, rubbing his head. "Is everyone out to kill me?"
"Just be glad we managed to get out of there in one piece." Ruki looked back to where Belial Vamdemon was still battling the Dark Masters. "They're really going at it over there..."
Cyberdramon growled, clenching and unclenching his hands. It was obvious to the others he was trying his best to contain his bloodlust. Ryo tried to think of something to distract his partner before he lost control and went back to fight. 'Not even Cyberdramon can take on FIVE Ultimates,' the Tamer thought to himself. Out loud, he asked, "Where did BlackWarGreymon and the others go?"
Ruki shrugged. "We got separated when the fighting started."
"I'll go find them." Without another word, Cyberdramon took to the air, flying back in the direction of the battle.
"Cyberdramon, wait!" Ryo called, but the cyborg was already out of earshot. "Great," he cursed. "That's what I was trying to avoid..."
"We might as well go look for Takato and the others." Ruki thought out loud. "I'm worried. They should've been here by now." "I'll go," Renamon told her. "I can cover more ground faster. You should probably wait for Cyberdramon and the others."
"Be careful, Renamon."
The fox-like Digimon nodded, then backflipped off the roof and vanished. Ryo sat down and took out his cards. Ruki looked over at him and raised an eyebrow. "What're you doing?" she asked. "This is no time to play a game!"
Ryo looked up at her. "Who said anything about playing?" He went back to shuffling his deck. "I'm just sorting through my cards. We'll probably need them soon. Especially against them," he added, nodding in the direction of the battle. Pinnochimon leapt off Belial Vamdemon's back, bringing his hammer down on the larger Ultimate's head then jumping clear as MugenDramon charged forward, ramming the Demon Lord.
Ruki sat on the edge of the roof and took out her cards. "Well, at least it's something to do..."
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"Hmph," Piemon snorted as he somersaulted over Belial Vamdemon. "You're just as strong as I've heard!" "Flattery will get you nothing but a quick death!" Belial Vamdemon hissed as he swiped at the Dark Master.
"Face it, Belial Vamdemon," Pinnochimon said to the massive Ultimate. "You can't hope to beat us!" "Hmph," Belial Vamdemon smirked. "But what about this?" He raised his hand and a card flew out of the rubble. "Max Charger!"
"Not this time." The card suddenly tore in half, the pieces fluttering to the ground. "Whaat?" roared Belial Vamdemon. "Who dares?"
"Hahahahaha." Devimon suddenly appeared in the air, a smile on his face. "It's been some time, Vamdemon."
Belial Vamdemon was livid. "Devimon?! You're behind this?"
The demonic Adult smirked. "Did you really think I was just going to sit back and let you kill me?" His face twisted into a sneer. "Don't be stupid." He called to Piemon. "Now! That card would've restored his power, but now he's vulnerable! Finish him!"
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BlackWarGreymon watched from above as the Dark Masters began another attack on Belial Vamdemon. "No matter how many enemies I have," he declared as he prepare to charge, "I will kill them all!"
"Not today." Cyberdramon flew up behind him. "Come with me. We must regroup."
"Don't try to stop me," BlackWarGreymon told the Perfect. "I'll defeat anyone who stands in my way!"
"Idiot!" Cyberdramon pulled back his fist and punched BlackWarGreymon in the face. "What good could you possible do against five Ultimates?"
"Simple," the Ultimate replied. "Defeat them!"
"BlackWarGreymon." An image of Xuanwumon suddenly appeared in BlackWarGreymon's mind. "Even you cannot defeat the four Dark Masters and Belial Vamdemon..."
"Keep out of this, Holy Beast!" BlackWarGreymon growled. "I don't need you to tell me what to do!"
"Perhaps," the turtle-like Digital God agreed. "But remember, you are no longer fighting for yourself. The fate of the Digital World rests in your hands. Don't let us down."
"Grrrrh..." BlackWarGreymon growled as he digested the information. "Very well." He turned to Cyberdramon. "Let's go."
The black and grey dragon nodded. "Follow me," he said as he swooped down in the direction of Ryo and Ruki. BlackWarGreymon followed, casting death glares at the battling Ultimates below.
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"Takato! Katou!" Hirokazu yelled, shifting through the debris.
"Archnemon! Boss!" Mummymon was doing the same, lifting slabs of concrete and tossing them aside.
"Nothing..." Guardromon reported as he landed after fruitlessly searching from the air. "I can't see any sign of them anywhere!"
"That means the only place they could be..." reasoned Hirokazu as he turned to the crater MugenDramon had left behind. "...is down there."
"No one could've survived that..." Guardromon whispered, louder than he had planned.
Mummymon clenched his fist, his body shaking. "Then...then...I've lost her again..."
"Huh?"
"Archnemon...damn...damn...DAMN!" Mummymon cursed, screaming up at the heavens. "Why? Haven't we suffered enough?" He fell to his knees, his eyes brimming with tears. "The Dark Masters..." He got to his feet, slinging his gun over his shoulder. "I'll make them pay!"
"Not alone you're not!" Hirokazu said as he ran to catch up. "We'll help!"
Guardromon sighed and move to follow the two, more than a little worried.
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"I've found something!" Terriermon called.
"What is it, Terriermon?" Lee asked as he and the others ran up to the cream-coloured Digimon.
"I can hear something behind this wall," the floppy-eared Child Digimon reported, pointing at the wall he had been checking. "It sounds like a train."
Lee cupped his chin thoughtfully. "Well, it does look like we're in one of the abandoned subways."
"Abandoned subways?" Juri repeat.
Lee nodded as he explained. "Yamaki-san told my father that after the Deva and D-Reaper incidents, some of the damaged subways were sealed off because they were too risky to continue using."
"So this place is unstable," reasoned Oikawa. "We'd best find the part of the wall which is most vulnerable and break out soon." The sunken-eyed man looked up. "That Digimon won't be able to hold that debris up much longer..."
"I think I've found it," Leomon reported. The Beast Man was kneeling not far away, studying part of the wall. "This place seems weaker than the rest."
"Good." Lee said as looked at the spot Leomon was studying. "Now we just need to carefully..."
"Rock Breaker!" Guilmon charged forward, his claws glowing, and punched a good sized hole into the wall. It crumbled, revealing a way out. "There!"
"..." Lee sweatdropped. "Or we could do that."
"Okay, Marine Angemon!" Kenta yelled once everyone had gone through the hole. "Let it go!"
"Pipi!" The little Ultimate flew down as he deactivated his shield, letting the debris crash down into the now deserted tunnel.
"Okay, everyone," Takato said as he and Guilmon took the lead. "Let's go after the Dark Masters before anything else happens!"
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Meanwhile, Fladramon, Holsmon and Digmon had taken cover in a back alley after being separated from Ruki's group. "First Belial Vamdemon, then the Dark Masters..." Fladramon moaned. "What's next...the Demon Corps?"
"Granted, we are at a disadvantage," Holsmon mused thoughtfully. "I think we should try to find those children and their Digimon."
Fladramon nodded. "Yeah. Ryo'll think of something. I hope." The red-hued Digimon looked around. "But how are we supposed to find them?"
"Try lookin' up," Digmon said, pointing. The three armoured Digimon looked up to see Cyberdramon fly overhead with BlackWarGreymon behind him. "There goes BlackWarGreymon..."
Fladramon kept his eyes on Cyberdramon. "And that Digimon who was with Ryo. Come on," he said, leaping into the air and hovering. "Let's follow them."
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"Well, well, well..." Skull Satamon said to himself. He had been sitting atop a large advertisment board, scanning the ground below for any sign of his targets. Now, as he spotted Cyberdramon amd BlackWarGreymon flying across the rooftops, the Undead Digimon felt his patience had been rewarded. "Marine Devimon! Lady Devimon!"
Down below, the other two members of the Demon Corps looked up at their de facto leader. "What is it?" asked Lady Devimon, stretching her arms. "Have you found something?"
Skull Satamon leapt off his perch and dropped down to land before her. "BlackWarGreymon and an unknown Digimon are nearby. Get ready to follow them!"
Marine Devimon's cold lips spread in a feral smile. "Good...then the fight will begin soon enough!"
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"Whew..." panted Takato as he dragged himself out of a subway. "I never realised walking through the subway could be so tiring..."
Guilmon plopped down onto the ground. "I'm tired, Takato!"
"Me too," the boy panted, his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. "How are the rest of you doing?"
"Not too bad, Takato-kun," Juri told him. Leomon walked out of the subway, carrying Juri on his shoulder. "If you'd have waited, Leomon would've carried you too."
Oikawa and Archnemon emerged from the subway as well. Surprisingly, the man didn't even look winded. "Hmmm," he said, looking up into the sky, which was still shrouded in darkness. "It seems nothing has changed."
"We'd better go after Ruki, Renamon and the others," Lee said as he joined the other Tamers. "If the Dark Masters were headed that way, they'll be in serious danger."
"Don't worry, Jen," Terriermon told his partner. "They're smart. They can take care of themselves."
"I know Renamon can," Lee admitted. "But you know how Ruki can get sometimes."
"You're lucky Ruki isn't here to hear you say that," said a voice that seemed to come out of the shadows.
"Who's there?" Takato demanded, as Guilmon leapt to his feet. He breathed a sigh of relief when Renamon walked out of the shadows.
"Renamon!" Lee said, smiling. "It's good to see you're all right!"
The yellow fox-like Digimon smiled slightly. "Thank you, Jen-san. I'm glad to see you are safe as well."
"Where's Ruki?" the olive-skinned Tamer asked.
"She and Ryo-san are waiting for Cyberdramon to return with BlackWarGreymon, Fladramon and the others."
"Fladramon?" Kenta interrupted. "They're on our side now?"
Renamon nodded. "Yes. Unfortunately we were separated when a group of Digimon ambushed us and began attacking Belial Vamdemon."
"The Dark Masters are fighting Belial Vamdemon?" Oikawa said with surprise. "Odd..."
"We'll worry about that later," Lee said. "Renamon, take us to Ruki."
The humanoid fox nodded and began to leap away, but Archnemon stopped her. "Wait. Have you seen any sign of Mummymon?"
Kenta snapped his fingers. "Yeah, Hirokazu is missing too. Have you seen him, Renamon?"
"I don't know about this Mummymon," Renamon replied. "But I haven't seen Hirokazu or Guardromon anywhere."
"I hope they're staying out of trouble," Juri said to herself.
"Me too," Takato agreed.
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"Gahh!" With another wave of darkness, Belial Vamdemon knocked the Dark Masters back. "Don't you understand? Even weakened, I am Belial Vamdemon, the ruler of darkness! I am unbeatable!"
MugenDramon staggered to his feet, his Chorme Digizoid armour smoking and melted. "His power is greater than I calculated."
"Now's a fine time to realise that," Metal Seadramon growled.
Piemon gritted his teeth. "So...this is his power, eh?" The clown rose to his feet. "The power that nearly conquered both worlds..."
"There will be no nearly this time, Piemon!" Belial Vamdemon told the sword-wielding Digimon. "I will cinquer this, and every other world!" He raised his hand, a purple flame appearing. "There is only room for one Dark Master in this world..."
"Is that so?" Piemon smirked. "I beg to differ."
"You can't defeat me..." Belial Vamdemon scoffed. The Ultimate glanced at Devimon, who so far had kept out of the battle. "And once I'm finished with them, you're next, traitor!"
"Traitor?" Devimon repeated. "Who are you to call me a traitor?" The demonic Adult bared his fangs, snarling. "You butchered your own followers, tried to seal away our fellow Dark Digimon! And worst of all..." Devimon's eyes began blazing. "You squandered the gift the darkness gave you!" He clenched his fists. "You wasted your time gloating instead of vanquishing the Chosen Children!" He raised his now-glowing hands. "And for that...you must pay!"
"And who will make me?" Belial Vamdemon laughed. "You? Or these weaklings?" He gestured to the Dark Masters.
His laughter was cut short by a powerful, terrifying voice. "No. I will."
"Who?!" The Demon Lord whirled around, and gasped as his head was suddenly siezed in a death grip by a huge hand.
"You disappoint me, Vamdemon," said the voice as a huge cloaked figure emerged out of the shadows. "I expected better of you."
"Demon!"
"Die, traitor!" roared Demon, tightening his grip on Belial Vamdemon's head. The others could hear the sound of his skull being crushed.
"Never!" screamed Belial Vamdemon, bringing his tail up and stabbing at Demon. "I will rule!"
"You aren't even worthy to rule pigs in a pen," Demon replied, catching the tail with his free hand.
"Wh...what?" The surprise was evident in Belial Vamdemon's voice. "How? I should be more powerful than you!"
"Perhaps," Piemon said, "If you were at full strength."
"!" Realisation hit Belial Vamdemon. "You...you were...!"
"Playing around with you," Pinnochimon finished for him.
MugenDramon spoke up. "This entire engagement was part of a plan to weaken you."
"And you fell for it," said Metal Seadramon. "Hook, line and sinker."
"And now..." Devimon added. "You die."
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"Hey, Ryo," Ruki called to the other Tamer. "Take a look!"
"What is it?" Ryo asked, walking up to her.
"Looks like someone else decided to join in." Ruki held up her D-Ark, which began displaying information as she aimed it at Demon. "Demon. Virus. Demon Lord Digimon. Ultimate. Ultimate Technique: Flame Inferno, Chaos Flare."
"Great," Ryo sighed. "Another one."
"We'll defeat him and the others too," Cyberdramon promised as he swooped up and landed on the roof.
"You mean I will defeat them," BlackWarGreymon corrected as he landed beside the Perfect.
"Quiet!" Ruki snapped. "Something's happening!"
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"Whoa," Fladramon gasped. "Demon's here too?"
"Things just get better and better," moaned Digmon, riding Holsmon's back as the three armoured Digimon flew down the street towards the building they had seen Cyberdramon and BlackWarGreymon fly toward.
"Things will get worse if we don't find the others," reminded Holsmon. "Without Miyako-san and the others, we can't Jogress and our armoured forms are no match for Ultimates."
"Good point." Fladramon increased his flight speed as he tried to keep up with Holsmon. A roar caught his attention. "What the?" He quickly stopped and whirled around, Holsmon doing the same. The Chosen Digimon watched with horrified interest at what was happening.
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"FLAME INFERNO!" Demon roared. Belial Vamdemon screamed as black flames erupted from the cloaked Digimon's hands, covering him in horrible, searing fire. "Farewell, Vamdemon," the leader of the Dark Digimon said, hurling the other Ultimate into the air. "Finish him!" Raising a clawed hand, a circle containing an upsidedown five-pointed star appeared in the air, glowing purple. "CHAOS FLARE!" A huge ball of fire launched out of the circle.
The Dark Masters followed suit with their own attacks. "Mugen Cannon!" "Ultimate Stream!" "Pinccho Hammer!" "Clown Trick!" The five attacks struck dead on, engulfing Belial Vamdemon in a massive explosion.
"Damn you!" cursed the silver Ultimate as he hovered in the air, covered with wounds. "I will kill you all!"
"Not today, Vamdemon," Devimon told him. "Not ever!" The black-clad Adult spread his ragged wings and flew up at the Demon Lord. "To me, my Black Gears!" At his call Black Gears burst of the ground, disappearing into his body. "DIE, VAMDEMON!" His hand suddenly burst into data, reassembling as one made of black flame. "SATAN CLAW!" With one smooth move, Devimon thrust his flaming arm into Belial Vamdemon's head.
"D-Devimon..." the dying Ultimate growled. "You..."
"Consider this payback for PicoDevimon. Ask yourself...is this how he felt when you murdered him?" Devimon had a sneer on his face as he spoke. "Farewell, Vamdemon. Good death."
"Fool," replied the other Digimon. "I will rise again. I always do."
"Not this time, Vamdemon. You will become part of me, and your power will be put to good use for once." Devimon smiled evilly. "My plan has worked perfectly. You always were easy to manipulate..."
"DEVIMON!!!!" screamed Belial Vamdemon as he exploded into data, his scream echoing through the city.
"Hell Contract!" Devimon began glowing as the data that was once Belial Vamdemon, the terrifying Lord of Darkness, swirled around him. The devil's wings spread and slowly the data began flying into them, coating the demonic Digimon with a pale purple light. "Hahahaha..." Devimon chuckled as he felt raw power surge through him. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" His eyes glowed bright red, and the gem in his forehead shone with an unholy light. He slowly lowered himself to the ground, a sinister smile on his face. "Now...for the Tamers."
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"Whoa..." Ryo whispered as Cyberdramon growled. "They killed Belial Vamdemon."
"Great." Ruki shook her head. "Which means they'll probably go after us next."
"Let them try," BlackWarGreymon growled. "I will crush them all!"
"Brave words, BlackWarGreymon," said a voice from below. Skull Satamon leapt up and aimed his staff at the group. "But let's see if you can live up to them! Nail Bone!"
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Preview:
Shuichon: Jen-nii-chan, I hope you're okay...
Reika: Yamaki! We have trouble!
Yamaki: What is it?
Reika: The Digimon...they're coming right at us!
Digimon Tamers: Dark Wing! Take aim and defend our families! HiAndromon!
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Author's notes: Jen-nii-chan is how Shuichon refers to Jenrya in the Japanese version. Translated, it would be Big Brother Jen. But that just sounds wierd.
Author's notes: Have watched the Spider-man movie. Liked. Go watch. Now. If you already have...watch it again. Hah! Who's this Potter guy?
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