Well, your reviews of this chapter will decide it. Should I continue posting up the rest of the chapters I have? We will see. This chapter has a lot of action, and will be what you can expect from this story. Enjoy.
"Ah! Vacation! A break from saving the world!"
Kari stuck her head out of the window as the car sped down the main highway of Odaiba, heading towards their vacation breakaway in Kyoto. She could hardly wait to see her friends Rika and Izumi again, and she couldn't resist cracking a smile at Tomoki's young endeavors.
Tai, on the other hand, couldn't wait to see his friends Takuya and Kouji, as well as Kouji's twin Kouichi. There was also Lee, whom he had met at the Odaiba soccer club and was a black belt in karate, as well as Junpei who was a technical genius. In fact, he had met Junpei through Izzy, and although it was hard to imagine a genius who liked to play soccer, he and Junpei had clicked immediately, spending whole hours talking on the subject, with Kari and Izumi talking about the latest brand names to hit the stores.
Agumon was quiet, thinking about the past adventures he had had with Tai, as was Gatomon. The two Digimon sat silently, reminiscing about the good old days. Of course, those 'good old days' nearly always involved running away from a big bad villain, then turning around and opening up a can of whoop-ass on them, all the while putting their lives in peril. But still, it was a life, a life of adventure, of battles and life, of action.
Agumon remembered the first times he had digivolved, at the beach when the Shellmon had attacked into Greymon, at Etemon's fortress into MetalGreymon when Tai activated the Crest of Courage for the first time, then Warp Digivolving into WarGreymon when VenomMyotismon attacked. He remembered protecting Tai with all his might, and the first time he and Gabumon, his best friend besides Tai, had DNA Digivolved or Jogress Evolved into the Holy Warrior Omegamon to defeat Diaboromon. Battered and injured, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon had fused their power with the hopes and goodwill of every child around the world, granting them power beyond anything they had ever seen. That had been one of the greatest moments of his life.
Gatomon on the other hand, was thinking about when she had first discovered that Kari was her Tamer, and the Digidestined of Light. She had been working under Myotismon then, unknowingly working for her master to destroy her partner. But then, Wizardmon had interfered. The sorcerer Digimon had unveiled her eyes, and had sacrificed his life to make Gatomon realize Myotismon's evil. Working under the evil vampire Digimon had toughened her up so much that she was now able to stay in Champion form indefinitely, although her attacks were weaker than what a normal Champion level's would be. Most of her power came from the holy tail ring on her tail, and it stored immense holy power that enabled DNA Digivolving.
Suddenly, there was a great roar, and the ground shook. Tai, Kari, Agumon and Gatomon were startled out of their reverie as Tai's father stepped on the brakes. The car swerved, almost jack-knifing as they fish-tailed off the road into the deep brush of the natural barriers.
The whole family piled out of the car, staring up in horror as a huge Virus MetalGreymon stomped up. But there was a difference. It seemed more bionic than usual, and as Agumon had MetalGreymon as his Ultimate level digivolution, he knew.
"Tai... there's something wrong with him... He's not sane!"
Tai nodded grimly. "Mom, dad, get under cover. Kari, Gatomon, get ready. Let's go, Agumon." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small device, angular in shape and light blue in color, with an antenna coming out of its top right corner. It had a screen in the middle of it, with three buttons placed around the screen. Two were on the right of the screen and were a little smaller in size, while the last button was on the left of the screen and was slightly bigger. The screen was glowing slightly, pulsating with a blue light, lines of '0's and '1's streaking across the screen.
On a necklace under his shirt, something glowed orange. He reached inside and pulled out what looked like a small pyramid, only thinner. Inside it, under a glass cover, an emblem of a sun glowed. Pulling his arm back, he threw the Crest high into the air.
Kari nodded, and Gatomon leapt onto the grass. Kari reached into her back pocket and pulled out her own Digivice, only hers looked different. It was larger, for one thing, a little more rotund, and it had a pink grip around the bottom. The buttons were more or less the same, only positioned differently. The two smaller buttons had changed into two small triangles positioned one over the other, making them look as though they were two arrows pointing upwards and downwards. A bracelet around her left wrist glowed with a pure white light, coming from a similar pyramid-like tag containing another emblem of a sun, only this one had thinner spikes and there were more of them.
((Cue Brave Heart, Digimon Adventure Digivolution Theme))
Tai raised his Digivice. "Agumon!" he shouted. A bright beam of light blasted out from the Digivice, and the Crest of Courage he had thrown into the air broke free of the tag as the beam of light smashed through it.
A web of digital data enveloped Agumon, peeling all of his skin off into a digital matrix. "Agumon, Crest Digivolve to..." Agumon became bigger, with a helmet of three horns made from brown bone forming over his head. Blue stripes streaked their way onto his back and tail, as he grew into a towering dinosaur that looked more than ever like a T-Rex with three horns. Then, the Champion form of Agumon, Greymon, underwent a further change. His left hand seemed to be struck by lightning, morphing into a huge mechanical claw with three claws. Energy cascaded behind him, suddenly solidifying into a pair of tattered but still functional wings. More lightning struck his bone helmet, transforming it into a bionic life-support system which protected his head and still retained the distinctive three-horned pattern of the Greymon line. Finally, a pair of missile hatches appeared on his chest.
"MetalGreymon!"
Kari mimicked her brother, only she threw her bracelet in the air. The Crest of Light broke free as the D-3 blasted a digital light through it and a shining white light enveloped Gatomon. As Gatomon was already a Champion, she had no need to Digivolve more than once, and activated the Crest Digivolution.
"Gatomon, Crest Digivolve to..."
Her body became taller, her tail shrinking into her body. Her paws morphed into white gloves that covered delicate fingers. Her feline face transformed into the face of a human-looking elf-like beauty before a helmet encased the top half of her face. Six white wings burst in a shower of feathers from her back as a pink sash wound its way around her body. Small threads of clothing joined all around her and clothed her in shining white clothing that was at the very least decent. Finally, the Crest of Light appeared on her gloves, and the light receded from her a bit, leaving a holy aura around her.
"Angewomon!"
The two Ultimate levels faced the rogue Ultimate, and prepared to fight.
"Giga Destroyer!" shouted MetalGreymon.
"Holy Arrow!" cried Angewomon.
The huge bionic dinosaur opened the missile launchers on his chest and fired two missiles at the viral MetalGreymon, the missiles followed quickly by an arrow of light.
The two attacks flew towards the other dino, whose skin was as black as MetalGreymon's was orange.
"Viral Destroyer!"
The viral MetalGreymon fired a single organic missile from his mouth, obliterating both the attacks in one strike. He threw his head back and gave a terrific roar.
A bead of sweat formed on Tai's brow.
"Umm... we've got a problem here..."
The two of them pulled out their Digivices again and sent out two distress calls, one to Tai's best friend Yamato Ishida and the other two his younger brother (and Kari's secret obvious crush) Takeru Ishida, Matt and TK for short.
"Giga Scissor Claw!" MetalGreymon fired the three pronged claw that he had for his left hand right out of its socket, aiming for the other MetalGreymon's unprotected right side. But with a quick flip of his tail, the other MetalGreymon sent it flying away. A chain attached to the claw enabled MetalGreymon to retrieve his lost appendage and the two carried on brawling. Angewomon flew around the outside; firing off shots whenever she got the chance, while using the Heaven's Charm to power up her arrows.
"MetalGreymon! I think its time we went Mega!" shouted Tai.
"Angewomon! You too!" called Kari.
"Right!" yelled back the battling Digimon.
A yellow light cascaded around them, devolving them down to their Rookie and Champion forms respectively. Then, the two siblings raised their Digivices again.
"Agumon Warp Digivolve to..."
The three stages of Agumon flashed briefly through where he was floating in the air, then a new form materialized. It stood roughly seven feet tall, with the characteristic tri-horn design of the Greymon line. Golden armor encased him, with gauntlets larger than Agumon's body covering his hands. Three claws protruded out of the top of it, and curved slightly inwards like cruel barbs. A golden shield with the motif of a sun, the symbol of Courage, on it appeared on his back, and silver kneepads protected his legs. Similar colored chest plates protected his chest, and gold shoulder pads secured his shoulders. The finished golden dragon warrior swung his claws outwards, generating a flaming wall around him.
"WarGreymon!" he declared.
Gatomon went through a similar process, her body elongating into a serpentine body with pink scales, and the head of an Eastern dragon. Pink stabilizing fins protruded along the length of her body, and sharp curved horns like those of a goat stabbed upwards from her head. Four pink paws also grew from her body, but she preferred to fly.
"Gatomon Warp Digivolve to... Magnadramon!" she cried.
The two Mega levels faced off against the viral Ultimate, ready to end the battle. WarGreymon activated his back thrusters and flew into the air, clasping his hands together and drawing them apart, generating a big ball of fire between his open palms.
"Terra Force!" he shouted, throwing the large ball of living fire at the viral MetalGreymon.
Magnadramon flew above WarGreymon, then started flying in a circle, her head almost touching her tail as she chanted in an ancient Digital language.
"Heaven's Claw!" she called, as seven pillars of pure light crashed downwards from the sky. The two attacks smashed into the Virus MetalGreymon, who gave a great roar as he vanished into a cloud of smoke.
But just as the two Megas turned around to return to their tamers, two missiles streaked from the smoke cloud and slammed into WarGreymon and Magnadramon.
"Argh!" they screamed, as they fell, Magnadramon just managing to right herself before they hit the ground. She instantly curled up like a snake, her mouth generating a fireball ready to incinerate anyone who came across her way. WarGreymon, being smaller and thus was thrown with more force, smashed into the ground, and was instantly buried. But with a mighty roar, the powerful Mega level smashed through the rubble, the flames that covered him melting the very rock.
As soon as he was freed, the fire around him died down again, and together with Magnadramon, they faced the opponent they thought they destroyed.
From the smoke cloud into which the viral MetalGreymon had vanished, a digital code surrounded creature emerged.
"MetalGreymon X Mega Digivolve to..."
The Digicode shattered, revealing a completely metal encased dinosaur that looked similar to MetalGreymon, with the only visible signs of difference being that it only had two horns coming out of the top of his head and was completely encased in metal, as well as having two huge cannons mounted on its shoulders. Its hands were also slightly different, having three fingers that were placed together around a triangle that hid a missile launcher.
"Machinedramon X!"
"What the…?!" gasped Kari and Tai together. "X?!"
WarGreymon cursed.
"It's the X-Virus! It's a program that grants any Digimon immense power as well as a new appearance but can drive them crazy!"
Magnadramon nodded. "But we have no choice but to try. Fire Tornado!"
"Giga Cannon!"
Two immense blasts of energy fired outwards from the Machinedramon X's shoulder cannons, obliterating Magnadramon's attack instantly. The energy blasts continued traveling, smashing into the two Megas and sending them flying. Magnadramon slammed into the ground a little way away from the car while WarGreymon took the shield from his back and used it to absorb the force of the blast.
The force of the attack completely destroyed WarGreymon's shield, but not before WarGreymon managed to recover enough to attack.
"Terra Tornado!"
Putting his claws together to touch at the tips, WarGreymon started to spin around and around, forming a fiery tornado that twirled all around him. He then shot forward, aiming his claws at the Machinedramon X's chest, where the central computer of the now completely machine Digimon would reside.
Magnadramon burst upwards from the small crater she was buried in and formed another circle in the air, nose to tail.
"Heaven's Judgment!" she shouted, blasting down a single pillar of light that completely engulfed the Machinedramon X as well as WarGreymon.
However, the light seemed to strengthen WarGreymon even more, covering him with an intense heat as the Terra Tornado attack sent him drilling into Machinedramon X's armor.
But then, Machinedramon X struck again.
"Giga Cannon!"
The blast struck WarGreymon full on, sending him smashing straight into the ground at supersonic speed. The crater from the dragon warrior's fall was immense, and the rubble immediately fell over him.
"WARGREYMON!" shouted Tai. He ran out, heedless of the danger.
"Tai! Come back!" shouted Kari, afraid for her brother yet scared to go after him.
Suddenly, a new voice called out.
"Don't be so reckless!"
Kari looked around with a dawning hope in her eyes. "Yamato...?"
In the distance running towards her was a large wolf like creature, completely made out of metal. Two stabilizing fins that doubled as scythes protruded from his shoulders, and blue armor covered him. On his back was a teen with blonde hair, wearing a green shirt and yelling.
"Tai, you hear me?! Don't go dying on me!" Then down at the Digimon he was riding, "Hurry, MetalGarurumon."
The giant wolf replied, "Got it, Matt."
He picked up speed, speeding over the now ruined highway.
High above them, an angel flew, literally.
"Kari! Are you alright?!" a voice shouted down.
"Takeru!" she shouted back. "I'm alright! But WarGreymon…"
MetalGarurumon's ears perked up, and he fairly flew over the highway.
The duo soon reached where Tai was frantically trying to dig through the rubble.
"Tai, calm down! WarGreymon's good, he'll be alright!" yelled Matt as they neared.
"Stand aside," commanded MetalGarurumon. As the two of them obligingly stood aside, missile hatches opened all over his mechanical body. "Metal Wolf Claw!"
His shout was accompanied by another.
"Terra Force!"
As the barrage of missiles from MetalGarurumon's body smashed repeatedly into the rubble burying WarGreymon, a huge glowing ball of fire crashed into it from the other side.
The rubble was instantly blown away, and WarGreymon flew out, looking slightly the worst for wear, but still fighting fit.
"Sorry for the worry, Tai. MetalGarurumon, Matt, nice to see you." He lifted a claw to point at the huge Machinedramon X who was being kept busy by the agile Magnadramon. "Now, we have a rampage virus here." He turned his gaze onto MetalGarurumon. "The X Virus."
MetalGarurumon gasped. "The X Virus? Didn't the four Digital Gods purge it a while ago?"
"Apparently not. Because there in front of you is a Machinedramon X, and he has pummelled both me and Magnadramon with even trying."
Now it was Tai's turn to gasp in dismay. "Not even trying?! He beat you two without even trying? He sure looked like he was trying!"
WarGreymon shook his head. "No, I never said he beat us. But he sure has beaten us into a pulp, and we may need every bit of power we can get our hands on." He looked at each of them in turn. "Even if it means Jogress Evolution."
Matt narrowed his eyes. "Do we really have to resort to that? C'mon, he's just a single Mega level. We've got three here, four counting Seraphimon, if he decides to come." He glanced at his brother, who had just arrived and was landing over at Kari's shelter.
MetalGarurumon nodded. "Yes, we might have to resort to that. The X Virus almost doubles the strength of whoever is infected by it, but it in turn drains their sanity. That 'single Mega' there has the power to annihilate the whole of Japan, but he just seems to be coming after us. Any ideas, Digidestined?" He added, with a slight emphasis on Digidestined.
"You mean… that he's coming after…" started Tai.
"…us?" finished Matt.
"And all the other Digidestined as well. We have to alert them all, Davis, Yolei, Cody, Mimi, Joe, Sora, Izzy. All of them. Get them ready for a fight," agreed WarGreymon.
"But… do we really need all of them just to fight this Machinedramon?" asked Tai.
"No…" replied MetalGarurumon, turning his head to look at him with a sad smile on his face. "But do you think whoever sent that Machinedramon X here would really go to all that trouble to send just one?"
Matt was silent.
Then Kari screamed.
Instinctively, Tai whirled around to search for Kari. "Kari!" he called.
However, when he did find her, she was cradling a devolved Gatomon in her arms, crying her name softly.
"Gatomon... Gatomon!"
TK was standing behind her, and Angemon had begun his assault on the Machinedramon X.
"Hand of Fate!"
The angel punched forward, launching a holy ray of light at the machine Digimon. However, it exploded harmlessly over his armor.
"TK!" he called over his shoulder. "Hope!"
TK nodded grimly. He held up his Digivice, shaped like Kari's, and it began to glow with a pure white light. A symbol like a sun above a small pyramid appeared on its screen, and the light shot forth and hit Angemon.
"Now!" shouted TK. "Crest Digivolution activate!"
The Crest of Hope appeared briefly before the D-3 Digivice, then disappeared.
"Angemon, Crest Digivolve to..."
The helmet on Angemon's head elongated, and turned purple in colour. Four more wings sprouted from his back, making a total of six pure white wings on his back, and a purple bracelet appeared on his wrist. A gold sash with mystic symbols entwined itself around his body, and the new Ultimate level threw his hand out to one side, sending holy energy all around him as he announced his new name, "MagnaAngemon!"
Now the Digidestined breathed a small sigh of relief. MagnaAngemon was the most powerful Ultimate in the Digital World, and although this was still the Real World, that policy applied to both sides of the Digital Wall. As far as they were concerned, they had a fighting chance.
But WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon knew better. A fighting chance they may have, but slim that chance was. They took off, side by side.
MagnaAngemon held up his right hand, then threw it out to the side. A beaming purple blade of pure light shot out of the bracelet, the Excalibur.
"Excalibur!" he shouted, diving forward to plunge his blade deep into the Machinedramon X's shoulder.
"Terra Force!" WarGreymon generated a huge ball of flame between his hands and flew up into the sky, throwing it at the Machinedramon X.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" MetalGarurumon stopped in mid stride, opening up the innumerable missile hatches littering his body, and firing a barrage of missiles that exploded into ice shards on impact.
The three attacks smashed into the Machinedramon X's body, causing it to give a mechanical roar of fury.
"Dragon Fire!"
A blast of flame streamed forth from the Machinedramon X's mouth, slamming into MagnaAngemon, who unfortunately happened to be nearest. He spiraled away, smoke trailing from him.
"MagnaAngemon!" yelled TK. "Be careful!"
"Full HP Cure!" shouted the angel Digimon, a cascade of green sparks falling around him and healing him.
WarGreymon decided to try a different tactic. Raising his claws, he threw one of them at the Machinedramon, followed right after by his other claw. "Dramon Destroyer!" he shouted.
The claws went right in, smashing into the Machinedramon X's armor, and tearing deep into the central control system. But as the machine Digimon short circuited, it gave off a loud piercing sound. The sound morphed, forming into a voice.
"Machinedramon X Digivolve to…"
The Digidestined gasped, and their Digimon flew back to their sides, guarding them.
Gatomon feebly opened an eye, then struggled to her feet.
"Kari… Get behind me…" she murmured.
With her left paw supporting her right shoulder, she limped before Kari, defending her.
"Gatomon…" whispered Kari.
WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Matt, Tai, get ready. We need to Jogress now!" WarGreymon ordered over his shoulder.
Matt and Tai ran behind their partners, then looked at each other and nodded. Their hands reached for their Digivices, and with a yell, they held them up before them.
"Jogress Evolution, activate!" they shouted together.
The two Crests of the Digidestined, Courage and Friendship hovered in front of them, then merged with a burst of white light that shot towards the two Digimon, connecting them and drawing together.
In the distance, the mighty roar of the Machinedramon X grew in volume, as he started to morph, purple sparks interlacing among the blue Digital data that engulfed him. His head withdrew into his body, followed by his arms and legs, as well as his shoulder cannons.
Before the Digidestined, the two Mega levels became larger. Then, their bodies disintegrated into a gold data stream that went into their heads, which were left intact.
The Machinedramon X had now become completely round, hovering in mid-air. Several protrusions shot out of the bulb, making it look studded. An extra large stud appeared at the top of the bulb, sinister in the bright light that shone from behind.
Arm-like extensions came out of the back of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon's heads, with shoulder pads with their respective crests emblazoned on them. Golden data started to congregate in the empty space between the two arms forming the shape of a body.
Chains started to appear all around the studded bulb, and purple data swirled around the extra large stud at the top, forming a vaguely humanoid shape. A blast of lighting struck the stud, illuminating a black figure, the bottom of his body melded entirely into the bulb below him. A black tattered cape flew out behind him, and his right arm was entirely mechanical.
A body made entirely of white armor formed between the two arms, connecting them. A swirling red cape cascaded down its back, and green light swirled in the empty eye sockets, solidifying into noble green eyes.
What was the Machinedramon X was now a large round figure, with protrusions all over it with an evil humanoid shape wearing a mask with a single eyehole and with its lower body connecting with flesh and mechanical strand to the huge studded bulb below it. Chains encircled it entirely, and some of the protrusions around it had exploded, revealing large claws connected to it by long chains that flew around it. Its presence resulted in an evil aura that was almost visible, encircling it and injecting fear into the very atmosphere.
WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon were now no longer separate beings, but had merged into a single entity that sported their heads as its hands; WarGreymon's head was the left hand while MetalGarurumon's head was the right hand. A red cape billowed out behind it, and its 'body' was made of pure white armor, straight through. Its head had a single white protrusion in the centre, looking like a horn, with two yellow spokes angled backwards behind the single white one. Its mouth was nothing more than a slit, although it could still speak, and its chest had blue stripes slashed across each breastplate, which in its turn narrowed down into a spike that extended over its torso. Its torso was nothing more than a black spike, with a white hip that had a yellow horn-like extension on each side.
"Apocalymon X!" The voice was an entirely new one, different from the Machinedramon X's low raspy mechanical voice, more human sounding but no less evil.
"Omegamon!" This voice sounded like a melding of WarGreymon's and MetalGarurumon's, as well as having a mechanical tone to it.
Well, you guys know what to do. Review, or this cliffy won't be resolved anytime soon... ) I'm evil.