Episode 7: When Hope Becomes a Miracle! Seraphimon!
The five Chosen Children and their digimon helplessly watched as Dagomon retreated into the ocean with Hikari and Angewomon.
"Hikari!" Takeru ran to the edge of the cliff.
"I'll save you, Hikari!" Taichi ran to the edge of the cliff, preparing to dive into the ocean, but was stopped by Yamato.
"Hikari!" Daisuke was being restrained by Ken from doing anything stupid.
"Will you calm down and think for a moment?" Yamato asked Taichi as he pulled him away from the cliff. "Diving into the ocean and swimming blindly won't solve anything. We're going to need to think of a plan to rescue her or we just may wind up in trouble as well." Taichi turned to Yamato in rage.
"Well what do you suggest we do?" He yelled at his friend.
"Well maybe if we had some kind of a boat, we could search for her in that." Yamato suggested.
"Do you see any boats around here?" Taichi asked, pretty pissed. He couldn't believe that his sister had been kidnapped by a sea monster and that Yamato wouldn't let him go rescue her like he should. Ken thought for a moment.
"Well we could make a raft out of these trees." He suggested. Takeru smiled at this.
"Great idea." He turned to his digimon, "Angemon, could you knock down some trees for us." Angemon nodded and flew in front of a group of trees.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" He cried as a beam of light shot from his fist, knocking over the group of trees. He moved in on the fallen trees and proceeded to cut the tops off of them.
"Great, now does anyone have a rope we can tie the logs together with?" Taichi asked. Wormmon crawled over to the logs that had been pushed together.
"You just leave that to me. Silk Thread!" He shot out a sticky thread from his mouth and used it to tie the logs together. Everyone smiled.
"Alright, I guess even Wormmon is good for something!" Daisuke cried. Wormmon turned to him with a frown on his face.
"What is that supposed to mean?" He asked angrily. At this question, Daisuke laughed nervously.
"Oh nothing..." He trailed off, not wanting to offend the digimon anymore. "Now let's go rescue Hikari!" The group pulled the raft down to the beach area then pushed it into the water. Once it was in the water they all climbed on.
"Angemon, could you scout ahead for anything that could look like Dagomon's base?" Takeru asked his digimon. With a nod, Angemon flew ahead of the group. Taichi let out a sigh. With a smile, Yamato grasped his shoulder.
"Cheer up, we'll definitely find her." He told his friend.
"I know we will." Taichi said back, "But in the mean time, who knows what unspeakable horrors Dagomon is doing to her."
Hikari slowly regained consciousness in a place she did not recognise. As she raised her head, she looked around her. It appeared she was in some sort of a cave. She found the exit, but realised it would be impossible for her to escape as this cave was out somewhere in the ocean. Who knew how far away from land she was right now. But even if there was land out there, she knew she wouldn't be able to go anywhere as she was tied down to something. As she continued to look around, she saw something she never, ever wanted to see.
"Angewomon!" She cried out as she saw her digimon tied to a cross. Hearing her partner's cry, Angewomon slowly raised her head.
"Hikari..." She said weakly as she looked over to the girl. Hikari practically had tears in her eyes.
"Angewomon, are you alright?" She asked her digimon, "How did you get tied to that cross?"
"I don't know, but I could ask you the same question." Her digimon answered. It was these words that caused Hikari to look at what she was tied too. She let out a gasp as she realized that she too was tied to a cross.
"But how did this..." She trailed off as she heard something coming.
"Ah, so you're awake." Dagomon said as he entered the room of the cave they were in. Hikari gave him a cold look.
"Who are you?" She asked him coldly.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dagomon, master of the Dark Ocean." He told her as he moved in closer to her. Hikari gasped.
"Are you the one who kept calling me here?" She asked him.
"Yes, I am." Dagomon answered her.
"But why?" Hikari had no idea what this creepy digimon wanted with her and something told her she didn't want to know.
"Because, Hikari, I plan on making you my bride." Hikari gasped loudly at this. She was more scared right now then the time she faced Vamdemon.
"I'll never become your bride." She told the monster before her with as much determination as possible.
"Oh, came another voice as it entered the room, "But I already promised him that you would." Hikari let out another gasp as she recognised who it was.
"Demon!" She cried out as the Great Demon Lord flew over to the restrained Angewomon's side. "You can't make me keep whatever you promised him."
"Oh really, does that mean you don't care what happens to her?" Demon turned to Angewomon. "Slash Nail!" He ripped his claws into the angel's shoulders, causing her to scream out in pain.
"Angewomon!" Hikari cried.
Koushiro sighed as he faced the parents of his friends in his living room once again. Once they had arrived back at his house, they had all decided it would be best to inform the other's families what they think could have happened to their children. Now that they all were here, it was time to tell them.
"So, what's happened to our children this time?" Susumu asked, wanting some answers.
"Well," Koushiro began after taking a deep breath, "we can't be one hundred percent sure since we don't have any proof of anything. But I do have a theory."
"Well, what is it?" Hiroaki asked, edging Koushiro on. He hoped nothing bad happened to either of his sons.
"Where should I start...?" Koushiro pondered.
"Try from the beginning." Mr. Ichijouji told him.
"Alright, this morning I tried to e-mail the others, but was unable to send one to any of them." Koushiro explained.
"Are you trying to say that you think they are dead?" Yuuko asked and burst into tears. This triggered the other mothers in the room to start crying as well. All their husbands tried to comfort them and Hiroaki ran across the room to his ex-wife's side.
"Don't cry, Natsuko. I'm sure the boy's aren't dead. Koushiro here probably has another explanation for what happened to them." He told her, pulling her up from her chair into a hug. He then turned to Koushiro.
"Well as I was trying to explain, before I tried to e-mail them, the Dark Ocean appeared in the sky allowing a group of Hangyomon into this world, which we quickly defeated. With this in mind, I think the others may be at the Dark Ocean." He explained. All the parents were stunned and confused.
"Dark Ocean, what is that?" Mrs. Motomiya asked.
"I think I remember Ken mentioning it when he was telling us about digimon and the Digital World." Mrs. Ichijouji said. Koushiro nodded.
"Yes, Ken is one of the Chosen Children that seems to have some sort of a connection with the Dark Ocean." Koushiro told them, "It was at the Dark Ocean that his digivice was changed from the model us original Chosen Children have into the black D-3 he has today."
"And it was his black D-3 that allowed us to open up a gate to the Dark Ocean so that we could send Demon there when we fought him three years ago." Miyako explained.
"The other Chosen Child who seems to have a connection with the Dark Ocean is Hikari." Koushiro continued.
"What, my daughter?" Yuuko cried out. Susumu embraced his wife, letting her cry into his crest. He looked up at Koushiro.
"But she's always been such a sweet child. How could she have a connection with such a creepy and evil sounding place?" He asked the boy.
"I'm not exactly sure, but I'll explain to you what I know." Koushiro told him, "Well it started three years ago. Hikari seemed to be getting messages of some sort from another world. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, she was transported to this world without her D-3. There she met Hangyomon who were wearing Evil Spirals at the time. They begged her to free them and help them fight their enemy. It was then that they were attacked by an Airdramon. Wanting help, Hikari somehow managed to open up a gate allowing Takeru, Patamon, and Tailmon to come to her rescue. Pegasmon wasn't able to beat the Airdramon and without her D-3, Hikari wasn't able to help Tailmon evolve to help. Tailmon had Pegasmon destroy the light house, which housed a Dark Tower. A bright light than appeared, allowing Tailmon to evolve to Angewomon. She defeated the Airdramon and Hikari had her help the Hangyomon. With their Evil Spirals removed, they grabbed Hikari and told her she would become their master's bride. Luckily Angewomon scared them away."
"So why did they want Hikari?" Susumu asked after hearing Koushiro's explanation.
"I think it might have something to do with her power of light." Koushiro explained. "Maybe they want to convert it somehow into the power of darkness."
"So why are our children there now?" Mrs. Motomiya asked.
"Well it could be possible that the Hangyomon's master is trying to once again make Hikari into his bride." Koushiro said. These words caused Yuuko to faint.
The Chosen Children were currently using leaves they had tied on some sticks as paddles on their raft. Currently there was no land in sight.
"Where could he have taken Hikari out here?" Taichi asked in concern. Yamato looked around.
"I don't see anything out here. I hope we're not lost now." He said with worry.
"Don't worry so much Onii-chan." Takeru told him. "Angemon's coming back. Maybe he found something." Everyone looked and saw Angemon flying towards them.
"Well did you find anything?" Daisuke asked. Angemon nodded.
"I saw a cave up ahead in this direction. I think that maybe where Dagomon is." He said as he pointed in the direction he had just came from.
"Alright, let's get a move on." Taichi said as they began paddling in the direction Angemon was pointing in.
Back in the cave, Dagomon was still trying to persuade Hikari into becoming his bride.
"Hikari, think of the possibilities. If you become my bride we will be unstoppable. The Dark Ocean, the Digital World, the human world, and every other world in between will be ours. I will be the King of Darkness and you will be my Queen of Darkness." Dagomon told her.
"But I don't want that." Hikari told him, yet again.
"But thousands of digimon already see you as their queen." Dagomon told her, "And lots have already died for you. Remember Wizarmon?"
"You leave Wizarmon out of this." Hikari hissed at him.
"Why, he died to rescue you didn't he? Because he believed you and your digimon to be his saviour." Dagomon said. "Don't forget the Numemon. They also saw you as their saviour and they died to save you from Mugendramon."
"No... stop this." Hikari told him.
"What about that digimon that's egg ended up in your world? It evolved all the way to adult and fought the perfect level Parrotmon to save you from being killed. Too bad it didn't survive when it returned to the Digital World." Dagomon continued.
"No, it's not true." Hikari said weakly, "Koromon couldn't have died."
"Oh but it is true," Dagomon said then turned to Angewomon who was still being tortured by Demon, "And soon it looks like the same will be true for your digimon over there. She's going to die for you, because she sees you as her saviour, doesn't she. After all, you rescued her from her life of darkness she had under Vamdemon."
"No..." Hikari said.
"Yes, it's true. You are like the Messiah of the digimon. Just so that they can feel saved, digimon will sacrifice themselves for you. That is your destiny, Child of Light." Dagomon told her with a smile on his face as he looked at her.
"NOOOOOOO!" Hikari cried out, light emitting itself from her body. Dagomon laughed.
"Yes, that is the power all those digimon die for. You think that power is a good thing, but how can something that leads to so much death and suffering be good. Hikari, turn your power of light into the power of darkness. Let the hate fill your heart. Why did you have to be cursed with this power? If you didn't have this power you could be just like all you friends." Dagomon tried to tempt her to join the darkness. As he was saying this, Angewomon slowly raised her head.
"Don't listen to him, Hikari. He's wrong. The power of light isn't evil or wrong. Those digimon, they didn't die for your powers, they died because they truly wanted to save you." She told her partner weakly, "I know this, Hikari, because I feel the same way. When I first remembered I was your partner, it didn't matter to me that you had the power of light. I was just happy to have found you and that you were able to free me from Vamdemon and the darkness. I have continued to protect you for all these years, not because of my duty or your powers, but because I am eternally gratefully to you and what you have done for me. I'm sure it was the same for all those other digimon. Hikari, you are too good of a person to join the side of darkness." Dagomon turned to her annoyed.
"Shut it, bitch!" He screamed at her, "Thousand Whip!" Tentacles shot from his body and began striking at Angewomon. The angel screamed out in pain.
"Angewomon, no!" Hikari cried out as she watched her digimon getting whipped by the countless number of tentacles.
"Forget about her, Hikari." Dagomon turned back to her, "She only truly cares about your power, just like everyone else."
"Hikari, it's not true. He's lying." Angewomon told her in between getting whipped. Hikari looked at her digimon in fear. If she kept getting whipped, what would happen to her? With anger in her eyes, Hikari turned back to Dagomon.
"You're wrong!" She shouted at him, "The only one who cares about my power if you. You just want it to help you rule every world there is, but I won't let you. I won't let you or the power of darkness get to me anymore! I'll start by defeating you!" Hikari's Crest of Light began to let off a golden glow.
The others were just rowing up to the cave when a golden light flooded from the entrance.
"Hikari must be in there!" Takeru concluded.
"Hikari!" Taichi cried out.
Back inside the cave, Ophanimon had managed to break the restraints that were holding her to the cross. She looked at Dagomon with an angry look on the part of her face you could see.
"Dagomon, for the past three years you have tortured Hikari and tried to make her your bride against her will. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself at all?" She asked him with a stern voice.
"What do I have to feel ashamed of? I'm the master of the Dark Ocean and soon all of the worlds. No one can stop me." He told her.
"Very well then." Ophanimon said and raised her javelin. "Eden's Javelin!" She fired at the digimon before her. Dagomon screamed as the light attempted to purify him. Unable to be purified, he died. Demon let out a laugh.
"Well Dagomon lasted longer than I thought he would." He said. Ophanimon turned to him in anger.
"You were just using him?" She asked him. As much as she didn't like Dagomon, she really didn't like those who used others and their desires in their evil plots.
"But of course. He was just part of my revenge to trap you Chosen Children in this Dark Ocean forever." Demon told her, "And it worked. None of you will ever return to the Digital World or the human world."
"I should have none you were behind this." Hikari said, "Demon, we are defiantly going to beat you!" Demon laughed at this.
"You and what army?" He asked mockingly.
"Hikari!" A voice cried out from the entrance of the cave. Happily, Hikari turned her head.
"Onii-chan! Takeru! Daisuke! Ken!" She cried out as she saw her friends. As they rowed in, the others saw Demon was in the cave.
"Angemon, go help Ophanimon fight him!" Takeru ordered his digimon as his Crest of Hope began to glow. In a burst of energy the white part of his D-3 turned yellow and shot energy to his crest. The symbol of hope flew towards Angemon, who was flying towards Demon. Light engulfed his body.
"Angemon Super Evolve!" He cried out as he spun around. Light surrounded his whole body and when it faded her was far more muscular and tough looking with eight wings. His armour and sword formed all around his body. Finally his long purple mask appeared over his face covering his eyes. Slicing his sword diagonally, his struck his final pose. "HolyAngemon!"
"Excalibur!" HolyAngemon fly at Demon, but was deflected to the ground.
"Agumon, you help too!" Taichi called out.
"You too V-mon!" Daisuke told his digimon. Before long both Omegamon and Imperialdramon were also charging at Demon.
"Oh really now, you'd think you guys would learn when to give up. Chaos Flare!" Unholy energy burst from Demon's palms, knocking the two ultimate level digimon into a corner. "Flame Inferno!" Demon summoned flames around them, trapping the two digimon in the corner. While this was happening, Taichi was trying to climb up to the cross to free Hikari.
"Hikari, I'll save you." He said as he climbed up. Demon spotted him.
"Onii-chan, watch out!" Hikari cried as she saw Demon fly towards her brother, but it was too late. Taichi screamed as he was knocked to the ground.
"Taichi!" Yamato ran over to his friend. He was badly injured from the fall, but he was still alive. With an evil laugh, Demon flew towards Hikari.
"I think I see what Dagomon say in this girl." He said as he reached out for Hikari's chin. "How about it, want to be my bride?" Everyone gasped.
"What? NO!" Hikari screamed at him. She was trying to get away from him as much as she could on the cross she was still tied too.
"I wasn't asking you, I was demanding you to!" Demon told her leaning down to try and kiss her. Hikari screamed.
"Eden's Javelin!" Ophanimon launched her attack. Quickly Demon turned around and used his flames to shield the attack. Once the attack finished, he turned back to Hikari.
"Now where were we...?" He leaned back in only to have a stone hit the side of his face. Angrily he turned to see Takeru had thrown it.
"You leave Hikari alone!" He told Demon.
"Why, what is she to you boy?" Demon asked him. Takeru looked down at the ground, unsure whether he should say how he truly felt, but decided now wasn't the time for being shy.
"You want to know how I feel. I love her, alright." He told Demon in a determined voice. Upon hearing this, Hikari blushed. She had no idea Takeru had felt like this. "I love her so much that I don't care if we even end up together. All I want is for her to be happy with the one she loves, whether or not that is me. One thing I know for sure is that she does not love you! I won't let you or anyone else like you near her. You don't even love her at all, do you? You just see her and her power of light as some kind of tool for you to use so that you can rule over the power of darkness. That is unforgivable. I won't let Hikari or her light ever be corrupted. No matter what it takes, I will always protect her!" As he finished his speech, his Crest of Hope began to glow golden.
"Takeru, your crest. You've unlocked its true powers." Yamato said. Takeru looked down at his crest. The symbol of hope had changed to look almost like an upside down paw print. With a smile, Takeru looked over to HolyAngemon who had stood back up.
"HolyAngemon, go get him!" Takeru's D-3 let off a light which reacted with the Golden Crest of Miracles. The D-3 glowed golden as it shot light at the crest, sending the symbol of miracles flying towards HolyAngemon, who began to glow.
"HolyAngemon Ultimate Evolve!" He cried out. His entire body was engulfed in light as silver armour covered his entire body, leaving no inch of skin exposed. His eight wings turned into ten golden wings. As a final touch, the symbol of hope appeared in the middle of his armour. "Seraphimon!"
Everyone gasped. They had wondered when this was going to happen and now it did. Ken pulled out his digimon analyzer. "That's Seraphimon." He read. "Ultimate level. He's the highest level of angel digimon. His attacks include Seven Heavens and Divine Breaker."
Seraphimon floated in the air, the light of evolution still not fully gone. Demon was trying to shield his eyes. "Demon, move away from Hikari right now!"Seraphimon ordered.
"And what if I don't want to?" Demon asked.
"Seven Heavens!" Seraphimon cried out, firing seven spheres of light from his hands at Demon. They hit and knocked him to the ground. With Demon out of the way, Ophanimon moved in to untie Hikari from the cross. Once she was free, Ophanimon carried her to the ground.
"Onii-chan!" Hikari cried as she rushed to her injured brother's side. "Are you alright?"
"I'll be fine." He answered to his sister, "How about you?"
"I'm fine." Hikari answered. With Hikari safe, Ophanimon flew back up to Seraphimon's side.
"Need any help defeating Demon?" She asked him.
"Yes, could you attack him at the same time as me?" Seraphimon asked her. Ophanimon nodded and turned back to Demon.
"Sefirot Crystal!"
"Seven Heavens!" Both attacks hit Demon at the same time, killing him. With demon gone, the flames surrounding Omegamon and Imperialdramon also disappeared. With a smile, Ophanimon turned to Seraphimon, who acknowledged with a nod. With that both angels flew back to the ground.
"Alright, the two of you did it!" Takeru cried as he ran over to his digimon. "You were really awesome up there."
"Thanks Takeru." Seraphimon then walked over to Taichi and brought a beam of light down on the injured boy. When the light was gone, Taichi stood up and stretched.
"Onii-chan!" Hikari cried out and hugged her brother. Smiling, Taichi turned to Seraphimon, while still hugging his sister.
"Thanks Seraphimon, I'm completely better now." He thanked the angel.
"No problem Taichi, now let's get out of this world." The angel walked to the entrance of the cave and shot another beam of light into the air, opening up a gate back to the digital world. Takeru walked up beside him so that his digimon could pick him up. Ophanimon followed him lead and picked Hikari back up. Omegamon picked up both Taichi and Yamato leaving Imperialdramon with Daisuke and Ken. With that the group headed back to the Digital World.
It was now the evening. The worried family was still at Koushiro's house. Everyone turned to the boy when they heard his D-Terminal start beeping. They were relieved to see him smile when he opened up his mail.
"It's from Ken." All the parents breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well what does it say?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked.
"I was right; they were at the Dark Ocean. Demon trapped him there as part of his plot for revenge. While they were there, Ophanimon beat the master of the Dark Ocean, Dagomon, and once HolyAngemon evolved into Seraphimon; both angels were able to beat Demon." Koushiro told everyone.
"See, I told you the boys were alright." Hiroaki told his ex-wife.
"Seraphimon, he must represent Seraphim." Jyou said.
"So that means he really is one of the three great angels like I thought." Koushiro said with a smile, "And tomorrow when Wallace gets here, we'll see if his digimon really is the third great angel."
Lucemon was quite surprised Demon had lost as well. "Well well well, these Chosen Children are turning out to be quite the nuisance." He said and turned to Leviamon. "Looks like it's young turn to face them. With a nod, the dragon like digimon headed out.
To Be Continued...