Disclaimer: If I owned Digimon, this wouldn't be a fanfic.
Thoughts
speech between DNA or biomerge partners
'telepathy between DigiKnights'
Legend of the Holy Dragon 2
The Fate of the World
Chapter 7
"How noble!" A cold, evil voice sneered.
They spun around and someone gasped. Desdemon had arrived.
"I see this place hasn't changed much since I was last here." Desdemon sneered. "Which, might I add, was four hundred years ago. You should learn to keep up with the times, VeeAngelmon."
Vee's face was blank, but her eyes were lit by an icy fury.
"Who are you to criticize, when you tried so hard to destroy it all those years ago?" Her voice sounded like polar winds.
Desdemon merely smirked, its glance moving to Chevaliermon.
"Still the renegade hero, come to save his lovely maiden." Scorn dripped off the black Digimon's voice. "Though if I'm not mistaken, you were the one who got her into this mess in the first place."
Chevaliermon stiffened. "At least I'm not a traitor."
Desdemon laughed, the sound echoing eerily.
"Insult all you like, after all, all of you will soon be dead." The black Digimon sneered.
In Reidarmon's body, Shaulamon bristled with anger. "Bastard."
With Rick and Vipermon's help, Zakumon managed to stand.
"You! You made me kill so many innocent Digimon! You almost made me kill my buddy!" He snarled.
"Ah, yes, if it isn't the weak little Digimon that my parasite possessed. Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time before you were defeated. After all, you weren't even strong enough to overcome my parasite."
That was the final straw. Even though he was injured and could barely stand, Zakumon threw himself forwards. "Heat Hawk!"
Desdemon raised a paw and easily pinned Zakumon.
"Dissolving Beam." A small black orb formed above Zakumon, and a thin black beam shot out. Sacchi gasped.
If the beam had hit Zakumon, there was no doubt whatsoever that Zakumon would have been killed there and then. As it was, the beam struck an invisible barrier and vanished.
Desdemon reared back, surprised, than raised all three heads and snarled at Dianthamon, who was floating above them. Nobody had seen when she had flown up.
Dianthamon raised her hand, then pointed at Desdemon. With an enraged howl, the canine Digimon was slammed backwards before it raked its claws into the floor to stop its momentum.
The DigiKnights, Zakumon and Chevaliermon gaped at Dianthamon. Only Vee was not surprised, with a small secretive smile on her lips.
Desdemon growled, its fury manifesting as a thick black aura that was almost tangible. With a challenging howl, it attacked.
"Fires of Hell!"
The ground rumbled. Chevaliermon grabbed Vee and her two partners and flew up just as columns of black fire erupted forth. Dianthamon shielded the DigiKnights and Zakumon.
Rick and Vipermon Biomerged again, and carried Zakumon to where Chevaliermon was floating.
"Get Zakumon out of here. We'll hold off Desdemon." He told them. Nodding affirmative, they disappeared with Zakumon.
Meanwhile, Sacchi and Pekomon had also Biomerged. The four faced Desdemon, weaving in between the black fire that randomly spurted out of the ground.
"Warrior's Blade!" Reidarmon slipped through two columns of black fire and slashed at Desdemon's left side as Master Dracomon slashed with his Flame Blades from the right. Their attacks were uncannily synchronized and Desdemon failed to fend off both at the same time, suffering two slash wounds in its sides.
"Sunlight Dance."
"Unrequited Love!"
Streams of pure white light burst from Dianthamon's body and wrapped around the twin green beams Megumimon fired, forming a huge bolt of light that slammed straight into Desdemon's face.
The dark Digimon screeched in pain, the bloodcurdling sound echoing.
Then it spoke, breathing heavily. "Looks like I have no choice."
DARKNESS DIGIVOLVE
A black glow surrounded Desdemon as it performed the Digivolution that had not been seen for centuries, the Digivolution that raised its power almost to the level of the Holy Dragon.
When the glow faded, Skull Desdemon stood, reborn from the darkness. With a flap of its wings, it floated upwards, hands raised in a challenging gesture.
"Shadow Edge."
Multiple black orbs formed around it, and from each of these orbs a piece of shadow shot out, flying towards the DigiKnights.
Dianthamon reacted faster than the rest.
"Pain of Loss."
Millions of petals materialized around them, forming a wall that absorbed the shadow shards.
"Shadow Edge: Converge Mode!" Skull Desdemon called out, and everything went horribly wrong.
The shadow shards concentrated in one area, right in front of Dianthamon. Before she could conjure more petals, the shadow shards broke through, and a huge shard speared itself through her chest. In an instant, the wall disintegrated.
At that moment, an icy shield appeared before them, and VeeAngelmon and Chevaliermon flew down to join them.
As one, Chevaliermon, Master Dracomon and Megumimon rushed out from behind the shield and attacked.
"Infra Ray!"
"Volcano Blitz!"
"This is for Kei! Unrequited Love!"
The lance on Chevaliermon's right arm snapped open to reveal a rifle which fired a heat ray. The white-red ray converged with Master Dracomon's blast of fire and energy and Megumimon's twin beams, slamming into Skull Desdemon's torso.
Not waiting for the black humanoid Digimon to react, Megumimon fired another pair of beams while Master Dracomon's hands began to glow.
Skull Desdemon snarled, and a mine field of black orbs appeared all around them. At its command, each of them would release a razor-sharp, extremely fast shadow shard. All in the area would be hit by at least one.
Both Megumimon and Master Dracomon froze, although the latter's hands continued to glow.
Skull Desdemon smirked, arrowheaded tails lashing. Raising a hand, it encased itself in a cocoon of shadow.
VeeAngelmon flew behind Chevaliermon. They exchanged a glance before she placed her hands on his shoulders, ten of her wings folding around them.
"Winter Sonata!" The single note rang out again, so like Baihumon's Vajra attack, yet at the same time utterly different.
"Estremita!" The note turned into a rippling tune that deleted the orbs as it touched them. The tune had barely faded when VeeAngelmon called out a second attack.
"Unisca!" This second tune wove itself around and into VeeAngelmon and Chevaliermon.
Chevaliermon had been waiting for this. As the tune combined his and VeeAngelmon's energies, he attacked.
"Twelve Wings of the Dragon!"
Chevaliermon's two wings and the ten wings of VeeAngelmon that were folded around him shimmered. For an instant, a faint outline of a twelve winged dragon appeared behind them.
The twelve winged dragon raised its head in a silent roar as it flexed its wings forwards. Chevaliermon made a slashing movement with his lance, and multiple fiery arcs swept towards the black Digimon.
Skull Desdemon dodged, but even the Black Prodigy could not evade them all. Three flame arcs found their target, and exploded where they hit. The smoke had not yet dissipated from the attack when Chevaliermon thrust with his lance, and firebolts streaked outwards.
Hurt by the flame arcs and partially blinded by smoke, Skull Desdemon had no chance of evasion this time. The bolts struck, and another explosion resulted.
The demon Digimon staggered slightly, black wings smoking. It snarled deep in its throat, a sound that would cause the bravest to quiver.
"Darkness Clone!"
An aura black as the deepest depths of hell swirled around Skull Desdemon as it performed the ultimate darkness skill.
The midnight aura leaped and writhed like serpents from hell. Then two streams leapt out to either side and each formed a new ball of the black aura.
When it faded, the DigiKnights faced not one but three Skull Desdemons, all with an identical smirk on their faces.
"Estremita!" VeeAngelmon sang out again. Once again the music rippled out, wrapping around each Skull Desdemon.
Nothing happened.
All three Skull Desdemons laughed. "Do you think that you can stop the ultimate darkness skill with a song? Think again, VeeAngelmon!"
As one, the Skull Desdemons attacked.
"Shadow Edge!"
Shadow shards rained down on the DigiKnights from three directions.
Darkness flashed before her eyes as the shadow plunged into her chest. Vaguely, she was aware that the shadow had pierced clean through her body.
She could feel her body changing, as if it were… disintegrating.
A pair of sapphire eyes swam in her vision before she sank into unconsciousness.
Reidarmon knelt, tenderly cradling Dianthamon in his arms. He choked back a sob. Her eyes were glazed over, her breathing was shallow. Then, almost gently, her body began to blur, losing defined edges, colours blending slightly.
No. No!
He had seen this before, happening to Digimon just before they were deleted. But Kei was human, she could not be deleted!
Could she?
A few specks of data detached themselves from her body, drifting upwards. Desperately, he tried to catch them, but they floated through his fingers.
NO!
"Dianthamon… Kei… Kangamon… Wake up!" His voice, a strange mixture of Takeshi and Shaulamon, shook. A tear slid down his cheek and fell onto her face.
"Wake up! Please!"
A few more data fragments drifted upwards.
She was in a field full of flowers. The sun shone in a blue, blue sky. Birds sang, butterflies danced, and a sparkling stream flowed by. Kangamon stood beside her.
Then, suddenly, the ground shook. A huge crack appeared in the ground, separating her from Kangamon.
The flowers on her side of the field withered, the grass yellowed. The stream lost its sparkle, the water turned muddy. The birds were silent, the butterflies drifted to the ground, dead. The sky turned grey and cloudy, and the sun stopped shining.
Her world was dead, ugly, but she could see that across the rift, where Kangamon stood, the world retained its beauty.
She cried out. She did not want to stay in this ugly dead world. She wanted to return to the beautiful part of the field, where the sun still shone.
But how? How could she get across the rift?
A drop of water fell from the sky. She looked up. No, it was not raining, though clouds hung heavy in the sky.
It was a… tear.
Whose tear was it? Who could be crying?
A face floated into her mind's eye. A familiar face.
Who was it?
A… boy. With eyes like sapphires…
Takeshi!
Faintly, she heard his voice.
"Wake up! Please!"
Keshi sounded upset. Why would he be upset?
His voice came again, stronger.
"Please! Wake up! Wake up…"
Why was he asking her to wake up? Was she asleep?
The ground shook again.
"No!" His voice sounded panicky now. "No! You can't die!"
Die?
"Please don't die… please… I love you…"
She gasped. He… loved her?
Suddenly, it was as if she was watching a tape played backwards. The sun shone, the sky became clear. The stream regained its sparkle. The birds sang again, the butterflies returned from death. The grass became green, the flowers bloomed anew. With a tremor, the rift closed. The field was one and beautiful again.
Smiling, she turned to Kangamon and took the kangaroo Digimon's paws. Then, as one, they flew into the sky.
Reidarmon gaped as a soft violet glow wrapped around Dianthamon, securing the data fragments. The purple glow flashed, and Dianthamon was replaced by Kei and Kangamon, floating before him.
The glow flashed again, and Kei and Kangamon once again Biomerged into Dianthamon. But this time Dianthamon was different, there was a joyful air around her.
Dianthamon opened her eyes. Then, without any warning, she threw her arms around Reidarmon.
"Thank you," she whispered in his ear. "I love you too."
The DigiKnights had no chance of evasion. The first shadow shards hit, slashing through skin and armour alike.
Then, nothing.
Megumimon looked up, and gasped. A wall of millions of multicoloured petals surrounded them.
Petals? That meant…
Turning, she saw Dianthamon and Reidarmon standing behind them.Megumimon smiled, and tears sprung to her eyes. In an instant, she crossed the distance between them and caught Dianthamon in a fierce embrace.
By this time, the others had noticed the newcomers as well. Like Megumimon, VeeAngelmon gave Dianthamon a hug.
"Come on! Let's show Skull Desdemon what we're made of!"
Their morale renewed, the six entered their final battle with Skull Desdemon.
TBC…
Author's notes: Whew, that took a really long time… Haha, finished it just in time for my O Level results! Well, the story is ending, probably one or two chapters to go, hopefully, I get them done soon!
Up next: The epic battle between good and evil! Will the DigiKnights succeed in reviving the Holy Dragon or is Skull Desdemon destined to triumph? Stay tuned!
By the way, the story is on hold until further notice, as I haven't gotten around to writing any more chapters.