AN "Blah"- Normal speech
'Blah' - Thoughts
"Blah"- Memories, Dreams
Digimon
Darkest Knight
Chapter 4: Descending Through Darkness
Tai and the Digidestiened looked on as from the Digital Gate emerged a large black creature with red markings which looked similar to Growlmon the Gate closing behind it. Tai instantly activated his digivise "BlackGrowlmon a Champion Level Virus type Dark Dragon Digimon. Not much is known about this Digimon but it is believed to been created from a heroic Digimon who was infected with corrupted data when trying to digivolve. His attacks are the same as Growlmons."
"No way, an evil version of Growlmon?" Kari exclaimed "We have to stop it, we've already seen how powerful Growlmon is and we can't have a creature with that kind of power doing a Godzilla impersonation around here." TK stated to which everyone nodded in agreement
"No." Tai snapped "Your Digimon already took a beating from Deltamon and not one of them is a match for BlackGrowlmon." he looked at his partner "Growlmon you ready?" "Leave it too Me." the red dinosaur replied he then took position in front of his black counterpart "Alright you faker your going back where you came from." BlackGrowlmon roared in response then the two of them clashed but neither could seem to gain a foot holding over.
However Tai and the others weren't given time to watch as then dozens of black creatures with blue stripes that looked like miniature versions of Garurumon with large saber teeth emerged from the Digital Gate
"Shit, Lupusmon." Tai snarled raising his sword as he prepared to engage them "Uh what are Lupusmon?" Sora asked "Another of Kens artificial creations, created from Garurumon's data. These tings are nasty practically its Savage Claw attack." Renamon replied before she leapt into the air "Diamond Storm..." once more several sharp metal shards appeared and flew at the wolf like creatures however these once were more resilient then the Shadowmon as only three of the creature's had dissolved into clouds of data "Damn it," Renamon cursed "my attack is usually stronger then that." "I'll take it from here." Birdramon said as she appeared over head "Meteor Wing..." Birdramon flapped her wings and small flaming meteors emerged from them exploding on impact take out a few of them
"Hey leave some for the rest of us." Ex-Veemon and Nerertimon appeared their respective partners on their backs "V Laser..." "Cats eye Beam..." both attacks connected causing a large flash of light to appear on impact, then from the light two more appeared Renamon stepped in front of them "Oh no you don't. Power Paw..." Renamon's fists and feet began to glow with ghostly blue light which quickly became a raging inferno of blue flames, Renamon then leapt into the air, kicking and slicing at her foes until they two were no more then clouds of data.
Then suddenly another appeared and made a beeline straight for Sora "Sora...no." Renamon cried she tried to chase after it but three more appeared and surrounded her, Ex-Veemon and Nerertimon tried firing on it but this one seemed to be swifter then the others it then leapt at the red haired girl claws extended and jaws open Sora closed her eyes and shielded her face with her arms and awaited the inevitable mauling she was about to receive however it never came, opening her eyes she saw Tai standing in front of her the creature's jaws locked around his left forearm "Bad puppy," Tai snarled "Time you were put down." he then swung his sword and decapitated it "Tai..." Sora said in a small voice "Don't worry, I'm fine." he replied he then turned to face her placing his deformed claw on her shoulder "Don't worry Sora, I won't let these DNA lab freaks or anything else harms you." Sora almost couldn't believe her ears a memory of when herself, Tai, Kari, Izzy and TK and their Digimon where in Puppetmon's forest
"Don't worry, Sora. I won't let anything happen to you." "You promise?" "Of course I do." he had promised that he would protect her from harms way even if it meant he got hurt in the processand now he was make the same promise to her again defending her by cutting down each of the creatures that came their way.
However the two of them where so focused on what was in front of them they noticed that one of the Lupusmon had managed to sneak behind them and charged at them letting out a snarl which caught the pairs attention
"Dynamite Kick..." Agumon suddenly appeared, leapt into the air and rapidly kicked the Lupusmon "Not bad," Tai said impressed "How longs that been in your repertoire?" "Oh just something I've been working on." Agumon replied scratching the back of his head just then Renamon reappeared besides them and Birdramon, Ex-Veemon and Nerertimon touched down Davis and Kari climbed off of them three more Lupusmon charged at them
"You like that then you'll love this. Baby Burner..." Agumon said before a powerful stream of fire spewed from his mouth in a flamethrower like action engulfing all of the creature's "Ok lizard breath spill, I've met a few Agumon in my time and none of them could do that." Birdramon demanded "Well...um...it's just..." Agumon stuttered "Yeees." the four Digimon and four humans said staring down at him "I don't know it's just I've somehow known how ever since three days ago after I became GeoGreymon." Agumon said sheepishly.
A growl was heard and looking about they saw at least dozen more of the creatures surrounding them "Suggest we figure this out later and concentrate more on getting through this in one piece." Tai suggested and the others nodded in agreement Birdramon took flight and after Sora and Kari climbed onto Nerertimon's back and joined her whilst Renamon vanished. Davis grabbed a nearby metal bar
"Davis, stay out of this." Tai said "But I want to help you fight." Davis replied "Yeah and I appreciate that," Tai said "But these things aren't like anything you've ever fought before. Trust me you're no good to the team if you're dead and don't want to tell your sister you got ripped to shreds." "He's right Davis," Ex-Veemon said "Just because you're not down here doesn't mean your not helping out." "Ok," Davis said reluctantly "You sure you'll be alright?" "No sweat." Tai replied Davis then climbed upon EX-Veemons back and he took off
"V Laser..." "Queen's Paw…" "Fire Flapping..." EX-Veemon cried firing its X shaped beam from its chest, purple crystals were fired from the plates on Nerertimon front legs Birdramon flapped her wings which releases a stream of flames taking out more then half of the Lupusmon "See your helping already." Tai cried out "Now let me handle the rest."
Using his sword Tai cut down the remaining wolf like creatures, upon disposing of the last one Tai turned his attention to the battle between Growlmon and BlackGrowlmon who were still grappling with each other.
It was then BlackGrowlmon noticed Mimi, Izzy and the others who were standing off to the side whilst their Digimon were off dispatching the Lupusmon and a thought occurred in its bestial mind. It summoned up all its strength and threw Growlmon out of the way and into the side of a building, fire energy began forming in its jaws "Pyro Blaster…" it then fired that energy at the chosen, Mimi let out a terrified scream when suddenly Growlmon appeared in front of her and the others blocking the attack with his body forcing his back into the side of the apartment block "Pyro Blaster…" BlackGrowlmon cried launching another fireball this time at the building itself causing debris to fall Growlmon once more using its body to shield the destined as it fell on them, groaning Growlmon shook the debris off himself looking up he saw BlackGrowlmon in front of him the blade on its left arm glowing "Dragon Slash…" the blade caught Growlmon in the chest he then glowed with light and reverted back to Guilmon and fell to the ground
"Guilmon!" Tai yelled, he made to run over to his partner when a cloud of black & purple gas appeared and exploded then from it emerged a tall white skeletal figure with a black cloak wrapped around it and wielding a large scythe the blade glowing with purple energy Tai glared at it "Something tells me your not a Digimon are you." However the creature made no reply except raise its weapon and took a swing at him however Tai side stepped out of the way at the last second 'Hang in there boy.' "Alright then Grimmy lets do this." Tai raised his sword and slashed at the creature in his way.
"Guilmon," Renamon cried appearing beside him "Are you alright." "Oh yeah. The only thing that hurts is my entire body." Guilmon replied, a growl caught his attention and looking up they saw BlackGrowlmon standing over them "Not so fast." A voice cried out and Angemon appeared in front of it "I may not be powerful enough to beat you Black Growlmon but I will not allow you to harm either TK or his friends." The angel stated its hand began glowing "Hand of Fate…" it fired the beam of holy energy at the dark dragon who just batted it away
"No way?" TK exclaimed "BlackGrowlmon must be very powerful to do that, his strength must border on Ultimate." Izzy said in a breathless "And ours are stuck at Champion, we have no hope of beating him like this." Yolie said "We can't fight him like this." Cody said his voice shaking "There must be away, there just has to be." Joe said then to everyone's surprise Kabuterimon appeared out of nowhere and tackled BlackGrowlmon pushing him backwards
"Come on guys, individually he may not have the strength to beat him but combined we might have enough power to cause some serious damage." The giant bug cried out "Right."
The other Digimon replied. Nerertimon and EX-Veemon touched down near the destined "Kari Sora you have to get off here where it's safe." The sphinx like creature said "You too Davis." Ex-Veemon added "BlackGrowlmon is very strong and this might get ugly." The three chosen climbed off Nerertimon turned to EX-Veemon "Ready?" she asked "Oh yeah. Let's do this" the blue and white dragon replied they then took off headed in the direction where the other Digimon (minus Agumon Guilmon and Renamon) who had surrounded BlackGrowlmon
"Meteor Wing..." "Cat's Eye Beam..." "Vee-Laser..." "Needle Spray..." "Electro Shocker..." "Spiking Strike..." "Harpoon Torpedo..." "Gold Rush..." "Blast Rings..." "Hand of Fate..." the ten attacks struck the black creature bringing it to its knees. "We may not be able to defeat you by ourselves BlackGrowlmon," Birdramon said "But together our combined power will overcome any foe that dares to hurt our partners and those they care about." "That's right," EX-Veemon piped up "No matter how strong we are individually, we are always more powerful when we work as one and together we will send you packing on a one way trip to the Digital World." "So long BlackGrowlmon," Nerertimon said "I hope you get comeback as a nicer Digimon when you get reborn in the Village of Beginnings." The others nodded in agreement
"NOT SO FAST, PYRO BLATSER…" BlackGrowlmon roared and unleashed a fireball which hit EX-Veemon, Nerertimon, Stingmon Angemon Aquilamon and Digmon which then caused them to revert back to Veemon, Salamon, Wormon, Patamon Hawkmon and Armadillomon, the blades on the creatures wrists began glowing with white energy "DRAGON SLASH…" it unleashed that energy using it to cut down Kabuterimon, Togemon and Ikkakumon reverting them to Tentamon Palmon and Gommamon.
Only Birdramon was able to get out of them way "On no you don't birdie." The dark dragon snarled, it then leapt into the air onto the side of the apartment building and pushed itself off catching the large orange bird "Try flying with this." the monster large claws connected with her right wing followed by a sickening crunching sound and Birdramon screaming out in pain, the dragon wrapped its arms around her throat and dragged her to the ground with him
"My wing, you broke my wing." Birdramon said "That's not all. Pyro Blaster…" BlackGrowlmon snarled, a large fireball formed in its jaws which connected with the fiery birds chest sending it hurtling backwards crashing into a building at the end of the street she then reverted back to Biyomon and fell to the ground, from his position on the street Agumon stared on his eyes wide "No…Biyomon!" he cried out.
Tai's sword clashed against the reaper like creatures scythe 'This like the Digimon I've fought, this thing actually has some skills.' the reaper swung its scythe at him which Tai dodged out of the way of the blade becoming embedded into the ground, seeing an opening Tai slashed his sword across its chest causing it to let out howl, he was about to follow through with another slash when it disappeared 'What the hell?'
"No…Biyomon!" he heard his partner cry out, he turned around and saw Veemon, Salamon, Wormon, Patamon, Hawkmon Armadillomon, Tentamon Palmon and Gommamon lying on the ground with BlackGrowlmon standing over them and at the end of the street was Biyomon surrounded by debris clutching her right wing, he didn't notice that the demonic creature had reappeared behind him it let out a cry and swung its scythe the blade briefly making contact with the road below before moving upwards and embedded itself in his back with tip of the blade sticking through his chest causing him to drop his sword.
The sound of Tai's cry caught the others attention, they switched their attention and saw a reaper like creature standing behind him the blade of its scythe sticking through his chest his eyes wide and blood oozing from his mouth, "Tai…" Sora gasped as an image of three days ago when the original Tai sacrificed himself to save her flashed through her, then suddenly their digivises began glowing the light growing brighter and brighter till it engulfed everything.
The light died away and the Digidestiend found themselves amongst the crumbling remains of buildings dark clouds covering the sky "Where are we?" Joe asked "I don't know." Mimi replied "But..." "But what?" Izzy asked "It's just that for some reason this place feels kinda familiar." she finished "Now that you mention it." Davis said cupping his chin in his hand and looked about at the group and their surroundings "Wait a second where's Tai?" Sora and the other looked about but could find no trace of him. "Wait do you guys hear that?" Kari asked and the group clammed up and strained their ears to listen each of them hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer and from around a corner a person appeared all of them stared as this person was not unfamiliar to them
"Tai." one of them exclaimed.
Yes it was him and not just that, it was Tai the way he used to be his infamous rain cloud hair included yet at the same time there where differences, he was dressed in what resembled combat fatigues and was carrying a rifle. He ran towards Mimi and passed through her as if she were a ghost and ran off into the distance "Ok what was that?" she exclaimed "This is just like last time." Kari said to herself but the others were still able to catch it
"What do you mean?" TK asked "Ok, this is going to sound weird but this has happened to me before. On the picnic three days ago when Tai grabbed me there was a flash of light and I found my self in a strange room and I was looking at a vision of the new Tai kneeling on the floor supporting my head on his knees." the others stared at her whilst they absorbed this information "I think we are in one of Tai's memories." "Tai's memories?" Mimi exclaimed "Come on we better hurry." Kari said as she began running after the phantom "I think we were brought here because just like last time there's something we need to see."
The group chased after Tai whom led them across the almost endless field of desolation and destruction till he came across a guy was slightly shorter then he was and had spiky red hair "Izzy..." Tai cried out the figure turned round and the gang saw it was the resident genius himself "You don't have to do this Iz, you've lasted this long are you giving in now?" "I'm sorry Tai," the red haired young man said "I've held out as long as I could against the spores effects hoping I might be able to find a way to rid my self of it but I'm afraid I've run out of time." Tai stared at his friend in disbelief "Don't worry although the darkness may take me they will find where you and the others are hiding, I will make sure of it." Izzy told him "Now you have to go back to the others they are counting on you. Would you do something for me, its kinda last request?" "Yeah sure, what is it?" "Look after her for me." "Yeah, don't worry, I will."
Then Izzy began groaning and clutching at his head "Izzy, what's wrong?" Tai asked as Izzy turned away then his cries stop "Nothings wrong." he stated his voice different to how it had been a few seconds ago, he then turned around and looked at Tai his eyes several shades darker and an evil grin spread across his face "Nothings wrong with me Taichi. You however..." a dark laugh was heard and looking up Tai and the group saw standing atop one of the crumbling buildings was Ken in his garbs as the Digimon Emperor as well as four others two guys both of them who wore long black coats with armored shoulder pads, a belt strapped around their waist, black gloves that almost seemed is if they were attached to the jacket sleeves, black pants with black boots that reached past their knees (think Sephiroth in FFVII) a wolf like mask covering their eyes nose and forehead. Two girls on the other hand each wore the same outfits and bird like mask that Kari had seen the last time each of them.
Although each of them was wearing a mask it was clear who it was to Kens left stood Matt a Japanese katana at his side and TK leaning against a vicious looking broad sword, and to Kens right stood Kari the blade of a large scythe resting against her neck and Sora a chakram (weapons used by Axel in Kingdom Hearts II) in each hand, with them were a dozen of Lupusmon their red eyes glowing and their teeth bared all snarling away
"You should have taken you former friend's advice when you could Mr. Yagami." Ken sneered he then suddenly a large black bird swooped down the sky and grabbed Izzy by the shoulders and deposited him on top of the building
"Well Mr. Izumi I welcome you too my little inner circle, your intellect will serve my plans well." he then looked back at Tai "Now the only question is what to do with you Mr. Yagami?"
Matt then kneeled before Ken "Please let me. I have taken everything from him, let me also be the one to take his life." "An interesting proposal," Ken said "But wouldn't it be more delicious if he were to follow his friend's example and join us."
"Never." Tai yelled "I'll never join you because unlike your little lapdog Ishida I'm not a sell out or a traitor."
He pointed his rifle at Ken preparing to rid both worlds of the one who had eaten away at them like a cancer however he never got a chance to fire a shot when a large pillar of fire shot out of the ground but what emerged from it was certainly no Digimon in fact it was like nothing they had ever seen before, it was a large four legged creature that looked as if it were the size of a two story building and was centaurish in design only its body looked as if it belonged to something from the big cat family and had a serpents tail, it was black with red veins running along its body, two large horns sticking out of its skull and carried a sword that looked as if it were made of flames as well as two large wings made of fire.
"An interesting turn of events," Ken said before yelling "Kimeramon." then from the sky emerged Kens signature creation a dark spiral strapped around its SkullGreymon arm, as well as three Airdramon "Well its been fun," Ken said as he and Izzy boarded one of the flying beasts Matt and TK boarding the second and Kari and Sora boarded the third, the mix and match creation made its way towards the demonic creature
"I would say we should do this again Mr. Yagami but the likely hood of you surviving is quite laughable so I shall bid you adjure." he then snapped his fingers and the three Airdramon rose skywards whilst the Lupusmon charged at Tai.
He began firing at the creatures turning them into clouds of data however there where too many of them to handle on his own and he began to run with the rabid wolf like creatures chasing after him. A noise other then the snarls of the creatures behind him caught his attention and looking up he saw three orbs of light heading towards him
"Oh shit…" Tai muttered he then dived into the remains of a building seconds before a large explosion erupted destroying the Lupusmon as well as many of the ruined buildings however Tai was able to get out before the one he was in before the building collapsed on top of him.
He ran on it he came across a clearing amongst the ruined buildings and there before him were amongst the ruins of Tokyo Tower was Kimeramon and the demonic creature battling it out. Also in the air there were also several Digimon that looked like Megadramon except their bodies were grey and had metallic wings whilst on the ground there four creatures that looked similar to the ones in the air except they lacked wings and were attached to tank treads surrounded by an array of Gatling guns and missiles as well as three centaur-like Digimon covered in armour with Gatling guns for arms as well as ammunition hanging off, all of them firing off bullets and missiles of them as well as a few bird like creatures that wore blue armour with a horn similar to Raidramon's sticking out of its head which fired off lightning bolts from their wings, all of them wearing dark spirals and rings.
"What are those things?" Kari asked "Those grey Digimon that look like Megadramon are Gigadramon, Ultimate Level Cyborg Digimon. Whilst the birds are Thunderbirdmon, Champion Level Giant Bird Digimon. The ones attached to tank treads are Tankdramon and the centaur-like ones are Armormon and both of them are Ultimate's." Ken replied "How come you never set those on us?" Davis asked "I never found any so I guess either my counterpart did or he created them." Ken replied.
The fight between the two giants was brutal although Kimeramon did have an unfair advantage with all the artillery that was being fired at the creature, their aim however left a lot to be desired, most of their missiles didn't even come close to hitting their target.
Several explosions erupted around Tai debris from the buildings around falling forcing him to run towards the battle. Suddenly a several missiles rained down from the sky hitting the ground just behind him the force of the explosion catapulting him several feet before hitting the ground amongst the debris. After a few minutes Tai groaned and rolled onto his back it was then he looked over at his left arm.
The flesh on his forearm and hand had been was almost completely burnt away with the exception of a few pieces that where hanging off the revealed muscle tissue underneath and the bone underneath was in places visible.
A noise then caught his attention and turning his head as much as he could he watched as the battle played itself out. The demon swung its fiery sword at Kimeramon who used its ability to fly to dodge "Heat Viper…" the mutant creature fired a green heat beam at the demons chest then simultaneity the Gigadramon Thunderbirdmon Tankdramon and Armormon launched their attack hitting the creature in the back. The creature let out a growl before collapsing onto the ground next to Tai which kicked up a large cloud of dust, their eyes met and for an unknown amount of time they stared into the others eyes.
Tai watched as the life slowly slipping away from the creature. The demon let out a growl then a strange white mist emerged from its body it then swirled around Tai's arm then it somehow penetrated the remains of the ruined flesh. Tai's face was contorted into a look of pain as he felt new flesh grow over his arm but this wasn't like normal human flesh this new flesh was jet black it covered his entire forearm and hand his finger becoming more claw like, and it didn't stop there as strange scales began forming starting at the elbow till his forearm and hand were coated with orange/red rough armour like scales. Also present was a scar that extended from his elbow to his knuckles that glowed red.
The sound of footsteps caught his attention and he saw a figure walking towards him, a breath of wind blew some dust out of the way revealing the person. Sora, she approached him wearing a black and white skin suit with a dark crimson cape attached to her back a black bird like mask covering her face.
She then knelt down before him and leaned forward grabbed him by the shoulders and licked his face enjoying the fact the growth of his new arm had left Tai weak. "Ahhh, what's the matter Tai, isn't this what you want?" she said her filled with sarcasm "Sora…please…don't… not like this," Tai gasped "I know your in there. Even after what Ishida did to you after he betrayed…" he was cut off when the red head slapped him across the face
"Shut up." She stated, the twisted smile returned she then grabbed his new hand and placed it upon her breast "Oh my body tingles at the thought of all the things I can do with you. What I've wanted you to do to me for a very long time." She then leaned forward and whispered something to him before crushing her lips against his in kiss fuelled by completely by lust and desire.
"I think that's quite enough." Behind Sora stood Ken he then took something from his belt and threw it to Sora, she caught it and turned her attention back to Tai revealing the object to be a tazer "Welcome to the family, lover." Just before she pressed it into his chest another flash of bright light appeared engulfing everything.
When the light died away the destined found themselves in a large circular room. In the middle of the room they saw two figures both dressed in black. One was Tai in the same leather outfit he wore three days ago and the other was Izzy wearing the same outfit worn by Matt and TK, in his hand was a large tomahawk which clashed against Tai's sword sparks flying from the impact
"I don't have time to do this Iz, you know what Kens planning and what will happen." Tai called out "Of course, it'll erase all the vermin like you from this existence." Izzy replied "And ever other living thing on this planet including you." Tai retorted "Iz you have to snap out of this I know you're in there somewhere. Ken's been driven mad by his own power, maybe together we can find a way to stop him before everything is destroyed." Izzy laughed "Maybe your right but it's too late to change that now, we both chose our side Tai and now we must see the consequences of our choices to the end."
"Alright." Tai snarled then the Chaos Digivise on his wrist began emitting a green aura that extended to his sword "I'm sorry old friend, I really don't want to do this but if this is the only way to knock some sense into you so be it." He then charged forward and swung his sword at Izzy who in turn swung his axe at Tai both weapons connected then suddenly Izzy's weapon shattered, Tai stared at his former friend then suddenly Izzy's eyes widened when the figure of a young woman with long hair made of green energy stood at Tai's side, it was at that same moment Tai drove his weapon into Izzy's chest the green energy flowed over him and then something emerged from the back of his neck and fell to the floor, Tai then turned to the figure and smiled and the figure nodded her head before turning her focus back on Izzy brought her hand to her face to where her lips would be before laying her hand out flat as if blowing him a kiss then she and the green aura disappeared back into Tai's digivise . Suddenly a lavender aura appeared around Izzy's body and the symbol for Knowledge appeared over his heart, the aura then wound its way along Tai's sword and up his arms wrapping itself around his digivise.
Tai stared at his wrist for a moment then looked back at Izzy as he withdrew his sword from his chest, Izzy began to fall but Tai wrapped his left arm around him to support the shorter boy "Tai take my power, use it to beat Ken." Izzy said in a chocked voice "I will." Tai replied his face stern and his voice steady "Tai…you think after all this she'll…still love me?" Izzy asked Tai's face softened a small smile spread across his lips "She never stopped." He then laid the red haired young man on the ground "She's waiting for you." A smile graced Izzy's face then his eyes closed and the hand he had placed on Tai's shoulder fell away. Tai straightened up still looking down upon Izzy "Rest in peace my friend." He said then the light reappeared and engulfed everything.
The light then died away again and this time the chosen found themselves in a room similar to the Emperors chamber in Return of the Jedi minus the window, but what caught their attention was when a person thrown from a walk way above them hit the ground.
It was Ken dressed in his garbs as the Digimon Emperor except the outfit and cape where torn and fared, half of his shades were missing and the lens of half that remained was shattered in half and his face was decorated with bruises and cuts with blood oozing from them. Then another person appeared from above only he handed on his feet, it was Tai sweat and blood dripping off him, his hands dripping with blood, his face twisted into a look of absolute hate and his eyes glowing red all of this gave him a looked of a demon fresh arisen from the darkest pits of Hell.
"No Yagami, grant me mercy, I beg of you." Ken gasped blood pouring from his mouth as he did, Tai glared at him "You who are without mercy, now plead for it, I thought you were made of sterner stuff Ken. Did you show mercy to all those Digimon you enslaved and ones you considered to be too weak you destroyed and then you somehow you found a way to stop the rebirth cycle and all those innocent souls are lost forever. You even disposed of your our partner Wormon the only one who ever stood by you." "Please mercy I beg you, mercy." Ken spluttered
"Shut up." Tai snarled grabbing Ken by the throat "Your going back to Hell Ichijouji, even if I have to drag you there myself." He raised his fist and prepared to deliver the killing blow
"If you do you'll never find out where she is." Ken choked out "Your daughter, she's alive but if you kill me you'll never know where she is."
Tai blinked a few times and his eyes reverted back to normal red irises he then lowered Ken to the floor but kept his hand around his throat "Where is she? Tell me and I'll make it quick." Tai snarled
"Behind the thrown there's a door leading to a secret stair case leading to the controls of the beam, that's where she is." Ken replied. Suddenly a black aura appeared round Ken and an image of a counter clock wise crescent moon with a star between the two points appeared on his chest, the aura then wound its way along Tai's arms wrapping itself around his digivise.
The two of them stared at Tai's digivise for a moment then Tai let Ken go and he fell to the floor. Tai reached behind him and pulled out his black plated pistol pulled the hammer back and pulled the trigger, the shot rang out and blood began to pool out from a hole in Kens head and light once filled the room.
When it died away the gang found themselves in the present as they had left it, their Digimon fallen and defeated with BlackGrowlmon standing over them, the robed reaper's scythe sticking through Tai's chest and Biyomon nursing her broken wing.
Tai looked at Agumon and he didn't like what he saw, Agumon stood there his eyes were feral slits and snarling 'Just like…Guilmon.' "Tai hold on were coming." Suddenly Renamon appeared before him and leapt into the air "Diamond Storm…" a dozen Razors appeared which then flew at the demonic creature "Pyro Sphere…" Guilmons voice sounded from behind the creature as he launched a fireball at it, their attacks connected at the exact same moment causing the creature to let go of its weapon and disappeared Tai fell to his knees
"Tai, are you alright?" Renamon asked as she and Guilmon appeared at his side and hearing the sound of footsteps saw Sora Kari and the others their carrying partners (with the exception of Sora) running towards them "Oh yeah, I'm great." Tai replied as he got shakily to his feet he then grabbed hold of the shaft "This is gonna suck."
In one swift movement he pulled the item from his back which caused him to stagger slightly "Ow."
Just as he'd regained his sense of balance the reaper reappeared in front of Sora and the others 'Oh no you don't.' Tai then charged forward and leapt into the air "Hey bone bag." He yelled the reaper turned around to see Tai descending towards it before burying the blade of the weapon into is owner's skull, the thing then fell backwards onto the ground then to everyone's surprise it turned to dust.
Tai brushed himself off and was go pick up his sword when Sora ran up to him grabbed his shirt and pulled in upwards her eyes grew wide at the sight that met her eyes, there was no wound there wasn't even any blood she then ran her hand over his chest just to be sure it was no illusion "Y'know Sora, you want to see me without my shirt on all you have to do is ask." Tai said in a playful voice Sora blushed and let go, a smirk appeared on Tai's face and picked up his sword from the ground suddenly his digivise began emitting a black aura 'What the…' his attention returned to Agumon.
Agumon was also surrounded by a black aura then suddenly the Digital Worlds symbol for Darkness which was a counter clock wise crescent moon with a star between the two points appeared above him that morphed into a knight like Digimon wearing white armour and a red cape. The knight then dissolving into a shower of black orbs which banded together and engulfed Agumon
AGUMON, DIGIVOLVE DARKNESS MODE...FALLENGREYMON
Standing where Agumon had been was a large creature that looked like a freakish cross between Greymon and Devimon. Its body was similar to Greymon except its was black instead of orange and a dark grey helmet covered its head glowing blood red eyes visible through two slots, its arms however were similar to that of Devimon with the exception of only having three claws on each hand, the symbol of darkness was tattooed on its right shoulder and a pair of ruined the digital demons wings sprouted from its back.
Tai activated his Digivise and check what data he had on Agumon's new form "Whoa check this out." he exclaimed then began to read aloud
"FallenGreymon, a Virus Type Fallen Dragon Digimon. Agumon's Champion form when he Digivolves using the power of Darkness. His Absorption Claw ability drains his victims of their strength which then fires back at them with his Black Nova Blast and Hellfire Inferno attacks. This Digimon is known throughout the Digital World as the Angel Killer."
FallenGreymon let loose a battle cry before charging at BlackGrowlmon, the two tearing into each other like a pair of feral monsters. FallenGreymon latched its claws around his opponents throat "You...hurt...her...now DIE." he snarled his eyes blazing with hatred "Dragon Slash." the other black monster cried its glowing blade connecting with FallenGreymon's head forcing him to release his grip from around the creatures throat, it then drove both of its feet FallenGreymon's chest sending him flying.
FallenGreymon snarled both him and his opponent jumped to their feet "Pyro Blaster..." BlackGrowlmon fire off a volley fire balls each of which connected with FallenGreymon however he didn't seemed bothered by any of them "That all you got. Black Nova Blast..." he then fired a large fire ball comprised of black flame which slammed into BlackGrowlmon forcing him back several feet.
FallenGreymon charged forward slamming into his opponent and latching his jaws around BlackGrowlmon's throat before pulling back and grabbing its head with hands "Absorption Claw." the dark dragons entire body began glowing as he felt the power from his victim drain into him, he then threw BlackGrowlmon who collided with a building at the other end of the street "Hellfire Inferno..." a stream of fire spewed forth from FallenGreymon's jaws that exploded when it connected with BlackGrowlmon creating a mushroom cloud from which the fallen creatures data emerged which was scanned into Tai's D-Tector.
FallenGreymon let out a cry before turning away from the scene of devastation and then began walking toward Biyomon, terrified Sora tried to run so she could get he partner to safety when she felt a weight on her shoulder and looking over she found Tai's claw placed there she looked into his eyes "Trust me, it'll be alright she's quite safe." She stared into his eyes something about them made her trust him. Biyomon stared up at the monstrous black creature that stood over her its glowing red eyes staring back at her, it blinked a few times and they changed into a pair of red irises "It's alright its over, your safe now." He said his voice barley above a whisper, as gently as possible he scooped her up into one of his hands and headed back towards the Digidestiened where he presented her to Sora then reverted back to Agumon.
"Biyomon." Sora cried Joe then examined the bird type "I'm afraid it's broken, she won't be flying for a while." He then looked about the area taking in sights of the damage that had been done 'For once I'm kinda glad you can never find parking around here.'
A tearing sound was heard and looking round Sora saw Tai ripping off strips of his t-shirt which he handed to Joe "Here this should do for now until we can get her a proper dressing." Joe nodded and wound the material around Biymons wing whilst Tai discarded of what remained of his ruined shirt, he then turned to Renamon asking if she could open the door when suddenly Tai fell to his knees, everyone crowded in around him asking him what was wrong but Tai didn't respond as strange images and sounds flashed through his mind
'What are theses? They almost feel like memories but…they aren't mine…they're his.' Whilst this was going on the group noticed something they hadn't before, writing in gothic style letters where present on the small of Tai's back.
The Bird of Hermes is my Name, Devouring My Wings to Make me Tame
Using his sword to support himself Tai rose to his feet "Tai, are you alright?" Agumon asked "I'm fine." He replied and headed towards the building Guilmon in tow leaving others staring at his retreating back
"You have a very dark soul." Kari said Tai stopped in his tracks but didn't turn to look at her
"We are born in darkness Kai and in the end we are destined to return to darkness." Tai replied "Darkness exists in all things, you'll never be rid of it cos it is half of who we are. In the end it is whether or not we let our selves be consumed by it is what makes the difference." With that he walked into the building the others then followed his words still fresh in their minds.
AN Finally I got this chapter finished. Hope you liked the appearence of the Hell Vanguard from DMC3, the DD's will be introduced to plenty of DMC elements ranging from enermies and weapons and if you ask nicely 1 or 2 of the bosses (cos that would be sweet).
Finally the identities of the DD's who went bad are revealed TK & Kari who joined Ken when their group failed to defeat him, Matt is the tratior and dragged Sora with him & Izzy who was poisened with a dak spore. The Fallen Guardians are loosley based on members of Organization XIII from Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II, Izzy is based on Lexaeus from KHCoM TK is based on Saïx from KHII Kari is based on Marluxia KHCoM Sora is based on Axel KHCoM & KHII with the exception of Matt who is based on Vergil from DMC3. And the Hellsing Quaot because its cool. Hopefully I should get to work on the next chapter of this and Heart of the Warrior soon. I own neither Digimon or Devil May Cry if I did I wouldn't be writting this I'd pay someone to do it for me. Peace out Y'all.