My name is Koji, but it's really Yamato. What happened was, Yamato Ishida and Taichi Yagami fought the Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro, who killed them. Then, for some reason, their data got all separated, and formed a group of people based on their different personality traits, and each one was combined with the power of a Daughter of the First, which they got when they formed Omegamon X. Yet, only a few of us managed to survive. Four of the others didn't make it through the first night. We were trapped in Kurata's lab for a few days until Chihi Miayag came and started a big fight with the Hypnos crew. Me and others managed to escape, but then Miach and Yamag, Taichi and Yamato's 'dark' side merged with the Power of Fate from Miayag, joined back with Kurata and Juro.

Now we're trying to find two of the Holy Weapons that fell to Japan. Sora, Takuya, Tanna and Michael found the Bow of Abungu in Hokkaido, now me, Noriko, Yariko and Jyou are in southern Kyūshū, to find the second weapon, but I'm sure that it won't be so easy.

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Digimon Gog

The Weapons of the Gods:

Chapter 2

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Located in the basement of the Hypnos building, Dr. Akihiro Kurata's laboratory was strangely empty. For the past week, Kurata had not even seen his apartment, he had been living within his laboratory, trying desperately to discover the secret behind Taichi and Yamato's shattering. Now, after striking an alliance not only with the two 'Dark sides" of Taichi and Yamato, but also the Fallen Chosen, he was now privy to knowledge that he would never have discovered on his own. Yet, there was a price for that knowledge; he was now required to fulfill his end of the bargain, give Tatsuo Juro extended life. His plan to accomplish this goal, was to construct a Digital Gate and hopefully fuse healthier cells to Juro, if he could not do this, he did fear for his very life.

Now, Kurata was standing inside of an abandon building on the Tokyo Bay, looking across the water to the artificial island of Odaiba. The scientist was staring out of the window, looking across the bay. He glanced back into the warehouse, which was bare except for a few packing chains hanging from the ceiling. In the center of the floor, a group of people were unloading boxes of equipment; people all dressed in Hypnos hazmat suits. Kurata stood off to the side, and glanced over as a young man with a head of blond hair approached him. At his side was a Gotsumon. He stood before Kurata and saluted.

"Captain Kouki, reporting for duty, sir!"

Kurata nodded. "Yes, what do you have to report?"

Kouki placed his hands behind his back. "Sir, Lt. Nanami reports that she and Miach had found the weapon, which Master Juro named as the Bow of Abungu. However, they were confronted by Sora Takenouchi, Michael Barton, and the two duplicates of Taichi Yagami, Taana and Takuya, and during that confrontation, Yagami's duplicates took the weapon."

Kurata frowned. "Great, Juro's not going to like that. What about the other team?"

"Lt. Ivan and Yamag have been searching the waters near Nichinan. We know that there was a tidal wave that occurred the same day that Master Juro's Flail of Chance entered Earth, and judging by the intensity of the wave, we were able to judge that it occurred roughly one kilometer off-shore."

"Good," Kurata said, "But if Yagami and Ishida's shatters are searching for the weapons, you should warn them that they might have company."

"It has already been done, sir," he saluted.

Kurata nodded. "Good." He glanced back at the Hypnos agents, who had just finished unpacking the equipment, "Now, we've got to build a Digital Gate," He grinned, "And then we shall go down in history!"

111

It was already late in the afternoon when Noriko, Jyou, Yariko and Koji arrived in Nichinan City. Since only Noriko's Ladydevimon and Yariko's Butterflymon were capable of flight, and they were too small to carry passengers, they were forced to fly using airplane from Tokyo to Kyushu, which may have only taken a little under two hours, but the wait to purchase tickets, and the drive from Miyazaki Airport to Nichinan City gave then an extra hour and a half. They rented a car to drive into the city (donated generously by Jyou, since he was the only one who could afford it), and stopped as close as they could to the shoreline. It was a beautiful day, the water was calm and the sun reflected off the surface just perfectly. Gomamon X breathed into the ocean air. "Wow, I didn't realize how much I missed this."

Even Noriko smiled. "Yeah, this is beautiful."

Jyou placed at hand over his eyes to shield them from the sun as he surveyed the scene before him. The beach was full of people, which was not a surprise in the middle of summer, and if Jyou had not been married, he probably would have enjoyed the glances he was receiving from a group of college girls, but he knew that Kiku would have killed him. "All right," he said, "Miayag thinks the weapon fell in the water because of the tidal wave…but I don't really see that much damage…any, in fact, so it's either really far out, or it didn't hit as hard as we thought."

"But we still need to get into the water, right?" Koji asked.

Jyou nodded. "Which means we'll need scuba gear, or something. Not to mention what Miayag said that Sora told her, if we've got to fight Hypnos too, this isn't going to be fun."

"It's never fun," Noriko muttered.

Yariko begin to look around the beach as well. "I don't see any Hypnos people, maybe we beat them here?"

"Or else we're in the wrong place," Jyou frowned.

Koji spied a food stand on the boardwalk and quickly ran behind it. His Gaomon followed. "What are you doing?"

His partner did not answer. Koji simply created a burst of white light in his palm, which quickly transformed into the Shotguns of Lucien. Using the stand as cover, he pointed the weapon at the ocean, and the guns began to glow slightly. He ran back to the others."It's here all right. We've got to get down there!"

"But how?" Noriko's Plotmon asked, "The only one that can breathe under water is Gomamon, and he can't do it himself."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" he asked.

Yariko frowned. "We'll need some scuba gear or something, and a boat to get out there?"

"That sounds like a good idea," Koji nodded.

The three humans stared at one another for a moment before turning to face Jyou. The older man frowned. "Oh, come on! I already had to pay for the tickets and everything!"

Noriko gave a slight smile. "I'd help you if my entire paycheck wasn't going to keeping my apartment…"

He frowned. "All right, all right!"

The group wandered the boardwalk before they arrived at a store that rented diving equipment. Despite Jyou's financial abilities, he was only able to afford to rent two sets of scuba suits, as well as the smaller boat.

"You do have a boating license, right?" the man behind the counter asked.

And so, their large motorboat became a smaller rowboat. However, it was only really needed to carry their equipment, since Gomamon X, evolved to Tylomon X, could easily carry Jyou, Noriko and Plotmon, while Koji and Gaomon rowed Yariko and her Psychemon out over the ocean. Koji had placed the Shotguns of Lucien in front of him, and used the intensity of the glow to determine where to stop; about a mile offshore, the weapon began to glow with fierce intensity.

"I think this is it," Koji stated.

Jyou glanced into the water. Despite being beautiful and pristine near shore, further out in the sea, the water had become darker and murky. He began to pale. "Great."

Yariko stared at him. "Oh come on, you're the Chosen's…water contact, and you've never been underwater?"

"I was just thinking the same thing," Noriko answered.

Jyou stared at them. He was beginning to wonder if Yariko was Yamato's feminine side, then maybe it was a better idea if she did not rejoin with Koji.

Yamato's heroic side, however, was busy pulling on his scuba suit. "We'd better hurry before Hypnos gets here."

Jyou just grumbled as he began to pull on his equipment. Once they had suited up, they dove into the water, except for Goamon, who, unlike Gomamon X, could not breathe underwater. Koji held the Shotguns out before him, and the glow not only led them to the missing weapon, but also illuminated the water.

Jyou and Koji swam deeper into the ocean, while Gomamon X darted around them, laughing as he maneuvered through the water. He swam beneath them, then twirled around before swimming towards the surface. He came too close to Koji, and nearly knocked the Shotguns from his hand.

"Gomamon!" Jyou shouted as he best he could, yet in the depths of the water, it only came out as gurgles. Yet, his partner could clearly understand him through the vibrations in the water. He shouted back his reply, which was clearly audible.

"You'll have to catch me first!" he laughed as he swam further into the water's depths. Jyou was about to swim after him, but Koji grabbed his arm. The younger man pointed to an object floating in the water, which was glowing in the same intensity as Koji's shotguns. Jyou nodded and began to glance around, keeping look-out for Hypnos divers as Yamato's heroic side grabbed the weapon, a circular, shimmering object. Once the weapon was secured, they returned to the boat.

"You got it?" Yariko grinned, "Cool."

"Yeah," Koji said, "But now we've to get it back to Tokyo."

Jyou scanned the water's surface and saw a familiar furred head bobbing in the water. "Gomamon, we're leaving!"

Gomamon X frowned. "Already?" he pouted, "Fine." He swam towards the boat and shot from the water, executing a perfect back flip and landed in the boat. He grinned up at his partner. "How was that?"

"Fine," Jyou frowned as he wiped the water from his glasses, "Let's just get out of here."

They began to row the craft back to shore; Noriko smiled. "Well, that went better then I thought."

"Yeah," her Plotmon replied, as they climbed onto the dock, "I was expecting I was going to have to fight some kind of enemy or something."

"Yeah, I know, that's how these things usually turn out for us."

Koji handed her his scuba equipment, but it slipped from her hand and smacked into the wooden planks. "Careful!" Jyou shouted, "I won't get my deposit back if that's damaged."

"I just dropped it three inches," she muttered.

As they began to walk back towards the shoreline, Koji began to stare at the shield that he had pulled from the water. It was a gray color, and in the center was a unique symbol, similar to the symbol on the Shotgun of Lucien, but different. The Shotguns contained a symbol on the barrel, similar to a spinning vortex, while the one on the shield looked more like the rippling shingles on a roof.

"Whose weapon is that?" Gaomon asked.

Koji shook his head "I don't know, we'd have to ask Miayag, she'd probably know."

As they approached the shore, they instantly noticed how quiet it had become, and Yariko's Psychemon noticed another odd observation. "Where is everyone?"

She was correct; the entire beach had been mysteriously vacated. They stepped onto the sand and glanced around. "What the hell?" Noriko asked.

Gaomon narrowed his eyes and noticed the yellow tape surrounding the entire area, parking lot and all. The car holding area was vacated as well, except for one black truck. He turned to warn the others, but before he could, the sand suddenly exploded as a giant stegosaurus erupted from the ground. Noriko and Koji were thrown backwards, the scuba gear flying from their hands. Jyou dove into the air and managed to grab the equipment before they smashed into the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief and gently placed them onto the ground.

"Jyou!"

He twisted his head at the sound of his partner's yell. Goamon, Psychemon and Plotmon had already evolved to Goagamon, Butterflymon and Black Tailmon. They ran to defend themselves from the dinosaur, but he grabbed Gaogamon in his jaw and wrapped his tail around Butterflymon, Black Tailmon began to punch and kick in an effort to free them, but the dinosaur's skin was too scaly for him to feel anything. "Come on!" Gomamon X shouted.

Jyou nodded and grabbed his digivice. Gomamon X quickly evolved to his highest form of Anomalocarimon X. The crustacean skittered forward and raised his front pincers to attack the dinosaur, but before he could, a sharp pain blasted into his side, throwing him to the right. He twisted around and saw Cerberumon growling at him, drooling dripping from his three jaws.

"Cerberumon?" Jyou gasped. He twisted around and managed to spot the black truck in the parking lot, with two humans walking towards them. "Yamag!"

"Yamag?" Yariko gasped, spinning around to face her 'evil twin.' "What are you doing here?"

He shrugged. "I was ordered."

"Ordered?" Noriko asked, "Wait a minute, what the hell where you doing in that truck? You're with Hypnos?"

He smirked and nodded. "That's right."

"W…why?"

He shrugged. "Purpose, direction…" a smile crossed his lips, "A chance to destroy you. Who knows, the point is, I'm here to take that weapon."

"What does Hypnos want with a weapon of the First Chosen?" Jyou asked.

He did not answer.

Noriko's eyes narrowed into rage-filled slits. "Hikari's boyfriend, is that it? This is his idea of revenge?"

Koji gripped tighter to the shield. "It doesn't matter, you're not getting this!"

"Come on, you can't even use it!" Yamag laughed.

Koji stared down at the weapon. He knew that he probably would not have been able to use it, as he already had the weapon that corresponded with his power of light. "All right, so you can?"

Yamag smirked. "I do have the powers of: Metal, Water and Fate. So I think the odds are with me…" His smile faded, "Now hand over that weapon!"

"Not a chance!" he shouted back.

Miach snarled and turned to the other human. "Lt. Ivan, take that weapon from them!"

"You got it," he nodded, "Stegomon, attack!"

Yamag pointed at Koji, "Machgaogamon, you know what to do."

The four digimon of the X-Chosen stood at attention, staring at the two approaching digimon. Koji held tightly to the Shotguns of Lucien and Gaogamon evolved to Machgaogamon. "All right," the wolf man said, cracking his knuckles, "We've got to take out Cerberumon first, so me and Anomalocarimon will take care of him."

"We'll handle Stegomon," Black Tailmon grinned, "No problem."

The dinosaur digimon roared. "I won't be as easy as you think! Take this! Shell Needle Rain!"

The spikes on his back exploded, sailing through the air towards the two female digimon. Butterflymon grabbed Black Tailmon and shot into the sky, safely avoiding the hail of projectiles. She fluttered forward and threw the chocolate-colored feline at the dinosaur's back. Black Tailmon pulled her fists back and executed her Neko Punch directly into his back, but even her rapid punches were not enough to break through Stegomon's leathery back. The dinosaur whipped his tail around, knocking the cat off of his back. Butterflymon whipped around in front of Stegomon's eyes and pointed her claws at his eyes. "Sweet Honey Straw!"

The honey that exploded from her fingertips struck him in the eye, and he began thrash around, whipping his tail erratically. He used his long tongue to wipe away the honey from his eyes and stared with rage at the hovering digimon. He growled and screamed, "Shell Needle…"

"Not so fast!" Black Tailmon shouted. Stegomon turned his attention to her, and her eyes began to glow. "Cat's Eye!"

The dinosaur trembled and twitched and he continued to stare at Black Tailmon. He wanted to turn away, but he was just simply unable to do so. "That's it," the feline said, in a clam voice, "Just stay calm, and everything will be fine. You don't want to hurt us, you're our friend…"

On the sidelines, Yariko turned to Noriko. "I don't understand, she can use hypnosis?"

Noriko nodded. "Hikari's Tailmon can use it too, but I don't know how many times she's used it. This is the first time Black Tailmon's tried it, I hope it works."

Stegomon began to breathe slowly, and his eyes began to droop. "That's right," Black Tailmon said, "Just calm down and we'll go to sleep…"

The dinosaur's eyes began to droop, he was feeling tired and was about to drift to sleep, when a blast of greenish flame struck Black Tailmon in the side. As soon as her concentration was lost, Stegomon returned to normal.

Black Tailmon rubbed her head. "What the hell was that?" She looked over and saw that the attack had come from Cerberumon, during his battle with Anomalocarimon X and Machgaogamon.

Anomalocarimon X panted heavily as he stared at the demon dog. Cerberumon tackled the crustacean to the ground and began to rip and snarl at him. Anomalocarimon X pulled his tail back and struck the blade between the demon dog's eyes. "Stinger Surprise!"

Cerberumon screamed as he stumbled backwards. He even tripped over his back feet and landed on his rear. Machgoagamon charged forward, pulling his fist back. "Winning…."

The demon dog leapt back onto his feet, as he did, he smacked the bipedal wolf, throwing him backwards. He managed to land on his feet and continued to charge forward, his fists clenched tightly. He leapt into the air and slammed his fist directly into the injury from Anomalocarimon X's Tail Blade. The demon once again winced in pain.

The crustacean crossed his front pincers, then swung them apart, sending two blades of energy into the demon dog's face. His head was jerked back and he yelled in pain. Machgaogamon charged at the demon dog before dropping to the ground and sliding beneath Cerberumon's entire body and leapt back onto his feet. He clenched his knuckles and cried out, "Gaoga Tornado!"

He began to encircle the demon dog in a tight circle, punching and jabbing with all of his might. Cerberumon was assaulted over his entire body, and when Machgaogamon was finished, the demon dog was barely able to stand.

"S…Stegomon!" he shouted.

"Sorry, he's not gonna be much help."

Cerberumon shot his head around and saw a Patamon lying on the beach, snoring loudly. Black Taimon was standing in front of him, grinning. "Looks like Cat's Eye actually worked." She frowned, "I guess that means Hikari's Plotmon was right. Crap, that means I owe her now."

Cerberumon panted heavily as he stared at the four digimon assembled before him. "You don't frighten me!" he shouted, "I will kill you all!"

Anomalocarimon X placed his pincers into an X and threw them apart, sending two crossed blades of energy at the demon canine. Cerberumon leapt aside, but that left him open for an assault by Black Tailmon's Neko Punch technique, jabbing and punching into the side of his head.

The demon dog roared in anger. "Hell Fire!"

Green flames began to spew from his mouth, heading straight for Black Tailmon and Anomalocarimon X. Before it could strike them, however, Butterflymon darted in front and shouted out, "Sweet Pheromone!" The scales beneath her wings began to absorbed the flames before fluttering rapidly and firing bolts of lighting into Cerberumon, causing him to roar in pain.

Machgoagomon charged forward. He jumped into the air so he was level with Cerberumon's head. "Winning Knuckle," he grinned. He pulled his fist back and flung it forward as hard as he could, smashing it into his nose. Cerberumon stumbled backwards, before he regressed to his Child form of Black Gabumon.

Noriko turned towards Yamag and his new ally, Lt. Ivan, "Well, look who won."

Ivan did not seem to care, while Yamag was trembling with rage. "Blad Gabumon, grab him and retreat!"

His partner did not reply as he grabbed the snoring Patamon and ran past the humans to dive into the black truck. Ivan soon followed, and Yamag stared at his enemies. "This isn't over, not by a long shot!" He spun around and dove into the truck moments before it sped into the distance.

"Of course it's not over!" Yariko shouted, "You're part of me!" She gave a quick glance to Koji, then shouted again, "Part of us!"

Koji stared down at the shield, "Let's just get back to Tokyo, and hope that Miayag has some good new for us."

Jyou nodded. "Just let me get my deposit back, and we'll head home." He turned around and the color drained from his face; lying in shrapnel a few feet before him was the remains of the scuba gear that he had rented.

"Ahh!" he screamed, almost ripping the hair from his head.

"Hey, calm down Jyou," Gomamon X said, "Maybe the guy'll be understanding if we tell him that it got damaged in a fight."

The older man sighed as he reached into his back pocket, "Well, whatever, we got the weapon, so at least it was worth it." His hand fished inside his pocket for a moment but found nothing. "Hey, where's my wallet?"

111

Miayag was seated at the desk in Taichi's room, with the Machina Codex lying on the surface. She had been searching through the ancient tome for the past few hours. She paused momentarily to recall the day when this book had been freed from its prison. It was the day her congregation, the Digitalatri, invaded the city known as Nightsun, in the former Digital World. She did not like to remember those days; she chose to believe it was a different person who was so ruthless and bloodthirsty, and in many ways it was.

"How's it going?"

She glanced to the door and saw her Plotmon trotting inside. She ran a hand through her hair and lend back in the seat. "I think I need a rest."

Her partner did smile. "The others are back."

She simply nodded. "I hope they have better news for us then I do for them."

They walked into the living room, where Sora's group and Noriko's group had returned. Hikari was welcoming them back, and her cousin slowly entered the fray. She smiled as she saw a blond-haired head among the others. "Hello Michael Barton."

The American turned to her. He nodded slightly. "Hey."

The Priestess smiled. "I was happy to hear that Mimi gave birth to your son, how is she?"

He shrugged. "She's all right, just a little tired."

She turned to the others. "How did you fare?"

Takuya grinned as he held up the bow that he liberated from KomagaTake and Koji simply held up the shield. Miayag gasped in surprise. "You were successful! Excellent."

"Whose are they?" Koji asked.

She nodded. "Yes, that is the Shield of Glaucio, First Chosen of Metal." She turned to Koji, "And that is the Bow of Abungu, First Chosen of Forest."

"Are you sure?" Noriko asked.

"I have read the entire Machina Codex this day, I am certain." She then frowned, "And it would have to be those two…"

"What?" Sora asked, "What do you mean?"

"As you are aware, in order to activate those weapons, they would need the power of Forest and Metal, yet, those that held that power are…no longer with us."

Sora nodded slowly. "Keeya and Iduia."

"So what does that mean?" Noriko asked, "They're useless to us?"

Miayag began to rub her chin, "Perhaps not." She turned to Michael, "You received the ability to evolve Betamon X to Megaseadramon X from Iduia, correct?"

He nodded. "Yes…"

"Then maybe the Shield of Metal can be of use to us, as the Power of Metal is within Michael."

"Really?" he asked.

"Perhaps, but we would only know for certain if we were to attempt it."

Michael glanced to his partner. The reptile digimon shrugged. "I'm game if you are."

"We can try that later," Sora said, staring at Miayag, "Did you find out anything about putting Taichi back together?"

She hesitated for a moment, then glanced to the floor. "I…I am sorry," she said, "I have spent this entire day searching through the Machina Codex, to see if there may be some means, but…I have not found any. And to be perfectly honest, I do not have anymore ideas."

Sora felt her heart began to fall. "You mean….that's it? There's nothing we can do?"

She smiled. "You mustn't think that way, there will be a way to return them to normal, we need only find it."

The redhead turned her attention to Takuya, and she only thought of Taichi.

"This is just great!" Plotmon X grumbled, "Ya got any more good news?"

Takuya hesitated for a moment. "Um…we didn't get these weapons without….trouble…"

"What trouble?" Miayag asked.

"Miach was there."

"And Yamag was after our weapon," Koji frowned, "They're apparently working with Hypnos."

"Hypnos?" Hikari gasped, "M….Mitsuo….? No, he wouldn't, he…just wouldn't do something like this!"

"How can you be so sure?" Noriko asked, "He lied for so long, maybe he's nothing like you think he is."

"But…" She glanced to the ground. Sora limped over and hugged her tightly.

There was a silence in the room, until Miayag cleared her throat. "Well, why don't we attempt to see if Michael can use the Shield of Metal?"

"Where?" he asked.

"Why not the roof of this building?"

"Sounds good to me."

They all traveled to the building's roof except for Hikari and Plotmon X, who had decided to make dinner for their guest and Tanna and Yariko, who were watching their infant counterparts. On the roof, Takuya and Koji were standing off to the side, while Jyou stood near the door. Noriko and Sora looked on nervously as Michael and Betamon X stood near the roof, with the Shield of Glaucio in his hand.

"Are we sure this is a good idea?" the Daughter of Darkness asked, "I mean, remember what happened to Yamato and Taichi."

Miayag nodded. "Yes, from what you have told me, while Taichi and Yamato possessed the Katana of Fire and the Shotguns of Lucien, you and Maria attempted to energize those weapons, but your power of Darkness and her power of Earth were not compatible. This time, however, Michael already possesses the power of Metal, which he received from the Daughter of Metal, Iduia Ramiro. The only problem we may face is that there is not enough of her power within him to activate that weapon, in which case, the worst that may happen is that they simply will not evolve. There should not be any harm done."

"Are you sure?" Jyou asked, "I mean, I was there when Taichi…kinda went nuts."

Michael glanced over his shoulder, "Well, I was there when Yamato went nuts, so I'm probably more scared then any of you, but I'm willing to give it a shot."

Miayag smiled, "Nothing will happen, I am certain."

Her Plotmon rolled her eyes. "Just great, are you trying to get us all killed?"

"Your superstitions are not appreciated," she replied.

Michael glanced down at Betamon X. "Are you ready?"

He shrugged. "As ready as I'll ever be, I guess."

The blond man nodded and gripped the back handle of the shield tightly. "All right, here we go."

Miayag stood behind them, "Just clear your thoughts, think only of evolving, think only of merging together. Now, gather your energy, and evolve."

Betamon X took a deep breath and shouted out, "Betamon X evolve to…"

The others all held their breaths and waited…

…yet, nothing happened.

Michael frowned and stared at the shield. "Do you feel anything?"

He shrugged. "Kinda, but, it's like…I don't know, like it wants to do something, but it can't."

She nodded. "It is just as I feared, you simply do not have the energy required to activate it."

"I want to try again," he said. He glanced at his partner, "If that's okay with you."

He nodded. "Yeah, I want to try until we get this right."

Hikari smiled. "I admire your determination, it reminds me of Taichi."

Takuya yawned. "Well, this is getting boring, call me when something happens." He turned and began to walk inside, then turned back around. "Hey Jyou, heads up!"

The older man blinked as Takuya threw the Bow of Abungu into his hands. "Don't throw that!" he gasped.

Koji stared at the goggle-wearer, "Where are you going?"

"The can," he replied, walking downstairs with his Agumon following.

Sora chuckled slightly. "I think he got Taichi's mannerisms too."

Michael continued his attempt to activate the shield, but as before, he was unsuccessful. The last attempt was the most successful, as the weapon actually began to glow, but still, it simply was not enough.

"Damn," he panted, resting the shield on the roof.

Miayag nodded slightly. "Maybe it would be best if you were to have a rest."

"Yeah…yeah…"

Jyou walked over. "Don't worry about it, you gave it your best shot."

He patted him on the back, and then all hell broke loose. Without any warning, the Shield of Glaucio began to exploded with light, as did the Bow of Abungu, which was still in Jyou's hands. Both young men were enveloped by the mixture of gray and green light. Their partners had only a moment to be shocked, because they too were soon pulled into the twirling sphere of light. The other Chosen and digimon leapt to safety as the cyclone of light floated into the night sky and exploded into a long, serpent creature, which was covered with metal armor.

"What the hell just happened?" Noriko screamed, staring at Miayag.

The Priestess could only stare, "They…they have evolved into Metalseadramon."

"Metalseadramon X, you mean," her Plotmon added.

"I don't know," Noriko's Plotmon said, "He kinda looks like Gigaseadramon…"

"How?" Noriko shouted again, "You said he didn't have enough energy."

She shook her head, "I…I do not….Wait, p-perhaps….when Jyou touched Michael's shoulder, the…the energy within Jyou, that of Water that he received from Lynna Jeffry, mingled with the power of Metal within Michael."

"But you said there wasn't enough power!" Noriko shouted back.

The Priestess nodded. "Yes, yes, but, the power of Water within Jyou may have given Michael enough energy to active his weapon. It would not be out of the question, as Taichi and Yamato needed two powers: Taichi had Earth and Fire, while Yamato had Darkness and Light before they could achieve the Mega level."

"But how?" Sora asked.

She began to nod to herself, pleased that she had arrived at a conclusion. "Because the Shield of Metal wanted to evolve them, but it did not have enough energy, so it was seeking that power, and when Jyou touched Michael, the shield pulled the power of water into itself, and thus, they evolved together."

The redhead blinked. "Um…all right, if you say so, but…how can the Shield of Metal work with…Water?"

Piyomon looked to her, "And Jyou was holding the Bow too."

Noriko's Plotmon nodded, "And the Bow of Forest isn't compatible with Metal or Water."

The Priestess smiled. "It was successful, a miracle in itself."

Sora stared up at Metalseadramon X, who was still merely hovering in the sky. "This is making me really nervous."

Koji narrowed his eyes, "How are we sure they're still in control?"

"I am sure they are," Miayag said, "But maybe it would be a good idea to make certain." She stepped towards the edge of the roof and stared up at the hovering digimon. "Metalseadramon X!" she called.

There was no response.

She frowned slightly. "Michael! Betamon X!" she called, "Jyou! Gomamon X!"

There was still no response.

She tried to hide her worry; it had to have worked correctly, it just had to. Yet, the digimon still refused to even move, maybe their had been an error in evolution, and his body could not handle the energy and experienced what computers do when they 'freeze.' She was about to give this reason to the others, when her Plotmon called out to him. "Hey, are you awake up there?"

Metalseadramon X twisted his head down to the roof and seemed to notice them for the first time.

"I've got a bad feeling about this!" Noriko shouted.

The metallic Mega's eyes drifted past the humans until he focused on the digimon. He suddenly roared with might and power. The Chosen and digimon on the roof used their arms to shield their faces from the force of the blast of wind. Piyomon and Plotmon were both sent sailing backwards where they crashed into the satellite dish, actually succeeding in bashing a hole through the back.

"Are you guys okay?" Sora shouted.

Piyomon attempted to stand, but she quickly lost her balance and fell onto Plotmon, who appeared to be unconscious. Before their two partners could even call out their names, a mighty roar blasted through the night sky. The Deep Saver shot towards them, mouth open wide.

Koji braced himself as Gaomon leapt into the air, his body covered with energy as he evolved to his highest form, Machgoagamon. The wolf man slammed his fist the mega's jaw, sending him twirling into the sky. The wolf twisted in the sky and landed gracefully on an adjacent building roof. Metalseadramon X snarled and fired a large blue torpedo of energy from his mouth. Machgaogamon leapt out of the way and the attack struck the various antennas on the roof, obliterating them instantly.

"I knew this was a bad idea!" Noriko shouted.

"You're not helping!" Sora shouted back, "Miayag, what's…?"

The Priestess only stared at the battle. "I…I…."

Her Plotmon looked up to her. "Megumi…"

Sora sighed and shook her head. "All right, fine. We need Takuya, now!"

However, there was no need, as the sudden loss of the soccer game on television, caused Takuya and his Agumon to come charging onto the roof. "What the hell are you guys do…" His voice stopped as he stared into the sky and saw Metalseadramon X fighting Machgaogamon."

"What the fuck?"

"What are you doing?" Koji shouted, "He needs help!"

He blinked. "Uh, right."

His Agumon quickly evolved to RiseGreymon and flew into the sky. Machgaogamon was standing on a building roof and chuckled slightly. "It's about time you got here."

"Yeah yeah…" he muttered, "What the hell's going on?"

He pointed to Metalseadramon X, "That's Michael, Betamon, Jyou and Gomamon."

He blinked. "What?"

"They Jogressed together or something, the point is, we can't hurt them."

"So what do you suggest we do?"

The Deep Saver roared and shot forward and the two Fully Evolved digimon dove to the side. "I'm just trying to stay alive right now!"

Metalseadramon X spun around and caught sight of Risegreymon. He opened his mouth and fired another spear of blue energy. The dinosaur used his gun barrel arm to bat the energy aside, then pointed the same gun at the metal serpent. "Trident Revolver!"

As before, three bullets fired quickly from the barrel and struck Metalseadramon X in the side of his nose. His head was thrown back and he actually did roar in pain.

"What did I tell you?" Machgaogamon shouted, "We can't.."

He was not able to finish as the Deep Saver whipped his tail around and smacked him in the back, throwing him off of the roof. Risegreymon swooped down and grabbed him before he would have smashed into the pavement.

"I thought you knew how to watch your back," the dinosaur remarked with a smirk, dropping him onto the roof.

Machgoagamon turned to retort back, but instead roared as loud as he could, sending the sound waves through his cannons. Risegreymon spun around just in time to see Metalseadramon X sailing backwards under the force of the wolf's attack. If Machgaogamon had not executed his Howling Cannon, the Deep Saver would have punctured the dinosaur's back.

"Why don't you watch your own back, buddy," the wolf smirked in response.

On the roof, the others watched their battle with heated intensity. After watching Metalseadramon X bash his head into Risegreymon, and Machgaogamon trying to help his friend while not hurting his other friends, Miayag's Plotmon twisted her head to her partner. "Megumi, aren't we gonna help them?"

The Priestess did not respond. Instead, she threw her Staff of Yuushi onto the roof. "This was my doing! It was my…tenacity, my stubbornness, my…unyielding arrogance!" She twirled to Noriko and Sora, "You did warn me, but I would not listen, I would not hear it! I knew it all, I knew everything, and now…now I have yet again caused you all harm."

"She's got more in common with Taichi then she realizes," Sora muttered.

Miayag collapsed to the ground, holding her head, "What good am I? I tried to do as Taichi would, but I have failed, miserably."

"And Hikari," the redhead added.

The door to the roof suddenly swung open, and the young woman in question, and Plotmon X, charged onto the top of the building. "What's going on up…" she, too, found she could not speak as saw Metalseadramon X in the sky, fighting against Risegreymon and Machgaogamon.

"Hikari!" Sora gasped.

"What's going on?"

The Daughter of Fire began to explain it to her, mentioning to Miayag. When Hikari saw her cousin collapsed on the roof, she rushed to her side. "Megumi?"

"This is my doing, my fault," she said, "I just wanted to With Miayag in regret and sorrow, her Plotmon was not able to evolve, added to that, Sora's Piyomon and Noriko's Plotmon were both still injured from their trip through the satellite dish, so Takuya's Risegreymon and Koji's Machgaogamon were on their own. Fortunately, these two Fully Evolved digimon were anything but weak.

Machgoagamon was stranded on the building's roof as Risegreymon and Metalseadramon X hovered in the sky. There was silence for a moment, before the metal serpent shot forward, his teeth open wide. Risegreymon whipped his hands around and caught the edges of the open jaw, halting the Deep Savers forward movement. However, his momentum remained the same, and his serpent body coiled forward, wrapping tightly around the dinosaur.

The Dragon Roar member pushed Metalseadramon X's jaw away from him as best he could. "Come on, guys," he said, "If you're in there, you've got to fight it, come on, you wouldn't want to eat me anyway, I'd probably make you shit for a week."

On the rooftop below them, Machgaogamon readied his fists. The Cyborg digimon crouched down as far as he could, then leapt into the air with as much force as he could call upon; once he had reached Metalseadramon X, he pulled his fist back and shouted, "Winning Knuckle!" He slammed his fist forward as hard as he could, sending a shock wave through the metal serpent's body. It did not cause him to release his prisoner, but his eyes did slowly drift towards the wolf man. Before the serpent could form an attack, Machgaogamon unleashed a series of quick Winning Knuckles in such quick succession, that his strength finally gave out and he released Risegreymon from his grip. The wolf and the Deep Saver then both began to fall towards the ground. Risegreymon could only save one, and he grabbed Machgaogamon, leaving Metalseadramon X to crash into the street below. Thankfully, the drivers had jumped clear of their vehicles seconds before they were crushed.

Hikari pulled herself away from her cousin and peered over the ledge. She gasped and placed a hand over her mouth; Metalseadramon X lay motionless in the street below, surrounded by glass and shattered metal. "W…Oh my God! Are they….they're all right, right?"

No one could answer her.

Takuya shrugged. "Well, at least we stopped him before he hurt anybody."

Koji snorted, "Yeah, lucky us…"

The other young man glanced to his partner. "Risegreymon, put Machgaogamon down, and then go see if you can move Metalseadramon."

His dinosaur partner nodded and was about to place Machgoagomon on the roof, when the ground below them suddenly exploded with light. All eyes watched with horror and awe as Metalseadramon's glowing body ascended back into the night sky. After a moment, they merely thought he was about to regress back into his previous forms, but this did not occur, however. His body began to twist and change, shrinking and growing, until a completely different digmon took his place.

"What the hell is that?" Takuya gasped.

Koji shook his head, "He…he…I don't know. It's a digimon, thought."

"Duh, but who?"

"Plesiomon," Plotmon X answered.

"Plesiomon X!" Miayag's Plotmon stressed.

"Yeah, whatever."

Risegreymon and Machgaogamon stared at the newly-formed digimon floated back into the sky.

"Just great," the wolf muttered.

The dinosaur shrugged as best he could, "Well, ya ready for round two?"

Despite the situation, the wolf smiled, "Yeah, bring it on!"

To be continued……..