My name is Tanna…Tanna Yagami if you want to get technical. But, the strange thing is, my name is really Taichi Yagami, yeah, that's a guy's name, but if Tanna sounds like a girl's name, you'd be right, because I am a girl. Confused? I sure as hell am.

You see, I'm the feminine part of Taichi Yagami, merged with the power of Wind that he got from Anna Danika when they fought GranDracmon. Taichi and Yamato Ishida fought the Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro, and, well, simply put, they lost, in the worst way. But instead of dying, their data got separated into their different personalities, each one merged with a power of the Daughter of the First Chosen.

But what made the First Chosen so powerful was their Holy Weapons. My cousin, the Priestess Miayag, has the Staff of Yuushi, Takuya-Taichi's heroic side, has the Katana of Fire, Koji, Yamato's heroic side, has the Shotguns of Lucien, and the rest were hidden in the Digital World, but that world was destroyed, and they came to Earth, two fell to Japan, the Bow of Abungu and the Shield of Metal. Miayag thought that Michael might be able to use the Shield, but when he tried, he, Betamon X, Jyou and Gomamon X got pulled together into Metalseadramon X. Risegreymon and Machgaogamon beat him, but then he changed into a different digimon, Plesiomon X!

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Digimon Gog

The Weapons of the Gods:

Chapter 3

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Located on the Tokyo Bay waterfront, was an waterfront warehouse that had recently been purchased by the government agency known as Hypnos, It was originally going to be used as storage, but their chief scientist, Akihrio Kurata, had forged the papers necessary to utilize it first. Inside the abandoned building, a group of engineers were constructing a large metallic circle that was only inches from the ceiling.

Kurata stood on the balcony and was overseeing the operation. If he could not construct this Digital Gate, his life could very well be in danger. The Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro, had killed Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida, what defense could he pose?

"Commander!"

Kurata turned and saw Captain Kouki and his Gotsumon partner approaching. "Yes, what is it?"

"Sir, I have some unfortunate news to report."

"What?"

"Both teams have failed to recover the weapons."

He nodded slowly. "They were taken by the X-Chosen?"

Kouki nodded. "Yes."

The color drained from the middle-aged man's face. He saw visions of his death at the hands of the Fallen Chosen. The only way to safeguard his life was to keep this information quiet until they could recover those weapons from the other Chosen. He was about to tell Kouki his plan, when both men heard an elderly voice from above.

"We didn't get the weapons?"

Kurata's face almost turned completely pale white while Kouki stood instantly at attention. They glanced up to the rafters and saw the elderly Tatsuo Juro crouched on the wooden I-beams. He used his arms to descend to the lower balcony and landed before them. "M…Master Juro!" Kouki managed to salute.

He only stared. "Your teams could not secure the two weapons?"

He shook his head. "No, sir…"

"And Takenouchi and Kawada have them."

"Yes sir."

Juro reached into his jacket pocket and removed his Flail of Chance. "Then it would appear that I must take this it my own hands. Kouki, come with me, Kurata I want that gate finished by the time I return."

Kurata frowned as turned back to watch the Hypnos technicians begin to weld the giant metal circle together. "I've got to get out of this deal."

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In Shinjuku, atop the apartment building in which Hikari's apartment was located, hovered the Mega digimon, Plesiomon X. Risegreymon and Machgaogamon stood atop an adjacent building, staring at the floating Deep Saver.

Down below, atop Hikari's apartment building, stood the Chosen, except for Jyou, Michael, Gomamon X and Betamon X. While attempting to utilize the Shield of Metal, they were pulled into each other and evolved to Metalseadramon X, but the metallic Deep Saver was defeated by Risegreymon and Machgaogamon, yet another digimon soon took his place.

"I don't understand," Sora said, shaking her head, "Where did he come from? He was Metalseadramon X a minute ago!"

"Slide Evoution," Miayag replied, "I had heard rumors, but I did not think such a feat was possible."

"What do you mean?" Hikari asked.

"Metalseadramon X was undoubtedly the Mega form of Betamon X, and once he was defeated, the Mega form of Gomamon X, Plesiomon X appeared. Metalseadramon X slide evolved to Plesiomon X."

Takuya glanced at her, "Yeah, well, who cares how it happened, we still have to get rid of him."

"They're still our friends inside," Koji shouted, "We can't hurt them!"

"Well, I'm not letting them run lose all over the city and risk hurting countless people! Risegreymon, do what you have to."

The dinosaur man stared down Plesiomon X and narrowed his eyes. "All right, listen up, you've got only one chance to surrender, you'd better take it."

The Deep Saver simply roared.

Risegreymon sighed and pointed his giant revolver arm at him. "Fine, if that's the way you want it, then you're gonna regret it! "Trident Revolver!" Three metallic bullets erupted from the barrel and shot towards the Deep Saver. Plesiomon X opened his mouth and roared as loud as he could, sending out a shockwave that destroyed the three bullets and even threw Risegreymon backwards. He tried to right himself, but before he could, Plesiomon X whipped around behind him, flipped his tail around and fired a mighty jet of water that slammed into the dinosaur's back at point-blank range. Risegreymon was flung into the ground where he smashed into the pavement.

"Oh shit!" Takuya screamed, "Risegreymon!"

Koji stared at Pelsiomon X, then twisted his head to the building on the left where Machgaogamon was standing. "All right, buddy, you've got to take him down, but please try not to hurt him!"

"I'll do my best," the wolf said, "But I can't promise anything."

Plesiomon X glared at Machgaogamon and roared. The wolf braced himself through the sound-wave onslaught, but the screams were too much for him. He had to cancel out the waves, so he took a deep breath and screamed as well. "Howling Cannon!"

His cannons began to fire waves of sound that smashed into Plesiomon X's sound waves, shattering most of the glass windows in the area. Machgaogamon leapt into the air until he was level with Plesiomon X. He pulled his fist back. "Winning Knuckle!" He punched the Deep Saver in the snout as hard as he could. Plesiomon X hovered back slightly, but he slammed his head as hard as he could into Machgoagomon's head. This head-butt proved too much for the already-weakened Cyborg and he fell to the ground as well.

"Oh fuck!" Takuya screamed, "That's it, we're done."

Sora and Noriko glanced at their partners, still too injured from their recent trip through the satellite dish. "We're out, sorry."

Hikari pulled her digivice from her skirt pocket. "All right, Plotmon, it's up to us."

Her X-digimon nodded and charged forward. "Right! I'm ready when you are!"

"Juushi, wait!"

She turned when she heard her cousin all out to her. "We should do this together," Miayag said, walking to stand beside her. She held the Staff of Yuushi tightly, "Kuzuhamon will surely be of great aid."

Hikari smiled and nodded. "Yeah, thank you." She turned back around. "All right, Plotmons, let's…"

Before she could respond, Plesiomon X executed another of his Sorrow Blue attack, that struck into the building roof at full force. Sora, back to using her crutches, was easily caught in the shockwave, but as she was thrown back, she twisted around and fell through the door feet first, or in her case, foot first. She was able to grab the hand rails and stop herself before she fell down the stairs.

Takuya and Koji were able to weather the shockwaves, and Noriko slid backwards, but remained on her feet. Hikari grabbed an antenna to keep herself from flying backwards, but Miayag was caught full force and sent tumbling across the roof. The only thing that saved her from falling from the roof was the ledge of the opposite side. Unfortunately, she hit it with her head.

"Megumi!" her Plotmon shouted, running as fast she could to her partner's side. "Megumi, are you okay?"
The Priestess slowly lifted her head, only to have it fall back to her chest.

Hikari stared at Plesiomon X, then twisted around. Her cousin was lying unconscious on the ground, but she had dropped the Staff of Yuushi. Hikari glanced back at Plesiomon X. She took a deep breath and grabbed the weapon.

"Hikari, what are you doing?" Takuya shouted.

The brown-haired young woman gripped the weapon tightly. "I am a granddaughter of Yuushi too. The power that I had when I was a kid was probably an aspect of Yuushi's Fate power, I still have some of those abilities…."

"You can't!" Takuya shouted again, "Look what it did to Jyou and Michael!"

"I have to try," she said, gripping it even tighter. She tried to call upon the power that she long felt within her. She did feel something bubble up from within, but it was no where near as strong as she thought.

She had just begun to lose hope, when behind her, Miayag slowly opened her eyes and saw Hikari holding the Staff of Yuushi. The Priestess instantly realized what her cousin was attempting. Miayag was barely conscious, despite her mighty power, a simple blow to the head was still potent enough to knock her out. Before unconsciousness claimed her once more, with great effort, she lifted her palm and fired a beam of gold light that struck the brown-haired woman in the back. Before Hikari could even comprehend what had occurred, the Staff of Yuushi began to glow and she and Plotmon X were pulled towards one another. They became enveloped in an explosion of light.

"Plotmon X warp evolve to…."

Hikari's body instantly turned to data, and was absorbed by her partner. Plotmon X's body grew larger, becoming longer and snake-like. Purple fur sprouted along her body, wings erupted from her back and black and white stripped horns shot from her head.

"…Holydramon X!"

The massive dragon hovered above the roof, the light from the evolution faded. Noriko panted. "I…I don't like this…"

Plesiomon X did not seem frightened-he did not even seem to care. He kept his attention focused on the Chosen on the roof. He whipped his tail around and fired another geyser of water. The humans and digimon on the roof braced themselves for the attack that would probably kill them, but Holydramon X shot in front of the blast, taking the water attack at full force. Once the geyser had stopped, the purple dragon slammed her head into Plesiomon X, throwing him further into the sky. Before the Deep Saver could respond, the Holy Dragon whipped him with her tail, throwing him further away.

"She's moving him away from the city!" Takuya grinned, "Their in control! Yeah, that's my sister! I knew she'd handle it, I wasn't worried at all!"

Koji shot him a glance, but then turned back. "I wish I could see what's going on out there."

Takuya blinked, then ran to the edge of the building and looked to the street. Risegreymon was still lying in the shattered pavement.

"Risegreymon!" he shouted, "Quit sleeping and get up here!"

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Holydramon X had forced Plesiomon X over the water of Tokyo Bay. Once they were safely away from innocent people, the Holy Dragon hovered back to a safe distance. She stared at the Deep Saver before speaking in a deep, rough, feminine voice. "Plesiomon," she said, "Please, you don't want to do this."

Plesiomon X answered by screaming as loud as he could. Holydramon X braced herself and weathered the attack. "I'm not going to fight you!" she shouted.

The Deep Saver fired another Sorrow Blue attack, but once again, Holydramon X did not retaliate. "Please," she said, "Jyou, Michael, Gomamon, Betamon, I know you're in there. The power, it's so easy to lose yourselves, but you've got to regain control!"

Plesiomon X roared again, but this time it was only a roar, not Sorrow Blue. Holydramon X saw this as a good sign and continued. "You're lost, you can't find yourselves, but you've got to!"

The Deep Saver began to fire rounds of his Water Tail Blaster, but the Holy Dragon did not move, and simply winced with every strike. "T…think about Mimi!" she shouted, "Think about Kiku! Think about your sons! Use them as a beacon! Find your way back!"

Plesiomon X ceased his attack and simply stared at Holydramon X. "Please," the dragon said, "You have the strength, you can do it."

The Deep Saver remained motionless for a while longer before his body finally began to glow in bright light. He began to fall towards the water below, and his body separated into four figures: Gomamon X, Betamon X, Michael and Jyou. The two humans were still holding tight to Glaucio's Shield of Metal and Abungu's Bow of Forest. Holydramon X stared in horror as her unconscious friends were moments from vanishing beneath the waves when an armored bird suddenly appeared from nowhere. It grabbed the falling Chosen and Digimon and swooped back into the air. Holydramon X blinked as was able to make out a human male seated on the bird's back…a Chosen and a digimon, of course.

"Hey!" she shouted, about to fly after them, but the bird continued to climb higher into the sky until it was at the same altitude as the Holy Dragon. She twisted her head around and was able to see that the giant bird had stopped next to a small floating platform of some kind, like a hover-board or something. Riding that hover-board was a figure that she could never forget, the Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro.

Juro crossed his arms as he stared at the dragon. "I have seen Yagami and Ishida fuse with their digimon, I know that Miayag is capable of such a feat, but neither I nor Kurata was able to understand how that was possible, now we know, it is the Weapons of the First Chosen. Very interesting."

Holydramon X had heard everything he had just said, but her ears focused on only one word. "Kurata?" she asked, her voice quavering, "But…he's the one from Hypnos, right?"

Juro smirked. "Ah, you're worried that your lover, Yamaki, is behind this, right?"

The Dragon hesitated, waiting for him to give an answer, but he only turned to the man riding the armored bird. "Captain Kouki, please return those…specimens, to Kurata at once."

"No!" Holydramon X shouted.

Juro sneered. "Those weapons will be mine!" He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a familiar Digi-tama. He tossed it into the air, where it exploded into a familiar creature that sent a shiver down her spine.

"Metal Piranhmon."

"I'm glad that you remember me," the Deep Saver chuckled, stretching out his fins.

"Of course, you killed my brother!"

Metal Piranhmon turned to face Juro. "I thought Plotmon X was a part of her as well."

"I am both Plotmon X and Hikari Yagami," Holydramon X answered.

"And yet you speak of your brother…"

"Agumon was always like an older brother to Plotmon too. So you did more then just destroy one sibling relationship."

"Oh please!" Juro sighed, "You keep going on and on about us killing Yagami and Ishida, but if you haven't noticed, we failed! The only thing we succeeded in doing was making more of them! Takuya could easily be a replacement for Taichi, and as for Tanna…well, I'm sure you wanted a sister."

"I didn't need one," Holydramon X replied, "Taichi and Agumon were the only siblings I wanted."

Juro crossed his arms and mentioned once more the Captain Kouki. "Go, I will hold her off."

"Sir!" he saluted, "Thunderbirdmon, let's move at once!"

Juro turned back to Holydramon X and gave a slight smile. "He's a little over-anxious, but what can I say, I have no legal seniority over him, he follows what I say because Kurata told him to. A perfect soldier, one that will be rewarded when I have achieved my goal."

"What goal is that?" Holydramon X sneered.

"I will make this world a perfect place; I will eliminate all class systems, no more upper, middle, lower, no more rich or poor. All will be equal."

"That's impossible! It's the differences that make us who we are."

"Differences, yes, persecution and arrogance? No, that is not needed. You should know this better then anyone, were you treated as an equal when you joined the other Chosen?"

"What are you talking about? Of course I was."

"I was not merely speaking to the part of you that is Hikari, but the entire whole. I am saying, the part of you that is Plotmon, were you treated as an equal? Did the others trust you after your time with Myotismon?"

"Yes."

"Are you certain?" he asked, "Because the tales that were told to me by Miach and Yamag were that Hikari was just a weak, sick child that always needed to be protected, while Tailmon was a security risk that they really didn't want."

The dragon did not answer, but she was clearly affected, as her eyes twitched slightly. "Yes," Juro smiled, "I'm telling the truth, aren't I?"

Holydramon X continued to stare at him. "Miach is my brother's dark side, so he might just be lying. Or…or is it because he's his dark side that he doesn't care if he tells the truth? Was I really just a liability to the others? No, that can't be true! It can't be!"

"That's not going to work!" Holydramon X shouted defiantly.

Juro sighed. "Very well, I thought that you would understand how I felt, seeing as how you were the one that joined late, just as I was."

"Why? When we first met, you said the same thing! Why do you want me to join with you so badly?"

He sighed once again. "Because, Hikari…" He stared at Holydramon X directly in the face, "Because, Yuushi was not your grandfather. I am your grandfather."

Holydramon X's eyes opened as wide as they could. "W…what?"

Juro's face was serious for another moment before he began to laugh. "No, sorry, I've been dying to try out that line for a while now."

The dragon's eyes turned back into narrow slits.

"No," Juro continued, chuckling slightly, "I wanted you to join me, simply because I felt a similar spirit. I thought you would understand where I am coming from."

She sighed, "Maybe I do, but that doesn't mean I'll forgive you for what you did! Now, either get out of my way, or I'm going through you!"

Metal Piranhmon roared with laughter. "You…you are newly evolved, and you think you can defeat me? I have been fighting long before you were born and/or hatched! But very well, if you truly want a fight, then so be it!"

Holydramon X prepared herself, but before she was even able to look at the Deep Saver, he screamed, "3D Laser!"

The purple dragon had just enough time to brace herself as a beam of light shot from Metal Piranhmon's mouth, striking her in the side. She felt pain shoot through her entire body, but she managed to twist her long body around so that her tail was hanging below her. She took a deep breath, pulled her head back and expunged a massive flame that spiraled into Metal Piranhmon. The Deep Saver was not harmed, but he did wince, he actually winced! Holydramon X smiled slightly to herself. She was able to hurt him, not much, but it proved that he was not invincible!

"I don't know what you're smiling about!" he shouted, "Because things are about to get much worse! Max Power Vice!" He shot forward at full speed, biting down on her mid-section with his razor teeth. She roared in pain and struggled to break free. The Deep Saver whipped his tail around and the chain that connected his tail to the metal plunger wrapped tightly around her body. As he bit down, he pulled with his tail. Holydramon X struggled to break free before she was torn in half.

"Rising Destroyer!"

Metal Piranhmon's pupils glanced to his right just in time to see six large beams strike him in the side of his body. He released his grips on Holydramon X and hovered at attention before Juro. Both he and his insidious human partner watched as Risegreymon appeared in the sky. On his back was Takuya and Koji, while holding tightly to his legs was Machgaogamon.

"I'm so glad you are okay!" Holydramon X breathed a sigh of relief, "But a Hypnos agent took Jyou and the others!"

"Hypnos?" Koji asked, "He's working with Hypnos?"

Holydramon X nodded, sadly. "What if Mitsuo…"

Takuya growled as he clenched his fists. "If that bastard is responsible, then he's getting two beatings, one for this, and the other one for making Hikari cry like that! I'll kill him myself!"

"Easy," Koji said, "Calm down."

"Yeah…yeah…"

"Ya know," Risegreymon huffed, "It's hard enough dragging Machgaogamon, but with you two on my back, I'm not gonna be able to do much."

"Get on my back!" Holydramon X shouted, "I'll be able to maneuver even with passengers."

Takuya and Koji nodded at one another; then leapt onto the back of the purple dragon. All three digimon readied themselves to attack, but Metal Piranhmon struck first. "3D Laser!"

His attack was aiming for Risegreymon's feet, hoping to knock Machgaogamon from the dinosaur's grip, but Holydramon X executed her Holy Blaze technique, striking the Deep Saver in the side and throwing his aim off. His attack harmlessly struck the water.

Risegreymon swung his feet up, allowing Machgaogamon to twist around in the air before coming close enough to Metal Piranhmon. He executed his Winning Knuckle attack, slamming his fist into the piranha's side. He caught his metal plunger tail before falling into free fall, then used it to flip around his body higher into the Piranhmon followed him, but he took his eyes off of Risegreymon, who fired his Trident Revolver, striking his side with three chrome bullets. Metal Piranhmon was hurt, but he was still able to twirl around quickly, his metal tail whipping into Risegreymon's side with enough force to cause him to moan. Despite this injury, he was still able to grab Machgaogamon as the wolf fell from the sky.

"Is that the best you've got?" the Deep Saver asked, cracking his neck.

"I'm getting tired of him," Holydramon X said, "Let's see if this works. Apocalypse!"

She fired from her mouth a large ball of energy that shot into the sky. Once it was high enough, it exploded into countless glowing shards that began to fall towards the Earth.

"Oh, kick ass!" Risegreymon grinned, "You'll never dodge all of those!"

Behind Metal Piranhmon, Juro was still standing on his floating hover board. He grinned as he held up his Flail of Chance. Takuya and Koji instantly recognized what was about to happen, after all, it was how he killed Taichi and Yamato.

"Brace yourselves!" Koji ordered, "Something bad's about to happen!"

Juro held his weapon about his head and twirled the chain portion once. Suddenly, Holydramon X's energy shards changed direction and began to fall directly over her and the others. They tried to move out of the way, but they could not do so in time. The energy shards sliced through their bodies. Takuya and Koji were not hit, thankfully, but the three digimon were, and they began to fall. Risegreymon and Machgaogamon returned to Agumon and Gaomon, while Holydramon X split back into Hikari and Plotmon X. The two females should have lost consciousness, but they were stronger then even they thought, as they were fully awake. The young woman still had the Staff of Yuushi, which she held tightly to her body as she slammed into the water below. She broke through the surface a moment later.

As Takuya and Koji fell to Tokyo Bay, their eyes drifted to their digimon, who were falling at a slightly faster rate. The water quickly approached and they closed their eyes as they smashed through the surface. They emerged moments later, breathing deeply.

"He's gonna kill us," Koji panted.

"I know," Takuya shouted back, "We've got to think of something, fast!"

"We need to evolve," his Agumon said.

"But we can't," Gaomon replied, sadly, "At least not stronger then Metal Piranhmon."

"We can't give up!" Takuya protested.

"We can't beat them," Koji sighed, "We can't evolve to the Mega level, we can use the weapons correctly. If we were the real Taichi and Yamato we could."

"But we are," Takuya said, "We can! We can do it! We're pure Fire and Light! We've got the power, we just need to find the drive, the reason! I want to save Sora!"

"Noriko," Koji said.

"Our friends."

"The city."

Takuya grinned. "I want to save the whole world!"

Both young men heard a loud roar of laughter. They strained their necks to stare at Juro, who had his arms crossed while he stood on the hovering metallic circle. "Spare me your self-righteous rambling! I have heard it from your predecessors, those you call the First Chosen! Your comments mean nothing, you are still at the end of your lives."

His eyes glanced over to Hikari and Plotmon X, who were floating in the water. "I think I shall start with you!" He chuckled, "If I kill you as a human, not as a merged digimon, I shouldn't have to worry about dealing with four of you! Metal Piranhmon!"

His Deep Saver partner opened his metal jaws. "3D…"

Takuya suddenly screamed, his body erupting with flames of intense orange color. Koji stared at his friend, wondering how he had found the energy to fuel that rage. He instantly realized that it was the desire to protect Hikari. Koji thought about how he would react if Juro was about to kill Noriko right before his eyes. He was not sure if it was the energy he felt from Takuya, or simply the excitement o the situation, but he felt a rage filling up inside him as well. His body was not able to contain that rage and beams of light exploded from his chest. The two geysers of energy erupted into the sky and exploded.

"Agumon warp evolve to…ShineGreymon!" A giant robotic dragon man, with large sharp wings on his back and a wiggling metal tail.

"Gaomon warp evolve to…MirageGaogamon!" A bipedal wolf covered with blue armor, and three sharp claws on his gauntlets and a red cape billowing behind him.

Floating in the bay water, Hikari and Plotmon X both grinned as they stared up at the newly evolved digimon. As with Taichi, Yamato and Miayag, Takuya and Koji merged with their partners as they evolved to their mega forms.

Above, Juro was clearly surprised. "M...Megas?"

"Scared?" Shinegreymon chuckled.

"Don't bet on it!" Metal Piranhmon answered for his partner, "Take this! 3D Laser!"

He was aiming for ShineGreymon, but MirageGaogamon shot forward at incredible speed. "Gale Claw!" His energy-filled claw dissipated Metal Piranhmon's energy attack, and continued forward to slash his weapon across the Deep Saver's metal jaw. The sea digimon flipped around from the force, and his metal plunger-tail struck the wolf man on the nose. MirageGaogamon winced in pain, but remained in place. Metal Piranhmon did not give him even the slightest chance to recover. He executed his Max Power Vice , slamming his head into MirageGaogamon's wolf-shaped chest. As the wolf was caught in the recoil, the Deep Saver whipped his head around and slammed his sharp teeth into the wolf's leg.

"Let go of me!" he screamed, slashing his claws into the metal head, but without any use.

"Hang on, buddy!" ShineGreymon shouted, "Shining Burst!"

The glowing light from his wings struck Metal Piranhmon at full force, completely knocking him over. He released MirageGaogamon and the wolf shot back to his partner.

"You okay?" the Light Dragon asked.

"Just fine," the wolf snapped back, examining the wound in this side.

Metal Piranhmon quickly recovered and he shot back into battle. "Max Power Vice!"

He shot like a rocket, slamming his head into ShineGreymon's chest before the Dragon could react. He whipped his hands around and grabbed the sides of the Deep Saver's head. He crashed his knee deep into Metal Piranhmon's underside, but the sea digimon did not even wince. Instead, he swung his tail around, striking SineGreymon in the side of the head. The Light Dragon's grip remained strong, and despite his continual assault, MetalPiranhmon was not able to flee.

Instead, he was assaulted from the side by repeated jabs from MirageGaogamon's sharp gauntlet claws, yet, the wolf discovered to his horror that Metal Piranhmon's scales were just as tough as his metallic head. The Deep Saver chuckled, and the wolf sneered.

"You're going to regret that!" He shot back to a safe distance and began to gather energy within his hands. He took a deep breath and began to fire crescent-shaped shockwaves from his hands. "Double Crescent Mirage!"

Metal Piranhmon chuckled and used his plunger-tail to wrap around ShineGreymon's head and yanked down as hard as he could, using the Light Dragon as a shield. ShineGreymon was hit multiple times in the back, but he was still able to punch the Deep Saver on the snout as hard as he could. He was sure that he had hurt his hand, but he continued his assault. "Think you're tough, huh? Try this, jack-ass! Glorious Burst!"

Light exploded from his wings, completely enveloping the Deep Saver. ShineGreymon was certain that he had obliterated his enemy, but when the light faded, he discovered to his horror that Metal Piranhmon was very much alive, and he did not even appear harmed.

"Nice technique," the Deep Saver chuckled, "Pretty hard, but Wargreymon X punches harder."

ShineGreymon's eyes flinched.

"That's right. You're not Wargreymon X, you might think you are, but you're not. How can a…a shard of Yagami and Agumon X think they could defeat what their whole being could do!"

"Shut the fuck up!" MirageGaogamon shouted.

Metal Piranhmon laughed. "Fine, then let's get on with this. I can keep this up all day, but it looks like you're still not use to your new forms yet, Then let's see how far we can push this…"

"Metal Piranhmon!" Juro suddenly shouted, "I've just received word from Kurata, the gate is complete. We go to join him at once."

"You think we're just gonna let you leave?" MirageGaogamon shouted.

Metal Piranhmon floated back to his partner. The Deep Saver returned to his Digitama once more and landed within his arms. "I think you have more important things to worry about."

"Oh yeah? Like what?"

The Fallen Chosen pointed downward. The two Mega digimon turned their attention to the water of the Tokyo Bay; Hikari had completely disappeared. Neither she not Plotmon X were anywhere in sight.

"Hikari!" ShineGreymon screamed, diving towards the last place he had seen her. MirageGaogamon turned back towards Juro, only to see that the Fallen Chosen had vanished. He sighed and turned back towards the water. ShineGreymon had reemerged from the water with Hikari and Plotmon X in his arms. Both females were coughing loudly, spitting up water. The Light Dragon sighed with worry. "Hikari…"

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Lt. Colonel Reika Ootori pushed knocked on the door. "Colonel?" she asked, "Colonel!"

There was no response, so she used her spare keys to walk inside. The apartment did not look as if there had been a struggle or a break-in. In the early morning she theorized that he had simply overslept, there had been times when her alarm had not functioned like she wanted. Yet as the morning eventually turned to afternoon, and the afternoon turned to evening, there was still not any word, she had become extremely worried. He had not answered his phone, so she decided to investigate personally. If there was no sign of a struggle, and he had not answered his phone, she wondered if he was passed out from illness. She slowly entered the living room, and her face was a mixture of anger and relief. Yamaki was seated in the living room, an ashtray full of cigarette butts, and a bottle of liquor in his hands. "Colonel!" she gasped, "You never came into work…"

"I've lost her," he said.

"What?"

"Hikari," he said, "She knows about me…about us!"

Ootori sighed, "Well, I did warn you about this, I did tell you to tell her about Hypnos."

Yamaki hiccupped. "I fucked up…Shit, I miss her a…already…"

Ootori frowned. "Well, then the first thing you need to do is apologize."

"T…that won't d…do any good…"

"Why not?"

"S…she hates me…"

Ootori sighed, "Well, you know, I don't blame her…Hell, I've never even met her and I don't blame her."

"Y…you should…meet her, that is, she's such a nice person…" He sighed, "And I drove her away….The best thing that ever happened in my life, and she's gone…."

Ootori sighed, "I've got some things to talk to you about, but I guess I'll have to wait until you sober up."

"W…what?"

She hesitated for a moment, then used the remote to turn on the television. Yamaki tried to watch the young reporter on screen, but his vision began to blur, so he merely listened. "….in KomagaTake. Another such incident was reported in Nichinan City. These creatures, which are believed to be the same 'digimon' that have been seen battling in the past, most notably twelve years ago when Odaiba was nearly destroyed. We will be following this story, and we will let you know as information develops, this is Juri Koto, signing off."

Ootori turned back to Yamaki, who was staring at the television, blinking. "O….okay…"

"There's more, sir," she frowned, "Vehicles were seen as both locations, vehicles that fit the descriptions of unmarked Hypnos trucks, and we have two trucks that were signed out this morning."

"What?" he blinked again, "W…who signed those orders?"

Ootori reached into the pocket of her tight jeans and handed him a folded piece of paper. Yamaki took it from her and scanned the lines of text. His eyes opened wide and he stared at her. "What?"

She nodded. "That's right sir, you signed those orders."

"But…those impossible, I gave no orders!"

"I know sir, who ever forged your security code, apparently wasn't aware that you…uh…took a sick day today."

He stood up. "All right, let's get…get…" He attempted to take a step forward, but he quickly lost his balance and fell back onto the couch.

Ootori sighed and shook her head. "Let's wait until tomorrow morning, when you sober up."

111

Back inside the apartment, Hikari was lying in her own bed, while Miayag was lying on the bed in the guest room. Noriko, Sora, and the feminine sides of Taichi and Yamato were caring for them and the infant Taichi and Yamato. Takuya and Koji were standing on the balcony, staring up at the sky.

"This isn't working," Takuya sighed.

Koji glanced at him. "What?"

"This!" he said, mentioning to himself and Koji, "We're not working. I tried to be Taichi for Sora and Hikari, but…I can't. I mean, I almost let her drown because I wanted to kill Juro so bad."

"Because you wanted to be the hero, you couldn't think about anything else."

Takuya nodded. "Yeah."

Koji sighed as well. "I know what you mean. I'm trying to be what Yamato was to Noriko, but…it's just not there, you know? I'm missing…."

"Everything you're not?"

"Exactly. We're not what they need; they need us, and so much more."

"We need to be together again."

"Yeah, but how are we going to do that?"

Takuya thought for a moment. "I'm sure Miayag'll think of something, but she can't do it with just us and the girls, we need the rest."

Koji raised an eyebrow. "You mean…?"

Takuya nodded. "That's right. Get our partners, we're going after Miach and Yamag, and we'll drag them back here, kicking and screaming if we have to."

The Weapons of the Gods hath ended, the Reformation now begins.