I am called Yariko, a name that I chose because of my…unique birth. You see, I'm really a guy named Yamato, merged with the power of darkness from the Daughter of Darkness, Noriko Kawada, who also just happened to be the love interest of Yamato. But I wasn't the only…unique birth, Yamato's 'evil' side, merged with the Power of Fate from the Priestess Miayag. They got this power from when the Daughters of the First gave their energy so that Taichi and Yamato could form Omegamon X to defeat GranDracmon, but when they fought the Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro, he killed them, and that's when their data separated and we were born.
Miayag suggested that we try to find the Holy Weapons that fell to Earth when the Digital World was destroyed before Juro and his new partner, Kurata found them. We got the Bow of Forest and the Shield of Metal, but the Daughter of Forest and the Daughter of Metal were both dead, so Miayag had this complicated idea, which completely backfired on us. The end result was that Jyou, Michael, their partners, and the weapons got taken by Juro. And what's worse, Takuya and Koji, the heroic sides of Taichi and Yamato, have just vanished!
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Digimon Gog
Reformation:
Chapter 1
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In the section of Tokyo known as Shinjuku, sat Hikari's apartment. It once belonged to her older brother, and she was his roommate, but now, legally, he was deceased, and she was his primary beneficiary. She refused to change anything, so Taichi's room was still just as he had left it, with one exception, Miayag and her Plotmon were now resting atop the covers. Sora had removed her cape and it was resting on Taichi's desk chair, along with the Staff of Yuushi. The Priestess lay on the bed, draped in only her pink and white dress. Her Plotmon sat on the floor, staring up at her with worry in her eyes.
"She'll be okay," Piyomon smiled, placing her remaining wing on the smaller Mammal digimon.
In the living room, Tanna and Yariko sat with their Infant counterparts on the couch. Noriko and her Plotmon were pacing the floor, and Sora was in the kitchen. Hikari was lying in the recliner chair, with the snoozing Plotmon X in her lap. The young woman looked into her small kitchen. "Sora, please, I don't…."
"Yes you do," the redheaded woman said over her shoulder, "Now please just rest."
"You really need to listen to her," Tanna said, "You're really weak."
"I…I'm fine."
Her 'sister' raised her eyebrow. "Come on, don't act like Taichi, that's my job."
"How can you guys be so calm?" Noriko asked, still walking along the floor.
"Why are you so worried?" Yariko asked.
"Juro and Hypnos are working together, they've got Jyou, Michael, and the weapons, and now Takuya and Koji are gone! What's there to be worried about?"
"Calm down, "Sora said, "We need to worry about Hikari and Miayag right now."
Hikari frowned. "You don't need to worry about me…"
"Stop it," the redheaded woman said, limping into the living room with a tray in her hands. She placed it down on the coffee table and gave a large cup of tea to Hikari. "Here, this should help you feel better."
"Thank you," she nodded slightly, taking the cup.
The redhead returned the smile, but then her expression changed and she ran towards the hall. The others twisted their heads just in time to see Sora catch Miayag as she limbered from Taichi's room.
Noriko help the redhead as they brought the priestess to the couch, where she fell onto the cushions. "Thank you," she said to Sora and Noriko.
"Yeah, no problem," Noriko said, "Are you okay?"
"I am feeling…better," she took a deep breath, "But we have more urgent matters to discuss."
The redhead frowned as she glanced over her shoulder to the brown-haired woman seated in the recliner chair. "You're as bad as your cousin."
Hikari just gave an apologetic smile.
Miayag took another deep breath before speaking. "Was I correct in hearing that Takuya and Koji are missing?"
Yariko nodded. "Yeah."
"Do you have any thought as to where they might have gone?"
"Nope," Tanna sighed, "Sorry."
Yariko faced her. "What if they tried to rescue Jyou and Michael?"
"They are our heroic sides," Tanna muttered.
"But we don't know where Juro took them!" Noriko exclaimed
Sora turned to the Priestess. "Can't you use your Staff to try and find them or something?"
"Most probably, however, this city is quite large, it could take days, if not longer." She sighed, "We cannot find the Fallen Chosen, so we must now exploit the only lead that we do have."
All eyes turned to Hikari, and she frowned. "Mitsuo."
Sora knelt down beside her and gently placed her hands within hers. "You don't have to…"
She sighed. "I…I need to. I have to find out if Mitsuo really is behind this, I have to know."
She nodded. "Me and Noriko can come with you…."
She smiled slightly. "Thanks." Her smile faded, "We should go tomorrow morning."
"Where?" Noriko asked, "His apartment."
She shook her head. "No, let's go right where we can get him…" She turned to Miayag, "Let's go to Hypnos."
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The Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro, could not help but smile as he entered the large warehouse on the Tokyo Bay waterfront. He passed through a long hall before arriving at the main floor, where a massive metallic circle lay on the concrete floor. A computer terminal resting on a metal card table was standing beside it; a maelstrom of wires connecting the terminal to the metallic circle lay tangled on the floor.
"This is it?" Juro asked.
Kurata walked up behind him. "Yes, but I must warn you, it hasn't even been activated yet, there is a very good chance that this could prove disastrous."
He raised his eyebrow. "Meaning?"
Kurata breathed in sharply. "We are bending time and space here, basically, we could create a black hole that could pull this entire city inside."
He smirked. "Well, that's why you're here, to make certain nothing does goes wrong."
The scientist paled slightly. There was no going back now. "What about the weapons?"
"Miach and Yamag are currently practicing with them." He quickly smiled," I'm sure they're enjoying themselves somewhere."
"Is that a good idea?"
He mentioned over his shoulder to the three Hypnos soldiers that were standing at attention. "Your warriors should be ample protection for us. Now, I grow weary of waiting…"
Kurata took a deep breath. "I'm afraid you're going to have to."
The Fallen Chosen slowly turned and glared at his partner. "What?"
The scientist took a deep breath. "You're going to have to wait, because I need to get my recording equipment back at my lab."
"What?"
He took another deep breath. "I am the one that has built this, this is my theory on the line, once Yamaki finds out about my…'authorization' for this project, he's going to come after us. My entire career, not to mention my freedom, could be at stack. I want proof to let the world know that I was justified."
Juro narrowed his eyes. "If you're not back here in two hours, I will drag you here, understand?"
Kurata just nodded and exited the warehouse.
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Before the sun even rose over the horizon, Hikari, Sora, Noriko and Miayag were already traveling via subway system to the Hypnos building, located in Shinagawa. Sora was wearing her prosthetic leg and eye, while Noriko's skin contained the special 'welt-covering' skin makeup. Miayag had discarded her Priestess dress and was wearing clothes that she had borrowed from Hikari-a pair of white shorts and a pink tank-top, her long, messy hair was pulled into a tight, single strand dangling down her back. The four young women traveled in silence, three of them were too concerned for the fourth, and they felt that speaking would somehow disrespect Hikari's pain.
When they arrived at Hypnos, each one strained their necks to see the top of the twin-towered building. "This is it, huh?" Sora asked.
Miayag nodded. "Yes."
Noriko glanced at the glass doors at the building's base. She crossed her arms and grumbled. "Kind of inviting, isn't it? Like a bank or something, never suspect it was a place that was spying on us."
Hikari took a deep breath. "Well, we'd better get this over with."
"You know," Noriko said, "I've suddenly got a bad feeling about this. I mean, if they really are working with Juro, and we just go walking inside, I odn't think they'll be so eager to let us leave."
"That's a good point," Sora said, "Why don't Miayag and Noriko stay out here, just in case."
Hikari glanced at her cousin. "Um, if it's okay with you, I'd rather have Megumi with me."
Miayag raised her eyebrow. "Um, if that is what you want."
The redheaded woman shrugged. "Uh, yeah, all right."
The brown-haired woman smiled slightly and nodded. "Thank you."
After she and her cousin had stepped through the glass doors, Noriko turned to Sora. "Well, that was weird."
"What?"
"Hikari."
Sora shrugged. "You know Hikari, I think she's just trying to be nice to her cousin, and wants to spend time with her."
"Yeah, maybe…"
Once Hikari and Miayag stepped through the glass doors, the older woman shivered. Her cousin squeezed her hand. "We can do this…you can do this, you need only believe in yourself."
Hikari took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay, okay, I'm ready."
They walked to the half-oval shaped desk where the receptionist-a young woman with long brown hair was seated. She smiled at them. "Yes, can I help you?"
Hikari took another deep breath. "I would like to speak to Mitsuo Yamaki."
The receptionist raised her eyebrow. "Um, do you have an appointment?"
She shook her head slowly. "No, but, please tell him that Hikari is here."
"Hikari Yagami?"
The three women turned their attention to the sound of another woman's voice-one with purplish colored hair. She had been exiting the elevator when she overheard the conversation.
Hikari nodded. "Yes, that's right."
The woman glanced to Hikari's right and her eyes bulged. "Y…you!"
Miayag nodded. "I do remember you from our previous encounter."
The purple-haired woman hesitated, not certain what to do. "Please," Hikari said, "I need to see Mitsuo Yamaki, is he here?"
The woman hesitated for another moment, before nodding. "Yeah." She mentioned with her hand and the two young women stepped into the elevator with her. "My name is Reika Ootori, by the way," she smiled, "And I've wanted to meet you for a long time now."
She blinked. "Really?"
She nodded. "Yeah, Colonel Yamaki talks about you all the time." Her smile faded. "I don't know what happened between you, but…he loves you, it's obvious."
Miayag glanced at her cousin. "It is obvious to me as well."
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Down in the lower levels of the building, Yamaki wandered into Kurata's laboratory. His eyes wandered to the various equipment and scientific tools. The cages that once held the captured duplicates of Taichi and Yamato were still in their usual spots, however they were now empty. Yamaki glanced at one of the computer monitors, which, like a typical computer desktop, displayed a collection of folders. He scanned over the titles and everything seemed normal. He then decided to arrange the desktop icons by date, and the last folder was named "Gate."
Yamaki clicked on that folder and the files that appeared caused his eyes to bulge. When he heard that someone had authorized a mission posing as him, he had his suspicions that Kurata had been responsible, but with this information, he was now certain.
He heard the laboratory door slide open. He twisted his head around and saw Kurata step into the room, placing his security card into his pocket. Once he saw Yamaki, his spine instantly froze. "Co...colonel!"
Yamaki leapt from his seat, grabbed Kurata by the color of his lab jacket and threw him into the wall. "You son of a bitch! I ordered this entire fucking experiment closed down! You posed as me to authorize two covert missions, endangered the X-Chosen, and now you're creating a Digital Gate! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now!"
Kurata hesitated, but then a thought came to mind. He was not sure why he even said it, but it soon slipped past his lips. "Don't take it out on me just 'cause your girlfriend found out you've been lying to her for the past year."
Yamaki blinked for a moment, then grabbed a gun from inside his pocket. "Wrong answer!" He pressed the barrel of the gun against Kurata's temple. He slipped his finger around the trigger…
"Mitsuo, don't!"
His head spun towards the sound of the voice and saw Hikari standing within the door to the laboratory, her hands clenched in a pleading fashion before her, and a horrified expression on her face. Standing beside her was Miayag, and an apologetic expression on Ootori's face. Yamaki hesitated for a moment, then threw Kurata onto Ootori's feet. "Get him the hell out of here."
She nodded and grabbed the scientist, leading him out of the laboratory. Yamaki turned to the two young women. "Hikari, w…what are you doing here?"
The brown-haired woman slowly approached him. "Mitsuo, we…" She took a deep breath, "I'm…I'm sorry."
Yamaki blinked. "Y…you're sorry?"
She nodded. "Yes, I'm sorry about those things that I said."
He shook his head. "You don't have any reason to feel sorry, I was the one that kept such a major part of my life a secret. I'm sorry for not telling you the truth."
She took a deep breath, "Mitsuo, we need to talk."
"I know," he said, "But, now really isn't the time, there's a major problem…"
"Major problem?" Miayag asked.
Yamaki seemed to notice her for the first time. He turned back to Hikari, "Your cousin, right?"
She nodded, "That's right."
Yamaki hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "All right, you've no doubt encountered Hypnos soldiers in Nichinan and Shikabe, and I want you to know that I had nothing to do with that. The man responsible is named Akihiro Kurata, he is the one responsible for the...uh…
'resurrection' of Taichi and Yamato into the different beings you've encountered."
"What can you tell us about Kurata's plans?" Miayag asked.
Yamaki mentioned to the computer terminal. "According to this, he has constructed a Digital Gate."
"A Digital Gate?" Miayag asked, "For what purpose?"
"I don't know, I only got as far as that."
The Priestess mentioned to the computer. "May I?"
He hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Go ahead."
Miayag sat down and began to search through Kurata's computer files. Yamaki turned to Hikari. ""I really am sorry."
"Mitsuo, I know." She gently grasped her hands, "I'm sorry I overreacted…"
He smiled slightly. "You always put all the blame on yourself, Hikari, this was completely my fault, and I want you to know that…that," he took a deep breath, "…that you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I don't want to loose you."
The young woman began to blush. She was about to respond, when Miayag jumped up from her seat. "What it is?" Hikari asked.
"We need to find Kurata's Digital Gate, now!"
"Why?" Yamaki asked, "What's going on?"
"The gate that he has constructed is far too large, and should there be a miscalculation, then a catastrophic disaster could occur."
"Like what?"
"A Digital Gate is at its simplest definition, a manipulation of time and space to create a doorway to another world, if something should go wrong, it could possibly create a black hole, and pull this entire city inside."
"Exactly how dangerous is the gate?" Yamaki asked.
"I am not certain…" she sighed, "However, it appears that he is planning on using it to manipulate DNA, specifically Juro's DNA."
"What?"
"He has a theory…amazing in its own right…that by transforming DNA into data, it can be more easily manipulated. The ramifications of this are actually astounding, medically…"
Yamaki and Hikari stared at her.
"Uh, yes, sorry. As I was saying, he wants to manipulate Juro's DNA, granting him his youth back. Yet, this does provide us with a possible solution to our problem."
"What problem?" Hikari exclaimed.
"It is possible that we could use Kurata's DNA-Data theory to recombine Taichi and Yamato."
The brown-haired woman smiled. "R..really?"
"And there is more news, according to Kurata's studies, it appears that the Infant Taichi and Yamato may in fact be the embodiment of the X-Antibody."
"Well…I guess that's good to know, but what about recombining them together?"
She sighed slightly. "We would need all of them together, and it is extremely dangerous."
"But it's the best idea we have, right?" Hikari sighed, "What do we need to do?"
"Find that gate."
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Juro sighed in annoyance as he stared at his watch. "It has been over four hours, I have been more then patient, where is Kurata?"
Captain Kouki and soldier Nanami, along with their Gotsumon and Wommon could only raise their hands in uncertainty.
Juro grumbled and crossed his arms. "I have given him more time then what I promised him, where the hell is he?"
The other two soldiers surprisingly stood their ground and did not show fear at the Fallen Chosen's anger.
"Captain!"
The group turned their attention to the third Hypnos soldier that had joined Kurata in his deal with Juro, Ivan, and his Patamon partner. "Captain Kouki!"
"What is it, soldier?" he asked.
"I was monitoring the Hypnos radio band, and I discovered that Kurata had been apprehended by Yamaki!"
Juro sighed deeply. He turned to the three soldiers, "And I suppose that he's the only one that can operate the Digital Gate that he has built?"
Kouki nodded. "It would be dangerous to operate it without him."
"All right," he growled, "Do you know where he is?"
Ivan nodded. "Yes."
Juro nodded, "All right, its time for a rescue."
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Kurata was currently still seated within a vacant room within the Hypnos building, his arms cuffed behind his back. He sighed deeply as he stared down at his feet. "So, this is where my life has led me. My theories, my experiments, everything I've done, now down the drain…it's all over, all because of my…my arrogance. I wanted to experiment on Juro, I wanted to see my DNA/Data theory in affect…Now, everything's over…"
His soliloquy was interrupted when the door to his small room was opened and Yamaki and Lt.'s Ootori and Onodera entered. He only stared at them.
The Hypnos commander placed his hands behind his back. "There's a lot we need to know from you, but that can wait. There's only one question that I demand an answer to right now."
"And what's that?"
"Where is your Digital Gate?"
"The Digital Gate?" he asked, "Why?"
"Because it's dangerous," Onodera replied, "And if something goes wrong, this entire city could be destroyed."
Kurata's eyes flashed. "How dare you! My research is flawless!"
Yamaki slammed his first into the small table that sat within the center of the room. "I don't have time for you fucking attitude! Where is the gate?"
The scientist hesitated for a moment, then sighed. "It's the warehouse Hypnos purchased last year, right on the Tokyo Bay waterfront."
The Hypnos commander smiled slightly. He turned to Onodera. "Move him to the government prison, Reika, gather a team, we're storming that warehouse right now!"
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Following her conversation with Yamaki, Hikari told Sora and Noriko about Kurata, and once the redhead heard that the renegade scientist was being transferred to another prison, she had a mental image of Juro coming to liberate him. So she called Hikari's apartment and told the female duplicates to come as fast as they could.
"Probably nothing will happen," Sora said as she placed her cellphone back into her purse, "But it's better to be sure, right?"
"You're starting to sound like Taichi now," Hikari smiled slightly.
"As long as it's his leadership skills and not his cockiness," she muttered. "When is he leaving?"
"Soon," Hikari said, "But Mitsuo told me they know where the Digital Gate is, so after they bring Kurata to the prison, we're heading over there."
Noriko stared at her friend. "So, are you two…back together?"
She started to blush. "I…um…I don't know…."
The short-haired woman fidgeted nervously. "Well…if it makes it easier for you, I always thought you two made a cute couple."
Hikari's blush deepened to an even redder shade of red. Sora smiled with experienced happiness. Miayag did not hear, as she was too focused on the metal doors of the Hypnos garage. The silence was broken when the door began to slide open. "They are leaving now."
The other women each held their breaths as a van exited the building. They stood on the sidewalk, with the main building to their backs and they watched as the black vehicle began to drive down the street. They kept their eyes focused on it and when it vanished around a corner, they each subconsciously-and optimistically, exhaled their breath they were holding.
"I'm just getting paranoid," Sora sighed.
The explosion nearly threw her onto her ass, but Noriko caught her. There was not even time for thanks, as the four young women ran as fast as they cough past the traffic, which had crawled to a stop-and that was only for the cars that weren't caught in the flames and billowing smoke. As the group of four turned the corner and entered the side street, they saw that the van had not exploded as they originally thought, but what did ignite appeared to be a gas line or something to the like beneath the street. The van was lying on its side next to a large crater in the pavement. They had seen enough of this to know that a digimon had attacked from the air, so they began to scan the skies. They located Thunderbirdmon circling above the accident, but before anyone could call that out, Coatlmon and Stegomon appeared from out of nowhere and stood between them and the overturned van, their humans partners were standing at their sides.
"Well, look who's here," Ivan-partner of Stegomon, chuckled.
"Yeah, I know," Nanami-partner of Coatlmon grinned, "Why'd we even bring our partners? These guys are helpless!"
"Enough of that!" Captain Kouki shouted from atop his Thunderbirdmon, "Keep your eye out for the others!"
Noriko narrowed her eyes. "If we had our Plotmons, you'd be in trouble."
Nanami smirked. "Quick question for ya, do you ever get confused when talking about your partner?"
Hikari, Miayag and Noriko glanced at once another. "Well, Hikari's partner is an X-modified digimon, so…why the hell am I even telling you this? Fuck off!"
Nanami only chuckled as Raptordramon shot down from the sky and landed next to the van. Juro had been riding his partner, and once the digimon descend enough, the Fallen Chosen leapt to his feet and threw open the vehicle door. "Doctor!" he shouted.
He heard a cough, followed by a loud moan. Juro peered inside and saw his 'partner' on his side inside the over turn vehicle. The Fallen Chosen grabbed his shoulder and hoisted him to his feet. "Come, let's move!"
"Sure," he muttered, "What else do I have left?"
The two men climbed back onto Raptordramon and floated back into the sky. "We're leaving!" Juro shouted, "Now!"
Noriko twirled to her friends. "We're just gonna let them leave?"
"What else are we to do?" Miayag asked, staring at Stegomon's massive jaws, "We cannot stand against them without aid."
"Then you've got it! Get down! Dino Burst!"
The four women dropped to their stomachs as a blast of heat shot over their heads and smashed into Stegomon and Coatlmon. Allomon and Butterflymon, along with Tanna and Yariko charged onto the scene. They held their infant counterparts in their arms, and the other women's digimon partners came running to their sides.
"Hurry, Hikari, hurry!" Plotmon X shouted, "Evolve me to Nefterimon, we've got to catch Raptordramon!"
"And we'll need Kuhuzamon!" Miayag's Plotmon cheered, "Hurry!"
The four females evolved their partners to their highest forms, Garudamon, Ladydevimon, Nefertimon X and Kuzuhamon. They joined Allomon and Butterflymon as they began to chase after Raptordramon. Unfortunately, Thunderbirdmon, Coatlmon and Stegomon dropped down in front of them.
"Out of the way, now!" Kuzuhamon ordered, "Or suffer my wrath!"
"We'll take care of this," Yariko offered, "You're the only one that can stand against Juro! Move your ass!"
"He's too strong!" Garudamon protested, "You'll need more help."
"Sora and Hikari go with her!" Noriko shouted, "We'll hold them off!"
The two were about to protest, but the short-haired woman shouted back, "He's getting away! Move it!"
The three women nodded and quickly flew after Raptodramon. Thunderbirdramon tried to fly in their way, but Ladydevimon flew beneath the metal bird and jabbed her claws into her underside. He twisted out of the way, and the three female digimon shot after the escaping Raptordramon.
Captain Kouki held tightly as his partner whipped around and flung open his wings. "Thunder Storm!"
A storm of thunder and lightning escaped from his wings and rained down upon the fallen angel. Ladydevmon twisted and rolled in the air, attempting to avoid the maelstrom of energy, but she was soon struck multiple times. She made a motion with her hand, then flung her arms open, sending a wave of bats above her head. Each one of her flying rodents sacrificed themselves to protect the devil woman so she was able to fight.
Her arm twisted and changed into a long, sharp spear. "Darkness Spear!"
Thunderbirdmon whipped his wing around, and the Fallen Angel's metal spear impacted harmlessly against the armored body. The giant bird rammed Ladydevimon in the chest, throwing her backwards into the sky.
"Damn you!" she hissed in pain.
"I don't have any desire to hurt you," Thunderbirdmon said, "I am only completing my orders."
"I heard that's what the Nazis said," she mumbled.
Down below, Butterflymon and Allomon were busy with their own battles. The dinosaur's eyes were darting back and forth as he stared at the massive serpent slithering before him. Allomon may have remained calm, but his partner was anything but.
"Hurry up!" Tanna shouted, "Smash him, kill him, tear him apart, just do whatever you have to do, but just hurry up!"
The soldier Nanami smirked slightly. "You should learn to stay calm. You're supposed to be Anna Danika and Taichi Yagami, right? Well, I think you got more of the later and not the former."
She glared at her, still rocking the snoozing infant Taichi in her arms. "Allomon!"
The dinosaur glanced over his shoulder and nodded. "Right." He turned back around, but once he did, Coatlmon struck. The Wind Guardian leapt from the ground and wrapped itself tightly around the Nature Spirit, pulling his arms tightly against his chest. He struggled to break free, but the serpent began to glow brightly. "Freeze Wave!"
Allomon struggled not to scream as a piercing wave of cold energy flowed over his body, freezing his leathery skin.
Tanna clutched to her infant counterpart. "Allomon! Allomon!"
The sheet of ice flowed across the dinosaur's body, nearing his head. Suddenly, he screamed and the ice sheet shattered, actually throwing Coatlmon to the ground. He slammed his foot into the snake's rear, causing his head to shoot up in pain. The dinosaur grabbed Caotlmon's head with his teeth and began to toss him around, slamming him into the pavement multiple times. He completed his combo by whipping his head around at full force, but releasing his grip, sending the serpent crashing into one of the buildings.
"Yeah!" Tanna cheered, "Show him who's boss, yeah!"
Allomon stared at Coatlmon, who was lying unmoving on the ground. The dinosaur charged at the snake, but at the last second, Coatlmon jumped to the air, firing a blast of energy from his mouth. "Fossil Wave!" The energy blast struck the dinosaur directly in the chest. He moaned in pain and fell onto his back, his entire body began to freeze into paralysis.
"Allomon!" Tanna shouted.
"I…I can't move…" he muttered.
"Of course not," Nanami grinned, "Coatlmon can not only freeze your entire body on the outside, but paralyze you on the inside. Coatlmon, kill him now!"
The serpent leapt into the air, intending to use his teeth to pierce the dinosaur's skin, but his paralysis technique did not spread to Allomon's open mouth. The dinosaur screamed, "Dino Burst!" sending a wave of intense heat into Coatlmon, throwing the snake back onto the ground.
Butterflymon and Stegomon had been fighting for the entire length of the battle. The ground-based Nature Spirit was clearly at a disadvantage from the hovering butterfly. However, only Butterflymon's Sweet Pheromone attack was efficient at a long range, but that needed to be charged with an energy-based attack, and Stegomon had none, so she could only execute her Sweet Honey Straw and physical attacks at close range. So, she was forced to sweep in closer to attack, but Stegomon was always waiting for her.
Butterflymon opened her claws fingers. "Sweet…"
Stegomon screamed at that moment, firing the needles on his back at the hovering butterfly. "Shell Needle Rain!"
Butterflymon twisted and rolled to avoid the shower of shrapnel and continued on her path. She swung her claws open and fired a stream of a sticky substance into his eyes. "Sweet Honey Straw!" The dinosaur tried to move out of the way, but he was simply too large, and the honey only struck his left eye. He began to flail around in anger, and his tail struck Butterflymon, throwing her into the ground.
She struggled to stay afloat, but her wing was clearly damage. Stegomon began to roll forward at such a tremendous rate that his entire body became a giant saw. "Guillotine Wheel!"
"Butterflymon!" Yariko screamed, "Get out of the way!"
Her partner stared at the giant saw heading straight towards her. She waited until the last second before rolling to the right and Stegomon's momentum slowed to a stop. Unfortunately, his needled back became stuck in the pavement, and he was unable to get back to his feet.
Ivan rolled his eyes. "You've got to be kidding me! Get up right now!"
"Now's your chance, Butterflymon!" Yariko cheered, "Move it, go, now!"
Her partner flew high into the air, keeping her eyes on the struggling Stegomon. She placed her claws together above her head, then flew towards the ground as fast as she could, embedding her claws deep into the dinosaur's stomach. He roared in pain, but Butterflymon had hit him off center, so the force gave him enough leverage to flip back onto his feet. Butterflymon was able to shoot out from beneath him, but his tail flicked around, slamming her into the pavement.
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Meanwhile, Kuzuhamon, Nefertimon X and Garudamon had managed to reach Raptordramon. Hikari and Sora held tightly to their partners as Kuzuhamon charged at the Adult digimon.
Kurata and Juro both glanced over their shoulders and saw the trio of female digimon heading towards them at full force. "They are gaining on us," Kurata said, "Maybe it would be best to surrender."
"I will never surrender!" he shouted, "Now hang tight. Raptordramon!"
His partner began to glow with bright light. "No!" Sora shouted, "He's evolving!"
Before they could do anything, Raptordramon had evolved to his frightening Mega form-Metal Piranhmon. The evil Deep Saver began to snap and snarl, biting and jabbing the air with his jaws.
"Hold your ground!" Kuzuhamon shouted, holding her staff before her, "We will not run or cower, we will fight to the end!"
Metal Piranhmon stared at the hovering fox woman, then at the giant bird man, and then the Egyptian holy beast. He began to laugh. "I hate to break it to you, but only Kuhuzamon stands even half a chance."
"And so I will," the fox woman answered, "I will do whatever is necessary."
Juro chuckled. "Even with Kurata with me?"
"He has made his choice," she replied flatly, "If I am able to do so, I will annihilate you, make no mistake."
"No mercy?"
"You have shown none, why should I show it to you?"
The Fallen Chosen grinned. "Just think, if Yagami and Ishida didn't show you mercy, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."
Kuhuzamon flinched.
"Don't listen!" Hikari shouted, "He tried to do the same thing with me! He knows all about us, about our pasts, about our fears and he'll use it against us!"
Juro smirked. "She's right. I know about how Hikari and Tailmon were nothing but liabilities to the other Chosen: the brat was just a sick child and the hairball could still be loyal to Myotismon."
Sora stared at HIkari and Nefertimon X. "That's not true! Don't listen to him, that's not true!"
The Fallen Chosen turned to face her. "And now we come to the slut of the group."
"What?" she snapped.
"You practically clung to Taichi when you first went into the Digital World, yet, three years later, you were in love with Yamato."
"I was ten years old!" she shouted, "I didn't know love from the feeling I got when I looked at my 23-year-old history teacher!"
"So it was nothing more then a crush?" he asked, "You played with the emotions of two boys because you had a crush?"
"Don't blame her too much," Metal Piranhmon added, "She's female, what else do they do best?"
"Shut the fuck up!" Sora screamed, "You can't read my mind, you have no idea what happened!"
Juro grinned as he stared at the group: Kuzuhamon, Hikari and Nefertimon X were clearly contemplating their pasts, while Sora was so angry it was affecting her partner, Garudamon would not be able to think straight. "Connection between a Chosen and their partner is stronger then any of them realize," he thought, "Now it's time to strike."
Through their connection, Metal Piranhmon knew Juro's orders. The Deep Saver opened his mouth. "3D…"
"Brace yourselves!" Kuzuhamon shouted. She leapt in front of the others and spun her staff as fast as possible. Metal Piranhmon's laser struck the weapon, deflecting it into the sky, where it dissipated harmlessly.
Nefertimon X executed her Rosetta Stone and Garudamon fired her Shadow Wing. Both attacks merged into one and struck Metal Piranhmon directly on his face. Both digimon and their partners held their breaths, but neither one was surprised when the Deep Saver remained unscathed.
"Come on," Metal Piranhmon chuckled, "Now you're getting desperate, you know that won't work!"
Kuzuhamon shot past them. "Surround him, we attack at once!"
Juro smirked as the three digimon encircled them. The three female digimon were about to attack, but Metal Piranhmon shouted out, "Let's go for a spin!" He spun around in a tight circle, his metal-plunger tail swinging as well. It struck Garudamon first, then continued on its trajectory, snagging Nefertimon X and Kuzuhamon as well, throwing all three onto a nearby roof. Sora and Hikari were tossed from their partners and rolled onto the roof.
Kuzuhamon shot back into the sky. Nefertimon X and Garudamon instantly shot to their partners' sides. "No!" Hikari shouted, "Go help her!"
"Go!" Sora ordered.
The Holy Beast and the Wind Guardian flew to aide the fox woman, but Kuzuhamon already began to attack. She swung her staff, "Reverse Rice…"
Before she could finish, Metal Piranhmon slammed his jaws down on the weapon. She struggled to pull it free, but even with his mouth closed tightly, she was able to discern his mumbled, "3D Laser."
She had no hope of moving to safety before the Deep Saver's attack struck her at full force. Despite her impressive strength, she was no match, and she fell to the building roof. She devolved back to her two previous forms-Plotmon and Miayag.
Garudamon and Nefertimon X continued on their path to attack Metal Piranhmon, when Juro held up his hand. "Stop!"
They both came to a screeching halt out of surprise and habit. "What?" Garudamon asked.
The Fallen Chosen crossed his arms. "Why would you attempt to attack us? You saw what Metal Piranhmon did to Kuzuhamon, what hope do you think you have?"
They both glanced to the roof, then back. Juro smirked. "You can't defeat us, we were of the First, we are divine."
"A divine pain in the ass," Garudamon mumbled.
"Say what you will," he continued, "But right now, destroying you isn't my top priority."
Nefertimon X chuckled, "If you're suggesting that we let you go, you've got to be kidding! Come on Garudamon, let's…"
"No!" Hikari shouted.
"What?" her partner asked in amazement.
"Just…just let him," she said, "Just…let him go…"
Juro gave a slight bow. "Lady Hikari, a pleasure as always. Come, Metal Piranhmon, let us be off."
Both Garudamon and Nefertimon X reluctantly watched as he disappeared into the afternoon sky.
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When Garudamon and Nefertimon X found their way back to the scene of the break out, they found Noriko, Tanna and Yariko seated on the pavement with their partners at their side. Yamaki, Ootori, and the rest of the Hypnos crew were securing the area."What happened?" Sora asked, leaping off of Garudamon.
Noriko's Plotmon grumbled, "That bastard Coatlmon's got a paralyzing attack, it hit all of us, then they left."
"Probably after Juro left," Nefertimon X mumbled.
"Hikari!"
The young woman was not even able to turn before Yamaki embraced her. "Are you okay?"
She nodded. "Yes…yes, I'm fine."
"Well, it doesn't matter, right?" Sora asked, smiling slightly, eying Yamaki, "Because we know where the gate is, right?"
The blond man nodded. "Yeah, I'm putting a team together right now."
"But, you can't!" Hikari protested, "I…Juro's strong enough to beat my cousin, there's no way that normal humans can stand against him."
"And you want me to let you handle it?"
She nodded.
He shook his head. "I can't. This is government jurisdiction…"
"That never stopped us before," Noriko said with a slight smile. Yamaki shot her a glance.
"Mitsuo," Hikari said, "I'm only worried about the people you'll send in. They'll be killed."
He hesitated, then mentioned to the accident. He turned his back on Hikari, then sighed deeply. "I need to deal with this mess, clean up, classify information, deal with the police, paperwork…probably take me at least three or four hours before I send the team to that warehouse on Tokyo Bay…"
Hikari smiled. "Thank you."
"Just go."
She nodded and ran to her friends. Yamaki sighed again, then walked back to the Hypnos agents.
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Koji narrowed his eyes as he stood atop one of the buildings in the section of Tokyo known as Hikarigoaka. He held the Shotguns of Lucien in his hand; and the shotguns were glowing. He held the ancient weapon to the left, and then moved it to the right. The glow began to shine brighter. "They're here all right."
"Yeah, I kinda figured that," Takuya frowned, "'Specially since I was the one that said to come here!"
Koji just glared at him, but instead of arguing, he turned his attention back to the city around him. "What made you want to come here anyway?"
The other young man shrugged. "I don't know, just this…weird feeling…"
The other man frowned and sighed. "Its probably the same feeling that I'm getting too."
Agumon looked over at the two young men. "You guys were born here, right?"
"I wasn't born here," Takuya answered, "But I did live here, up until I was six."
"Me too," Koji nodded, "We moved to Odaiba, and then…" He sighed, "…then Mom and Dad got divorced."
Takuya frowned as well. "I don't have a lot of pleasant memories here either. This is where…" He hesitated.
"What?" Koji asked.
The other young man took a deep breath, "Where I almost killed my sister."
There was an uncomfortable silence, then Takuya blinked a few times. "Jeeze, we're getting really moody, aren't we?"
"I know," Koji replied. His eyes suddenly opened wide, "Maybe…maybe we're getting some kind of…of connection with our dark sides."
"That could be very probable," Gaomon said, "Even digimon don't split their data up like this, so we don't know what could be happening and what couldn't, but why would they be remembering your parents divorce?"
"And Hikari's near death?" Agumon asked.
"We'll figure that out when we find them," Takuya said, "Let's go."
Takuya and Agumon jumped onto the fire escape and slid down the stairs. Koji and Gaomon glanced at one another, then sighed and smiled slightly.
"What are you two doing?" Takuya's voice echoed from the ground.
The digimon and his partner both chuckled and leapt down the fire escape as well. Once they were on the ground, they used their weapons as a beacon. They raced across the city, holding the ancient items out before them, determining their path by the intensity of the weapons' glow. They did not know why they were racing through the city at such a pace, perhaps a fear that they would soon loose their prey, and then be completely lost.
As they ran down the sidewalk, ignoring the frightened stares the citizens were giving them, or more specifically, their weapons. They took no notice of the fleeing people, so they only took slight surprise when the crowd began to scream and run in complete terror. The ground then shook violently, with a tremor so strong that it threw the foursome to their backs. They leapt back to their feet and saw a sight that filled them with both excitement and dread, their 'evil' sides, Miach and Yamag, along with their partners, Black Agumon and Black Gaubmon.
Taichi's dark side crossed his arms. "I've got to say, I'm pretty impressed. I mean, how big is Tokyo, and you managed to find us just where we were hiding."
Takuya smirked. "Hey, don't forget, I know how you think, 'cause I am you."
"You are not me," he sneered, "Never forget that."
"Why are you two here?" Yamag sighed, "Can't we get any peace?"
Koji narrowed his eyes. "We've got a few things to talk about."
"We do?" Yamag replied.
"That's right," Takuya snapped, "First, where's Juro?"
The four 'dark' sides glanced at one another, then started to laugh. "You honestly expect us to tell you?" Black Gabumon chuckled.
"We just want Michael and Jyou," Koji shot back.
"Sorry, that's our insurance."
"Insurance?" Takuya shouted, "Insurance! You little…" He suddenly began to slowly smile, "But you know what, that doesn't really matter, because after we merge back together, we should know where that fucking geezer's hiding."
"Merge back?" Miach asked, genuinely surprised, "So, you have a way to do that?"
The eyes of his 'heroic' side flinched slightly. Miach grinned. "Ha, so you don't have anything, do you?"
"Miayag'll figure something out," Agumon shot back.
"That's right!" Takuya shouted, "And I'm sure she'll be able to do it better once all of us are there!"
"What?" Koji asked.
Takuya began to get irritated. "We're taking them back with us!"
Miach laughed. "Maybe you didn't realize that we now have….these!" He held up the Bow of Abungu, while Yamag gripped the Shield of Glaucio. Their partners laughed as power flowed through their digital bodies.
"Black Agumon warp evolve to Gaioumon!" He once again evolved to his Mega from, a Wargreymon covered in samurai armor, however, this time, Miach was able to merge with him, as others who possessed Holy Weapons were able.
Black Gabumon chuckled as he, too, began to evolve. "Black Gabumon evolve to Black Saint Galogomon!" The small, black-skinned lizard-wearing-dog-furred digimon quickly changed to a giant, towering, armor-wearing canine with two massive cannons attached to his shoulders. Yamag merged with his partner as well.
Despite their earlier displays of courage, Takuya, Koji and their partners were visibly shaken. They quickly shook off that embarrassing feeling and prepared to fight.
"Agumon warp evolve to Shine Greymon!"
"Gaomon warp evolve to Mirage Goagamon!"
The two humans each merged with their partners, becoming the powerful, heroic Mega digimon.
The two sides stared at each other for only the merest of moments before they charged to attack.
To be concluded…..
"I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband."
-Revelation 21:2.
A shinning world floated within the void, spinning on its axis as it circled its glowing star.
"It just appeared out of no where."
"But…that's impossible! It was destroyed, I was there, I saw it happen!!"
"There's more to this world then we think, it's not the same. There's something…else here…"
This world was covered with water and land, crisscrossed together. On one of these continents, a lone figure walked across the desert, a white cape billowing behind him; his left arm was covered by a gauntlet resembling a dragon, while his right hand had a gauntlet resembling a wolf.
His journey ceased, and he turned his head to the right to watch as another figure approached. This one was covered in black and gold armor, with two wings emerging from his back, and a bright blue cape behind him. In his left hand he carried a sword with a massive blade, while in his right he carried a long, gold staff.
These two were soon joined by others, who appeared from over the horizon, they were all basic human in appearance and each was covered by a suit of armor. The third had white armor and a glowing lance. The fourth was covered with brown armor, two large white wings and held a rapier in his hands. A fifth was draped in purple armor and carried a shield in his hand. The sixth had giant forearms and carried a large spear. The seventh was skeletal in body form, with sharp, jagged armor, metal wings, and sharp, metal claws on his hands. The eighth was an odd mixture of man and beast and held a crossbow in his hands. The ninth wore dark blue armor, large fluttering wings and a glowing blade on the left arm.
These armored warriors felt a presence, and they slowly turned to stare at the beach, where the dark sea was crashing into the shore. Three creatures emerged from the water, one was tall and lanky with long arms and legs, the other was bulky with an odd-shaped head, and the last was gray and purple, with a long black spear for his left hand.
Each of the knights ran forward, their weapons drawn. The creature of gray and purple raised his sear arm and a tidal wave crashed into the beach, the water line reaching only a few feet before the armored warriors. They waited for the water to recede, but instead the black sea began to form into demonic creatures, hundreds of them. They charged the knights, their teeth showing and screeches erupting from their throats.
The knights ran into battle, swinging their weapons and making short work of the demonic creatures. Yet, the evil ones had sheer numbers on their side. While the rest became surrounded by the creatures, the sixth warrior-the one with the skeletal body and sharp claws, the seventh warrior-the one with the glowing lance, and the eighth warrior, the one draped in blue armor and a glowing blade on the arm, managed to break through and assault the three demonic leaders.
The seventh warrior charged at the demonic lord with the bulky body and odd shaped head. He slashed with his claws, but the evil creature's skin was scaly and gray. He grabbed the knight with long tendrils and threw him into the ground, but the knight countered by slashing at his back with his claws.
The eighth warrior found himself battling the creature with the long arms and legs. This knight narrowed his eyes and stared at his opponent's white face mask that completely covered even his eyes, yet, he was soon to discover, that gave him no disadvantage. This knight attempted to drive his glowing lance into his opponent's stomach, but the demonic lord used his long arms to whack the knight in the helmet, without his lance coming close. The knight rolled along the ground to get behind his opponent, but the demon twirled quickly, grabbed the knight's shoulder with his arms and threw him as hard as he could into the air.
The ninth warrior was battling the central lord. His weapon was the saber on his arm, which he swung at the central demon's head, but this demon used his spear arm to black each thrust. The eighth warrior rolled backwards and jumped into the air, hoping to use that to an advantage, but the demon followed, and the two continued their sword fight in the sky. As the eighth warrior blocked another jab, he saw an opening. He kicked the demon as hard as he could in the face, throwing him back onto the shore.
Down below, the remaining knights had defeated the army of demonic creatures, and the ninth warrior, the one with giant forearms, slammed his massive spear into the ground, causing a massive crack to appear before them, separating the aquatic demons from the rest of the continent.
All the knights regrouped and watched as their evil opponents slunk back into the dark water. Each one breathed a sigh of relief-that is, until they felt another presence, one far darker and more sinister then even those demons, if such a thing was possible……