Dimensional Turmoil
Disclaimer
I do not own Digimon or any of its characters. If owned Digimon then I would've given Kimeramon Elvis hair when Ken created him..or it...wait did Kimeramon even have a gender. Oh man this is gonna drive me ******* crazy later. Anyway enjoy and thanks for reading.
Dream
Chapter 3 Dark Beginnings Part 3
"Kari?" asked Tai.
"Evil beware. Elements of both light and dark unite once more. Shining flames across the sky reveal a new force. Upon my blade Shigeki I swear and call forth my name! Fire Storm!" she chanted causing the fire around her body to form a large pillar of fire which caused a very bright flash of light. Once it vanished everyone looked in shock at Kari whose clothes were now different. She now had hot pink pants with matching shoes along with a shirt of the same color which a vest that had a phoenix on the back. At the left side of her pants was a sword sheath and on her back she had two pistols. Other than that her eyes were now red and she had red and pink streaks running through her hair which blocked out her brown hair.
"Whoa." said Tai as the group looked at the girl in shock as they saw four marks glowing on her. The first was a phoenix on her back, the second and third were flames on each of her wrists, and the last was the symbol of light on her chest.
"Kari. Is that you?" asked TK still in shock.
"Yes and no." replied Kari as she noticed the other five monsters had reappeared. One of them began firing several pellets at them but Kari, instinctively, drew both pistols and began firing rapidly matching each pellet shot for shot. "So he was bluffing." she said.
"What do you mean?" asked Ken.
"He said these things were at least seven times stronger than a mega level digimon but were it so I wouldn't have been able to intercept those blasts so easily regardless of how weak they are." replied Kari before she started walking.
'Remember that these powers you were granted are to fight in order to keep the peace.' said the woman in Kari's mind.
"I understand Shigeki." said Kari out loud as she drew her new sword.
"Hey Kari! Hang on!" called out Tai just before she vanished before their eyes.
"Where'd she go?" asked Matt surprised.
"Up there!" said WarGreymon. Everyone looked up to see Kari holding her sword in one hand while placing her other hand on the blade of the weapon.
"Solar force so strong and bright, ignite my soul and reveal my light!" she called out causing the blade of her weapon to glow brightly before she used the blade to push herself forwards allowing the glowing blade to pierce the really big crab which then exploded into hair balls. The other monsters looked at Kari before trying to attack her. She however jumped on one of them who she used as a platform to jump before floating next to Nefertimon. "Huh. That's new." she says
"Kari who are you...?" began Nefertimon before she remembered.
"I think we can take this a step further if you're up for it." said Kari. Nefertimon nodded before reverting back into Gatomon as she went to Kari's arms. Then Kari closed her eyes as she held her D3 causing it to glow. Thanks to that Gatomon suddenly felt a whole lot of power flow into her which caused her to glow as well.
"Gatomon Elemental Digivolve toooo...FirAngewomon!" called out Gatomon as she became something that the others found surprising. Sure enough she was now Angewomon but with a few differences. Most notably was the fact that her wings were now made of fire. Though most of her features remain that of Angewomon other than that she had a fiery aura and that above her armbands and wristbands she had strange metallic glove as well as metallic boots. Kari looked at her Digivice which now had red on the white part and golden outlines on every edge. After a few seconds Tai finally snapped out of his daze.
"WarGreymon!" called out Tai snapping WarGreymon out of his own daze.
"MetalGarurumon!" called out Matt. The two mega level digimon then jumped towards the monsters. TK was about to tell Angemon the same but something happened. All the other champion level digimon began reverting back to their rookie forms.
"What happened?" asked Sora.
"This seal must have been draining their energy ." said Izzy.
"But then how come MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon aren't affected?" asked Mimi.
"I'm guessing they are but because mega level digimon have more energy than champion digimon I'm assuming it'll take longer for them to be forced back into rookie." replied Izzy.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." said a new voice that surprised them. They turned to see a man in a black trench coat and hat who was walking towards them. To their surprise the man was able to walk through the wall of the seal as though it weren't there.
"Just who are you?" asked Matt.
"I will explain later. For now just know I am an ally." he said holding his hand out which caused a green staff to appear in his hand. He then spun it before releasing a multicolored flash of light which went to Matt and Tai. This in turned caused their Digivice to change color as though their partners had digivolved to ultimate while WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon felt their own power increase beyond what they'd ever felt before. This new power boost caused the two to begin glowing before their armors changed. WarGreymon's arm guards were now small and with claws only big enough for the back of his hand. His back shield had become orange wings, his shin guards were smaller, and his facial features now included jagged edges in between the lower and upper jaws of his helmet. MetalGarurumon had become a more humanoid warrior with his features remaining similar making him look a little like an armored WereGarurumon but with a few minor differences. Including the two wings that would normally stick out of his back which were now two swords that were still on his back along with spikes on his armor with what looked like a cape.
"What happened to them?" asked Matt as everyone looked in awe.
"I granted them EX modes with the last of my power. This mode will increase their power. However they won't be able to hold these modes for long until they become stronger." explained the man.
"Hey wait. Can't you do it for the others too?" asked Davis.
"I'm afraid not." replied the man. "You see this power is to increase the strength of a mega. If I had done this to any digimon below that level they might've been able to fight for a little while but their body wouldn't have been able to handle it and they would've been destroyed." he explained as the two digimon flew to help FirAngewomon and Kari. Kari on the other hand was looking at the monster noticing something was very odd. One of the monsters seemed to be looking around as though looking for something.
"FirAngewomon I think we should take out the others but leave the one that's looking around to find out what it's looking for." said Kari. FirAngewomon was a little surprised but then nodded. "But first let's tell WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon." The two flew to the two megas who were flying towards them. "Guys leave the one that's looking around."
"Why?" asked WarGreymon.
"I just have a strange feeling about him." replied Kari as the four landed. When they did they saw the Worm's skin change color before it fell of it revealing a new form which grossed everyone out. "Alright let me handle the worm. Either way I don't think any of you can match its speed."
"Are you sure Kari?" asked FirAngewomon concerned.
"Not really but I don't think we have a choice. The others seem to have run out of energy and I don't think you'll be able to target them." replied Kari.
"Alright but be careful." said FirAngewomon. Kari nodded before they looked and saw the worm suddenly move at a very high speed. Kari then started running seemingly just as fast. The three digimon then charged at the remaining monsters. The monster did the same but the other had an advantage. They took flight.
"Celestial Flame!" called out FirAngewomon waving her hand causing a large wave of fire to hit the remaining monsters.
"Terra Pulse!" called out WarGreymon as he flew down punching the ground which caused a wave of energy to strike the monsters throwing them back.
"Ice Storm!" yelled out MetalGarurumon as he began glowing before releasing a wave of energy which froze the monster and then threw them back.
"Not bad but you're gonna need more than that to beat us." said the Fangire as they stood up.
"Not really. We're just getting warmed up." said WarGreymon. However right then Kari was thrown back but landed on her feet panting.
"Kari are you okay?" called out Tai concerned.
"He was faster than I expected." said Kari.
'Remember you have all the abilities he had. All you need to do is call them out.' said Shigeki.
"I get that but I don't know what I should use." said Kari. "You do remember I haven't had these for long, don't you?"
'Good point.' said Shigeki with her hand on her chin. 'Alright I think for the situation you should use Core Medals but because you're body hasn't finished its metamorphosis you should use Lion Unagi Cheetah.'
"What do you mean?" asked Kari confused.
'Just say those three words and you'll see.' said Shigeki.
"Alright." said Kari taking a deep breath. "Lion Unagi Cheetah." When she said those words three rings of large energy coins formed at her head, body, and legs. Then the first stopped at a coin with a lion on it, the one in front of her torso stopped at an eel, and the one at her legs stopped at a cheetah. Then the three combined into a larger coin which then went to her shirt causing her hair to spike making it look like a lion's mane, her shirt turned blue with wristbands and shoulder pads which had two white cables in between, and her pants gained golden lines which turned her shoes golden. "Wow." said Kari looking at her body. The worm, not caring, ran towards her. This time however she was able to match its speed in order to fight a bit more fairly. Thanks to this she was able to out match it in battle throwing it back after which she ran in front of her friends. Then she extended both arms causing the cables to go to her hands which also caused the circle on her shirt to glow extending to her body which also began glowing. "I'm sorry but this is game over." she said whipping both cables which crackled with electricity as they wrapped around the worm. Then Kari ran quickly with her legs on fire before jumping hitting an extremely fast kick which went through it causing it to explode. The other monsters looked in shock giving the others a chance to attack.
"Celestial Fire Rain!" called out FirAngewomon firing an arrow into the sky which shattered into several smaller arrows which then hit the monsters.
"Terra Blast!" called out WarGreymon firing a red blast from his right hand.
"Frost Shot!" called out MetalGarurumon firing a blast of ice from his left hand. The two blasts combined and destroyed the remaining monsters. Once that was done the seal surrounding them shattered. After that WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon reverted into Koromon and Tsunomon. FirAngewomon reverted into Salamon while Kari returned to normal and felt a little tired.
"So you are the one he chose." said the man walking up to Kari along with the others.
"Yes." replied Kari. "And who are you?" she asked trying not to sound rude. The man held up his staff causing his clothes to change into a strange purple outfit with an oddly crescent shaped hat.
"I am the Dark Magician. I belonged to him and I guess now I belong to you." he said extending his hand to her.
"Hey wait a minute." said Tai just as their hands met causing Dark Magician to glow. When the glow was gone Kari was holding a card with his image on it.
"Man this day just keeps getting weirder." said Matt.
"No kidding." said Tai turning to his sister. "So what was that all about?"
"Well..." began Kari.
Forty five minutes, eighteen milkshakes, and twenty cheeseburgers later.
Everyone turned to see a guy in a Hawaiian shirt holding up a sign in green with these words on it and sweatdropped.
"Sorry I think I got mixed up." said the man before leaving.
"Oh...kay. So where do you want me to start?" asked Kari.
"How about where you were the last three days." replied Sora.
"That's a little complicated." replied Kari.
"Why?" asked Joe. Kari then spent the next few minutes explaining what little she remembered from her encounter with the beast that attacked her and Gatomon as well as what she had been explained to her.
"So you've got powers now?" asked Joe.
"That's right." said Kari making a fire ball in her hand which then dissipated.
"And you're also a vampire?" asked Mimi.
"I guess but so far the only thing I've gotten is the speed and my senses." replied Kari.
"How can you tell?" asked Joe.
"Well first of all because I can hear a bee that's flying by." said Kari looking towards a tree. The group turned to see a bee flying by a tree half a park away.
"Hang on. So is that why you covered your ears earlier?" asked TK.
"Yeah." said Kari.
"There's something I'm curious about though." said Izzy as he walked up to Kari before feeling her forehead.
"Just as I suspected." said Izzy removing his hand.
"Are you gonna let us in on your big theory?" asked Tai.
"Well if Kari was given fire powers then I figured her body temperature might be affected by this." said Izzy.
"Really?" asked Joe feeling Kari's forehead which was starting to make her uncomfortable. "Yikes." he said pulling his hand back.
"I guess this means I won't need a jacket during the winter." said Kari with a smile.
"So what about when you were talking to yourself?" asked Sora.
"I was talking to a woman I saw in a dream last night." replied Kari holding her hand out which caused her sword to appear surprising everyone, including herself. "Huh. I didn't know I could do that."
"There are many things you can do." said a voice that surprised everyone.
"Who's there?" asked Tai.
"Just me." said the voice before Kari's sword began glowing. After it stopped they all looked in shock as a woman stood before them.
"Who are you and where did you come from?" asked Davis shocked.
"I am Shigeki. The spirit of Kari's sword." replied the woman. "But I think we need to go to some place else to talk." she said snapping her fingers which caused them all to disappear. Within a few seconds they reappeared in a strange dark room. "Lights active." Upon command several lights turned on from the ceiling that illuminated the place.
"What is this place?" asked Izzy.
"Well he called it Ignis Castellum." said Shigeki.
"Igni-what?" asked Davis confused.
"Ignis Castellum." replied Izzy. "It's Latin for Fire Fortress."
"Smart one, aren't you?" said Shigeki. "This is where he lived. Well up in the actual house. This was his lab." she said turning to Kari. "Hey Kari put the card over there." she said pointing to a small pillar that was sticking out of the middle of the room with an open slot. Kari nodded and did. Once she did the slot scanned the card. Once it did Kari took the card back and the small pillar sank causing parts of the floor to rise and parts of the wall to turn which surprised them. On the walls they saw tools on one wall and various weapons on most of the others including different fire arms. Kari went up to one of the walls and pulled out a rapier which she examined.
"Wow. I can't believe he's got all these weapons." said Kari.
"Well at the time I needed to train." they heard a voice say. Everyone turned to see a hologram of SDG.
"He left a recorded message?" asked Tai.
"No. Though I am a hologram I'm this place's AI. SDG used his brain waves which allowed me to have any information you might need." said the hologram.
"Prodigious. This place is amazing." said Izzy.
"Well they have included technology from various realities allowing for things most humans could never dream of." replied the hologram. "Anyway I think you wanna ask me questions, right?"
"Yes." replied Kari. "What were those strange coins from earlier?"
"Those were the scanned energy of core medals." replied the hologram. "You have access to the power of twelve Core Medals." he said as twelve holograms of coins which had four different colors. Three were green, three were red, three were yellow, and three were blue. When they looked at them they saw the red ones had a hawk, a peacock, and a condor. The blue ones had a killer whale, an eel, and an octopus. The yellow ones had a lion, a tiger, and a cheetah. The green ones had a stag beetle, a mantis, and a grasshopper. "As far as I know there are in fact eighteen medals but I only scanned the powers of these twelve. I'm assuming you haven't had your powers for long so you shouldn't use full combos unless it is an absolute emergency because your body will not be able to handle it. However there is a way you can use a combo."
"How?" asked Kari. The hologram pointed behind them. When they turned they saw another pillar which then opened revealing a device which resembled a belt buckle which had a bird's face surrounded by twelve feathers that were about the same size. "What is that?"
"It's the Torch rider system." replied the hologram.
"Rider system?" asked Izzy.
"The company created rider systems which have gone to certain people based on certain traits. Me and my other self have very similar but at the same time very different rider systems." said the hologram.
"Hey wait a minute. You're not talking of Kamen Riders are you?" asked Yolei.
"Yes." replied the hologram.
"What are they?" asked Davis.
"The Kamen Riders are warriors who specialize in fighting against kaijin. They've...or we've been fighting them for the last forty years or so." said the hologram.
"Wait just how old are you?" asked Tai.
"Personally I'm only about sixteen. Well was since you're watching this." replied the hologram. "What I meant is that there have been multiple generations of rider. By the way if I may ask what is your name?" he asked looking to Kari.
"Kari Kamiya." she replied.
"Well Kari there's a few things that now belong to you." he said turning to a large hole on the floor from which something began to rise. To their surprise it was a car.
"Whoa." said Matt looking at the car.
"This is a Jaguar XJ220 I restored a few years ago that has been upgraded for use in both travel and battle. It includes several weapons as well as a nanoskin which makes it indestructible." explained the hologram.
"Wait you're saying this is mine now?" asked Kari.
"Not only that. That's also yours." he said pointing to a smaller hole from which another vehicle arose. This one was a motorcycle which was red lined with gold.
"And don't any of you think you can just use these whenever you want. After all they use DNA locks which have been altered to that of your own. In other words only Kari can use them." replied the hologram. "Anyway I'm about to run out of power here so I'm glad I could at least talk to you. Kari just remember there's more to what you've gained from me than just my powers."
"What do you mean?" asked Kari.
"I have a number of other skills so I'm guessing you'll be gaining them too." he said.
"Hang on. What kind of skills?" asked Kari. "Go to the door over there. It'll take you to my place so you can see for yourself." he said. Shigeki then walked up to Kari before her body began glowing. After she returned to being a sword which went to Kari's hand before vanishing. Then the group headed upwards where a part of the ceiling dropped and like a pop up book. The group went up the stairs and into a house larger than what most of them had ever seen before. When they got up there they looked around to see various things. For one in the living room there were two couches which formed something of an L with one having an electric guitar which was still connected. Matt looked surprised because the guitar in question was actually a very rare one. Kari walked up to it and noticed something. Under there was a paperback book. She became curious and was about to pick it up when several more images went through her mind which entranced her.
"Hey Kari are you okay?" asked Tai.
"I'm not sure." said Kari holding the guitar. Then she put to strap around her shoulder.
"You know how to play guitar?" asked Matt.
"I'm not sure." said Kari before playing a few notes. When she did she saw more images which went through her mind once more but this time she saw a violin. Kari put the guitar down and headed up the stairs followed by the others. She then went into a bedroom. They looked and saw there were several posters, most of which were of rock bands none of them had ever heard of like Slayer, Iron Maiden, Sabaton, Skillet, Nickelback, and Rev Theory. Everyone looked around except for Kari who was staring at something that was on the bed. She walked up to it and saw a violin case. When she opened the case she saw a violin which she pulled out.
"You probably shouldn't try that." they heard SDG's voice say.
"Are you a ghost?" asked Davis.
"No. Dumbass." said his voice. "Did you all forget my soul was combined with Kari's. I'm just trying to warn you of what memories that violin holds." Kari however was still curious so she picked up the violin before she began playing feeling her hands guide themselves. When she did even more images flooded her mind. These however were different. In these she saw a young boy running with another boy from a house which exploded. She also saw a boy running through an alley before he saw an explosion several feet behind him as he kept running while crying. Most of the images she saw were similar to this and she felt her own heart ache. Right then Kari noticed her Digivice began glowing.
"Hey what's going on?" asked Kari pulling out her Digivice.
"Simple. I've added a little something to allow you to use your Digivice to access everything in the lab including the vehicles and weapons. All you need to do is think about it and what you need will digitize itself into your hands. You can also access the vehicles by whistling at the right frequency.
"Well thanks." said Kari uncertain just before they heard an alarm.
"Hey what's going?" called out Davis.
"There's a monster attacking." said SDG voice before the floor underneath them opened and dropped them into the lab. Unfortunately they wound up landing one on top of another. Afterwards they heard laughter.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" asked Matt somewhat angrily.
"Not at all. That was really only made for one to five people. Not eleven." said SDG. Then a large holographic map of Tokyo appeared with a red dot blinking.
"What's going on?" asked Davis. Izzy wondered before tapping the dot with his finger which caused a window to open in front of them that showed a strange monster which looked completely mutated.
"What is that thing?" asked Tai.
"Scans have shown it is of unknown genetic mutation similar to that of NMC's."
"NMC's?" asked Tai.
"Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures." said Kari.
"They were creatures created with the mitochondria of a person which were thought to have been destroyed a few years back." said SDG's voice.
"Alright then let's go!" said Davis.
"Not so fast." said SDG.
"What?" asked Davis.
"There is an anomaly in it." said SDG as a window appeared. Izzy saw it causing him to become surprised. "It looks like whatever it is it has digital information."
"So what does that mean?" asked TK.
"That it's part digimon." said Kari.
"Right. So our digimon might not be able to destroy it." said Izzy.
"Then what do we do?" asked Davis.
"Hey guys where's Kari?" asked Joe.
"What are you guys waiting for?" asked Kari from within the car as the engine started.
"Alright let's go!" said Tai going to the passenger seat with Agumon. Gatomon was sitting between the two seats. "But only three or four people are gonna fit in this with their partners."
"Alright." said TK going into the back seat of the driver side. He was followed by Davis, Ken, and Cody each of whom wound up squeezing into the back. Kari then pressed a button under the radio which caused a door to drop before them allowing Kari to take off a lot faster than they would've expected. This left everyone else staring in shock and wide eyed. Those in the car were trying to hang on as Kari hit beyond 60MPH.
"Can't you slow down?" asked Tai trying to grab on to the seat. However then another vehicle began following them before it began firing at them.
"What are they doing?" asked TK.
"I think they're trying stop up us." said Ken as something appeared on the windshield. "Hey what's going on?"
"I think the car's running a scan of some kind on the car behind us." replied Kari.
"So what do we do?" asked Davis.
"Hang on tight." said Kari.
"Wha...?" asked Cody just before Kari hit the break, made a turn, and then went in reverse with the front facing the other car.
"Alright going into battle mode." said Kari hitting a few buttons before hitting a button near the rear view. This caused several slots to open at the front of the car. Then Kari hit a button that was on the inner left side of the steering wheel which caused the slots on the sides near the headlights to start firing.
"You're gonna need something stronger than that." said Shigeki.
"And what would you suggest?" asked Kari.
"Hit the switch under your seat. That'll arm a small rocket he added into it that may be strong enough to destroy that thing." said Shigeki.
"I can't kill the people in that thing no matter what." said Kari.
"There's nothing in it." said Ken looking at the windshield which showed there was no one in it. "It must be some kind of drone."
"Well then I guess I don't have a choice." said Kari hitting the switch under her seat before hitting the button next to the other button which fired a small rocket that upon impact completely destroyed the other vehicle. Then Kari once again turned and kept going. "You guys okay?" she asked. Everyone was completely stiff. "Sorry. I think I'm still getting a little use to the new knowledge. I guess I'm getting used to his impulses." she said sheepishly.
"That's alright but do you think we could go a little slower next time?" asked Ken.
"Forget that for now. We need to find that monster." said Tai. "I wonder where it is." Their question was answered when the monster jumped in front of them landing on a car.
"Does that answer your question?" asked Davis.
"So what should we do?" asked Cody.
"I think we should digivolve." said Veemon.
"Just in case DNA digivolve." said Kari as she herself transformed.
"Veemon digivolve tooo...ExVeemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve tooo...Stingmon!"
"Patamon digivolve tooo...Angemon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve tooo...Ankylomon!"
"Kari what do we do?" asked Gatomon. Kari pulled out her D3 but suddenly something happened. She felt a pain in her heart which caused her to drop her Digivice.
"What's wrong?" asked Tai.
"Dammit. I was hoping this wouldn't happen." said Shigeki appearing in front of everyone in a spectral form.
"What's happening to Kari?" asked Tai.
"When she touched the violin she inherited some of his negativity." said Shigeki.
"What do you mean?" asked Tai.
"The computer told her not to touch the violin for a reason. He would use it to release the pain he felt from the loss of his parents all that time ago after they died to protect him along with his brother along with the guilt of knowing his brother died fighting to protect him and that he was the only surviving warrior from his team." explained Shigeki. "All of the memories are overloading her mind and soul."
"So what's gonna happen?" asked Tai starting to panic.
"Absolute Terror." said Shigeki. "It was his darkest form which was created from his guilt, pain, sorrow, and self loathing. Once his mind hits its limits then his body would unleash all that pain placing him in a new form. One which would allow him to use the fears of both good and evil alike in order to fight the forces of evil. However he took a long time before he could control himself."
"Wait how do you know all this? Were you his sword like you are Kari's now?" asked Tai.
"I'll explain that later. For now try to calm her down." said Shigeki.
"Kari. Are you okay?" asked Tai. Kari couldn't answer because she had one hand on her head and another on her heart as several more images ran through her mind until she felt something felt like it snapped. At that Shigeki vanished in a shroud of darkness. With that Kari simply let her arms hang at her sides.
"Kari?" asked Gatomon worried. Kari looked up to reveal her eyes glowing red but empty. Then she turned to look at the other which caused a red aura to surround them. This immobilized them along with their digimon.
"Kari what are you doing?" asked Tai struggling to move.
"Forgive me." said Kari as the color seemed to wash off her causing her to become completely white. This kinda started freaking everyone out. It didn't help when they saw bat like wings sprout out of her back along with a tail that had serrated spikes and what looked like an ex at the end. They also noticed she seemed to be wearing metallic gloves but these were actually pieces of metal which seemed to be fused into her forearms. Kari then looked down and picked up her Digivice. When she did two marks appeared on the back of her shoulder which then changed and became Yin Yang. Thanks to this when Kari touched her Digivice it began glowing.
"Gatomon digivolve tooo...Angewomon!"
Afterwards Angewomon flew next to Kari.
"Kari are you sure you're okay?" she asked concerned.
"I wouldn't say I'm okay but I'm not hurt or anything." said Kari with sad smile. "However I think we need to focus on this thing." she said as they saw what looked like specters fly around them.
"What's going on?" asked Davis.
"Fear." said Kari as the specters began to go into Kari's body which caused a dark aura to appear around her body. This also caused a shining aura to appear around Angewomon. The monster before them began firing several pellets rapidly Angewomon dodged while Kari stood there before glaring at them which, to everyone surprise, caused them to disintegrate. "Fear wave." said Kari making a crescent shape with her right hand sending a dark wave at the monster. It howled in pain but then tried to charge at her while turning its right hand into a blade. Kari then put up her right arm. This caused the recently formed blade to break in half. Then it tried to attack her again but Kari flew upwards with Angewomon. "Nocte Vastator Ignis." she whispered causing a blade with a dark red blade to appear in her hand. This sword then changed shape into a dark looking bow at the same time Angewomon prepared to attack.
"Dark Flame Arrow!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
The two arrows flew colliding after they pierced the monster the two collided exploding inside it destroying the monster. However the force of the explosion was greater than most would've expected. Afterwards the auras around the others shattered releasing them. When this happened Kari collapsed as did Angewomon reverting back into Gatomon. Tai then ran to his sister catching her before she hit the floor.
"Kari are you okay?" asked Tai. Ken approached both Gatomon and Kari before taking a closer look at the two.
"I think they're okay. They're just exhausted." said Ken.
"She did well." said a man in a suit who walked up to the group.
"Who are you?" asked Davis.
"Name's Terrance and I'm here to take you all to get the explanation as to what has happened." he said.
"So where are we going?" asked Davis.
"I think the better question is how are we getting there." said Cody. Terrance simply turned to where a bus stopped. There they saw everyone else waving at them.
"If wish to know then come with me." Terrance said walking to the bus door which opened. The others looked at each other before shrugging, figuring they had nothing to lose, and went in with Tai carrying Kari on his back and Agumon holding Gatomon. Once everyone else was inside Terrance turned to the driver. "Alright Gary I think we can get going."
"Alright boss man." said the driver taking off. The bus arrived near a large building they kind of recognized. The bus then turned and entered through a ramp that dropped. Within a few minutes the bus stopped in a large garage like basement.
"Please follow me." said Terrance. The group was uncertain but followed. At the moment Kari and Gatomon had yet to awaken so they were still being carried. They were taken into a building, up in a public elevator, further down more floors in a private elevator, and then led into a room.
"What is this place?" asked Izzy looking around.
"The underground part of the company." replied Terrance. "This is our science division." he said looking around to where they saw several scientists walking around before one went up to them.
"Mr. Terrance what are you doing here?" asked the scientist.
"Come on Jerry. You know you don't have to call me Mr." said Terrance. "Anyway how are the energy chambers looking?"
"They're in perfect working order. Why?"
"I don't know if you were told but SDG died but he transferred his powers to someone." said Terrance looking to Tai who was holding Kari.
"I see. Alright then come with me." said Jerry walking to where Tai before leading him to a pod. Tai was feeling uncertain but followed. "Just place her in the pod." he said pressing a button which caused the glass on it to slide.
"Just what is this for?" asked Tai. Terrance walked up to him.
"The powers your sister obtained work a lot like a remote control." replied Terrance. "You see what happened was that she used up a large portion of her energy and because she wasn't used to it after the transformation was reverted she collapsed. This pod was created by one of his counterparts which recharges his energy. You see normally his energy can recharge on its own allowing him focus it for different purposes. Anyway I'm getting ahead of myself." Just place your sister in the pod and she'll be good as new within a few minutes."
"What about Gatomon?" asked Agumon.
"She was drawing power from Kari so she should awaken in a few minutes to about an hour." said Terrance. "Anyway come on so I can explain things. The group was starting to get a little more curious so they followed. Once Terrance was certain everyone was in the room. "Alright I think the best thing will be to start from some of the more recent events." he said taking a control that was on the table of the conference room. When he pressed the button a hologram appeared in the middle of the table which formed a large sphere. Everyone looked surprised upwards.
"Alright. A few years ago a man who betrayed our people began searching for the fragments of a weapon. A cannon which had been destroyed well over a millennia ago." began Terrance.
"Whoa. So you're saying he's looking for fragments here?" asked Davis. Terrance simply glared at Davis shutting him up.
"There only six fragments in this world which we have already found." said Terrance.
"So what's with those...uh Fangire things?" asked Tai.
"This man recruited monsters from various realities. Most of these monsters are rogues who refused to stay at peace with humans because they either thought humans were inferior or...well that was really the main reason." explained Terrance.
"Alright so what was the story with that guy who saved Kari?" asked Ken.
"He was one of our agents. We asked him to take care of the remaining kaijin in this reality but we never thought that a Nightstalker would appear here." said Terrance.
"We're sorry for you loss." said Ken.
"I'm not so sure how sorry to be." said Terrance. "Since he joined us he's been incredibly anti-social. I mean he didn't talk to anyone, when he ate at the cafeteria here he always ate by himself, and whenever he was sent on an assignment he would just nod. I think him having died to save Kari was the happiest thing that could've happened to him."
"So what about Kari?" asked Tai.
"What about her?"
"What's gonna happen to her?" asked Tai.
"Well her metabolism is gonna start changing if it hasn't already so she's probably gonna start eating more." said Terrance.
"Excuse me but I have a question." said Ken.
"Ask away." said Terrance.
"What was it that happened to Kari and Gatomon earlier?" asked Ken.
"Well the form Kari entered is known as Absolute Terror." said Terrance hitting a button on the remote causing the hologram to show the teen. Then it showed a video of him in a battle but in a lot of pain. That caused him to lose his color but this caused the sky to darken. As it did they saw his nails overtake his fingers turning them into claws, bat like wings sprouting from his back, three rat like tails which came out, eagle like talons which ripped his shoes, his eyes become blood red, his teeth become completely serrated, and to horns which extended from his forehead. Aside from the physical features they also noticed that a black tattoo appeared at his chest which looked like an evil vampire's face. At that he paused the video. "This was him in Absolute Terror. When he entered it his body releases a large barrier known as the terror field. This allows him to draw power from the fear that is within the terror field. It seems your sister inherited this power."
"Then what about Angewomon?" asked TK.
"The power is partially derived from darkness. Kari, if I'm not mistaken, is the child of light."
"So what you're saying is that the dark powers are reacting with her light?" asked Izzy.
"Something like that." replied Terrance. "You see SDG had something very unique. Of all the fighters within this company he's one of the very few to balance himself out in order to access his full power. If I had to guess I'd say that both sides have only just united in her."
"So is that why she got that symbol behind her shoulder?" asked TK.
"What symbol?" asked Terrance.
"The Yin Yang symbol." replied Sora.
"You mean this?" asked Kari as she and Gatomon entered the room with Kari's hand on the mark behind her right shoulder.
"Kari you're awake!" said Tai running up to his sister.
"Fifteen minutes. Impressive." said Terrance looking at his watch.
"Uh thanks but where are we?" asked Kari.
"Just look around." said Terrance. Kari looked around which caused images to flash in her mind.
"We're in the Digital Illumination company in the sub level conference room." she said unknowingly. "How did I know that?"
"Your mind has begun memorizing the information that was in his mind. However you will only be able to access it when you see something familiar." explained Terrance.
"How do you know all this?" asked Cody.
"You think Kari's the only one who's had her life turned over by being saved by a Daywalker?" asked Terrance.
"So you too?" asked Kari.
"That's right. However it happened about six hundred years ago." said Terrance.
"Wait so just how old are you?" asked Tai.
"Well I'm gonna turn 645 in about two weeks." said Terrance. "Anyway I didn't just bring you all to talk about simple things." he said turning to Kari. "I was asked to talk to you about what your assignment will be if you choose to join us."
"Assignment?" asked Kari.
"They figured it would be best for someone similar to you should explain this." said Terrance.
"So what would it be?" asked Gatomon.
"As I assume you know your universe is one in the multiverse." Everyone nodded. "Well we needed you to go to another reality where there are people who also have digimon."
"Really?" asked Davis making everyone sigh.
"Anyway the enemy has been sending Digi-Neo Mitochondrial Creature to this other reality and those in there have been fighting." explained Terrance.
"So what are the names of these DigiDestined?" asked Davis.
"Those in this reality who have digimon partners are known as Digimon Tamers." replied Terrance. "Actually believe it or not the link they have with their digimon is a bit stronger than the one you all have with your own." said Terrance.
"No way." said Davis.
"How would you know?" asked Ken.
"Simple observations. You see during battle when their digimon battle in their ultimate level any time the digimon takes an attack the tamer feels it too." replied Terrance. "We've also observed they had a digivolution they most of you probably didn't believe possible."
"And what might that be?" asked Mimi.
"I'm afraid can't tell you." said Terrance. "Anyway your assignment, should you choose to accept it, would be to help them out until we can find the source of the DNMCs in order to destroy the source."
"I see." said Kari.
"But there's something else." said Terrance. "If you go then it was decided you should go with Izzy since you'll need someone who's very intelligent to help you out with a lot of technical stuff."
"I see." said Kari.
"But as I said it would be if you choose to accept." he said.
"Well I guess the only problem would be how to explain this to our parents." said Izzy.
"We have a cover all ready for you to go." said Terrance. "If you accept your parent's will be told that you will be studying abroad."
"Wait a sec. We'd have to lie to our parents?" asked Izzy.
"There are things you must understand." said Terrance. "You see we have kept multiversal travel under wraps in multiple realities because people would want to travel to those realities parallel to their own which wouldn't be good."
"And why's that?" asked Tai.
"Because though in some realities you are the same or similar to how you are here there's realities where you're the exact opposite of what you are here." replied Terrance. "Anyway it's about time you all headed home since you've probably been getting phone calls the last few hours."
"What do you mean?" asked Tai.
"We're at least fifty two miles underground so if your parents have been calling you won't get the messages until you get back outside." explained Terrance as he went to the entrance of the room. They followed him into up into the bus. Afterwards the driver began dropping them off at their homes until only Tai, Kari, and their partners remained. Once the bus stopped in front of their apartment building. As the four were heading for the door Terrance handed the two mid sized boxes that were wrapped.
"What are these?" asked Tai.
"Well open them." said Terrance. The two did and saw what looked like bracelets half the size of their forearms but with the lower half missing. "We refer to them as gauntlets." he said pulling up his left sleeve causing a similar looking one to appear. "Though ordinarily we'd have you put that on should you accept the elders decided to give both of you gauntlets to let you two stay in touch no matter what." The two were a little uncertain since they were still unfamiliar with the technology but then placed the gauntlets on their left forearms causing them to close. Then the two felt a strange sensation on the forearms they placed the Gauntlets on before the two turned on.
"So how do we take these off?" asked Tai.
"Oh you can't. Once you put them on they never come off." said Terrance causing the two siblings to look at him in shock. "Don't worry. It won't come off but it'll disappear until you need it. It also works as a portable computer and...well a whole lot of other things but I'll let you explore that yourselves." he said looking at the two who got off the bus. "Well I'll see you around." he said just before the bus took off.
"So what do you think?" asked Tai.
"I don't know." replied Kari as the four went into the building.
"Well whatever you decide you can be sure I'll be by your side." Gatomon told her partner with confidence.
"Thanks Gatomon but I'm still gonna need some time to think." said Kari with a smile.
Well more things revealed. Just to see who is familiar with what here's a pair of questions for you. Which Kaijin are from what series? and What are ANMCs native to?
That aside I hope you all enjoyed this and any advice would be great since I'm not too familiar with the personalities of the Digidestined or the Tamers give that I haven't really seen this in almost a decade. Anyway thanks for reading and hope you read the next one!