A/N: Time for a new chapter. Here is where the heroes gain the power to get the crystals and Marcus fights Diaboromon. So enjoy.
Chapter 5: Beginning of the 12th Cycle:
Taiki, Joe, Shoutmon, Gomamon, Yoshi and Lalamon manages to catch up with Thomas, Gaomon, a boy with blue hair, red shirt, green jacket and grey trousers, a girl with red hair with her ponytail sticking upwards, a white shirt with blue sleeves and blue trousers and her digimon, a yellow female fox who stands up straight, has pointy ears, blue eyes, purple gloves, white stomach and feet and paws, have a huge mane to cover her breasts and black nails on hands and feet. They were getting together to head back to Alice's Sanutrary.
"Hey, uh, Yoshi... You figure they all made it to Alice by now" said Shoutmon.
"Hmm, I guess they could have. You must be tired, huh" Yoshi said smiling crossing her arms.
"Of course I am. Gomamon led us down the scenic road. I don't know what you were thinking" Taiki said crossly.
"Yeah, I, uh, coulda sworn this was the quick route. Guess not" Gomamon said.
"Rika, Renamon" Joe said to the red haired girl and the yellow fox digimon "What's your point of view on this?"
"Well, it can't really be that much farther from here, can it? I think I've seen this place before" Rika said.
"It's not much further actually. Just a little more" Renamon said.
"Right! See there. Rika knows what's up. We went a little out of our way, but we're still on track, no need to complain" Joe said.
"Err, Renamon?" Shoutmon said "You and Rika oughta let him know what you really think. It's for his own good."
"Maybe" Renamon said.
The blue hair boy looked at Thomas. "You got to stop sulking, Thomas."
"Who's sulking, Koichi?" asked Thomas.
"Had Joe not taken charge, we might well never have made it this far. Perhaps his words were mostly false. But even so, they moved us, and that's why we're here" Koichi said.
"We know that" Gaomon said "Thanks for the refresher."
Thomas went quiet and then said "Koichi, Alice called us again. Why do you suppose that is?"
"I don't know" Koichi said as Gaomon looked at his partner worried.
"I want...I intend to win this fight. I win, and I get my memory back. I get to go back home. I keep telling myself that, just like everyone else. But you know...now that I've been here awhile... Sometimes I have to wonder if winning really means we'll get to go back home at all. If it might be that winning...won't change a thing. I just...I can't help but wonder." Thomas said.
"What's this?" Joe said as he walked up to them "Could it be possibly that Thomas is human like the rest of us?"
"Wha?" Gaomon and Thomas said.
"Look, we've all got our worries, but we're trying to do what we can. You gonna lead us now? Or you leaving that up to Gomamon" Joe asked.
"Anything but that" Gaomon said.
"Don't sweat it. We'll figure something out. Long as we stay alive, things are bound to work out, right?" Joe said.
"I'd trust our once wayward guide. He speaks from experience" said Koichi.
"Err… thanks, Koji, I guess" Joe said.
"Shall we then? Relax. Our battle will not be ended so easily" Koichi said as he and Joe begins to walk away.
"Thomas?" Gaomon asked as Thomas stayed silent again.
""No… that it won't" Thomas said and he followed them.
Meanwhile, over at Diaboromon's throne, Diaboromon sat on his chair and then looked at his claw before saying "So. you've reached the end of discord, lost in doubt, lamenting your existence... Disappearing quietly would have served you well. Why did you come?" he looked up to see he was talking to Marcus and Agumon, who looked angry.
"We came to fight!" Marcus said.
"Oh really? Fleeing from fate? Or do you hope to take me down with you? What do you desire, aiming at me your digimon who meant to slay the goddess of harmony?" Diaboromon said.
"Oh we aren't aiming myself at Alice!" Agumon snarled.
"We want to trigger... the end of this cycle of you defeating Alice! We won't allow that!" Marcus said.
"Not pleading for life, yet not wishing to send discord into oblivion... you think that making your digimon fight me is a path to the end?" Diaboromon asked.
"No one has defeated you... let alone challenged you in battle. If that's the case, this is another way to the end of the cycle! It's fighting time, and our target is YOU!" Marcus said as he took out his digivice.
"You aim to bring about change to the fate imposed on this world? Hehehe, interesting." Diaboromon cackled " Very well, challenge accepted. Feeble warrior, led astray by the faint memories of your past, know how fleeting your power is, and mourn in the depths of sorrow!"
"Then let's go!" Marcus called as he punched Diaboromon's chest for his data and put the data into his digivice "DNA CHARGE! Burst Mode activate!"
Once again, Agumon became Burst Mode ShineGreymon and the two face off against Diaboromon.
Meanwhile, the others arrived at the Sanctuary. The digimon went on ahead but the humans stayed behind a moment.
"We arrived" Koichi said.
Rika nodded and said "The others must be up ahead. Let's get going."
"I just hope they aren't tired of waiting" Taiki said.
"A good little distance is good for a relationship, maybe" Joe said.
Yoshi chuckled and said "Let's hope they see it that way."
"Let's move on" Thomas said as they all walked forward.
The 5 humans and digimon walked up to Tai, Agumon, Matt, Gabumon, Sora, Biyomon, Keenan, Falcomon, Izzy, Tentomon, Takuya, Davis, Veemon, Koji, Impmon, TK and Patamon who were waiting for them. Then they saw Alice in midair. She released her clenched hair and light came out of it and each into each of the heroes' hands. They looked at it before it vanishes in their hands.
"These light will contain hope for this world" Alice said "Once you win many battles, they will form into a crystal, the power needed to fight Diaboromon. Each of your roads will be different. You must defeat the god of discord. Stop Chaos, and end this conflict."
The others nodded and begins to run off. Only Tai, Thomas and their digimon stayed before both Tai and Thomas nodded and Thomas and Gaomon walked off. Tai and Agumon begins to go off as well before nodding to Alice before leaving.
It wasn't long before they got the power to gain the crystals did Lalamon float back to Tai's Agumon.
"Oh wait, Agumon, I forgot to tell you something" she said.
"What is it?" Agumon asked.
"Me and Yoshi were attacked by a warrior of Diaboromon, but another one came to save and this one was a boy with a digimon. And believe it or not, that digimon is another you" Lalamon said "You two look almost alike expect he has red straps on his hands or something. Are you two brothers or something?"
Agumon's eyes widen in surprise. "Another Agumon?"
"Yeah, but he is on Diaboromon's side but me and Yoshi can tell they are good, I know it" Lalamon said "So do you remember him at all? He did say you're his older brother."
Agumon went silent before saying "I don't even remember having a brother, let alone hear another Agumon. If I did, I would've remember, but since we're in a world were our memories are like scrambled eggs and all…"
"Yeah, I know" Lalamon said "but if he were on our side along with the boy partner of his, you two would make a power digivolution. Imagine: Wargreymon and Shinegreymon dna digivolve to Warshinegreymon, huh?"
"I guess" Agumon said very confused "Anyway, I gotta catch up with Tai. We'll talk more later, OK?"
"OK" Lalamon said "But since there are two Agumons, can I call you Tai's Agumon, it's much more clearer."
"Yeah, sure, I guess" Agumon said and ran off.
Meanwhile, ShineGreymon Burst mode is still battling Diaboromon.
"Final Shining Burst!" Using his last bit of strength, he cause a huge explosion to knock Diaboromon back into his throne and he slumped down in his chair. "Marcus, we won!"
"That would end this conflict for sure" Marcus agreed.
But they were wrong cause they heard Diaboromon cackling and said "Pathetic. This is the source of your strength?"
"What was that? Impossible!" ShineGreymon said looking shocked.
"How?" Marcus was also shocked as well.
"Tremble… at the presence of pure chaos! Web Wrecker!" And Diaboromon Fires a powerful destructive energy bullet from the orb on his chest. The many fire bullets not just hit ShineGreymon but Marcus too. There was a huge explosion at this and when it cleared, Marcus and Agumon laid on the ground completely defeated. "Well? Lowly pawn, has your vaunted digimon's power altered fate's course?"
Marcus tries to reach out to Agumon to keep fighting but he was so weak he couldn't stand, all he could do is grab Agumon's hand.
"Boss… we failed…" Agumon said very weakly.
"Exactly. Your own obliteration-that is the greatest change you can ever hope to accomplish in this world." Diaboromon said as Marcus and Agumon closed their eyes "Now surrender to the inexorable grasp of deepest, darkest pandemonium, and lose yourself to oblivion."
Suddenly, small dark smoke came spiraling out of Marcus and Agumon as they begin to fade away.
'Is this it? Is this the end of us?' Marcus thought 'No… not yet. We can't put… our friends in danger.' With his last strength he made a plea in his thoughts 'Alice… goddess of harmony. If you could hear us… listen to our plea… I beg you… save them… save Agumon's friend… and save the one I cherish the most… … … Yoshi… Lalamon…'
His thoughts must have been read, cause Alice, over at her throne room, stood up from his seat and looked in the sky surprised.
"A voice of… a fighter and his digimon" Alice said to herself "An end to this conflict… and some lives spared? This is your hearts' desire?" She then closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them and said "If your will remains unchanged, I shall bring you and your digimon here when the battle drives to a close." And with that, white and blue energy begins to spiral around her and enters into the sky. "Marcus and Agumon, my chosens."
Somehow, Alice manages to rescues Marcus and Agumon from death and, at a result, for the next cycle, since Alice used her strength to save them, Marcus and Agumon will awaken… as warriors of Alice.
Meanwhile, Kurata begins his own motives.
To be continued…
A/N: The next cycle, Marcus and Agumon will be fighting on the heroes side and I added the Lalamon and Agumon talk as an extra. So stayed tuned for the next chapter.