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Digimon World Wars
Chapter 20 - The Dragon of Flames
Rex and Kiru stood side by side, waiting for their opponents to come at them. Lobomon and Agunimon rushed in front of their partners as the five Dobermon charged forward.
"Back off! LIGHT WINNER!"
"PYRO DARTS!" The beast digimon dodged the fire shots and light slash with little effort and circled around the group of four.
Atlas pointed at Gigasmon, "You, Attack!" Gigasmon charged forth on command.
"EXCEL STREAK!"
"FLAME FIST!" Again the Dobermon dodged the attacks, slowly trying to separate Rex and Kiru.
"Damn it, these digimon are fast," said Rex.
Kiru, "REX BEHIND YOU!"
Rex turned around as Gigasmon swung his arm at him. Agunimon jumped in front of Rex taking the blow for him. The attack sent Agunimon back into Rex knocking the two of them away.
Lobomon moved to attack Gigasmon, but was stopped when one of the Dobermon smacked into him knocking him on his side.
"Lobomon, you alright?" Kiru ran to his partner trying to help him up, when a shadow suddenly loomed over him. Gigasmon reached forward grabbing both Kiru and Lobomon and holding the two of them above his head.
Wolfbane, "Have Gigasmon throw them into the trees, it'll make the hunt more enjoyable for me." Atlas sighed before commanding Gigasmon to toss them far into the forest beyond the gate.
"Kiru! Lobomon!" Rex and Agunimon climbed to their feet and rushed forward as Gigasmon threw Kiru and Lobomon with all his might into the forest. The two flew over the trees before falling out of sight.
"DAMN YOU! EXCEL STREAK!" Rex's attack hit Gigasmon in the back, but the digimon didn't even flinch. Gigasmon turned around and slammed it's fists against the ground.
"TECTONIC SLAM!" The ground shook and cracked around Rex and Agunimon's feet causing them to stumble. Gigasmon rushed forward and delivered a punch to Agunimon's jaw, knocking the fire digimon back into one of the buildings that stood nearby.
"AGUNI-!" Rex was cut short when a fist also hit him in the face, sending him toppling back.
Atlas stood a few feet away from Rex, waiting for him to get back to his feet.
'Damn this guy hits hard,' thought Rex. As he stood up he looked around the area and noticed that the guy who called himself Wolfbane and his Dobermon were gone.
"You've got an interesting weapon there, young man," stated Atlas simply.
"Care to see just what I can do with it?" Rex smirked as he revved his red queen. "EXCEL STREAK!"
Atlas didn't move as the attack came at him. He raised his hand up as the red energy came upon him, holding the attack back until it faded.
"No way!" When the attack disappeared Rex could see how he had stopped his attack. His hand was wrapped in what seemed to be a clear, colorless digisoul.
"You didn't think that just cause you received the digivices, that you and your allies were the only ones who could use this power, did you?"
Rex glared at Atlas, until the sounds of battle caused him to turn his head towards his partner.
"PYRO TORNADO!" Agunimon spun through the air sending twisting flames at Gigasmon. As he closed in he brought his leg around against the digimon's neck. However Gigasmon didn't even flinch as he grabbed hold of Agunimon's leg and slammed him into the ground in front of him.
"AGUNIMON!" Rex quickly turned back towards Atlas as the sounds of running footsteps hit his ears. Rex ducked as Atlas threw a punch towards his face. Rex copied the man and charged his digisoul into his free hand, sending his own fist towards the man. Atlas caught Rex's hand with his left arm, a clear digisoul also covering it. Rex took the opportunity to swing his sword around on him, but was stopped again by Atlas catching the sword with his bare hand.
Both Atlas's hands had digisoul around them increasing his strength. Rex struggled to push his fist and sword into the man to no avail, Atlas raised his leg, and the clear digisoul also surrounded his foot as he kicked it into Rex's chest.
Rex had the wind knocked clean out of him, and was kicked back several yards.
"QUAGMIRE TWISTER!" Gigasmon spun around with his arms outstretched striking Agunimon in his chest and sending him flying back once again.
Rex raised himself to his knees, desperately gasping for air, 'Damn it, I feel like I just got hit by a truck!' Rex stabbed his sword into the ground and used it to help himself back to his feet.
"Do you still wish to fight?" Asked Atlas.
Rex, "Of course, I have to fight!"
"I don't understand, why do you choose to throw your life away for the digital world?"
"What do you care!"
"With your power, our leader would allow you to join us. We have to destroy these monsters while we can!"
"NEVER, what gives you the right to decide that the digimon have to be destroyed. They're just like you and me, they laugh, they cry, they have feelings."
Atlas suddenly looked outraged, "I AM NOTHING LIKE THESE MONSTERS!" Atlas rushed forward and delivered another blow to Rex's chest before he could react.
At the same time Agunimon was on his hands and knees, exhausted and covered in wounds. Gigasmon walked up to him and he jumped to his feet.
"FLAME FIST!" Agunimon's fist slammed into the side of Gigasmon's face, but the digimon still didn't flinch. Gigasmon pulled his right arm back and slammed it into Agunimon's chest, knocking the fire warrior flat on his back.
Rex once again stumbled to his feet, "I don't understand."
"What's not to understand, the digimon are my enemy, and I won't show mercy to anyone who sides with them."
Rex, "What do you got against them!"
"That's none of your business!" Atlas charged forward and grabbed Rex by the back of the head, slamming his own head against Rex's. Rex dropped his sword as he fell flat on his back, the blade started to glow and reverted back into his digivice.
Rex laid on the ground slowly losing consciousness. He couldn't understand the man he was fighting, he didn't seem evil but he had such a deep hatred for the digimon. Rex turned his head towards his partner and saw Gigasmon standing over top of him.
Gigasmon began to deliver a barrage of punches down on Agunimon. The ground cracked and caved in as each of Gigasmon's punches pushed Agunimon deeper into the earth.
"Agunimon!" Rex climbed back to his hands and knees. He reached out for his digivice and raised himself up to his feet.
"You know something, old-timer," Atlas turned back around at Rex's words, "you were wrong about something, I'm not fighting to save the digital world. I'M FIGHTING TO SAVE BOTH WORLDS!"
Rex's digisoul began to expand up his arm as he gripped his digivice tight, "DIGITIZE, RED QUEEN!" Rex's sword appeared and he quickly revved the blade and fired the red wave of energy towards Gigasmon, knocking the digimon off of Agunimon.
Agunimon opened his eyes and turned his head towards his partner. Rex's sword reverted back into his digivice once again as he continued to stare down Atlas.
"Me and Agunimon made a promise to each other!" Rex's digisoul expanded further as he spoke, "WE PROMISED EACH OTHER THAT WE WOULD FIGHT UNTIL HIS WORLD AND MINE COULD LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN PEACE!" Rex's dark red digisoul exploded, covering his entire body.
"I'LL FIGHT ALL THOSE WHO THREATEN THE PEACE OF THE TWO WORLDS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE DIGIMON OR HUMAN!"
Agunimon slowly climbed to his feet, the power coming off of Rex slowly bringing his strength back to him.
"YOU READY AGUNIMON!"
=PERFECT EVOLUTION=
Rex: Digisoul, FULL CHARGE!
Agunimon Digivolve to -
BurningGreymon
BurningGreymon, Ultimate Level, Demon Dragon Digimon, Vaccine Type
Rex's digisoul continued to burn around him as he charged at Atlas. Atlas threw a punch as Rex closed in but Rex slid underneath it and brought his fist into the man's gut. Atlas staggered but then closed his fists together and slammed them into Rex's back. Rex fell to the ground and caught himself with his hands, flipping himself forward and bringing the heel of his foot into Atlas's chin. Rex flipped himself back and landed back on his feet as Atlas stumbled back clutching his chin.
"Nice Rex, now it's my turn!" Gigasmon was finally back on his feet and charging towards BurningGreymon.
"QUAGMIRE TWISTER!" BurningGreymon took off into the air dodging the attack with little effort.
"PYRO BARRAGE!" The gold gauntlets attached to BurningGreymon's arms turned around and he began to rain down bullets made of fire down on Gigasmon. Gigasmon shielded himself with his arms as the fire rained down on him.
"HAD ENOUGH?" BurningGreymon charged down on Gigasmon and his entire body erupted in flames, "WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!"
BurningGreymon slammed into Gigasmon letting the flames surround his opponent. The flames spun around the two digimon for several moments blocking them from view. Finally the flames disappeared and only BurningGreymon was still standing.
"It's over," Rex's digisoul faded away.
"It's not over, as long as you oppose DATS you are my enemy," Atlas readied himself to fight once again, his colorless digisoul wrapping around his arms.
"Tell me, why does someone like you fight for an organization like DATS?" Atlas was surprised by this question. "They don't care who they have to kill, as long as they get to complete whatever their plan is."
"They will wipe out the digimon, and that is why I fight with them!"
"What happened to you, to make you hate my kind so much?" BurningGreymon stepped up behind Rex.
"You want to know so bad?" Atlas looked enraged and saddened at the same time, "I lost my wife and my seven-year old daughter, because of you digimon!"
Rex and BurningGreymon were at a loss for words.
"Digimon are evil, just a few days ago one of you digimon slaughtered a bunch of our people!"
"You can't condemn all the digimon for the sins of a few! Yes there are evil digimon, I met the one you're talking about myself and believe me I'm waiting for my chance to give him what he deserves!"
BurningGreymon continued Rex's speech, "There are plenty of evil humans in this world too, are you going to tell me that all humans deserve to die, because a few of them are cold-blooded killers!"
Atlas didn't seem to have a comeback. Rex and BurningGreymon turned towards the trees.
"If you follow us we won't show any mercy," said Rex simply. The two reached the edge of the trees when Rex heard the sound of Atlas charging at him.
BurningGreymon turned around ready to stop the man but Rex held his hand up stopping him, "I got it." Rex's face remained sad as he formed his sword once again and charged out to meet the man.
"I CAN'T STOP, THE DIGIMON HAVE TO BE DESTROYED!" Atlas brought his arm back, ready to hit Rex with his digisoul.
Rex revved his blade and kept revving as he continued to run forward, the red energy was going wild around his blade.
"FORGIVE ME OLD MAN! EXCEL BLITZ!" Rex ran past Atlas, his blade was no longer glowing. Behind him stood Atlas surrounded by the red energy, the energy clung to him burning into his skin and dealing massive damage.
Atlas fell flat on his back and the energy faded away. Rex put away his sword and slowly walked back to his partner, past the fallen man.
"Wait," a weak voice sounded beside Rex as he walked by, "what's your name?"
Rex's sad expression didn't change as he looked down at the heavily wounded man, "It's Rex, Rex Kazinawa, and you?"
"Atlas."
"No your real name." Atlas stared at Rex for a few seconds before smiling.
"Nikolai." Rex nodded to the man and turned back to his waiting partner, "my hatred for the digimon may never disappear, but a part of me does hope that you make your dream a reality, Rex."
"I told you, I'll fight until our world and the digital world can live together in harmony, or I'll die trying."
Rex reached BurningGreymon and the two of them made their way into the woods to help Kiru.
BurningGreymon, "I hope they're alright!"
The two stopped as someone walked in front of them, hidden in the shadows. Rex and BurningGreymon took a fighting stance as a four-legged animal walked up behind the man.
~To Be Continued~
I'll never long for what might have been
Regret won't waste my life again
I won't look back
I'll fight to remain
On this day I see clearly everything has come to life
A bitter place and a broken dream
And we'll leave it all, leave it all behind
On this day its so real to me
Everything has come to life
Another chance to chase a dream
Another chance to feel
Chance to feel alive
Metalingus by Alter Bridge
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Kiru and Lobomon Vs Wolfbane and the Dobermon
Notes:
As mentioned in the story, the digimon used by DATS are digimon that they destroyed and stole their data from. To them the digimon they use are nothing more then tools to give them an edge in their goals.