Digimon World Wars : Part 1

by XV165

How do you prevent two worlds from destroying each other? A group of chosen humans will fight alongside their digimon partners until they discover the answer. Features a cast of characters from various anime, led by Duo Maxwell.

33. Ch33 The Skull's Last Laugh

I don't own Digimon, or any other names, characters, etc. used in this story.

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Digimon World Wars

Chapter 33 - The Skull's Last Laugh

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(Years Ago)

SkullSatamon studied the orb in his hand, "What is this my lord?"

SkullSatamon flinched as Daemon glared at him and took a step back, "That is called the Orb of Deadly Sins." Daemon sat down on his throne, leaning to the right and propping his head up with his fist, "You will keep that orb with you at all times!"

"May I ask why, my lord," SkullSatamon bowed down to his knees as Daemon grunted in annoyance.

"That orb feeds on negative energy, as long as you keep it with you, it will feed on your sins. The further you steep yourself in darkness the stronger the power within the orb will become." Daemon closed his eyes and yawned, "By keeping that orb with you it will form a link to you, and it will make you even more powerful."

SkullSatamon stared at the orb, becoming mesmerized by its swirling dark colors, "Thank you my lord!" SkullSatamon bowed to his master before leaving the throne room.

Once outside the throne room he began to chuckle to himself, 'I will go further into darkness then any before me, I will become so powerful that both worlds will tremble at my name. Keheheheheh, and I will kill that digimon and take his title for myself!' SkullSatamon continued to laugh to himself as he thought about killing the demon lord he hated, the demon lord whose hunger for power could never be satisfied. "When he finally returns he will die at my hands and I will become the 'Demon Lord of Gluttony'!"

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(Present Day)

The Orb of Deadly Sins floated high above the city. The Orb had kept SkullSatamon's spirit alive by absorbing his data and merging it with the dark energy that had been accumulated within itself over many years.

Kiru, "This can't be good!"

Haru, "Thanks for pointing out the obvious!"

Shuhei stood next to the edge of the building and looked down towards his partner, "NEODEVIMON DESTROY THE ORB, QUICK!"

NeoDevimon took off into the air, pointing his remaining claws at the orb. AeroVeedramon took off behind him, followed by ExVeemon and Dorugamon.

The aura around the orb began to expand becoming a solid sphere of energy with the Orb of Deadly Sins in the middle.

NeoDevimon, "GUILTY CLAW!"

AeroVeedramon, "MAGNUM CRASHER!"

ExVeemon, "HEART BREAKER!"

As the three digimon made contact with the sphere of energy they were blasted back and sent smashing into buildings and concrete. Dorugamon stopped in his tracks as his three allies flew past him.

"POWER METAL!" Dorugamon's cannonball exploded against the sphere of energy, leaving no sign of damage.

"HOWLING LASER!" Lobomon's attack merely faded away as soon as it came into contact with the energy. The energy started to expand, widening around the central point where the orb floated.

"Dorugamon get back!" Dorugamon flew back to the ground landing at Haru's side.

"AeroVeedramon, ExVeemon you alright?" Negi called out to the two blue dragon digimon, AeroVeedramon nodded his head lightly, he had been having a long rough day so far. ExVeemon merely held his hand up through the rubble he was trapped under giving a thumbs up.

"Damn it!" NeoDevimon charged into the sky again, "DARK ABYSS!" The ball of black energy floated into the mass of swirling black energy. NeoDevimon watched as his attack made no progress on absorbing the orb into its vortex. Finally NeoDevimon's attack broke apart and merged with the swirling sphere of energy.

"That attack isn't going to work, I'm going to have to push through it! GUILTY CLAW!" NeoDevimon's claws pushed into the sphere which cracked and splintered as he focused more of his dark power into his claws. Slowly NeoDevimon began to push into the mass of dark energy, struggling to get close enough to the orb in the center.

"KEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!" SkullSatamon's laugh echoed throughout the sphere of energy as NeoDevimon pushed deeper, the energy was so thick that it was like pushing through a rock.

NeoDevimon closed his eyes as the dark energy began to call to him, 'What's wrong, what happened to your hunger for power?'

NeoDevimon flinched and fell back out of the energy, holding his head and gasping for air. He had almost fallen into darkness again. The longer he remained in contact with that evil energy the stronger the images of the biker digimon became.

"NeoDevimon what's wrong!" Shuhei called out to his partner as he landed next to him.

"I'm sorry Shuhei..." NeoDevimon held his head, trying to push the voice out of his head, "I can't get through that energy... not without losing my mind."

Shuhei looked up at the ball of energy as it continued to expand, "It's alright, I don't want to risk losing you in darkness again, but if you can't get through that, then what are we gonna do?"

NeoDevimon, "I don't know."

Nodoka and Crescemon moved towards the edge of the building, past Shuhei and NeoDevimon, "Go Crescemon!"

Crescemon pointed her bowgun up towards the mass of energy, focusing her power into a single arrow, "DARK ARCHERY!" Like a bullet the arrow shot up in the air, barely piercing the mass of energy, and leaving a noticable crack in the hard sphere of energy.

Negi, "It's still not enough."

"Digitize Kuroryuu!" Negi stepped to the side as Duo moved in front of him pointing his blade towards the sky, "DRAGON SPLITTER!" Negi watched as Duo's attack made contact with the sphere of black energy, hitting the exact point where Crescemon's arrow had, actually pushing deeper into the mass of energy until it was finally stopped. The crack in the sphere of energy quickly mended becoming solid and expanding further.

'I don't get it, how are Duo's attacks able to get through that dark energy?' Negi watched as Duo tried again this time pointing the tip of his blade forward.

Duo, "Crescemon hit it again!" Crescemon reacted instantly firing another arrow at the sphere, and once again barely piercing the energy and creating a crack at the point of contact.

"DRAGON SPEAR!" Once again Duo's attack hit where Crescemon's had, pushing through the dark energy, and nearly making it all the way to the orb in the center.

"Damn it!" Duo stared at his sword, when he had first gotten his Kuroryuu he had thought nothing of the black energy it created for its attacks. After witnessing the dark energy that both SkullSatamon and NeoDevimon used, Duo couldn't shake how similar the energy felt compared to the energy of his sword. Duo had realized that his sword, was a sword of darkness, but it didn't bother him. Just like how NeoDevimon was a digimon of darkness who fought on their side for the light, his sword, his Kuroryuu was the same.

"Duo, what do we do?" ExVeemon flew over the buildings and landed next to his partner, staring at the mass of black energy above them that was continuing to increase in size.

"The bigger that thing gets the harder it's gonna be for my attacks to get through," Duo gritted his teeth and focused his digisoul into his hand, strengthening its power until it spread across his body, "I need Crescemon to hit that thing again, then I need all of you to hit the same point after she creates an opening. If we can widen the crack enough maybe my attack could make it all the way through!"

ExVeemon nodded and closed his eyes as Duo's sword reverted back into his digivice, 'Kuwagamon, Kunemon, please, lend me your power again...'

=PERFECT EVOLUTION=

Duo: Digisoul, FULL CHARGE!

ExVeemon Digivolve to -

Paildramon

Kiru and Haru stood next to Dorugamon and Lobomon, focusing their digisouls into their hands. The two of them focused on the people below them, their injured friends, the group of innocent people they had fought to save, and their friends and allies that stood around them.

Lobomon sheathed his sabers and Dorugamon took a deep breath as Haru and Kiru's digisouls spread across their bodies.

=PERFECT EVOLUTION=

Haru/Kiru: Digisoul, FULL CHARGE!

Dorugamon Digivolve to -

DoruGreymon

Lobomon Digivolve to -

KendoGarurumon

"EVERYONE READY?" Duo readied himself and brought his sword forth again as everyone who could, aimed at the mass of energy, "NOW CRESCEMON!"

"DARK ARCHERY!" Crescemon's arrow pierced the sphere of energy again, "Hit it guys!"

Paildramon, "DESPERADO BLASTER!"

KendoGarurumon, "LUPINE LASER!"

Negi, "MAGIC ARROW, SCATTERED LIGHTNING!"

DoruGreymon, "METAL METEOR!"

AeroVeedramon, "V-BREATH ARROW!"

All five attacks made contact with the crack in the sphere that Crescemon's arrow had created, widening the crack and creating a larger opening in the mass of energy.

Paildramon, "DUO NOW!"

"DRAGON SPEAR!" Duo thrust his sword forward, watching the arrow-head of energy fly in a straight line, right into the center of the opening in the dark sphere. Duo's attack pushed deeper into the energy, digging through the thick dark energy until finally coming to a stop and fading away, "DAMN IT!" Duo stared at the mass of energy as it expanded further over the city, and repaired the damage caused by their attacks, "It's getting too big!"

Inside the sphere of energy, SkullSatamon's laugh continued to echo, the center of the sphere was quiet, all the energy was expanding further around it leaving a dead quiet space in the middle near the orb, "I will kill those humans, I will wipe out the resistance, and I will finally kill the one I've sought all these years!" As the sphere of energy grew thicker and larger so did the empty space in the center around the orb.

"What are we going to do!" Paildramon grabbed Negi and Duo and backed away from the sphere as it grew even larger, nearing the top of the tallest skyscraper in the city. Paildramon landed further back on the roof of another building and was soon joined by KendoGarurumon, DoruGreymon, Haru, Kiru, Shuhei, NeoDevimon, Crescemon, AeroVeedramon, and Nodoka.

"Guys, I just got a message from Wizardmon," Haru read the message out loud for everyone, "He says he used Andromon's computer to examine the mass of energy and predict what will happen if it keeps expanding at this rate..." Haru gritted his teeth, "Guys, if we don't stop this thing soon it's gonna blow a huge chunk of the freaking delta continent to kingdom come!"

DoruGreymon, "We'll never be able to get everyone out of here in time!"

Haru, "Forget that, if this thing explodes, it'll kill all the digimon within twenty miles of this place!"

Negi, "We have to try again, too many lives are depending on us!"

KendoGarurumon, "If we couldn't get through it before what makes you think we can get through it now, it's getting even bigger!"

Duo, "WE HAVE TO TRY!"

Kiru, "Duo, it's not enough, we can't crack that thing without more firepower!"

Duo gritted his teeth, and his hand shook on the handle of his sword. Kiru was right, without more firepower they wouldn't be able to pierce the mass of energy and reach the orb within. 'Damn it... we need help!'

"Jeez, can't we leave you guys alone for a few days without the base nearly getting wiped out!"

Duo froze, he knew that voice. Duo turned around, seeing a helicopter flying above them with its side door wide open, standing in the doorway was a certain person with spiky brown hair, stood up to one side with a streak of purple hair in the center.

Duo grinned, "REX!"

"Miss me guys!" Hinata, Kotaro, Uryu, Kankuro, and Ling stuck their heads around Rex's looking out at the mass of black energy in the sky.

Uryu, "Wizardmon already contacted us, we know what to do!"

Rex and everyone moved to the side, "LET'S SMASH THAT THING GUYS!"

"YOU GOT IT!" Flamon, Gomamon, Monodramon, Palmon, Gaomon, and Tentomon suddenly jumped out of the open door as six shades of digisoul lit up the inside of the helicopter.

=PERFECT EVOLUTION=

DIGISOUL, FULL CHARGE!

Flamon Digivolve to - Agunimon

Agunimon Digivolve to -

BurningGreymon

Monodramon Digivolve to - Strikedramon

Strikedramon Digivolve to -

Cyberdramon

Gaomon Digivolve to - Gaogamon

Gaogamon Digivolve to -

MachGaogamon

Gomamon Digivolve to - Ikkakumon

Ikkakumon Digivolve to -

Zudomon

Tentomon Digivolve to - Kabuterimon

Kabuterimon Digivolve to -

MegaKabuterimon

Palmon Digivolve to - Togemon

Togemon Digivolve to -

Lillymon

The six ultimate digimon landed on various buildings, taking up positions to start blasting the dark sphere on command.

Rex, Ling, Kankuro, and Uryu jumped out of the helicopter landing on the building next to Duo's group.

"Guardromon, we have to help too," Shurimon stood up and jumped out of the helicopter as Guardromon set it on autopilot and jumped out after him.

"Come on Datamon, let's go," said Kotaro as Hinata jumped out after Guardromon.

"I didn't sign up for this, why should I?"

Kotaro's eyebrow twitched, "Oh just get out there and start blasting!" Kotaro gave Datamon a light kick, knocking the robot out of the helicopter where he face-planted against the roof next to Hinata. Kotaro landed next to Hinata and Datamon.

Kotaro, "Digitize, Beast Arts!"

Uryu, "Digitize, Ginrei Kojaku!"

Rex, "Digitize, Red Queen!" Rex revved his red queen building energy into the blade, "LET'S DO THIS GUYS!"

Crescemon pointed her bowgun once again at the sphere of dark energy, "DARK ARCHERY!" Again the arrow pierced the sphere of energy leaving a crack in its shell.

MachGaogamon crossed his arms across his chest taking a deep breath, "HOWLING CANNON!"

AeroVeedramon built his energy into his mouth, "V-BREATH ARROW!"

BurningGreymon formed the ball of fire energy, holding it over his head, "SOLAR WIND DESTROYER!"

Shurimon grabbed the giant shuriken off his back, "KUSANAGI!"

"VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Zudomon slammed his hammer against the pavement, sending a spark at the sphere of energy.

Paildramon grabbed his hip guns, pointing them up towards the sphere, "DESPERADO BLASTER!"

Kotaro focused his digisoul into his hand, forcing it into the shape of his clawed hand, "INUGAMI-RYU, AIR FANG!"

Negi created ten balls of lightning, that hovered in front of him, "MAGIC ARROW, SCATTERED LIGHTNING!" Like bullets the arrows of lightning shot into the sky.

Lillymon held her wrists together, merging the petals on her wrists into one large flower, "FLOWER CANNON!"

KendoGarurumon released all the light energy stored in his body, which took the shape of a giant wolf, "FROZEN HUNTER!"

DoruGreymon reared his head back, charging up one of his cannonballs, "METAL METEOR!"

Guardromon pointed his arms towards the sky, firing missiles with little eyes, hands, and whistles in their mouths, "GUARDIAN BARRAGE!"

Uryu pointed his bow to the sky, pulling back on its string, "PIERCE, GINREI KOJAKU!"

Cyberdramon slashed his claws building energy in his hands, "DESOLATION CLAW!"

Datamon sighed before pointing his fingers towards the sky, "NANO SPORES!"

MegaKabuterimon built energy into the top of his horn, "HORN BLASTER!"

Rex swung his blade through the air, "EXCEL STREAK!"

As all the attacks impacted against the crack in the sphere of energy they exploded, blasting a large chunk out of the dark energy, nearly all the way through to its center.

"LET'S DO THIS KURORYUU, DRAGON SPEAR!" Duo focused as much energy as he could into his sword as he stabbed his sword through the air, firing the arrow-head of black energy.

Duo's attack made contact in the center of the damaged mass of dark energy, pushing deeper towards its core. Duo watched as his attack pushed deeper, but started to slow down, 'No, it still can't make it!'

"LIGHTNING BLADE!" Everyone turned their heads as a familiar voice shouted out and a blade of lightning flew through the air pushing next to Duo's attack to help it through.

Negi, "ANDROMON!" Andromon stood a few buildings behind them, glaring at the sphere in the sky.

"ASURA SWELTERING FIST!" Four balls of fire impacted next to Duo and Andromon's attack.

Kotaro, "ASURAMON!" Asuramon stood on another building to Andromon's left.

"HURRY GUYS, WE CAN STILL MAKE IT!" Lavi lead Kanda, Setsuna, Shikamaru, Renji, Elie and all their partners.

=EVOLUTION=

Digisoul CHARGE!

Agumon Digivolve to -

Greymon

Commandramon Digivolve to -

Sealsdramon

Renamon Digivolve to -

Kyubimon

Guilmon Digivolve to -

Growlmon

Agumon Digivolve to -

GeoGreymon

Terriermon Digivolve to -

Gargomon

"Digitize, Mugen!" Kanda's sword formed and he readied himself as the six champions took aim.

"Digitize, Tonfa Blasters!" Elie's digivice took the form of twin tonfas with a trigger and open barrel at one end. Asuma flared his digisoul and focused it into his fist.

"GO GUYS!" Duo shouted out to his comrades, praying that their efforts would be enough.

Greymon, "NOVA BLAST!"

Kyubimon, "DRAGON WHEEL!"

Growlmon, "PYRO BLASTER!"

Kanda, "KAICHU, ICHIGEN!"

Gargomon, "GARGO PELLETS!"

Sealsdramon, "MONOCLE SHOT!"

GeoGreymon, "MEGA BURST!"

Elie aimed her tonfas towards the sphere and pulled on the triggers firing a barrage of highly destructive energy shots. Asuma punched his fist through the air, sending his digisoul at the sphere in one large mass of energy.

As all the attacks impacted next to Duo's the crack in the sphere of dark energy widened even further, and Duo's attack pushed even deeper, 'Almost, come on!'

"It still needs more! EVERYONE HIT IT AGAIN!" Rex revved his blade again as everyone prepared to fire a second wave.

"ELECTRO SQUALL!" Rex turned his head as Wizardmon yelled out his attack once again leading all the remaining Guardromon.

Standing next to Wizardmon was Angemon, who was breathing hard and supported by a Guardromon, "HAND OF FATE!"

"GUARDIAN BARRAGE!" A barrage of missiles followed Angemon and Wizardmon's attacks impacting around Duo's and everyone else's attacks. Struggling to create an opening for Duo's attack to get through.

Ling, "Just a little more!"

"HOWLING BLASTER!"

"HORN SHOOTER!"

"FIRA BOMB!"

"KUNAI WING!"

Duo's eyes widened as Firamon, Garurumon, Stingmon, and Peckmon's attacks flew over his head. Duo turned to see the four champions wobbling, fighting just to stay on their feet. Behind them were their partners, Jerry supported Sanji, The Doc supported Musica, Kazuha supported Toshiro, and Sonoko supported Yumichika.

Everyone turned towards the sphere as the four attacks impacted against the wide crack in the sphere of energy and finally an opening was created, Duo's attack flew through the opening heading for the orb floating in the center.

"WE DID IT!" Half the group started to cheer as Duo's attack made it through and closed in on the orb.

"KEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!" Everyone's cheers died away as SkullSatamon's laugh rang out through the city, "BONE BLASTER!" SkullSatamon's voice reverberated throughout the entire area as a stream of black lightning fired from the orb blasting away Duo's attack.

Negi, "NO!"

Kankuro, "Damn him!"

The hole in the orb quickly began to close.

"NO, I WON'T LET HIM WIN!" Shuhei turned as his partner rushed past him, flying for the sphere of energy.

"NEODEVIMON!" NeoDevimon flew into the opening in the giant sphere grabbing the closing hole and struggling to hold it open. As soon as he touched the dark energy the visions returned.

"EVERYONE HURRY, SHOOT THROUGH ME!"

Shuhei, "NO!"

Elie, "WE CAN'T DO THAT!"

"THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE!" NeoDevimon could hear the voice calling to him again, "PLEASE, HURRY!" NeoDevimon's six eyes flashed red as the biker digimon screamed at him, berating him for becoming a weakling. His grip weakened as the hole in the dark energy continued to close. NeoDevimon shook his head and planted his feet on the edge of the hole, spreading his arms and legs to open the hole as wide as he could. NeoDevimon fought as hard as he could not to lose his mind.

Shuhei, 'No, there has to be another way.' As Shuhei stared at the sky where his partner struggled to hold open the hole in the energy, someone ran past him and jumped off the side of the building.

"PAILDRAMON!" Duo landed on his partner's shoulder as he flew underneath him, making his way for NeoDevimon, "NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO DIE!"

"DUO, PAILDRAMON!" Rex stared as his friends closed in on the hole in the dark sphere.

Paildramon, "Duo, I can't fit through it!"

Duo, "I can, throw me!"

"What!"

"THROW ME!" Duo slid down Paildramon's arm, placing his feet in the palm of Paildramon's hand. Paildramon struggled to hold his partner steady as he took aim.

"DUO, YOU BETTER COME BACK!" Paildramon threw Duo through the hole with all his might. Duo stepped off NeoDevimon's shoulder and jumped into the quiet space in the center of the orb.

As Duo made it into the center a chain wrapped around NeoDevimon's torso and pulled him out as the dark energy closed shut. Shuhei pulled his partner clear of the energy. NeoDevimon quickly recovered and landed on his feet as the sphere expanded further, destroying the taller buildings and making its way closer to the ground.

Inside the dark energy, Duo closed in on the orb, holding his sword above his head, determined to slice the damn thing in half.

"KEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!" Lightning shot out of the orb, striking Duo in the chest, holding him in place.

'Damn it!' Duo screamed in pain as the lightning held him back, keeping him away from the orb. The stitches on Duo's chest burned away and blood began to seep through the wound on his chest that still hadn't completely healed. Duo fell as the lightning faded, heading into the mass of dark energy below.

"PATHETIC HUMAN, AS IF YOU COULD EVER STOP ME! YOU WILL DIE, YOU WILL ALL DIE!"

As Duo fell into the bottom of the sphere, he tossed his sword forward, where it stabbed into the dark energy. Duo landed and stood on the hilt of his sword, using it as a foot hold. Duo breathed hard as he turned his head back up to the orb, "I'm not going to die... There are too many lives resting on my shoulders!" Duo's digisoul erupted around his body, expanding further and further. Duo jumped off the hilt of his sword, heading for the orb.

"DIE, BONE BLASTER!" Duo held his hand in front of him, focusing his digisoul into his hand. As the black lightning came at him Duo pushed through it as though it was nothing, reaching SkullSatamon's orb. "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, HOW CAN A HUMAN HAVE THIS MUCH POWER!" Duo grabbed SkullSatamon's orb, slowly crushing it in his palm, under the force of his digisoul.

"SkullSatamon, this time... YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE!" The orb cracked as Duo squeezed harder, "I WILL NEVER ALLOW YOU TO HARM ANYONE, EVER AGAIN!"

"NOOOOOOOOOO, STOPPP, STOPPPPPPPPPPP!" SkullSatamon continued to scream and plead as Duo crushed the orb further.

Duo let go of the cracked orb, bringing his fist back and focusing his entire digisoul into his hand, causing it to glow like pure light, "DISAPPEARRRR! SKULLSATAMON!" Duo's fist made contact with the orb and SkullSatamon's voice vanished as the orb shattered to pieces.

Instantly the dark energy began to disappear as Duo began to fall out of the sky.

Paildramon, "DUO!"

"HE DID IT!" Everyone's voices began to cheer and shout in happiness as the dark energy completely vanished and Paildramon caught Duo.

Paildramon landed back on the ground and set Duo down, "It's really over this time, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it really is buddy," Duo sat down and laid back in the middle of the road, staring at the sky. The rain clouds were beginning to disappear and the sun was starting to shine through.

The dark day had finally ended.

~To Be Continued~

Now I'm trapped in the wake
Of all my mistakes
I've been under for way to long
I sit and I shake
My heart starts to race
The poison lingers in my veins
I'm fading
Suffocating

I'll close my eyes and I'll drift away
I'll make it through my darkest day
And I'll sing this song at the top of my lungs
Until this dark day is done

You said I'd never change
You said I'd never have the strength
To break away

But now I've changed
It's time to turn the page
And walk away

It's time to walk away, it's time to away...
I'll open my eyes and I'll stay awake
I made it through my darkest day
And I'll sing this song at the top of my lungs
Now that this dark day is done

This Dark Day by 12 Stones

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Thank you all for reading the conclusion of the battle against SkullSatamon. There will be one more chapter to wrap up part 1, then I will most likely take a break before beginning part 2.

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Weapons:

Elie's Tonfa Blasters - Just her signature weapons from Rave Master, very destructive though...

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Notes:

For this final part of the battle I really wanted to include well... everyone.

Kuroryuu... the black dragon... the dark dragon.