A/N: Apologies for the long delay from last chapter. The past month has been busy. The last West Coasters chapter required massive beta'reading from my partner, LazerWulf, and that came out later than expected. And I've been catching up with my D-Reaper's Fury fic, essentially cranking out some chapters weekly.
Well, here we are last week of July and I'm releasing this thing now.
This chapter should be a breeze since it's mostly just fighting, plus Chaos Magician Girl finding another jewel.
(Note: I've changed Red-Eyes Metal Darkness Dragon to Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.
Out of respect to Lazer, I removed all references to the name 'Psyche'; that wasn't supposed to be revealed until later. You'll know why by the end of this story arc. I've also changed the words to describe Helbot's new features and added Umi's features.
I forgot to add Bastion, Amazoness Queen, and Tania. They're now included with Lyn and Pegasus in a scene.)
Not to waste anymore time, on with the chapter!
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Domino City District/Industrial Illusions/7:15 PM
While the Neo Detectives, Neo Senshi, and Neo Duelists guarded Industrial Illusions entrance, they stayed vigilant of anymore random Duel Monster attacks. So far, no further attacks have been instigated.
Phillipe, Valkyrie Brunhilde, Jaguarmon, Witchmon, Seadramon, and Wynn the Wind Charmer arrived on the scene. Not too long after them were Larry's other Chimera teammates: Mika Hayashi, Sara Shinobu, and Hayata Harusame.
"Yo! Sorry we're late," Mika addressed Larry. "We tried contacting Maya, but she's with Kurama somewhere far from here."
"That's fine. The four of us should be enough," Larry stated.
"Kotori! It's good to see you here!" Yui called over to Brunhilde, who waved to her.
Brunhilde smirked. "What's up, Yui? You're doing well. Boy, don't I have some news to tell you and your brother?"
"Oh, like what?"
"Well, that can wait. Hey, you brought Witchmon with you?"
"That's correct, Yui," Phillipe replied. "Witchmon saw her Witchenly headmaster Dark Magician get captured and brainwashed by Chaos Magician Girl."
"Using some kind of jewel," Jaguarmon specified the item used to control the wise sage.
"Yeah, we know all about that," Neo Moon spoke up as she called the Phillipe & Jaguarmon, Brunhilde, and the Chimeras over. "Well, we have witnesses that saw Chaos Magician Girl with some jewels."
Sailor Sedna turned to Lyn and Pegasus. "They were attacked by Chaos Magician Girl, who was accompanied by four other Duel Monsters."
"She came with a Dark Magician, Amazoness Swordswoman, Buster Blader, and we barely caught glimpse of a Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon outside the museum," Lyn explained the raid that occurred. "They hit us so swiftly. I could barely put up a fight using Spirit Fusion. I got knocked out before I could do anything else."
"At least you're ok, Miss Lyn," Phillipe said.
"Oh yes, that had to be my headmaster Dark Magician who accompanied them," Witchmon's suspicions were raised. "Oh, that no good Chaos Magician brat! I wanna piece of her!"
"I think we all do," Jaden replied. "Before she causes anymore damage using those jewels!"
Sailor Varuna scoffed. "If I see her, I'll break those arms of hers just to pry those jewels away."
"Now listen, everyone. Me and Jaguarmon have contended with Chaos Magician Girl before," Phillipe spoke up as everyone turned to him. "Now, while we didn't exactly fight her, we did tangle with her boss Chaos Command Magician. He was so tough that it required me to fuse Jaguarmon with my Moon Fairies to form Lunar Mode."
"While I don't expect her to be anywhere that strong, she can still use underhanded tactics and with those jewels who knows what she can do now," Jaguarmon said.
"Don't worry, Phillipe. You can count on me to kick her ass good," Brunhilde reassured her cousin.
"Finding her is going to be hard. She and the Duel Monsters she's controlling could be anywhere," Daiki said.
"Don't worry. If she's like any other bad guy we've come across, she'll find us," RJ pointed out.
"Oh, you kids are so right about that! Why continue hiding when I can directly contend with you?!" The voice of Chaos Magician Girl announced, giving away her location just outside Industrial Illusions.
"That's her!" Witchmon exclaimed.
Jaguarmon hissed. "Oh yes, I remember that annoying voice!"
"C'mon, y'all!" Jaden shouted as he stormed ahead.
"Wait for us, Jay!" Syrus cried out.
Jaden was soon joined by Sedna, Neo Moon & Diana, RJ, Yui & DarkGabumon, Phillipe & Jaguarmon, and Brunhilde. They were the first ones to storm out the front of Industrial Illusions entrance. They saw all the police that barricaded the entrance were laying unconscious.
"The heck?!" Neo Moon was taken aback. "They're all asleep!"
"Cops sleeping on the job? Sheesh," RJ remarked.
Diana hopped over to a sleeping officer and sniffed him. "No, I'm picking up on some mystic power. These cops were put to sleep."
"And we can already guess who's responsible," Yui nodded.
The other Neo Senshi, Neo Detectives, and Neo Duelists came running out to the entrance. The Chimeras were not too far behind them. Max and Sam helped carry Lyn and Pegasus forward.
"My word, what happened out here?!" Pegasus noticed all the police laying asleep.
"HEY, BITCH! SHOW YOURSELF!" Brunhilde goaded the evil mage to appear.
Kensuke popped his knuckles. "Remember, I did call first dibs on breaking her face."
"You might have to beat Brunhilde to the punch first. And I don't think she'll share too kindly," chuckled Dimitri.
Athena gasped. "Dad, up there!" She pointed to several figures standing amassed on a rooftop.
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Chapter 3
Domino City Mayhem
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(Cue Teen Titans: Unreleased OST – Mother Mae-Eye)
The teams looked up to where Athena pointed and saw Chaos Magician Girl standing with arms folded. Behind her were the four Heralds garbed in their new battle gear.
"That's her!" Witchmon sighted the evil mage.
"Headmaster Dark Magician!" Wynn cried out in shock at seeing the once benevolent sage turned evil.
"And those are the four Duel Monsters that helped her steal the Staff!" Lyn warned them.
"In the wrong hands, who knows what damage she'll do to this city," Pegasus added.
"So, you're the new local troublemaker I take it?!" Sedna yelled out to Chaos Magician Girl.
Chortling, the evil mage twirled a lock of her hair without a care in the world. "So, what if I am? Is it wrong I wanna cause just a teeny bit of mischief? I got tired of being pursued. Now, I'm taking charge of my own operation! But, I can't go further without some hired guns." She stepped aside and pointed to the four Heralds. "My Heralds are here to ensure I collect all the jewels I need." She then pulled out the Staff of Apophis. "And with this I'll be able to find the remaining jewels. So far, I got two. And the only reason I returned is because my partner claims there's a third jewel here. Now which of you have it?"
"What? But, none of us has any of those jewels," Yui whispered.
"I bet she's lying," Kohana scoffed at Chaos Magician Girl's claim. "I mean, why would any one of us hold one of these jewels she's looking for."
"Lyn, Mr. Pegasus, are you sure you don't have another one of those jewels?" Alexis asked them.
"No, I'm sure we don't and even if we did there's far too many artifacts we have in storage," Pegasus answered. "It'd take us a while to find such small artifacts."
"Ok, fine! If none of y'all wanna fork it over, we'll just take it by force!" Chaos Magician Girl announced. "My Heralds here have been inching to test their new powers I've bestowed them using the Power Jewel." She pivoted to the Heralds. "What do you say? You wanna give these kids a beating? Not only will they show me the proper respect, but tell us where the third jewel is!"
"Great, this is exactly what I asked for!" Brunhilde's love for battle was stimulated.
"This is exactly what I was hoping to avoid, but no choice now," Neo Moon firmed her resolve to fight.
Sedna summoned her Ice Trident. "Sometimes there isn't an out of a situation like this, Neo Moon. We should be able to handle this. Kuiper Senshi!" She called forth the Kuiper Senshi, Dimitri & Faith, and Athena & PinkPatamon behind her.
"Neo-Spirit Detectives!" Yui summoned Aoshi, DarkGabumon, Cammy, Shingo, Kohana, and Lien behind her. Yui used her Digivice to evolve DarkGabumon into ShadowMetalGarurumon.
Shingo transformed into his Moonlight Knight form. Cammy invoked her inner priestess powers, converting her civilian wear into a priestess garb complete with a sword sheathed. Kohana summoned a spear from her own spiritual energy. Lien undoes her human disguise and summoned TobuCatmon from her Digivice.
RJ, Adam, Ryuuhi, and Daiki assembled together with the Neo Senshi.
"Neo Senshi, let's get ready!" Neo Moon called out as Sailor Blue Mars, Sailor Cyber Mercury, Sailor Battle Jupiter, Sailor Summoner Venus, and the Sailor Quartet joined their leader.
"Let's get our game on, guys!" Jaden called forth Syrus, Chazz, Alexis, Aster, Max, and Sam.
"Oh, we're greatly outnumbered! What shall we ever do?!" Chaos Magician Girl feigned being scared of the overwhelming numbers. She dropped her scared act and laughed fiendishly. "Oh, this should be fun! The more the merrier I say! Gives more bodies for my Heralds to beat around!"
(End theme)
Suddenly, before Chaos Magician Girl could beckon her Heralds to leave, Kensuke swiftly moved right up to Chaos Magician Girl's face.
"Ken!" Sedna and the Kuipers cried out.
"What the hell is he doing, man?!" Brunhilde was taken aback by Kensuke's direct approach.
"Uncle Ken, get down from there!" pleaded Athena.
"Heh, this could be good," Sailor Orcus seemed to anticipate what was coming.
"How can you be smiling about this, Orcus?" Mika asked. "He's your boyfriend, right? Shouldn't you like have a leash on him?"
"What? No, remember he does what he wants. This is how conducts things with bad guys."
Chaos Magician Girl, on the other hand, scoffed at Kensuke, thinking less of him. "So you were able to get by up here. You have some power, but you're still human and can't do...!" She heard a loud crunch and noticed her left arm was broken in two. She didn't feel it then, but now the pain resonated through her now broken arm. "OW! OH SHIT! SON OF A BITCH! THAT HURTS!"
(Cue Kamen Rider Den-O OST – Sword Form)
Kensuke already had his right leg pulled back.
"What did he just do?!" Yui wondered.
"It's like he moved so fast!" Daiki said.
"You brutal brute! You broke my arm!" Chaos Magician Girl spat out at Ken. She beckoned the Heralds to guard her.
"Oh quite the contrary, I'm full of mercy," Kensuke retorted. "I could've broken off your arm."
Most of the spectators, but most especially Varuna and Brunhilde, thought. You call that mercy?!
Sailor Orcus sweatdropped nervously. "...ok maybe he went a little overboard."
Sailor Ceres gawked. "A little?!"
Dimitri was only one of the few to pick up on Kensuke's movements. "I could see it all. It was quick, but all he did was land a side kick to her arm and POP! Her arm gets broken in two!"
"Dang, I wouldn't want to be in her position now," Mika shuddering, grabbing her own arm.
"Me either," Larry said.
"You were able to get all that?!" Jaden asked. "Wow, dude, I couldn't see a thing."
"Same here! You must got some heightened senses," Syrus blinked in befuddlement.
"Dimitri's got trained eyes better than most of us," Sedna confessed. "But, naturally me and some of my friends saw. But, that's besides the point."
"Quick! One of you four heal me!" The evil mage demanded from her Heralds. Dark Magician used his magic to heal her arm. "Oh, god... the pain's gone. Ok, I'm accompanying one of you four. Someone has to protect me from that animal!"
Ken landed beside his Digimon, Veemon, and transformed into Tsukuyomimon.
She then beckoned the four Heralds. "Now go, Heralds! Make an example out of them and make our lord proud!"
With that, the Heralds jumped off the rooftop and spread out across different sections of Domino. Chaos Magician Girl fled with Dark Magician.
"Hehehe, this will be fun! Try your all to stop my Heralds!" Chaos Magician Girl cackled as she encased herself in a magic sphere and floated off.
"Get back here!" Brunhilde shouted and prepared to take off after the evil mage.
However, Phillipe stopped her. "C'mon, Kotori, we'll worry about her later. We need to save the Duel Monsters she controlled. They're our allies and need to break her control over them!"
Taking a moment to decide, she stubbornly gave in to Phillipe's wishes. "Fine, you win." She then took out her Digivice and used it to evolve Seadramon into MetalSeadramon.
Phillipe took out his DDM-Gattai Digivice to evolve Jaguarmon into Artemismon.
"Spread, everyone!" Sedna declared. "Let's split up into groups!"
"That'll definitely cover more ground," Yui concurred. "Spirit Detectives, follow me!"
"Christina," Tsukuyomimon addressed Orcus. "Go help your team. We'll reconvene."
"Please don't get too reckless," Orcus said.
Tsukuyomimon grabbed Veemon and took off with Brunhilde, Phillipe, Jaden, the Neo Duelists, and the Chimeras. They left to pursue Chaos Magician Girl and Dark Magician.
"Taylor!" Larry called over to Eris. "I'm going with my team! Watch yourselves out there!"
"You, too!" Eris responded, watching him leave.
"Where's Uncle Ken going?!" Athena watched him leave.
"Ken, wait!" Sedna called out to him.
"I'll get those jewels back for you all!" Tsukuyomimon vowed, promising to foil Chaos Magician Girl. "You go and bring some sense to our Duel Monster pals!"
"Let him go, Sedna," Dimitri insisted. "He has Brunhilde, Phillipe, and Jaden's group to back him up anyway. He can do us a favor and take the jewels from her."
Orcus replied with confidence. "Yeah, this is our Kensuke we're talking about! Knowing him, he'll get those jewels back. It's a piece of cake for him!"
"I just fear he'll get too reckless..." The Ice Senshi shook her head. "Be careful, brother." She wished Tsukuyomimon luck and reconvened with her group.
Accompanied by Bastion, Amazoness Queen, and Tania, Lyn set Pegasus down and took out her cell. She just checked for Seto's message. "Looks like Seto and Mokuba are not too far from here. Thankfully they can give us a hand."
"That's good. Lyn, are you sure you won't want to help your brothers?"
Nodding dismissively, Lyn smiled. "Nah, my brothers can take care of themselves. They got Koori and Amaya to back them-up. They're really strong girls, much stronger than I'll ever hope to be. My bros are gonna be grown men and won't need their big sis to save their butts." She took a moment to reflect her whole life spent growing up with Max and Sam. "I'm so proud of them. I don't need to do anything for them. I'll only be here if they need me. For now, all I want to do is help run KaibaCorp and finally tie the knot with Seto."
"I see, that's all well and good, Lyn dear. Have you and Kaiba-boy thought of having kids?"
Upon hearing this, Lyn kinda blushed and suppressed a chuckle. "Maybe one day. We'll see."
"Jaden and friends, you all be careful out there," Bastion prayed for his friends.
(End theme)
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Outside Kaiba Dome/7:30 PM
The Kuiper Belt Senshi, Dimitri & Faith, and Athena & PinkPatamon convened near the Kaiba Dome, the famous dueling facility in Kaiba Land. They heard screams from civilians as black molten blasts were fired upon the amusement park vicinity.
"There! I didn't even need to search too long and hard!" Sailor Orcus pointed to Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon trudging through the park.
"All right, I'm ready to take this dragon down!" Sailor Varuna declared, taking out her battle axe and swinging it around.
"We can't kill him, Varuna. He's been brainwashed and placed under those jewels' control," Sailor Quaoar reminded her battle-ready partner.
"Quaoar's right. We just need to subdue enough for us to heal him with our powers," Sailor Sedna stated.
"Well, what are we waiting for? C'mon!" Dimitri shouted, powering up and flew ahead. Faith evolved into his Pegasusmon form and followed his partner.
"Let's go, Mom!" Athena called out to Sedna. She powered up and jetted across, following Dimitri. PinkPatamon evolved into Pegacormon and flew alongside her partner.
(Cue Justice League Unlimited OST – Batman Beyond Battle)
The Kuipers wasted no time storming ahead toward the vicinity.
Meanwhile, Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon rampaged across Kaibaland like a Kaijuu would in typical Japanese movies. He expelled black flames all over several tents and caused people to flee for their lives.
"Foolish humans! You're all to be made into my lord's subjects once he claims your world!" Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon bellowed, swinging his tail and smashing a food stand. His nose picked up on the aroma of fresh hot dog weenies. He licked his lips and headed over to gorge on a snack before continuing his rampage.
"Even us destroyers need food," Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon tore open the foot stand and saw piles of hot dogs still yet to be served. He poked his head inside and began consuming the hot dogs.
"Hope you're enjoying that meal, big guy! Because we're ending your all-you-can eat buffet!" Dimitri was heard calling out garnering the dragon's attention.
Alarmed, Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon turned his head around and got clonked in the face by Dimitri. Pegasusmon swooped in and ensnared a golden noose around Darkness Dragon's neck. Dimitri dove in and unloaded a punches into Darkness Dragon's gut. Darkness Dragon's stomach couldn't take the abuse to his already full stomach and barfed out his meal.
"Ugh, gross!" Athena made icky faces.
Pegacormon's face turned green. "Tell me about it."
Darkness Dragon scowled and swung his tail at Dimitri. The Ascendant dodged the dragon's massive tail and took to the air. He discharged a few Ki blasts on the black-skinned behemoth. However, Darkness Dragon's body absorbed the impact of the energy blasts and dark red aura flared around him.
Dimitri ceased his attack. "What? My blasts aren't doing a thing!"
"Dad, why are you stopping?" Athena gasped as Darkness Dragon rose to his feet.
"You're going to have to try harder than that to defeat me!" Darkness Dragon roared, grabbing the noose Pegasusmon tied him with. He ripped the noose apart and expelled flames toward Pegasusmon.
The Armor Digimon swerved around the dragon's flames and swiftly moved over to Dimitri's side.
"Damn it, if my blasts can't do the trick..." Dimitri put his hands together. "Maybe one of my finishing blasts will do!"
"We'll help, dad!" Athena offered as she and Pegacormon discharged beams on the behemoth. "You mess with dad, you mess with me, monster!" She forged two energy balls and compressed them, throwing a bigger beam at Darkness Dragon.
The blast struck Darkness Dragon, but did little more than annoy him.
"No way!" Athena was aghast.
'Hahah, thanks to the Power Jewel, me and my colleagues' have been had our bodies and powers augmented from what they were before!" Cackled Darkness Dragon. "If that's all you have, then you're gonna need to do more than that!" He retaliated with a Infernal Darkfire toward Athena and Pegacormon.
"I've got this!" Pegacormon fired an emerald-colored beam from her forehead and tried to dispel the fire attack, but Darkness Dragon managed to overpower Pegacormon.
"Look out!" Dimitri shouted, pushing both Athena and PinkPatamon away from Darkness Dragon's flame attack.
"Dad, thanks," Athena said as Dimitri set her and Pegacormon down.
Suddenly, an ice construct formed in front of Darkness Dragon, barricading him briefly, which granted the Kuiper Senshi time to make their entrance. Sedna and her Kuiper team stood at the forefront brandishing their weapons.
"No one messes with my Athena and gets away with it!" Sedna declared, glaring intently at the ice encased behemoth.
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon blew black fire and melted away Sedna's Ice Wall Summoning. The behemoth sighted the Kuiper Senshi and charged toward them.
"Sailor Senshi, I've heard all about your reputations! Let's see how you handle the one empowered by the Power Jewel!" Darkness Dragon expelled repeated dark fire blasts.
"Spread out!" Varuna yelled out.
Just in time, the Kuipers evaded Darkness Dragon's blasts. Sailor Sedna jumped up into the air and spun around her Ice Trident, unleashing her Sedna Arctic Breeze, a cold wind that seemed to slow the draconian beast. Darkness Dragon felt his whole body stiffen from the cold. This allowed Sailor Eris to throw her lasso and ensnare the dragon's tail. Rather than try wrestle the behemoth, Eris' rope activated its secondary effect: energy drainage.
"That's it. Just hold still, big fella," Eris smirked, seeing dark energy being sucked in through her rope. "Oh yeah! Ixion, we could use your poisons right about now!"
Sailor Ixion emerged from a Blue-Eyes White Dragon statue and with a bow fired her Poison Arrowheads.
Just then, a black aura quickly consumed Darkness Dragon. The aura was hot enough to melt away the ice sheet covering him. With the ice gone, Darkness Dragon's body loosened from cold stiffness. He swung his tail forward, swatting down Ixion's arrows. He then swung his tail around, tossing Eris to the side.
Darkness Dragon raised his front limbs and roared. "Hahahah, surely you jest if you think your tools will hold me down!"
"You haven't gotten up against the Hammer yet then!" Varuna welcomed the challenge and jumped up swinging her battle axe at him.
Darkness Dragon expelled dark flames at the battle ready Varuna. Varuna turned her battle axe, blocking out the flames. Sailor Quaoar quickly popped behind Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon and summoned her spear, She shoved into the ground and unleashed her Terra Breaker, a golden orb that hurled toward Darkness Dragon's feet and exploded beneath it. This actually tripped Darkness Dragon over, allowing Varuna's tiara gem to unleash a blinding flash of white light that blindsided Darkness Dragon.
"GARUGH!" Darkness Dragon roared, rendered blind by Varuna's blinding flash. Varuna flash stepped and reappeared on Darkness Dragon's right side.
Varuna swung her battle axe into Darkness Dragon's right side, inflicting a deep flesh wound. However, to her surprise, Darkness Dragon's tail blocked Varuna's attack and knocked her axe out of hand. Although still blinded, Darkness Dragon's other senses aided him. Darkness Dragon blew fire at Varuna.
"Varuna!" Quaoar cried out, planting her hands to the ground and summoning tree-like branches that reached out and pulled Varuna away from the fire.
Varuna flash stepped away from the flames and slid down tree bark, which doubled as a bridge.
As Darkness Dragon trudged toward Varuna and Quaoar, he seemingly froze stiff. He looked down and saw his own shadow was gone. Sailor Orcus stood behind him as her shadow touched his and absorbed the shadow into hers. This was her Shadow Capture, which she has hardly used.
Orcus gave a sly smirk. "Got your shadow."
"You foolish human..." Darkness Dragon gritted hard, struggling to move.
"He's all yours, guys!" Orcus called out to her Kuiper teammates.
The Kuipers quickly emerged and launched attacks simultaneously at the behemoth. Dimitri even came out and forged an attack from the high above the beast. Dimitri fired his Finish Buster at the behemoth. As their attacks converged, they impacted Darkness Dragon.
(End theme)
"We should keep attacking until he gives!" Dimitri suggested.
"No, look!" Eris pointed them to Darkness Dragon.
Sedna gasped. "Something's happening to him!"
A thin silver aura formed over Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon. His outer black armored skin started breaking off and chipping away. Underneath the black armored layers was a silver steel armor. Darkness Dragon roared loudly, expanding his aura that pushed Orcus and made her undo her shadow capture. Ixion jumped in and caught Orcus from flying far off.
"Thanks, Ixion!"
"Sure thing."
"Damn, seems the jewel's given him the ability to transform!" Varuna exclaimed.
Athena recognized the new appearance of the Darkness Dragon. "He's turned into Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon!"
As the aura leveled off, the Darkness Metal Dragon unveiled his new outward appearance. His skin retained some of its black feature but the silver was more prominent. His wings were more metal-like and had sharp spines sticking out at the ends. Red lines seemed to embellish across his new body.
"What the little says is correct! Thanks to the Power Jewel, I've unlocked a form which I've been unable to achieve... until now! I've become the Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon! Your attacks won't be able to penetrate my metal armor!"
Sedna added. "Meaning now our attacks in our regular forms won't do. Looks like Dai-Valkyrie will have to do!"
"Sounds good to me!" Varuna cried out. "Let's armor up, guys!"
(Cue My-Otome OST – Materialize)
The Kuiper Senshi took out their Valkyrie Daggers and transformed right away into their Dai-Valkyrie modes. Dimitri invoked his Crest of Hope's energies in his body, allowing him to merge with Faith and together tapped into Dimitri's Ascendant powers. Dimitri/Faith transformed into Angemon X.
"Yeah!" Athena cheered. "Darkness Metal Dragon might have strong armor, but my mom, the Kuipers, and dad now have powered up! They can hurt him!"
Pegacormon concurred. "You bet! Say, Athena, ever wonder when it'll be time for you to fully tap into your Ascendant powers?"
The quarter-Ascendant child wondered. "I... I don't know yet..." She was uncertain about unlocking her Ascendant form.
Darkness Metal Dragon took to the air and laughed. "You really think powering up is going to make any difference? Oh, so you now have armor of your own. I doubt you can pierce my augmented armor skin!"
Dai-Valkyrie Orcus scoffed irritably. "I'm getting tired of this guy running his mouth."
Dai-Valkyrie Quaoar concurred. "And he's so loud, too."
Angemon X took out his sword and grinned. "Then, let's shut him up."
"Guys, remember even the strongest armors have a handicap to them," Dai-Valkyrie Sedna reminded her cohorts. "There's always a chink to them and we will find out!"
Readying her lasso, Dai-Valkyrie Eris replied. "Don't you worry, Sedna. We'll find it."
Darkness Metal Dragon quickly expelled his Darkness Metal Flare, forging the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers and Angemon X to move away. "You're welcome to try, you pesky humans! I'll show you us dragons are superior!" He looked around, watching the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers vanishing and reappearing all over. "You certainly have the speed to dodge my attacks, but how will your attacks fare against my armor?!"
Darkness Metal Dragon flew around trying to catch the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers, but to no avail. He then used his cosmic awareness, a side effect from the Power Jewel, to trace the Kuipers and blast them before they made their next move. This tactic proved useful and allowed him to get one step ahead of the Kuipers. He used his own flash step movement to get behind Dai-Valkyrie Varuna and swung his tail over her. Varuna narrowly dodged and swung her axe into his side, but the armor absorbed the axe's blow. Dai-Valkyrie Eris tried throwing her lasso, but Darkness Metal Dragon shifted to the side. Eris ran toward him using super speed, but the dragon vanished out of her reach.
"What the hell?! It's like he's reading our moves before we even make them!" Dai-Valkyrie Orcus was flabbergasted.
Varuna growled. "Get back here!"
Dai-Valkyrie Sedna cursed. "Damn, seems we completely overlooked the jewel's power factoring into this! We need to keep our guards up!"
He's right behind me! Angemon X thought as he turned around and saw Darkness Metal Dragon expelling flames toward him. He pressed his hands together and fired a Finish Buster to extinguish the flames. But, his beam seemed to go through an after image left by the dragon.
Darkness Metal Dragon reappeared above the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers and Angemon X.
"Yes, the jewel's powers given me better perception over my enemy's attacks. It's allowing me to predict your moves before you can even make them!" Darkness Metal Dragon taunted them. "You're in deep trouble if this is all you have!"
"What now, Sedna?" Dai-Valkyrie Ixion asked the Ice Senshi.
Unsure, Sedna just nodded. "...what can we do?"
"Don't give up, mom! You'll find a way!" Athena encouraged her.
"You heard your darling little girl, Sedna," Eris patted Sedna's back. "Whatever you decide, we'll follow."
"All right, then..." Sedna figured out a strategy. "We'll try this..."
Darkness Metal Dragon growled as he watched the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers and Angemon X vanish. "What are you planning now?" He, too, vanished and matched their fast-paced movements.
(End theme)
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Outside Domino Bank/7:36 PM
(Cue Teen Titans: Unreleased OST – Robin vs. Slade)
Buster Blader scared off enough civilians to make room for his inevitable battle with some of the Neos heroes. With luck, he sighted the Neo-Spirit Detectives appearing before him. Yui, Aoshi, Cammy, Moonlight Knight, Kohana, and Lien dismounted ShadowMetalGarurumon. The group landed facing off against Buster Blader.
Buster Blader scoffed. "Is this all you've brought?"
"Not exactly," Yui smirked, turning to her right.
As Buster Blader took this hint, he turned to the right to see bluish blast hurtling for him. This was a Spirit Gun blast, made by RJ, who appeared with his crew. Daiki, Adam, and Ryuuhi appeared beside RJ. Buster Blader jumped up, avoiding the blast. He scanned the two Neo-Detective teams.
"Ok, perhaps you'll give me a better challenge now," Buster Blader muttered, landing on a car. He raised his sword and let golden energies form around him. "But, I doubt you'll be able to defeat the strength of one empowered by the Power Jewel!"
"Power Jewel?" Yui whispered. "Yeah, has to be one of those two jewels."
"The nature of this power he's wielding is definitely cosmic. We need to be careful," Cammy advised everyone.
Buster Blader hastily dashed toward Yui's group first. He swung his blade, sending an immense force that carved through the pavement. The Detectives evaded contact with the city block destroying blast.
"He's clearly holding back because he wants to fight us!" Aoshi exclaimed. "If he really wanted to cut loose, he'd use the jewel's power to turn all of Domino into a crater!"
"Probably more than that if we're not careful!" Cammy said.
Buster Blader turned and swung his sword at Aoshi. Aoshi jumped to the side and let the sword shatter the pavement. Yui discharged a Shotgun blast into Buster Blader's back. However, the armored warrior turned and slashed the beam in two.
"No way!" Yui was aghast by Buster Blader's reflexes. "That should've hit him!"
"Yes, but the Power Jewel's powers also increased my speed and perception levels," Buster Blader chortled. "Good attempt, girl, but I'll sense your attack coming before it hits me."
"Yeah, but what about on the side?!" RJ charged at Buster Blader's right side. He readied a Demon Gun blast. Buster Blader sensed the blast coming and swung down.
However, RJ faked him out long enough for Ryuuhi to blast him in the face with a Darkness Flame attack. The flames blew up in Buster Blader's face and knocked him back.
(End theme)
"Daiki, don't you wanna bring out your modified doll?" asked Adam.
"Oh yeah!" Daiki said, taking out a metal orb which he tossed into the air. This orb opened up like an egg and released a human. It was female, one that is slightly fair-skinned and also cybernetic. She has purple hair, shoulder-length cut and tied in a ponytail, with other distinguishing features based on the Neo Senshi, including Daiki's sister. She has Amaya's nose, Usa's mouth, Ai's eyes, Koori's cheeks/chin, and Umi's ears. She also has a combination of the Quartet's features, including CereCere's fair skin complexion, PallaPalla's hands & feet, JunJun's bust, and VesVes' hips. She had on a full-bodied violet leather suit complete with boots and the Mercury symbol embellished on her back.
"At your service, Master Daiki," the fembot obediently responded.
"Helbot, you ready for some action?"
The new Helbot lightly bowed with one arm over her chest. "Yes, Master Daiki."
Deedee the bat scoffed seeing the former Helbot bowing to Daiki. "No way am I letting a cyborg show me up."
Adam added. "To think that used to be Helbot. I don't know how he did it, but he and a little help from Amaya modified her into his obedient doll. Kinda cool, but man what a makeover he gave her."
Daiki corrected him. "Actually, she did most of her own makeover. I gave her the necessary upgrades, but she changed her looks using the shape shifting mechanism to make herself look like Helena to begin with."
"Oh right."
"Hey, are you four gonna stop chatting?! We could use a hand here!" RJ interjected as he and Ryuuhi dodged Buster Blader's attacks.
Deedee transformed into her succubus form Demona. "Let's rumble, Adam!"
"I'll cover you."
Daiki pressed a button on his watch. "Now how about some music to liven things up?!" He selected random and waited for his song of choice. "Hell yes, perfect!"
(Cue AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill (0:35-5:22)
"Let's see playing AC/DC while kicking the bad guy's ass? Sure why not!" RJ yelled while charging alongside Ryuuhi.
As RJ and Ryuuhi punched Buster Blader's stomach, they sent him sailing through a wall. As the warrior rose out, he disintegrated the debris with his aura. He turned to his left as Cammy threw a bunch of ofudas at his direction. Buster Blader merely burned them away with his aura and fired a beam at her. Moonlight Knight jumped and pushed her away from the beam. The beam blew up a car in Cammy's place.
"Here's one angry succubus coming your way!" Demona announced as she flew at Buster Blader. She drove her left wing into the warrior and tossed him into the air. She swooped down on him and discharged Youki blasts into his face. "How do you like the power of an S-Class demon, especially one who fights for the man she loves?!" She grabbed Buster Blader's face and slammed him hard into the pavement. "I won't let you touch my Adam!" She danced right in the middle of the AC/DC song. "Must say, you humans used to make really good music! The hell happened to music these days?"
Daiki interjected. "There's still good music. You just gotta look really hard, my favorite succubus queen!"
"Demona, I'll take it from here!" Adam called out.
As Demona moved away, Adam forged a Youki sphere and tossed it at Buster Blader. The sphere impacted the warrior and exploded, causing his body to fly out. ShadowMetalGarurumon then unleashed his Blizzard Wolf Claw, a barrage of missiles, that bombarded the Power Jewel-imbued warrior. The missiles blasted and pulverized Buster Blader.
As Buster Blader tried to rebound, Kohana threw her spear that pierced through Buster Blader's back. Lien flew above the warrior and lobbed several energy blasts all over him.
"Now, Aoshi!" Yui cried out as she and Aoshi charged spirit power into their fingers.
Buster Blader recovered quickly enough for Yui and Aoshi to blast him with simultaneous Spirit Gun blasts. They hit Buster Blader head-on and pushed him far off over several city blocks.
"That damn jewel's made his durability freakish strong!" Kohana exclaimed.
"Lien's nervous about this," the alien girl feared the worst.
TobuCatmon hissed. "I won't let him hurt you, Lien! Just give me the go to evolve when you want me to!"
Much to everyone's dismay, Buster Blader seemed to recover from all their attacks. His melted armor sections healed, all thanks to the Power Jewel. His power soon returned to him and any injury he had was gone.
"No freaking way!" RJ snarled.
"Looks like some of us are gonna have to go all out then," Aoshi growled, transforming into his Lycan form.
As she powered up, a golden aura bathed over Yui. The immense Tenyou energies not only empowered him, but undid her ponytail and let her now golden hair flow out freely. Red tribal embellishments formed all across her body. When she clenched her fists, the muscles in her arms tightened.
"Then, let's see how he handles a Tenyou!" Yui declared, taking a sprinter's stance.
Influenced by Yui's actions, RJ powered up into his Mazoku state. Black tribal marks formed over him while a red aura cloaked over him.
"Why not add a Mazoku into the mix?!" RJ grinned evilly. "Hey, Daiki, turn up the music to full blast!"
Daiki gave a thumbs up and turned up the volume.
Seeing Yui and RJ powering up ignited Adam's demon warrior spirit. He underwent his demon vampire transforming as his demon aura tore off his upper clothing and his skin turned light gray. His hair slightly spiked up.
Demona witnessed Adam, looking fearful. "No, Adam. I really wished you didn't have to go this form." She turned toward Buster Blader and hissed. "You forced my Adam to go all out!" She yelled while her eyes turned red. A thick red demon aura materialized around her.
Bathing dark flames over himself, Ryuuhi forged dragon armor armor. "Might as well since you're all going all out."
"Great, now they're all going overkill mode!" Kohana shouted.
"Get around me, guys," Cammy mumbled a Shinto incantation. She then forged a holy barrier around her, Moonlight Knight, Kohana, Lien, and TobuCatmon. "Daiki, you, too!"
ShadowMetalGarurumon remained on standby for Yui, in case she needed to Biomerge with him.
"Not until I give Helbot the good to fight!" Daiki responded. "Ok, Helbot, don't let these demons and the Tenyou show you up!"
Helbot complied with her master's command and guarded him.
Yui and RJ dashed toward Buster Blader steadfast. As he prepared to drive his sword into the ground, both Yui and RJ caught him with earth-shattering blows. Yui's punched Buster Blader square in the face while RJ gut punched him hard.
Boom!
Buster Blader was knocked straight into the air while his sword went flying. Adam dove up and unloaded armor-piercing strikes on him. Ryuuhi slashed at him with a black flamed sword. Helbot glided up to Buster Blader and unloaded clubbing jabs, including swift punches into the Herald's gut. Helbot grabbed Buster Blader and uppercutted him straight into the air.
"Way to go, Helbot! I taught her one that!" Daiki cheered his fembot.
"That's nice..." Yui was slightly amused.
Buster Blader was then met with a Youki blast to the back, courtesy of Demona. Demona grabbed the warrior's leg and tossed him to a building. Sections of the building started to collapse, exactly right where Daiki was standing.
"Oh shit!" Demona realized what she had done.
"Move, Daiki!" Ryuuhi yelled out to him.
(End theme)
Daiki prepared to run, but then Helbot responded to his danger and quickly flew down to his side. She pushed her hands up catching the building. However, the fembot seemingly reached some 'limit' as steam vented from her body. Daiki opened his eyes and saw the emotionless look on her face. Although not one to show any emotions, Helbot felt an attachment to him enough to protect him.
"Helbot... you saved me..."
Helbot held the building overhead with two hands and dropped it beside her.
"You've hit past Overclock Mode!" Daiki yelled out. He stopped, remembering that her body was overheating. "And just to save me." A smile etched on his face as she went into cool down period. "And this is the first you've ever had to hold up a building... definitely beyond your strength limits." We have plenty to work on, Helbot. "Recover while you're able to, Helbot. I got the rest." He pressed a switch on his watch and activated his Hermes Armor. "It's go time. No one interrupts AC/DC, jerk."
"Glad she can save Daiki," Cammy sighed with relief.
"Was that really Helbot?" Kohana asked. "He really gave her quite a makeover."
"Hey, looks like our friend's still hasn't fallen!" Moonlight Knight pointed to Buster Blader emerging from the burning wreckage looking a little worse for wear, but emitting a golden glow.
"Yui, looks like we're gonna be pulling an all-nighter with this one," Aoshi remarked.
Shaking her head, Yui scoffed. "Please don't even joke. At this point, me and ShadowMetalGarurumon forming Shaka will have to do."
"It's about time I put you children to rest for good!" Buster Blader declared, drawing more from the Power Jewel's cosmic energy. He recalled his sword back to his hand and glared down his adversaries. "I will end this once and for all in the name of who I serve!" He flew out of the wreck and prepared to engage the Neo-Detectives once again.
xxxxx
Domino Park/7:45 PM
Having located himself in Domino's other amusement park, Amazoness Swordswoman sighted the Neo Senshi and Quartet arriving on the scene. The Amazoness got up from her meditation state and brandished her scimitar.
"There she is!" Sailor Blue Mars pointed to the Amazon.
"And sporting gold armor," Sailor Ceres noted.
Sailor Neo Moon pleaded to Swordswoman. "Queen Swordswoman, I know you and your Amazons have helped Sailor Moon and her Senshi! I'm her future daughter! I don't want to fight you!"
"That's too bad, princess, because the new master I faithfully serve wants you all to perish," Swordswoman responded, giving a cold look to Neo Moon. "So, save me your pacifist views and fight me, child!"
"Well, looks like she ain't in the mood to talk!" Sailor Juno scoffed. "Let's just kick her ass."
"Totally down for that," Sailor Battle Jupiter clenched her fists, channeling lightning from her whole body.
"Then, let's dispense pleasantries and duel!" The mighty Amazon shouted, jumping up several kilometers into the air. She dropped down and smashed her scimitar, making a giant hole in the ground and unleashing golden energies that tore up the surroundings. Swordswoman bumrushed Battle Jupiter first.
(Cue Sailor Moon Crystal OST – Unleashed Anger)
Battle Jupiter jumped up and discharged a lightning blast to her face. Swordswoman absorbed the lightning with her sword and gut punched Battle Jupiter. Battle Jupiter doubled over in pain in mid-air, coughing out blood. Swordswoman grabbed Battle Jupiter and tossed her aside.
"Oh no! Battle Jupiter!" Neo Moon shouted.
Sailor Cyber Mercury dowsed a big wave of water over Swordswoman. The Amazon turned her scimitar upward, splitting the wave in two. Using a golden aura to propel herself into the air, Swordswoman kneed Cyber Mercury's gut and clobbered her with a fist to the back. Cyber Mercury hit the ground hard.
Poof!
A large amount of dense smoke dispersed out of nowhere and Swordswoman whirled around to see a giant fox demon. Summoner Venus stood on the top of her summoned beast, casting a determined look.
Summoner Venus called out. "How about taking on my Giant Arisa, ya jacked up bitch! Now, Giant Arisa, attack the Amazon!"
In response to the Power Jewel's power emitting from Swordswoman, Arisa's face turned from gentle to a more vicious demeanor. Her sand brown fur converted a more intense ginger and her eyes turned red. Arisa bumrushed Swordswoman and dropped her front feet down. Swordswoman readily put her hands up to catch the behemoth's feet. To Summoner Venus and Arisa's shock, Swordswoman managed to push up and overpower the beast.
"You're kidding me? Just who do you take me for?!" Swordswoman bellowed. Tightening her left fist, she imbued golden energy into her hand and punched Arisa's belly so hard she nearly split the giant fox in two. "I've taken on and slayed monsters similar to your pet fox's!"
"You're kidding?!" Summoner Venus panicked. "Arisa, hold it steady!"
"Sorry... Summoner Venus..." Arisa apologized as her eyes went blank and her body's immense size minimized. "Her strength is too immense... I'll need time to recover... my rubs have been broken..." She coughed as her body dispersed into thick smoke.
Summoner Venus landed and out of desperation threw chains at Swordswoman's arms. She pulled hard trying to lift the Amazon off the ground.
However, the golden-armored Amazon nodded dismissively. "Foolish child, I've sparred and trained with Chainmaster. You'll have to do better than this!" She flexed her body and broke the chains off her.
At a loss for words, Summoner Venus stumbled back. "...n...no way..." Oh shit! She barrel-rolled as Swordswoman tried to cut her in two with a scimitar swing.
Sailor Ceres mounted Swordswoman's back and placed a hand on her back. "Hello, don't think we've formally met! I'm Sailor Ceres, formerly an Amazoness myself!"
"We were once the Amazoness Quartet!" Sailor Vesta exclaimed, blowing fire from her mouth.
Sailor Ceres planted a paralysis spell on Swordswoman, disabling her from making any movements. Vesta's flames blasted the female warrior head-on.
Sailor Pallas summoned numerous water spheres. "Don't let our cute looks deceive you! We can fight dirty when we want!" She sent the explosive water blasts at Swordswoman.
Swordswoman gritted while the Quartet's attacks impacted her.
Sailor Juno stepped up and summoned green hula-hoops. She tossed the rings over Amazoness Swordswoman and used them to further paralyze her.
Swordswoman wailed painfully as the paralysis spell left her wide open for Neo Moon and Blue Mars to attack. Concentrating on her ice flames, Blue Mars unleashed her Frost Dragon Flame, which smashed into Swordswoman. Blue Mars intently focused on shattering the golden armor defenses.
"Keep it up, Blue Mars!" Neo Moon took out her scepter and aimed it for Swordswoman. "Swordswoman, I'll return you to your benevolent self again!" She discharged a pink healing beam that hit Swordswoman.
"Will not... be healed by the likes of you... you'll never defeat the power that will take over your world!" Swordswoman adamantly yelled out. She delved into the Power Jewel's energies within her and broke loose from her bindings. She used her scimitar to deflected Neo Moon and Blue Mars' attacks.
(End theme)
"If that's not enough, guess we'll have to go Dai-Valkyrie on her ass!" Battle Jupiter shouted.
"Guess there's no choice then," Neo Moon sighed. "Everyone, activate Dai-Valkyrie modes!"
With that, the Neo Senshi and Sailor Quartet alternated from their regular Senshi garb and converted into their stronger Dai-Valkyrie armors.
"Think you can still take us?" Dai-Valkyrie Battle Mercury quipped at the Amazon.
Scanning her powered-up opponents, Swordswoman shrugged. "Guess we'll find out, won't we, ladies?" She glanced over to Dai-Valkyrie Neo Moon. "I've fought Sailor Moon and she was quite the formidable opponent. I see her in you. Now that you're fighting me at your best, show me you're just as worthy to face me. And save me your petty attempts to purify me. Kill me or I kill you. Make a choice."
Wasting no time, Swordswoman drove her scimitar through the ground and pushed her gold aura outward, forcing the Dai-Valkyrie Neo Senshi and Quarter back. Swordswoman hefted her scimitar overhead and stood bathed in golden light.
"Neo Moon, if push comes to shove, we might not have a choice, but end her," Dai-Valkyrie Ceres advised her princess.
Nodding, Neo Moon was indecisive about this. "I... I don't know..." She eyed Swordswoman. My mom once told me Swordswoman and Athenamon ruled their own kingdom. And that Swordswoman is benevolent to her sisters... I can't kill someone who's being controlled by an evil force! "No there's always a way. We need to purge this evil power out of her!"
"Are we ready to die, children?" smirked Swordswoman as she floated up and readied her scimitar. "Let's go!"
xxxxx
Near Domino City Plaza/7:50 PM
Chaos Magician Girl sicced her Herald, Dark Magician, on Jaden, Brunhilde & MetalSeadramon, Phillipe & Artemismon, Wynn the Wind Charmer, Tsukuyomimon & Veemon, Witchmon, the Neo Duelists, and the Chimeras. Dark Magician, utilizing the Power Jewel's energies, was more than a match for the groups.
Meanwhile, Chaos Magician Girl witnessed the ongoing battle inside her magic barrier.
"Yes, keep them busy, Dark Magician!" Chaos Magician Girl cried out. She rubbed the same arm that Kensuke broke earlier. "And most of all, keep that brutish human as far away from me as you possibly can!" Ugh, the nerve of that ungrateful boy injuring me! HE WILL PAY!
However, the voice within the jewels telepathed with her again. His tone sounded as if his patience was growing thin. 'Forget that boy. For that matter, forget these fools. We still have to find the remaining jewels.'
Look that boy broke my arm and I'm not going without payback!
'NO! Did you forget you still have a job to do? I have no time for your petty vengeance on some boy... although...'
What is it?
'That boy has a very peculiar power. Yes, a divine power that could present a danger to me, but once I have all the jewels I can easily eradicate him.'
Then, don't engage him?
The voice quickly answered, chortling evilly. 'Better yet, I'll help you neutralize that boy. And send him a message of the power he's trifling with!'
Smiling, Chaos Magician Girl concurred with the evil power's decision. You won't get any arguments from me. Glad we're on the same page.
(Cue Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin OST – Bloodlines Bequeathed)
Meanwhile, Dark Magician powered up his magic staff and unleashed a Dark Magic Attack that spread all over the vicinity. The heroes engaging him evaded these magic blasts. Phillipe outran some of the magic blasts.
Artemismon and Wynn countered of these magic blasts; the latter used a wind spell to dispel a magic beam.
Larry pulled out some cards that he imbued with psionic energy and tossed them toward Dark Magician. The mage blasted the cards, which exploded right in his face. This blinded Dark Magician's plain sight, allowing Hayata to attach a metal pole to his arm and bash Dark Magician's back with it. Dark Magician spun around and shot Hayata back. He turned as Mika waved her giant fan and blew him straight into the air.
"Great work, guys!" Larry praised his team's effective teamwork.
"Annoyances!" Dark Magician scowled. He saw Sara in the open and fired a magic beam toward her.
Sara smiled and activated her intangibility power, allowing the blasts to go through her. She came out comfortably unaffected by Dark Magician's attacks.
"What sorcery is this?!" The Herald wondered, leaving himself open for an metal sea serpent's attack.
MetalSeadramon fired his River of Power, canceling out some of these magic beams. As he beelined for Dark Magician, the mage jumped over the ex-Dark Master and blasted him with a hand beam, which neutralized the metal titan. MetalSeadramon hit the ground hard, causing Brunhilde to worry.
"MetalSeadramon!" Brunhilde cried out. "Leave him alone, you bastard!" She shot up toward Dark Magician with her spear. She prepared to impale his face with it. "I said leave him alone!"
"Whoa! Hold on, Brunhilde! We're not killing him!" Phillipe openly pleaded to his Valkyrie cousin.
"Damn it... I forgot..." Brunhilde gritted.
The Herald fired a cosmic magic beam from his staff, sending Brunhilde sailing far back. The Valkyrie quickly bathed herself in blue flames and guarded herself from Dark Magician's magic beams.
"Like hell I'm going to let you beat me!" Shouted Brunhilde, who still hadn't gotten over seeing her Digimon struck down.
"Yo, let me help out!" Jaden interjected. He utilized his Spirit Fusion powers and turned into Elemental Hero Neos again. He propelled over to Brunhilde and fired a beam toward Dark Magician.
Turning his staff, Dark Magician pointed and blasted Jaden's attack down.
"Let's take this up a notch!" Jaden pulled out a Neo-Spacian Fire Scarab. As Jaden and Fire Scarab combined, they formed a red-and-black armored insect warrior with large wings folded on his back. He transformed into the Elemental Hero Flare Neos. "Right, let's kick some butt!"
(End theme)
"Neat little show, Jaden. Now would you get over here and help me?!" Brunhilde spat out, keeping her blue flames directed on Dark Magician's blast.
"Heheh, sorry! All right, here goes!" Jaden replied jubilantly. As his wings opened, he rocketed over to Brunhilde and expelled a fire blast that kept Dark Magician's beam at bay.
Upon realizing Brunhilde and Jaden's attacks were overpowering his, Dark Magician teleported from his previous spot. He reappeared on the far right and fired another dark magic beam through his staff. Brunhilde and Jaden evaded the incoming beam.
Just then, Yubel interrupted and telepathed with Jaden. 'Remember you can use my powers against these monsters. Much like the ones we encountered, they're being controlled by the evil mystic force that resides in those jewels. Be warned, I'm not sure if my powers will be enough to match the power of these jewels.'
Something more powerful than you? Yubel, remember, our powers have merged together. If we can take on the Darkness, we can take on this evil force together!
(Cue ShadyVox – Stronger)
"Jay! We're coming!" Syrus called out as he, Chazz, Aster, Alexis, Max, and Sam intervened and used their Spirit Fusion powers.
Syrus transformed into Cyber Dragon. Aster became Destiny Hero Plasma. Chazz transformed into Armed Dragon LV7. Alexis turned into Cyber Blader once again. Max transformed into Black Luster Soldier. Sam became Dark Magician of Chaos.
"Whoa, awesome choice, Sam!" Jaden approved. "We'll fight a magician with one of our own!"
"Why I decided to shift into this form!" Sam shouted, readying his scepter.
Wynn witnessed Sam's monster form. "Wow, he chose to fight as a magician! How cool!"
"Wynn, let's step our game up," Artemismon said, brandishing her sword.
"Oh, right!"
Phillipe raced over and stopped in between his two partners. "Ok, you two we're gonna raise our games just a little. Artemismon, you merge with the fairies. Wynn, let's shift you into a Cataclysmic Charmer! Wynn, become Storming Wynn!" He pulled out the aforementioned card.
As her dragon familiar popped out, he emitted a green glow. Wynn's body got covered in green light. The Charmer was aged up to a late-teens female and her familiar landed on her right shoulder. Wynn checked herself out.
"I...I'm a teen!" Wynn was shocked to her physical growth. "Wait, are these the upgrade cards you were referring to?"
"Yeah, Witchmon gave me, Kazu, Jeri, and Suzie each a Cataclysmic Charmer card. Kenta hasn't received his yet. And don't forget we also have our Familiar-Possessed cards. But, Witchmon feels you guys deserved an upgrade."
Wynn looked over to Witchmon, who was caught up in the battle against Dark Magician. The green-haired female mage smiled.
"What do you say?"
"Thank you, Witchmon!" Wynn called out to her former teacher.
Once Artemismon merged with the Moon Fairy Trio, she shifted into Lunar Mode.
"Ok, let's get back into action!" Phillipe declared, hastily dashing back into the battle.
Artemismon Lunar Mode and Storming Wynn followed Phillipe.
The Neo-Duelists attacked Dark Magician with varied attacks. Syrus flew up to headbutt the dark mage. Dark Magician shot a magic beam that sent Syrus crashing to the ground. Aster unleashed a flurry of attacks, all of which Dark Magician countered using a magic barrier. He blasted Aster back with a beam. Chazz grabbed a hold of Dark Magician's legs and pulled him down. Dark Magician repelled Chazz with a beam. Alexis dove at Dark Magician and unleashed a flurry of rapid kicks. As Alexis went for a diving kick, Dark Magician quickly repelled her with a magic barrier.
"Chimeras, take him down!" Larry shouted, leading the charge on the Herald. He took out an explosive from his coat, imbued it with his psionic energy, and tossed it to Dark Magician.
However, the Dark Magician was ready and summoned a Mirror Force, sending Larry's explosive back to him. Larry turned tail and narrowly evaded the explosion, but the shockwave did knock him back. Hayata and Sara hurried over to their leader's side.
"Larry!" Hayata shouted. "We've got you, man."
"Larry!" Sara cried out, shaking him.
Larry stirred and groaned. "...I'm ok, guys."
"You conniving bastard!" Mika hissed, opening up her fan and swinging it so hard she sent a cutting projectile that hurtled toward Dark Magician.
Dark Magician summoned a Magical Hat in his place. The projectile sliced through the hat and tore it pieces. This allowed Dark Magician to escape unharmed.
However, Jaden took advantage and clubbed Dark Magician's back, dropping him to the ground. As Dark Magician stood, Max and Sam appeared on his opposite sides. Max bumrushed Dark Magician and attacked him with his Chaos Blade. Dark Magician dodged Max's strikes, which led to Sam firing his Spell of Destruction. The magic beam caught Dark Magician and sent him flying back.
Using his super speed, Phillipe zipped right up to Dark Magician and unloaded with a series of fast and hard punches. Phillipe drilled him with a spinning punch into Dark Magician's chest. This led to Artemismon LM to catch him with a Crescent Lunar Arrow that knocked the staff from his hand. Storming Wynn then invoked and casted her Spiritual Wind Art – Miyabi, which summoned a big tornado that knocked Dark Magician away.
"And here's one courtesy of me!" Brunhilde declared, sending blue flames at Dark Magician.
As the blue flames engulfed him, Dark Magician wailed painfully.
Upon seeing her Herald on the verge of defeat, Chaos Magician Girl growled. "Enough! Looks like we have to do everything ourselves!" She used the Staff of Apophis to dispel the blue flames covering Dark Magician. She then utilized the Staff's mystic power to heal and empower Dark Magician. "There, now don't you fail...!"
(End theme)
Bam!
A resounding force struck Chaos Magician Girl's barrier, causing her to jolt back. She shook her head and saw Tsukuyomimon repeatedly punching the barrier.
"Ugh, it's you, the brutish human that broke my arm!"
(Cue G-Gundam OST – Strongest Card ~ King of Hearts)
"Why don't you bring this barrier down, you whore?!" Tsukuyomimon goaded her while hitting with orb barrier with his Ryu Knuckle, which had him coating energy into his fists and striking like Ryu's Shoryuken. "I'll keep this up if I have to!"
Oh, you did not just call me such a filthy name! That's it, time someone taught you proper etiquette! Seethed Chaos Magician Girl.
Tsukuyomimon then formed buzzsaws on the back of his hands and created a clone.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Chaos Magician Girl spat out, obviously not used to Kensuke's seemingly unorthodox methods of fighting.
He and his clone then swiftly sliced at the barrier. However, he realized the more he punched and sliced, the more damage he was doing to himself. He saw his hands had burned marks. "Damn it, forgot she uses magic." He recalled his clone away and alternated his strategy.
Taking note of this, Chaos Magician Girl smirked and had a devilish idea. Oooh, this boy has a weakness to forms of magic? Well, this should make it easy for us to get rid of him!
After failing to break the barrier with a Ryuken Wave, Tsukuyomimon opted with his second choice. "Veemon, give me a boost!" Tsukuyomimon called over to his partner. He powered down and regressed to Kensuke again. However, once Veemon jumped over to him, Kensuke took out his Digivice and initiated their Ascendant transformation sequence. He and Veemon merged into Dramon X.
"BWUH?!" Chaos Magician Girl gaped in aghast. "You look like a freaking Gundam!"
The voice in the jewels observed. 'Hmm, an interesting development. A similar power materialized afar not too long ago.'
"What the hell are you?!" The female mage snapped at Dramon X. "And why do you look like a goddamned Gundam?!"
"Your worst nightmare come true! So I can't punch down this barrier, I'll just blast it down!" Dramon X said, drawing a massive sword from his shoulder shield and struck Chaos Magician Girl's barrier with it. This was his S.O.L Purge Slash. "This barrier's coming down one way or another!"
Chaos Magician Girl grew even more anxious and feared for her own life. "Oh crap! Oh crap! He's gonna break through and kill me!" What now?! If I die, your plans go up in smoke!
'That's why you have me and this will be the last time I save you, witch.' The voice retorted, silencing the female mage and putting her in her place. 'Now focus using the Staff! You'll be drawing upon my powers.'
Nodding, Chaos Magician Girl held the Staff and concentrated. She and the malevolent force combined their powers, creating a golden flash of light that formed inside the barrier.
(End theme)
Upon seeing this, Dramon X ceased his attacks. "Whoa, what...?!"
The others quickly stopped fighting and witnessed the golden light forming within the magic barrier.
"Shit, that's an immense power coming out of that!" Larry was taken aback by the increasing power source.
"What now?!" Jaden exclaimed.
'The malevolent force's power is coming from that staff!' Yubel exclaimed, sensing the immense evil power emitting from the Staff. 'That young man won't be able to handle what's coming!'
"Kensuke, get out of there!" Phillipe warned the Ascendant.
"Don't tell me he thinks he'll be able to take that head-on!" Brunhilde exclaimed.
Dark Magician chuckled evilly, rising to his feet and bowing his head. "Yes, show them your power, my lord."
Ba-Boom!
The evil force's power cracked the barrier like an egg and like a thunderous shot blasted Dramon X head-on. The combined mystic force of Chaos Magician Girl and the Staff was enough to neutralize Dramon X, sending him sailing far off out of the Plaza and somewhere in the heart of Domino.
(Cue Justice League Unlimited OST – Fatal Intentions and the Truth)
"KEN!" Max and Sam yelled seeing their heaviest hitter seemingly taken out of commission.
Breathing hard, Chaos Magician Girl kissed the Staff. "That's what you get for breaking my arm, you jerk!"
'There we removed the thorn in your side. Now, let's shift gears. I was able to pinpoint the third jewel's presence.'
And where is it?
'The girl with the pink hair. Do you not remember?'
The one wearing the Sailor uniform and had that cat by her side? What about her?
'She had an item hanging on her neck. It resembled a key. Inside that key is the third jewel: the Time Jewel.'
Do you have her location?
'Yes, she and her colleagues are fighting my Amazon Herald as we speak. Now I've sensed the location of the fourth jewel. It's not in this city. It's on an island far off from this vicinity.'
An island? Far from here?
'I've pinpointed its location. I suggest securing the item containing the Time Key and withdraw with our Heralds!'
Nodding, Chaos Magician Girl complied with her master's command and beckoned to Dark Magician. "We're leaving, Dark Magician! There's been a change in plans!"
As Dark Magician convened with Chaos Magician Girl, the group gathered together and faced them off.
"So sorry we have to cut our fun short, but we have important matters, but if you wish to continue feel free to pursue us! Because we'd love to pick up where we left off and I'm sure my master will love to play with you!" Chaos Magician Girl laughed evilly.
"What?!" Phillipe was befuddled.
"Withdrawing from battle?! Like hell I'm letting you get away!" Brunhilde snapped. She flew up to stop Chaos Magician Girl and Dark Magician.
"If you guys can follow evil energy as well as we expect you to, then you'll know where to find us! We'll be waiting!" With that, the female mage and her Herald vanished.
As they vanished, Brunhilde was too late and cursed under her breath. "Damn it! Almost nabbed them!"
"Hey, me and the gang are going to check on Kensuke!" Jaden said.
"Thanks, Jaden," nodded Phillipe.
"We'll come, too!" Mika said, looking over seeing Sara and Hayata carry Larry. "Hey, are you going to be ok, Larry? You were awfully close to that explosion's shockwave."
"Sure I'll be fine. Don't forget we heal fast, Mika."
"Oh duh, stupid me."
"Though, I suggest we go and follow where Taylor's group are. I can't stop thinking of her and see if her team needs help."
Mika nodded. "Sure thing, boss."
With that, the Chimeras made their leave to find the Kuiper Senshi.
"What now, Phillipe?" Storming Wynn asked her Tamer.
"What else? We follow Chaos Magician Girl, but why would he leave?"
"My guess, she's found another jewel," Artemismon LM speculated.
"Leave me to sense that little bitch's magic signature," the Valkyrie said as she mounted on MetalSeadramon's head. "If she really wants us to follow her, she'll give her location away." She closed her eyes and used her Valkyrie senses to probe Chaos Magician Girl's presence. There you are! "She's relocated in Domino Park!"
"Heh, then let's go on and get that no good trouble maker!" Witchmon said. "She's been causing us enough trouble as is!"
"Mind if we come?" Max asked Phillipe. "If they're heading to where Amaya and Koori are, we want to be sure they're ok."
"Sure thing."
"Let's get our asses in gear!" Brunhilde declared.
While the Neo-Duelists headed over to retrieve Dramon X, Phillipe, Brunhilde, and company stormed toward Domino Park.
(End theme)
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Outside Domino Bank/8:00 PM
In the midst of his heated battle with the Neo-Detectives, Buster Blader was on the losing end. Tenyou Yui, Aoshi, RJ, Adam, Ryuuhi and Demona overpowered Buster Blader, busting him up with blasts. Buster Blader took to the air and distanced himself from the warriors.
"They're getting relentless!" Growled Buster Blader.
(Cue Puella Magi Madoka Magica OST – Black Shadow)
'Herald, I'm calling for you to withdraw! Meet us at a designated location. I've located the third jewel. Once I have the Time Jewel, we will be leaving to retrieve the fourth jewel!'
As you wish, my lord. Buster Blader complied as golden light enveloped him. He then flew off into the distance.
"He's getting away!" Cammy cried out.
"ShadowMetalGarurumon!" Yui whistled to her partner. She landed on the wolf's back and let Aoshi on board. "If any of you can keep up, follow us!" With that, she, Aoshi, and ShadowMetalGarurumon pursued Buster Blader.
"Wait for us!" RJ called out, making a quick beeline across the city blocks to keep up with them. He was ultimately joined by Ryuuhi, Adam, and Demona.
"As for the rest of us," Cammy created a mystic barrier transport to carry her and the rest of the Neo-Detectives. "I'll get us to where they are."
"We can always count on you to carry loads of people, Cammy," Moonlight Knight said.
Kohana and Lien helped Daiki lay Helbot down after she cooled down. Lien checked over Helbot and examined her.
"Oh, this is modified tech created by my people."
"Yeah, apparently created by one of the Rajita generals," Daiki plainly answered. "I think his name was Toad?"
"Ick, Lien doesn't like him! He creeped Lien out with his experiments!"
Kohana chuckled and patted Lien's back. "He's gone now. He can't creep out anyone anymore."
"Don't you think she's due for a new name to go with her new look?" Moonlight Knight asked Daiki curiously.
"I've tried coming up with names, but I'm sticking with Helbot by default until then."
"Hang on tight, everyone," Cammy announced to everyone as her orb transport carried them halfway through Domino.
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Outside Kaiba Dome/8:03 PM
Once the Dai-Valkyrie Kuipers and Angemon X matched Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's speed, their team efforts proved efficient enough to deal damage to him. A combination of Sedna's ice, Eris' wind, and Varuna's light-based attacks neutralized Darkness Metal Dragon. Angemon X's used his Super Buster Cannon, a giant ball of energy, and pushed it into Darkness Metal Dragon.
The dragon was blasted away by Angemon X's blast and crashed to the ground. As he got up, he felt someone grabbing his tail. Dai-Valkyrie Eris, using her mind-boggling herculean strength, picked Darkness Metal Dragon up by his tail and body slammed him.
"Whoo, been meaning to use a wrestling move on him!" Eris cheered.
"Pfft, show-off," Varuna scoffed. "I could do that blindfolded."
"You're welcome to try, darling," the Texan replied.
Just then, a dark dome encapsulated the behemoth. Dai-Valkyrie Orcus descended in front of the dome and blew a kiss.
"How do you like my dome? There's no escape for you, big guy!" Orcus winked with hearts magically popping out from her blinking eyelashes.
"Yeah! We caught ourselves a dragon!" Athena cheered for a job well done.
Just when it looked like Darkness Metal Dragon was done, the voice from the Staff reached out to him telepathically.
'My Herald, I've found the third jewel. I'll teleport you out of your predicament to a designated location I've arranged for all of you to meet. I shall meet you all there. Fear not, my Herald. We will not be defeated by these Earth fools!'
As his eyes gleamed, Darkness Metal Dragon came to life and roared. The Kuipers held their ground as his screams shattered Orcus' shadow dome. Streams of golden light engulfed the dragon and the beast was quickly teleported from his location.
"He just teleported!" Orcus exclaimed. "Ugh, I had him sealed in my dome! That stupid cheater!"
"No, I can still sense his energy, but he's definitely relocated," Angemon X probed Darkness Metal Dragon's location. "The evil power that's involved likely moved him."
"That wouldn't happen unless the bad guys are on the losing end or... they've locked onto the third jewel's location!" Sedna exclaimed. "Let's get moving and head for where the closest Herald is!"
"We're not far from the location of another," Angemon X answered. "Neo Moon and her group are fighting the Amazon warrior.'
"Amazoness Swordswoman," Quaoar stated. "Then, that's where we'll be going, yes?"
"You bet we are!" Dai-Valkyrie Sedna said, calling forth her Kuiper team and headed straight for Domino Park.
(End theme)
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Domino Park/8:06 PM
Amazoness Swordswoman was down on one knee. She had taken more than enough abuse from the Neo Senshi. Dai-Valkyrie Battle Jupiter bumrushed Swordswoman and kicked her in the face, knocking her flat on her back.
"Nice form, Battle Jupiter! Now we can heal her!" Neo Moon said, raising her scepter to Swordswoman. "Go back to being our ally once again..."
Boom!
An explosive blast impacted the floor beneath the Dai-Valkyrie Neo Senshi. The warriors were taken aback by the surprise attack and looked up to see Dark Magician.
"It's one of those other Duel Monsters!" Dai-Valkyrie Cyber Mercury shouted.
"Dark Magician!" added Dai-Valkyrie Blue Mars.
"Princess, where are you?!" Dai-Valkyrie Ceres called out for her princess as she and the Neo Senshi waded through thick billowing smoke.
"Oh! Where are you, Neo Moon?!" Diana searched through the smoke.
Turning to her right, Neo Moon heard her friends calling out to her. Before she could respond, Chaos Magician Girl materialized behind Neo Moon and zapped her. Neo Moon let out a deep gasp and felt her eyes go heavy. Chaos Magician Girl knocked her out with a sleeping spell.
(Cue Sailor Moon Crystal OST – The Darkness Attacks)
"Now to take what I need," the evil mage giggled fiendishly, concealing her presence from the other Neo Senshi. Quickly flipping Neo Moon on her back, she sighted the Time Key and yanked it from the girl's neck. She noticed the small pink jewel. "Ah ha, thank you, dear girl." Better make this quick. That spell won't last long.
Amazoness Swordswoman heard the voice from the jewels call to her.
'My Herald, we will be making our leave now. Follow the mage woman and your fellow Herald, plans to capture the fourth jewel are initiated.'
Yes, my lord. The Amazon replied obediently.
Taking the Time Jewel, Chaos Magician Girl's eyes and face gleamed with joy. I have it, my lord!
'Yes, now let us go and locate the fourth jewel! Let us reconvene, my Heralds! We're just another step closer to restoring my full power!' The voice laughed in conjunction with Chaos Magician Girl's wicked laughter.
(End theme)
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Next chapter: A Race to the Island
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A/N: A lot of fighting to keep action junkies like me satisfied. The chapter establishes just how strong the Heralds once augmented by the Power Jewel. Under normal conditions, these four Duel Monsters wouldn't have lasted the way they did.
Being the equal-opportunity ass kicker, Kensuke sure made a first impression against our story's resident baddie, but the disembodied force let him know whose boss. There goes a heavy hitter the heroes need, but we'll see how long he stays down. Knowing and having co-written with Chaosblazer, I should know how he recovers from near death experiences.
As shown, Phillipe and his Victory Tamer team's Charmer partners have received upgrades. Since Dawn of Chaos, they've since gained Familiar-Possessed and Cataclysmic forms. The Victory Tamers are also not the only ones to get card upgrades. In fact, by this point, Seto Kaiba would've been developing the Xyz monster line, future Duel Disks, and quite possibly Duel Gazers. Those will have been out in the market in the the current 2010 YYGDM-verse time frame. This will ultimately change the dueling landscape and ignite a new dueling era. But, I'm going off tangent here.
A major reveal: the cyborg formerly known as Helbot. Yes, Daiki (and to an extent Amaya) modified her and using her shape shifting abilities has given herself an complete makeover. If you wish to know more, LazerWulf has suggested I do a short Daiki Gaiden involving him and Helbot. I'll try to get on that as soon as I'm able to and before the next West Coaster chapter is posted.
And behold the third jewel, the Time Jewel, has appropriately been inside Usa's own Time Key all along. Who would've thought that?
What to expect next time: another Duel Monster invasion causes the groups to get divided. Some must stay behind to ward off an army of brainwashed Duel Monsters. Others, namely the leaders and some of their cohorts, pursue the crafty mage and her Heralds. Moreover, there's the route to this island holding the next jewel. What lies ahead remains to be seen.
Until then, send a review and hope to have the next chapter out sooner! Stay cool. :D