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Chapter 3: Lobomon's Return and Sir Mercurymon Joins

After Takuya had said that the Celestial Angel owed them an explanation, the Angels led them to Seraphimon's Castle, which was rebuilding itself. When they entered the gates Zoe, once again, spotted an old friend.

"Sorcermon!"

Seraphimon chuckled and said "There will be time to catch up later. Right now we must bring you up to date on why we called you here." They then led the Chosen to the room where Seraphimon was when he had been revived then scanned. There were crystal chairs and everyone took a chair.

"We must first thank you for returning to the Digital World and for saving us before we were scanned," Ophanimon started. The other two nodded in agreement.

"Could you just tell us what's going on?" Shinya asked impatiently. After that Takuya's eyes narrowed and he grabbed Shinya by the nape of his neck, asked the Guardians if they could excused for a moment and, upon receiving permission from Ophanimon, dragged Shinya to the wall furthest away. He then began to hound on Shinya about being rude and promised that if he didn't behave that their parents would know about Shinya's fights. After that Shinya glared at his brother venomously but kept quiet.

When they came back, Takuya asked, "Can you please tell us what Daemon wants?" Cherubimon glanced at each of the Kanbara brothers, trying to figure out why they were so unfriendly to each other. Ophanimon replied to Takuya's question.

"Daemon wants to take over the Digital World. But just not our world. He wants all the worlds, yours included."

"WHAT?"

"You mean he's just like Lucemon?" Zoe asked.

"Yes."

"Um…how can he do that and who is Lucemon…er…" Yutaka asked confused on who this other digimon was and the three Angels. Cherubimon replied.

"Lucemon was the enemy that the six that came here before fought. And we have been rude to not introduce ourselves. I am Cherubimon, Guardian of Knowledge and Lore. The female digimon is Lady Ophanimon, the Protector of Life and Love, and the other digimon is the lord of this castle and the Upholder of Law and Order, Seraphimon." Yutaka sighed after that.

"As to the first part of your question, we are not sure. But we do know that there is a way into the Human World, after all, Lucemon nearly succeed," Seraphimon said.

"How many worlds are there or do you know?" It was Taiya who had spoken and that surprised Kouichi because she usually answered questions only.

"We are not sure but we know that there are more than just our world and your world."

"Can you please tell us how we are involved in this?" Yamato asked.

Ophanimon answered, "The original six will get their Spirits back, Human and Beast. You four will claim the four unclaimed Spirits and be wary of the Beast Spirit for you must tame it. However as you saw you will have to find them or they you."

"And you must learn a new evolution technique, it is called Union Evolution." Cherubimon added.

"But Takuya and I already know how to do that."

"No, you know a form of it but that is just one form. You see each of the spirits can be fused with the opposite form of a different element. Say that the Human Warrior of Wind was traded with the Human Spirit of Water. The Human and Beast Spirit would fuse and you would get two different evolution forms. If the Beast Spirits are traded you get the same forms, but they are controlled by the other person. It is sort of like Fusion Evolution, but with a different Spirit. However, only certain element combinations can fuse. There are five combinations. From what I know, family members, both girls, and best friends will be able to Union Evolve."

Suddenly, Takuya's D-Tector began to beep and when he got it out a map appeared.

"There's some trouble 5 kilometers north from here. I'll go see what it is you, guys can follow." They all nodded except for Shinya. Takuya then ran out and the others followed.

Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will

The outline of Agunimon's armor form drew itself on to the screen of the D-Tector. Takuya then put his left hand out in front of him watching as the ring of Fractal-Code appeared around his hand. Crossing then uncrossing his hands three times, he scanned the code after the third uncrossing, while he yelled, "Execute!"

After he scanned the code he roared "Spirit Evolution!" With that, his clothes were ripped off by strong forces. Agunimon's armor appeared behind him and burst into flame.

Agunimon's armor began to appear around Takuya before it fused on his body. He then turned around the fire that hid his eyes disappearing to reveal sky blue eyes instead of red-brown. Jumping down onto a platform he gave two fiery punches and yelled out his name, completing the Spirit Evolution.

"Agunimon!"

Agunimon then ran toward the cause of the trouble, but not before Kouji grabbed on. Kouji smirked.

"You are not leaving me behind. You're defiantly going to need help." Agunimon grinned back. When they saw who was causing the trouble, Kouji gasped.

"It's the SkullSatanmon brothers!"

Digimon Status:

Name: SkullSatanmon

Attribute: Virus

Level: Ultimate

Type: Undead

Attacks: Nail Bone, Skull Hammer

Kouji: This is not good! Takuya and I nearly were beaten when we were MagnaGarurumon and EmperorGreymon. He defiantly won't be able to beat them in his Human Spirit form.

"Now, we'll beat you this time. Nail Bone!" the lead brother attacked. Agunimon dodged and flung Kouji to what he hoped was a safe spot before the other two brothers attacked.

"Skull Hammer!" Agunimon was repeatedly hammered by the brothers. Kouji watched in horror as Agunimon was beaten.

'Damn! Where are you Lobomon or KendoGarurumon? I need to help him! He's my best friend and our leader! I can't let him die!'

By then the others had caught up to them and watched in horror as Takuya was beaten some more before he managed to throw them off by using 'Pyro Tornado'.

"Takuya!" Zoe screamed as one of the brothers hit him with a 'Nail Bone'.

'Come one where are you two? I need to save my friend! I need to protect them!'

Kouji gasped as the brother that had attacked Takuya aimed another attack, not at Takuya but at Zoe. The others were yelling for her to run but she was scared stiff. The attack was fired and there was impact. Everyone stared in horror at what they saw.

Zoe opened her eyes, wondering why the attack didn't hit her. She gasped when she saw why she wasn't hit. Agunimon was in front of her his face holding a look of pain caused by the attack which he had jumped in front of. He then de-evolved and landed on Zoe.

She then cradled him, her eyes full of tears. "Takuya, are you okay? Are you hurt too badly?" Takuya hugged her in a protective manner as the SkullSatanmon brothers advanced toward them. He then made to stand up and face the Virus digimon. By then, Kouji couldn't take it anymore. He was going to fight without his Spirit, after all, Takuya had just gotten pounded yet he was still going to stand and fight. Grabbing a tree branch, he leaped up and began to smack the brother's heads. He landed in front of Takuya and Zoe and got into a battle position. Takuya was still trying to get up and when Zoe put her hands lightly on his shoulders, he grimaced in pain. Yutaka ran across the ground, picked up some rocks and began to pelt them at the SkullSatanmon brothers.

Between the two of them, they gave Takuya enough time to recover enough to fight. He was about to Spirit Evolve when Zoe stopped him.

"Don't! You're too injured!" Takuya just looked into her eyes and gently pried her off before Spirit Evolving.

"Pyro Tornado!" Agunimon kicked the lead brother in the chest sending him flying into his brothers. Agunimon dropped to one knee with a groan, still in pain. Kouji then felt the familiar power and smirked. He took a battle stance in front of Agunimon.

"Fool! You can't do anything to protect your friend without your Spirit!"

"Who said that I don't have my Spirit?" After those words left Kouji's mouth Lobomon burst from the trees and used his kendo sticks to make the SkullSatanmon brothers fly. Lobomon then looked at Kouji. No words were spoken as Lobomon became his armor form and was absorbed into Kouji's D-Tector. The symbol of Light appeared on the screen.

Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will

Lobomon's armor form drew itself on the screen. Kouji cross his arms, right over left, and watched as the ring of Fractal-Code appeared on his left hand. Uncrossing his arms he began to scan the code in front of him before raising them above his head.

"Execute!"

"Spirit Evolution!" After scanning the data, his right hand dropped to his side. His left hand dropped after and when in dropped his clothes were ripped off. Lobomon's armor appeared behind him and then gave off three bright flashes of light.

The armor began to appear around him and then compressed onto him. His eyes were filled with light for a moment before it disappeared to reveal crimson red eyes in place of navy blue. Jumping down, he landed on the platform, slashed with his sabers before sheathing them, and stood up firing his laser once, completing the evolution.

"Lobomon!"

The SkullSatanmon brothers claimed they still had the upper hand but they didn't look so sure. Lobomon went over to Agunimon and helped him stand.

"You okay?"

"Just peachy."

"You look more like hell."

"Let's just finish them and talk about how I look like later."

Lobomon nodded and attacked one of the brothers, engaging in a fierce battle. Agunimon tried to take on the other two but was barely holding out. Yutaka clenched his fists, wishing he could do more.

'They are having trouble fighting them, especially Takuya, and I can't do much of anything! I wish I had my Spirit, then I could help.'

Both Lobomon and Agunimon were forced back by the brothers. Lobomon then used his only long range attack on the Virus digimon.

"Howling Laser!" It slowed them down a little but they still kept coming. Yutaka and the others were feeling pretty helpless and yelled for the two to retreat. Suddenly Yutaka's D-Tector went crazy. One of the brothers aimed an attack at Yutaka but before he could release it, something hit him. When they looked where the attack had come from, they saw the Human Warrior of Metal, Mercurymon.

Mercurymon then looked at Yutaka and said "Thou shalt now be able to help thine friends, if thou chooses to don me." Yutaka nodded and Mercurymon became his armor form. Yutaka held out his D-Tector and Mercurymon was sucked in. The symbol of Metal appeared on the screen and Yutaka began to Spirit Evolve for the first time

Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will

Mercurymon's armor form drew itself on the screen. Yutaka then crossed his arms, left over right, and watched as the ring of Fractal-Code appeared on his left hand. Uncrossing and re-crossing his arms twice, he began to scan the code after the second uncrossing.

"Execute!"

"Spirit Evolution!" After scanning the data, his clothes were ripped off. Mercurymon's armor appeared behind him and changed form before it looked like light was being reflected.

The armor began to appear around him and then compressed onto him. Jumping down, he landed on the platform, and held up one of his shields before changing it to the other, completing the evolution.

"Mercurymon!"

All the original Chosen and the digimon stared at Mercurymon. He looked different than before. Gone were the jester-like shoes, the scrawny arms, legs and body, as well as the pointed shaped head. Instead he looked like a medieval English knight with his face hidden by his visor. On each of his arms was a circular shield.

The SkullSatanmon brothers didn't seem to think that Mercurymon was a threat. "That's your help? A human looking tin can! We'll make him scrap metal!"

"Well, allow me the pleasure of showing thou what this 'tin can' can do." Mercurymon said. Running up to the SkullSatanmon brothers, he attacked.

"Shield Blade!" He called out, hitting the brothers with the edge of his shields. When the brothers used their 'Nail Bone' attack on Mercurymon, he held up his right shield and yelled, "Dark Reflection!" and changed shields, sending the brothers attacks back at them. After being hit by their own attack their Fractal-Code appeared.

"Evil beings. Let thy mirror remove thou's evil and purify thou! Fractal-Code! Digitize!" After scanning the data, Mercurymon de-evolved to Yutaka and fell to his knees panting. Agunimon and Lobomon also de-evolved and went up to Yutaka, the other Chosen already there.

When he had caught his breath back, Yutaka asked, "What the hell did I just do?"

Tommy answered him, "You Spirit evolved, Nii-san. But you looked different than what Mercurymon should have looked liked. You looked more like a knight than what you saw Mercurymon at first."

"I guess this just proves that Onii-san is weak," Shinya commented. JP narrowed his eyes and Kouji frowned. Takuya had been weakened from fighting Daemon and he still fought in spite of that. Shinya was getting on Kouji's nerves because he was being disrespectful, rude and un-co-operative.

Takuya didn't seem to hear the comment, but he didn't look to good, especially after he took the attack meant for Zoe. He was bruised all over and had a lot of scratches but he ignored them. However, when he took a step he groaned in pain and fell heavily to the ground. Zoe shrieked.

"Takuya!"

Zoe: This is terrible! Takuya's injured and it's my fault!

Taiya: It's not your fault; you didn't ask to be attacked.

Kouichi: We still need to find our Spirits.

Yutaka: You're right, but first we need to get to a town so that Takuya can be treated.

Kouji: Right.

Tommy: Look out! It's Antiramon!

Zoe: I won't let anyone else get hurt! Execute! Spirit Evolution!

Takuya: Next time on Digital Union: Frontier! Kick It Back Up, Kazemon! It's time to Spirit Evolve!