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Lightning Flash

Izzy couldn't help but shudder at the situation. After WereGarurumon got hit, Matt started acting incredibly aggressive towards the other Digidestined. When Zudomon was hit by the same attack, Joe also collapsed and started to act in a similar way when he woke up.

Garudamon, Lillymon, and MegaKabuterimon managed to avoid most of the attacks due to their flight. However, Dagomon was coming closer with each strike.

It was a matter of time before he hit Sora or his's partner. The larger targets were more likely to get captured than the smaller Lillymon. If they whittle off his health by staying up there while they still could.

Sora was trying to stop a fight between Matt and Joe. Apparently, Joe thought the amount of gel Matt put into his hear was annoying and unhealthy. Izzy knew something was wrong with them. Matt would never get that aggressive towards his friends, and Joe would never have said that comment… at least not out loud.

"Stop fighting!" Sora commanded. Her voice fell on deaf ears as the two boys came face to face, ready to start their attack. Izzy could see Mimi holding their neglected partners in her arms. Gabumon and Gomamon were still out cold.

HORN BUSTER!

FLOWER CANNON!

WING BLADE!

Another chain of attacks rained down on Dagomon from above. The aquatic Digimon roared at the flying Digimon. The encased crests started to glow with a sinister dark blue color. Then the red fins on his back suddenly elongated into wings.

"That's not good." Izzy grimaced. "How is he doing that?"

He saw that Matt and Joe stopped their altercation to watch the flying octopus. Sora and Mimi also watched the enemy closing towards their partners. Izzy looked at the lake where Dagomon left and saw something off with the water. That's definitely not good. He thought as he realized the threat. I have to warn them now!

"Guys, be careful! In the water, there's – AAAAHHHHH!

"Izzy!" He heard someone scream before he felt all of his strength left him.

He collapsed on the ground as Tentomon crashed down near him. Dagomon chuckled viciously as he added a jewel with the Crest of Knowledge to his necklace. "Almost there.'

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Earlier:

Tai steadily regain consciousness. His head still pounded heavily, the secrets within still trying to rush out. He had a weird Digimon filled dream. He should see Gennai after meeting with everyone. He groaned as he twisted around in the couch. Wait, couch? The last thing he could remember was being in the park.

The Bearer of Courage tried to lose his drowsiness and observed his surroundings. Neo sat glaring at Hideto. Both he and Rei looked incredibly flushed.

Koromon sat between them all on a scuffed up coffee table. He could hear their conversation as he struggled to move.

"Honestly, how did you get scared of this guy? I mean it's understandable if it was one of the Digimon they show on Tv, but this guy? Come on." Neo chuckled.

"I'm not used to it, alright?" Hideto sighed. Neo was never going to let him live this down. "Sorry again for freaking out Koromon."

"No problem." The Digimon chirped.

"Ugh, what's happening?" Tai said, gaining enough energy to sit up.

"You're awake!" Koromon exclaimed as he hopped on to his lap.

"What happened to me?" He groaned.

"We don't know." Rei answered.

"Yeah, I collapsed as well." Neo sighed, placing a hand on his forehead, getting a slight headache from remembering the pain. "Is that normal for you Digidestined?"

"Not really." Tai winced away some pain as he pet Koromon. "I saw some weird images and voices while I was asleep. I really don't know what to make of them."

Neo gave a grave chuckle. "Same here." The boy thought for a moment and walked over to a desk. "Here's my contact numbers." He said as he gave Tai a slip of paper. "If you find out anything, you'd better tell us." He said. A desperate look in his eyes made his request seem more like an order. Just what did see?

"Right." Tai said as he took the paper. "Just let me put it in my phone."

When he said that, a chorus of groans echoed the room. Tai searched his bag and couldn't find his phone. "Um, did anyone?"

Rei handed his phone to him, both halves of it. "Don't ask." She said.

Tai nervously packed up his things. "O…k…"

"Tai, Airport." Koromon reminded. He could hear a soft jet-like whine, but he dismissed it

"Crap!" Tai exclaimed. "Sorry guys, but I have to go." As he headed for the door, he heard the voices again. He cringed a bit before opening the door.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Hideto asked.

"Yeah… I – I'm fine." Tai muttered before opening the door. He paused for a moment to see the scene in front of him. "Is this… ash?" Tai asked, grasping the fluttering black specks that fell from the sky. The whining grew louder, causing Tai and Koromon to look up. For a short moment, they saw a glimpse of Imperialdramon soaring past above them.

Tai followed the blue light trail that the dragon left and saw the erupting volcano. "Oh no." He quickly reached for his Digivice. The screen flashed with an unusual light, but it was unnoticed by both of them.

"Let's Warp Digivolve and see what's going on." Koromon suggested. Tai agreed and held out his Digivice. It shone with the bright orange light that it usually did and burst out, however it arched around Tai like lightning instead of the beam.

The Bearer of Courage gave a scream of pain before he collapsed on the ground once more.

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After discovering the erupting volcano, the giant flying octopus wasn't hard to miss. Imperialdramon saw Lillymon distracting it. He dropped off his passengers next to the present Digidestined and joined the fray.

"Got get him Imperialdramon! The cavalry has arrived!" Davis cheered.

"Stop fighting!" Mimi yelled to the others. The other four were in another random argument with each other.

"Mimi!" Kari exclaimed. "What's going on?"

"I don't know!" She said. "They aren't listening to me."

"Matt!" Tk called out. "What's wrong?" There was no response from his brother. His attention turned to the argument and then to the Digimon that Imperialdramon was fighting.

"Hey, are those crests?" Patamon observed.

"Yes." Mimi said. "It somehow sucked the crest out of the Digimon and then the guys turned out like this."

"WHAT?" The younger Digidestined exclaimed in shock.

"I knew it." Tk growled. "The darkness has to be totally destroyed, otherwise it'll never leave us alone."

"I agree, there's something sinister about that Digimon." Ken said.

"Did the demonic wings or evil laughter tip you off?" Davis joked.

"Stop talking and start fighting!" Yolie ordered. At the sky battle, Dagomon somehow managed to evade most of Lillymon and Imperialdramon's attacks. "They need backup!"

"Right!"

Three digivices glowed as the remaining rookies changed into their champion forms.

"Patamon Digivolve to… Angemon!"

"Hawkmon Digivolve to… Aquilamon!"

"Armadillomon Digivolve to… Ankylomon!"

"Angemon … Ankylomon … DNA Digivolve to… Shakkoumon!"

"Aquilamon … Gatomon … DNA Digivolve to … Silphymon!"

The two Ultimate leveled Digimon went to help their friends. Dagomon looked at the new arrivals and gave a sinister, knowing grin.

JUSTICE BEAM!

STATIC FORCE!

FLOWER CANNON!

POSITRON LASER!

The four attacks sped towards the aquiatic Digimon. He shifted his wings back into fins and fell down towards the water. Dagomon managed to dodge the Positron Laser and Justice Beam, and the Static Force and Flower Cannon didn't deal massive damage to him.

The collision sent the water flying up into the air, raining down towards them. The Digidestined flinched at the sudden downpour.

When it stopped, the Digimon surrounded Dagomon, all of their attacks ready.

"Give up Dagomon!" Imperialdramon said in his twin voices. "We have you surrounded."

"Turn the other's back to normal or we will destroy you!" Lillymon growled.

There was a tense moment of silence, broken by Dagomon's abrupt laughter. "HAHA! FOOLS!" The octopus bellowed. "Did you think I'd face you alone?"

The surface of the lake broke open again as creatures flew out. In a flash, the counter attack had begun.

A MarineDevimon latched itself on to Imperialdramon, using its tentacles to blind the mighty dragon. A Grizzlymon managed to blindside Silphymon. A SkullSatamon rushed out and relentlessly beat down Shakkoumon with his Nail Bone attack.

"What!" Davis exclaimed.

Dagomon turned at the same time and engulfed Lillymon with his tentacles. When he extracted the crest, Mimi screamed and collapsed like the others.

Kari and Tk rushed over to help her.

"What happened?" Davis exclaimed. When they saw Dagomon add the orb with the others on his necklace, they looked at the bickering group of Digidestined and made the connection.

"Imperialdramon! Take care of that guy and defeat the octopus!" Davis ordered.

Imperialdramon roared and tried to shake off the MarineDevimon on his head. The ultimate used his strength to bind the great dragon's mouth and eyes.

Shakkoumon and Silphymon held their own until Dagomon joined in and assisted them. "Who's outnumbered now, Digidestined?" Dagomon taunted.

POSITRON LASER!

Imperialdramon aimed his attack at the irritating laughter and managed to strike Dagomon off-guard.

GUILTY BLACK!

MarineDevimon jumped away from the dragon and shot his ink into Imperialdramon's eyes.

Davis and Ken looked at each other and decided to finish the fight quickly, D3's glowing, Imperialdramon shifted to his strongest form.

"Imperialdramon Mode Change: FIGHTER MODE!"

Imperialdramon shifted to a humanoid form, with his dragon head as his breastplate. "I've got you now." He growled as he started to charge his laser.

Weakened, Dagomon looked at his foe. Beside him, his allies were beginning to get beaten down by the other fused Digimon. It's time to head back, a voice whispered in his head, finish this quickly. "Very well… NOW!" He declared suddenly.

TENTACLE CLAW!

PRESSURE!

The two tentacle attacks weren't enough to overcome Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, but they can change the dragon-warrior's aim. The Positron Laser missed Dagomon and struck Shakkoumon instead. The blast split the Mutant Digimon into the two component Digimon.

"Crap." Imperialdramon said as he struggled against the tentacles. "Uh, Sorry guys!"

"Tokomon!" "Upamon!" Tk and Cody cried out.

Silphymon went to help Imperialdramon, however SkullSatamon gave a maniacal laughter as he started to beat down on the fused Digimon.

While the partner Digimon were either disabled or distracted, Grizzlymon rushed towards the Digidestined. "NO!" Imperialdramon yelled as he fought against the constricting attacks.

"SCATTER!" Davis ordered. The Digidestined scrambled out of the Champion's way as it charged towards them.

The leader of the younger Digidestined tripped and tumbled to the bickering group of older Digidestined. "DAVIS! Watch where you're going!" Sora exclaimed when he bumped into her. A few seconds later she was back to her argument.

He glanced at where the other Digidestined had ran and saw that they were fine, except for- "KEN ITS BEHIND YOU!" He exclaimed as he chased after his friend.

"I NOTICED!" Ken yelled back.

MAUL ATTACK!

The strike hit the ground behind the Digidestined of Kindness, causing him trip on the ground and knocking him out. The bear Digimon towered over Ken, with his sharp teeth bared menacingly.

"Get away from him!" Davis yelled out.

"Pest." Grizzlymon growled, swatting him away with his powerful paws. Davis was sent flying and crashed into Tk and Cody. Then he turned back to Ken, opened his jaws and bit down.

"OPEN THE GATE!" Dagomon yelled, jumping away from Imperialdramon. MarineDevimon followed his lead. SkullSatamon ceased his maniacal onslaught against Silphymon as well. The group gathered around Grizzlymon who carried Ken in his teeth by the collar of the Digidestined's shirt.

The earth shooked as a giant pools of black water formed beneath the enemy Digimon. Kari froze at the sight of the dark water. "No… It can't be." She shivered.

"KEN!" Davis screamed as he watched his friend get down along with the Digimon. Imperialdramon rushed towards them, hoping to stop them before they could leave.

"Goodbye, Digidestined." Dagomon taunted, nearly engulfed by his portal. "Until next time."

And then they vanished into the darkness. When they did, Imperialdramon crashed to the ground as Chibomon and Leafmon. Davis ran to the ground where the portal appeared and started to hit the dirt with vain hopes that he could follow and save his friend.

The older Digidestined gradually escaped from their spell and observed the broken spirit that lingered the battlefield. The earthquake and the volcanic eruption have settled down by this time, with some smoke still billowing out of Mt. Fuji and a few minor aftershocks vibrating beneath them.

"This doesn't look good." A voice said. The Digidestined, most of whom were close to tears, turned to the voice.

They looked around in confusion. "GENNAI?"

"Should I be anyone else?" The Digidestineds' mentor asked.

"What happened?" Tk shivered. "Why were they able to take down all of our Digimon?"

"HOW were they able to?" Izzy added, finally cured and holding a tired Tentomon in his arms.

"Yeah, Imperialdramon blasted that octopus in the face!" Davis added, Chibomon and Leafmon resting in his arms.

Gennai looked over to Kari who was still trembling. "It was the Dark Ocean." She whispered. "They came from the Dark Ocean."

There was a moment of silence before a name clicked into the rest of the Digidestined's heads. "Deamon." Tk whispered in rage.

"Calm down Tk." Gennai said. "Don't lose yourself to your rage."

"How do we get to the Dark Ocean? We have to save him!" Davis said.

Gennai raised an eyebrow. "Do you believe that you can defeat all of your opponents at the state you're in now?"

Davis winced as he looked down at the tired in-trainings in his hands.

"Come and follow me." Gennai said. "There is something that I have to tell you all… something I should have explained a long time ago."

"What," Tk asked, slightly defeated. "could help us now? Another prophecy? What could you tell us about that could help us, how much importance does this have?"

"It has every importance." Gennai answered. "Come with me, I will tell you how to find your victory. I will tell you about your predecessors. I'll tell you the tale of the First DigiDestined.

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