As promised, a new chapter. Trust me, this one's good.
Disclaimer: Okay! Okay! I confess! I don't really own Digimon. I'm just a lowly fanfic author with nothing better to do with my life. I admit it all! (A little much?)
LAST TIME:
DAICHI: Dracomon and Gatomon went through their part of the mission: locating the dungeon and getting us out. Unfortuantely, they were caught by GranDracmon, who threw them in with us. GranKuwagagmon then took up the job to find us. When he did, though, it only got worse. GranDracmon had played us for fools the entire time. We still managed to escape the cell, but not GranDracmon's wrath. Now we're in a final showdown with this guy. Fasten your seatbelts, boys and girls. This is going to be quite a battle.
Chapter 34
Slayer
"Now, Digi-Destined," GranDracmon gloated, "time to die!"
Dracomon slowly stood up. "Really? I must need a new watch, then, 'cause I could have sworn it was time to kick your sorry butt."
"And how do you plan to do that?" GranDracmon asked, still sounding as smooth-tongued as ever. "Your combined power is at its maximum given the current conditions, and the only chance you all have of stopping me is in the hands of one of my Bakemon." He gestured to the Bakemon horde flanking him.
"That doesn't mean we'll stop trying," Gatomon said. She held her claws out ready to fight.
"No!" GranKuwagamon said to them. "You two handle the Bakemon, try to find the Digivices. I'm the only one who stands any chance against GranDracmon now."
"And that chance," GranDracmon said, clenching his fist and covering it with his other hand, "is slim."
"Better than nothing," GranKuwagamon returned. He opened his wings and flew at the beastly vampire. Dracomon and Gatomon also ran in, but were quickly surrounded by Bakemon.
"This guy really doesn't take chances, does he?" Dracomon said.
"And without my Holy Ring, this won't be easy," Gatomon added.
"Hey, if I could take them out with ease, you should too," Dracomon assured. "Dragon Breath!" He poured a stream of yellow-orange flames onto the Bakemon. Gatomon also attacked with a Lightning Paw. GranKuwagamon meanwhile slammed his pincers across GranDracmon's legs, hoping to knock him over.
The humans stood removed from the battle. "I feel so helpless," Kiyoko said. "Normally I'm right there with a card to help Gatomon, but without my D-Power…"
"Don't think we don't feel the same way, Kiyoko," Daichi said. "All we can do at this point is try to help our Digimon by directing their movements."
"And finding your Digivices while you're at it," Isamu added. "I'm not sure how long GranKuwagamon can keep this up." GranKuwagamon tried a Dimension Scissor, one of many previous attempts, but GranDracmon didn't seem too fazed, countering with a Crystal Revolution attack. "Try to keep an eye on the Bakemon," Isamu suggested, "see which one has our Digivices. I'll make sure GranKuwagamon isn't getting his head carapace handed to him."
Daichi and Kiyoko turned to the many Bakemon trying to attack the other Digimon. They found that the ghost Digimon were not much of a threat to them, relieving some of the humans' tension. Because of this, it was easy to watch the various Bakemon without having to turn to their Digimon every five seconds.
After a minute or so, Daichi saw one of the Bakemon, rather removed from the others and holding something in his hand. Dracomon was the closer of the two Digimon. "Dracomon!" Daichi yelled. The dragon turned to his human partner. "That way!" Daichi shouted, pointing to his left. Dracomon turned to find the lone Bakemon.
"Got it!" he acknowledged. "Dragon Breath!" He attacked the Bakemon and, as it disappeared, the object in its hand flew toward him. Dracomon caught it and saw that it was Isamu's D-3. "Get this to Isamu!" he yelled and threw it to the humans. Daichi caught it and shouted at Isamu before throwing it to him. Isamu barely noticed it before catching it.
GranDracmon was surprised, but chuckled. "You may have gotten one Digivice back," he said to Isamu, "but it does you the least good. This overgrown beetle has already reached his highest stage." GranKuwagamon suddenly threw himself onto GranDracmon, his pincers just inches away from his opponent's head only because the vampire held them back.
"'Overgrown beetle,' huh?" he said. "That's a far cry from 'fellow Gran Digimon.'"
"The perspective helps," GranDracmon returned. He shifted his arms so that GranKuwagamon ended up being flipped over. The beetle Digimon managed to get up, but had a hard time doing so and was near exhaustion by the end.
"If any of you can help out," he said to the others, "now might be a good time."
"We're working on it," Daichi said, not taking his gaze off the constantly moving Bakemon. "Turns out that last Bakemon only had Isamu's Digivice." GranDracmon chuckled.
"We can't give up yet, GranKuwagamon," Isamu said. "We're the only ones who can stand a chance at fighting him."
"What chance could you possibly have?" GranDracmon gloated. "I am the most powerful Digimon in existence, and once you're all out of the way, I will rule the world!"
"As if you didn't already," GranKuwagamon said as he stood up fully. "You Digi-Agents have ruled over us using fear and power as your only weapons."
"Oh, how simple-minded you are," GranDracmon said. "You act as though we're only interested in ruling the Digital World, little realizing that another world is ripe for the taking."
"What world is he talking about?" Kiyoko asked.
A brief second passed before Daichi said, "I think I know. We all should, because we've all been there." There was a pause of understanding as the other humans' faces shifted into an expression of surprise and fear. "Ours," Daichi answered for them.
"The Digi-Agents don't want this world," Kiyoko said.
"They want to rule the human world!" Isamu finished.
"What a clever bunch of children you are," GranDracmon said. "When I am done with you all, I will take my army and take over your pathetic world. The creatures there will crumble before our might."
"Why?" Isamu said, his head bowed and fist clenched. "Why would you want to take over our world?"
"Why not?" GranDracmon countered. "I am intelligent, all powerful; if those are not qualifications for leadership over all, I don't know what are."
"You're right," Isamu said darkly. "You don't know!"
GranKuwagamon started walking toward GranDracmon. "He who claims power and intelligence as grounds for leadership," he said, "has no business calling himself a leader."
"If that's what you think," GranDracmon said, "then maybe you should listen better. Death Scream!" The attachments on his front legs suddenly opened their mouths and wailed an unnatural sound. Everyone covered their ears to block it, even the Bakemon, but they could still hear it clearly as though nothing could stop it from reaching their ears.
"Do you now see my power?" GranDracmon asked them. "If the power of the dead does not give me the right to rule over all I see and know, then for what other reason could I possibly exist?"
GranKuwagamon grunted and said, "I… don't know." He took a step forward, surprising GranDracmon. "But this… isn't… it! Dimension… Scissor!" As he called his attack, he paused to allow himself to concentrate above the noise. He unleashed his attack and it successfully hit, causing the screaming to stop and GranDracmon to reel in pain.
The Bakemon were also getting their bearings after suffering from their master's attack. "Guys, now!" Daichi yelled. "While we've got the advantage!" Their Digimon began to strike many of the Bakemon in rapid succession, which left them more dazed than before.
GranDracmon, meanwhile, was just recovering from GranKuwagamon's latest attack. "Unh! How are you able to keep fighting?" he asked.
"At the risk of sounding cliché," GranKuwagamon answered, "because I have something worth fighting for."
"It's not just you, buddy," Isamu added. "We all do. We're fighting for a better cause than you could, GranDracmon, for reasons that make yours seem more shallow than they are."
"And together," they said at once, "we will stop you here and now!" Suddenly, both of them began to glow green and the light receded into Isamu's D-3.
"What is this?" GranDracmon asked. "It's just not possible. You can't Digivolve; you've already reached your highest level!"
"This is where we one-up you in intelligence, GranDracmon," Isamu said. "There is a level beyond mega; it just takes some time and effort to reach, and not many Digimon can attain it. But its power is the stuff of legends." He held his D-3 at GranKuwagamon. "Now let's find out what this new level of power looks like!" A green light, similar to what appeared when Wormmon first Warp Digivolved, shot out of the D-3 and touched GranKuwagamon's body.
"GranKuwagamon Mode Change to…" GranKuwagamon suddenly stood up on his hind legs, and his fore- and middle legs fused together to form arms, with a set of claws protruding from his new gauntlets. His head reformatted; the pincers became much straighter and his head only had one red eye. His wings looked more like a metal X with yellow lining; in fact, his entire body seemed to be composed out of metal. "GrandisKuwagamon!"
Everyone stared at the awesome sight in front of them. Even Isamu couldn't move or speak. Instead, GrandisKuwagamon did it for him. "Your reign ends today, GranDracmon."
"You really think a new look will stop me?" GranDracmon asked. "Ha! All this means is that I have a new enemy to defeat."
"We shall see," GrandisKuwagamon said. "Grandis Scissors!" He jumped up and crossed his arms, his claws glowing as he did. He slashed the attachments on GranDracmon's legs, destroying them effortlessly and causing their host to scream in pain.
"Whoa," Kiyoko said. "How'd he do that?" Daichi quickly noticed another Bakemon that was separate from the group, holding something. He informed Dracomon, who destroyed it and tossed the object to him: Daichi's own D-Power. He quickly pulled up the Digital Analyzer and found GrandisKuwagamon's information.
"His gauntlets!" he said. "They're called Gran Killers!"
"What does that mean?" Kiyoko asked.
"Remember when GranDracmon said he was a Gran Digimon?" Daichi let the question hang in the air.
"GrandisKuwagamon!" Isamu yelled. "You hear that?"
"I heard," the Digimon answered. He ran to the weakened GranDracmon and shoved his pincers onto the evil Digimon's head, keeping him steady.
"This isn't right!" the evil Digimon protested. "I am all powerful! It's my destiny to rule!"
"Look on the bright side," GrandisKuwagamon said. "Even though you're a vampire, I won't have to stab you through the heart." He paused. "You don't have one." He quickly brought his right arm to GranDracmon's chest, letting the claws pierce it. GrandDracmon screamed in pain and anger.
"No!" he yelled as he disappeared. "I was made to rule everything and everyone! I should have ruled the world! I was destined to rule all!"
"Funny thing about destiny, though," Isamu said. "Sometimes, it's misread." GranDracmon continued screaming until his giant form vanished.
Everyone stared at the spot where he disappeared. GrandisKuwagamon De-Digivolved back into Minomon and hopped into Isamu's arms. "Hey Digimon…" Isamu said.
"Hey Digimon," Minomon finished. Isamu stared at him. "Blame Daichi," the small Digimon replied.
"How did I get into this?" Daichi said.
"I really hate coming in late," Kiyoko said, her fingers on the bridge of her nose. Suddenly, she realized she was the only one without a Digivice. She turned to the Bakemon that remained. They all looked nervous. "So, which one of you has my D-Power and Gatomon's Holy Ring?" she asked. She soon saw the device and ring flying over the crowd and landing on the ground in front of her before they all retreated. As she and Gatomon picked up their respective items, Kiyoko said to the boys, almost innocently, "I just wanted to thank him for keeping them safe." Everyone started to laugh for the first time in a while.
Alright! Looks like GranDracmon's out of the way. Does this mean our heroes' adventure is over? And if it is, how will they get back home? There's only one place to find out: the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!
Hope this did not disappoint.
This is CF signing out.