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Digimon Tamers Crimson Episode 34: Family Feud
Henry and Rapidmon were flung to a different section of the Digital world. They tried flying through the sector to scout out for the others. Though it would appear that unknown to them, someone had been waiting for this exact moment. "Rapidmon, where do you think we ended up now?" Henry asked Rapidmon who responded "Honestly, I have no idea. I've been to many sections of the Digital World, before I ended up in your video game... But here, I don't exactly recognize this area." Henry then continued to ponder exactly where in the Digital World they could be, but then shots were fired from a long distance... "Rapidmon! Land quickly!" Henry yelled to Rapidmon who saw the shot and did as he was told. They then took cover to make sure that the assailant wouldn't try picking them off while on the ground. "Okay Rapidmon, I think the best course of action would be for me to lure out the assassin while you try and attack him from the air." Rapidmon nodded and said "Just... Be careful Henry. I have a feeling that this guy's been waiting for us this whole time." Henry then ran out from cover and headed towards yet another rocky wall.
Meanwhile Rapidmon took to the air and launched a few missles at the assassin. He then headed towards his Tamer and said "Either I somehow missed him..." The assassin then added "Or I just simply destroyed the missiles last second." When the dust settled Rapidmon saw what appeared to be a black version of Gargomon. "Well little brother... It's been a long time, hasn't it?" The assailant asked Rapidmon who at first was confused, but then the memories came to him as though a semi had just hit him. "You... I've looked, literally everywhere for you big brother... Why are you doing this to us?" The BlackGargomon laughed maniacally and responded "It's simple really! You abandoned me! You left me to die at the hands of those royal knights! And now, Daemon has given me the power to destroy anyone who dares to cross my path! Including you! Little brother!" Henry got out his Digivice and analyzed Blackgargomon. "It seems like he's the same as you Rapidmon only... He's a virus type." Henry said after analyzing the new Digimon. BlackGargomon looked at Henry and asked "I'm sorry but... Who the hell are you? And why should I care?" Henry was about to respond, but Rapidmon got in front of Henry and said "His name, is Jianliang Li Wong. Though most of my friends and myself call him Henry... But the point is that, he's been like a brother to me! He wanted to help me find you! And now..." Rapidmon felt his eyes get a little soft from this sight.
"And now, I have no choice... But to stop you big brother! I'm sorry that it came to this!" Rapidmon said to BlackGargomon who responded "So, you choose this human over me? Your own sibling!? Very well then, I'll just have to kill both of you!" BlackGargomon then seemed have a dark aura surrounding him as though he were powering up. Rapidmon saw this as a sign of evolution and decided to take action. "Rapid Fire!" He shot two missles that were blocked by the dark aura. "Sorry little brother, but... I'm afraid you'll have to wait for me to get to my next form." He was then compressed into a large orb and later reformed, as a black version of Rapidmon. "This power, is known as Dark Evolution... It requires no Tamer, nor data to perform. Just, the inner darkness of my heart!" Henry then got out his Digivice to analyze this new form. "SpectralRapidmon, Virus Type, Ultimate level. Attacks are: Golden Triangle and Rapid fire." Henry said quoting his Digivice. "Rapidmon, you gotta be careful out there okay?" Rapidmon nodded in response to Henry and flew towards his dark counterpart. "I am a shadow... The true self... You abandoned me that day, and this... Will be the price that you pay!"
[Cue I'll Face Myself]
Rapidmon and SpectralRapidmon charged at each other, and then took to the skies. Henry looked up to see the fight... Only to see occassional blows thrown at each other. "Aw dammit! Why is it that every Digimon and Simon manage to show how inadequate I am!?" Henry said in obvious rage over how helpless he's felt this whole time. In the skies Rapidmon fired more missles at SpectralRapidmon, only for him to counteract with the exact same attack. They continued going at one another, until it seemed they came at a standstill. "What's wrong little brother? Can't get a hit on me? Or are you just scared of fighting me?" SpectralRapdimon asked in a condescending tone which angered Rapidmon to the point of ditching any form of rationality he had left in him. He charged up an attack that he would assume would take up the last of his power as Rapidmon. "Rapidmon! Stop! If you do that, you'll die!" Henry yelled to Rapidmon for him to stop... Only for Rapidmon to continue ignoring his Tamer's orders. Rapidmon then formed a triangle beam to strike his older brother. "I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S HOLDING BACK! TRI BEAM!" Rapidmon yelled before firing his ultimate attack at his brother. "If that's how you want to play it... Golden Triangle!" SpectralRapidmon said before firing a direct counterpart to Rapidmon's attack. The two beams collided and in the end... Rapidmon's attack went through the golden triangle and hit SpectralRapidmon.
[End I'll Face Myself]
Henry looked up into the sky and saw a huge cloud of smoke nearby. When the smoke cleared, he saw a bruised version of Terriermon falling from the sky. "Terriermon!" Henry yelled before running towards where he knew that his partner would land. He was luckily able to catch Terriermon and he saw that he was alive after all of that. However, Henry saw that SpectralRapidmon was still standing. "Quite honestly, I never thought that he could have an attack that could hurt me." He then landed nearby Henry and Terriermon. "Stay away from him!" Henry yelled at the dark Digimon who seemed confused at the Tamer's bravado. "Oh, and you're going to stop me little human. Please! What can humans hope to do against our might!? Oh yeah, that's right, Cower! Cower in fear as we conquer your world and rule it however we see fit! But somehow, some way... You manage to find some form of courage just to defend your pitiful partner. Well if you want to die too then so be i-" SpectralRapidmon was saying until Henry interrupted him and said "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP ABOUT BEING STRONGER OKAY! I don't care if I die here! If I can protect my little brother from this fate... Then I'll stand in any Digimon's way! No matter how big they make themselves out to be!" SpectralRapidmon was somewhat shocked by Henry's speech, and then he saw Terriermon slowly wake up from his wounds.
"You know little brother, Tri Beam is a very poor choice of last words. But... It's far from the worst decision you have made today!" He said to Terriermon who responded weakly "Tri go fuck yourself!" SpectralRapidmon then loaded a missile into his hand and said "Now that's the spirit." As he was about to attack, suddenly another prescence made itself known to everyone in the area. "Y'know, I don't really appreciate it when my friends can't defend themselves from your kind! So I figure, why not join the party myself?" The figure in armor said standing on top of the dragon-like machine. Henry looked up and saw the armored figure as well as Terriermon. SpectralRapidmon was more confused by this and asked "Okay, and why aren't you dead like Daemon said you were?" The knight jumped down from his dragon craft and landed in front of SpectralRapidmon. He turned to face Henry and asked "You guys alright?" Henry nodded while holding Terriermon and asked in response "Excuse me but... Who are you?" Terriermon answered for the knight "He was one of the Royal Knights known as Gallantmon... Though we never did find out what happened to him after he left." Gallantmon responded "Well let's just say Omnimon and I were at a disagreement and I almost died. But that's all in the past. Let's focus on the here and now!" He then summoned his shield and what appeared to be a very familiar looking sword. Henry then thought "Wait is that... Simon!?"
SpectralRapidmon then looked at Gallantmon and said "Clearly you are quite near sighted." Gallantmon took off his shades and rubbed some dust off before putting them back on. "Really now? Because I can see you quite clearly if you ask me." SpectralRapidmon sighed and responded to Gallantmon's statement "I am saying that you obviously didn't see my fight earlier. That little creature had the power to destroy an oridinary mega level Digimon... What makes you think that you stand a better chance against me?" Suddenly, Gallantmon started exuding a powerful green aura around him. "Y'know... There are quite a number of things that piss me off. One, being rendered helpless to save anyone. Two, people who would dare to harm my friends. And three, people like you underestimating me before I even throw or take a punch." He then made his sword and shield disappear... Presumably into a pocket dimension where he could find them. He then approached SpectralRapidmon who looked right at him and launched a missile at him point blank. "Hmph! You were all talk... But in the end, I guess only the foolish boast nonsense!" When the smoke cleared, Gallantmon was still standing in the same position he was in when SpectralRapidmon fired. "So, what was that about how only the foolish boast nonsense?" Gallantmon asked a shocked SpectralRapidmon who had no words to describe what just happened.
He was then greeted by a powerful straight punch to his abdomen, which sent him flying towards one of the large boulders in the area. "So does this mean you'll give up boasting and start fighting?!" Gallantmon yelled to SpectralRapidmon who had recovered from the impact and has now set his sights on the royal knight. "Oh I'll give you a fight all right! I'll give you the best damn fight, you'll ever see! Rapid Fire!" He said before firing several missiles at Simon who brought out his sword and cut down every missile in sight. "That all you got! Try a little harder why don't cha'!" Gallantmon said taunting SpectralRapidmon into using his most powerful attack. "That does it! I'll end you right here, right now! GOLDEN TRIANGLE!" Gallantmon sighs and raises his shield almost lazily. When the attack hit, a large explosion could be seen from where Henry and Terriermon were standing... Which was at a very safe distance. SpectralRapidmon panted considering he put more power into that attack... Then the one he used on his brother. However, when the smoke cleared it seemed like Gallantmon was still there... Without any injury whatsoever. "Sorry about that, but I only sell bread at a local bakery in Shinjuku." SpectralRapidmon then tried charging at Gallantmon in a blind rage... Only to completely miss. Gallantmon then bashed SpectralRapidmon with his shield which caused the worn out SpectralRapidmon to be rendered unable to stand.
Gallantmon then positioned Falchion at SpectralRapidmon's neck and said "I know that I should probably end you right about now... But since you're Terriermon's brother, I suggest you surrender now. And if you come with us... You might be able to get cured, how does that sound?" The dark Digimon felt... Offended that, this knight who used to belong to the Digimon who destroyed his village... Is offering him mercy... "So it's mercy you're offering huh? Well, unfortunately for you I despise mercy! Especially from scum like you!" SpectralRapidmon said. Unfortunately, Gallantmon was not phazed by SpectralRapidmon's comment. Henry and Terriermon went closer to hear the whole conversation. "I only offer mercy because, I feel that there's still a chance for you to be redeemed. All you need to do, is help us. And together, we can accomplish anything!" SpectralRapidmon continued to glare at Gallantmon... Until a smile formed on his face. He then said "Alright royal knight! You win! You win the priveledge... Of seeing my true power!" Gallantmon was a bit surprised by this statement. He decided to try and strike down the dark Digimon... Only for the dark aura surrounding him to raise a barrier to repel him. "Dammit! Why is it that when I offer mercy the bad guy always has to do shit like this?!" Henry went up to Gallantmon and asked "You okay there Simon?" Gallantmon got up and responded "I'm fine Henry. Unfortunately even though doing something would be the best course of action... But like many other anime we've seen... We're probably going to have to stand still and let them power up... Just because of a barrier he set up."
As SpectralRapidmon was powering up, a large cloud of purple smoke surrounded the dark Digimon. Gallantmon looked back at Henry and asked "How much time do I need to give you?" Henry confused by Gallantmon's question responded "Time for what?" Gallantmon sighed and answered "Time for you and Terriermon to mega evolve!" Terriermon was quite shocked by Gallantmon's statement and asked "Okay and how am I gonna do that!?" Gallantmon responded "Simple, the two of you need to harness the spiral energy!" Henry was confused and thought Gallantmon went crazy. "What's this spiral energy?" Henry asked Gallantmon who responded before walking towards the smoke "It's the power... Of one's belief in themself and others... I know I have no right to ask this but... Do you believe that you can do this?" He then summoned Grani to him and mounted the dragon machine. "Knowing Terriermon's evolutionary line, I'd suggest we try aerial attacks for now." Gallantmon said to Grani who responded "Master! I have a number of weapons that I can use to assist you in this battle! So if you don't mind... Let me be of assistance in this battle!" Gallantmon nodded and said "Alright then, let's see how big this SOB is..." Suddenly after the smoke dissipated They saw what appeared to be a giant dog-faced robot, with ears as long as plane wings, shoulders which seemed to house several missiles or probably extremely large missiles, black armor plating with panels almost everywhere on his body, large gattling gun gauntlets and it appeared that the fingers were also part of the gattling guns. And it had thrusters on it's back. In a nutshell, a giant dog mecha with guns and missiles everywhere you look.
Terriermon was shocked by the amount of power this new form had and Henry took out his Digivice to analyze this new form. "BlackMegaGargomon, Virus Type, Mega Level. Attacks are: Giant Missile, and Burst shot." Henry said quoting his Digivice. "Henry, how are we gonna beat this guy?" Terriermon asked and Henry looked down and said "I guess we have to do as Simon says." Terriermon confused says "There's no way that's Simon! He's Gallantmon ya looney!" Henry shakes his head and responds "I can tell that's Simon in Gallantmon. And seeing that he and Guilmon combined means that... What he's saying might be possible after all! All we have to do... Is believe!" Henry then closed his eyes and concentrated on clearing his mind of doubt. Meanwhile, Gallantmon and BlackMegaGargomon were practically face to face with one another, and while one was larger, the other would not let size intimidate him. "So Guilmon, any suggestions?" Simon asked within the data sphere and Guilmon answered "Well, for now aerial evasion and pray we can dice those large missiles." Simon sighed and said "Right then, hopefully my fight with Daemon hasn't worn me out too badly." BlackMegaGargomon looks at Gallantmon and says "Y'know trying to be the big mon was a really bad idea Gallantmon. Because even from up here... You look pretty small." Gallantmon responds "Are we just going to talk... Or are you gonna actually try to hit me?" BlackMegaGargomon smirks and says "You have no idea how much I'm gonna enjoy this!" Suddenly a bunch of panels opened up to reveal ports for missiles to exit. Gallantmon had Grani fly high into the air at extreme speeds to avoid being hit by the missiles.
BlackMegaGargomon then fired several missiles at Gallantmon who either dodged them expertly or simply sliced the missiles in half. But then BlackMegaGargomon unleashed a barrage of pellets. "Burst Shot!" He said as he kept trying to shoot Gallantmon who once again either deflected the shots, or dodged the attacks. "Master! If we keep dodging like this, he'll eventually figure out our pattern!" Gallantmon then had Grani fly further up to the point where BlackMegaGargomon couldn't see him. "Come on out and face me coward!" The dark Digimon yelled at Gallantmon who ended up firing a laser from the shield at BlackMegaGargomon's back. "If you say so." The dark Digimon was in pain but then used a technique to put a lock-on marker on both Simon and Grani. "Grani, we need to get moving and fast!" Grani understood the order and once again took to the sky. "Oh no you don't! Giant Missile!" Two large red missiles flew up towards Gallantmon who kept on flying until he got to a certain point and then... Grani started spinning at an extremely fast speed while laser blades jutted out of the wings. They fell towards the missiles and then an explosion sounded in the sky. However, Gallantmon and Grani appeared out of the smoke and while Gallantmon was somewhat dizzy... BlackMegaGargomon took this opportunity to throw a punch at Gallantmon. He was thrown off Grani who then charged up an attack to destroy the dark Digimon. Meanwhile, Henry seemed to have cleared the doubt in his mind knowing that his friends believe in him as he believes in them. He sees a core drill appear before him and looks to his partner and asks "You ready little brother?" Terriermon nods in response seeing Henry's new resolve...
SPIRAL MATRIX EVOLUTION._
"Spiral Matrix Evolution!" Henry said before he surrounded by a large data sphere. "Terriermon Spiral Matrix Evolve To..." Terriermon seemed to undergo the same change as his dark counterpart... Only his armor is green and the missile shoulders were yellow.
"MegaGargomon!"
BlackMegaGargomon approached Gallantmon who was recovering from the earlier impact. "If you so much, as pick up and try to crush me... Only to hear squeak sounds, I will end you!" Gallantmon says somewhat weary from battle. BlackMegaGargomon looks down at Gallantmon and responds "No, I'll just crush you under my foot instead! You should know that mercy is a curse to all goodie two shoes!" As the dark Digimon was about to step on Gallantmon, a large green fist struck him in the face with enough force to send him towards another boulder. Simon looked up to see a regular MegaGargomon who offered Simon a lift up. "Sorry we're late Simon!" MegaGargomon said to Gallantmon who declined the offer "I'm fine Henry, but I appreciate the offer." Gallantmon responded to MegaGargomon before summoning Grani to his side. "My apologies master... I failed to arrive to your aid earlier." MegaGargomon looks at Grani and says "Momentai Grani, Simon doesn't blame you for what happened." Henry within his data sphere looks at Simon as though he can see through Gallantmon's exterior. "So Simon I have to ask you something." Henry says to Simon who responds "Go ahead." Henry then asks "Why do we look like naked Ken dolls at the moment?" Simon sighs and answers "Digimon aren't known for having identifiable genders and/or clothes. So, since we've become Digimon ourselves... You get the gist right?" Henry nods and then says "To be honest Simon, it kind of feels amazing to be a Digimon. I can feel Terriermon's energy flowing through me." Simon nods in understanding to Henry's statement.
And then, as though they were in sync they prepared a plan to finish of BlackMegaGargomon. Meanwhile the dark Digimon walked towards MegaGargomon and said "So it seems you've gotten bigger brother... But nonetheless, you're still my little brother and I have the responsibility of putting you in your place! So get ready you little twer-" MegaGargomon interrupted him by punching him in the face, again and then started to repeatedly punch and kick BlackMegaGargomon into submission. BlackMegaGargomon was confused by this tactic considering normally his kind are known for using projectiles. "I don't understand! How could he have beaten me down so quickly! I should know his every move! How is it that he can defeat me like that!? Unless... It's his Tamer! They're working in synchronization with each other! And this child must be incredibly skilled at what humans would call martial arts. But, I still have one trick left up my sleeve and it will blow them away!" BlackMegaGargomon thought to himself before he stood up and prepared his most powerful attack. Simon saw this and had Grani bring out his wing blades again. MegaGargomon saw this and knew exactly what was up. The two dog mechs prepared to fire their attacks and then... "Gargo Missile!" "Giant Missile!" They said before launching both sets of missiles at the same time. However before the two could impact, Gallantmon with Grani used their spin attack manuever to slice the Dark Digimon's missiles and allowed passage for MegaGargomon's attack.
BlackMegaGargomon saw the attack and said "What?" Before the impact. Gallantmon and MegaGargomon were both waiting for the smoke to clear to make sure the Dark digimon was dead. They then saw a small Terriermon about to fall from the top of the smoke cloud. MegaGargomon went to the small Terriermon and caught the Digimon. "You okay there big bro?" MegaGargomon asked despite knowing what his older brother tried to do to him. The small Digimon looked at his brother and said "Y'know those things I said to you about abandonment... I'm really sorry about all that." MegaGargomon looked at his brother and said "Don't worry now! We've got friends who can heal you! We even have the legendary Gallantmon out here to help! Just hold on okay!" The little Terriermon responded "That's very kind of you but... I bet Gallantmon knows that at this point... It's already too late for me." MegaGargomon looked at Gallantmon who only shook his head to confirm the terriermon's suspiscion. "To be honest little brother, I've actually looked up to you. Every time I would drag you over to some unknown place and put on a brave face, you would always follow me no matter how dangerous it may be. Whenever I looked at you I thought... I want to be, a brave you someday. It's too bad that day will never happen. All I can do now... Is give you my data..." MegaGargomon is shocked to hear this considering that he was always told to never take data from anyone by his Tamer's commands, unless it's to heal him. "You there, Henry... You're his big brother too right?" Henry nodded from inside the data sphere.
Terriermon closed his eyes and said "Good, I can now rest assured... Knowing that my little brother has someone to help him. Sayonara... Little brother..." He then disintigrated into nothing but data. Gallantmon and the others felt quite somber afterwards and MegaGargomon did not absorb his data... Hoping that he'll be reborn someday. MegaGargomon looked to Gallantmon and asked "Simon, is this what it feels like to be helpless to save someone?" Gallantmon nodded and responded "Right now, is not the time for mourning... Right now it seems there's another Mega level Digimon nearby." MegaGargomon looked where Gallantmon was looking and saw a figure on a motorcycle. Upon a closer inspection, the figure seemed to wearing a biker jacket, pants, boots with spikes on the top parts, clawed gloves, what appeared to be tubes sticking out of his back, a mask with holes exposing three green eyes and what appeared to be his blonde hair. He also seemed to have a long, metallic tail and two large pistols with three barrels. The figure stopped the motorcycle and approached Gallantmon and MegaGargomon. "So how long before we can get to the others Simon?" The figure asked and Gallantmon went down to greet him. Gallantmon got off of Grani and said "So if you're Beelzemon... Then that means..." Gallantmon made an audible gasp and he saw through the Digimon known as Beelzemon to see Nia within a data core... Smiling at Simon in his...
Now that Simon has found Henry and Nia, how do they plan to find the others? Where did Nia end up? What was her and Impmon's trial? Find out next time, on Digimon Tamers Crimson!