Dracomon shifted in the couch he was sitting in. He sensed someone was watching him, but couldn't see anyone. The living room was empty, save for Ranamon, who was rushing back and forth from upstairs to the kitchen, passing through the room to do so. Dracomon ignored the feeling and slumped his head forward, in an attempt to fall asleep.
Will and BlackGuilmon had gone out today, visiting Soul's suite to have a meeting with the other tamers. Platinum had opted to pick a different place for their base of operations, as his room was small and stuffy, not very accommodating for five humans and their Digimon of various sizes. Dracomon decided to stay behind, feeling wore too wore out for the journey there.
Suddenly, Dracomon tensed up, listening closely. He could barely hear the sounds of paws scuffling on the hardwood floors of the living room. He opened his eyes, and scanned the area.
No signs of activity. He scowled in annoyance and closed his eyes again.
More scuffling. The young dragon barely opened one of his eyes, surveying the room again through half-closed eyelids.
A pink tail was poking out from behind a nearby houseplant. It waggled slightly before disappearing behind the shrub. Dracomon smiled slightly. Ranamon had went upstairs recently and had not come back down yet. The Dragon Digimon decided it was time to strike. He pretended to stretch, and then jumped towards the plant.
"Tail Smash!" Dracomon slammed the intruder with its tail, knocking it away from the plant. A cream-colored beast tumbled to the floor in a daze. It looked like a small dog, with pink fur on its ears and tail. It had gleaming red eyes and sharp teeth, something Dracomon quickly noticed as the new Digimon began to snarl. "Who are you?" Dracomon demanded, "And what are you doing here?"
"No one told me that there were Digimon still here." The dog said, "Who do you belong to?"
"That's none of your business. Get out."
"Look, there's no reason for hostility. I'm just here to look around."
"There's nothing for you here... um..."
"Labramon."
"Whatever. Leave."
"Oh, ok, I get it. This is your turf. I just wanted to... bye!" The small beast swiped at Dracomon's eyes, giving the creature enough time to bound upstairs. He passed Ranamon, who was on her way down.
"What the hell?" The Aquan Digimon gasped as the dog Digimon raced past. It ran into Will's room and shut the door.
"Stop him!" Dracomon recovered, realizing that there was no actual damage to his eyes. He raced after the Beast Digimon with Ranamon by his side.
...
"Ok, how did this go?" Labramon sniffed the CPU for Will's computer, pressing the Power button with his nose. He thankfully was able to lock the door behind him, a feat he taught himself not too long ago. "Okay, I just have to try and get some info on the Digital World and then I'm done here." He pulled from under the fur from his neck, a small USB drive and plugged it in. Afterwards, he climbed onto the chair in front of the desk and waited until the computer logged on.
"Ok, if I was some important Digimon information, where would I be?" Labramon tapped the keys carefully with his claws. He pawed at the mouse and looked through all the folders he could find. During this time, the Rookie could hear banging on the bedroom door.
"Maybe here?" Labramon clicked on several files. "No. Just games. Nope. Documents. Maybe this one?" He clicked on a strange pink folder. "Gah!... Well, there goes my innocence." He closed the file. "Gosh, humans can be weird."
After about a minute of searching, Labramon came across several digital images of old scrolls and text from the Digital World. "Finally." He stored the texts on the USB and erased the originals. Suddenly, the bedroom door blew open in a burst of flame. Dracomon and Ranamon jumped into the room.
"Baby Breath!" Another burst of fire was launched from Dracomon's mouth. Labramon dodged gracefully, and pulled the USB from the computer when he jumped down.
"What did you do?" Ranamon lunged at the dog, who again easily dodged. The small Digimon jumped to the nearby open window and squeezed himself outside. He leaped to a nearby tree and slid down the trunk to the ground. He raced away, the small drive clenched in his teeth.
"What just happened?" Ranamon muttered as she watched the Beast Digimon run away. "What did he do?"
"No idea. But I know it wasn't good." Dracomon glanced at the computer, a window with the word 'Delete' on it. "I can feel it in my DigiCore."
...
"Are they gone?" Spade whispered, hiding behind one of Soul's giant stuffed toys. Platinum sat with him, a look of worry on her face. Viral and Will both sat under the nearby window with its light blue curtains closed over it. Soul was hidden in her mountain of toys, along with the Digimon.
Will peered over the windowsill and peeked through the curtain. A flash of light blinded him, and he fell backwards. "God damn! These freaking paparazzi!"
"Vultures!" Viral hissed, "Can somebody tell me again why we're being hunted by these scavengers?"
Platinum made a face. "It was a moment of weakness!"
"This is whack. Will, let's just get this over with." Spade said, "What did you call us here for?" The tamers came out of their hiding places and sat in a circle on the floor.
"Well, I found out something strange when I was looking through the files LordKnightmon gave me." Will began, "I found out the names of our Crests."
"Thanks to my DigiCode translations." DemiDevimon poked out of the toy pile.
"Anyway, I have a list of the names." The dark-haired Tamer pulled a sheet out of his pocket. "Spade, yours is Forgiveness."
"That sounds troublesome." Spade sighed.
"Platinum, yours is Trust, and Soul has Values."
The two girls gulped.
"Viral. You have Togetherness."
Commandramon nudged his partner, "Ha ha! Togetherness? That'll be a tough one for you, sir!" Viral glared at the Cyborg Digimon.
"And as for me, I've got Darkness." Will finished happily. Everyone else stared at him.
"Darkness? How exactly are you going to get that to work?" Renamon asked. The other Digimon nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry. I'll figure it out." Will smiled. "But there is something else here. There are some other Crests, but they were too faded. I also translated a passage from the scrolls." The tamers inched closer to listen. "It said, 'When ten entities are brought together, a Miracle will happen.'"
"A Miracle? Like it's capitalized?" Soul tilted her head.
Will shrugged. "Yep. But I wonder what that means. I suppose it means the Crests, but then that would mean that there had to be-"
"Other Tamers outside your pathetic club?" A voice called from somewhere. "Ding-Ding! We have a winner!" Everyone looked around the room, searching for the owner of the voice.
"What's wrong? Are you wondering where I am? Try the big panda in the corner." The voice said. Will looked to his friends, and nodded. He motioned for BlackGuilmon to follow him to the large toy. Blacky growled as Will removed the plush, with everyone else staring intently at them.
He found nothing. The panda hid no secret. Will made a confused face.
"BOO!" The voice yelled, causing everyone to yelp or scream in shock. "Ha ha, fooled you. I'm at the door." The tamers and Digimon looked to the bedroom entrance when the regained their composure. A large metal gear floated at the door.
"Hagurumon. A Machine Digimon. A Virus-Type Rookie Digimon. Its attacks are Cog Crusher and Darkness Gear." Spade scanned the strange new Digimon.
"Cute." Hagurumon sneered, a different voice coming from it. "You need so much information. It's pathetic to think just because you know my species, you know how to combat them."
Another voice came from the Machine Digimon. "Anyways, this is Hagurumon, and I'm his Tamer, 'Insert Name Here'. I wish I could have been there in person, but I had to set up for a party."
Platinum glared at the Digital Monster. "What do you mean by 'party?'"
"I mean, I'm inviting you all to a little get-together. You and your friends come over and meet my friends, swap some stories, totally annihilate you and your Digimon. That sort of thing. Also we're having a pot-luck, so if you could bring, like, a bowl of failure, or a nice platter of defeat, that would be great."
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Viral growled, "What makes you think we'll go?"
The voice chuckled, "If you don't come to us, we'll have to come to you. And considering we're setting up at the quarry outside of town, I'd suggest you come over here, lest you want me and my friends to wreck you town."
Will growled, "Fine. We know where that is. Just wait, though. We're stronger than you think."
"I hope you are." The voice crackled, "It'd be so boring if you guys didn't give a good show. Ciao!"
Hagurumon suddenly began spinning, causing a cloud of dust to form. The DigiDestined coughed, allowing Hagurumon to stealthily float out of the room.
When the dust cleared, the Digimon and their Tamers looked at each other.
Blacky grinned, "So, how are we going to beat up these new guys?"
...
The quarry was huge. The open-pit mine was barren of life. The DigiDestined had gotten there about an hour after the confrontation with Hagurumon, thanks to Soul's limo. They looked around for signs of activity. Nothing was found, however. Or at least, not until their foes decided to reveal themselves.
"Hey!" The voice from before echoed in the empty gorge. A figure stood at the top of a large boulder behind them, appearing as a dark shape since the sun was shining behind him. The figure jumped down, giving them a better look of the person. He was short, and at least eleven in age. He had white hair and dark eyes, and wore a white shirt and black pants, both of which had strange pink stains on them. Hagurumon appeared behind him, smiling evilly.
"Who are you?" Will yelled, "and what's your deal?"
The boy was smiling. "I'm Silver Quail, keeper of the Crest of Insanity. And you know my partner, Hagurumon. We're here to cook your bacon."
Viral pointed at the young boy, "Nice thought, kid, but how are you going to beat all of us?"
"With a little help from my friends." Silver's smile widened into a horrific grin. He then yelled to the sky. "Introducing, the masters of recreation, the bosses of renewing, the leaders of the new world; The Dark DigiDestined!"
Silence filled the quarry.
"Mother of Creation, guys!" Silver steamed, "You were suppose to come out when I said-"
"Shut it, Silver." A female voice called out. From behind the large boulder, a girl with pink hair walked out, looking older than Will and his friends. She wore a hooded beige coat that reached down to her calves. She also had on a black shirt with red markings on the chest, and a frilled skirt over a pair of shorts. Her brown eyes were looking away from the group, instead gazing at the small yellow dinosaur walking next to her, looking back at her with its green eyes.
"Fine, I'll introduce you all one by one." Silver pouted. "First up, hailing from Japan, the laid-back brains of the our team. The keeper of the Crest of Arrogance; Aoi Nobou! And her partner, the reckless behemoth, Agumon!"
Aoi glared at the young boy. "Don't be an idiot. We're here for a reason other than for you to show off." Agumon yawned.
"I'm just having fun." Silver smiled, "Next up, from South Africa, the cocky loner, and Keeper of the Crest of Loneliness; Kye Titan! Not to mention his funny partner, Scyth!"
A new human appeared from the rock. Another older human, this time, a boy with tanned skin. He had brown hair and dark brown eyes, and wore a plain black shirt and a dark colored jacket with purple cuffs and lines down the front. Blue jeans and black sneakers completed his look. A small, purple dragon Digimon, known as Monodramon, stood beside him, smiling at the Digimon before them.
The purple dragon snapped his fingers. "Looks like we got some new faces around here, Kye."
"I wonder if they fight better than they look." Kye said, a small smile on his face.
Soul growled, Lopmon on her head bristling with anger as well. "Wanna say that again?" They said together.
Silver threw his hands to the air. "And finally, the calm thinker, and the keeper of the Crest of Unity; Kai Masuma, and his Digimon... Where is your Digimon?"
The white-haired boy looked to Will. A final boy appeared from behind the young tamer. He had black hair and emerald-green eyes. He was wearing a red jacket and a tan shirt, with black pants that had a gold trim to them. A golden headband on his forehead, black fingerless gloves, and a gold medallion in the shape of a star around his neck were the last parts of his outfit. Kai rubbed the back of his head, "He's still out on that mission of ours."
A sound of paws pounding on the flat ground alerted the two groups to the arrival of a new Digimon. "There you are, Labramon!" Kai grinned as a small dog Digimon jumped into his arms.
"Yo, Kai. I got what you wanted." Labramon spat the drive he had in his mouth into Kai's hand. Will tensed, sensing danger.
Silver walked up to the opposite group. "Well, now that the gang's all here, we have a proposition for you. Give up you D-Wrists or suffer."
"Why the hell would we do that?" Viral narrowed his eyes at the young boy.
"Forget it; this is only going to end in a battle." Agumon said as he tightened the red armbands around his claws. "Let's just fight already."
Aoi shifted a stray bang from her face. "He is right, you know."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Renamon clenched her fists.
"Okay then. Kai, take them out." Silver said. Kye nodded and stepped forward with Scyth. "No, no, no! I said Kai!"
The older boy raised his eyebrow. "Yeah, I know."
"No, not Kye. Kai."
"I think he means me." Kai pointed out.
"Oh, okay." Kye sighed, "I don't see why you couldn't be more specific. I'm not a mind-reader, you-"
"Shut up!" Aoi shouted. "Let's all attack them. Do I have to tell you all what to do all the time?"
"Well, you are the boss." Kye stated.
Will gritted his teeth. "Get ready, guys."
The four mysterious Tamers held their hand in the air, their D-Wrists glowing with energy. The colors of the D-Wrists corresponded with the glow; Silver with Black, Kye with Royal Blue, Aoi with Yellow, and Kai with Red. The Digimon partners glowed as well.
"Hagurumon Digivolve to... Mekanorimon!" Silver's Digimon yelled as he transformed into its large, metal Champion form.
"Agumon Digivolve to..." Agumon grew into a large orange dinosaur. It had a muscular body, and had a large brown helmet on its head with red markings on it. The dinosaur's body was covered in blue stripes. Despite his growth, the belts around his claws were kept intact. The Digimon roared, "GeoGreymon!"
"Monodramon Digivolve to..." The purple dragon transformed into a larger version of himself. His stomach, neck, and jaw turned white, and a red marking appeared on the creature's chest. Orange hair grew from under a metal mask on top of the Digimon's reptilian face. He wore green pants, and metal plates appeared on his hands, feet, and shoulders. His tail grew out, and the tip was made of metal. "Strikedramon!"
"Labramon Digivolve to..." Labramon turned pitch black, and expanded into a thin dog. His red eyes narrowed, and a spiked collar appeared around its neck. Long, fang-like blades grew from the back of the dog's legs. Its paws, stomach, and the bottom of its muzzle turned a pale brown. It barked proudly, "Dobermon!"
The four Champions loomed over their Tamers, except for Dobermon, whose body was slightly higher than Kai's waist.
Will, Viral, Platinum, Soul, and Spade held out their arms as the activated their D-Wrists, causing their Digimon to evolve to their Champion forms. The two groups of Digimon then rushed each other, attacks blazing.
"Twinkle Beam!" Mekanorimon shot a laser from the optic in its chest, grazing Bakemon as it began to zip around the large Machine Digimon.
"Hell's Hand!" The Ghost Digimon slashed at the larger opponent with blue hands that sprung out of his white body. The attack did nothing but stun Mekanorimon, something Bakemon hadn't realized until the opposing Virus Type slapped him away with its long arms. The ghost floated upwards, out of Mekanorimon's reach, but the machine was prepared. The new boosters installed on his back powered up, and the monster burst into the sky after his ghostly foe.
As the two Virus Digimon had taken their fight to the air, Witchmon and Turuiemon had their hands full on land with the powerful Dobermon. The two had teamed up again, since it had went somewhat well the last time against Mamemon, but even with their combined strength, Dobermon overpowered them, and he had yet to use a single move against them. The two were standing side by side, glaring daggers at the Vaccine Digimon.
"Baluluna Gale!" Witchmon whipped Dobermon with ropes of wind. The Demon Beast Digimon jumped out of the way of the attack, and bounded to Witchmon, his teeth bared.
"I got you!" Turuiemon leaped from Witchmon's side and launched her attack. "Gauntlet Claw!"
"Grey Noise!" Dobermon sidestepped, causing the rabbit-like Digimon to fly past him. He then turned to howl at Turuiemon, sending a shockwave at her to throw her back.
"Careful, Turuiemon!" BlackGrowlmon hissed when the smaller Digimon collided into him due to the force of Dobermon's attacks. Blacky wished he could have helped her, but he was too preoccupied with GeoGreymon to offer assistance. The two dinosaur Digimon grappled each other, trying to flip the other to the ground. BlackGrowlmon's superior strength won the power struggle and pushed his opponent onto his back. However, GeoGreymon's strong legs were able to push Blacky away before the dark Digimon could attack him.
"Dark Blade!" The blades on Blacky's elbows glowed, and he charged at his orange opponent.
"Horn Impulse!" The large horn on the tip of GeoGreymon's helmet glowed as well, and he also charged. The two attacks collided, pushing the two back an inch. The dragon Digimon then began attacking in rapid succession, BlackGrowlmon's blades knocking against GeoGreymon's horn. The two continued, neither one giving in or hesitating, nothing to give their opponent a chance to strike.
Sealsdramon and Scyth circled each other, Sealsdramon crouching in a defensive manner, and Scyth in a slightly fearful way.
"What's wrong?" Sealsdramon taunted, "Aren't you going to fight me?" He gripped his knife tightly.
"No way, brother." Scyth growled, "I would never harm a Dramon."
"Well, I respect chivalry as much as the next guy, but this here's a battle. I don't think you have a choice." Sealsdramon rushed at the Strikedramon, his knife flailing. The Dragon Man Digimon deflected each stab and slash with the metal plates on his clawed hands.
"I'd stop attacking if I were you." Scyth warned.
"Too bad you're not me!" Sealsdramon struck again, this time catching the dragon off guard. He nicked his arm, causing data to spill out. The Strikedramon jumped back and shook his head.
Sealsdramon lunged at Scyth, but was suddenly knocked into a nearby rock, the impact knocking him out.
"Sealsdramon!" Viral rushed to his Digimon. "Speak to me, buddy. Focus, dude."
Scyth growled, looking to see the attacker. It was Witchmon, who was too busy trying to hit Dobermon to notice that she had struck one of her own. Scyth jumped on her, and threw her away, leaving Turuiemon to fend for herself.
"How dare you attack a Dramon?" Scyth snapped.
"What's it to you?" Witchmon still had yet to realized her mistake. She slashed at the dragon with whips of wind. "Baluluna Gale!"
Platinum and Soul both looked on at the Digimon fought, not noticing the two male Tamers coming up from behind them.
Kye sighed, "Strikedramon sure is brutal sometimes."
"You won't win." Platinum hissed, "Witchmon is stronger, I know it."
"Oh, I believe she can handle Strikedramon." Kye closed his eyes and held out his D-Wrist. "But can she handle an Ultimate level?"
Soul gasped, "Don't tell me you can evolve into Ultimate..."
Kai appeared next to her, smiling. "The new world can't be run by weaklings, after all. You have to be tough."
Will rushed past the four, trying to keep an eye on Blacky, Spade following him. The two caught sight of Aoi, staring at the two dinosaurs as they now blew fire at each other.
"His form's pathetic. I taught him better than that. That ruffian." Aoi muttered to herself. She then noticed the pair of young boys and grimaced. "You." She pointed to Will. "Your Digimon's not half bad."
"Thanks." Will said dryly. "I do my best."
"That's not to say he's going to win." Aoi narrowed her eyes. "I believe it's about time we get serious."
Silver, who was looking to the sky, was near enough to hear his teammate. "Bitchin'," He yelled, "Mekanorimon! Time to get serious!"
The Vehicle Digimon in question descended from the sky, Bakemon flying behind him in pursuit. Mekanorimon blasted the ghost with a laser, and the ghostly Digimon floated away in defence.
Suddenly, the four enemy Tamers held out their D-Wrists. The Digivices transformed into brand new versions of themselves. They were like gauntlets, wrapping around the their wrists and arms halfway to their elbows. Small circular screens protruded from the top of each device, overlapping the backs of their hands, and button lined the side of the gauntlet.
"These are the DX-Wrists." Aoi laughed, "They're the evolved form of the D-Wrist, powered by the Crests that we unlocked."
"I don't think they have unlocked their Crests yet." Kye muttered, "Sad."
"And now, Super-Digivolution!" Silver smiled. The four Digimon began to glow.
"Mekanorimon Super-Digivolve to..." Mekanorimon exploded into a large red dragon. It had metal claws, a metal helmet, and long purple wings. He roared, "Megadramon!"
"GeoGreymon Super-Digivolve to..." The large dinosaur's upper body became mechanized, and large mechanical wings sprouted from his back. His left arm became a huge revolver. His helmet turned to metal, along with the tip of his tail. "RizeGreymon!"
"Strikedramon Super-Digivolve to..." Scyth's body dispersed into data, reforming into a large blue dragon clad in spiky, black and green armor. He had two pairs of wings, one blue, and the other white. His face was covered with a red and black helmet, and two blasters hung from his waist. "Paildramon." He said in a cool voice.
"Dobermon Super-Digivolve to..." Dobermon grew large, his skin hardening into armor. Three sharp blades jutted out of his two front paws, and a pair of shoulderpads in the shape of a dog's head sat on each shoulder. He growled, "Cerberumon!"
"No problem!" BlackGrowlmon sneered. "Black Exhaust Flame!" He blew fire at RizeGreymon, who smacked the flames out with his revolver.
"Trident Revolver!" In the blink of an eye, RizeGreymon appeared in front of Blacky and shoved his revolver into the dark dragon's gut, and fired three bursts of energy into him. Blacky roared in pain before degenerating into Gigimon and fell unconscious.
"Blacky!" Will ran to his fallen partner, scooped him up, and ran. RizeGreymon shot at them, barely missing, but the force of impact knocked Will off his feet.
Cerberumon growled at Soul and Turuiemon, who were about to go and help their friends. "You're battle is with me!"
"Fine then!" Turuiemon cried, "Ninja Fist!" She hit the Digimon square in the head, but he seemed to have felt nothing. Turuiemon jumped back in fear.
"My turn. Hellfire!" Green flames rushed out of Cerberumon's mouth. Turuiemon was smothered by the cascade of fire, causing her to fall back, spending the last of her energy in order to stay alive, and transformed into her In-Training form, Kokomon.
Cerberumon bounded away as Soul picked up the small brown blob that was her Digimon. RizeGreymon spotted this and called the Demon Beast out. "What are you doing, finish them off."
"They lost. I don't kill to win." Cerberumon growled. RizeGreymon rolled his eyes and continued his search for the small human he had somehow let get away. Cerberumon walked over to where Kai was standing, who then petted him in approval.
"Cable Catcher!" Scyth shot sharp cables at Witchmon, who was dodging brilliantly, thanks to her broomstick. "Stay still!" He yelled. Unknown by the Ultimate, Sealsdramon had awoken and began to carefully sneak behind him, knife drawn.
"Heh. Let's try this move! Electric Squall!" Witchmon fired a huge ball of energy at the Paildramon.
"Now! Death Behind!" Sealsdramon jumped onto the larger Dragon Digimon. He had not realized, however that Witchmon had attacked, and the two were instantly shocked by the electric ball she had fired.
Sealsdramon fell off of Scyth, and degenerated. Seeing this ticked the Ultimate off. "You have some nerve."
"Shoot! I-gah!" Witchmon shouted as Paildramon's Cable Catcher attack wrapped her up and pulled her towards him.
"So you like playing with electricity, huh?" Scyth hissed.
Witchmon smiled widely. "Kinda. I'm more into water and wind, but that's my deal." She retorted.
Scyth grabbed the Demon Digimon in his hands. "Electric Bolt!" He roared as he filled Witchmon's body with electricity. The Champion fell from his grip, becoming Viximon before dropping to the ground.
Platinum cursed to herself as she ran to protect her partner. Paildramon pointed one of his blasters at her and fired. At that moment, Viral jumped and pushed Platinum out of the way, and rolled onto the ground.
"Get the Digimon." Viral said to the redhead before running off to Paildramon. "Hey!" He said before kicking the dragon's leg with all his might.
"Ow!" Scyth stepped back. "How the hell can a human hurt me?" Viral grinned.
Platinum ran and grabbed the red and blue haired boy, the two In-Training Digimon clutched to her chest with one arm. Paildramon watched them go, annoyance growing inside of him.
Kye walked over to him. "What was that all about?"
Scyth narrowed his eyes. "Not sure."
"Bakemon! That way! No! Careful!" Spade yelled to the sky. Bakemon and the newly-evolved Megadramon were back in the sky, exchanging attacks in the clouds.
Silver pouted. "I can't believe this." He muttered.
Spade yelled, "What? That my Digimon's is taking yours on so well?"
"No. That this is so boring." Silver blew raspberries, "I told you not to bore me, didn't I?"
"Genocide Attack!" Megadramon's roar could be heard.
"Hell's Hand!" Bakemon said, but it was inaudible due to the explosions of Megadramon's attack.
Bakemon then dove to the ground, Megadramon following. "Death Charm!" He fired blue bursts of fire from his mouth, striking Megadramon's metal helmet.
Suddenly, Megadramon disappeared. Still floating forward over the ground, Bakemon looked behind him.
"Bakemon!" Spade shouted, "In front of you!"
The Ghost Digimon had no time to realize Spade's warning, as Megadramon screamed, "Ultimate Slicer!" and drove the Virus Type into the earth. When Megadramon lifted his claws, in the ghost's place was an injured Pagumon. Spade ran and grabbed the little Digimon before Megadramon tried to smash him again.
"Hey guys!" Silver called out to his teammates. "Let's blow them to bits now!"
"Not us." Kai yelled out, "Me and Cerberumon are beat."
Aoi walked past the boy and his Digimon. "Excuses, excuses. If you don't have the stomach to kill them, just say it."
Kye nodded to Scyth, who then rose into the sky.
Will ran to his friends, Gigimon on his shoulder. "Guys, we're losing! We have to get out of here."
"Aw, don't take me out yet, coach..." Gigimon muttered deliriously.
Platinum, Spade, Soul, and Viral all nodded, and began to run. RizeGreymon and Megadramon rose to the air with Paildramon and pointed out the specks on the ground that were the fleeing DigiDestined.
"NOW!" Silver, Aoi, and Kye yelled out to their airborn Digimon.
"Desperado Blaster!" Scyth pulled out his blasters and shot a barrage of energy bullets.
"Rising Destroyer!" RizeGreymon's wings glowed, and a ball of energy appeared over his head, and was then thrown at the Tamers.
"Genocide Attack!" Megadramon shot loads of missiles at the group.
A large explosion followed. Kai's mouth went dry as he heard screams of anguish in the distance. "Jeez."
Silver began laughing uncontrollably. "Ah, that was fun. I wish we could do that all the time."
"You killed them." Kai glared at the younger child. "How are you laughing like that?"
"Relax Gandhi," Silver pointed to the sky. A speck flew through the air toward the city. "They aren't dead, see? That flying Digimon got them at the last second. I doubt we'll be seeing them for a while, though."
Kye nodded, "They'll be hurting in both body and pride."
"Besides," Aoi stated as all of their Digimon excluding Cerberumon degenerated back to Rookie. "Killing them wasn't the real objective. I expected them to survive somehow, but know they're scared. Broken. Their win streak just ended, and now they fear us. It'll be easy to defeat them now. They are too afraid."
"One question, Aoi." Kai said, "What if they aren't scared? What if they are more pumped up by this defeat and will work harder to defeat us?"
"Then we go back to the original plan." Aoi smiled, "Take out the most important one. And thanks to our little display of power, I believe it's almost impossible for her and her Tamer not to be afraid."
Silver coughed, "Well, I think it'd be better if we talk more about this plan at the warehouse."
"He's right." Kye agreed, "Kai, take us home." Kai nodded and patted Cerberumon on the head.
"Inferno Gate!" Cerberumon's eyes glowed green as he shot a green fireball in the air in front of the group. The fireball transformed into a portal, and a vision of an old warehouse appeared inside of it. Aoi, Silver, and Kye walked through it first. Kai was about to walk in too, but stopped when he heard Cerberumon's whine.
"Kai, are we doing the right thing?" Cerberumon said.
"A new world is coming, right, Cerberumon?" Kai petted his Digimon. "This is a chance to change the world and start over. How can that be wrong?"
"Is doing the wrong thing for a right purpose truly right at all?"
"I can't say for sure, but I don't think we need to worry about that. When this is all over, we'll make a new world full of good things, and we can have Mom, Dad, and Risa live there with us."
Cerberumon sighed, "Yeah, I suppose." The Tamer and Digimon walked through the portal, and it closed behind them, and then disappeared in a puff of green smoke.