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Title: Expect the Unexpected
Summary: Kimiko is the estranged daughter of Mitsuo Yamaki. For her fifteenth birthday she acquires the Digimon: Labramon and becomes the fourth Digimon Tamer.
Chapter Twenty-Two: A War Between Worlds
Even from where she stood, Kimiko could see that the Juggernaut program was at 100%. The lights on top of her father's building where no longer blue but rather an emerald green and, to make matters worse, they seemed to be pulsating as above them an amber hole appeared through the clouds.
"Hold it, hog breath," WarGrowlmon shouted as he landed in front of Vikaralamon.
"Ew, what's that smell?" Rapidmon asked, hovering just above his friends.
"He's a pig, what do you expect?" WarGrowlmon asked.
"This is definitely not kosher," Taomon said with a shudder.
The sound of a helicopter caused Kimiko to turn her gaze skywards. Half a dozen black fighter planes were heading straight for the mob of Digimon, and Kimiko knew that they would be under orders to attack any form of danger, including her friends'.
"Cerberumon!" Kimiko yelled.
"Emerald Blaze!" Cerberumon boomed, spewing red-hot jets of flames at Vikaralamon.
"Bad move, puppy," Vikaralamon said, opening his jaws and spewing a jet of inky black tar at the watchdog.
Kimiko gasped and took a step towards the fighting, but hands on her shoulders held her back.
"You're mine!" Vikaralamon snorted.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
"Taomon, do something!" Rika called.
"Talisman of light!" Taomon said, swiping her brush through the air as a kanji symbol appeared before her. She pushed it towards the tar surrounding Seasarmon and watched as it melted away.
Rapidmon laughed and floated down beside Cerberumon, just as the dog shook the remains of the tar from her body. "Woah," the rabbit preached. "You give art appreciation a whole new meaning."
"It's going to take more than just my brush to beat this deva," Taomon said, hovering in front of her friends.
"Can you at least paint him a new face?" Rapidmon asked.
"I heard that," Vikaralamon growled taking a menacing stomp towards WarGrowlmon and Cerberumon, The watchdog of hell bared its teeth and snarled menacingly. "Boar Bog!"
"He's erupting again!" said Takato, clenching his fists. "Get away from him!"
WarGrowlmon lifted his head as the black gooey substances washed over him.
Being more prepared this time, Cerberumon lunged forward and slashed through the tar with her chrome-claws. Leaving large enough gashes for the tar to completely pass over herself and WarGrowlmon.
Growling, WarGrowlmon hovered a few inches off of the ground, a bright white light engulfed his own claws and he sped forward towards the Deva. "Blaster blades!" he yelled. Unfortunately, before he could hit the deva, a ball of burning energy hit him, knocking backwards into the Shinjuku bridge.
"Hold on, buddy, I'm coming!" Takato yelled, running down the street towards WarGrowlmon. "Come on, you can't give up now. You've got to get up."
"I can't," WarGrowlmon whined.
"Boar bog!" Vikaralamon snorted as he erupted once more, this time covering Taomon and Rapidmon in his tar.
"Cerberumon, look out!" Kimiko yelled. She watched with bated breath as her partner jumped aside, avoiding the tar by mere inches.
"Hold on, guys," Cerberumon called, looking around at her friends'. "I'll get you out."
"Be careful, Cerberumon," Taomon warned.
Snarling, Cerberumon turned back to Vikaralamon as the shimmer of light particles on his back grew brighter. Now what was he doing?
"It's time to open the gate," Vikaralamon said, as if reading Cerberumon's mind.
Fists clenched, Kimiko lifted her gaze to the skies again. The effects of the Juggernaut program were evident. The sky had been ripped in two, leaving behind a grid that separated the real world and the digital world, if that was the gate that Vikaralamon was trying to open, then Kimiko had to do something to shut the Juggernaut down before any more powerful Digimon made their way through.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
"Kimiko, what do I do?" Cerberumon asked. She was getting angsty at the fact that she was just standing around while a deva was destroying the city and her friends were in trouble, but it seemed that her partner had frozen in fear, and the only attacks she could supply were if Kimiko gave her any.
Shaking her head, Kimiko looked from the Hypnos building, to the pig deva and then at her friends Digimon. The others needed help and she had no idea what to do. Her cards where useless, there was not one decent attack that she could use to get herself and her friends out of this situation, and there was nothing she could do to close the gate. Up to this point it seemed that she had been winning, but now her father had the finish line in his sights.
"Kimiko!"
Kimiko snapped to attention and turned to the sound of her name. Rika and Henry were running towards her, each one looking triumphant. Kimiko frowned between them, why were they looking happy when all hope was lost?
"It worked!" Henry said, looking past the blonde.
"What worked?" Kimiko asked.
Rika turned her friend to face the battle, and pointed at Rapidmon and Taomon. Each Digimon was free from the substance and hovering above it.
"What did you do?" Kimiko asked her friends.
"We just believed in ourselves," Rika said. "Now you have to do the same."
"How can I when I don't know what to do?" Kimiko asked.
"That's never stopped us before," Rika said. "That's never stopped you before. This battle isn't any different the others we've fought, and we're doing here what we did there. We're winging it."
"But my dad..."
"With all due respect, princess, but your dad's wrong," Rika said. "There's more the one opinion in the world, and just because he works for the government doesn't make him right. He doesn't think we can help, but we know that we can. Don't fall into his trap, you won't prove yourself to him if you do."
Kimiko looked down as Rika's words hit home. All this time she had been trying to prove to her father that she wasn't like him, but the clashes along the way were stopping her from seeing that she was just like him. She was stubborn, she was hard-headed and she was opinionated. But the differences between her and her father were that she was willing to take others opinions into consideration. She wanted to help, and not destroy something she didn't understand.
"What do you say?" Rika asked.
Kimiko smiled. "Thanks, Red," she said, before turning back to the fight. "Cerberumon, it's your turn."
"About time," Cerberumon said, jumping in front of the tar and slashing at it with her chrome-claws, leaving a deep gash leading from the centre of the substances right down to Vikaralamon jaws. "Rapidmon, he's all yours."
"My pleasure," Rapidmon said. "How about a snack, big butt? Rapid fire!"
Twelve homing missiles zoomed through the air, into Vikaralamon mouth and exploded. "We've got him now, guys, should we send him to hog heaven?" He gasped as suddenly he felt weaker than usual. "Whoa! What was that?"
"Talisman spell," Taomon said, unleashing another kanji. A protective shield appeared beneath her and she called to Rapidmon to join her. "This should protect us," she said.
"What about Cerberumon?" Rapidmon asked, looking down at the watchdog.
"Her body is equipped to protect her from any unknown attacks. She should be fine," Taomon replied.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Meanwhile Henry, Rika and Kimiko had found Takato. He was standing in the middle of the road staring at the fallen WarGrowlmon and mumbling about how he was afraid to lose him.
"What are you talking about?" Rika asked as Henry stopped shaking Takato.
"When Guilmon digivolve a part of him seems to disappear," Takato explained. "Sometimes I don't even recognise him. I just can't believe how serious things have become. I'm glad that he's powerful, but I'm scared of losing our friendship."
Rika sighed and exchanged a look with Kimiko. Both of them understood Takato's pleas, as each had similar feelings with their own Digimon.
"You're not losing anything, gogglehead," Rika said, speaking up finally. "Everyone has to grow up some time, it's natural. Taomon could be the most powerful Digimon ever known, but she's still my best friend."
"Really?" Takato asked,
Kimiko nodded. "She's right, Takato," she agreed. "I mean, look at Labramon. She seems to get darker. I'm dreading to see what her ultimate form is going to be like, but that doesn't change my feelings about her."
"Besides, he's still a bread-snarfing-doofus on the inside," Henry said, putting his hand on Takato shoulder.
"That's true," Takato murmured.
Kimiko smiled faintly and returned her attention to the battle. The juggernaut program was close to its maximum level as faint green lights erupted from tears in the clouds. Each beam of light locked onto a Digimon, and seemed to trying to suck it into the sky.
"Henry, a little help?" Rapidmon called desperately.
"How can I help him when that giant pig Vikaralamon is about to be deleted?" Henry asked.
Kimiko growled in aggravation as the automated voicemail of her father's phone replied back to her. "My father's not answering," she told her friends.
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Takato asked.
Cerberumon groaned as the beams of light finally found her, each one zapping away her energy before she could even respond. Even with sentience in her armour, warning her of the impending attacks, she couldn't do anything to protect herself from it.
"Rapidmon, Cerberumon and Taomon are in trouble," Henry said. "If we don't do something they'll be deleted."
"Juggernaut is at full power," Mr. Wong said. "I'm afraid there isn't anything we can do now."
"Look up there!" Rika suddenly shouted, pointing into the air.
The group of four looked up. A monkey had just jumped into view and threw a silver ball towards the juggernaut opening. It disappeared, sinking through the portal and causing an explosion that sent an aftershock rippling through the city from the sky.
"Look!" Kimiko said, pointing towards the Hypnos building. The aftershock had reached the point of entry and was causing masses of electrical shock to spiral out.
"It's going to explode."
"DAD!" Kimiko yelled, running towards the main street.
"Kimiko, no!" Henry called, running after her. He caught her wrist before she could reach Vikaralamon and pulled her back, away from the danger. But she didn't go quietly. She struggled and strained against him, desperate to get to the building that hid her father away from the fighting.
With an almighty explosion, the Hypnos building shattered, the deletion beams disappeared and the Digimon were left to run rampage on the city again.
"I'm back, silly humans!" Vikaralamon growled, turning back to the destruction he was about to cause. In his path still stood Cerberumon, the watchdog had also survived the deleting process and above him were Rapidmon and Taomon.
"Come on," Mr. Wong said, catching Rika's shoulder. "We've got to get to a safer place. Henry, Kimiko, let's go!" he added, calling to his son and her friend.
Slipping his hand into Kimiko's, Henry tried to pull her away from the destruction, but the blonde was staring at the destroyed Hypnos building; tears blurred her eyes and her body was silently shaking with fear.
"Kimiko, come on, we gotta go," Henry said, finally managing to spin her around and face him.
"But... my dad... he..."
"I'm sure he's fine, Kimiko," Henry said. Despite his feelings for Yamaki, Henry couldn't stand seeing Kimiko so hurt and frightened.
"He'd never abandon Hypnos," Kimiko said. "What if he's still in there?"
Henry shook his head and tried to pull her back towards the others again. "He's not," he said. "You'll see. He got out. Your father is a lot of things, but he's not foolish. He wouldn't stay where he knows it's not safe. Now come on, we've gotta get out of here."
Giving in to his desire to protect her, Kimiko allowed herself to follow Henry back towards Takato and Rika. Neither of them seemed to want to leave without the other, but also because their Digimon was still battling Vikaralamon.
"Fusion ball!" Vikaralamon shouted, blasting a helicopter out of the sky.
"Takato!"
Kimiko looked around at the sound of Jeri's voice and found her standing on the opposite side of the road with Kazu, Kenta and Calumon.
"Guys, where have you been?" Henry asked.
"We were with that creepy kid," Jeri replied. "His real name is Makuramon, he's one of the deva Digimon."
"Yeah, and he said some pretty weird stuff," Kenta said, nodding.
"How weird?" Rika asked.
"He wanted Calumon," Kazu replied. "But we didn't let him," he added quickly as Kimiko snapped her attention to him.
Another explosion rocked the city as the military continued their assault on Vikaralamon. But their weapons had no effect.
"We're all in danger if we stay here," Mr. Wong said, climbing over the barrier and crossing the road to where Jeri, Kazu and Kenta were standing. "You all have to come with me, we have to hide."
Kimiko looked up at the military and then back at the destruction Vikaralamon had caused to the city. If they run and hid then there was no one to stop him from causing more damage. Their Digimon could only do so much on their own, and the military, although wanting to protect their hometown, were doing more harm than good.
"We can't hide," Kimiko said, earning her the attention of her friends. "It's what the Deva's want. They want us out of the way. Without us, our Digimon don't stand a chance, and that's what the Deva's are waiting for. Rika, you were right, this isn't any different to any other battle we have fought before. If we can beat the other deva's, we can beat this one."
Rika nodded, as her own words echoed back to her. "You're right," she said. "I'm not running or hiding."
"Me either," Henry agreed.
"No matter how powerful our Digimon get they're still our friends," Kimiko said, "and right now our friends need us more than ever. What do you say, Takato?" she asked, turning to the brown-haired boy beside her. He was the only one who hadn't confirmed his decision to stay.
Takato met her gaze and smiled, determinedly. "Do you even need to ask?" he asked.
Kimiko returned his smile and turned back to the battle ahead. "Let's do it," she said. "Cerberumon!"
"Taomon!"
"Rapidmon!"
"WarGrowlmon!"
The four tamers yells echoed throughout the city. Each one reaching their partners and fueling them with enough energy, strength and power that they needed to fulfil the task ahead of them, but also giving them a reason to keep fighting.
It wasn't just the city they had promised to protect, it was their own partners, their friends. Kimiko, Takato, Rika and Henry had put aside their own lives to protect and defend the city of Shinjuku, the least they could do was pull through and help.
"FUSION BALL!" Vikaralamon yelled as WarGrowlmon ripped through the energy blast holding him down, and soared forward at a fast pace. The blast sped towards the defending Digimon, but was slashed in two by WarGrowlmon's claws.
Overcoming the blast, WarGrowlmon grabbed onto Vikaralamon tusks and started to push, as hard as he could, backwards. "I can feel you, Takatomon," he said. "Feel your strength. Together, we can send this porker back where he belongs."
"Or better still," Cerberumon said. "We can send him somewhere worse. Somewhere he can't cause any more harm."
"I like the sounds of that," Rapidmon said.
"Mhm," Taomon nodded in agreement.
Angrily, Vikaralamon glared at the four Digimon before him. "Stop now while you still have a choice," he ordered.
"We've made our choice," Cerberumon said, "and it's not to obey you. As long as our tamers are with us, we'll never give up! Do it now, WarGrowlmon!"
"Open wide and say 'Ahh'," WarGrowlmon said, pushing the pig's snout into the air. "Ready, Rapidmon?" he asked as several fusion balls escaped into the skies.
Rapidmon laughed. "Haha! Target practice," he shot into the air and fired several missiles at the fusion balls, destroying them before they could cause any more harm to the city.
"Taomon, it's your turn," Rika called.
"Talisman of light!" Taomon shouted, tracing her brush through the air and sending a talisman spell at towards the tar that covered most of the city. When the attack cleared the tar was gone.
Cerberumon closed her eyes, focusing her attention on her body and its power. She knew exactly where she was sending Vikaralamon and was just waiting for the right moment to open the gate.
"Cerberumon?" WarGrowlmon asked.
"I'm ready when you are," Cerberumon replied, her eyes snapping open and burning a deep red.
"Roll over!" WarGrowlmon yelled, tossing Vikaralamon onto its side. He powered up his atomic blasters and opened fire, hitting the deva in the side and preventing him from making it back to his feet.
"Now, Cerberumon," Kimiko yelled. "Do it now!"
"Alright!" Cerberumon shouted. She jumped into the air and landed on top of the Vikaralamon. "Since you love gates so much, try this one - INFERNO GATE!" a kanji symbol, one that Kimiko recognised as 'portals of darkness', appeared beneath the deva. It expanded, getting bigger and bigger until it completely consumed the ground beneath Vikaralamon, and then shone jet-black.
Vikaralamon roared as the kanji started to split in two, revealing a crevice which quickly turned into a gaping opening, one that revealed a dark arena beyond. "NOOOOOO!" the pig yelled as he sank into the earth, disappearing into the dark area.
Cerberumon, who had been standing on Vikaralamon body as he sank into the dark area, landed on the ground as it closed beneath her paws with a loud thunderous clap.
Silence fell as Vikaralamon was finally defeated.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
As Vikaralamon disappeared so did the opening above the Hypnos building. But despite the deva's defeat, the destruction to the city had already been done. It was going to cost millions in reconstructing, and the team of four knew that they would be partially to blame for not stopping the deva sooner.
"Oh, boy," Mr. Wong said, taking in the sights of the once beautiful city. "This has now become a war between the worlds."
"Takato!" Jerri called, running towards the others with Kenta and Kazu.
Calumon laughed as they got closer and lifted himself out of Jeri's arms and floated towards Kimiko. The blonde smiled and opened her arms, ready to scoop the little Digimon out of the air, but her arms enclosed around nothing as the flicker of a shadow brushed past her, grabbing Calumon from beneath her fingertips.
"HEY!" Kimiko yelled, spinning around to face Makuramon. "Give him back!"
"Finders keepers," the monkey taunted.
"I'm not playing games!" Kimiko snapped.
"This creature doesn't belong here, and it's my duty to escort him home," Makuramon replied.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" Kimiko yelled, lunging for the deva. However she missed and hit the pavement as he leapt out of her way, straight into the and towards the gate between the words.
"Calumon!" Takato yelled as Henry helped Kimiko back to her feet.
Calumon whimpered as he watched his friends grow further and further away from him, soon they looked like specs of dust in the distance. He shivered in fear at the prospect of what awaited him on the other side of the gate, and fear gripped his small heart. "Kimiko..." he wailed, wanting to go home.
"You annoying ape, you're the one who doesn't belong," shouted the voice of Leomon. He had appeared out of nowhere, just like last time, and was heading straight for Makuramon, his hand stretched out, ready to take back Calumon.
The monkey squawked in fear, but was saved by hundred or so arrows erupting from the sky. They hit Leomon, knocking him back towards the ground.
"Leomon!" Jeri called, reaching out her hand for the Digimon. A bright light appeared before her, and floating into her hands. When the light cleared a white and yellow digivice rested in her palm.
"Is that -?" Mr. Wong asked.
"Mhm-hm," Jeri said. "A Digivice." She held up the device and pointed it at Leomon. A stream of white light erupted from the screen and surrounded the fallen Digimon and the arrows disappeared.
Makuramon laughed as he disappeared through gate to the digital world. It closed behind him, leaving the tamers on one side and Calumon on the other.
~*Expect the Unexpected*~
Kimiko examined the grazes on her hands from the meeting with the pavement. She still couldn't believe that Calumon had been taken. She should've realised that the devas were there for him, hell she had figured out he was the key to Digivolution months ago, why hadn't she realised earlier that the devas were coming through for him, maybe if she had, she could have protected him better.
Cerberumon padded her way over to Kimiko and nudged the back of her leg. "Don't do that," she said.
"Do what?" Kimiko asked.
"Go quiet."
"What else am I supposed to do?"
"Yell?"
Kimiko shook her head. "I can't," she admitted. "I'm too angry."
"At who?"
"Myself," Kimiko replied. "I should've seen it. I knew he was the key, I should've known someone would come through for him, I should've known that it was Calumon the Deva's were after. I should've known..." she clenched her hands into fists, her nails scraping against her already wounded palms. "I should've known my dad wouldn't have changed. I can't believe your Digivolution was me wanting to protect him... out of everyone to protect, I chose him. Why did I choose him?"
Cerberumon nudged her leg again, brushing her head up against her side and nuzzling into her. "You chose him because he's your dad," she said. "Despite everything he has done or will do in the future, you can't change the fact that he's your dad."
"I should hate him," Kimiko said, shaking her head. "It's his fault. He helped them open the gate by starting up the Juggernaut program. He helped them, Cerberumon, and they used him to take Calumon back with them. What are we going to do? How are we going to help him."
"By going after him," Takato said.
Kimiko jumped and turned to find her friends standing behind her. She wiped her eyes and frowned at Takato. "What did you say?" she asked.
"We're going after Calumon," Takato repeated. "Regardless of whose fault it is, we have to go after him. With his power the Deva's will destroy the rest of the world, and we can't let that happen."
"But how are we going to get there?" Kimiko asked. "If you haven't noticed the only way we know of is through Hypnos'; and it's been destroyed."
Takato exhaled lightly. "Then we'll find another way," he said, clenching his hand into a fist. "We have too."
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Friday, 18 March 2016 at 11:44pm