A/N: This is going up at the same time as Cross Generations chapter 21. Compare and contrast how far our heroes have gone from this point to where they face CG's final boss.
Anyway, go and read that since it's actually new. Then come back here if you'd like to revisit the Resurrection B arc.
Now to see the Fiends receive new powers from a demon god and visit a particular 'tri' dimension. Oh, and Jacomon makes his debut.
Enjoy!
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Digimon Fusion Ascendancy
Act III: Resurrection B
Chapter XXI: Jacomon's Distress
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Digiverse/Southern Digital Quadrant/Planet Nazca
(Cue Dark Music – Blood Night by Adrian von Ziegler)
The Three Fiends kept their distance from the red pillar of flames erupting from the pit. The flames shaped, forming a gargantuan body, a draconian head complete with a set of massive wings, and a demonic visage with yellow gleaming eyes. The demonic deity, RedNovaDemon, made his presence known to the Three Fiends and the old man.
RedNovaDemon addressed the newcomers with a lowly evil cackle. "You've come. Thank you for bringing them to me, my underling."
"I convinced them to use CrimsonStardramon's Digicores to revive the evil emperor," the old man bowed to the deity. "As you can see, their wish came without a hitch."
"Yes, I can see that already," cackled RedNovaDemon, shifting his eyes over to Burizalor, who kept a stance in his presence. "Lord Burizalor, it's quite the honor. You're looking well following your revival."
"I've been better. I'll feel complete once I'm rid of those filthy Ascendants and their colleagues," Burizalor replied. "Now, hear me, Crimson Devil. We can dispense the idle chit-chat, you know why me and my two colleagues came."
"Yes, you seek my power in order to augment your own and destroy your worst enemies. But, as you know only the truly wicked can handle my power."
"Then, why don't you scan us yourself and determine if we're qualified to meet your prerequisites," the Digital Warlord suggested.
"Though, in our humble opinion, we're overqualified based on our characters," Cyrus added with an evil grin.
The Crimson Devil narrowed his yellow eyes and spread his red flames all over his underworld pit. The Three Fiend whirled around and watched rings of red flames encircle them. The old man backed out of the flames as the ritual was underway. Burizalor was the first one to get engulfed by RedNovaDemon's flames. The tyrant let out an excruciating scream as the red flames consumed him.
"Lord Burizalor!" Cyrus yelled out to his emperor.
"Keep away, fool! Who do you take me for?!" Burizalor gritted and resolved through the deity's flames. "I've endured worse at the hands of those two Ascendant bastards!" He opened his mouth and eyes as red flames spewed out wildly. "Augh!"
Next, the Warlord ended up engulfed by a pillar of red flames. He, too, yelled out in agony, but much like Burizalor used his hate for X and the D3s to survive the painful ordeal. Cyrus witnessed long crimson serpents emerging from the pits. Two serpents wrapped around Burizalor and the Warlord. Before long, Cyrus was caught in a similar pillar of red flames and put through the same torturous ritual.
Observing the Three Fiends, RedNovaDemon probed their evil hearts and assessed their wicked histories.
"Burizalor, the much feared emperor of the Digiverse... you thrive on the chance of revenge on those Chosen Children, but it's those Ascendants you want to kill. Your hate for them is what compels you to seek my power." RedNovaDemon shifted from Burizalor to the Digital Warlord. "Warlord, or should I say the human formerly known as Sam Ichijouji. You embrace the Dark Ocean's power and use its evil energy to mold you into the monster known as the Digital Warlord. Heh, yes, and I see you purged all the good from your being and placed it into a clone. That clone would die, making your own brother believe you had died, but in truth you remained in hiding and later became an enemy to the D3s in another world. You've had a long personal history with the D3s and destroyed their world. Your last attempt to finish them ended with failure, but now you hope my power will at last give you the edge you need to destroy your hated enemies. We'll see how that turns out for you, Warlord." He veered over to Cyrus and chortled evilly. "And Cyrus Fujita, you willingly betrayed your own colleagues and pledged your allegiance to Burizalor. You callously murdered your former crew, sans Taito Yagami, who damaged you beyond repair. You've just been revived recently from a stroke of luck, and now you've fulfilled your wish to resurrect Burizalor. Yes, all three of you have shown me your wicked hearts. You're all more than qualified to be imbued with my power."
Upon saying this, RedNovaDemon lifted a hand as the Three Fiends were lifted near the ceiling. The red flames covering them expanded and formed into immensely powerful auras. The trio felt their powers being pushed to new extremities. The old man watched in shock while smiling ever so delightfully and evilly.
"Yes, my fiends! Let your wicked hearts open up and accept my power! EMBRACE THE POWER I'M BESTOWING TO YOU!"
As the Three Fiends finished powering up, they slowly descended to the floor and fell to their knees. They had taken in enough of the Crimson Devil's power. They let the newly imbued wicked energies resonate within their bodies. The old man came out of hiding and slowly approached them.
"Sirs, how does your new powers feel? Should you need rest?"
However, evil grins formed on the Three Fiends' faces. All three began laughing together, stopping the old man in his tracks. Befuddled by their reactions, he neglected to question them.
"Eheheh-hahahaha!" Burizalor laughed. "Are you kidding?! No, I've never felt better!"
"As you say my lord, this power we've been imbued with is so invigorating!" Cyrus boasted, raising his arms over his head as the red aura continued bathing him.
"No doubt with this power we've been given, training for several months will bring us to new levels we never could've dreamed of!" The Warlord cackled.
"I bid you three farewell, fiends. Utilize the power I've bestowed you well, but fair warning... be wise not to overextend the power I've given you. Destroy your enemies as quickly if you must. And most importantly, don't get over your heads thinking you can challenge the likes of Beerusmon, an age old rival of mine. Only I, the Crimson Devil, should have the privilege of ending him one day."
Taking heed of the Crimson Devil's warning, the Warlord scoffed in response. "You don't have to remind us that. We'd be fools not to finish our nemesis off."
"Indeed, don't you take us lightly. And to show our gratitude for sharing your power with us, allow us to tip your servant," Burizalor quickly turned and fired a beam at the old man, blasting him into a wall and killing him in one shot. He blew on his finger. "You weren't lying, deity. With your power-up, I'm seeing the difference in my strength."
The Crimson Devil conveyed no care for his now slain underling. "Then, I shall bid you farewell then, fiends. I expect horrendous end results once you've settled matters with your enemies. Feel free to use this planet to train to your evil heart's content!" With that, RedNovaDemon descended into his fiery pits, laughing on the way down.
(End theme)
The Three Fiends started out of the fiery pits and flew out to rendezvous with their men.
"Shall we further put our augmented strengths to the test?" Cyrus proposed to his associates.
"I was going to suggest the same thing," Warlord pointed out. "Burizalor, would you care to lend your men as practice dummies?"
"I have no objections to that. Besides, perhaps my men can get stronger the more abuse we give them," Burizalor chortled. "If they can't survive the next five months, then they're expendable and we can easily replace them with new recruits. Which by the way, who did you two have in mind as possible recruits?"
"Well, there are the Chaos Generals and the Dex Army. I left them offers they couldn't possibly refuse," Cyrus said. "They'll make for strong assets for our revamped army."
"As for other dimension additions, I've found a world where there behemoths known as Weapons exist and another where a god called SIN can bolster our forces," the Warlord hinted to behemoths from fantastical worlds. "And even if they don't wish to cooperate, we'll use persuasive means of making them do what we want."
"Hmm," Burizalor mused. "Interesting. A deity would be useful to get the likes of Beerusmon off my back should he decide to intervene with our revenge. We can further indulge ourselves in these other dimensions since the possibilities of finding recruits are endless!"
"Of course, my lord," Cyrus replied.
"Now let our training begin!" The Warlord declared as he and his two colleagues hastily beelined straight for the ship.
Unbeknownst to the Three Fiends, the body of the old man was nowhere to be seen. Only his cloak remained. There was no trace of his body anywhere. One had to wonder if the old man was more than what he seemed.
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Other World/X's Planet/Dimension: DF-616
(Cue Dragon Ball Super OST - A Bad Premonition)
"So, our old pain and resident asshole, Sam Ichijouji, is probably back and up to no good, eh?" Pikkan asked, who just arrived from Alter Prime. "Why am I not surprised? I even recall the Warlord escaped death during that Paradixalmon conflict."
"Yeah, and I... no, we should've been able to kill him then!" Max pounded the ground. "How foolish of us not to finish him when we had the chance!"
"We had no idea how long it'd take him to strike again, but here we are," Keke sighed.
"Great, my asshole of an uncle's back causing more problems and who knows what other dimensions he's been able to visit," Sam muttered, conveying his disdain for the man he was named after. "If I had a choice, I'd change my name."
"Then, why don't ya?" David asked him.
"Yeah, what's keeping ya?" Kara curiously inquired.
"Cause my father and mother gave me that name believing they'd honor that man's memories, but isn't reality such a cruel bitch?"
"Who gives a fuck?! That jerk wad wants to screw around with us again?! How about we go to him and show him who's boss?!" Tike spat out. "Well team?!"
"I'd love nothing more than to beat the hell out of that bastard. The problem is finding him," Max said. "We can't tell if he's in our universe or some other dimension. He's like the Mexican jumping bean of dimensional travelers now."
"But, he doesn't have dimension crossing powers though, right, Max?" Keke asked.
"He doesn't need to be when he has a device. Recall he was able to use one to jump from different dimensions. I believe that's how he was able to find Paradixalmon and Beyond."
The D3s had a moment of silence as they mulled over their choices.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to track his latest activities," Pikkan pointed out. "Simms could always help us."
"True, and I don't want to trouble Lord Shinmon over this. I think this is something we can accomplish on our own," Max decided as he stood addressing his group. "All right, team. Here's the deal, I'll look into the Nexus and determine if there's been any recent activity. Now, granted yes lately a few of our friends have crossed dimensions to stop some mishaps. Recently, Tai, Karin, Dimitri, and Kensuke went into the Transformers Prime world."
"Man, they're so lucky!" Tike scoffed, jealous over missing the chance to meet some Autobots.
"Yeah, lucky!" David whined.
"So, boys, we've got important things to worry about," Kara facepalmed.
"Ok, Max, we're ready whenever you are," BW nodded to his 'bro'.
"Right, so while I'm not much of a watcher anymore, it doesn't mean..." Max transformed back to his masked persona X. "That doesn't mean I've lost my connections with the Nexus." He closed his eyes and palmed his hands together, focusing his mental energies. He linked his mind with the Nexus sea. Good thing Lady Cosmos still allows me access to her universe. Ok, Warlord, what have you been up to, you sneaky bastard?
He scanned hundreds of Nexus doors for recent intrusions by the Warlord.
Hmmm, so far so good. Unless he's really been concealing his presence very well, I'm not seeing anything. Wait...! X pinpointed the exact spot where CrimsonStardramon was summoned. He rewound images of the Warlord and Cyrus together. Ah, there! I knew he had to be somewhere! So, he's with Cyrus Fujita, who Jishikitori X revived using Caster's dark spell and turned against Greil. And he nearly met his end at the hands of Kensuke. He's lucky the Warlord saved him the way he did.
As X replayed the whole summoning, his eyes shot open as he witnessed Burizalor's whole revival commence.
No, it can't be! They revived that monster?! X let out a deep breath. "Oh no, this isn't good!"
"Max!" The others cried out together.
Keke hurried over and put an arm over him. "Max, is everything ok? You look spooked."
"Spooked? This is terrible... the Warlord's not only hooked up with Cyrus, but they managed to revive him! And by him, I mean Burizalor!" X announced his findings.
For a few moments, there was silence. However, Tike and David chuckled together.
"Seriously?" Tike snickered. "That guy?"
David giggled. "Ya almost had us worried."
"No offense, but my sis, Kara, could totally kick his ass these days," Tike chuckled loudly. "Any one of us can go Ascendant and break his lizard ass in two. Same with those two assholes!"
"You two don't get it!" X snapped at Tike and David. "Did you not learn anything being with Kensuke?! You can't take our enemies for granted! Yes, while we're stronger, those three will find any means of augmenting their own powers. And when we do face them, we'll likely find ourselves in big trouble!"
"He's right," BW added. "We need to investigate their activities now."
"I can contact Alter Prime to send a distress for the Galactic Council," Pikkan suggested to the others.
"The Galactic Council?" Sam was befuddled hearing this.
"They're a galaxy police force that monitors criminal activities in the Digiverse," X answered Sam's inquiry. "They're made up of various branches that cover each of the four quadrants in the Digiverse. Their council is currently restructuring after the last founders, Alphamon and Omegamon, stepped down. An Imperialdramon Fighter Mode has been handpicked to run the council with SliferGigaSeadramon's vassals, Craniummon and SlashAngemon."
"Oh, right! I remember now!" Sam recalled. "Wait, I remember they sent an agent to investigate Tai's crew of Ascendants!"
"Yeah, and he quickly became Mimi's new bestie," Kara giggled. "Right, Keke?"
"Yeah, Jacomon," Keke smiled. "He and mom start on the wrong foot, but he did save her life. I can't thank him enough for that."
"Well, in any case, I suspect if I tell Alter Prime to send a message to the Galactic Council, they'll probably send Jacomon to investigate," Pikkan said.
"In that case, put the message out for us, Pikkan," X requested.
The Alterian complied. "Sure, I'll be sure to put the word out." With that, he made his leave and used a teleporter to relocate to his ship.
"Should we tell Tai and the others about Burizalor?" BW asked X.
"For now, no. I'd rather confirm if my vision turns out factual. No need to alarm my father and the others until we have all the puzzle pieces put together."
"Guess that's right," Keke added.
"As for the rest of us, we'll continue to monitor the Digiverse and find anymore leads. They can't hide from us forever," X said as the D3s nodded together. All right, Burizalor, Warlord, and Cyrus, you three can hide, but you won't run from us like the rats you are for too long! Not as long as we have connections in the Digiverse!
(End theme)
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Five Months Later
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Digiverse/Southern Digital Quadrant/Planet Nazca
(Cue Dragon Ball Super OST – Inescapable Fear)
Nearing the end of their training, the Three Fiends were finally able to reach their intended maximum goal. Standing on one side looking relatively unscathed were the Three Fiends. On the other were the Buriza Forces all looking worse for wear; half of the soldiers were laying tired and broken while over half were barely able to stand and battered. Shisamimon was the only one still able to take whatever his three lords dished out. Tagomamon, on the other hand, was wrapped up in bandages after being used as a practice dummy for the Three Fiends.
Burizalor swiftly advanced on his men. He quickly backhanded a soldier. As another fired a blast at him, the tyrant swatted him away with his tail. Two tried jumping Burizalor, but ended up being blasted away for their troubles. Shisamimon rushed Burizalor and threw a punch. Burizalor sidestepped the red-skinned behemoth's blow and chopped in the back, knocking him down.
"Most of you are pitiful!" Burizalor shouted. "Keep this etched in your skulls: only the strong survive! If you wish to join me on my revenge on the Ascendants, you should be able to survive my hellish training!"
The Warlord sauntered over to Shisamimon. He grabbed him by the horn. "Seems you're still able to go, aren't you?"
"Yes, sir!" grunted the red-skinned beast.
"Then, you're strong enough to join us," Cyrus offered a hand to Shisamimon.
Shisamimon hesitated at first, fearing he'll get cold clocked for being trusting. However, he valued his own life and grabbed his superior's hand. Cyrus carried Shisamimon off, leaving the Warlord and Burizalor to cull the weakest links out.
Burizalor raised a hand as red energy leaked from his palm. "Half of you just aren't cut out for this, but know you've all served us well."
Boom!
In one energy wave, Burizalor quickly wiped out half of his own forces. He veered over to the remaining soldiers, who looked on fearful of their lord's ruthless actions.
"Now, now, do you wish to continue? This is your last chance to make yourselves strong," Burizalor chortled.
Just then, the Warlord picked up the broken Tagomamon. "Perhaps you'd like a chance to redeem yourself, my friend?"
"Y-Yes, sir!" Tagomamon yelped out fearful of his own life.
Sorbetmon observed his lords' methods of survival of the fittest. He didn't dare question their ruthless culling of weak soldiers, but he wondered if replacing half of their Buriza Forces with new recruits from other dimensions was a good idea.
(End theme)
After a few more hours of training, the Three Fiends called it for the day. They quickly pressed to gather their new recruits.
"Warlord, I do believe you found a new recruit?" Burizalor asked him.
"Heh, why yes I have," he replied with a dastardly grin. "While I was away, I happened to land on a world in the center of the Digiverse called Planet Kaiju, which happens to be not too far from the famed Planet Cretaceous. There I found a Digimon who shared an affinity for death and destruction like me. Lord Burizalor, allow me to introduce you to..." He turned and pointed to a tall shadowy figure with a red glowing visor for an eye. "...Gaiganmon."
The creature remained concealed, though responded with a roar which could be described as distinctively metallic. It was unable to verbally speak and could only let out screech loudly.
"Gaiganmon, eh?" Burizalor smirked. "Well now, why not come out and greet your lord?"
With that, Gaiganmon emerged from the shadows. The Warlord opened up a sleeve, revealing a black wrist device, which was his new Digivice.
"That's a... Digivice?" Burizalor noticed the Warlord's wrist device.
"More like D-Vice, something I've been experimenting with and created on my spare time from training," the Warlord revealed his secret. "With this, I can access Gaiganmon's potential and make him evolve beyond his limits."
(Cue Godzilla Unleashed OST – Gigan's Theme (Revised))
Cyrus became awed by Gaiganmon's presence.
"The form which you see is his Rookie form. So, don't let his size fool you, Burizalor," the Warlord introduced his Digimon partner. "Though, unfortunately, my trip to Planet Kaiju came with a hitch. My nemesis, the D3s, showed up due to some distress. Well, that distress call was sent by Gaiganmon's enemies, Gojiramon and his friends. Apparently, Max and Gojiramon knew each other from the old dimension of theirs I destroyed. Well, you can already conclude Max and his friends have forged new partnerships with those freaking losers."
"So, your enemies have found new Digimon partners? This is most troublesome."
"Fortunately I was able to get away with Gaiganmon, but no doubt, they'll find ways for their new Digimon partners to evolve."
"So as long as you can nip this bud, Warlord. We can't afford to let our enemies to get one over us."
"Yes, leave them to me. Besides, don't forget we've gotten much stronger thanks to RedNovaDemon's power. Couple that with augmenting our hidden potentials."
"Impressive Digimon, Warlord," Cyrus said as he interjected into Burizalor and the Warlord's conversation. "I look forward to seeing him in action. Perhaps he could give us a demonstration of those mean-looking blades of his."
"You'll be impressed."
"Save that for later. We have important matters to deal with before we plot a course for that other Taichi's world and then after that we'll go after the Taichi we want," Burizalor proposed as his two conspirators followed behind him.
As the villains entered the ship, a figure wearing a sandy brown cloak slipped away after eavesdropping on them.
"Oh no, this is terrible! I better report my finding to the Galactic Council!"
(End theme)
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Eastern Digital Quadrant/Galactic Council Station
After a long trip from Planet Nazca, the mysterious agent returned to report and confirm the Three Fiends' location. The most integral part of the report was confirming Burizalor's return.
"So then, the watcher's suspicions were correct," Imperialdramon Fighter Mode said with dread. He turned to both SlashAngemon and Craniummon. "The tyrant's returned with equally nefarious cohorts."
"Yes, and what's more they're amassing an army to plan for an attack on the Digidestined's world," the agent reported.
"Then, it's time to warn the Chosen," Craniummon issued, eyeing the agent. "Jacomon? Can we count on you to be our messenger?"
The agent, a small humanoid alien in a purple and white outfit stepped forward. He has a light blue head and big yellow eyes. He has a human-like mouth and nostrils.
"I, Agent Jacomon, shall depart to send the message," Jacomon complied at the behest of his superiors.
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Jacomon was on his way to his ship. Along the way, he was stopped by someone waiting for him outside a door.
"Jaco, you're heading out to Earth?" A voice belonging to a young male asked him.
"Come on, Ryo. Do you really need to call me by that name? It's Jaco-mon."
"Why? I like that nickname."
"Eh, so you want to tag along?"
"If you don't mind, I'd like to finally meet the Chosen after all this time. I know Ken would be surprised to see me. It's been a long time since I've seen Earth." Ryo emerged, genuinely smiling. This is the DF-616 dimension, who was slightly younger than his YYGDM counterpart.
Unlike his YYGDM counterpart, his Digimon was not a Monodramon or a Veemon. After leaving Earth to join the Galactic Council's police force, he ended up with Jacomon. What sets these two apart from other Digimon and Human partner relationships is they treated each other like buddy cops than best friends.
"Well, what are you waiting for? You coming or not?" Jacomon asked impatiently while tapping his foot.
Ryo just smiled much to Jacomon's annoyance. "After you, buddy."
"Ugh, c'mon!"
(Cue Dragon Ball Super OST – Here's Jaco!)
The two boarded Jacomon's ship and jetted out the Galactic Council station. They flew right through a portal taking them straight into Earth's atmosphere.
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Earth/Shinjuku District (新宿区)/Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁舎)/December 11, 2011/10:30 AM
After a successful landing, Jacomon and Ryo headed straight for the government building's front desk receptionist.
"Look, ma'am! I placed a tracking device on Miss Mimi's phone and I can confirm her location is here!" Jacomon yelled out at the receptionist. "You have to hear me out, miss! You have to take me to Miss Mimi!"
The female receptionist sipped her coffee and dryly replied. "Sir, there's no one named Miss Mimi working here. You'll have to specify employee's full name."
"Her full name? I think it's Mimi Tachikawa?"
"Sorry, sir, I can't find anyone named that in our directory."
"But, she's here! Look!" He showed her his tracking device with a glowing green beacon. He tapped on the beacon. "See? She's here!"
"Sir, you'll have to lower your tone."
"This is an emergency! I must see Miss Mimi and her friends! The fate of their world's at stake!"
Ryo noticed a security guard slowly approaching with and reaching for his club.
"Um, Jaco, I think we better go."
"Not until I see Miss Mimi!" He quickly took out a folded piece of paper. He opened it to show a doodle of Burizalor's face. "See this, lady? This is the face of evil that's gonna destroy your world if nothing's done to stop him!"
"Sir, is this your drawing? Or some kindergartner's chicken scratch?"
"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me!" Jacomon facepalmed. "Do you need to see my badge?! My partner and I here are galactic officers!"
Just then, Yolei, Ken, Izzy, Mimi, and their Digimon partners were seen coming down an escalator.
"Hey, there's some commotion going on down there," Izzy overheard Jacomon's berating the receptionist.
"Wonder what's going on?" Yolei looked down.
"Ah!" Mimi gasped upon seeing Jacomon. "Jacomon! Long time no see, Mr. Space Man!"
"Jacomon, over here!" Palmon waved over to him.
"Jaco-who?" Tentomon tilted his head, eyeing the alien visitor.
"Hmm, I'm not getting anything on him," the Bearer of Knowledge tried looking and pulling up Jacomon's Digi-Profile. "He's definitely not from y'alls world, Tentomon."
As he noticed Mimi and Palmon, Jacomon was delighted to see them.
"Ah, Miss Mimi and Palmon!"
"A friend of yours, Mimi?" Ken asked the strawberry blonde-haired idol singer.
"You could say that. Jacomon, what brings you here?!" Mimi called out as she and Palmon raced over to meet with him.
"My friends, it's urgent that I talk to you," Jacomon said.
"It's ok," Izzy reassured the security guard and receptionist. "He's with us."
(End theme)
Ken then sighted Ryo and gasped. "Ryo?" He looked at him as if he had just seen a ghost.
"Who's he?" Wormmon blinked in befuddlement at Ryo.
"Ken Ichijouji! You've grown a lot and appear to be doing well for yourself!" Ryo approached Ken and gave him a friendly handshake. "It's been a while, old friend!"
"You know each other?" Yolei noticed her boyfriend talking it up with Ryo.
"You can say that, Miss Inoue," Ryo surprised her as if he was already familiar with her and the Chosen. "It's finally good to meet you, Chosen."
"The name's Yolei."
"You're an old friend of Ken? Then, is Jacomon your Digimon partner?" Izzy asked, but before Ryo could answer Jacomon cut him off.
"Bzzt! First off, we're mutual business partners!" Jacomon corrected the Bearer of Knowledge. "Nothing more, nothing less!"
Mimi giggled at Jacomon's snippy response. "So, what did you want to tell us, sweetie?"
"Ah yes, my urgent message!" Jacomon said.
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Odaiba District (大井原地区)/Odaiba Park (お台場公園)/11:15 AM
(Cue Digimon Adventure tri. OST – Happy End)
As Ken, Wormmon, and Ryo were getting reacquainted, Mimi & Palmon, Izzy & Tentomon, and Yolei & Hawkmon conversed with Jacomon near a lake.
"See those fish?" Palmon pointed to some big-eyed goldfish swimming through the lake. "Aren't they funny to look at?"
"Hmm, why they look like the Big-Eyed Carpmon back on Planet...!" Jacomon smacked himself. "Gah, I don't have time to be sightseeing! My friends, I came with urgent news!"
"Now that you mention it, what did you want to tell us?" Izzy asked the alien visitor.
"Yeah, what's up?" Yolei wondered herself.
Mimi patted Jacomon's back. "It's ok. Go ahead and tell us." She smiled genuinely as Jacomon blushed at the sight of her cute looks.
"Uh, yes! Of course!" Jacomon sputtered out and turned away. Oh, I'm completely won over by her infectious smile! "By the way, I wanted to make it up to you for unintentionally destroying your merchandise..." He pulled out bottle with a sweet aroma, which Mimi and Palmon sniffed. "...a rare perfume I was able to procure from a far off planet. It cost me a hefty amount."
"Oooh, you shouldn't have!" Mimi's eyes lit up as she took the perfume bottle. "But, you really shouldn't you. I know I wanted you to make up for it. I just wanted you to buy me perfume here."
"Sorry, but I wanted to go the extra mile for you," Jacomon modestly bowed. "Will you accept?"
"But, of course..." Mimi kissed Jacomon's forehead. "Thank you."
Jacomon's cheeks blushed. "Sure... just being a gentlemen."
"Happy now?" Palmon teased the diva.
"Oh shush," Mimi winked as she and Palmon playfully elbowed one another. "Heheh!" They giggled together.
"That's so nice of you, Tacomon," Yolei slipped on his name.
"It's not Tacomon, it's Jacomon, miss," the alien corrected her.
"I could go for some tacos," Hawkmon patted his belly.
"Anyway, you were going to tell us," Izzy reminded the reason why the alien came in the first place.
"Oh, right! I didn't come here to sight-see and see old friends! We have an emergency!" Jacomon exclaimed.
(End theme)
Taking a few minutes out of his time, Jacomon explained to everyone about Burizalor's sighting on Planet Nazca and amassing his massive army with his two new conspirators. To say the Chosen were stricken with shock was an understatement. In Izzy's case, the memories of his death by Burizalor's hands was still fresh on his mind. Mimi still recalled the trauma she and the others faced back on Planet Spira. In contrast, Ken and Yolei barely saw and fought Burizalor in person when the tyrant returned, albeit as a half-cyborg.
"This can't be..." Izzy was at a loss for words. "He's back?!"
"But, he's dead! My son, Dimitri, sliced him into pieces!" Mimi cried out. "We all saw it!"
"The only way this could happen is if the Digicores were used to revive him," Ken deduced.
"But, our Digicores haven't been used lately and we'd know if they'd been used!" Yolei said.
"By the way, ahem..." Jacomon showed his well rather 'artistic' mugshot sketch of Burizalor. "This is the best I could do for an accurate picture. Is this how he looks?"
(Cue Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' OST – A Mysterious Pair)
Everyone, sans Ryo, gawked at the doodle sketch the alien could conjure up. Mimi and Palmon both laughed at the picture.
"Oh gosh, did you really draw that?!" Palmon busted out laughing.
"Wow, your drawing is so on point! That's definitely him!" Mimi ceased laughing and took the drawing from Jacomon. "Honestly though, he's much uglier in person. And he is missing that nasty black lipstick."
"Well, I apologize if my picture isn't picture perfect."
"It's fine. At least we have proof that he's somehow back," Izzy added, looking at the drawing.
"God, why did that guy of all evil guys have to return?" Yolei groaned. "At least it's not Myotismon again."
Izzy and Mimi both glared toward Yolei.
"Don't jinx us," the older Chosen dryly responded.
"We'll need to alert everyone as soon as possible," Ken informed everyone.
"Indeed, that'd be for the best," Ryo concurred.
The Bearer of Knowledge turned and addressed the alien. "So, Jacomon, you said Burizalor and his army are on their way here?"
"How long until he arrives?" Tentomon inquired.
"About a few hours."
Hearing Jacomon say it so matter-of-factually caused them to panic. Yolei quickly grabbed Jacomon and picked him up, shaking him hard.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT ALREADY?!" Yolei screamed in Jacomon's face.
"Yeah, you could've told us ahead of time or something!" Mimi shouted as she took out her cell.
"Um, hey, what are you doing, Miss Mimi?" Jacomon asked.
"What do you think? I'm going to call up my friends!"
"I'll send Kari, TK, Davis, and Cody emails," Yolei said, whipping out her D-Terminal.
"Yeah, if Burizalor's coming back stronger than ever with an army, this requires all the help we can get!" Izzy declared, opening up his laptop to get in contact with Gennai in the Digital World.
(End theme)
"Sora, this is Mimi! Listen, we've got an emergency!" The Bearer of Sincerity yelled into her cell as Sora's voice was heard on the other line. "If you can believe it, but Jacomon just told us Burizalor's back and he's coming here!"
There was brief dead silence on the other line. The dismayed Bearer of Love, much like Izzy, was reminded of her horrific death by Burizalor's hand.
"Burizalor? You can't be serious?! That evil monster is back?! But, he's supposed to be..."
"Dead, but somehow he got revived by some Digicores on another world. Look, we need to get everyone ready pronto!" Mimi readily took charge of the situation.
"Right! Though, Tai and Matt are training with Whismon. That's that problem. Have you considered letting Max contact Dimitri...?"
"It's a thought, but we need everyone in our world ready if they're able."
"Yes, and we must hurry!" Jacomon yelled out in the background, to which Sora recognized his voice.
"Hey, that voice sounds familiar."
"It's Jacomon, but look like he said we don't have much time! Burizalor and his army are on their way here in a few hours!"
"I'm on it!"
As she finished calling Sora, Mimi went to call Joe next.
"Wow, Mimi's really stepped up her game lately," Yolei was impressed with the Bearer of Sincerity.
"Well, she did slap a Digital God," Ken reminded them of Mimi standing up to Beerusmon not too long ago.
"Oh, c'mon, Joe! Couldn't you up studies aside for one day?!" Mimi scoffed, trying to get a hold of him. "It's the fate of the worlds here we're talking! Sheesh, getting a hold of Tai and Matt is gonna be an even bigger chore."
"Max, Keke, and the others I'm sure can reach them better than we could," Palmon said.
"Or, maybe we can pull out secret weapon surprise for Whismon?" Mimi winked to Palmon.
"What surprise? Oh ya mean that surprise!" Palmon winked back.
"Ok, I just got a hold of Davis!" Yolei gave a thumbs up. "He and Veemon are just heading out to get Sonja!"
"Great, I've also gotten a hold of Gennai. He'll be getting a hold of BanchoLeomon and Sheila," Izzy confirmed. "We'll meet exactly where Burizalor's ship might possibly land!"
"If we even know where he'll land," Ken said.
"Finally, about time you picked up, Joe!" Mimi yelled out as everyone else sweatdropped.
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(Cue Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' OST – Krillin's Theme)
Somewhere within Odaiba, Davis and XVeemon flew over to pick Sonja up from their apartment home.
"Man, can you believe some jerks would go out of their way to revive that guy?!" Davis shared his disdain over the situation.
"Yeah, he's the last guy I wanted to face again," XVeemon nodded.
"Still, me and TK could fuse now. But then again, they said he's gotten much tougher. I wouldn't count us out just yet!" Davis boasted as he spotted Sonja flying up to meet with them.
"Ok, I got your call," Sonja said. "So, Burizalor's back probably stronger than before?"
"Yeah, but he ain't coming alone, babe. Apparently he's got some accomplices," the Bearer of Miracles replied.
"Plus, a big army heading for Earth!" XVeemon exclaimed.
"Sounds like fun," Sonja smirked coolly. "It'll be my first time seeing this freak in person."
"Right, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. We'll let Tai handle him," Davis said. "Let's jam!" He declared as he jetted off with XVeemon and Sonja following behind him.
Sonja smiled watching Davis flying ahead of her. "You're so cool."
(End theme)
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Odaiba District (大井原地区)/Apartment/11:40 AM
"Ok, we're on our way!" TK answered Mimi's call. "Kari." He gave a serious look and nodded to her.
"Back to action again, huh?" Kari said, getting up and taking off her glasses.
"And of all the bad guys to come back to rear his ugly head, it's ol' alien lizard again," Gatomon scoffed. "Well, I'm up for clawing some faces!"
"We're ready whenever you are!" Patamon flew over to TK.
"Maybe this will help work off more of that rust especially after our dimension trip," TK smiled to Kari.
"Yeah, but Burizalor of all people..."
"Look on the bright side, at least it's not Myotismon," Gatomon half-joked to lighten the mood, which earned a chuckle from Kari.
"Good one, Gatomon, but Burizalor's ten times worse," Kari half-chuckled at this point. "But, I'm sure we can take him!" And as long as you're ready to help, Homeostasis! I know you've been craving some payback on him.
"Kari?" TK waited for a response from Kari. "You ok?"
"Yeah, let's get going, TK! Hopefully, our brothers will answer the call, too."
"Me, too, Kari."
With that, TK and Kari flew off their apartment property. Their Digimon evolved into Angemon and Angewomon as they followed TK and Kari. The Bearers of Hope and Light's strong sense of foreboding gave them foresight that Burizalor and his forces would be arriving soon.
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Odaiba Bank (お台場銀行)/11:45 AM
After making short work of some bank robbers, Shu Ouma and Gai Tsutsugami returned their girlfriends' Voids. Shu placed his Singer's Sword back into Inori Yuzuriha. Gai returned his Dancer's Sword into Mana Ouma. Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi-Ouma helped with crowd control.
"That takes care of those thugs," Shu said, holding Inori in his arms.
"That was quick," Inori smiled to her boyfriend.
"Yeah, those dummies didn't stand a ghost of a chance!" Mana grinned at Gai.
"After what we've been through, robbers with guns are the least of our worries," Gai truthfully said.
Madoka watched the police truck cart away the robbers. "Hope they learn their lesson for stealing."
Homura shrugged. "Somehow I doubt it. If they escape, we'll deal with them."
"I could get used to this," the pink-haired Puella girl smirked.
Just then, he heard a disembodied voice contact Gai telepathically.
"Gai, it's me, X! Or, Max Kamiya if you remember..."
"X?" Gai looked up and closed his eyes, letting the former watcher speak to him. What's going on? We just had to stop a bank robbery during our walk into the town.
"You guys have been wondering if you'd get a chance to contribute in a big battle on our world? Well, you guys will get your chance."
Upon hearing this, Gai smirked. "It's about time."
"Gai, what's up?" Shu asked his friend.
"Shu, listen up, this is X."
Oh, I heard you now, Max!
"Good, because you're all going to be seeing some real action soon! An old enemy of ours is about to invade Earth very shortly. Madoka, Homura should be able to hear me now."
Madoka's smile faded as she realized her premonitions were coming true.
"Don't worry, Madoka. With your power, we can slip back into our dimension to grab the others to help us fight," Homura reassured her.
"If you say so!" Madoka said as she looked over to Shu and Gai. "Are you two going to join the fight?"
"You bet we are!" Shu replied boldly.
"Yeah, we'll be convening with Tai's friends," Gai nodded as he turned to Mana. "You're more than welcome to come or not."
"Are you kidding? Wherever there's violence, I'm going," Mana said with a sadist smile.
Inori approached Shu. "Are we going now?"
"Yeah, Madoka, you and Homura get the others back from our dimension," Shu ordered the two Puella girls.
"Right, we'll be right back!" Madoka replied as she and Homura prepared to make a departure to get their friends.
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Dimension: YYGDM-01/Azabu-Juuban District (麻布十番地区)/Karin and Dimitri's Condo
It wasn't long until X telepathically reached Karin, Dimitri & Faith the Patamon, and Kensuke. The trio were instantly warned about Burizalor's impending arrival in DF-616's Earth. They were even warned of a massive army comprised of various enemies from other dimensions.
"Damn it, I didn't want to believe X and Keke at first when they said Burizalor's back, but now I can't overlook this anymore!" Dimitri growled, realizing his efforts ended up being for naught.
"Especially now Burizalor's forged an alliance with the Warlord and that Cyrus character," Karin was dismayed.
Kensuke snorted. "So, Tai and company's main nemesis joined forces with the ambiguously gay duo Ace and Gary." He obviously referred to the Warlord and Cyrus while insulting them. "I knew I should've let you let me kill those two when I had the chance. Right, X?"
(Cue Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children OST – For the Reunion)
"Well, there's no changing the past. And no, Dimitri don't bother using your time machine to correct our mistake here." X telepathically conversed with them.
"I wasn't planning to," Dimitri plainly said.
"How long until Burizalor lands in Tai's dimension?" Karin asked X.
"A few hours, but he seems to be delaying on purpose. This will give you time to amass as many allies here as you can. There's a good chance Burizalor may be sending unpleasant surprises in your dimension!"
"Great," Karin sighed. "All right, we'll get everyone else up to speed!"
"Yeah, our friends are prepping for the trio's arrival and we'll be heading down to help them in the fight. Burizalor, Warlord, and Cyrus won't succeed in their endeavors!" X vowed. "Let's win this, my friends!"
Athena entered the room carrying PinkPatamon. "Is everything ok? Karin? Dimitri? Uncle Ken?"
Looking over to hers and Dimitri's future daughter, Karin nodded. "No, we're all about to fight soon, honey."
"But, you can definitely fight with us," Kensuke advised her.
"Who's the bad guy we're fighting?"
"An old enemy of Tai's," Dimitri answered his daughter's inquiry.
"An enemy of Uncle Tai?" Athena furrowed her brows. "No one's going to hurt Uncle Tai! Me and PinkPatamon will fight, too!"
"Always love your enthusiasm, Athena," Kensuke shared his niece's passion. "I'm raring to go, too!"
Faith turned to Dimitri. "Should we let Athena fight?"
"Athena's grown as a fighter. She's got a lot to prove," Dimitri whispered as he beckoned Athena over. "Let's fight as a family, Athena." He palmed his future daughter's head and ruffled her hair.
"I won't let you down!" Athena chirped as she hugged her parents and Uncle Ken.
"Ok, now let's go and tell the others!" Karin openly declared.
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Dimension: DF-616/Other World/X's Planet
Once he finished contacting his DF-616 and YYGDM-01 allies, X let out a deep sigh and turned around. His eyes fell on a small green dinosaur with large gray fin-like spike on his head. He had the size and build of Agumon.
"So, I take it they're getting ready?" The little dinosaur Digimon asked X.
Taking off his X mask, Max smiled to his 'partner'. "They have and we're gonna make our move here shortly."
"Have you already contacted our Final Fantasy and Pokemon friends as well?" Keke asked him. "Red, Cloud and Tidus' groups in their respective worlds?"
"Yeah, they're all set. After all, apparently Burizalor, the Warlord, and Cyrus went into their worlds to gather new recruits. We owe that much to our new friends after they helped us save their worlds during our recent dimension travels. Ryo from the YYGDM-01 dimension is doing his part gathering the Data Squad from their world as well as another Tai and the Digidestined from a completely different world. They'll all be stationed for battle in Takato, Takuya, and Karin's dimension. So, anything else you wanted to ask?"
"Nope, you answered all I needed to know. Thanks, Max." She smiled to him.
After addressing Keke's concerns, Max turned to his small dinosaur partner. "You ready for some action, Gojiramon?"
"You bet I am, Max!" Gojiramon eagerly replied. "And so are my friends!"
Max and Gojiramon turned to face the other D3s with Digimon partners of their own. These Digimon just so happen to be Gojiramon's best friends.
Keke was seen carrying large red grub-like caterpillar with beady blue eyes and a pincers for a mouth.
"Mosuramon," Gojiramon addressed the caterpillar. He turned over to Sam, who had a brown lizard-like reptile with spikes on his back and membrane around his legs/arms used for gliding. "Baranmon."
Then, Max and Gojiramon turned toward Tike, who had a red pterosaur-like reptile on his right shoulder.
"Radonmon," Gojiramon smiled to the pterosaur. He then shifted over to Kara, who had with her a yellow-furred Shisa dog sitting next to her. "Caesarmon."
Finally, he turned over to David with a small four-legged dinosaur-looking creature with spikes on its back and a horn on his nose; it looked like a cross between an ankylosaur and a crocodile. "And Angirasumon."
"We're ready to go and settle the score with Gaiganmon!" Angirasumon yelled out, speaking for himself and his Kaiju Digimon friends.
"And time for us to settle things with the Warlord," Keke said.
Tike popped his knuckles. "No way that chicken shit's slipping from us again! We're kicking him right up the devil's ass!"
"Damn straight, bro!" Kara concurred.
"Just make sure me and unc get some family quality time together," Sam was eager to get him a piece of the Warlord. "With my fists pounding his face!"
"Don't worry, Sam. We'll all get our licks in and then some," Max reassured his friend. "BW and Pikkan just left for the Digital World. They're going to rendezvous BanchoLeomon, Sheila, and the Bantyo Gang. We'll all meet on Earth. So, if any one of you don't feel about to fighting, I won't hold it against you."
"Are we kidding? We're not turning back after all the Warlord has done to us!" Keke said.
"Not to mention Burizalor coming back to terrorize our friends!" David added.
"And we're with you to the very end, Max!" Gojiramon shouted.
Nodding, Max turned around and raised a fist into the air. "It's go time, D3s!"
(End theme)
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Unknown Realm
Burizalor walked right out of a chamber as waiting for him outside was Cyrus. "Do we have all our bases covered, Cyrus?"
"Indeed, we have, Lord Burizalor. And all the recruits you have requested are ready. We'll be breaching several dimensions simultaneously using the tech implemented from the Warlord's dimension device."
"Most excellent and where may I ask is the Digital Warlord?"
"He's prepping Gaiganmon for the battle. He will be with us shortly."
"Very well then," the digital tyrant said with suspicions raised. "Sorbetmon!" He summoned for his minion, who just happened to answer his master's call.
"Yes, my lord? Have our men ready as we'll be disembarking back to dimension DF-616. Understood?"
"As you wish, my lord," Sorbetmon nodded.
"Oh, and Sorbetmon?"
"Yes?"
"Don't forget about the contingency plan in case all should fail."
Reminded of this 'plan', Sorbetmon replied. "Um, yes sir!"
"Contingency plan, my lord?" Cyrus directly asked him.
"Nothing to be concerned with. I have my doubts I'll ever need to resort to it."
"As you say then, Lord Burizalor."
He sauntered over toward visual indicating a dimension door with the coordinates 'DAT-15'. "Before we initiate our revenge campaign, I have arranged for a quick stop. Yes, I've painstakingly had my eye on this dimension for sometime."
"From what I understand, this is one of the many worlds where a Taichi exists, but one that isn't an Ascendant."
"Well, that is quite unfortunate... for him," Burizalor chortled as he tapped the visual with a finger. "Why don't I show introduce myself to these alternate Digidestined and test out the new power I've acquired?"
"Should make for some quality entertainment."
With that, Burizalor pressed the a switch that activated his ship's new dimension slip mechanism. The spaceship turned its cloaking on and slowly slipped through the portal leading them to...
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Dimension: DAT-05/Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan (お台場、東京、日本)
Fresh from their recent battle with Alphamon, the tri. Digidestined were enjoying the peace, but were left speculating when the next Digimon incursion could occur. It's been a week since the last battle between Omegamon and Alphamon.
Taichi Yagami and Agumon looked out into the sky enjoying the scenery. He had a lot to contemplate about, and who could blame him after the last battle. His view toward fighting had changed since his youthful days. While he still intends to fight to protect his friends and family, he greatly worried about the collateral damage he and his friends' Digimon have caused. The last fight with Alphamon left a section of Odaiba an absolute wreck.
Yamato Ishida and Gabumon arrived to see Taichi and Agumon. Behind him were the other Digidestined: Sora Takenouchi & Piyomon, Mimi Tachikawa & Palmon, Koushiro Izumi & Tentomon, Takeru Takashi & Patamon, Hikari Yagami & Tailmon, and the recent additions Meiko Mochizuki & Meikuumon. Only Jou and Gomamon are missing due to Jou recent distance from his friends.
Yamato has consistently been hounding Taichi to get over his insecurities that had plagued the seemingly once bold Bearer of Courage. This world for the Digidestined was near stark contrast to the DF-616 one; whereas the DF-616 was full of more vigor and energy, this world is more subdued. The DF-616 Digidestined had more unity than their DAT-05 counterparts who had been drifting apart until now thanks to the recent battles.
If there was a single thing these two worlds has in common: there were Digidestined to answer the call against digitized threats. That much was the same.
"Taichi, c'mon it's time to get going," Yamato called to his friend. "Koushiro wants to show us something."
"Oh?" Taichi looked over his shoulder and smiled. "Sorry, just reflecting again."
"I know it was just a week ago, but we need to look ahead to the future. To prepare for in case more Digimon materialize in our world... and prepare for that black knight again," Koushiro spoke up. "Besides, there's something I wanted to show you and the others back at my place. I've upgraded my tech to..."
(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Freeza Theme)
Just then, the Digimon sensed a malevolent essence emanating. The tri. Digidestined notice their partners feeling uneasy.
"Patamon?" Takeru asked his partner.
"What's wrong, Tailmon?" Hikari asked, deeply concerned as Tailmon hissed.
"Augh, don't tell me it's that knight again!" Mimi shrieked.
"No, it's not..." Tailmon stopped as she and the others noticed electronic devices, including their phones malfunctioning briefly.
"Look!" Sora pointed to the sky as a large distortion formed, similar to the ones opened up by invading 'infected' Digimon that've been facing lately.
Meiko hugged Meikuumon tightly and whimpered. "No, please... not again."
"I see... a ship coming out?!" Koushiro was baffled at the sight of the ominous and odd-looking spaceship floating out.
"Why does that ship look so familiar?" Yamato wondered, meticulously eyeing the spaceship.
Then, to their surprise, Burizalor came floating out on his hover chair. The digital tyrant's face lit up with sheer and evil delight as his eyes fell on the tri. Digidestined.
"No way?! Is that Freeza?!" Taichi was flabbergasted by the invader's likeness to the iconic Dragon Ball Z villain. However, while they both looked alike, Taichi's assumptions couldn't be more wrong.
Burizalor chortled evilly. "I take it from the silence you're wondering how I reached your world? Well, dimension hopping just so happens to be a convenient method of travel these days." He dismounted from his hover chair and floated off. "And no, I'm not this Freeza you confuse me for, Taichi."
"Hey, he knows your name!" Agumon exclaimed.
"But, how? We never even met...!"
"I haven't met you, but I know and long to exact revenge on another you. But, at this point, I detest any Taichi... and I've been dying to test out my newfound power on some guinea pigs. Perhaps testing it out on a weaker Taichi will do wonders," Burizalor smirked as with a flick of his finger, a building exploded far behind the tri. Digidestined.
(End theme)
Horrified, the tri. Digidestined witnessed Burizalor blowing up a building in one-shot. Taichi was immediately reminded of the destruction caused from the battle with Alphamon.
"Taichi!" Agumon tended to his partner. "C'mon, get up!"
"Holy crap, I didn't even see that!" Takeru exclaimed.
"Th-that monster!" Hikari cried out in horror.
Yamato turned and shot an angry glare at the icy villain. "You bastard! What was that for?! There were probably people in there!"
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai Insert - Only a Chilling Elegy ~Freeza's Theme~ (0:00 – 2:17))
Burizalor blew on his finger and smirked. "And that was just my way of saying hello." He casted on eye on the crestfallen Bearer of Courage. "Heh, seems this Taichi is faint-hearted coward compared to my Ascendant nemesis. This shall prove to be most effortless. Now, Chosen of this dimension, I invite you to fight me with your very best. Come! For I, Lord Burizalor, want a decent warm-up before my inevitable fight with my Taichi!"
Yamato pulled out his Digivice. "You want some of us?! You got it!"
"And there you go shooting your mouth off at me like a certain Yamato I know. But, you don't even hold a candle to him."
"C'mon, Taichi! It's time to fight!" Agumon pleaded, shaking the teen hard.
"How would you like to start things off?" Burizalor beckoned Taichi and Yamato. "But, give it your all. I'm running on a tight schedule."
"...you want some of me?!" Taichi roared, taking out his Digivice. "Be careful what you wish for!"
"Ok, let's send the proverbial sheep to the slaughter," the tyrant muttered as a healthy red glow bathed over him. "Feel the wrath of the Crimson Devil coursing through me!" They have no clue of the horror show I'm about to show them.
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Spaceship
(5:16 – 5:43)
Cyrus watched a monitor and heard the blood-curdling screams of the tri. Digidestined and their Digimon partners. A visual showed Burizalor, cloaked by a dark red dragon aura, mercilessly pounding on both WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon like they were Rookies. Another screen showed Taichi on his knees in despair and Yamato boldly encouraging his partner soldier on.
As eruption occurred in the heat of the battle, Cyrus winced and pretended to show pity.
"Ooo, that's gonna leave a mark!" Cyrus shuddered. He then let out an unrestrained laugh. "Oh, not going for fatal blows I see? Guess you just wanted to rough them up some... yeah, this won't take long."
Just then, the Warlord entered and watched the fight with Cyrus.
"Heheh, just seeing any Digidestined getting their asses kicked brings a joyful smile to my face," the Warlord folded his arms. "Hmm, strange, I don't see that poser Davis, his friends, or even Kenny boy there. Where's my brother?"
"Seems they're around, but in this dimension somehow they were beaten and taken captive."
"Hmm, interesting. Oh well," the Warlord shrugged. "Not like I care if anything happens to my weak sauce brother. These weaklings for Digidestined will be test subjects for our recent strength increase. Ooo, man, I almost feel bad for them" He said with sarcasm in his tone. "Not. This is gonna be messy."
(End theme)
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Next chapter: Vengeance Begins! The Buriza Forces Strike!
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A/N: The legacy of Dimension Missions continues with the Digimon tri. Cast as guest stars. Tri!Taichi and his friends are about to endure Burizalor's Hall of Pain. :D
As of this post, Digimon Adventure tri. will have already released five films with the final one, Future, coming out in May 2018. When this chapter was released, only the first film, Reunion, came out. How time flies. The tri. series has been dubbed into English with the first four films been released with the next dubbed film coming soon. Now that I've seen much of tri. (except for most of the fifth film; that's gotta change soon) there may be elements from that series incorporated into this and Cross Generations. Already Maki and Daigo exist in this series in similar roles, but are not among the original Chosen in DF-616. Meiko will make a cameo in this arc, but nothing else beyond that.
Oh man, could we see Tai (DF-616) and Taichi (tri.) meet at some point? We shall see!
DAT-05: Should be obvious: Digimon Adventure tri. 2005. (three years following in-universe 2002).
Warlord asking about his brother's tri. Counterpart and then acting like he gives a fuck. Some brother he is, ain't he? Don't change, Sam Ichijouji.
This chapter also marks the Ascendancy debut of Jacomon the Galactic Patrolman (thanks Chaosblazer)! If you're following Chaosblazer's Accel Stream: Side Story Slamfest, Jacomon showed up to meet Mimi. It would explain as to why she and Palmon are now on friendlier terms with Jacomon.
Another surprise: the DF-616 Ryo is Jacomon's partner. Even if Jacomon doesn't want to admit it. Hence the buddy cop concept. :P
Also, DF-616!Ryo reunites Ken, but hasn't personally met the other Digidestined until now. So I'm adapting just parts of Ryo's story to fit his placement in DF-616. Didn't go too deep into this, but that's fine. Their brief interaction is all you need to know their relationship in this universe these days. Their previous adventures do play out similarly like in 02. DF-616!Ryo disappears on another Digital World and meets Jacomon instead of leaving this universe.
Next time: A brief look at Tai and Matt's training with Whismon. And the Three Fiends' first strike on the DF-616 dimension, leading to a face-off with our heroes and the unveiling of their new recruits.
Until then, send a review and stay cool!