A/N: So, we will be picking up from Omega X vs. Hit. Depending on the outcome, Dramon X has to step forward and make a difference. So, who wins this tournament?
Only one way to find out.
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Digimon Fusion Ascendancy
Act IV: Battle Supremacy
Chapter XXXV: Who Wins - Digiverse 6 or 7?
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Unknown Sector of the Digiverse/Nameless Planet/Digiversal Arena
"EVERYONE! HANG ON TO SOMETHING!" Max shouted as the audience grabbed onto anything near them.
"Sis," Whismon said.
Vadosmon quickly raised her staff and closed the dome with her power. Once the dome resealed, the whole arena stabilized from almost being pulled through the vacuum.
"What happened?! Who won?!" Beerusmon demanded, noticing the damaged ring but none of the fighters there.
"Up there!" Takato pointed up to Omega X, who floated over Beerusmon's banner.
Hit appeared on top of Champamon's banner.
"They're both out of bounds!" Brunhilde cried out.
Beerusmon corrected. "No! That's still…"
Champamon finished. "...part of the ring."
The referee declared. "Yes, the match shall resume!"
"When did Tai pick that move up?!" Dimitri exclaimed in surprise.
Kensuke heard him. "I learned it first, but kind of gave it to him. It's Giga Fist, a modified form of Dramon Fist."
Tike and David were shocked to hear this.
Both yelled out. "You gave it to him?!"
Slade turned to face the two boys. "It's not that hard to impart mental knowledge of a technique upon another. At least for me and Ken, but mastering it is still an issue. Tai had to train to master it."
"Still, that's impressive, is that how you learned Instant Movement whereas Tai gained that armor move of yours?" Max asked.
Kensuke nodded. "Yeah, but that was when we were training to fight Yagami." He said not taking his eyes off the fight.
(Cue Dragon Ball Fighterz OST - Hit Theme)
Hit addressed Omega X. "You're the most formidable opponent I've ever faced. Just then when you attacked, I improved my Time Skip even further and was able to dodge your attack. I don't intend to stop improving anytime soon."
"I see. Well…" Omega X floated up to meet with Hit. He stopped in front of the assassin and extended his fist.
Both fighters smiled to this. Hit extended his fist and fist bumped Omega X. Both flew back and took on fighting stances. In fact, Hit executed a new pose that Dimitri recognized immediately.
"Hey, that looks like my pose when I do my Finish Buster," Dimitri noted.
Orcus shouted. "Copycat!"
Athena cheered. "Beat him, uncle Tai!"
Beerusmon noticed Hit's new pose. "Could this new posture be an indicator of his improved power?"
Whismon added. "Seems to be the case. He's improving at a scary pace, too."
Suddenly, Omega X started showing signs of his body weakening.
Champamon caught on. "Hit! That Fury Blitz is taking its toll on him! No need to fight him head-on anymore when you can keep your distance and you'll win!"
Vadosmon chortled. "Insightful commentary, Lord Champamon."
"Was that sarcasm, Vadosmon?"
"My, my you caught me red-handed."
Just then, Xander spoke up. "Lord Champamon, please wait a moment. But, Mr. Hit's pride won't allow him to win like that…"
The fat cat pointed at him. "Who freaking cares?! This is between me and Beerusmon! So, know your place, kid." As he said this, a purple aura flared over him. "Let's get this straight! You're all nothing but pawns in this game!"
Having heard enough, Omega X and Hit both shot deathly glares at Champamon. Intimidated, Champamon stumbled back and sat down.
(End theme)
"You can deal with them later, Lord Champamon," Vadosmon said. "For now, I'd rather see how this match ends.
"Hey, Hit, let's show them we're more than just pawns," Omega X offered. He and Hit both nodded while clenching their fists. Man to think out of all of Team Digiverse 6, I'm fighting the strongest of them.
"And here we go," Kensuke muttered.
(Cue Riptide Music - Full Circle)
Finally, Omega X and Hit flew at each other. Hit quickly activated Time Skip.
"My Time Skip is way ahead of you!"
Hit proceeded to pummel Omega X with a fist barrage. Unable to perceive Hit's attacks, he became Hit's punching bag. Hit then polished Omega X with not one but two punches to the chest.
Click! Bam!
Omega X doubled over, coughing and spitting as Hit's blow connected. Omega X dropped out of his aura and fell. Everyone on Omega X's side watched in shock. It seemed victory was at hand for Digiverse 6.
However, Omega X stopped mid-air and powered up, reforming his Super Blue/Fury Blitz aura.
"Impossible!" Hit yelled.
Omega X punched Hit's face. He punched the assassin so hard he sent him flying into Champamon's banner. Hit's slowly stirred and pulled himself off the banner. He descended to the ring and dropped to a knee. Omega X flew down to meet Hit. As he landed, Omega X fell to both knees and succumbed to the Fury Blitz's flaws.
It didn't take them long to recover and stand on their own power. Both panted hard.
(End theme)
"Hey, Lord Beerusmon, can you do me favor?" Omega X asked the Digital God of Destruction. "Could you get rid of all the tournament rules?"
"Huh?!" Beerusmon balked.
"What are you up to, Tai?" Matt asked.
"Do you want a free-rules duel?" Takato wondered his motive.
"Nah, nothing like that. But, because of the rules, Hit can't fight at his full strength and neither can I."
Fuwamon balked at this. "But, Hit the Hitmon is an assassin!"
"It's against the rules to kill, right?" Hit asked the referee.
"Well, yes. That constitutes as a disqualification."
"The rule about not killing forces him to hold his power back," Fuwamon stated.
"Interesting. So his killing techniques are where his true powers lie," Shintomon said.
"If Hit wasn't holding himself back, that last technique would've done me in," Omega X explained. "Isn't that right, Hit?"
Before Hit can respond, Champamon was heard clapping.
"Such excellent sportsmanship. I'm impressed!" Champamon said. "All right, I'll withdraw the rules and allow killing!"
"Hold it!" Beerusmon objected. "I won't permit any last-minute changes or revisions to the rules!"
"Can't be helped then. Oh well," Omega X walked off the ring. "We should do this again sometime where there's no rules to get in our way."
Hit was taken aback by Omega X hop out of the ring. This caused Beerusmon and Champamon to quit their sibling bickering.
"Tai! What are you doing?! You're forfeiting?!" Sora called out. "Have you lost it?!"
"What's Tai thinking?" Dorothy questioned her foster father.
Max flew down toward the ring and noticed Omega X's body shaking hard. "No, he's hit his limit. Fury Blitz can do that to a guy, especially going Ten Times all while being in Super Ascendant Blue."
"Sorry, but Hit pushed me too far… and I went all out sooner than I wanted," Omega X chuckled. "Hey, ref, since I'm out of bounds, that means I lose, right?"
"Well, yes, the rules are still in effect."
"Ok then."
The referee declared. "Contestant Hit the Hitmon is the winner!"
"What?! Taichi, are you flipping stupid?!" Beerusmon snapped.
"Man, we're falling behind," Takato groaned.
Omega X powered down and gave Hit a thumbs up. "Let's settle this again without an arena to confine us in." Then, he started feeling the effects of Super Ascendant Blue/Fury Blitz. Parts of his muscles started to expand, causing him pain.
"Tai!" Sora quickly jumped over the railing to check on him.
"Why is he people contorting so much?!" Dorothy cried out, following Sora.
"Eww, did you see that?" Mimi shuddered.
"That looked like it hurt," Davis said.
"Tai! Oh, I can't believe you did that!" Kari called to him, joining Sora and Dorothy to tend to Omega X.
"It's ok, guys… besides, my body can't go anymore," Omega X said as Max carried him toward the fighter's area. He shifted his view toward Kensuke. "Looks like it's up to you, Kensuke."
Hit watched Max carrying Omega X. Sora, Kari, and Dorothy returned to their seats.
"Next time, huh?" Hit muttered. "Every move you make is a surprise to me."
"Oh man, you look in rough shape, Tai!" Takato ran over to him.
Omega X powered down again, splitting up into Tai and Agumon.
Dimitri sighed. "This is not turning out what I expected."
Athena felt dejected seeing Omega X lose. Orcus patted Athena's shoulder.
"It'll be cool, girl. We still have Ken to fight for us."
PinkPatamon reproved of Omega X. "He wouldn't have to fight if dummy Tai didn't bust out his secret move!"
"I can't believe how strong this guy is, to be able to beat both Matt and Tai!" Sedna noted. Looking at Kensuke she felt unease about him going in.
"It ain't gonna be three for three, sis." Kensuke reassured as Tai returned to the fighter's area. "What's your damage you two?" He asked Tai and Matt as Guilmon helped Agumon up. They looked at him confused. "Your planet is at stake here. Rather than focus on winning to keep it, you're busy either training your opponent." He pointed to Matt and then to Tai. "Or, helping the opponent expand his powers. I mean I'm all for a good fight, but this ain't one of those times!"
Matt glared at him while Tai rubbed his head and sheepishly grinned.
Brunhilde added. "He told y'all."
"Xander asked to be trained. And as for Hit, well why don't you go see if you can do better than we did." Matt said in a familiar dark tone.
"Gladly, Yamakins. Come on Veemon!" He and Veemon hopped into the ring.
"Go get him, Uncle Ken!" Athena cheered.
"Yeah, beat him Ken!" Orcus cheered as well.
"You think he can do this?" Dimitri said to Sedna. "I didn't think anyone was so powerful that he could beat father and Tai."
"So, you're their last fighter. Hopefully, you can give me a good fight like Tai did." Hit said.
Kensuke growled. "Look in some ways I can relate to wanting a good fight, but the stakes are too high here and I think people are forgetting that." He said as the referee signaled for them to start.
(Cue Dragon Ball Z OST - Battle Point Unlimited)
"Final match, Kensuke and Veemon vs Hit the Hitmon! Begin!" The second he lowered his hand, Kensuke ran forward like a gunshot going off and hit Hit in the stomach area, triggering his Digi-Soul charge, and causing Hit to cough up a tiny amount of blood.
Hit looked up in astonishment at Dramon X. Everyone was dumbfounded by the fact he was hurt by a single punch. "I've never been hit so hard in my life. How did you do that?"
"Trained in a time room where things went slower for months."
Tai became nervous by this. "Not again…" He muttered knowing he was going to get glared at.
Dramon X stated dryly. "I did one hundred push ups, one hundred sit ups, and one hundred squats, then ten kilometer runs. Every single day in ten times gravity."
Beerusmon became baffled. "How did he not kill himself from all that?!"
Whismon answered. "You know minus the gravity, that could be a great exercise regime for you, Lord Beerusmon."
Several onlookers were either shocked or glared at Tai when Kensuke revealed his ridiculous training regiment.
"He pushed himself that much every day before this tournament?!" Matt exclaimed.
Yamato, on the other hand, fumed inside Matt's head. 'This dick just has to follow our style now?! Yeah, like I'm supposed to be impressed!'
Takato was flabbergasted. "Man, I'm way behind Ken."
Max added. "I bet that's just his basic warm-up training."
Dimitri sighed. "Yeah, Ken would totally do that."
Sedna added. "He never stops to impress us."
Orcus cheered him on. "Yeah, you tell 'em, Ken! Hit's gotta be shaking now!"
The other Kuipers awkwardly watched Orcus shouting over them.
Athena cheered, too. "You can do it, uncle Ken!"
Varuna smiled to Athena. "Of course, he will, kid."
Kari intently focused on Dramon X. I wonder if that training he went through could work for me?
"Kari? Are you ok?" TK asked his focused friend.
"Huh? Yeah, I am."
Mikato rolled her eyes. "Not surprised that guy would go to those extremes."
Kasumi worryingly eyed Dramon X. "He really does go too far."
Maki reassured them. "Hey, he'll be ok, guys. Whether he beats this Hit guy is a different story though."
Titaniamon commented. "If he's already figured the flaws of Hit's techniques, then this is his match to win."
CyberBeelzemon gritted. "Guess we'll see if he follows through."
"The hell?!" Champamon yelled out shocked as Kensuke and Veemon fused together into their Ascendant form, Dramon X. "Wait a damn second?! A Gundam?!"
Xander was flabbergasted too. He then commented. "I've never heard of an Ascendant that looked like that."
"That's the form he took when he fought NeoGranDracmon." Dimitri said.
Sedna nodded as others looked confused.
"You know I thought watching Super Saiyan-esque people was amazing, but now we get a Gundam person?!" Kyoko shouted.
"That's what we're seeing." Gai said shaking his head.
Sayaka screamed. "Sheesh, I mean what's next!?"
"I call foul on this!" Champamon declared. "That fighter just ain't fair! He's got a metallic body so Hit's blows won't do as much."
"You guys brought a Metal Man as you put it, so why are you complaining now?!" Brunhilde retorted.
"He was born that way!"
"Excuses!" The Valkyrie shot back.
The referee shook his head. "Lord Champamon, as long as he doesn't cheat, the result of the fusion is acceptable."
Champamon grumbled to himself.
Hit was impressed, but then Dramon X started powering up. A white aura covered Dramon X's body, but when it did most in the crowd that could sense energy could no longer do so.
Champamon gaped in aghast. "Oh this is just really unfair! Three people with pressure on par with the gods?!"
"Not looking so hot, are ya, brother?!" Beerusmon taunted Champamon.
'Still, he's not emitting as much of that pressure that he was emitting back during the GranDracmon incident.' The Houou pathed to Mars.
Hiei caught this as well. Do you think he lost all that power he had?
'I doubt it. I get the feeling those restraints used to hold in his Zero Factor are also suppressing his true power. If we only knew what happened in that sphere back then.'
Hiei mentally growled for a brief moment as he caught this statement.
"I guess we're about to find out," Mars muttered.
"What are you saying, Mars?" Moon overheard.
"Just sit tight and watch is all I can say."
(End theme)
"Impressive, you seem stronger than Tai!" Hit said disappearing from sight with his Time Skip, but as he got near Dramon X, he noticed the fighter twitch and then promptly turned and intercepted him as he reappeared, and he dodged him at the last second. "What the?!" He knew I was coming, how?!
However, this was not the best time to hesitate.
BOOM!
Like the force of a cannon blast going off, Hit received another gut punch that dropped him to his knees. The shock wave from the punch kept going and put a nice hole in the middle of the scoreboard scaring many watching.
"Your name may be Hitmon, but I can HIT pretty damn hard."
"No kidding..." Brunhilde noted as she and others were stunned at the force of his punch.
Hit got back up.
"Surprised that guy's not dead already!" Maki noted as Hit tried to strike Dramon X again, but as he got in close Dramon X smirked.
"Ken…" Kasumi muttered worryingly.
"Stay strong, Ken!" Titaniamon cheered him on.
"I'm glad I'm not fighting that Hit guy," CyberBeelzemon said.
"I can see your weakness!" Dramon X called out dodging at the last second and countering with a kick, but this time Hit fell back and began to get angry.
How the hell is he doing this?! Whenever I get close it's like he knows my Time Skip is coming!
"Looks like that training paid off after all."
Tai turned to Slade. "What training?"
"I was teaching him to dodge more often in battle. Since he usually doesn't care about taking hits, but combine that with his temper which is on par with the Hulk's, I figured he could expand in his offense, even if it's small." He pointed as Dramon X continued to dodge Hit's incoming strikes by barely an inch and counter striking although Hit was dodging as well. "What's he's doing now is called Mikiri."
"Mikiri?" Takato asked.
"It's a skill where you evade an enemy's attack by a hair's breadth, then see their weakness and counterattack."
Tai nodded seemingly understanding, but he still felt uneasy watching Hit. "Still, there's gotta be more to it. That Time Skip power of his is incredible. Ken must've been paying some serious attention to our fight."
Slade was deep in thought at this. May very well be closer than you think. Even with Mikiri, it'd be hard to observe a technique like that, but I'm noticing small time fluctuations around Ken's aura, as if responding to Hit's tampering with time. Did he get attuned to time when he used the time stone a while back?
(Cue Jim Johnson - Just Another War)
Why can't I hit this guy?! Hit growled mentally.
He was starting to get frustrated that he didn't notice small purple cracks were beginning to form in the air from the time manipulation being caused by himself and Dramon X. Smoke began to come out of them.
Slade noticed this. "Oh crap! Ken watch out!"
Dramon X then saw the cracks, but Hit didn't and thus wasn't able to avoid the smoke entering his body, causing him to release a purple aura.
"What's going on?!" Beerusmon demanded as Hit finally landed a hit on Dramon X, but he quickly retaliated.
Slade revealed to all watching. "This guy's Time Skip power coupled with Dramon X's aura somehow opened chaos cracks and thus released chaos miasma into the arena, and Hit got one hell of a good dose!"
His eyes glowed and the cracks disappeared. However now that Hit was powered up, he was able to give a better fight to Dramon X, who in turn did the same. "Well so much for that Mikiri training! He ain't got no choice now but to brawl!"
"Chaos Miasma, isn't that that purple stuff that popped up back during the GranDracmon incident?" Tai asked.
Slade nodded.
"Hit, what's going on?!" Champamon queried as Hit brutally slammed Dramon X to the ground, but Dramon X kicked him in the head knocking him back.
"I don't like where this is going!" Mikato noted as Dramon X was starting to show his rage signs.
This was reflected in his usual brutal fighting style most knew him for beginning to surface. He started kicking Hit in the sides repeatedly, but this only angered the pumped up warrior.
"This is going to be a good test to see if he can overcome something without access to his full power."
Upon saying this, several people looked at Slade as if he was crazed. The one person or rather persona that took this statement the hardest was Yamato.
"What did you think he's using his full power right now?! Not even close!"
This angered Beerusmon. "Then why isn't he using his full strength?! He could easily win this match!"
Slade sighed. "Cause he got in a fight a while back with someone. Before he met you, who amplified his power over one hundred times by 'killing' him in a time loop that he started, his body might be ready for that kind of power, but his mind sure as heck isn't, and for the record he doesn't remember that battle."
Tai was dumbfounded at this. Yamato inside Matt's mind was pissed off.
'YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! CAN WE EVER CATCH UP TO THIS ASSHOLE!' Yamato roared, seething in Metalla X's thoughts.
Of course not dog boy, now shut the fuck up. Slade mentally replied to him. "Not like I could stop him either. He used one of my moves and I got stuck unable to help him out. Though in the end, I was able to make the fight between him and his opponent a draw because they almost destroyed seven dimensions. This one included."
"Kaio-Ken!" Dramon X yelled out, channeling a red aura and lunging at Hit.
"Kaio.. FUCK!" Hit got punched in the abdomen again. This time he coughed up blood and definitely had some broken ribs.
"Who the hell did he fight?!" Tai asked, as he was somewhat agitated by Slade's demeanor over the situation.
"The asshole never gave his name. Hell, he never used his real body either. He did say he would come for revenge someday and..." He stopped when he saw Hit literally tear Dramon X's right arm off. "Oh come on!"
Dramon X blasted off a section of Hit's left side causing both fighters to fall to their knees. By this point, Hit seemed to be calming down as the influence of the chaos miasma left his body.
"You should know this isn't personal!"
Dramon X blasted his 'arm' into nothingness. "You should know that isn't original!"
Hit grabbed his side applying pressure to it as well as energy to cauterize the wound, whereas Dramon X focused and a grew out a new arm. Both screamed in pain.
"What in the..." Brunhilde for once covered her mouth in shock. Is there nothing he freaking can't do?!
"That looked painful." Dimitri cringed
"I've seen him do it once before. It does look like it hurts." Athena pointed out, remembering when he did it in front of her when GranDracmon reappeared.
"He can regenerate limbs. Ok that's not fucking fair!" Champamon snapped.
"Shut up, fat ass! You're lucky the referee didn't disqualify your fighter for going too far!" Slade called out.
"I'm not fat! I'm big boned!" Champamon retorted.
"Sure you are, Cartman." Slade replied as Dramon X and Hit looked at each other both pissed off.
Beerusmon grumbled. "He sure told you, Champamon." He yelled out to Dramon X. "Finish this now!"
(End theme)
(Cue Kit - No Mercy)
The two fighters roared out, ran forward and began punching each other in the head, not stopping or worrying about the pain. All they cared about at this point was beating each other until one was knocked out.
"Reminds me of my fight with Chu during the Dark Tournament!" Yusuke noted. "My body sure recalls that beating!"
"I don't think we need to hear that," Moon chuckled nervously.
"Yeah, but I doubt you and him were firing cannon ball blasts with each punch." Mars said as sure enough each punch sounded like a cannon going off.
For most of the spectators, it was becoming hard to see and hear.
"Ken's going to seriously hurt himself!" Kasumi cried out.
"You make it sound like this is the first time he's gotten seriously hurt," Mikato scoffed.
"Doesn't mean we shouldn't have to worry, sis," Shizuka addressed Mikato.
"C'mon, man. You can stop this," Maki muttered, painstakingly watching Dramon X.
"This might be too much," Titaniamon remarked.
"Yeah! Stay on him, Ken!" CyberBeelzemon cheered, earning him a light bop on the head by his wife Titaniamon.
"Brother, please stop!" Sedna called out worryingly, but he couldn't hear her.
"Geez, I'm glad I'm not in there!" Varuna said shuddering at the impacts the two were making.
"This is going too far!" Quaoar yelled out.
"Good luck, they're not listening!" Rika plainly said.
Finally, the two punched each other with enough force to knock themselves away from each other. Their arms fell to their sides. Having gone overboard, the two then screamed bloody murder as they ran at each other head first.
"This is going to be cool." Slade said smirking.
"They're going too far!" Tai yelled out as the two headbutted each other so hard that light erupted from the impact blinding all as the planet's very foundation shook to its core from the impact. No one could see who was standing, if the two hadn't killed each other first...
(End theme)
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai Insert Theme - Saiyan Blood)
When the light from the explosive collision of the two fighters died down, those with more perceptive eyes saw something shocking. Both fighters were standing still. Both their heads busted wide open as neither had moved from the impact. However, this would soon change as both started to fall forward each one barely sliding by the other's bodies until Athena called out.
"UNCLE KEN!"
This plea from his future niece was enough to cause Dramon X to catch himself with one of his legs as Hit the Hitmon fell to the ground. The referee made the call.
"Contestant Hit is unable to continue! Dramon X wins!"
(End theme)
Champamon was full of shock and anger as Sedna, Dimitri, Athena and Orcus lept down to check on Dramon X.
"Brother?!" Sedna called concerned, gasping when she saw he was barely standing and practically unconscious.
"Holy sh..." Dimitri stuttered as he too was shocked.
"At least he kept his word. It wasn't three for three." Orcus said trying to lighten the mood.
"If Athena hadn't called out, he probably would've collapsed." Dimitri retorted as they helped Dramon X out of the ring.
"Oh god, is he going to be ok?" Kasumi gasped, unable to comprehend what she saw.
Maki added, calming his worried friend. "They'll care of him."
"Worry not, Miss Kasumi," Titaniamon reassured her. "He's survived worse than this."
"Tell me about it," CyberBeelzemon said. "We've seen the shit he puts his body through."
"And he's still stupid to still make us worry to death," Mikato sighed.
Shizuka concurred. "Yes, I've lost count how many times he's scared us with these situations."
"Eh, we're used it to," Mikato shrugged as deep down she worried like the others.
Philippe cringed having seen Dramon X's reckless actions.
"Well, at least he won the match for us," Himura said. "So, do we win?"
"I'm not even sure," Jeri wondered the same thing.
Sasha turned over and addressed Brunhilde. "Tell me something, Kotori. Why wasn't he helping us back during the ordeal with Loki and the Lokar? With that kind of power on our side, he, Mist, and the whole Lokar alliance would've gone down quicker."
Brunhilde became nervous trying to think of an answer. "Well about that. See, it wasn't only him, but Omega X, Metalla X, and Dimitri were also with him. Remember?"
"Yeah, I do. But with those four, the Lokar would've easily been crushed and saved us all that trouble!"
"Whoa, calm down! We didn't even know they were on our Earth until the last minute before Second Ragnarok!"
"Sorry, Kotori, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. I just think they could've saved us headaches."
"Yeah, but Tai was kinda hesitant when he learned Loki possessed Takato's body. As for Kensuke, his volatile temper can be hard to control. That Slade guy already mentioned about his temple. That would've costed us the battle." Brunhilde reluctantly lied to Sasha, who nodded.
"Oh, I totally get that," Sasha replied.
"So, that good enough for ya?"
"Yeah, thanks."
Himura pulled Brunhilde aside and whispered. "That's not exactly true, is it?"
"Not really," Brunhilde whispered back, making sure Sasha doesn't catch on.
Nice cover up there Brunhilde. Slade telepathically reached her before speaking."Well that was impressive." He muttered.
"All right! We win and we keep our Earth!" Mimi hollered and cheered their victory.
"Whew, we can put this behind us," Sora said, closing her hands as if it were a book.
""Hell yeah! They get to keep their world!" Kyoko cheered.
Madoka smiled and sighed. "That's good."
"Hold on, something doesn't feel right," Homura said.
"What do you mean, Homura?" Shu inquired.
"Looks like we have a tie," Gai muttered
Beerusmon was about to say something as he was excited over the prospect of Digiverse 7 winning.
(Cue Dragon Ball Super OST - A Tough Battle)
However, Champamon objected to this."This settles nothing! All you've done is tied with us!" He called out in a seemingly desperate tone.
"The hell?" Matt was befuddled.
"That's not how it works Champamon!" Tai called out.
"Oh really?! Our teams have an equal amount of wins! Therefore we're tied!"
Slade facepalmed as people in the crowd started talking about this.
"What kinda crooked bullshit is this?!" Yusuke spat out. "This is the Black Black Club all over again."
"Don't ask me to kill this chubby fool," Hiei realized his limit.
"Probably for the best," Mars stated.
'I wouldn't mind if you let me out to put those two cats in their place.' The Houou voiced her grievances for the Gods of Destruction.
"Aww, that's not fair!" Moon shouted.
"They had better fix this," Yugi remarked.
"What a rip!" Joey yelled out.
"How are they gonna fix this?" Varuna wondered. "The best they can do is a tie breaker match."
"That's about the only way to resolve this," Ixion said.
"This is crap!" Takato protested this preposterous decision.
Champamon retorted at Beerusmon. "I would've accepted the results had your Valkyrie fighter not allowed Furizlor to continue. If she had let that go, your side would have more wins!"
Brunhilde glared a hole through him as he and Beerusmon pounced into the ring, ready to settle things themselves.
"That also means Tai wouldn't have been allowed back in, and we would've had a cheater run free! I don't regret what i've done at all!" Champamon shouted, much to Beerusmon's annoyance.
Slade finally had enough of this and his own god pressure aura snapped to life, waking Dramon X up and spooking everyone.
(End theme)
"ENOUGH!" He teleported into the ring between the two Gods of Destruction. "If you two don't stop this shit right now, I'm gonna rip off your damn heads and blow your bodies to shit!" The look in his eyes gave a clear enough message that the two backed off in fear.
'This is total bullshit, how can their be people this strong.' Yamato's persona said in Matt's mind, only for Slade to catch this.
Yamakins, shut the fuck up! Power is not everything in life! I didn't ask for this shit! Neither did Ken. You better look elsewhere for something to improve on cause strength alone is not always the answer, and if you provoke my anger further, I'm gonna finish what Blazer started because what he did to you before was an act of MERCY! Yamato shut up as Slade continued. "This is what we're going to do. Each side has two fighters capable of getting back in for one more match." He pointed to Digiverse 7's side. "On this side, we have Kotori and Takato who are now both recovered." He then pointed to Digiverse 6's side. "On this side, we've got Botamomon and Xander fully recovered. Each side will pick one fighter to send back in. After this final match, there will be no more excuses, am I CLEAR?!" The two Gods of Destruction both felt small before Slade and nodded to his declaration as he teleported back to the fighter's area.
Tai whistled. "Way to put them in their place."
Takato chuckled nervously. "Yeah, they haven't opened their mouths."
"I didn't think I'd see you get that pissed off." Kensuke muttered as his transformation broke. Veemon retreated back to his B.A.X. Digivice to recover.
"Everyone has a tolerance to ignorance." Slade growled as Max looked at Tai.
"So, have you decided?" Max asked Tai. "We can choose between Takato and Brunhilde."
As Brunhilde flew over to the fighter's area, she approached Tai and Max.
"So, I heard I can fight again?" Brunhilde asked them. "As much as I'd like to fight again, I'm withdrawing my spot and giving it to Takato."
"What?! Are you sure about this?" Takato was taken aback by her decision.
"Yeah, go win it for us, dude!" Brunhilde winked to him.
"Well, it's decided then," Max confirmed. "Takato and Guilmon, you're our last chance to break that tie."
"Give it your all!" Tai gave a thumbs up to them.
"Good luck, Takato," Kensuke nodded. "Just be glad you're not fighting Hit."
"Thanks! And I won't let this go to waste!" Takato responded. "Let's finish this, Guilmon!"
"Right!" Guilmon chimed as he climbed Takato's back. He and Takato descended toward the ring.
"Takato's going to fight in the tiebreaker?" Henry was surprised by this decision.
"C'mon, Takato! You've got this buddy!" Kazu cheered him loudly.
Rika clenched her fists. "You better win this, Takato."
"Go the distance, Guilmon, buddy!" Terriermon shouted.
"You can do it, Takato!" Moon and Mars cheered him on.
"We're all behind you, my friend!" Yugi cried out.
"GO TAKATO and GUILMON!" Nearly the entire Digiverse 7 group cheered them on.
"Give it your all, kid!" Beerusmon openly cheered him, which Whismon caught on.
"What's that I hear, Lord Beerusmon? He's certainly winning you over," Whismon teased the Digital God of Destruction.
"Only because everything is riding on him! And he did beat up his world's Loki to my satisfaction. Besides, I'm not losing all of Earth's tastiest morsels to my brother!"
Grinning devilishly, Champamon pivoted to his team. He eyed Xander and Botamomon. Furizlor was still knocked out. Magettamon was still hurt over Metalla X's unflattering insult. Hit awoke in his seat and realized he had lost.
"I'll go then!" Xander insisted as he flew into the ring. He turned to face Takato and Guilmon. "I'll gladly take you on."
"Good to know, but know I'm not holding back!" Takato declared as he transformed into Suzakato. "Guilmon, let me handle this until I need ya."
"Whatever you say!" Guilmon stepped out of the ring, leaving Suzakato to face Xander.
"This tie breaker match will determine the winner! Contestants, are you ready?" The referee asked them. "Let this match begin!"
Both Beerusmon and Champamon fired beams that hit the bell.
(Cue Neurotech - The Flame of Faith)
Once it rang, Suzakato and Xander quickly zipped over to each other. Suzakato coated his fists with flames, but Xander parried the Warrior of Suzaku's fiery punches. Xander moved around Suzakato and rear kicked him. As Suzakato was knocked toward the edge of the ring, he flipped back and saw Xander charging for him. Suzakato formed a phoenix-shaped cloak, protecting him from Xander's blows.
"Yeah, good counter! A best defense is the best offense!" Henry cheered.
"Geez, that Xander's not letting up!" Terriermon said.
"Go Chumley/Takato!" Kazu and Kenta cheered in unison.
"C'mon, Takato! Knock his ass out!" Rika hollered toward him.
As Xander channeled Ki into his fist, he battered Suzakato's defenses. Suzakato tried to evade, but Xander caught him. Xander grabbed and tossed Suzakato out, hoping to ring him out.
"Oh crap!" Tai shouted.
"Fly, Takato!" Brunhilde cried out.
Just then, Suzakato's wings opened up and carried him into the air. He quickly unleashed a barrage of Firepalm Blasts. Xander zipped around the fiery blasts raining all over the ring. Xander rocketed up, evading Suzakato's blasts. As he reached Suzakato, he powered up into Ascendant form. Suzakato fired a big Firepalm Blast. Xander put up an energy shield, nullifying the fire blast.
"Man, you're gonna be tough to beat! Yamato sure made it look easy."
Xander frowned. "Give me your best shot!" He shot up so fast Suzakato didn't have time to respond to Xander punching him in the chest.
Doubling over, Suzakato coughed hard and fell to the ring. Xander descended and left Suzakato laying. The entire Digiverse 7 and their Triad friends were on the edge of their seats.
Tai, Agumon, Matt, Gabumon, Kensuke, Brunhilde, and Max watched deeply concerned for the Beast Tamer.
"C'mon, Takato! Get up!" Guilmon rallied the others to cheer him on.
As the referee began counting Suzakato out, Suzaku's spirit lit up inside the Tamer.
'Get up, Takato! We have to keep going! Do we want our friends to lose their planet?' Suzaku telepathically reached Takato.
No way… Tai and the others' world is at stake...I'm not letting them down! Takato encouraged and resolved his way out of his broken state.
Suzakato's eyes shot open as the referee reached 8. He pulled himself up much to Xander's surprise.
"Way to stay in the game, Takato," Tai smiled to this.
"Thank god," Rika sighed with relief.
"Takato! No way you're going to lose that easily!" Himura yelled out.
"All right, Takato!" cheered Guilmon, who was seen slapping the corner of the ring.
Beerusmon chortled. "I'm digging this kid's guts. Taichi did good to recruit him."
"Now we'll see if he can clench victory for us," Whismon said.
Champamon gaped in shock. "Geez, what the heck is this boy made of?! For him to take Xander's blows and then stand!"
"Might have to do with the phoenix spirit that dwells within him," Vadosmon said.
"Well that explains it."
Xander readied a stance and smiled. "I'm impressed, Takato. To take my blows and keep going. You're no Ascendant, right?"
"Nah, but they say I have the toughness of one. So, how about we finally decide who takes the prize?" Suzakato smiled as he beckoned Guilmon. "Guilmon, it's time to Biomerge!"
"Right!"
With that, Suzakato whipped out his D-Ark and used it to Biomerge with Guilmon. They formed BlazeGallantmon, which impressed Xander.
"Incredible! Your power's jumped quite a bit!" Xander exclaimed.
"Here I go!" BlazeGallantmon charged forward, but Xander dodged the Beast Biomerger's punch.
As Xander took to the air, he flew down and hit BlazeGallantmon with a flurry of punches. BlazeGallantmon crossed his arms, guarding himself from Xander's punches. Xander went for a straight punch. BlazeGallantmon narrowly evaded Xander's attack. Xander punched a big hole in the ring. BlazeGallantmon fired his Phoenix Shot that knocked Xander back.
Xander rebounded and launched his Cocytus Blast variation at BlazeGallantmon. BlazeGallantmon jumped up. Xander glided over and clubbed BlazeGallantmon's back. BlazeGallantmon whirled around and whipped Xander back with his cape. Xander grabbed BlazeGallantmon's cape and unloaded blasts into BlazeGallantmon's face. Xander went for a kick only for BlazeGallantmon to block.
BlazeGallantmon grabbed Xander and tried to slam him into the ring. Xander quickly slipped out of BlazeGallantmon's grasp and kicked him from behind. As Xander went for another attack, BlazeGallantmon summoned a phoenix cloak, which enveloped over his body.
"What the hell?!" Xander was flabbergasted by the fire cloak covering BlazeGallantmon.
Henry, Rika, Himura, and their Digimon recognized this sequence.
"Guilkatomon's back in the game," Himura muttered.
"Well, it's been fun, Xander," Rika smiled coolly.
"Take him down, BlazeGallantmon!" Terriermon cheered.
As the phoenix vanished, BlazeGallantmon's armor came apart, revealing a new figure in his place. In their place is a humanoid male with long golden hair, amber eyes with golden trim, a red biker jacket with Guilmon's hazard sign & Suzaku's symbol meshed on the back, a black shirt underneath said jacket, red & black sneakers, and fingerless black gloves. He transformed into his Advanced Biomerged form: Guilkatomon.
"Whoa, that's badass!" Kyoko chimed in.
"Yeah, he looks totally cool," Sayaka concurred.
"That's one way to impress an audience," Shu commented.
"Well, this one clenches it," Tai stated.
"This Takato boy certainly knows how to surprise you," Whismon commented.
"Yeah! Now crush him!" Beerusmon hollered.
Guilkatomon faced down Xander, who was unsure what to make of the Advanced Biomerged warrior. Nevertheless, he resolved to defeat Guilkatomon. Xander quickly flew at Guilkatomon and unleashed a Ki barrage. Guilkatomon batted away Xander's attacks and shot up, kneeing Xander's gut.
As Xander fell, he jumped up and fired his Cocytus Blast. However, Guilkatomon was more than ready to counter with a Hazard Wave. The red wave, which had a hazard sign embellished on the front, collided and nullified Xander's attack. In the midst of their attacks clashing, Guilkatomon flew across and caught Xander with a right hook to the jaw, knocking him down and laying him out.
"You fought a good fight, but my team's got more to lose than you!" Guilkatomon declared, leaving Xander knocked out.
(End theme)
Champamon was flabbergasted by this. Beerusmon salivated with his impending victory.
"Xander is go no more! Your winner by knockout, Guilkatomon!" The referee announced. "And by per match stipulation, the tie breaker has been resolved. Thanks to Guilkatomon's victory, Digiverse 7 wins!"
"All right! Way to go, Guilkatomon!" Tai yelled out.
"Great way to seal the deal for us!" Brunhilde cried out.
"All right, Takato!" Kazu and Kenta cheered.
Rika nodded and clapped. "Yep, that's how we handle business. Great work not choking in the end, guys."
"Whew, that means our Earth is safe," Mimi was relieved with this outcome.
"Yeah, but some of these Digiverse 6 fighters look promising," Dimitri assessed their matches.
"I really thought we were gonna lose our planet to Champamon," Keke said.
"Look on the bright side, it's not like he was gonna destroy it. He just wanted to trade Earths so we end up with the dead Digiverse 6 one," Izzy pointed out.
"That still wouldn't be good for us," Tentomon said.
"Yeah, and a desolate planet doesn't have any of the vacation spots I want to go," Mimi stated.
"Well, now you can go wherever you want now," Sora said.
Dorothy nodded. "Thank goodness our team won."
Champamon fumed over this. "Son of a bitch?! How could ya lose for us, Xander?!"
Vadosmon calmly chortled. "You win some, you lose some."
"But I wanted to beat my brother for once!"
Beerusmon gave a haughty cackle. "Dream on, Champamon. I win again."
As Guilkatomon walked over to Xander, he knelt down and offered him a hand. Xander awoke and took Guilkatomon's hand. Xander propped himself up and lifted Guilkatomon's hand up.
"Hey, what the heck are you raising his hand for?!" Champamon chastised his fighter.
Hearing the angry god berating him, Xander froze with fear, but another stern look from Slade stopped Champamon from further instigating.
The Tamers, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Yusuke, Yugi, and others stormed the ring to celebrate with Guilkatomon. Brunhilde flew down to celebrate, too. Himura, Jeri, Philippe, Sasha, Inumon, and the remaining members went into the ring to congratulate Guilkatomon.
"We knew you could do it, Takato!" Kenta said.
Terriermon hopped on Guilkatomon's head. "Momentai, everyone, 'cause our buddies saved Tai's Earth! We oughta get compensated for this."
"We should especially since they have those Super Digicore things," Kazu pointed out.
"Those planet-sized ones? But they haven't even found the last one, right?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Well, about that…" Jacomon chimed in as he, Mimi, and a few others from the stands approached the YYGDM-01 group. "I think that search might be over."
"What do you mean?" Yugi inquired to the space patroller.
"The last Super Digicore is…" Jacomon paused as he and everyone noticed a couple of newcomers now standing in the ring.
A few recognized one of these newcomers. Sailor Moon and Mars gasped upon seeing Lady Cosmos.
"Lady Cosmos, what are you…?" Moon stopped mid-sentence as she and everyone else noted three others with her.
"Forget it, we're leaving," Champamon scoffed. "I'd rather leave with some dignity. Fighters, let's go…!"
"Oh," Vadosmon gasped.
"What is it, Vadosmon?" Champamon asked, shifting his view toward the ring. Upon seeing the newcomers, his eyes bugged out and mouth gaped. "GAH! HE'S HERE…?!"
"Lord Beerusmon, look," Whismon pointed out.
"What?" Beerusmon asked as he, too, reacted the same way Champamon did. "GAH!"
Tai noticed the newcomers. "Huh? Who's that short guy with the lady in white?"
"It can't be! You're kidding me right?!" Beerusmon gulped.
"That looks like, but it couldn't be! But it really is…!" Champamon spat out.
"GRAND ZENOMNIMON?!"
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Next chapter: Numerondramon's Summoning
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A/N: I figure this would be a good place for a cliffhanger. Next chapter, Zeno's digital expy appears.
Like the previous chapter, you get three matches for the price of one chapter. Though not nearly as long as previous chapter, this compressed enough to make it another double length chapter.
Credit goes to Chaosblazer for writing the bulk of the Dramon X vs Hit fight and everything else leading to that match, including new dialogue during the start of their match. The Omega X vs Hit and Guilkatomon vs Xander matches were done by yours truly.
Kensuke hounding both Tai and Matt/Yamato for not taking their fights seriously was certainly an eye-opener. Granted while no lives are on the line, their Earth certainly is. Both Ascendants will be taking things more seriously in the Black Rebellion arc.
Dramon X's fight with Hit ends up more physically contested than the previous two. Kensuke knows what's up after figuring out Hit's technique. Though to be fair, Hit is already worn at this point. And both take a fall, which ends as our cliffhanger. Who will remain standing?
Note from Chaosblazer:
-I learned about Mikiri from watching an old super robot anime known as Metal Armor Dragonar and it is a real thing.
So while Dramon X did win, he didn't come off looking like a billion bucks. And instead of a joke fight involving Monakamon, instead Suzakato vs Xander closes off the event. I mean, that beats a Monakamon fight any day, right?
So, next chapter will conclude the Battle Supremacy adaptation arc. After that, it'll be brand new exclusive Ascendancy chapters starting with an interlude.
Until the next update, send a review and see you soon!