All I have to say is, if anybody corrects me on names, you will be ignored.
Fall was starting to leave it's place for winter, not that most people would notice as a fine layer of snow was already present after a certain event.
The group had returned to Beacon to clean up a bit and get ready to leave for Mistral, having left a few things back at the school when they left for Patch.
At the moment, the group was separated through the school, each doing their own thing, some cleaning up, others doing different things.
As for Weiss, she was currently in the tower with Tentomon, the two of them doing a sweep of the network to make sure there weren't any bugs in the system.
Suddenly, Tentomon perked up when he saw something on the screen "Uh… Weiss?" he got a hum in response "Some bugs are grouping up on the network."
"Wait… what?" Weiss asked as she actually paid attention to the screen now, and saw that Tentomon was telling the truth, bugs, glitches and viruses coalescing together into… something.
She wasn't the only one seeing this though, as all around Remnant, many people were witnessing the same thing she was.
Slowly, Weiss's eyes widened as the image the erroneous coding was merging into became clearer and clearer "That's a…"
"Digiegg…" Tentomon finished in shock, as the egg finished materializing on screen… and hatched.
HELLO
Digital Story: Our War Game
"Let's see…" Weiss mused as she looked through the Digimon Analyzer. "There's...no data," she frowned.
"Could it be it's a completely new species?" Tentomon mused.
"That's...very possible," Weiss nodded.
"Considering it was born from malware… it's probably a Virus Type at least." Tentomon figured.
"Yeah… it just hatched, so it's still at the Fresh stage. Let's go get some of the others just in case something happens." Weiss frowned...right before the image blurred, and when it unblurred, the Digimon had changed into a more insect/claw like shape, with a pair of antennae on its head. "Of course it proves me right." Weiss said as her eye twitched.
"Oh hey, it sent another message." Tentomon noticed as he opened the message.
I'M HUNGRY
The two of them stared at the message for a moment, before looking at each other "That can't be good." Tentomon summed up.
"Move! Now!" Weiss said, the two them running and practically jumping down the emergency staircase.
"Been a while since I made one of these, but I'd say after everything, it's a perfect way to celebrate," Gyro grinned as he mixed the flour with the eggs, sugar, and various other ingredients to make the cake batter. He didn't really have much he'd left in Beacon, most of it having already been put in his pouch. With that in mind, he'd gotten to the rebuilt cafeteria, and seeing that it had been restocked, decided that he'd do something for the rest of the group after everything they'd been through.
"I can't wait to try that when it's done!"Agumon grinned, almost drooling at the cake he was imagining. He knew Gyro was a good cook, so a cake made by him would be delicious.
Of course, finishing the batter was as far as Gyro went, as suddenly Weiss and Tentomon burst into the room. "What the?! Weiss? Tentomon? Where's the Grimm Army?!" he gasped in alarm, cause they sure LOOKED like they'd seen an army of Grimm coming again.
"The egg hatched!" Weiss said, panting.
"The… egg?" Gyro and Agumon said, glancing at the open egg carton.
"Not those eggs! A Digiegg!" she corrected herself.
"... What." was the flat response from Gyro and Agumon.
Weiss rolled her eyes before making some space on the counter and opening her scroll in it's rarely used computer sized screen, a holographic keyboard appearing in front of it, quickly returning to where she was and showing the small hand shaped Digimon.
"The hell is that thing?" Gyro asked.
"I've never seen that Digimon before." Agumon noted.
"That's because it's something brand new, born from bugs, glitches and viruses that converged together." Weiss explained.
"Oh… that's probably bad." Gyro said after a moment.
"It is yes, because I checked regularly on my way here, he's been EATING data from the network." Weiss confirmed.
"Wait, won't that fuck up all the automated stuff around the world?" Agumon realised.
"Got it in one." Tentomon said with a sigh.
As if to confirm what they suspected, every automatic register, scanner, anything that was related to money really, started glitching, and priced everything at...
"That'll be 1 Million Lien and 25 cents?"
"Say WHAT?!"
Yeah… that's a big number.
"Okay, this is bad. We definitely can't let things stand like this, but that thing is in the network itself, so what can we do?" Gyro asked.
"Can we delete it?" Agumon wondered.
"I've already tried, it didn't work." Weiss said, before they got an alert from the virus's screen, showing that… it had evolved again.
It's body now consisted of an oval head with antenna on top, two long arms, and a lower body that seemed to consist of cables.
"So, this is probably it's Child stage, right?" Gyro checked.
"Yeah, this is the second time he's evolved, he's doing this as fast as we do though, so that's scaring me a bit." Weiss admitted, biting her nail as she tried to figure out how to go about things.
"How can we stop it though?" Agumon wondered.
"It's not like we can just jump into the computer, right?" Tentomon added.
"Maybe I can help." a voice said from Gyro's scroll, making him bring it out and open it to reveal...
"Gennai!" they exclaimed in surprise, not expecting to see him after nearly a year.
"It's been a while Chosen Children." Gennai greeted with a nod as Gyro expanded his scroll into computer mode and put it next to Weiss's own.
"If you're talking to us, I'm guessing that the Digital World is fully back up and running now?" Weiss guessed, earning a nod from the man.
"That's right, but I think we can talk about that later, we have more pressing matters to worry about." he said seriously "That creature that popped up on the network? It's certainly an anomaly, but to make it easier, I named it, right now, that's it's Child stage, Keramon. The previous two were the Fresh stage, Kuramon, and the Baby stage, Tsumemon."
"I guess that helps a tiny bit, but what about helping us get to it?" Gyro asked.
"That's something I can help with," Gennai nodded, before running a new program. "I've made a connection between our two worlds, it was part of a little welcome back present, but right now, I can divert it to send you to the network instead, but, I caution against the humans entering there, it's rather different from the Digital World."
"So I guess it's just you and me." Agumon said, looking to Tentomon.
"Looks like it." Tentomon nodded.
"Be careful you two." Weiss said with a frown.
"And make sure to kick it's butt." Gyro added, before Gennai activated the program, and Agumon and Tentomon were both sucked up into his scroll.
"If you can get to the others, that would be a big help, I'm sure the more people we have the faster this will be taken care of." Gennai informed them.
"Right, sorry, I'll have to close you a bit." Gyro said as he picked his scroll back up, Gennai nodding as his screen was closed and Gyro started calling the others… or rather, trying.
"Come on Pyrrha pick up… dammit, did she turn off her scroll or something?"
"Ruby better pick up… her voicemail? Really?"
"Come on bro I know you have your scroll with you… dammit are you making out with Yang or something?"
And on that went, as it seemed he had the terrible luck of the others either not having their scrolls, leaving them off, or just plain not hearing them.
"I'm gonna drill it into all their heads later dammit." Gyro sighed as he put his scroll back in computer mode, Gennai's screen reopening.
"It can't be helped, I guess it'll just be us for now." Gennai sighed.
"So, any leads on where in the network it is?" Gyro asked.
"Well… a ferris wheel in west Vale just started spinning WAY too fast." Weiss answered.
Gyro blinked a few times "This bastard is just doing whatever he wants isn't he?"
"It would appear so." Gennai sighed, shaking his head.
"Alright, transfer is finally done, their in the network." Weiss said, focusing on her screen.
Inside the network…
Agumon and Tentomon were flying through a sort of tube as they travelled along the network.
"We're almost there guys!" Agumon said.
"We're counting on you two!" Gyro said, his face appearing on a screen above them.
"He doesn't know we're here yet, so catch him off guard!" Weiss added as her own face appeared on another screen, before they finally entered the area were Keramon was, seeing him eating up a portion of the network like it was a noodle.
"Shall we?" Tentomon asked.
"Let's!" Agumon replied. "Hold it right there!" he shouted, as the two opened fire on Keramon.
Keramon spasmed and flew through the air when a mix of lightning and fire hit him, sending him flying away. However, he quickly stabilized himself, and turned to the two attacking Digimon, his grin seemingly growing larger.
Gyro rose an eyebrow when they got a ping "A message?"
LET'S PLAY
"Playing?" He repeated in confusion.
"I guess he's just like that." Weiss frowned "Guys, take care of him quickly."
"Right, time to evolve!" Gyro added as they grabbed their Digivices.
And suddenly, anyone who was paying attention to their scrolls saw Agumon and Tentomon evolve into Greymon and Kabuterimon.
When Keramon saw them, he tilted his head, before opening his mouth wide and firing off a few shots at them while starting to move around the area quickly, Greymon and Kabuterimon moving out of the way easily, before countering with shots of their own, one of Kabuterimon's Mega Blaster shots disorienting Keramon for a moment, which was all Greymon needed to hit him with a Mega Flame.
"He's not so tough." Greymon smirked.
"Way to go buddy." Gyro chuckled.
"Wait a second…" Weiss trailed off with a frown, before she noticed the data on Keramon changing, and once the smoke cleared, they all saw he had evolved once again, this time having a white body with six long legs, red highlights on various parts of his body, his head sporting a red horn.
"Well this is getting annoying." Gyro said with a groan.
"Don't worry, it's just his Adult stage." Weiss told him.
"That form… I'll call it Infermon, but, something about it…" Gennai trailed off, before he turned his attention to something else, no doubt looking up whatever confused him about Infermon.
"Keep fighting!" Kabuterimon growled, the two peppering Infermon with their attacks. The smoke covered the field again.
"Did we get him?" Greymon asked, only for a shape to come right out of the smoke, forcing them to separate as Infermon was completely unharmed.
"No way! He took all that and is just fine?!" Gyro gasped right as Infermon began his counter attack, firing powerful shots from his mouth, forcing the two to dodge, but they couldn't keep it up forever.
"I knew something was wrong! He's not an Adult, he jumped right into Perfect!" Gennai informed them.
"He just jumped a level?!" Weiss gasped in shock, right as Kabuterimon and Greymon had to tank a few shots.
"You alright guys?" Gyro asked.
"We're fine." Greymon confirmed.
"Good, in that case, time we evolve to Perfect as well." Gyro said as he and Weiss held their Digivices up, Greymon and Kabuterimon starting to Super Evolve… but Infermon was faster.
He fired two shots which collided with the two Digimon right as they started glowing.
"Guys!" Weiss shouted in worry.
Infermon, for his part, laughed at them, before an exit appeared at the bottom of the area and he left through it.
When the smoke cleared, Agumon and Tentomon were left there, looking a little beat up, but otherwise they were fine.
"Anything broken guys?" Gyro asked with a frown.
"Just our pride." Tentomon said.
"He's way too fast, that's so unfair." Agumon frowned.
"Take a break guys, we'll try to figure out where he's heading next." Weiss sighed, earning nods from the two Digimon.
That's when Weiss noticed how she had a few mails in her message box "How in the…?" she trailed off "Wait… those are directed to Tentomon and Agumon."
"Wait, they can get mail?" Gyro asked with a blink.
"Apparently." Weiss said, before she opened one of the messages 'I've never seen a Digimon that fast before' "Well I've seen faster." she muttered before opening the next 'It was two against one, how did you lose?'
"Well excuse US for not knowing that bastard was so fast." Gyro said in annoyance when Weiss read that one outloud.
"There's a few more messages too… ah! There's one from Infermon!" Weiss said in surprise, opening that message.
HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
"Is he just repeating that non-stop?" Gyro glanced at her screen with a raised eyebrow.
"He is yes." Weiss said in deadpan, before her eyes narrowed "Wait a second… oh fuck."
"What?" Gyro asked seriously.
"Look at the address he sent it to. He's mailing that EVERYWHERE in the world!" Weiss said.
"Wait… but won't that…?" Gyro trailed off.
"It'll overload the network." Gennai confirmed.
"And if everybody starts responding to the message, things will only get worse." Weiss frowned.
"How bad are we talking here?" Gyro asked.
"Try calling someone, you'll see." she said, and Gyro attempted just that… and just got the tone.
"Uh… it's occupied." he said, before trying to call someone else… and it kept going to the tone.
"Wait… is he occupying ALL the phone lines?" Gyro realised.
"It looks like it." Weiss said, before Gyro's scroll started ringing and he quickly answered… only to get…
HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
Hanging up with a worried look, Gyro turned to Weiss "We're in trouble."
Just as if the world wanted to confirm they were in trouble, everywhere around Remnant, scrolls started ringing, and people started answering.
And all they got was the infinite reply of HELLO.
"If he keeps doing this, then pretty soon-" Weiss cut herself off with a scared look "The network will crash." she finished lamely as she turned to Gyro, her network connection now gone.
"Oh fuck… oh shit this is REALLY bad." Gyro said, running his hands through his hair.
"Well, it's not ALL bad, my connection is still open due to being linked to the Digital World." Gennai said.
"At least we still have that." Weiss frowned as she tried to think of something, eventually snapping her fingers. "I've got it! I'll be right back!" she said, running back out.
"Good luck!" Gyro called after her, before sighing "Now… how to get in touch with the others?"
"If it were possible I'd call them, but with Infermon occupying the network so heavily, I can't reach them." Gennai added.
"This is like back when we first landed in the Digital World and tried to call back home." Gyro mused "Even back then though, we still had a way to talk with each other." he said, before turning to Gennai "By the way, can you at least tell where the others are?"
"Well…" Gennai frowned, before turning his head to something else "It… seems like Jaune and Pyrrha are close to a stable access point actually."
"Well that's annoying. If I could talk to them then we could send them there to have Gabumon and Gomamon join in." Gyro said, before looking down at his Digivice "This thing has all the functions we need except for a call button."
"About that… it has a microphone on top right? Does it work?" Gennai asked, always having wondered about that since seeing the D-Crests.
Gyro opened his mouth to answer… before finding he HAD no answer "You know… I never checked." he admitted… before he started pressing the various buttons on his Digivice, Gennai giving him a dry look.
Eventually, he got a sound that was similar to radio static when he held a certain button "Yes! Alright then…" he trailed off, clearing his throat to make sure he spoke clearly "Jaune! Pyrrha! Can you hear me?"
"Gyro? Huh, that's a new feature," came Jaune's voice. "What's going on?"
"We found an unknown Digimon inside the network. Its eating enough data to make Agumon look like a monk, and if we don't stop it it'll cause SERIOUS problems!" Gyro said, his voice dead serious.
"That's...REALLY bad," Jaune gulped.
"What do you need us to do?" Pyrrha asked urgently.
"You need to find a stable access point. From there Gennai can connect you to the Digital World. Send Gomamon and Gabumon through so Gennai can send them into the CCT network. We're trying to get as much help as we can!" Gyro said. "I'm gonna hang up now and try to contact the others. Just do what you can as fast as you can."
"Right, we'll do that," Jaune nodded, before the call was ended.
"So much for our quiet vacation, huh?" Gomamon sighed.
"As if the universe would let us have any real quiet time," Gabumon couldn't help but chuckle.
"True true," Pyrrha laughed a bit as they went to look for an access point. What they found…
"So...you'll only let us borrow the connection if we're paying customers?" Jaune sighed. Currently they were inside a hair salon...a woman oriented salon, with the owner refusing to let them borrow the connection point...unless one of them (read: Pyrrha) used the services provided.
"Let's just get this over with." Pyrrha sighed, stepping towards one of the chairs.
"You need a minimum length if you want the computer privilege." the owner added, Pyrrha and Jaune both groaning in annoyance.
"Fine, cut them to my neck." she said as she undid her braid while Jaune went to the computer in the back of the salon with Gomamon and Gabumon, and quickly enough, a screen appeared with Gennai on it.
"Pyrrha needs to get a haircut so we can use this, but I'll send Gabumon and Gomamon over, she'll be here fast enough." he said, glancing to the side "The hair stylists here operate REALLY fast." he added, seeing as a woman who had been sat when they arrived was already getting up.
Gennai chuckled awkwardly "Right, I'll also open a connection to Gyro and Weiss for you." he said, Gabumon and Gomamon stepping up and soon being sucked into the computer and being redirected into the network, as a video screen opened up and he saw Gyro there.
"Glad to see you made it." Gyro said, before raising an eyebrow "Where's Pyrrha though?"
"I'm repeating myself, but if we wanted to use this, she had to get a haircut, and it needed a minimum amount of length to boot, so she's losing everything below the neck." Jaune sighed.
"Huh… that's gonna be different." Gyro admitted, before turning his head as Weiss got back… and she was carrying some blocky piece of tech he couldn't identify "Uh… what's that?"
"Signal booster, stole it from the tower." she answered simply as she connected it to her scroll.
"You did WHAT?!" Gyro and Jaune said together.
"Desperate times boys, desperate times." was Weiss's dry answer, and two couldn't deny that.
After a few moments of her making sure everything was in working order, she activated the signal booster, and…
"Yes!" she cheered as they were back.
"Welcome back guys!" Agumon said, as he and Tentomon were still waiting, but now fully rested.
"We're on the trail again, question is, where does it lead?" Gyro wondered.
"Hopefully nowhere far." Jaune sighed.
"Well…" Weiss wondered, before she got a mail from Infermon "That taunting bastard." she growled as she opened it.
PEEK-A-BOO FROM ATLAS
"Atlas huh? Now why are you over there?" Weiss wondered.
"Probably up to no good." Jaune said with a frown.
Jaune hit the nail on the head.
Over in Atlas, Infermon was messing with traffic signals, display screens, everything he could.
He was even appearing on TVs himself.
"That stupid thing is playing with us." Gyro growled in annoyance.
"It may be a Perfect level, but mentally speaking, it's just a baby… albeit a very evil one." Gennai said.
"Well...some people always did say kids are cruel…then there was the guy who said kids don't learn empathy until they're a few years old so...guess this is like that…" Gyro frowned.
"That sounds about right." Pyrrha said as she joined Jaune at the computer, now sporting much shorter hair that stopped at her neck, though with the current situation, nobody commented on it.
"Glad you could make it Pyrrha, we can use all the firepower we can get." Weiss said.
"Speaking of that, I managed to call the others, they said they'll try to find viable access points from their locations." Gyro said, earning nods from everyone.
Back in the network, Agumon and Tentomon had gotten back on the chase, travelling through one of the tunnels "Think the others are here yet?" Tentomon wondered.
"Well, if they don't get here, it'll be up to just us two to handle him." Agumon said seriously.
"That didn't go so well last time." Tentomon frowned as the tunnel opened up wider.
"Agumon, Tentomon!" Gabumon called as they finally caught up to them.
"Hey guys! Glad you could join the party!" Agumon grinned.
"Wouldn't miss this for the world!" Gomamon chuckled.
"Let's take care of that virus fast." Gabumon said with a smirk.
"Good luck everyone!" Pyrrha said as her screen appeared.
"Be thorough when fighting him, we don't want to run any risks." Jaune added.
"I'll make sure to guide you to him." Weiss supplied.
"We'll kick his butt this time!" Agumon said with a growl as Weiss guided the four of time through the network through a few twists and turns, soon coming up on an exit.
Entering the next area of the network, it was filled with black pillars that looked like they would be at home in construction sites, and standing on one of them was Infermon… with a message above him that read…
THIS WAY
"Now I see why you don't like him." Pyrrha said in annoyance.
"Well he's in for it now." Jaune said with a frown.
"Damn right he is, head to Ultimate everyone!" Gyro shouted.
(Play Brave Heart)
"Agumon…"
"Gabumon…"
"Tentomon…"
"Gomamon…"
"Warp Evolution!"
"WarGreymon!"
"MetalGarurumon!"
"HerculesKabuterimon!"
"Vikemon!"
As this was happening, Remnant was watching. People all over the world were watching in a mix of awe, wonder, and more than a little fear. Though, among them, there were plenty who were taking notes of what they were seeing...especially the symbols that appeared during this Evolution.
The group didn't waste any time in opening fire on Infermon, explosions and destruction wracking the area, while WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon charged forward, slamming into Infermon, causing the viral Digimon to get tossed around with the impact and explosions. However, despite the onslaught, the creature actually managed to survive, land on a surface, and then rebound, going right at the group. Then the insane, even by their standards, happened.
In the real world, the image of Infermon blurred, before revealing a new form.
It's main body was dark in color, with greyish green limbs, while its chest, shoulders, hands and head were midnight blue, horns coming out the side of his head, long red claws on both his hands and feet, a row of red spikes on his back, and a mane of blonde hair on the back of his head.
"On come on!" Gyro couldn't help but shout.
"This is really starting to get annoying." Weiss said in aggravation.
"So THIS is what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this shit." Jaune added in a dry tone.
"I hate this thing with so much fire right now." Pyrrha finished with a growl.
"Not just that, this shouldn't be remotely possible!" Gennai said in alarm. "A Digimon reaching its Perfect form is crazy enough, but to reach its Ultimate form barely an hour after birth? This is unprecedented!"
"This thing isn't exactly normal to begin with," HerculesKabuterimon frowned.
"Honestly, this thing almost feels like a demon." WarGreymon couldn't help but say.
"A demon… yes, you're right, for something like this… Diablomon." Gennai named the creature with a hard look.
"Whatever the case we've gotta deal with it!" Vikemon glared, the group continuing their assault.
Between the four of them, even with that Evolution, Diablomon was having a tough time, getting knocked about by their assault, even as it countered with blasts from its chest, but they kept up the assault.
"We got it on the ropes! Keep attacking!" Gyro cheered.
"Don't let up the attack!" Pyrrha agreed.
"Right!" the Digimon nodded before continuing their assault, the next battery of attacks causing their opponent to get thrown in the air. "Now for the finisher!" WarGreymon shouted...before Diablomon righted itself in midair...and suddenly fired four shots...at the screens?
"What the f-?!" Jaune managed to say before the screens suddenly went blue as the screens representing them were destroyed in the cyber world.
(End song)
"THAT BASTARD JUST BLUE SCREENED US?!" Gyro raged.
"I have never been this pissed off before in my life!" Weiss said as she had no choice but to restart her scroll, while over at the salon, Jaune did the same with the time it took them to get back was aggravating, especially as Gennai still had his feed, and they could hear the sounds of battle coming from it.
Once they were all finally back though…
"Guys…?" Gyro trailed off in worry when he saw the four Digimon and their current states.
Vikemon and HerculesKabuterimon had reverted to Gomamon and Tentomon, while WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon stood protectively in front of them, seemingly unconscious.
"What the heck happened?!" Jaune gasped in alarm.
"When the signal was disrupted, it had a backlash on your partners, causing them to freeze up," Gennai frowned, analyzing what just happened. "This was a terrible oversight, I'll make a program to counter that so it doesn't happen again."
"Please do so." Weiss said with a frown.
"WarGreymon! Come on, wake up buddy!" Gyro shouted.
"MetalGarurumon don't you dare give up now!" Pyrrha added.
In response, the two slowly started to move "We're… alright guys… we can still go." WarGreymon panted.
"Gomamon and Tentomon are out like lights though, so you should probably get them out of here." MetalGarurumon added.
"Right." Gennai added, before doing just that, Weiss grabbing Tentomon as he appeared in the air and Jaune doing the same with Gomamon.
"We keep getting more mails from the looks of it." Gyro said, casting a quick glance at the inbox.
"Yeah… it's mostly people just being dicks and asking us why we suddenly stopped and all that." Weiss sighed when she got a chance to check the mail.
"You know… maybe you two should pull out." Gennai said to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.
"No… we can take him… we won't lose again." WarGreymon immediately shot down the idea.
"Guys…" Gyro looked at them with a frown, before gaining a determine look "Alright, we're counting on you two."
"Hold on, Diablomon sent another message." Weiss suddenly said, opening the message.
WHICH ONE HAS THE CLOCK?
"Clock? What's he talking about?" Jaune asked in confusion.
Right after that, a countdown started on the screens, and Diablomon started… copy pasting himself from the looks of it.
"He's… multiplying." Pyrrha realised in horror.
"But what's the countdown for?" Gyro wondered, before Weiss gasped in horror.
"No… oh no… someone from Atlas just sent out a message… several missiles were just fired, aimed practically everywhere around the world." she said, going pale.
Everyone went wide eyed as they heard that, looking back to the screen.
"This bastard… he's trying to commit genocide… and he's winning…" Gyro said in fear.
To say that the news was received badly….understatement. The world was in an uproar at the news, the various Kingdoms doing what they could, especially in Atlas where they were trying to regain control of the systems, but no dice.
"I want those missiles under control now!" Ironwood ordered, glaring at the screen. It was really one problem after another for him, and it showed, as unlike when he had been in Beacon, he looked more...haggard...tired. The knowledge his fleet had nearly been used to help destroy Vale, the loss of Ozpin, and now the universe apparently rubbing it in his face by once again having his Kingdom's technology be used to cause chaos and destruction.
The various personnel worked frantically to try and carry out the orders, one person seemed...bizarrely calm. If anything, he was staring at the screen with a certain intensity. 'Incredible, to think it took over the network so quickly, and in so many locations at once,' he thought with almost manic glee. 'If we could harness these creatures in ways more than just what this so-called 'bonding' does...or perhaps even bend them to our will, or create our own…' the grin on his face was only unnoticed because everyone was too busy working to see it.
However, other than the people who were worried, some were...interested. Among them a woman in a castle in a dark land.
"Now what exactly is going on?" Salem wondered as she looked up at the skies, seeing hundreds of missiles in flight, some even heading for her domain, to which she simply waved a hand and a murder of Nevermores flew up and intercepted them with their bodies, making them blow up in the sky.
"It would appear that a virus spread through Atlas's systems and fired their whole payload of missiles." a man's voice said, making her turn to see a dark skinned man with a somewhat bushy mustache wearing a blue coat.
"I see… inform me if you figure anything else out Watts." Salem said, turning back to the skies.
"Of course my lady." Watts said with a bow.
"I want to say this is insane, but honestly, this is getting par the course," Yang said in annoyance, as right now other than Weiss, Jaune, Gyro, Pyrrha, Tentomon, Gomamon, Agumon, and Gabumon, all the remaining Chosen were now in the air, their partners in their Ultimate forms. The missiles had been launched, with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon fighting in the network hoping to stop Diablomon. However, they all agreed they needed a contingency in the event that it wasn't enough. They had to take out the missiles, as many of them as they could, before they hit the other kingdoms.
"It's REALLY scary how none of us can even start to counter that," Ren sighed in agreement.
"Nothing we can do about it. For now, we can just hope WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon can beat Diablomon. Until then, we have to take out as many missiles as we can," Blake frowned.
With that they all nodded with grim determination, and continued forward.
"Alright, we've found a path." Weiss said, as within the network, a road opened in front of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, the two heading through it as quickly as they could.
"Let's hope this works." Gyro sighed.
"It will, it has to work." Pyrrha shot back.
"We're getting so much mail." Weiss said "'Good luck, WarGreymon!' 'Keep fighting, MetalGarurumon!'"
"The hopes of the world are with them at this point." Gennai said, smiling slightly despite the desperate situation.
"You're coming up on him guys, be careful, there's no telling just how it'll all go down." Jaune cautioned them after a few moments of them going through the path, and soon enough, reaching the exit into where Diablomon resided, and…
"There's… so many of them." Pyrrha said with wide eyes as the spherical room was literally CRAWLING with Diablomon.
"How many are there?" Gyro asked in shock.
"4000, no 8000, dammit, 16 000!" Weiss growled in annoyance.
"He just keeps multiplying." Gennai frowned.
"I can't believe I'm saying this but suddenly Spiral Mountain is looking VERY enjoyable right now…" WarGreymon said dryly.
"I'll take that with a side trip to Myotismon's castle and a front row ticket to a concert by Etemon," MetalGarurumon said just as dryly.
"Which one has the 'clock'?" Gyro asked, hoping there was SOMETHING to tell the difference.
"I can't tell. They're all identical to one another! We LITERALLY can only delete them one by one and hope we get the right one!" Weiss gasped, the look of horror on her face making how daunting and almost hopeless this was all the more chilling.
"But there's thousands of them and counting! This is insane beyond anything we've even REMOTELY done!" Pyrrha gasped in horror.
And then… the Diablomon finally payed attention to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.
"Evasive maneuvers!" Gyro shouted as he saw them open fire.
The two Digimon reacted quickly to their credit, weaving through the shots as best they could, but, even then, they seemed somewhat… sluggish, not moving as fast as they normally would, many shots grazing them and slowing them down further.
"What's going on? Why are they this slow?!" Jaune wondered.
"It's like their… lagging… the e-mails! Because everyone is sending their mails straight to them, it's making them lag and slow down." Weiss realised before she attempted to reply to everyone "Everyone in the world, please stop, you're only making the situation harder!"
"They're gonna be hit!" Tentomon shouted.
"I can't watch!" Gomamon whimpered, covering his eyes.
"No way! This is NOT how it ends!" Gyro glared, grabbing the screen.
"We've fought his far together, we CAN'T just let them fight alone!" Pyrrha agreed, and at that moment, their Crests glowed brightly, and suddenly both were sucked into the screens, appearing in front of their partners in cyberspace, right as the beams hit, a massive explosion happening. However, when the dust settled, it revealed the four of them protected inside of a massive sphere of energy, the Crests of Courage and Friendship glowing brightly, having blocked the barrage.
"Okay...not complaining, but still kinda weird," WarGreymon blinked, not expecting the Crests to be able to do THAT...until he remembered the fight with Cinder back during the dance. The Crests of Courage and Purity had shielded Gyro and Ruby, and now the Crests of Courage and Friendship were doing the same...on a much larger scale.
"Thanks for the help. You both REALLY saved our asses there," MetalGarurumon sighed, before they felt themselves able to move again.
"I've managed to divert the emails, so you shouldn't have to worry about lags again," Weiss said with a small sigh, having had to work fast to stop the emails from further lagging the two Digimon.
"Alright, time for a counter attack!" Gyro said, but…
"I don't think they're going to let us," Pyrrha gulped, as true enough the Diablomon began opening fire again, the beams hitting the barrier but it held for now...but the hairlines starting to appear made it clear that wouldn't be the case for much longer…
"This is bad! That shield isn't gonna last long!" Jaune gasped. "Isn't there anything we can do? Maybe send Tentomon and Gomamon back in? Or even join in too?"
"I don't even know HOW they got in in the first place! And getting in through the link is a no go, Diablomon cut it off the moment WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon got in there!" Weiss shot back, frantically working for SOME way to help.
"Gyro, Pyrrha! You both gotta get out of here!" MetalGarurumon said urgently.
"Like hell we are!" Gyro shot back.
"We're not leaving you both to fight this by yourselves! We started this journey together, and come hell or high water we're finishing this together!" Pyrrha said.
"Even if it means we go down with you!" Gyro agreed.
Out in the real world, despite the determination, Weiss was reaching her wits end. This was impossible. This wasn't even remotely close to when they fought the Dark Masters, no this was a billion times worse. As it was, they needed a miracle to pull this off, and she wasn't sure if even Pierce and his crest would cut it anymore. "We can't win…" Weiss murmured.
"We can't give up!" Jaune shouted, jolting her out of that. "Gyro and Pyrrha haven't given up, and neither has everyone else!" he said, as true enough, the mail they were receiving, it was now full of encouragement. The entire world was cheering them on.
"Don't forget about us!" came Nora's voice from their D-Crests.
"I know we can't help you guys right now, but we're doing everything we can to stop the missiles out here, so don't give up cause we sure haven't!" Pierce's voice was heard.
"They're right, its too early to give up," Tentomon agreed, causing Weiss to chuckle but nod.
"Yeah, it's not over till it's over," she said before getting back to work, finding ANY opening she could. However, that was enough as now...all 10 hearts were one in this wish, as were the hearts of many in the world, and at that moment, all 10 D-Crests began to glow, the Crests floating out of them and entering the cyberworld.
A bright light began to glow around the four, blinding the Diablomon army, while the barrier was soon repaired, all 10 Crests now circling them.
"This is…!" Pyrrha said in wonder.
"I think we just got the miracle we needed," Gyro couldn't help but grin.
"I feel my energy coming back…!" MetalGarurumon gasped as he and WarGreymon started glowing.
"Not just coming back, its overflowing!" WarGreymon added, before their bodies started to grow larger, while all around them, emails from all over the world, all of them giving them their support, their wish for them to win, their hopes, began to appear and glow brightly.
"What the-?!" Gyro and Pyrrha gasped, as their Digivices glowed brighter, changing color into a mix of orange and blue, with white in the middle.
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"WarGreymon!" WarGreymon roared as his body glowed and seemingly turned into energy which collected into the armor on his head, turning into an orange flame like energy which propelled the head.
"MetalGarurumon!" MetalGarurumon roared as his body glowed and turned into energy as well, gathering into the armor on his head and turning into a blue flame like energy, the two heads soon flying around each other. The lights from the many emails began to gather together, as the Crests converged their energy into the light, followed by the light from Gyro and Pyrrha's D-Crests, creating a silhouette of light, as the two heads flew towards it and positioned themselves, with WarGreymon on the left, and MetalGarurumon on the right. "Jogress Evolution!" the two called out in unison as a bright light shone forth with enough force that the entire Diablomon army recoiled. When the light subsided, everyone watching was left looking in awe at the new Digimon that was formed.
The Digimon's body was white in color, and humanoid in shape, three yellow claws on his feet, with two small horns jutting out of his waist. His chest had blue stripes on it, and just below that was a symbol, that was half the Crest of Friendship and half the Crest of Courage, while a long white cape was attached to his back. His head looked like a typical knight's helmet, with a white horn on the front and two yellow horns on the back. His left arm was orange in color, the hand being WarGreymon's head though orange in color, while his shoulder bore a shield with the Crest of Courage on it. His right arm was blue, with the hand being MetalGarurumon's head, while the shoulder bore a spiked pauldron. Finally, his eyes opened, showing the left eye to be green like WarGreymon, while the right was red like MetalGarurumon "Omegamon!" he spoke in both of their voices.
"This is…!" Gennai gasped at the sight.
"Do you know this Digimon?" Gomamon asked.
"It's not in the Analyzer!" Weiss added.
"I...I'd only heard of it as a legend, of a knight who's powers went beyond Ultimate...but to think they were real…!" Gennai gasped.
"Well I say the legend picked a really good time to show it was real," Jaune couldn't help but say.
True enough, inside, the Diablomon army had regained their wits and fired another barrage of beams, but Omegamon simply raised his left arm to the right...before a sword emerged from WarGreymon's mouth, a mighty steel blade with DigiCode inscribed on it that roughly translated to 'All Delete'. "Grey Sword!" Omegamon called out, swinging the sword, and in a single stroke, deflected the beams right back at the Diablomon army, taking out literally a fifth of them in one attack.
"Holy shit!" Gyro gasped at seeing how big the power difference was now, a sentiment Pyrrha could only agree with a dumb looking nod. Not that either of them were complaining.
Omegamon raised his right arm, before MetalGarurumon's mouth opened and a massive cannon was revealed from it. "Garuru Cannon!" he called out, taking aim and firing, the ensuing onslaught destroying Diablomon copies by the hundreds, and cutting down their numbers by an insane rate. All around the world, people could only stare as the tables were completely turned on Diablomon, Omegamon destroying them at a rate far faster than they could multiply, and before long, there was only one left, the lone Diablomon looking at Omegamon, and despite the unchanging expression on its face...there was no doubting the fear behind its once gleeful eyes.
The three stared at it for a moment, before Pyrrha said the only thing they needed to hear. "Finish it."
With that Omegamon surged forward, Grey Sword raised, but Diablomon wasn't about to let himself be deleted so easily as he began darting around wildly, focusing EVERYTHING he had left into his speed, pinballing all over the area at a speed Omegamon couldn't keep up with.
"I'm getting dizzy just watching," Jaune rubbed his eyes after a moment.
"I'm right there with you," Gomamon groaned, doing the same.
"They can't stop him if they can't hit him!" Tentomon frowned.
"And we've only got 3 minutes left!" Weiss said in alarm.
"That's not so great…" came Ruby's voice.
"Please tell me the missiles didn't get through?" Weiss groaned.
"Well...95% of them didn't at least," Blake said. "That leaves about...3 left that got through…"
"And why haven't Pierce and UlforceVeedramon taken them down yet?" Jaune asked.
"They were over in Atlas, taking out any missile that fell back down, their flying over now, but they won't make it in time." Nora answered in worry.
"How are things on your end?" Yang asked.
"Well...we're down to one Diablomon...but it' moving stupidly fast," Gyro said.
"Isn't there some way you can slow it down? Even just a little?" Ren suggested.
"Slow it down...that's it!" Weiss brightened, before she accessed the emails she was STILL getting, selected ALL of them...and forwarded all of them to Diablomon at the same time. "You like data? Well let's see you chew on THIS!" she shouted, hitting the send button.
Diablomon was zipping around, inwardly smirking, as he knew there was only a few seconds left before he'd win the game...before the MASSIVE flow of data hit him, causing him to feel VERY heavy and barely able to move.
"There you are," Gyro smirked, as Omegamon was facing him now, Grey Sword at the ready as he'd already charged forward.
Diablomon's eyes widened in horror as he could barely turn to face the incoming knight, going for one last attempt to attack...which was also lagged like crazy as Weiss was sending email after email and even re-sending ones she'd already sent, making it basically impossible for him to move, and thus, he could do nothing as the Grey Sword pierced his head right through, splitting it in half, revealing a clock...which was stopped at the last second.
Right after the clock was stopped… a trio of missiles fell out of the sky and into the waters near the north of Vale, sinking harmlessly to the bottom of the sea.
"Oh thank Oum." Ruby sighed in relief when they arrived to see the missiles finally disappearing below the waters.
"I guess they won." UlforceVeedramon said as he and Pierce arrived just a few seconds after.
"Yeah… they pulled a miracle." Pierce chuckled.
"That was… REALLY cutting it close… good job though." Gyro said, patting Omegamon's head a bit.
"I was honestly a little worried there." Pyrrha added.
"Not gonna lie, we were a little worried too." Omegamon admitted with a nervous laugh.
"So… what's it like to be fused?" Gyro couldn't help but ask.
"Pretty weird, not gonna lie, like, one second we were WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, the next we're Omegamon, and we know all there is to know about our new self." Omegamon explained as he removed his blade from the clock, which faded away into data scraps.
"Glad it happened either way," Pyrrha sighed.
"It certainly was fortunate," Gennai said. "Now that Diablomon is gone, I'll bring you all back to the real world. Hold on tight, I don't think either of you want to end up trapped in there."
As soon as he said that Gyro and Pyrrha grabbed on tightly to Omegamon's horns, making the knight sweatdrop before they felt a slight tug and after a small lightshow, ended up in Beacon's courtyard.
"Holy shit." Yang said in awe as they arrived in the courtyard just before those three did.
"Is that them?" Ren asked unsurely.
"I think so… this feels pretty weird honestly." GrandisKuwagamon said before reverting to Wormmon.
"How do you think we feel?" Omegamon said with a dry look as Gyro and Pyrrha hopped off his shoulders and he glowed before reverting… into Botamon and Punimon.
"That's new." Gyro said with a blink as the two Fresh level Digimon fell into the arms of their partners.
"Darn it, I thought I was finally done with this kind of thing." Botamon grumbled.
"Tell me about it." Punimon said in deadpan as Pyrrha held him.
"Shouldn't be surprising. We only stopped going back to Baby form when we started getting used to using a lot of energy in Ultimate. What you two did probably used a LOT more energy than that," Tentomon said. "Still...I hope we don't run into too many if any things that need you to do...THAT again."
"Ugh...that's how we're all feeling…" Gyro groaned. "Seriously, I think I wanted to wet myself more than a few times today…"
"You and me both." Pyrrha added with a sigh as Jaune and Gomamon finally arrived, a bit exhausted as he was riding a bike.
Everyone shivered at how close this was to going VERY bad today.
"Wait, hold on." Pierce said, turning to his team leader "Why are you on a bike?"
"I stole it." Jaune said panting, Gomamon sitting in a basket on the front.
"So… this is one more reason to get out of Vale right?" Gomamon asked.
"Yes. Yes it is." Weiss said in deadpan.
"It's one thing after another isn't it?" Gyro sighed, before looking thoughtful "Though… what do you call a Digimon that went beyond Ultimate I wonder?"
"I have the answer to that." Gennai said from his scroll, Weiss handing it back to him "I just had a chat with Yggdrasil, he helped me make Analyzers for everything we saw today, and told me more about Omegamon's myth, turns out he appeared millenia ago in the Digital World during a great crisis, so he's literally one of the last lines of defense. As for his level, he's classified as a Super Ultimate. Here, let me bring it up." he said as he activated the analyzer.
Digimon Analyzer: Omegamon
Omegamon. Vaccine Type. A Super Ultimate Level Holy Knight Digimon. One of the thirteen Royal Knights, and the last line of defense of the Digital World. It only fights when the situation reaches the deepest despair, vowing to protect and save everyone. It is said that Omegamon holds a great power within his blade, with unknown means of unleashing it. His special attacks are Grey Sword, using the blade from his WarGreymon arm, and Garuru Cannon, using the cannon from his MetalGarurumon arm.
"Wow...a level beyond Ultimate. I'm honestly glad we got one first instead of having to fight one first," Ruby couldn't help but say.
"The miracle of the century." Gyro said with a grin, raising his hand up, and Pyrrha high fived it with a smirk.
"Not to rain on the parade, but if there's anything else we need to do, we'd better do it quick," Weiss sighed. "I think it's safe to say all of Remnant saw what happened, the Crests...and Gyro and Pyrrha fighting alongside Omegamon."
"In short, the world knows they have some special power, and it's only a matter of time before everyone who thinks they could use them in some way or learn the secrets too...are gonna be after our asses," Pierce groaned. Talk about no good deed going unpunished.
"Right, let's grab everything then!" Ruby said urgently, as they ran to their dorm rooms and completely emptied them of everything save for the beds… though even then they took the bedsheets and pillows just in case they needed them.
"So, we all realise this is like the arc in a story where the heroes get branded as criminals and need to pull some glorious shit to get pardoned of everything, right?" Pierce checked as he finished stuffing his pouch.
"Yeah… that ain't gonna be fun, we'll probably have to save the world… AGAIN." Nora said with a loud groan at the end.
"It's dumb that saving the world sounds like a chore to us now." Blake said in deadpan.
"Saving the Digital World sounds like less of a chore." Patamon commented.
"That's because we've only done that ONCE so far." Palmon told him.
"Ok, so… we called for a ride to get us out of Vale, right?" Yang checked.
"Yes, I called home, mother said she'll get a boat over to us as discreetly as possible, she should have sent it out a few days ago, and it should be arriving soon." Weiss said, earning nods.
It was just a few days later, the group having judged that by now the boat waiting for them would be arriving soon.
In that time, they had changed out their clothes for new looks.
Most of them had simply gone for their outfits from what the twins called Volume 4, those being Ruby, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Nora and Ren.
Weiss's new look was completely different from what she had in Volume 4, as that had been more of a ballroom dress, made to look fancy and not suited for battle. Her new outfit however consisted of a light blue corset with a shoulderless shirt of the same color underneath, a bit of red visible underneath that to help cover her chest a bit more, she also had a small icy white jacket over her shoulders that that flared into a short cape on the bottom, with long white gloves covering her hands, a somewhat longer blue skirt covering the upper part of her legs, with long high heeled white boots going up underneath it for the rest of her legs.
Pyrrha's outfit sported more armor on her chest, the inside being lined in wool to protect her against cold climates, considering where they would be heading to soon enough, and she knew how cold her home could be. The armor even had shoulder plates, and she now wore a short red cape that hanged off her shoulder, a new skirt at her waist, this one having several metal flaps over it to act as armor, while she had long nylon socks going right up underneath it, her legs sporting a bit more armor than before… though, remembering a story Gyro had told her about her apparent namesake, she added a touch more armor to her heels.
Gyro's new outfit consisted of a long blue coat with yellow stripes going down the sleeves, and a set of three yellow claw scratches sewn onto the front, the spacing between the claw mark patches making it obvious it was supposed to look like it was made from Agumon's claws. The hood of the coat being a little fluffy on the inside, while underneath it, her wore a simple collared shirt with some light armor over it, along with armored side skirts underneath the coat, some greaves on his legs, and gauntlets on his arms, his goggles resting on his forehead as usual.
Pierce's new outfit consisted of a dark orange sweater with a yellow scarf around his neck, light armor on his chest with shoulder plates and gauntlets as well, a short black coat hiding the armor a bit, though it lacked the sleeves. He wore gloves on his hands, and dark green camo pants on his legs with combat boots, his look topped off with a pair of aviator sunglasses on his face.
"Alright everyone, got everything packed?" Ruby asked, making sure everyone was ready.
"We already checked and double checked," Weiss nodded.
"Alright then, looks like we're all set," Jaune nodded. "Can you call Klein to let him know we're ready?"
"Right," Weiss nodded again. When the ship had arrived for them, she was pleasantly surprised to find that her butler, Klein Sieben, had come along. With that she made a quick call and the ship was now preparing to leave. They only needed to board it.
"Gotta admit, gonna miss Vale while we're gone," Yang chuckled.
"But it's what we gotta do for now," Pierce sighed. "We're supposed to protect the world, even if it includes protecting people from themselves."
"So, we're all set now, let's get going." Veemon said.
Gyro chuckled "He's right, time to hit the road people!" Gyro said with a grin, as he opened the door… and his face fell "Uh, what?"
"So… what's going on here?" Coco asked with an amused smile as she lowered her sunglasses a bit, the rest of her team standing with her, and behind them, Ogremon looked embarrassed about something.
Gyro… quickly put two and two together, throwing Ogremon an annoyed look "How much did you say?"
"I, uh… told them everything after that network incident… they saw it all." he answered, looking everywhere but at Gyro.
"What is wrong with our luck on keeping this stuff secret?" Agumon wondered in deadpan.
"I don't know but it's kind of annoying." Gabumon added in the same tone.
"Well, after what happened in the network, you can't blame us for being curious," Velvet chuckled. "Though I have to admit...it's pretty funny how all of our partners knew about your group."
"We didn't just know, we were there during the final assault on the Dark Masters," Meicoomon said.
"Still hard to believe you basically defeated a bunch of villains who had actually taken over part of an entire world," Yatsuhashi couldn't help but say.
"Yeah, our lives lost all sanity and logic the moment we got our D-Cores the first time," Blake sighed. "But if you know, you know why we've been trying to keep this a secret."
"We get it," Fox nodded. "It doesn't take a genius to know that the moment people up top learn about those Crests you have, they're gonna want to try and use them."
"Which would be REALLY bad if used wrongly," Dobermon affirmed.
"The Crests were created to save the world, not be used for selfish reasons," Waspmon nodded.
"And with that… I'm guessing you guys are heading out on a world saving journey?" Coco asked with a smirk.
The chosen sighed, seeing where this was heading "You want in, don't you?" Jaune asked.
"Well… yeah, we kinda do." Velvet admitted with a slightly embarrassed laugh.
"...should we?" Ren mused. The group seemed to think about it for a moment...before shrugging.
"Eh what the heck," Gyro chuckled. "Welcome to the team. Please leave your sanity at the door, cause I guarantee this involves a one way trip to weird and insane, especially once we start diving into the Digital World again."
"You guys might want to work on the marketing line. You'll scare away normal people, which fortunately we're not," Fox laughed.
"Pardon the pun, but looks like we're about to jump down the rabbit hole," Yatsuhashi chuckled, to which Velvet giggled a bit.
With that, the group discreetly left school, heading down south from it after exiting the building.
"So, what's first on the list?" Coco asked as they were now in the Emerald Forest, which was very much the White Forest now.
"First we need to meet up with the others, they should be waiting for us near the ruins." Ruby said, before they finally reached said ruins, seeing Team SSSN, Keenan, Ilia and their partners waiting for them in the ruins.
"Yo! Glad you guys could make it!" Sun said with a grin.
"Looks like we have more people though." Neptune noted as he looked at Team CFVY's members.
"Accidents happen." Gyro said with a shrug.
"Alright, now that we're all here, what's first on the list?" Ilia asked.
"Well, we can't head to Mistral just yet. It's too obvious, and likely, Cinder might even expect that from us." Pierce said.
"Instead, we decided that we should head to my home on Menagerie and hide out there a bit." Blake said with a smile.
"Huh, cool, never been to Menagerie." Sun grinned.
"Are humans allowed on Menagerie though?" Keenan wondered.
"Good question, it's a land for Faunus after all." Falcomon nodded as he thought about it.
"Humans can go there yes." Velvet answered "My dad is a human, and he was allowed to go there with my mom, but, that's the thing, a human is only allowed if accompanied by a faunus, it's a rule that was set a while back, mostly to show we're still angry and don't trust all humans that much."
"Right, I guess that's a fair rule, we have four Faunus in our group at least, so that'll make moving around there easier." Gyro sighed "Anyway, come on people, Klein is waiting for us by the coast."
"Right… we're getting on a boat." Neptune said nervously, before yelping as something pinched his ear.
"Quit being such a scaredy cat would you? We get it, people died in front of you in the ocean, but you gotta get over it!" Tinkermon practically shouted in his face.
"Ok, I agree with her sentiment, but less rude." Scarlet sighed as he pulled his partner back.
"If it helps, you don't need to get out on deck," Pierce said.
"Yeah...that'll help," Neptune nodded, albeit a little stiffly.
"Anyway, after Menagerie, we'll be going to Anima, then make our way to Haven...by the land road," Pyrrha said. "Also, once we get on to the ship, there are a few things you'll need to know."
"Some kind of secret for your inner circle?" Velvet mused, to which the Chosen all nodded. "Well...it must be important, so alright."
With that the group soon boarded the ship and were soon sailing off the coast with their next destination in mind.
At that time, in the Digital World…
A figure walked through a long hallway, his body covered partially by a cloak, a pair of glasses with large lens glinting partially in the darkness of the hallway.
"You got your speech ready boss?" a small figure with long ears and a single horn on its forehead asked the taller figure, following behind them.
"Of course, it's been ready since this morning and I rehearsed it a few times already." the tall figure said with a confident smile.
"Of course you did, you're always ready after all." another small figure with long ears said, though this one had three horns as opposed to one.
"It wasn't always like that though." the first small figure snickered.
The tall figure chuckled "Come now, everyone was embarrassing as a child, but we all grow and mature."
"We had a lot of things to watch while maturing." the second short figure said "The Digital World sure changed a lot over the years since we lost access to it."
"Yeah, lots of bad guys came around, but those Chosen Children managed to put them down." the first short figure added.
"Yes, they did." the tall figure said, before frowning "However, a more permanent solution needs to be made, the world can't always count on others to save it."
"We can only hope the Digimon understand." the second short figure said.
"Meh, I'm sure they will eventually." the first short figure shrugged.
"It will take time, as all great changes do, but one day, they will thank me for keep the world peaceful." the tall figure said, before reaching the end of the hallway, stepping into the light, revealing a young man, his outfit consisting of a white and blue suit with a high collar and yellow shoulder pads, from which a white cloak hanged, his hair silver and slicked back, while he had large, white glasses with blue lens over his eyes, and finally, a sword sheathed at his hip, one of his gloved hands resting on the pommel.
The two small figures stayed in the shadows of the hallway, simply watching over him silently.
The young man looked down from the balcony he was standing on at a crowd of Digimon who were gathered below, the varying expressions on their faces even if he knew they all came of their own free will. They were still unsure, unsure of this decision, unsure if he could give what he'd promised. Well...it was time he began to dispel their worries.
"To everyone in this room, I thank you for coming!" he began. "For too long the Digital World has been at the mercy of those who'd use the power they amass to oppress those without it! Too long has the Digital World remained passive as they awaited others to fix the problems for them! I say no more! No more will this peaceful world be brought to its knees by the dark ideals of a few! No more will evil have a chance to rise and plunge the world into an age of darkness! Today I say to you that we shall unify this world under our banner, a world where strength is used to protect, not destroy! Where the innocent may live peacefully without fear of their lives being shattered one day! Today marks the first day of the first Digital Kingdom, where all may live in peace without fear or oppression!" he declared. "Are you with me?!"
The resulting roar from the Digimon below was practically deafening, as all of them started chanting.
"All hail the Digimon King! All hail the Digimon King!"
And here ends Volume 3, and the first major saga of the story.
Next up... lock onto the Target, and full speed ahead, because...
The Adventure Evolves.