CHAPTER 65
Archanea Continent
Aytolis Castle
The group entered inside the castle until arriving at the throne room where the queen Yelena was waiting for them, knowing that she is the queen everyone bowed before the ruler of Aytolis' Kingdom.
"I see the chosen one by the Keyblade of Destiny is here, just like the princess of the Aether Kingdom too." Queen Yelena said, easily recognizing them as Caleb was surprised.
"But how do you know about me, your majesty?" Caleb asked but called the queen by majesty to show courtesy.
"The name of your kingdom and you were turned into a legend, also the Divine Dragon lived in Aether Kingdom and you with the other heroes fought against the Chaos Dragon Velezark. The Divine Dragon was the one who created the Shield of Flames, the legendary relic of Aytolis Kingdom." Queen Yelena explained to the teenager.
"I can hardly remember because I spent 1000 years asleep and many things I forgot." Caleb explained to the ruler of Aytolis.
The queen could understand that he has trouble remembering his past after sleeping 1,000 years.
"I see, don't force yourself, take your necessary time to recover your memories." Queen Yelena spoke to him.
"Thank you, your majesty." Caleb said while bowing the queen.
"Rowan, probably the other continents must be in trouble after facing the invasion." Lianna told her brother.
"You're right, Lianna." Rowan agreed with his sister before turning to the queen. "Mother, we need to go."
"I understand you two, go carefully there." Queen Yelena said to her both children and they bowed slightly.
"I wish you two good luck, I'll be here in the castle." Darios told both loyal twins and they nodded.
Later outside from the castle, Caleb saw the group with the newcomers included, also Luke returned the Star Ring to Mario.
"Guys, we're going into separate continents this time just in like the different regions from the Pokéarth." Caleb told the group.
"I see." Shadow said.
They nodded while knowing what to do, stopping the evil troops and recruiting new allies too. They were teleported back at the Comet Observatory and different groups ended up on different continents of the world.
Archanea Continent: Altea Kingdom
Sora, Oshawott, Riku, Kairi, Goemon, Wiseman with Robobot Armor, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Starlow, Toad, Toadette, Boo, Geno, DK, Diddy, Tai, Agumon, Matt, Gabumon, Sor, Biyomon, Izzy, Tentomon, Mimi, Palmon, Joe, Gomamon, TK, Patamon, Kari, Gatomon, Davis, Veemon (blue), Yolei, Hawkmon, Cody, Armadillomon, Kenshin, Victor and Gloria appeared close to a castle with gray and red bricks.
"Where are we?" Sora asked while seeing his surroundings.
"Who knows kid?" Luigi said without knowing about the place.
Suddenly they heard the sounds of guards fighting here, surely the enemy troops were here in the kingdom.
"The enemy troops are here." Starlow told the group.
*PREPARING TO ADVANCE - FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STONES (SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL REMIX)*
The group run to see where the enemies are and they see Octoomba, Rex, Bokoblins, Lizalfos, Aeralfos, blue Kritters, Heavy Knight, Corrupts Digimon like Goblimon, Vilemon and Harpymon, and Heartless like Luna Bandits and Wyverns.
"Let's do this!" Goemon said.
In the battle Sora uses Sonic Blade, Oshawott uses Aqua Cutter, Riku casts Dark Firaga, Kairi casts Flower Shoot, Goemon performs Stone Scabbard, Wiseman driving the Robobot Armor scanned a Heavy Knight and the Robobot Armor turned into green and yellow color while having two giant beam blades for arms before slashing the enemies and performing a spin slash, Mario performs Fire Raid before firing fireballs, Luigi casts Thundaga before using Green Missile, Yoshi performs aerial attacks (like the ones in Smash Bros Series), DK performs Spinning Kong, Diddy uses his Peanut Guns, Toad and Toadette jump before stomping the enemies like Octoomba and Rex, Geno uses Geno Beam and Geno Swirl, Boo pulls out a tennis racket before launching balls of tennis against the enemies, Tai casts Firaga, Agumon uses Pepper Breath, Matt casts Blizzaga, Gabumon uses Blue Blaster, Sor performs Aerial Slam, Biyomon uses Spiral Twister, Izzy casts Triple Plasma, Tentomon uses Super Shocker, Mimi performs Stun Impact, Palmon uses Poison Ivy, Joe casts Waterga, Gomamon uses Marching Fishes, TK casts Balloons, Patamon uses Boom Bubble, Kari performs Faith, Gatomon uses Cat Laser, Davis performs Fire Raid, Veemon (blue) uses V-Headbutt, Yolei performs Circle Raid, Hawkmon uses Feather Strike, Cody performs Ars Arcanum, Kenshin uses Nine-Head Dragon Flash, Armadillomon uses Diamond Shell, Victor called Drednaw who attacked by using Rock Slide and Gloria called her Galarian Rapidash who attacked by using Psycho Cut, for a moment they seem closer the victory until more enemies.
"Oh come on! How many enemies do we have to fight!?" Davis asked in complainment.
"The ones that are necessary!" Riku answered while hitting another enemy.
"It's true, we cannot give up!" Cody said while jumping and performing Blizzard Raid against a Lizalfos.
Just then a familiar figure appeared revealing himself as Marth who jumped before using Dancing Blade against three Luna Bandits defeating the three enemies.
"Need a hand, Sora?" Marth asked while recognizing his old friend.
"Yeah, thanks Marth." Sora nodded to his former summon.
Another person appeared riding a white pegasus horse with yellow mane and tail, it is a young woman with long blue hair and blue eyes, she is wearing a red shirt with quartz-colored armor pieces, white fingerless gloves, black stockings that reach above the knees and white shoes, she is wielding a lance.
"I wasn't going to let you fight alone, Marth." She said, clearly disposed to help Marth.
"Thanks Caeda." Marth said to the young woman named Caeda.
In the fight Marth uses Slash Combination with his sword, Hard Edge, Dragon Killer, Whirlwind, Double Slash and Counter (attacks in Smash Bros Series), while Caeda thrusts forward, then does a spinning slash to the left followed by her pegasus kicking forward repeatedly with the front legs, then she thrusts her spear forcefully into the ground in front before dashing forward while twirling her spear in front of her, then unleashes a series of rapid thrust attacks in front and she finishes with a long, flying forward thrust.
*ENDS*
After the enemies were defeated, Drednaw and Rapidash were returned inside their Pokéballs, Marth and Caeda turned to see the group.
"Thanks for the help, Sora." Marth said.
"No problem, after all that's what friends are for." Sora said while putting his hands behind his head.
"So, you must be Sora." Caeda said, meeting Sora for the first time.
"How do you know about me?" Sora asked.
"Marth told me that you found him as a summon gem and helped you to restore Archanea." Caeda explained.
It's true, when Archanea was plunged into the darkness, Marth was turned into a summon gem and helped Sora previous times to defeat the enemies until to defeat Xehanort's Heartless while restoring the kingdom too, but when the prince recognized Wiseman the old man has the crossed arms meaning that he didn't forget when he caused a mess in his house on Pinna Park.
"Sir…" Marth tried to speak with Wiseman.
"Just call me Wiseman, young man." Wiseman said, with the crossed arms yet.
"Wiseman, I'm sorry for what I did to your house the last time…" Marth said, apologizing with him.
"It's okay young man. After Ansem was defeated, my old house was restored." Wiseman said with a kind smile, meaning that he returned to his homeworld after the defeat of Xehanort's Heartless previously.
"Did you do what?" Caeda asks in shock to Marth after hearing that he caused a mess in a house from an old man.
"I'm sorry for not telling that part before." Marth apologized to her while blushing.
"I guess some things don't change on you." Caeda said while giggling.
"So, what brings you all here?" Marth asked the group.
After everyone introduced themselves to Marth and Caeda, the group explained the whole situation to them.
"That sounds so terrible." Caeda said, not liking the villains trying to take over the worlds which includes Archanea.
"Even if Ansem, Nightmaremon, Xemnas and the Meta Demons were defeated, the threats aren't over." Marth said remembering the enemies from the past.
"Marth, we should go to help them." Caeda suggested it to him.
"Very well." Marth nodded.
Then Marth and Caeda joined the group.
"So, where will we go now?" Tai asked, meaning about the next place of the continent.
"We should go back to Talys." Caeda said with a bit of concern.
"We'll go there." Marth told her while holding her hand and she nodded with a warm smile.
Then the group exited from the kingdom while going across the green plains, fighting against the enemies until arriving to the next zone of the continent.
Khadein
The group was in a desert, the last one on Gallopolis was hot there, luckily a certain pink mare wasn't there to see the heat driving her crazy like two previous times.
"Back in the desert…" Gomamon said while feeling the heat.
"Well, we have never been before…" Joe said, referring to the new world.
They continued in the desert until they saw a boy with black eyes and blond hair, he was wearing a dark brown short-sleeved tunic, orange trousers and brown shoes, also he had a sword with a golden handle and a white blade, and was sitting on the ground exhausted.
"Look there is someone there." Patamon said, noticing the new boy.
"Who is him?" TK asked, referring to the new boy.
Joe examines the new boy by putting his hand on the boy's forehead, he could feel him very hot due to his experience about symptoms in the human body since he is studying to be a doctor.
"He is hot because of the desert heat, he needs water." Joe said before pulling out a bottle of water and helped the boy to drink water until the new boy recovered.
"Where am I?" The boy asked, watching his surroundings.
"You're in Khadein." Marth answered the boy.
"I see." The boy said, but a bit confused about seeing new people and animal-like creatures with human qualities. "But who are you all?"
Everyone introduced themselves to the new boy.
"What's your name?" Kari asked gently to the new blond.
"My name is Arthur, but everyone used to call me Wart." Arthur introduced himself.
It is another person with the same name, but this one has blond hair instead of orange hair and wears knight armor.
"So, what do you remember the last time?" Gatomon asked Arthur.
"I was training with the sword, later I took a rest and when I woke up I ended up here." Arthur explained his backstory before arriving here.
"Probably a Dimensional Rift brought you here." Izzy explained, knowing that many people were transported by those portals.
"Dimensional Rift?" Arthur repeated, like hearing a new word.
"Yeah, it is a portal which transports everyone into different places." Cody explained Arthur.
"I wonder if Merlin is fine." Arthur said.
"We met him previously before meeting you." Kari said, referring that they met Merlin before meeting Arthur.
"I still remember his beard was stuck with the door…" TK said, remembering the scene while giggling too.
Flashback in the hallways of Disney's Castle
Everyone was outside of Merlin's room.
"Now, don't let it go to your head that magic can solve all your problems, cause it won't." Merlin told them as a warning as a warning so that no one is overconfident that magic is not going to solve all their problems.
"Problems, right now we don't have problems." Rainbow said while flying and putting her hooves behind the head.
"And no one of us." Michelangelo added.
"Pish-posh!" Merlin declared. "Everyone has problems. The world is full of problems."
As he finished speaking, Merlin shut the door behind, only to quickly get pulled back as his beard had gotten stuck in the door as Rainbow and Pinkie were snickering. As he yanked on it.
"There! You see what I mean?" The wizard complained.
Following a gigantic tug, the beard pulled free and rapidly wrapped around Merlin's head. He pulled on it yet again, only to have his entire face become shrouded in white hair like a dandelion flower covered in seeds. Then, Merlin had unrolled his beard from his face, Rainbow and Pinkie hid their gigglings.
"C'mon." Merlin said. "Let's be on our way."
Then the flashback ended.
Khadein
Back in the present, Arthur hid his giggling.
"I think Merlin passed by the same situation twice." Arthur said.
Apparently he saw how Merlin's beard was stuck with the door and later his entire face became shrouded in white hair like a dandelion flower, looking like a fluff face. Even Kari couldn't help but giggle a bit after remembering said scene.
"Well, I hate to interrupt the train of memories but we have more important things to do." Tai said, changing the subject.
"What is, Tai?" Arthur asked and they explained the whole situation about the villains, and even Kari and TK explained that Madam Mim is with the villain. "Madam Mim is with them!?"
"Yeah…" TK answered.
"I remember that she showed me that her magic is better than the one of Merlin, but I told her that Merlin's magic used for good, and then she tried to destroy me." Arthur explained the group.
"Me and TK remember hearing those words too, she tried to kill three of our friends." Kari said, remembering when Madam Mim tried to kill three innocent fillies.
"Luckily we managed to save them." Gatomon said.
"And also we have a common enemy." Patamon said, referring to Madam Mim.
"It's true, we should work together. After all, I always dreamed of riding a white horse while defeating dragons, vultures and giants." Arthur said, sharing his dream to the group.
"And, did you get that dream?" Mimi asked with curiosity.
"Well, I traveled to London and I lifted up the sword from his stone, and Merlin told me about me becoming a legend in books and even a movie." Arthur explained the group.
A movie about him was completely new for the boy, but the wizard has the ability to see the future. The group continued through Khadein, and as they were walking they shared information about their past travels, but unknown to them, Shamus, Team Plasma grunts and Shadow Triad were watching the group.
"The girl who wants Bowser is there!" A Team Plasma Grunt said.
"So, that must be the girl who wants Bowser alive." Shamus said.
"Yes, she and her friends are a threat to our plans and those kids are friends of that boy and his Pikachu." A female Team Plasma Grunt said.
With mentioning Ash and his Pikachu, Shamus got bitter memories when the abandoned Tepig who later evolved to Pignite beat Heatmor and Emboar, and as if that weren't enough, Pignite literally spat fire in the face of the trainer who abandoned him, being the most humiliating moment of his life and remembering that day he has been thinking about revenge, and just seeing Ash's new friends, Shamus looks at them with hate while keeping his sadistic smile.
"So, the boy with the Pikachu got new friends, it could be my chance to test my new warrior of fire." Shamus said while showing the Pokéball of Centiskorch.
The group kept walking until Sludge Bomb attacks came from nowhere barely hitting the group.
"Is everyone alright?" Sor asked the group.
"We're fine." Yolei answered.
Then they turned to see the Team Plasma with foes Garbodor, Muk, Krokorok, Liepard, Swoobat, Magnezone, Watchog, Whirleped Seviper, Zangoose and Bisharp, even Shamus was there with four fire type Pokémon, a fire simian called Simisear, a gorilla-like one called Darmanitan and a chandelier-like one called Chandelure, and his recent centipede-like Pokémon called Centiskorch, the four of them of have sadistic smiles, only Chandelure has a sadistic glare visibly.
"It's them again!" Biyomon said, recognizing the Shadow Triad.
"Clearly they are using Pokémon for their evil purposes." Victor said glaring at the Team Plasma.
"So, you must be the children allied with that meddling boy and his Pikachu." A Team Plasma Grunt said.
"Yeah, and what if we're allied with them!?" Davis asks aggressively to the evil team.
"We cannot let you all interfere in our plans." A female Team Plasma Grunt said.
"Who is that new one?" Gabumon asked, referring to Shamus.
"What are you doing here!?" Matt asked Shamus.
"Nothing personal, just I'm following orders." Shamus answered, before turning to see his three fiery Pokémon. "Darmanitan, Chandelure, Simisear, Centiskorch, attack them!"
*BATTLE! TEAM PLASMA (POKÉMON BLACK 2 & WHITE 2)*
The four Pokémon obeyed Shamus without hesitation, clearly they are very loyal to the evil trainer.
"Drednaw! Cinderace!" Victor said, calling his two Pokémon.
Shamus was impressed by seeing another fire type Pokémon, however he wanted Cinderace greedily.
"So, is that a Cinderace?" Shamus asked, referring to the Striker Pokémon, Victor just nodded. "That Pokémon could be perfect for my team of fire warriors!"
Victor didn't like the greedy ambitions of Shamus.
"You won't take my Cinderace away from me!" Victor declared.
"I'll help too!" Gloria said before pulling out two Pokéballs. "Inteleon! Morpeko!"
Two other Pokémon came out, despite they were two water type Pokémon the four fire type Pokémon didn't look intimidated.
"Type advantage is not everything." Shamus said, probably his Pokémon were able to take down every opponent, no matter the weaknesses just like Ghetsis' Pokémon Team.
The foes Pokémon did their attack but the group managed to dodge them all, Agumon uses Sharp Claws, Gabumon uses Horn Attack, Biyomon uses Turbo Pecker which was a faster version of Hard Beak attack, Tentomon uses Talon Attack which he attacks with his claw, Palmon uses Sleep Spores which was very similar to Sleep Powder, Gomamon uses Water Shot, Patamon uses Aero Slash, Gatomon uses Cat Laser, Veemon (blue) uses V-Punch, Hawkmon uses Pecking Beak, Armadillomon uses Sharp Claws, Goemon launches shurikens, the foes Swoobat use Supersonic but the Robobot Armor scanned the attack and now the armor is green with yellow and red and has large speakers which allow the armor to launch charged sound waves ahead, Mario used Meteor Knuckle before following with Strike Raid, Luigi casts Blizzaga, Yoshi extended his tongue to wrap the enemies before slamming his head against them, Toad and Toadette pulled out pickaxes before performing spin attacks with them, Boo pulled out a baseball glove before performing charged baseball launches against the enemies, Geno uses Geno Beam, DK uses Twin Beat (Down Smash Attack in Smash Bros), Diddy performs aerial kicks, Oshawott uses Aqua Jet and Water Pulse, Marth and Kenshin nodded each other before slashing the enemies with their respective swords, Arthur slashes the enemies with his sword, Caeda does a spinning attack and follows with a slash to the left, the other Digidestined perform their usual attacks with their Keyblades.
Chandelure uses Confuse Ray but Drednaw uses Rock Polish to increase his speed before dodging easily the enemy attack and the tortoise-like Pokémon uses Liquidation which was very effective against the chandelier-like Pokémon, Darmanitan uses Fire Punch against Morpeko but the guinea pig-like Pokémon dodged before using Aura Wheel against the fire type Pokémon and Morpeko uses Stomping Tantrum which causes to him super effective damage, Simisear uses Flame Burst but Inteleon uses Snipe Shot which went through the fire attack and hits the fire simian-like Pokémon, Centiskorch uses Lunge but Cinderace dodge before using Blaze Kick against the centipede-like Pokémon who retaliates by using Crunch but Cinderace dodged before using Iron Head, even if the wasn't very effective it caused Centiskorch to flinch giving time at the Striker Pokémon to use Pyro Ball and strike Centiskorch.
The group was having the upper hand against the group of villains who use the Pokémon as weapons, but unknown to the Digidestined two wyverns, with sharp talons, large, leathery wings, antelope-like horns and dark gray/purple scales were watching the group, but both were focusing on Kari.
"Remember Gwythaints, we need the little girl alive." The voice of the Horned King instructed the two wyverns named Gwythaints.
Back in the battle, many foes Pokémon of the Team Plasma and Shadow Triad were knocked out which forced the Team Rocket members to return them inside their Pokéballs, Drednaw used Jaw Lock which knocked out Chandelure, Simisear uses Fury Swiped against Inteleon but he uses Mud Shot to blind him and finishes by using Air Slash, Darmanitan uses Zen Headbutt but Morpeko dodges before using Thunderbolt which knocked out Darmanitan, Shamus returned the three knocked out Pokémon inside their Pokéballs and glares at the two trainers of the Galar region.
"It's time to end this battle!" Shamus said before realizing that he had the Dynamax Band. "I think it is time to use the Dynamax in Centiskorch!"
"When did you get that!?" Victor asked in shock.
"I challenged a trainer while betting his Dynamax Band and I won against him, his team of weakling water type Pokémon weren't a match against my team." Shamus explained, meaning that he won the item by taking him from another trainer, speaking of the heartless.
"You're the worst trainer that we have met!" Gloria said with disgust.
Then Shamus called Centiskorch inside the Pokéball and used the Dynamax Band to increase the Pokéball into a huge Premier Ball before launching it and Centiskorch came out in a titan-like size similar to the Ōmukade (the giant centipede in the Japanese mythology).
*BATTLE! LEGENDARY MAX RAID (POKÉMON SWORD & SHIELD)*
Everyone watched the giant centipede in titan-like size.
"What is that thing!?" Palmon asked.
"I don't know, but it looks very hideous!" Mimi said in horror, seeing the giant Centiskorch.
"I think my grandfather explained to me about the Ōmukade, a giant man-eating centipede that lives in the mountains!" Cody explained while they were seeing the Gigantamax Centiskorch.
"It's a Gigantamax Centiskorch!" Victor told the group while Gloria pulled out the RotomPhone to hear information about Centiskorch in a titan-like size.
"Centiskorch, the Radiator Pokémon, a fire and bug type Pokémon. The Gigantamax energy has evoked a rise in its body temperature, now reaching over 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Its heat waves incinerate its enemies." The RotomPhone explained.
Some children were terrified about hearing the information about the Ōmukade-like Pokémon.
"Digimon, let's attack!" Agumon calls them before he and the others use their moves. "Pepper Breath!"
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon uses his attack.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon uses her attack.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon uses his attack.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon uses her attack.
"Marching Fishes!" Gomamon uses his attack.
"Boom Bubble!" Patamon uses his attack.
"Cat Laser!" Gatomon uses her attack.
"V-Shot!" Veemon (blue) uses his attack.
"Feather Strike!" Hawkmon uses his attack.
"Beast Attack!" Armadillomon uses his attack.
"Hydro Pump!" Oshawott said using his attack.
They hit the Gigantamax Centiskorch, but in Palmon's case who used Poison Ivy her attack didn't reach to grab Centiskorch.
"Not one of our attacks didn't damage him…" Armadillomon said.
"I think we're in big trouble…!" Oshawott said nervously.
"Are you finished? Fine, now it's my turn." Shamus said before ordering his centipede-like Pokémon. "Use Max Flutterby!"
Gigantamax Centiskorch glowed with green energy before summoning butterfly-like energy projectiles going towards the group who barely dodged the enemy attack and hide somewhere to think of another strategy.
"You won't hide from Centiskorch so easily." Shamus said.
"It is very strong!" Gomamon said after witnessing the power of Centiskorch.
"We need to find a way to beat him!" Joe said, referring to how to beat Gigantamax Centiskorch.
"Maybe WarGreymon can beat him!" Tai suggested.
"We have to try!" Agumon agreed with his human partner.
"Agumon, Digivolve!" Tai said while holding his Digivice.
Agumon Warp Digivolve to… WarGreymon!
But despite he Digivolved into the Mega level, the Gigantamax Centiskorch was still bigger than WarGreymon making the conditions not quite even.
"There is still a lot of difference in size!" Riku said.
"I'll try to stop him!" WarGreymon said as he lunged to attack Centiskorch.
They watched how WarGreymon was fighting against the Gigantamax Centiskorch.
"Only Gigantamax Cinderace can equal Gigantamax Centiskorch…" Victor said while getting ready his Dynamax Band until suddenly it started to glow with the Digivice of Tai.
"Look!" Kairi said noticing the glow between the Dynamax Band and the Digivice.
"The Dinamax Band is reacting with my Digivice." Tai said seeing his Digivice glowing in red slightly.
"Ours too." TK said.
They saw the Digivices of Matt, Sor, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, TK and Kari glowing too, the eight Digidestined pushed a single button which fired eight beams into the Dinamax Band of Victor and then the Dinamax fired the red beams in the Digivice of the eight Digidestined.
"I think that is talking about the prophecy." Izzy said, realizing something about the prophecy. "Unlocking new powers."
Back in the battle of WarGreymon versus Gigantamax Centiskorch.
"Use G-Max Centiferno!" Shamus ordered.
Gigantamax Centiskorch launches a giant fireball as WarGreymon prepared to block it with his Brave Shield, when the giant fireball impacted it left fiery crop circles like the ones which predict the arrival of alien invasions.
"Are you alright WarGreymon!?" Tai asked him after his Digimon received the powerful attack.
"I'm fine Tai." WarGreymon answered.
Tai remembered the last time when Piedmon badly injured WarGreymon and Pikachu, despite all their efforts the clown-like Digimon was very powerful.
"WarGreymon, I unlocked a new power! I'm going to use the Gigantamax energy from my Digivice!" Tai told him.
"You!? Please, only the Pokémon can use the Gigantamax energy." Shamus sneered.
"We'll see about that." Tai said before pushing a button from his Digivice.
*BREAK THE CHAIN (DIGIMON ADVENTURE REBOOT)*
His Digivice launches a red beam which contacts WarGreymon and then the mega-leveled Digimon surprisingly increases his size (just like his rebooted counterpart in Digimon Adventure 2020), now the Digimon was equaling the size of the Ōmukade-like Pokémon.
"Impossible…!" Shamus said in shock.
"What's the matter with you? Didn't you have enough courage to beat my Digimon?" Tai asked in a mocking tone towards Shamus.
"I won't be humiliated by another kid like you!" Shamus said before ordering his giant fiery centipede. "Centiskorch, use G-Max Centinferno again!"
Gigantamax Centiskorch prepared to use his attack.
"WarGreymon, use Terra Force!" Tai commanded his Digimon.
"Understood, Tai!" WarGreymon nodded and he prepared his attack. "Terra Force!"
Both Digimon and Pokémon launched their attacks and both were clashing, and as the two attacks were clashing against each other, the trainer and Digidestined were feeling the force of the wind produced by both attacks, it is a battle of two-titan like creatures but there is room for only one winner.
"WarGreymon, I have faith in you, we can win this battle!" Tai told his Digimon and his Digivice glowed with an orange light.
Then the Terra Force managed to overpower the G-Max Centinferno and hit the Gigantamax Centiskorch while finishing him off too.
*ENDS*
Gigantamax Centiskorch backed up in pain, then an explosion occurred and Centiskorch reverted to his regular form and knocked out too due the twirls in his eyes.
"No way…!" Shamus said indignantly at his defeat.
Then WarGreymon reverted to his regular size.
"Good job, WarGreymon!" Tai congratulated his Digimon.
"You have won this time, but next time you and your friends won't have the same luck." Shamus said as he returned Centiskorch inside his Pokéball.
Then he along with Team Plasma grunts and Shadow Triad disappeared in a dark corridor while WarGreymon reverted back into Agumon.
"Tai…" Kari said, approaching his brother.
But suddenly one Gwythaint appeared flying and grabbed Kari by her arms, causing her to yelp in alarm.
"Kari!" The group exclaimed.
TK and Gatomon ran after her trying to reach but the second Gwythaint appeared and slammed TK to the ground and grabbed Gatomon.
"TK!" Matt and Patamon exclaimed with concern.
The eight year old boy gets up while having a drop of blood streaming from his mouth.
"They are getting away with Kari!" Tai said, seeing her sister helpless.
"Not by much! Corviknight, follow those two dragons, but make sure they don't see you!" Victor said calling his crow knight-like Pokémon who took flight while following Gwythaints.
"Understood!" Corviknight nodded while following the two Gwythains.
Back with Kari and Gatomon, they are still being carried by the two Gwythains, the small girl seemed scared of the two wyverns and at the same she is confused of seeing why they captured her, the two Gwythains continued flying until the Gwythain who captured them put them in the floor of a castle in ruins.
"Where am I…?" Kari asked while seeing the place.
"I don't know Kari…" Gatomon answered.
But they weren't alone, the duo of light was surrounded by enemies like Darknut, Lycan Darknut, Iron Knuckle, Faceless, mummy-like creatures called Entombed and centaurs wielding axes called Tarvos, the two Gwythains were watching them from above, but also the Horned King appeared from the shadows, his ghoul-like appearance immediately caused Kari to petrify in fear.
"I presume, my girl, you are the keeper of the light's crest." The Horned King said while Kari is still afraid of him.
"Yes…" Kari answered fearfully.
"Then use your crest to show me the whereabouts of Kingdom Hearts!" Horned King said while grabbing his glass of wine.
"No, I can't…!" Kari said afraid but refused.
"Very well. In that case, your crest is no use to me." The Horned King said before breaking the glass with his hand. "Creeper, grab the white cat!"
Then a green goblin-like creature wearing a purple robe appeared and snatched Gatomon from Kari.
"Hey, let me go! Let me go!" Gatomon exclaimed.
"What are you going to do?" Kari asked while Creeper was carrying her Digimon ready to slice her head by one of the Tarvos. "No!"
She tried to save her Digimon but she was held by an Iron Knuckle.
"Please, don't kill her!" Kari begged tearfully.
Just as the centaur executioner raised his axe to decapitate her.
"Don't! Don't! Stop!" Kari shouted tearfully before saying. "I'll use my crest, but don't hurt Gatomon, she is my best friend!"
"That's better." The Horned King said.
"Now, use your crest, kid!" Creeper said while carrying Gatomon.
The Iron Knuckle who was holding Kari he dropped her close to a pot with water, seeing that she is surrounded and if she refuses to follow the orders of the evil king, her Digimon will be executed, then without options she summoned her Keyblade with the crest and fired a beam from her weapon at the water.
"Look! Look, sire! It's working!" Creeper said.
Then in the water they saw the projection of the door of Kingdom Hearts.
"Kingdom Hearts! So it does exist." The Horned King said while he was approaching them. "Where is it? Show me, show me."
Kari and Gatomon were silent for a while but they didn't know that the Horned King was getting closer.
"Show me!" The Horned King demanded as they turned to see the villain trying to grab them.
Kari screamed in fear but Gatomon punched the pot towards the Horned King causing him to shriek in pain.
"We gotta run!" Kari said while grabbing her Digimon before running away from the Horned King.
"After them! Get them! After them!" Creeper ordered the enemy troops who charged after Kari and Gatomon.
Kari continued running away from the enemy troops while Gatomon was dumbfounded at seeing her human partner running like that even if she had a Keyblade.
"Over here!" Gatomon said pointing at a hiding spot.
Then they hid there, the feline Digimon saw the enemies running after Kari, and now speaking of her she was hyperventilating and streaming tears of fear after a close encounter with the Horned King, she feels like she needs her brother, Kairi, Fluttershy or TK to comfort her.
"Kari, you need to calm down." Gatomon said, trying to calm Kari.
"I'm sorry for running like that, I never felt so scared in my life…" Kari explained as she kept shedding tears of fear again. "I need my brother…"
She sat on the ground before crying, Gatomon could understand her after remembering her first encounter with Myotismon and all mistreatment received by him too, she approached her before hugging her.
"Everything will be alright, you're safe with me." Gatomon reassured her.
She couldn't help but smile sadly before hugging her Digimon.
After crying for two minutes, Kari was feeling better.
"Thank you, I feel a bit better now." She said before getting up and started to think. "We need to reunite with everyone."
They check outside to make sure the enemy aren't following them, they run across the place but suddenly Corrupts Vilemon and Dokugumon surround them, however Kari summons her Keyblade.
"Now I'm ready to fight!" Kari said, facing the enemies.
"Second Form: Honorable Shadow Plum!" A female voice said, revealing herself as a girl with purple eyes, black hair tied into a ponytail with butterfly hair clip, she is wearing the same black uniform like the demon slayers, a white cape and white boots.
"Who is that girl?" Gatomon wondered about the new girl.
"Is not safe for you to stay here." The girl with the purple eyes spoke gently to Kari.
"I can fight too." Kari told the new girl who couldn't help but nod with a smile.
"Be careful with those demons." The girl with purple eyes told Kari, referring to the Vilemon and Dokugumon.
"They are Corrupts Digimon." Kari corrected the new girl.
The new girl never heard about the Corrupts Digimon but she could clearly see that they the darker Digimon have bad intentions, the new girl slashes the Corrupts Digimon with her Nichirin sword, Gatomon uses Lightning Paw and Neko Kick, and Kari performs Rising Sun before following with Sonic Blade and Strike Raid and for last casting Thundaga to defeat the last enemies, the new girl was impressed by Kari's skills despite looking younger at her age.
"I didn't know you could do that." The girl with purple eyes said, after watching Kari fighting against the enemies.
"It's a long story." Kari said before asking the new girl. "By the way, what's your name?"
"I'm Kanao Tsuyuri." The girl with the purple eyes called Kanao introduced herself while ruffling Kari's hair.
"I'm Kari Kamiya, nice to meet you." Kari introduced herself with her full name.
"And I'm Gatomon." Gatomon introduced herself.
"I'm trying to wonder what are you two doing here?" Kanao asked the light's crest duo.
"I was separated from my brother." Kari answered, a bit sadly.
"Kari, look up!" Gatomon said pointing at the sky.
Then they saw Corviknight flying in circles above them.
"That crow seems bigger like the ones I meet." Kanao said, seeing the crow-like Pokémon.
"I know that Corviknight!" Kari said with hope, meaning that Victor and the others in the group are closer.
"I found Kari and Gatomon!" Corviknight said while flying around them.
Then they saw the group arriving at the place.
"Kari!" Tai said, gladly to see his sister safe.
"Tai!" Kari said before running to her brother.
Tai and Kari meet up, and he spins her around as she laughs happily, that moment between siblings is so sweet.
"Kari!" TK and Kairi said, glad to see Kari safe.
After Tai put his sister in the ground, Kairi knelt to Kari's level before hugging her to her left side while TK hugged Kari to her right side, meaning another sweet moment between an old sister-like figure and her boyfriend.
"Wait a second, who are you?" Joe asked, meeting the new girl.
"She is Kanao, she managed to defeat Corrupts Digimon before your arrival." Kari answered.
"So, how did you end here?" Sora asked the girl demon slayer.
"I was searching for demons to slay them until a portal appeared and I ended up here." Kanao explained to the group.
"Well, we met three demon slayers previously, their names are Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke." Sora explained about the other three demon slayers. "By the way, I'm Sora."
After all the introductions, they explained the situation to Kanao and also Kari explained about her last encounter with the Horned King, even if she doesn't the name of the ghoul-like evil king, she described his appearance and his ruthless personality just like the one of Myotismon, but with only remembering how the Horned King tried to grab she started to hyperventilate again.
"Kari, it's okay, you're safe with us." Kairi said while ruffling the hair of her little sister-like figure to comfort her.
"So, where are we going now?" Oshawott asked, referring to the next place after reuniting with Kari and Gatomon, plus a new ally too.
"We're going towards Talys." Caeda reminds them.
They nodded before going towards the next place, but unknown to them Nightmare the Azure Knight watched and heard the group. Now speaking of the Horned King, he wasn't in a good mood after seeing Kari and Gatomon manage to escape.
"You failed me!" The Horned King growled.
"Sire, we searched everywhere but the girl and her cat disappeared!" Creeper explained but the Horned King grabbed Creeper by the throat. "Please…! Let me go!"
"I don't want to hear your excuses!" The Horned King said before tossing Creeper.
Some villains are intolerant of failure.
"Horned King, I heard where the girl is going." Nightmare said.
"Really? Tell me more." The Horned King said with interest and wanting to know about where Kari and the others will be.
Aurelis
The team arrived in another kingdom of the Archanea continent situated in the plains, the Pokémon of Victor and Gloria were inside their Pokéballs.
"Where are we?" Diddy asked while seeing the new place.
"The Kingdom of Aurelis." Marth answered.
"So, how much more to reach the kingdom of Talys?" Sora asked, hoping it's not too far to arrive there.
"Excuse me, are you guys from another world?" A young male voice asked the group.
Then they see a young man with brown hair and brown eyes, he is wearing a golden armor with some pieces of blue in the boots, gauntlets and two blue lateral horns in the helmet, and he is carrying a sword, and he is the company of a young woman with brown long hair and brown eyes, she is wearing a white outfit, brown boots that reach above the knees, brown fingerless gauntlets, and she carries a white rod with a blue pearl in the top.
"Only me and Caeda are from here." Marth answered to the new duo.
"So, how did you two end up here?" Riku asked both.
"A portal appeared from nowhere and brought us here." The young woman with the rod answered.
"Previously we had experience about other worlds too." The young man with the golden armor said.
"So, what are your names?" Mario asked the new duo.
"My name is Gilgamesh." Gilgamesh introduced himself.
"And I'm Ki." Ki introduced herself.
After the introductions, they explained the situation to Gilgamesh and Ki.
"Even if we managed to defeat Kyuju Kyu, there is still more danger." Gilgamesh said, remembering an enemy from the past.
"We're going to need the help from the allies we met in the past and new ones too." Ki suggested Gilgamesh.
"Alright, we'll help you guys." Gilgamesh said, meaning that they will join the team.
Later they went to the next zone of the continent.
Archanea Country
The group arrived in a town where there are a variety of merchant towns.
"Where are we now?" Starlow asked with curiosity.
"It's the country of Archanea, the largest nation in the continent." Caeda answered.
The group went across the town of the Archanea country, they went into an alley but the Heartless like Red Nocturnes and Air Soldiers, and Corrupts Digimon like Gizamon and another variant of Palmon which have a purple flower in their heads.
"That Digimon looks like you, Palmon." Mimi said seeing the new Digimon.
"Maybe it looks like but those ones are Aruraumon." Palmon explained, detailing the differences between herself and Aruraumon, then Izzy pulled out his laptop to scan Aruraumon.
"She is right, it's Aruraumon, it's rookie level but it's virus attribute, and her basic attack is like the one of Palmon, Poison Ivy." Izzy said, reading the information about the virus counterpart of Palmon.
"Well, it's time to defeat those impostors!" Mimi said while getting ready her Keyblade.
Then Mario used his Spin Attack combined with Circle Raid, Oshawott uses X-Scissor, Goemon performs diagonal slashes with his sword, Wiseman with the Robobot Armor punches the enemies, Luigi casts Thundaga, Yoshi uses Egg Roll, Toad and Toadette used Falling Star (Special Attack from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story), Boo attacks by lashing his tongue, Geno uses Geno Swirl, DK attacks by using the head, Diddy aerial punches the enemies, Kenshin uses Dragon Coil Flash Storm, Victor called Boltund who uses Thunder Fang, Gloria called Alcreamie who uses Dazzling Gleam, Marth does a quick aerial spin attack and followed with a wide slash to the right, Caeda's pegasus does a backflip kick into the air to knock the enemies upwards, Kanao uses Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo which she unleashes a slash that curves and twists gracefully, Arthur horizontal slashes the enemies with his sword, Gilgamesh uses Airborne Assault (Side Special Attack from Mii Swordfighter), Ki casts fire spells, the other Keyblade Bearers and Digimon perform their usual attacks, even if they defeated them more enemies appear.
"C'mon, enough already!" Sora said.
"This is annoying!" Oshawott said.
"Don't worry. We can take them as many times as we want!" Tai said.
Before the Heartless can attack, arrows rain down at the Heartless, destroying them.
"Huh?" Sor asked.
"What just happened?" Biyomon asked in confusion.
"I happened." A voice said and they see what looks like a red furred fox wearing a green tunic with a brown belt, green hat with a red feather, green leather shoes, and a quiver of arrows on his back while carrying a bow.
That fox is completely different to Fox McCloud.
"Who are you?" Arthur asked, backing away slightly.
"Calm down, I'm not an enemy." The fox spoke to the group before explaining them. "Where I come from I heard Prince John was speaking with a being with black horns."
Upon hearing the explanation, they instantly recognized the Mistress of All Evil.
"It's Maleficent." Kari said.
"Did you say Prince John?" TK asked and the fox nodded, then the kid chuckled. "The last time we saw him we beat him and he was sucking his thumb and calling his mom."
The children in the group laughed remembering that part, even the fox chuckled a bit.
"Typical prince John." The fox said.
"Well, who are you?" Yolei asked the new fox.
"I'm Robin Hood. An outlaw, but I'm noble." Robin Hood introduced.
"An outlaw, but a noble…" Luigi said, slightly confused.
"In Nottingham the Prince John increases the taxes leaving many civilians in poverty, therefore I stole the money from the prince for the civilians." Robin Hood explained to the group.
"That makes more sense." Sora said.
"Also thanks for the help." Davis said.
After all the introductions, they explained the situation.
"I see Prince John, Sir Hiss and the sheriff of Nottingham aren't the only threat. Also the crisis of the Heartless and Corrupts Digimon is going around here, so consider me at your service. Where you go, I shall follow." Robin Hood said.
"Thanks. Good to have ya, Robin." Sora said.
After meeting and speaking with a noble outlaw, he decided to join the team, especially with a known enemy with the group of villains, the numbers make strength. Then they kept going until arriving at the port where the boat brought them to Talys.
Talys
The group arrived in Talys which is a kingdom in a remote island.
"That must be Talys." Cody said while seeing the place.
They were searching for the enemy but unknown to them, Nightmare was standing above them before jumping directly at Marth but Sora quickly saved him from Nightmare's claw.
"There's no turning back. I will show you the greatest Nightmare." Nightmare said facing Marth and the group.
"If you stand in my way, I must defeat you!" Marth said.
"Surely you're working with Bowser too?" Riku asked the azure knight.
"Yes, he requested me to help him to fulfill his goals, and also he will help me to fulfill my goals too." Nightmare explained to the group.
"I see the girl is with you all." A sinister voice revealing himself as the Horned King, some children were afraid of the ghoul-like king.
Kari instantly recognized the ghoul-like king before gasping in fear and clinging to her brother's arm, Tai noticed the evil king as the Darknut, Lycan Darknut, Iron Knuckle, Faceless, Entombed and Tarvos surrounded the group.
"Kari, what's wrong?" Tai asked her with concern of seeing her sister very afraid.
"It's him…! The monster who tried to grab me…!" Kari said while streaming in tears of fear, then Tai glared at the Horned King.
"Alright, you freak? Who do you think you are to scare my sister like that!?" Tai demanded the evil king.
"I'm not a monster, I'm the Horned King." The Horned King said to the group. "So, is that your sister?"
"Yeah! And why did you scare her!?" Tai asked angrily to the Horned King.
"I never wanted to scare her, I just wanted to know the location of Kingdom Hearts. Maleficent was the one who suggested that I join the Brotherhood of Evil, Bowser agreed to help me to find the Black Cauldron, now I'll help them to fulfill their goals too." The Horned King explained about his alliance with Bowser and Maleficent.
"Even if you didn't want to scare Kari, I'll make you pay for what you did to her!" Tai said, with a slightly vengeful tone.
*NIGHT OF FATE (KINGDOM HEARTS 1.5 REMIX)*
"Oh yes, you must be the Digidestined, let's see if you're stronger than you look." The Horned King said while getting ready to fight.
"I will enjoy showing you all the greatest nightmare." Nightmare said while getting his sword ready.
The Keyblade Bearers summoned their Keyblades while Victor and Gloria called Cinderace and Inteleon.
"Tai, I'll protect Kari." Sor said after seeing Kari scared of the Horned King.
Tai nodded with a smile, knowing that her sister will be safe.
"I'll fight against them too!" Kairi said while facing Nightmare and the Horned King.
"Me too!" TK added firmly.
"We'll take care of the other enemies." Caeda said.
"Remember to keep your eyes open." Marth told the Digidestined.
The Horned King unleashes crimson lightning down at the four, while Nightmare slashes with his sword Soul Edge but Tai, Agumon, Kairi, TK, Patamon and Marth dodged, then Kairi and triple slashes at Nightmare with their Keyblades and Tai performs Fire Edge, followed by Agumon using Pepper Breath while TK and Marth diagonal slashes with their weapons followed by TK casting Thundaga and Patamon using Boom Bubble but Nightmare retaliates by spreading out flames from his Soul Edge to burn while the Horned King unleashes black fire but they dodged again, TK vertical slashes with his Keyblade before using Blizzard Raid while Marth performs Dragon Killer (Forward Smash Attack) and Patamon attacked by slamming his head. However, Nightmare grabbed TK by the neck with his monstrous hand and unleashed dark energy to damage him and toss him to the wall and the azure knight did the same against Marth and Patamon too, but they got up despite receiving the attack.
"Heal!" TK said, casting the healing spell to heal himself, his Digimon partner and Marth.
Then the child of the Crest's Hope uses Strike Raid against Nightmare but the Horned King unleashes a barrier to protect Nightmare but Marth uses Shield Breaker to break the barrier and follows by using Dancing Blade against the azure knight, while the Horned King unleashes many pillars from the ground against Tai and Kari but they dodged, then Kairi triple slashes the ghoul-like king with her Keyblade and followed by using Spiral Bloom while Tai and Agumon used Pepper Breath and Fire Raid combination damaging the Horned King.
"Robin!" Tai said, calling the noble outlaw.
"I'm on it!" Robin said before joining him.
They activated the limit "King of Archery" which Robin Hood jumps while shooting arrows against Nightmare and the Horned King, Tai performs Sonic Blade while Robin Hood performs an Arrow Slash (from Archer Kirby), Tai casts Firaga while Robin Hood launches arrows and he ends by launching arrows to the sky and rain down towards both evil knight and king damaging both.
"My turn!" Kairi said using her shotlock which allowed her to perform Heart of a Princess to damage Nightmare and the Horned King.
"Let's end this!" Marth said before preparing his sword, then proceeded to rapidly dash about the area in front of him, hitting Nightmare and the Horned King and he leapt into the air with his sword raised and landed with a powerful overhead slash to the ground while finishing off the Horned King and Nightmare.
*ENDS*
The Horned King and Nightmare backed up in pain as their troops were defeated by the heroes.
"Your pathetic weapons won't be a match for me the next time we fight!" Nightmare said, vowing that he'll come back stronger than before.
"Enjoy your small victory while you can." The Horned King told the group.
Both villains disappeared in the Dark Corridor. After they disappeared, Kari sighs in relief feeling safe that the Horned King is not here, the first impression is really hard to forget after a frightening encounter with the ghoul-like king.
"Talys is safe." Caeda said while seeing that the kingdom is safe.
"Yes, but now we need to help Sora and his friends again, we don't know what Bowser is capable of doing." Marth said.
"We should go back to Aytolis' Kingdom." Sora said and the group nodded.
Previously, Ansem or Xehanort's Heartless was responsible for plunging Archanea into the darkness. Therefore, Marth and Caeda decided to join the group of heroes to prevent the same thing from happening again.
TO BE CONTINUED