I leapt.

I targeted the third Rinkmon, my arm rising. My claws swept downwards like an executioner's axe, poised and ready to rip apart my opponent.

I hit nothing but air; the Rinkmon I'd been targeting moving to the side at the very last second, allowing me to harmlessly fly past him.

I spun in mid air, landing on the ground and facing them.

My mouth opened, glowing with an inner light.

Appropriate, perhaps.

I screeched, breathing out a blast of blackened fire, filling the skies with flames.

They were moving long before it reached them, going over, around and under it, neatly avoiding the wall of fire.

This was getting me nowhere.

I began manipulating Darkness, preparing a powerful Gravity spell- but abandoned that.

I couldn't do anything like that with Calumon in my chest. He wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Shit.

"Spinning Cutter!" Three voices simultaneously called.

The three Rinkmon charged, taking a moment to build up much needed speed, before each one spun, attacking from three different directions, aiming for my head.

No- my neck.

There was an odd, metallic scraping sound as the three blades scraped off my skin, digging in slightly but not, otherwise, managing to do anything.

They didn't stop there, however. Though their blades scraped off my neck, they kept going, all of them getting outside of my range before I could properly capitalize on it.

Speedsters. Oh how I hate speedsters.

I teleported, appearing slightly in front of one of the Rinkmon, swiping my claws in an attempt to behead him.

I didn't succeed, as he leaned back, neatly ducking underneath my claws, skating underneath my body.

I felt a blade dig into the base of my back a moment later- not accomplishing anything against me, but successfully launching the Rinkmon further away from me, and into the air.

I turned around, growling. Something which shouldn't be possible, I idly realised, as my mouth didn't lead into-

Fuckingshitwhatthe-

I roared -not in pain, but in surprise-, when one of the Rinkmon suddenly stabbed out one of my eyes, the skates on the Digimon's feet digging into my head.

Right, pay fucking attention!

I clamped down, my Darkness gripping onto the skate, preventing him from moving- not for long, but I didn't need it to be for long.

My claws slashed out, ripping the Digimon into chunks, its body collapsing into data a moment later.

I glared at the other two, my eye quickly regenerating, pulling back together from a cloud of acrid smoke.

"You... are some of the most annoying Digimon I have ever encountered."

I blinked, the vision in my right eye returning.

"You are not getting Calumon." I stated. "And there is absolutely nothing that you can do about that."

"You say that as if you have a choice in the matter. Lord Zhuqiaomon has decreed the reclamation of the Light of Digivolution. It will happen, one way or another."

I was about to say something back- but I was interrupted.

I felt a pulse, and I turned my head to the left.

Vikaralamon's Heart and Soul, visible to me even from here, slowly floated upwards.

I smirked. The others were done.

I turned back to them, grinning. "Perhaps it might be." I raised my hand, pointing a claw at them. "You will not live to see it."

A ball of Darkness appeared at the tip of my claw, and I instantly threw it at them.

They dodged to the side, letting it harmlessly sail past them.

That's okay, I wasn't aiming for them.

It exploded, going off like a flashbang, an explosion of attention grabbing light and sound- not quite enough to disable, but that wasn't the point.

My grin stretched a bit wider, as I felt Rapidmon, Taomon and WarGrowlmon begin to come in this direction.

The pair of Rinkmon slowly circled in front of me, both wary, both planning.

I saw one of them begin to tense, preparing for something, but whatever it was, he didn't get the opportunity to do it.

Rapidmon chose that very instant to materialize behind one of the pair, clubbing the armor level Digimon with his arms.

The other, realising the threat, spun around- taking his eyes of me.

I teleported behind him in an instant, my claws lancing forwards, ready to skewer him.

And this time, without him paying attention, I succeeded, my claws digging into his body, easily ripping through his armor, tearing out of his chest.

The Rinkmon collapsed into data, and I began to fall to the ground.

I spun slightly, turning to the other one- but I needn't have bothered.

"Rapid Fire!" Rapidmon declared, opening fire at the still stunned Rinkmon, a missile launched at point blank range.

No escape for you this time, fucker!

The explosion obscured my sight, but I didn't need to see it to tell that Rinkmon was very, very dead.

Good.

I landed on the ground, ceasing to draw in Darkness.

A moment later, and the mesh of Darkness that contained Calumon inside my chest faded. He promptly hopped out, his ears extended.

I straightened up, My Darkness collapsing inwards as I returned to my old cloaked and coated form.

"Thank you for the assistance, Rapidmon." I said, looking up at him.

"You're welcome."

Calumon hopped up, jumping into my arms. "That was awesome."

"I'm glad you think so. Rapidmon, come here. I'll teleport us back to the rest."

Rapidmon landed next to me, nodding.

We appeared in front of Takato, WarGrowlmon, Rika, Taomon, and Henry.

My eyes fell to the side.

And two more.

Jeri hovered over Leomon, a D-Power clutched in her hand, Leomon's breathing shallow, but steady.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Leomon came back and helped us fight Vikaralamon." Rika answered. "He got injured, Jeri got a D-Power, she used it to heal him, he's been unconscious since."

I nodded.

I looked around the park, noting that it...

Wasn't in the best condition.

My eyes turned to the city, but... I couldn't see any ruined buildings. The park was screwed, but the city itself...

"He didn't get into the city?"

"We managed to keep him in the park." Rika nodded. "Where were you, by the way?"

"Protecting Calumon from a group of Rinkmon." I stated, turning back to her. "I'm sorry I couldn't help."

"It's fine." Takato stated.

Three flashes of light heralded WarGrowlmon, Taomon, and Rapidmon degenerating, Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon promptly coming over.

"We should go." Renamon stated, looking around.

I looked up, noting that people were beginning to get close.

"Indeed, we should."

I walked over to Leomon and Jeri, the other six following me.

I closed my eyes for a moment, twisting space- and took all of us into my pocket dimension.