Ch15
It's getting colder and colder. Sadly for someone, their only source of warmth is about to leave.
The grim memory from the past comes back again as these two Digimons start fighting. Out of all the memories they got from their first trip to this world, their fight is full of sadness and sorrow, especially for a certain girl. While she has a better mindset and condition, it can't be said the same thing for both of these Digimon's partners. One already tried his best to soothe his partner's anger and failed, while the twin is inexperienced and too panicky to assess their current problem. They're still watching their fight and trying to come up with a solution, but they might run out of time sooner than they expected.
Both Digimons are out of their minds and not holding back, they're hitting each other without thinking of their own bodies. Megidramon bent over to bite Beelzemon, he got punched in the face yet still managed to bite Beelzemon's left shoulder. Before that happened, Beelzemon pushed his left hand in, using it to prevent him from biting it with full force. Groaning in pain, Beelzemon swings his right arm, clawing Megidramon's face and almost hitting his eye. That makes the dragon wince and let go of his bite, he tries to back off a bit but Beelzemon clings to his head, punching his face relentlessly. It pisses off Megidramon, he grabs Beelzemon then slams him to the ground. Megidramon followed it up with his claw, only to be dodged easily. He then tried to bite him again, but Beelzemon able to dodge it by brawling his head on the ground.
Watching all of that, Ai about to run to her partner. Fortunately, Juri is there to stop her, even if she doesn't understand that it's for her own good. All she can think of right now is to stop Beelzemon by screaming at him from a close distance. "Let go! He'll listen to me! Hnngh.. Juri.. Let go!" Ai tried to yank off her wrist from Juri's grip. "Jurii!" Still, the older girl won't budge on her demand.
Mako tries to pull up the same thing as his sister, they didn't know anything better than shouting at him. "Impmon!" He yelled at him from quite a distance, his arms held by Kazu and Kenta. "Let me get closer Kazu!"
"Come on man, you can't do that!" Kazu argued. "Look at them! You'll just a snack for them, it's too dangerous!"
When Mako still trying to break free from them, Kenta stops holding his arm to stand in front of him, now holding his shoulders and staring right into his eyes. "Mako, we tried that, right? You and Takato?" The boy nodded. "I know you're his partner, but.. I don't think he'll even listen to us right now, you're just going to hurt Ai and yourself."
Both older tamers can feel that he's calming down. "But, but.. they won't stop.." Mako finally stopped when he glanced at his sister, she's calmer than him thanks to Juri. He then turns to Takato, hoping that he has the answer, but he can tell that Takato doesn't have that from his expression alone, so he doesn't bother to ask.
The fight is getting worse and it's clear for anyone watching who comes out on top, and it's not surprising since all odds are leaning towards one side. Beelzemon thrown by Megidramon after he clung to his head for a few minutes, that throw was very strong and he forced to use his claws to keep him from sliding too far. There is not even a moment to rest for him, a huge fire breath almost hit him. It stopped rather quickly and left Megidramon out of breath, although both of them couldn't think straight enough to notice it.
Their bodies calmed down thanks to a brief pause, then they started to move again. Beelzemon sees his guns, both aren't that far from him thanks to that throw. For a second their eyes met, and both could tell each other's next move. Beelzemon is making a run for them with fireballs coming right towards him, he's running straight towards them and not even bothering to do any fancy zig-zag moves or even try to dodge them, their distance alone gave him enough time to move before any of those flames hit him. The flame finally caught up when he stopped for his first gun, Beelzemon's left arm glows dark and slashes the incoming fireball. He winced in pain but kept moving, grabbing his other gun before running toward Megidramon while blasting any fireballs that he spewed off. Suddenly, Megidramon stopped his attacks while Beelzemon still moving. Beelzemon keeps shooting and thinking that it's a good opportunity, only to realize Megidramon's intention when he gets very close.
A long line of flames illuminated that place. They saw Beelzemon barely dodge that fire breath, his left forearm got hit but still functional. Surprisingly, there is no follow up attack from Megidramon when Beelzemon is still holding back the pain from his arm. Both Megas are out of breath from that attack. Their partners get even more worried when they see them still moving forward very slowly while recovering from that attack.
Takato feels angry and sad, he doesn't know what to do. He stopped slashing his cards on his D-Ark after that fire breath, realizing that using any type of card wouldn't do anything to his partner. A sudden tap on his shoulder startles Takato, it's Jian and Terriermon. "Is it possible to do it right now?" He asked them, his eyes then fixed on Terriermon. "It's possible to do it quickly, right?"
Terriermon smiles. "Moumantai, I'm not tired."
"I'm about to ask that, that means you're okay with this?" They see their fight, it's getting worse with fire and bullets are all over the place. "This is too far, we need to step in. You trust me on this one, yeah?"
Takato smiles. "Of course."
"Then I'll be back with Guilmon in no time." Jian Replied. "Let's go, Terriermon!"
It was supposed to be an easy task, yet here they are, on the ground and humiliated. Gigadramon still on the ground, he uses that fight between two Megas to get longer rest, knowing those tamers attention will be on their friends who went berserk. Unlike his friend, Megadramon is fuming and trying to get up sooner despite getting the worst between them. He was playing with them, and then all of it went down the moment Megidramon woke up. It's not just Megidramon who pissed him off, but the fact that they also treated him like nothing when Beelzemon came and took his show with Megidramon.
After watching the fight between Beelzemon and Megidramon for a minute or two, Gigadramon realized their situation. He gets up, then speaks to his friend. "We're leaving." He said it plainly while checking his wings and claws. Nothing serious found except two things, he's tired and his left claw has a little crack. Just when he's about to fly, his friend charges towards them. "Get back here! We're leaving!"
"Then leave! You think I'll just leave after that!? Not a chance, I'll make them pay!" Megadramon replied.
Gigadramon's focus split between his friend and those two. "Tch! That stupid.. arrrghh!" He won't let small things ruin everything, so he follows Megadramon while carefully dodging the fight.
Everyone is too focused on the fight, they aren't aware of the two dragons that are coming from different directions. They finally noticed Megadramon's presence only after he shot two missiles at them. It's supposed to be a good surprise attack, only if Megadramon shoots them when he's closer. That early shot gave MachGaogamon time to react and blasted those missiles with his ultrasonic howl.
That also blasted Megadramon's anger even higher. "Don't get cocky you human's pet!" He raises his arms again while still moving. "Genocide attack!"
The first explosion created smoke, now the follow up attack looks more promising since they can't see properly. It's going to hit, he thought. Megadramon already smirking and thinking about MachGaogamon, who'll be on the ground when he gets closer. The reality is so far from what he expected. At first, he heard another explosion followed by thick smoke, but then a weak vertical slash cleared the smoke. Vajramon stood in front of MachGaogamon with his sword, huffing and sweating after barely making it in time.
That slash made Megadramon focused on Vajramon, so angry and focused on him that he surprised when Vajramon suddenly stepped aside. What comes after that is MachGaogamon, he's too fast for him to react properly, only able to put his claws in the way.
"Winning knuckle!"
Loud cracking sounds are coming from Megadramon's claws, those claws condition worsen after being cracked by Megidramon. Despite the damage he took, Megadramon still managed to stop MachGaogamon, now they're right on each other's faces. Megadramon wanted to back away, taking some distance and attacking with his missiles, but she noticed him very quickly. "Card Slash! Palmmon's Poison Ivy!" MachGaogamon's left hand finger tips turned into vines, wrapping around Megadramon's body and arms. "Now!" Juri's voice burns his spirit, he starts to give Megadramon a flurry of punches.
Each of their friends isn't standing around and waiting, Gigadramon coming with his missiles. Those missiles were shot down by an electic current from Sinduramon who had just arrived, and then Vajramon in charge of fighting the grey dragon head on. Vajramon is trying his best to fend off Gigadramon's attack, but he's outclassed and one of his swords was destroyed by Beelzemon, putting him at a huge disadvantage. If he backs away, Gigadramon will attack MachGaogamon or him using his missiles, forcing him to fight head-on.
Gigadramon started to overwhelm Vajramon, then managed to grab his hand that holding the sword. "I had better expectations for the likes of you." He punched Vajramon with his claw, knocking the deva back to the ground. "Time's up, pathetic servant." He raised his arm and about to shoot his missile, only to be stopped by a giant Digimon. He had never seen a Digimon this huge, its shadow cast upon all of them.
Vajaramon looked behind, then back to Gigadramon. "Sure, but not for me."
Amidst the chaos that's still unfolding, one Digimon can only focus on what's going on in front of her eyes. Her one and only close friend is about to go away right in front of her. She won't let it end just yet, but realistically there is nothing she can do, even begging for help from her enemies isn't helping. What's worse for her is that he's already accepting his fate and making a final request to her, the problem is that she can't do it, she doesn't have the heart to do it even if it's his final request.
While still crying, Lunamon keeps begging them non-stop. "Please! I.. I'll do anything! Anything!" She said, bowing to Renamon and Ruki. "Save him.. please.." Her sob is getting worse with each word.
What comes after that is a gentle pat in her head again, making her turn around. "Shh, it's fine.. Come on, is my request that hard?" Sealsdramon chuckled. "We've talked about this looong time ago, and.. you said yes."
"Shut.. Shut your mouth! I don't want to do that!" Lunamon tried to make him stop talking, it's pointless when his muffled chuckle can still be heard. "What's wrong with you!? I.. I want my hot headed friend back, not a meek."
That surprised Sealsdramon. "Pfft... Ahahaha-hagh! Agh!" He laughed for a moment before stopping to cough. "Really? A meek? You calling me a meek, now?" He wipes her tears, then sighs. There was a brief pause when he glanced at Renamon, then back to Lunamon. "I don't know, maybe that flame knocked some sense back to me. If you're not going to do it, maybe she-"
"NO! You're not going anywhere!" Lunamon insisted that she'd try everything she could to save him.
Three of them know that Lunamon can't accept what's right in front of her, and they can't blame her for that. Both Lunamon and Sealsdramon then turn to Renamon, expecting some response from his request. The vixen glanced at her partner first, then shook her head. "I don't need your data, because-" Her left arm wrapped around Ruki's shoulder, making the girl smile. "You got something else in your mind, Sealsdramon. Sorry, I couldn't do it. Even if I load your data, it.." Renamon showed her arms, then looked down on her own body.
With each minute passing, Sealsdramon's getting even closer to his final moment. His body may be beyond help and very weak, yet his grip on Lunamon is stronger than ever. "Get yourself together, you're our leader.. ugh.. right?" This time she can't even answer that, she only stares into his eyes. "We've fucked up, real real bad.. but, it's not over. Look." They look to the other side of this place, now there is a huge Digimon joining the battle. "Just this one, we need to-" He stopped talking when he saw her eyes, letting out a chuckle before pulling Lunamon into a hug.
Their bodies glow a bit before his body breaks down even faster. Instead of looking at her, he stares at the sky, it's gray and white. The air is cold and snow is falling into his face, yet.. he can only feel the warmth of her body. It's so peaceful, like the sound of the battle near them gone silent, and he almost forgot that there are some eyes watching them. He chuckles.
"Hey, I'm.." He doesn't have the strength to face them. "I'm sorry.." Sealsdramon's voice has gone along with his body, all of his remaining data has been loaded by Lunamon.
No one says a thing while she stands in silence with closed eyes, they see her body digivolving but this isn't like the other two forms they already saw. It's starting from the lower part then building up to her head, her data breaks up a moment before reforming themselves into a new shape. She's growing up to Renamon's height, a bit taller than an adult human and taking on some humanoid features. She has pinkish skin with a slim upper body. The features of her body that instantly show her power are her legs, their joints isn't much different from Renamon's yet her thighs are big and packed with more 'muscle' for kicking. She wears black gloves and a metal necklace. Before the body part is over, there are some yellow crescent marks painted on her thighs, belly, and gloves. Her face somewhat resembles that of a rabbit with two pairs of thick whiskers, then her long Lunamon's ears grow a bit pointy at the tip. A mask forming to cover the upper half of her face. It's tied to her head with long, excess pink fabric. Lastly, six purple tentacles came out of her back.
Ruki points her D-Ark, it's confirming the obvious thing that one of her main powers is from her legs. "Lekismon?" She called her name softly.
Lekismon isn't answering right away, she only nodded with a sad face. Upon looking down, she couldn't hide her sadness and trembling. "I.." She stared at her hands before looking at Ruki, then stared down. "It shouldn't be like this."
"Hey!" Yamaki throws two knives, which she catches easily. Those knives are very familiar to her, raising some questions. "He's still here, Lekismon. And-" Something happened to her and all of them noticed it. "That... you feel that, right?" He asked.
After a long sigh, Lekismon managed to be calm again. "Yes, this.. you're right, he's still here and I'll finish what we started." She looks up to the battle. "You should've said it, you dummy, hahh... that wasn't your final request, it never was."
"Burst Shot!" Dozens of bullets are coming out of both of his wrists, trying to hit Gigadramon who's flying around. One of them managed to hit him, sending him down although he wasn't able to heavily wound him. "Surrender, Gigadramon." That one bullet wasn't hitting any vital spots, it's all thanks to his size.
Looking from any angle, this place has turned into a battlefield, all thanks to MegaGargomon. His enormous size alone could trample all of them and finish the battle right when he appeared, unfortunately it's not that simple. Putting tamers aside, his main objective is splitting Beelzemon and Megidramon, that alone is already very hard to do and he still has two more enemies to deal with.
Inside MegaGargomon, Terriermon couldn't hide his frustration since this turned out to be very different than he expected. It was supposed to be him saving two of his friends so he could rest with his partner. "Moumantai Terriermon, we'll save them after this one." Said Jian after he noticed their shared thoughts.
"I know I know, it's just that.." His voice gone silent, he doesn't need to say it when his partner already knows what he's thinking. "Ah! Look out!"
Both surprised and their voices coming out as one, Beelzemon and Megidramon's fight moving closer to their friends. Using his huge palm, MegaGargomon blocks their stray bullets and flames. That made him wince, those are way stronger than he thought. These two weren't mega level Digimon for nothing, even those seemingly small bullets and fireballs packed heavy damage.
MegaGargomon turns back to Gigadramon, this time he's not bothering to shoot him. With his long and big arm reach, he easily grabbed Gigadramon. The grey dragon is trying to break free, he keeps trying to no avail because their power gap is as huge as their size difference. When MegaGargomon about to end the fight, he got hit in the legs. It was another stray attack from Beelzemon and Megidramon. The voice from below caught his attention, he looked down and found his friends pointing at the two megas repeatedly. He wanted to say no but another attack hit him, it staggered and caused him to let go of Gigadramon.
"Got it! Be careful!" He said this before moving to subdue them.
Sinduramon is walking to Juri's side. "Pretty smart to send the strongest one over there." He stares at Gigadramon and Megadramon who still look eager for a fight, they're looking exhausted but still stronger than them. Meanwhile, both MachGaogamon's fists cracked badly and Vajramon's only has one chipped sword remaining. "We're on short hands, don't stop me again, brat. I'll help them."
Juri shakes her head. "You're injured, and small. Not.. I don't mean to ahh, but.. you're weak right now." She takes out a card and uses it on her D-Ark, it gives her partner some strength even though she isn't sure that'll help much with his condition. His punches might have more power, the problem is that each punch might damage his cracked fist further.
Exhaustion isn't in their minds, what they can think of right now is to fight, and fight, and fight. Anyone would be on edge when their own survival is on stake, and they aren't any different. Gigadramon took the first move and brawled MachGaogamon, he doesn't have the luxury to fight from a distance because of his own friend, if he does that then Megadramon would choose to fight MachGaogamon. This match ups with Megadramon facing Vajramon seemed to be fair at first, if Vajramon and MachGaogamon were able to stand on the same ground as their enemies, which unfortunately isn't the case.
Both of their claws and hands are cracked, each blow they throw sends pain, then they're trying their best to stay conscious with their exhausted bodies. The victor is very clear between Gigadramon and MachGaogamon, the grey dragon will win sooner or later. He doesn't need to rush this, better take it easy since he can see that his friend is also winning.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Loud steps can be heard from behind, forcing Gigadramon to turn his head a bit, nothing's there. Suddenly, he heard some more steps from his side, followed by a loud crack from the ground. There is a small crack in the direction of where the sound is coming from, yet he found no one. In a split second, Gigadramon pieces up the puzzle. Whoosh—BLAM! His head almost got hit by a diving kick, he sees that the spot where Lekismon landed is shattered.
"You still-Gah!" Some sharp leaves hit his back, he turned around to see exhausted Renamon attacking from afar. "These pest! Never learning their-"
Lekismon moves her right leg forward. Tap—Crack! She put her weight on her right leg then jumped, cracking the spot where she stepped in the process. With knives in her hands, she slashes Gigadramon's neck. "Tch!" That wasn't deep enough because of their size difference. While still in mid-air and effectively in Gigadramon's blind spot, she pulls an ice arrow from one of her protrusions or tentacles. "Tear Arrow!" It hit the back of his head, making him flinch and lean down a bit. Furious, Gigadramon turns around immediately.
"Winning Knuckle!"
A hard punch hit Gigadramon right on the head, he wasn't ready or expecting it at all. MachGaogamon took a risk and hit him with all of his might, sending the gray dragon to the ground, Gigadramon's head armor cracked even further and now it looks like it's almost falling apart. Then the follow-up attack comes, a diving kick right on his chest. Gigadramon shrieks, he's barely able to see clearly what's going on thanks to that punch.
Lekismon is standing on his chest, fuming. "You'll pay for that!" She raised both knives, ready to plunge them into his chest, but stopped by a scream.
"MachGaogamon!" It was Juri who screamed, she pointed at Vajramon repeatedly.
These precious few seconds of distraction were used by Gigadramon to push Lekismon away, then get up immediately. Despite getting back up so quickly, his body tilted to the right a bit and Lekismon noticed that. He raised one of his arms and about to shoot his missile, only to fall forward. It's between two of them since MachGaogamon ran to help Vajramon and she feels confident, now it's a good time for the final blow. Her grip tightens, she wants to do it with his knives, and she takes a step forward.
Another scream can be heard, it's coming from the same voice. "Lekismon! Help!" That stopped her. She turns to see that Megadramon pushes MachGaogamon away and about to do a follow-up attack. Lekismon glances and sees Ruki helping Renamon to just stand up, she drained her power from earlier attack. It's the best chance to delete Gigadramon and she's the only one who has that chance to do it, she needs to choose between finishing this one or helping them. In that moment, the image of Sealsdramon who lied on the ground flashed inside her head, and then she turned around in the direction of Megadramon.
Strong legs that produce high mobility, that is the strongest power that Lekismon has and she's already pushing it to the limit. Each step cracks the icy floor and she reaches her top speed in no time, yet it isn't enough, she's still too far for her kick and Megadramon already slithering toward MachGaogamon. Lekismon stopped running and let her feet slide on the ice, her right hand grip tightening and her right eyes becoming full red.
Lekismon's arm isn't that strong and a knife isn't a natural weapon for her, yet she can feel it, her hands are steady and her vision is as absurdly clear as ever. "MEGADRAMON!" Her voice caught his attention, distracting him from shooting his missiles. Then, she stops thinking and lets her body move on its own.
Shunk!
That knife plunged right in the middle of Megadramon's chest, he's reeling back while glaring at Lekismon. The data around that knife is distorting and he is trembling because of it. "Arrgh.. Y-You.. you-" Megadramon growled in pure anger, his mind now fixated on how to tear Lekismon apart. His claw is slowly moving to his chest, trying to pull that knife out.
Lekismon is rushing towards Megadramon while he's too focused on her knife, she wants to kick that knife deeper into his body. She jumped and ready to dive kick the knife, yet Megadramon noticed her and swung his arm. Instead of pushing her luck, Lekismon uses his arm as a stepping stone to propel herself again. Crack! A front kick to his head cracked Megadramon's head armor even further. "You little pest!" She jumps back, and he's immediately ready to shoot his missile at her.
SHUNK!
A sword came out of his belly, right below that knife. "Hahh, hargh.. agh.." His data started to break apart even faster while his anger is up in the sky. "You bunch of weaklings! I will.. I will.. RAHHHH!" He swings his right arm behind then shoots a missile from it, forcing Vajramon to let go of his sword. Then, he hit his own belly from the front, right on the spot of the sword and pushed it out of his body. Now Megadramon is about to pull that knife out. "You think this is enough to take me down!? Hah!? You think you weaklings pulled off something decent!?"
"We did." Megadramon turned back to see MachGaogamon close their distance in the blink of an eye. "WINNING KNUCKLE!"
MachGaogamon's steel fist might be cracked, it's his rocket that makes up for the lost damage. He cracked his fist even further, but it's worth the price. A punch right on Megadramon's chest pushed that knife through his body, dealing massive damage. Megadramon fell to the ground, and this time, he couldn't get up. They quickly surrounded him while keeping some distance, watching him try and fail to even move his arms.
All Megadramon can do is stare at the sky, and then he sees Lekismon standing right beside his head. "You lucky-arghh!" She stomped his head a few times, it really hurt when his head armor was cracked beyond what he could ever think of. "Agh! You think this is over!? Go on! Delete me! Hah! This is just-argghh!"
"And giving you a quick one!? Why would I do that!?" Stomp! Crack! Kicking his head repeatedly caused some part of his armor to fall off. Lekismon is about to kick him again but MachGaogamon stops her, he shakes his head and she starts to calm down. "Stay there and suffer until the last bit of your data crumbles apart, only then you might get the idea of the pain you've-"
"HEY! Look out!" They were surprised by Yamaki's voice.
Suddenly, Gigadramon flying above them and raining them with missiles. Vajaramon quickly pushed them out of the way and no one was hurt thanks to him, not even Megadramon who was unable to move. They finally realize what Gigadramon aimed for from the start, it's escaping this place rather than launching a surprise attack. He keeps flying and doesn't even bother to check whether his attack is hit or not.
Lekismon's right eye turns red again, she grabs her knife and throws it at Gigadramon. Their distance isn't that far and her knife managed to reach him, it only grazed his arm and Gigadramon didn't even bother to retaliate. She grabbed her other knife near Megadramon and about to chase him, but before she could even run, Yamaki blocked her way.
"What are you doing!?" Lekismon moves to the side and Yamaki does the same, trying to prevent her from chasing Gigadramon. She sees the gray dragon starting to be out of her reach. "Yamaki.. you knew what he did to-"
Knowing well that she'll run for him, Yamaki moves closer and grabs both of her arms. "Enough!" His voice surprised her a bit, it's like an order. "Enough.. don't. Don't chase him." He shook his head and his tone got softer. "You can't reach him right now, if you keep going, he'll just turn around and finish you who's going to be alone."
"Alone..?" She finally realized what he meant when she turned around, MachGaogamon and Vajramon aren't in a position to fight anymore. Tamers are around them, busy asking and checking their condition. Her eyes focused on them, then Megadramon, too focused that she's not even aware that Yamaki had already let go of her arms. Lekismon's eyes widen when her other knives appear in front of her, turns out Yamaki picked them up. She glanced at him, then down. "Thank you, I.."
Yamaki tilts his head in tamers direction. "Come on, there still a fight that isn't finished yet." She stayed there and still looking down, so he took both of her knives and held one of her hands. "Oh, it's almost done. Guess we're just watching this one, he got this under control." He said it calmly while looking at the three megas. After a sigh, she finally following him. Lekismon is staring at the tamers rather than the fight, they seem to be more relaxed now, and she feels like some pressure has lifted from her mind.
WHAM! WHAM!
Both of them got hit by MegaGargomon's huge fist, that alone was enough to send them into the hard, icy wall, plunging them a few meters into that wall. Even if he hadn't meant it to be a lethal attack, it would've knocked any lower level Digimon, some megas couldn't even stand his sheer raw power. This isn't the case for them, they quickly get off that wall and ready to duke it out once again.
Inside the huge mega, Terriermon got even more frustrated. "I've told you that wasn't enough." He said it to his partner. Watching them get up, he notices one common yet crucial thing about them. "Jian, let's.. let's blast them off. That'll put them to sleep, see?"
"Terriermon.." Jian can hear a little noise from his partner, if they can see each other, he's sure that Terriermon is pouting right now. "Wasn't you that worried about him just a moment ago? I'm sure I heard you said-"
Terriermon quickly cut him off. "Okay okay! You don't need to say it again, okay?" He might not have heard any chuckles, but he's pretty sure that Jian is smiling right now. "Why though? It's not like these two can't handle some pain, they shrug off our punch like nothing."
They have no time to discuss, Beelzemon is already blasting his guns while running towards Megidramon. With not much choice, MegaGargomon tries to grab them once again. After being grabbed so many times, they became quite accustomed to his move and shot fire and bullets before his hands could get closer. MegaGargomon winced a bit yet he keeps going, this is the best option that he has. He punched them a bit, staggering them before grabbing their bodies. In one move, he lifts and slams them on the ground not far from their friends.
Power, weight, and luck. These three are the main reasons why MegaGargomon was able to pin the two megas on the ground, especially the later one. If these two aren't exhausted from fighting each other, they might be able to break free very easily. Still, it isn't easy to hold them down. On the right hand, Beelzemon's claws are glowing dark and digging into his metal hand, fortunately his guns fell when he got slammed. On the other hand, he needed to put pressure on Megidramon's head, closing his jaw before he could spew out fire at their friends.
Takato runs closer and looks up to MegaGargomon. "What happened? We've talked about this!" His tone still showing some hesitation after he watched his beloved partner like this. "K-Knocking them out is fine, we don't have any other choice right now!" He shouted again.
Everyone was surprised when MegaGargomon shook his head. "They're tired, I'm afraid they won't be able to tank my attack." He turns to Lekismon. "Is there-" She shook her head before he could even finish his words.
"Jian! Can't we just talk to him?" Mako walked closer, he stopped by Takato before getting too close. "Maybe, maybe he'll stop if we asking him nicely?" Ai added.
After a brief moment, Takato nodded to MegaGargomon. He's still holding Mako's hand firmly as they walk closer, same goes for Ai with Juri. The moment four of them got closer, Beelzemon tried to attack them. Both older tamers quickly grabbed them and carried them away. "Impmon! It's us! Why are you like this!?" Ai shouted out of anger, pouting. Juri and Takato looked at each other, shook their heads, then sighed.
Starting to understand their situation, Mako tugging Takato's hand. "Are we.. are we going to uhh.. hit him? So Impmon will listen to us?" His expression showed big doubt while trying to be considerate about this other choice.
That makes Takato let out an awkward chuckle. "Yeah umm.. I think we need to do it Mako, sorry." There is some relief when Mako nodded and Ai seemed to grasp the same idea. "I also didn't want to do this as well. But we got no choice. We just need to hit him a little, the problem is.." He looks at Megidramon and Beelzemon, their bodies full of bruises. "The problem is.. I don't know how to do that."
"Hey brats! Need some help?" Siduramon surprised them, he's walking towards Megadramon who can't move at all. "I can do that, but it's going to be a world of pain for them. Your call, mister leader."
It's not an easy choice for Takato, he gets what Siduramon meant by that and that's what makes it hard for him to decide. He turns to them, looking at them one by one, hoping for them to voice their thoughts. Most of them stared back with no clear answer, even Ruki only nodded to him, although she did that because she felt that they got no other choice.
Pressured by time, Takato gives in and nods to Siduramon. "You can do it right? Like, safely..?" He asked with low worried tone, clearly wasn't sure about his offer.
Siduramon sighed. "Listen, brat. I can't promise anything, I'll just do my best. Got it?" The deva looks around, like asking for others approval. When they seem to give the green light, he looks towards MegaGargomon. "Bear with me, kay? Cause I might burn your humongous hands as well."
Standing on Megadramon's body, Sinduramon started to load some of his data that are evaporating. Slowly but surely his body started to grow. Once he returned to his normal state, he's able to load or absorb Megadramon's body even faster, now even breaking his lifeless body instead of waiting for the stray data. The amount of data he got exceeded his expectation, he's now almost as big as Beelzemon. The once scary dramon now gone, he become a part of this deva.
Not wasting any time, Sinduramon walks closer until he's right in front of them. They become agitated when the golden pestle on his back starts emitting electricity, he zaps them without any warning. This kind of attack can be controlled unlike MegaGargomon's attacks, chipping their data bit by bit. If they seem to be in danger then he only needs to stop, for now Sinduramon is using his maximum output. The air around him feels hot and the ground below his feet cracks from him discharging his electricity, forcing all of them except MegaGargomon to back away. This doesn't mean that the process goes smoothly until it's end, Sinduramon needs to use his data and he starts to shrink again the longer this goes. It's also not just him who's in pain, MegaGargomon is holding back his whimper from it, his hands were wounded badly by both of them before.
At first, both of them were screaming, then letting out groans, now they can't even talk or give any response while being electrocuted. Their data is fizzling away and their bodies are starting to revert into their weaker forms. One of them was a demonic biker, now reduced to a purple imp who has bruises all over his body. The other took a longer time because he's more powerful, but he ended up the same, he's no longer a huge dragon from hell but rather a small red dinosaur-like Digimon.
Sinduramon's body shrank, now he's small again. He's sitting in the same spot, panting. "Hahh.. hahh.. see, I told y-.." His voice is ignored as their respective partners run towards them, he lets out a chuckle. "Hah... not even a thanks.. these brats.."
The huge and only remaining mega level Digimon in this place splits back to two again, they can safely think that this is over. Jian's hands feel numb, though he doesn't really care about that when he sees his friends hugging their partners and crying, not even Takato could hold back his tears. He holds Terriermon on his arms rather than letting him cling to his shoulder, his partner's face is relieved upon seeing Impmon asleep in their embrace.
No one say a word, they let them take their time. They start to gather near them, all except Vajramon, who keeps some distance while looking around in high alert. It took a few minutes before the twin stopped crying, and then it's time to discuss their next move.
"Ah.. sorry about that, guys." Takato said, he felt embarrassed after he realized everyone saw him crying. Takato waiting for some reaction while petting Guilmon's head that resting on his lap, and to his surprise no one complained, not even Ruki. "Umm, I guess we head back first? Like.." He tilts his head to their Digimon partners, no one came out unscathed from those fight, even Terriermon who's the last to join that fight.
Ruki nodded. "How?" Ruki said, pointing to Guilmon. "Don't tell me you want Vaj-"
Wham!
In that moment, Mako lost his grip on Impmon. "W-Wha.. wha.." He was startled by Renamon who moves very fast despite her condition. "Why did you do that!? Y-You kicked him!" He tried to punch Renamon but his sister stopped him, which confused him even more. Their eyes focused in one direction, all wide open in disbelief. Only one person is trying to talk, it's Ai, she's forcing herself to speak despite the fear and confusion.
"Im.. Impmon?"
That's it for this chapter, what's going on? Well, you can guess it yourself.
Before posting this chap, I check previous chapters and.. now that I check it, this battle take some chapters. Anyway, I'll post the next one on the schedule, 2 weeks. Never on time but what can I do, I just post when I feel like it. See you on the next one!