At long last, the heroic legendary warriors had escaped from the fleshy clutches of the steel beast. Not to mention, gotten some new friends. Not only was Ranamon brought to the good side, but the egg of Seraphimon had hatched into Patamon.
After all the excitement, the digi-destined and the redeemed warriors, as well as the other Digimon, where all catching each other up on what happened.
"Wow, so all of us got fusion evolutions?" Takuya asked.
"Seems like it," Tommy replied.
"Not only that, but I feel like we've all grown from it," JP added, "Like that's what caused it, or something,".
"Hrm, when we get fusion form?" Grumblemon grumbled, rather annoyed.
"Eh, I'm sure it will happen when it happens, right," Arbormon said, which only made the troll grunt.
"Well at least we got an answer to what was inside Seraphimon's egg," JP said as he got closer to Patamon, who was flying next to them.
"You're sure a cute little fella," Zoe said as she got close to the rookie Digimon.
"And he flies," Tommy added.
"Papamon," Patamon said as he flew towards Bokomon and landed on his head.
"Aw, isn't that adorable my baby thinks of me as both his momma and papa," Bokomon said as he looked at his child.
"I'm hungry Papamon?" Patamon said.
"Oh, mmmhhh," Bokomon moaned, unable to find any food.
"Don't look at me, I don't even have pockets," Neemon said, just disappointed.
"We don't even have a crust of bread," Bokomon said, glum that he couldn't help.
"Oh, that's okay I can wait," Patamon said, still hungry, but didn't seem to upset at anyone.
This surprised the others, who were expecting the Digimon to cry a tantrum.
"That's different he's so calm," Zoe said, still adoring the new Digimon.
"What a good boy," Tommy said.
"He sure doesn't have Bokomon's genes," JP thought out loud, which the others agreed with, much to Bokomon's dismay.
"And just what's wrong with my genes!?" he shouted, startling Patamon a bit.
The former evil warriors however, were a bit nervous at the new Digimon. After all, they did play a role in ending his past life.
"You don't suppose he might remember what we done did?" Ranamon asked, seeming worried.
"Well, we remember what we did, so?" Grumblemon said, before Patamon flew towards him and landed on his large nose, "Huh, oh, h-hello, P-patamon?".
"Hi there," the small Digimon said, sounding very friendly.
"Urm, you not mad at Grumblemon?" he asked, a bit confused by Patamon's friendly nature.
"Why would I be mad?" He asked, seeming confused.
"Huh, guess he really doesn't remember, right?" Arbormon said, as Patamon flew up and landed on his head, "Not sure how to feel about dat?" he said as he looked up at the friendly Digimon.
"Oh I think it's all right sugar," Ranamon said, before holding out her arms out towards Patamon.
Patamon felt curious and reached out to the water warrior's arm, before flopping off of Arbormon and onto Ranamon's arms.
"He seem's nicer this way anyways," she giggled as Patamon smiled at her while she patted him, before he flew back to his papa. But Ranamon soon noticed something, "Hey, I can't help notice, but I'm pretty sure there's supposed to be more of you kiddies?".
This made Takuya remember, "Oh no," he gasped as he pulled out his D-tecter, "Koji come in, Koji!" but all he got was static, "It's no use, wherever he is I can't get through to him,".
"That doesn't sound good," JP moaned.
"We need to go search for him," Takuya stated, to which the others nodded.
However, Ranamon had just remembered a certain someone, "Hang on a gosh darn minute, what about Mercurymon!?" she cried, which caught the others attention, "Ain't you going to bring him back like the rest of us?".
"Wow, I nearly forgot about him," Takuya said, feeling down.
"Are you sure?" Bokomon asked, "I know he's a legendary warrior too, but it's just,".
"It just what?" Grumblemon asked, sounding agitated.
"Well, Mercurymon seemed a bit," Bokomon said.
"Super evil and sneaky then a slippery snake!" Neemon added, which lead to both glares from the Digimon and a pants snap from Bokomon, "Oohoho, was it something I said?".
"Still, he should be purified now, right?" Zoe said.
"Zoe's right, if it worked for you guys, it should work for that flat face freak," JP agreed.
"Yeah, let's do it!" Tommy cheered.
"Then it's settled," Takuya said as he started to search through his D-tector.
This made the redeemed warrior smile with joy.
"Hang on, then this means that," Grumblemon started.
"All of us will be," Arbormon continued.
"Good?" Ranamon finished, "Wow,".
However, Takuya was having a bit of trouble finding the egg if the steel warrior.
"Come, where is this thing supposed to be?" he thought. But as he kept looking, it dawned on him, "Wait a minute, he's not here!".
This shocked the others, especially Ranamon.
"W-what do mean he's not in there!?" she cried, sounding very worried, "He has to be there, he has to!?".
"Eh calms down there Ranamon!" Arbormon said,
"I'm sure we can figure this out," Zoe said, trying to help.
However, the tension was soon cut when a familiar voice laughed.
"Hhmhmhmhahahaha!".
The warriors then noticed that the darkened Sephirothmon had begun to ascend into the sky.
"Hey uh Takuya, you remembered to grabs dah beast spirit whiles yous were in there's, right?" Arbormon asked.
"The, what?" Takuya asked nervously.
"Oh no, dat ain't good," Arbormon said nervously.
"Why, what's wrong?" Tommy asked.
"Grumblemon think friends about to find out," Grumblemon groaned.
The once deactivate steel beast then descended and looked much more lively than before, glowing with light as if it was alive. Strangest of all was the large pair of lips on what was once the steel sphere. The steel beast then started moving, it's 10 spheres of eyeballs wiggling and contorting in strange other worldly ways.
"Check it out, he's twitching, like he's about to strike?" Takuya said.
"Why is he doing that?" Zoe asked, sounding frightened.
"I'm not sure I want to know?" Bokomon said, before pulling open his belt, "Hurry Patamon get in,".
"But Papamon I don't think I can fit in there anymore?" Patamon said while on his papa's head, "You're too big,".
"I don't understand, I thought he was beaten?" Ranamon cried.
"Grumblemon not understand too?" the gnome added, "Why he do that?".
"I's think we're about to see whats whats," Arbromon said.
The steel beast then glowed a blinding light, making the heroes flinch. The orbs then shrunk to a slightly smaller size, as a familiar voice laughed.
"Behold, the legendary warriors!" Sephirothmon spoke with it's freaky lips, sounding just like Mercurymon, "I must congratulate thee, tis tre thine efforts has given me more power than even I could dream of!".
The heroes gasped at this sight, it seemed that while his body was gone, Mercurymon's conscious was now controlling the steel beast.
"Mercurymon, is that you sugar?" Ranamon cried, "W-what going on?!".
"Hahaha," Sephirothmon laughed as the orbs that made his body squished together and moved around disturbingly. The when they stopped, the symbol of thunder appeared on the eyes of one of the orbs, "Thunder Fist!".
Sephirothmon then shot out lighting, nearly striking the heroes.
"Hey what's the deal, he's stealing my thunder?!" JP cried.
"Yeah, that Beetlemon attack?" Grumblemon added.
"And now one for the ladies," Sephirothmon said as the orbs moved around like before, "Draining Rain!".
The steel beast then blasted out a torrent of water that nearly drenched the heroes.
"That's just not right!" Zoe moaned.
"No kidding," Tommy added.
"What the heck do you think you're doing with my attack suagar!?" Ranamon ranted.
"Let's show him how it's really done!" Takuya said.
"Right!" the other humans said.
Both of the spirits of fire glowed as the boy was covered in fractal code. The spirits each gave pieces of themselves as Takuya gained a new form. The fractal code then exploded away, revealing a red armored dragonoid warrior. The dragonborn hero slammed onto the pedestal as he threw a fireball and proclaimed himself as, "Aldamon!".
"Our turn!" Tommy shouted, as he and the other two humans held their D-tectors.
"I think not," Sephirothmon grinned, as an unknown symbol appeared on his body.
Then, for some reason, the others fusion evolution wouldn't start.
"Hey, what the heck?" JP said, shaking his D-tector, "why's this not working?!"
"Why won't the fusion start?" Tommy asked.
"Bokomon, why won't are our fusions not working?!" Zoe asked.
"I'm not sure, maybe?" Bokomon said, before being interrupted by an evil laugh.
"Mhahahahahaha, did thou really think I'd allow such power to be'ith used against me?" Sephirothmon gloated.
"What, how'd he stop are fusions and not Takuya's?" JP shouted.
"Oh tis was most easy with thy power," The steel beast laughed, "Especially when thou was never meant to have them,".
Oih, you keep your fat lips shut! You know what it took me to bring those in!?
"Be quiet you fool!" Sephirothmon shouted at what looked like nothing, "Thou can not interfere with my victory this time!".
"What's he even talking about?" Tommy asked, seeming confused.
"Me think he lose it big time," Grumblemon guessed.
"I knew I should have brought batteries," Neemon moaned.
"I'm sorry," Patamon said, sad he couldn't help any.
"Don't worry about it," Zoe assured.
"Are fusion's might not work now, but we can still fight!" Tommy said.
This was able to snap JP out of the sadness, allowing him to feel determined.
The spirit of thunder glowed green, "Execute!" JP then swiped the fractal code on his hand across the D-tector, "Spirit Evolution!",The bug armor appeared and in a matter of moments he was, "Beetlemon!"
The spirit of ice glowed as Tommy then began his transformation "Execute!" Tommy then swiped the fractal code on his hand across the D-tector, "Spirit Evolution!",The armor of the ice bear appeared around the boy and slowly pressed onto him, and in a matter of moments he was, "Kumamon!".
The spirit of wind glowed as Zoe began her transformation "Execute!" Zoe then swiped the fractal code on his hand across the D-tector, "Spirit Evolution!" The armor of the wind fairy appeared around the girl and slowly pressed onto her and in a matter of moments she was, "Kazemon!".
With the evolutions finished, the heroes stood together ready to face the abomination that looked down at them. However, the former evil warriors were slightly hesitant, particularly Ranamon.
"Mhmhmh, my turn!" Sephirothmon said, before contorting his orbs around, before setting sights on Kumamon, "Blizzard Blaster!".
Then the symbol of ice glowed on the eye, before shooting out giant snowball at the ice fusion. Kumamon was able to dodge thankfully.
"He's got your attack down too," Kazemon said.
"How's he doing this?" Beetlemon asked.
"More importantly, why you attacking me hon?" Ranamon asked, sounding very worried.
"Simple I lured each of thee in to thine own areas to observe thee in battle," Sephirothmon explained after unfolding into his original shape, "Oh how valiantly thou didst fight against my minions," the steel beast explained as visions of the past battles played, "Meanwhile I meticulously recorded all of the attacks thou could muster," this revelation made the heroes more and more worried, "Alas not one of thee suspected the method to my madness, my deeper purpose!" Sephirothmon grinned, seeming slightly more insane by the minute, "I must admit your efforts surpassed even my expectations, the stronger the foe, the greater the response, all in the name of glory, my glory, and now all of thy power can be mirrored by me!"
"You planned this from the beginning, so that's why we had to put up with the stench of fighting inside of you?" Aldamon shouted, "You were using us!".
"He made us fight so he could copy our attacks?" Kumamon said.
"Aw man, you mean we had to go through all that for him?!" Beetlemon said, very annoyed "This stinks!".
"You said it," Kazemon agreed.
However, one of the warriors was more than annoyed by this.
"Wait, does that mean, you used me!?" Ranamon asked, seeming very worried, "That you were expecting me to lose?!".
"Presically m'lady!" Sephirothmon laughed, shocking the water warrior, "And oh how easy it was to trick thy into ending thy self, thou's lust for attention was so pathetic, it was laughable, mahahahahaahah!".
"N-no, no, your lying, your lying Mercurymon!" Ranamon cried, her heart's beginning to break, "You were helping me, you couldn't have used me!".
"Muahahaahaha, but tis true, for it was all for my glory winch!" Sephirothmon taunted, "Thou be'ith foolish, just as Calmaramon be'ith ugly hahahahahahaah!".
"Noooooo!" Ranamon cried as she fell to the ground, trying to block out the steel beast evil, "Lies, lies, it's not true, not true, you're a dirty liar Mercurymon, lalalal, can't hear you suagr!".
"Ranamon !?" Grumblemon said, very concerned for his friends as he tried to help her up, "Gerrr, you pay for that Sephirothmon!".
"You listen here, yous going take dat back right now!" Arbormon shouted, just as mad, "Blockade Seed!" Arbormon said as he fired a seed from his mouth.
"Ah!" Sephirothmon laughed as his sphere shuffled around. Then the seed went into the eyeball of one of the spheres, "Blockade Seed Reflection!" the symbol of wood then glowed on the eye, before shooting a seed right back at the heroes.
The good legendary warriors were able to duck, "Hey, what's going on, right?" Arbormon asked
"Try do with this, execute!" Grumblemon was then covered in fractal code, "Slide Evolution!" he then became the earth beast, "Gigasmon!" he then proceeded to spin around, "Quagmire Twister!" he then threw a mud tornado at the steel beast abomination.
However, Sephirothmon was ready for this as his sphere's shuffled around, before the attack entered a sphere, "Quagmire Twister Reflection!" the symbol of earth appeared on the eyeball, before shooting out it's own Quagmire Twister at the giant.
"Nnnggeeerr, aaaahhh!" Gigasmon cried as the attack sent him back and turning him back to Grumblemon, "Wha, no fair, not beast attack too?!".
"Hah, you treacherous fools," Sephirothmon said as he looked upon the former evil warriors, "Thou thought thee could interfere, but thou has only given more data, and thus thou has only made my strength grow!".
This made the two flinch, still upset with the steel beast. But Ranamon was in an even worse state. After all she was probably the closest to the steel warrior, but after hearing what he had said, she didn't know what to do.
"I relish the thought that thine efforts shall be the cause of thine own undoing!" Sephirothmon bragged, sound rather deranged, "Oh what fools these mortals be, give me thy spirits and the Digital World shall bow before me!".
"Hate to soak your blanket big mouth, but we're the originals and no crooked copycats gonna tell us when to call it a day!" Beetlemon protested, before charging at the steel beast,
Sephirothmon then began to shuffle his spheres once more.
"Thunder Fist!" Beetlemon said as his fist charged with electricity, before throwing it at the abomination.
However, the attack was sucked into one of the eyes. Then Sephirothmon shuffled around, before pointing an eyeball at the bug
"What happened?" Beetlemon asked.
"Thunder Fist reflection!" Sephirothmon said, as the symbol of lighting appeared on the eyeball before then shooting the attack back at Beetlemon.
The lighting struck the bug, sending him crashing down to the other warriors. Thankfully Grumblemon and Kumamon were able to catch him.
"What can we do, when we attack, he returns our with even more power?" Aldamon said.
"We can't give up!" Kazemon said as she flew at the beast, who began to shuffle around again, "Hurricane Wave!".
The fairy then attacked with tornados from her fingers. But sadly, they were sucked into the beast as the attacks before.
"Hurricane Wave Reflection!" the symbol of wind glowed on the eyeball, before shooting the winds back at the fairy, blowing her to the ground.
"Kazemon!" Kumamon cried.
"Ugh, I can't believe I was hurt by my own attack?" the wind warrior moaned.
"Really, me never guess?!" Grumblemon groaned sarcastically.
"Must act, the invention returns to playing the inventor," Sephirothmon taunted, after unfolding.
"Enough!" Aldamon shouted as he flew at the beast as it shuffled around, surely a fusion would work? "Atomic Inferno!" he then started punching out fire, it worked on ShadowSeraphimon after all?
But this time, Sephirothmon took the attack head on. Literary, absorbing the attack into the sphere that had his lips.
This left Aldamon stunned.
"Atomic Inferno Reflection!" Sephirothmon then fired a barrage of the fireballs from the hazard symbol on his head, sending the fire fusion back down.
"Aaaaagrrhh!" Aldamon cried as he tried to fight back the pain of his own attack.
"Thine attempts to attack are futile!" Sephirothmon shouted, especially giddy to have hurt the one that bested his humanoid form, "The reality is thou cannot beat me, or to be more accurate you cannot beat yourselves!".
"He couldn't be more right, and every time they use their attacks they lose even more energy and if that's bad enough he returns their attacks at double their original strength," Bokomon explained, "I wish there was something we could do to help them?".
Neemon looked pumped, before crossing his arms and saying, "I wish I had a sandwich,".
"Let see how thy fare when friend becomes foe!" Sephirothmon gloated, "As thei didn't already know'ith, hahaha!", he then began shuffling his sphere's around, before beginning his assault, "Blizzard Blaster!".
He then knocked back Kazemon with snowballs, before shuffling some more.
"Hurricane Wave!"
He then blasted back Beetlemon with a tornado of wind.
"Lighting Blitz!"
He then zapped back Kumamon with lighting, before once again shuffling.
"Draining Rain!"
Sephirothmon then poured out a water torrent at Arbormon, washing him away as the steel beast shuffled again.
"Blockage Seed!"
The monster then shot a seed at Grumblemon, knocking him down.
"Quagmire Twister!"
He then fired a mud tornado at Ranamon. However, she was too heartbroken to move.
"Ranamon!" Grumblemon quickly tried to move her out of the way. Sadly the attack still hit close enough to knock them aside.
Sephirothmon then shuffled to get his lips pointed at the wounded warriors.
"And now for the most evolved attack of all, from Aldamon with love, Atomic Inferno!" he then let loose the fire attack, after the symbol of fire glowed on the hazard symbol.
"No! Aldamon cried as he flew in front of his friends, attempting to block the attack.
But sadly, the dragonborn could not hold back his own fury and was knocked down.
"Aldamon!" the others cried.
"To acquire thy attacks I made a small sacrifice," Sephirothmon explained, "But my human spirit was nothing when compared to this!" he gloated, seeming to get more crazy and self obsessed, " For I am far greater than even Seraphimon, nay, I am greater than Cherubimon himself, ahahaha!"
"This isn't all we can do!" Kazemon cried, before being enveloped in fractal code, "Slide evolution!" she then morphed into the wind beast, "Zephyrmon!"
"But Grumblemon just try with Gigasmon?" the earth warrior pointed out, trying to comfort Ranamon, "It no work!".
But the wind beast didn't hear him, for she was mad at what happened to Ranamon, as she began her attack, "Hurricane-
"Let me finish that for you darling!" Sephirothmon said, before shuffling around, and readying a counter attack, "Gale!" the symbol of wind glowed, before blasting away the harpie with wind.
"Ahhh!" she screamed as she went crashing down back to the others.
"What me tell you?" Grumblemon groaned.
"Attacking him individually gives him time to react," Aldamon explained, "We got to attack him at the same time!"
"That might work, he can't reflect all how our beast right?" Beetlemon replied, before being covered in fractal code, "Slide Evolution!" he then morphed into the lighting beast, "MetalKabuterimon,".
"Hey not a bad idea right, execute!" Arbormon said, before also being enveloped in fractal code, "Slide Evolution!" he then became the large wood beast, "Petaldramon!".
"Slide Evolution!" Kumamon then morphed into, "Blizzardmon!".
The warriors then surrounded the bundle of blobs, with Aldamon and Zephyrmon taking to the sky, while the warriors of wood, ice, and lighting remained on the ground, However, Grumblemon was still trying to comfort the heartbroken Ranamon.
"Ready!" Aldamon commanded as he readied his attack, "Atomic Inferno!" he then started punching fire balls
"Bolo Thunder!" MetalKabutiermon then charged and blasted his rotating thunder attack.
"Avalanche Axes!" Kumamon then tossed his axes at the steel beast.
"Hurricane Gale!" Zephyrmon then throw a wind torrent.
"Leaf Cyclone!" Petaldramon then swung back and forth, before rotating his petal main and blowing out leaf filled tornados.
However, Sephirothmon kept shuffling all his spheres around and caught every last one of the attacks. This shocked all the heroes, but that failure was the least of their problems.
"Hahahaaha!" Sephirothmon then spun out of control and let loose all the attacks at the heroes.
"AAAAhhhh!" they screamed as they were all pelted by the barrage of elements, sending them to the ground.
The steel beast then unfolded from its orbs shaped stated, "I fear this is the end!" he taunted with his large lips.
The heroes then regrouped.
"What can we do now he knows all our attacks?!" Blizzardmon asked, as the steel beast kept laughing.
"We've never faced an enemy like this?" Zephyrmon said, very worried.
"It's no use we'll never win!" MetalKabuterimon moaned.
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Blizzardmon added.
"Then I suggest we makes a hasty retreat, right?" Petaldramon said, which surprised the others.
"What, how can you say that!?" Blizzardmon asked.
"Yeah, what are you thinking?!" Zephyrmon added.
"Looks, sometimes its better to runaway so dats you can live to fight another day, yah understand?" the wood beast explained, before seeming sad as he looked over to the redeemed warriors, "And encase yous haven't noticed, some of us aren't really feeling up this, right?".
The others then looked over to see that the water warrior was still in tears.
"Oh no, Ranamon?" Zephyrmon said, worried about her fellow female warrior, "Please be okay,"
"This isn't happening, this is just a bad dream, that's all?" she sobbed, not wanting to acknowledge the steel warrior's betrayal, "Let me wake up, please sugar, please make this go away!".
"Please Ranamon, may be warrior of water, but now not time to show with tears," Grumblemon said, trying to help, but to no luck.
"I think Petaldramon's right, we need to pull back," MetalKabuteirmon said, "If we stay here we're not going to make it,".
"Right, there times when run away the only way to win," Grumblemon agreed, before looking back at the water warrior "Grumblemon think this time now,".
This had Aldamon concerned, "Everyone's losing faith, we can't fight like this, if we don't believe we can win, then there's no way we will," he thought.
"But we can't just run away," Zephyrmon pleaded, before looking towards Ranamon. "Not after what that jerk has done!"
"No way!" Blizzardmon protested.
"Let's pull back," Aldamon said, surprising the others.
"What?".
"Guys we have to think long term," the fire fusion explained.
"But Takuya?" Zephyrmon said.
"How can we stop this guy if we don't survive?" Aldamon asked, "We got to regroup and come up with another plan,".
The others were quiet for a moment.
"Your right," Zephyrmon spoke.
"Yeah," Blizzardmon added.
"Good choice, right," Petaldramon said kindly.
The three beast then turned back into their humanoid forms.
However, the steel beast wasn't going to let them escape. Sephirothmon then surrounded the heroes like a ring, trapping them.
"How did he, I've never seen him move so fast?" Aldamon stuttered, as the many eyes starred at him and the others.
"Oh great, were surrounded!" Beetlemon groaned.
"Well so much for running away?" Kumamon added.
"There is no escape thy fools, hahahahaha!" the beast laughed, "I almost feel bad to torment thy my former allies, but tis a tragedy that can't be'ith undone, hahahaa!"
The warriors of wood and earth just growled at this.
However, As the steel beast taunted them, the warrior of water began to grab the ground with rage.
"You, you horrid two faced shiny twit," she growled, "I trusted you, I trusted you with everything sugar, how could you do this to me!?".
"Ranamon?" Kazemon said, sounding concerned.
However, as this happened, Kazemon began to feel something inside her, something very monstrous and angry, "Urrrgh, what, why do I feel she's not the only one angry?" Then before she knew it, the beast spirit of water went flying out of her and into Ranamon.
"You think you'll get away with this, well think again suagr!" Ranamon screamed as she was enveloped in fractal code, "AAAAAHHHH, Slide Evolution!" the heartbroken water Digimon then became, "Calmaramon!".
The heroes flinched a bit at this. While they knew the legendary warrior of water was still good, her beast form was still rather, 'intimidating'.
"Hah, as if a slimy wench be'ith enough to determine me!" Sephirothmon taunted, "Thou must be desperate to bring forth such a repulsive-!".
"Raaaaaahhh, I'll rip that those stupid lips right of you!" the water beast screamed, before going berserk on the steel abomination, slamming her tentacles on any orb in her sight.
This surprised the others, especially Grumblemon and Arbormon, who'd never seen the water warrior get this enraged before.
"Wow, she must really hurting," Kazemon said, feeling bad for the squid.
"Makes since, Ranamon was proubly the closest to Mercurymon out of all of us, yah understand," Arbormon explained.
"It true, she spend much more time with him than us," Grumblemon added, "But why fore he be more cruel than usual?".m
Despite the rage, none of the attacks were even making a scratch on the steel beast.
"Tis futile, m'lady, hahahahahaahaha!" Sephirothmon taunted.
"Raaaaahhh, Mercurymon!" the water beast screamed.
But as Calmaramon flared her tentacles around, one of them hit the sphere that had the crest of light on it.
"Naaaaagggg!" Sephirothmon cried in pain, as all his orbs vibrated.
"Huh?" the squid said, surprised that something worked.
However, the steel beast was not going to give her time to figure out what worked and quickly retaliated, "Lighting Fist!" he then fired lighting at the squid, zapping her with much pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAUUUUGHHHH!" Calmaramon screamed as the lighting turned her back to Ranamon, while also knocking out the beast spirit.
"Oh no, Ranamon!" the others said, before Kazemon and Arbormon went to help her up.
"What are we gonna do now boss?" Beetlemon complained to the fire fusion.
"Move it, otherwise we're sunk!" Aldamon commanded, before proceeding to jump out of the ring made by the steel beast, just narrowly avoid a wind and lighting attack.
Beetlemon quickly followed. Grumblemon and Kumamon being the smallest at the time, slipped under Sephirothmon looking rather nervous.
Though Kazemon hesitated, before seeing Arbormon picking up the still down Ranamon.
"Don't worries little lady, let's go, right," the wood robot said as he threw the water warrior over his back.
"Right," Kazemon nodded, before Arbormon jumped over the steel beast. However, before the wind warrior flew away, she noticed that Ranamon had dropped her beast spirit. A bit confused, but not wanting to dwell, the fairy quickly grabbed the spirit and flew past the orbs.
The heroic warriors kept fleeing forward. However, Sephirothmon had rolled his orbs into a boulder shape and started rolling after the heroes.
"Here's right behind us!" Beetlemon cried as he flew.
The heroes ran/flew as fast as they could. But no matter how far they got, the steel beast was rolling right behind them, ready to squish.
At this point, Ranamon had started to regain consciousness, "H-huh, wha?" she then saw the giant boulder of eyeball orbs chasing after them, "Whhaaaa, hurry Arbormon, step on it sugar!" she screamed.
"You can run too y'know!" Beetlemon moaned.
"Now's not the time, right!" Arbormon replied.
Sephirothmon was close to flattening the heroes, but Aldamon noticed a crevice ahead of them.
"Jump!".
At the fire warrior's command, the Digimon jumped into crevice. Most of them landed fine, though Grumblemon had slid down and nearly tripped.
Sadly their troubles weren't over. Sephirothmon then uncurled, stretching out to look like a snake, and gazed down at his prey, grinning with his giant lips.
Aldamon anxiously looked around for a way to escape before the abomination could slither down. Soon he noticed an opening that led into a cave.
"This way!" he commanded, to which the warriors quickly darted in.
Once they entered, Grumblemon quickly pulled out his potion, "Quick friend Golemons, block way out so Steel beast no get in!" he said as he flung out the contents of the vile, creating orange targets that summoned Golemon who then stood in the way of the entrance.
However, Sephirothmon just watched from above.
"Hah, how entertaining tis be to watch thy heroes scatter like ants!" he laughed, before slinking upwards, "I shall claim thou's spirit in good time, for now I have a greater prize to claim!" he snickered, sounding more insane by the second.
Wait what?
Sephirothmon then let loose his attacks, "Come out shadow, I know that thou are near'ith!" he laughed, before one of his many eyes spotted something swoop by, "Haha, caught you!" he then breathed out Aldamon's attack, attempting to scorch the shadow.
AAAHHHH! Oih, leave me out of this!
The shadow slipped by every attack, though this didn't shake Sephirothmon's deranged confidence.
Well then, I see I'm going to have to get you knocked back on track, eh?
The shadow activated something on a device he had before slipping away, but the steel beast didn't notice.
"Hahahaahahah!" he laughed, feeling invincible, "Give me thy power to ensure my supreme victory, haahahahahaha!".
But then, Sephirothmon felt something hit him. It was indeed an attack, but it didn't feel like one of the ones he had recorded. No, this felt like some kind of shot or bullet.
"Eh, who dares attack my gloriousness!?" the beast arrogantly demanded.
"It do, rrraaarrfff!" a rough voice growled.
Sephirothmon looked to see a wolf like Digimon that had appeared to have blasters attached in the distance. The wolf's details couldn't be made out in the dark, but the steel beast could make out glowing green specks on its body as well as glowing red eyes.
"You may not have digi-armor, but I'll gladly strike you down to save my boss, raarrf," the wolf growled.
"Hah, as it any being could harm one as supreme as myself," Sephirothmon gloated.
The wolf then darted at him, scratching the spheres. Sephirothmon turned to retaliate against the wolf, thankfully allowing Bokomon, Neemon and Patamon to try climbing down the cliff to get where the heroes were.
Meanwhile in the cave,
With the Golemon blocking the entrance, the heroes had a bit of time to recover.
"Friend Golemon should hold back beast spirit Sephirothmon for bit," Grumblemon said after checking on the rock monsters.
"Did everyone make it in okay?" Aldamon asked.
"I think so?" Kumamon replied.
"Yeah, you could say that, right," Arbormon said, before putting Ranamon down.
Even though she was still standing, the water warrior was still very down.
"Um, Ranamon?" Kazemon asked, very concerned.
"I just don't understand it!" Ranamon cried, not giving the fairy a chance to talk, "This just isn't like him, he, he was always so polite and kind?".
Kazemon wanted to respond, but she really didn't know how. While this was similar to what happened to her at the lake, Mercurymon was clearly a lot closer to Ranamon then Zoe's friend ever was.
"That's probably just how he really is," Beetlemon said, angering the water warrior.
"Shut up, you don't know anything about him!" she yelled, close to crying.
"Yeah JP, your not helping!" Kazemon snapped.
"What'd I do?" Beetlemon groaned.
"All those things he said, and his attitude, oh it just isn't like Mercurymon!" Ranamon cried.
"You may actually be onto something there Ranamon," Arbormon explained.
"What do you mean?" Kumamon asked.
"Well, you all knows how difficult dem beast spirits are to control right?" Arbormon asked.
"You don't have to remind me sugar," Ranamon growned, "I remember Calmaramon was always so vicious until Mercurymon," she was too hurt to finish, though Kazemon did try to comfort her a bit.
"What are you even getting at?" Beetlemon asked.
"What I'm getting at, is normally dah humanoid spirit helps keep the beast spirit in check, right," The wood warrior explained, "However, since Aldamon done snatched Mercurymon's spirit, there's nothing to keep Sephirothmon in check, yah understand,".
"So it's your fault Mercurymon's like this!" Ranamon yelled.
"What?!" Aldamon said, a bit intimidated by the water warrior's anger.
"Hey he didn't know this would happen!" Kumamon snapped.
"Yeah, besides if you were so close to him, how come you didn't see this coming!" Beetlemon accused.
"You have no right to say that you dung beetle!" Ranamon snapped back.
"What did you call me!?".
"Stop it you two!" Kazemon pleaded, "It's not anyone's fault that this happened!".
The tension was starting to get fierce, but Aldamon wasn't going to stand for this.
"Enough!" he shouted after punching the wall, quieting the others, "Now is not the time to be bickering, right now we need to figure how to stop Sephirothmon!".
This made the others calm down.
"Your right, sorry for what I said," Beetlemon said to Ranamon.
"I'm sorry too sugar," she apologized, "It's just,".
"We know," Kazemon said, easing the water warrior abit.
"Grumblemon completely get, no need explains," the earth warrior added, making Ranamon smile just a little, "Mercurymon still family, even if Sephirothmon make friend go coocoo,".
"Well then, how can you fight him?" Ranamon asked
"Ranamon, if we can defeat him, we'll be able to purify Sephirothmon," Kazemon explained.
"Then he'll be like us, if y'know what I'm saying, right," Arbormon explained.
"Wait, then you mean," Ranamon started to say.
There was suddenly a loud crash, like something hit the ground outside. This made the Digimon anxious.
"Don't any of you guys know how to beat him?" Aldamon asked.
"Yeah, you must have seen him before back when, you know," Kumamon added.
"Unfortunately no, you see back den, Mercurymon never really used his beast spirit quiet like this, yah understand?" Arbormon explained,
"Sephirothmon only used for training, if not show at all," Grumblemon added, "We not quite see Sephirothmon like this before,".
"I wish it was still that way," Ranamon moaned under her breath
"So there's really no way to beat him?" Beetlemon moaned.
"Presically!" a creepy familiar voice shouted, startling the heroes.
They then turned to see the Golemon struggling. Suddenly, the horrid steel beast Sephirothmon bust through, knocking the rock monsters aside.
"Here he comes!" Kazemon cried.
The heroes quickly made haste and started running deeper into the cave, with Sephirothmon slithering after them at stunning speeds, glowing with light.
"I wonder where this tunnel leads to?" Kazemon asked as she ran.
"Just keep moving!" Kumamon said.
"Like I always say, anywhere's better dan here, right!" Arbormon added.
Sephirothmon laughed as his power illuminated the tunnel as he chased his prey, "Thou art running to thine own demise!" the monster gloated.
Beetlemon looked back, terrified at the big lipped abomination, "He's gaining on us!".
"No look back, look forward, run!" Grumblemon shouted.
Ranamon briefly looked back, before looking away. Still conflicted about fighting her former friend as a few tears went by.
"Tis no use, no matter how quickly you may gallop a pace, thou shalt never outrun me!" Sephirothmon shouted, sounding insaner as he got closer.
After much running, the legendary warriors entered a cavern.
Not long after, Sephirothmon slithered in, "Dead end!" he shouted, sounding deadly, before laughing insanely. The heroes then looked back to see the monster sleuthing upwards and contorting back into a bundle of orbs, "And time is up, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"
"Oh my," Ranamon moaned nervously.
By this point, Bokomon, Neemon, and Patamon had just entered the cavern to see it illuminated by the steel beast, but not for long.
The light coming off of the steel beast then vanished, plunging the cave into utter darkness.
"He disappeared?" Kumamon said, sounding scared.
"You don't say sugar?" Ranamon replied, trying to be sarcastic but was actually scared, "I clearly didn't notice,"
"It's so dark, how can you tell?" Kazemon asked.
Suddenly, a blast of lightning shot out of Sephirothmon at the heroes. They immediately dodged, but just barely.
But before they could recover, a stream of fire came from the steel beast on the other side of the cave, scorching the heroes.
"He's gone again, I can't see him," Beetlemon said, very scared.
Just then, the lips of the steel beast glowed behind the lighting warrior, freaking him out and disappearing when the bug looked. Sephirothmon then did this too Kazemon and Kumamon. He then did the same two his form friends, Grumblemon, Arbormon, and Ranamon.
"Oh, stop it you bloated blob!" Ranamon yelled, before seeming worried.
"Where's he gonna pop up next?" Beetlemon moaned.
"Who know?" Grumblemon added, beginning to show a little fear.
The echoes of the Sephirothmon's laughter filled the room. This Digimon was unlike anything the heroes had faced before. The way it moved, contorting it's body in many different whats. Alongside the way it could manipulate the room's light as well as the heroes fears, something Sephirothmon knew all too well.
"So dark," Kazemon whined.
"No kidding, right?" Arbormon agreed, shuttering as much as the others.
"So dark," Aldamon said, trying to find the beast, "I can't see,".
"I can!" Sephirothmon said, startling the others, "Ah sweet darkness, let it embrace thee with its fear and loneliness, yes, it controls thee now".
"I'm scared," Kumamon thought, memories of dark hallways at knight haunting him.
"I'm scared," Kazemon thought as she remembered a time she had to get a book from school at night, fearing that something lurked in the shadows.
"I'm scared," Beetlemon thought, as he remembered how terrifying lighting storms were when they caused a blackout, as well as the horrors that looked in the night.
"Me, not, well, maybe little?" Grumblemon thought, as he remembered the times he was almost destroyed.
"Comes on, be brave Arbormon, right?" the wood warrior thought, before his mind was flooded with thoughts of the warrior of darkness, "D-duskmon, no, stay aways!"
"W-whats happening?" Ranamon thought, before thinking she was alone, "Huh, where'd everyone go, don't leave me please!".
Suddenly Sephirothmon appeared, igniting the paranoia that the heroes felt.
Beetlemon then blasted lighting behind him, nearly hitting Grumblemon. The earth startled, retaliated by slamming the ground with his hammer, sending a rock wave at Kumamon. The ice fusion then turned around and started firing his blasters everywhere, hitting the female warriors.
"Kumamon stop, stop it!" Kazemon cried.
"What, no, quit it!" Ranamon screamed, before accidentally shooting a dark vapor at Arbormon.
"No, leave mes alone Duskmon, no!" Arbormon screamed, before letting loose his arms, nearly hitting Aldamon.
"Everybody calm down, just calm down!" the fire fusion shouted, but to no avail.
"Whatever you're gonna do just do it, but turn on the lights will yah!" Beetlemon pleaded, as Kumamon and Grumblemon ran around screaming.
"Light now, light now!" the earth warrior screamed, "Grumblemon no want to go!"
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Kumamon screamed.
Kazemon held her head as she hunched down in fear, while Ranamon was desperately trying to find someone.
"Where are you, don't leave me alone, please sugar!" she pleaded.
Patamon then tried to help the ice warrior by flying to him
"Make it stop!" Kumamon screamed, as nearly swatted away the newborn Digimon.
Thankfully Bokomon was able to catch him, but barely.
"Oh no," Patamon moaned.
"Hey what are you doing, he's just a baby!" he shouted as he held the child.
"Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of fears," Sephirothmon taunted, "Oh, what's the matter, scared of the dark?".
"Huh, why I oughta!" Beetlemon said as he readied another attack.
"Beetlemon stop!" Aldamon said, tryng to help.
"Just cause you can fusion evolve right now doesn't make you the boss here, got it!?" the lighting warrior shouted.
"Him right, you need chill out!" Grumblemon added.
"Splendid, there's nothing like discord to depose a leader," Sephirothmon snickered as he watched from above.
"We've never acted this way towards each other before, why now?" Kazemon asked.
"There is a black bottomless pit of doubt and fear in all of your hearts," Sephirothmon explained.
"I'm not the coward here!" Beetlemon yelled.
"Shad up, I'm trying not to go back to the scrap heap, rught!" Arbormon yelled, still thinking Duskmon was near.
"You're the one who wanted to run away!" Kumamon snapped.
"Well you were the one who was trying to freeze us all!" Kazemon yelled, very upset.
"Calm down you guys!" Aldamon pleased.
"Quiet, Mercurymon is like this because of you!" Ranamon shouted, sounding hurt, "How els could my Mercurymon do this to little ol me, if he's even still there!?".
"Self doubt, jealousy, betrayal, abandonment, paranoia," Sephirothmon stated, "Now you will drown in the fear of your own darkness!".
"No!" Kazemon screamed as she threw her tornadoes.
Kumamon then retaliated by firing his Blizzard Blaster at the wind.
The attacks collided, creating a tornado of snowballs that nearly hit Aldamon.
However, this made Aldamon notice something. The others however were still trapped in fear.
"I'm afraid," Kumamon shuttered.
"I'm so scared," Kazemon whimpered.
"I'm, I'm," Beetlemon stuttered.
"Pl-please, someone help?" Grumblemon moaned.
"No leave me's alone Duskmon!" Arbormon screamed, covering his head at the thought of the blood red sword.
"I don't want to be alone, please don't leave me Mercurymon!" Ranamon wimped.
But then, the heroes were alerted when Aldamon slammed his tall on the ground, "Stop it!".
They then looked at the fire fusion, stopping in their tracks.
"No more fear!" he shouted.
"But the dark?" Kazemon said.
"Stop saying that!" Aldamon snapped back, "With faith we can win!".
"Sorry pal but faith alone ain't gonna cut it here!" Beetlemon said, sounding pessimistic.
"Steel beast too strong!" Grumblemon added.
"Right!" Arbormon added.
"Listen to me!" Aldamon pleaded, "There's still only one of him,".
"Yeah but that hasn't stopped him from beating us so far has it?" Beetlemon complained.
"I hate to say it, but I don't think anyone can beat him sugar," Ranamon moaned.
"Close your eyes," Aldamon commanded, much to the others confusion, "I said close your eyes!".
Slightly started by the dragonborns raised voice, the other warriors did so.
"We're not just humans, or just Digimon," Aldamon explained, "We're the ones who were chosen by the spirits of the legendary warriors, you have to trust the spirit inside of you,".
The others began to feel calm. However, the water warrior was still hesitant, which Aldamon could sense.
"Ranamon, I know you don't want to fight, and I know your hurting," Aldamon said, "But Mercurymon's not the only one who cares about you,".
"He's, not?" She asked, before feeling the presence of the warriors of earth, wood, and wind. Then Ranamon felt the other warriors, "Oh?".
"Your not alone, none of us are," Aldamon spoke.
"You're right, I can feel the strength, the power," Kazemon said, feeling calmer.
"Can you hear that?" Kumamon asked.
"He's breathing, right?" Arbormon said.
"Grumblemon can hear, Sephirothmon breathing?" Grumblemon said.
"I hear it," Beetlemon said.
"Me too," Ranamon added, "And, I think I can face him now?".
The warriors then joined each others hands together, still keeping their eyes closed
"The eight of us are not alone," Aldamon said, "Our power lies in the faith that we have in one another, even if you feel scared off of being alone or of Duskmon or anything else, remember we're, all here for each other,".
"Each other, are powers are strong," Kazemon said, "We can use our attacks,"
"All together," Kumamon said.
"To win," Beetlemon said
"Me understand," Grumblemon said
"Together, with are powers combined?" Arbormon said.
"We can do this," Ranamon finished.
"Right, whenever you're finished, I believe you have a little something to give me?" Sephirothmon mocked, seeming unimpressed. With the powers he possessed, his arrogance made the steel beast feel unstoppable. What could these fools possible think they could do against him?
The heroes then opened their eyes, "Oh yeah!", they said.
They then looked to see the laughing Sephirothmon gaze down at them as the steel's beast's body illuminated the room.
The warriors of wind and ice looked at each other and nodded.
"Hurricane Wave!" Kazemon then summoned tornadoes from her fingers.
"Blizzard Blaster!" Kumamon then shot snowball missiles at the wind attack.
The attacks then combined, creating a tornado of snowballs. the cold twister then slammed into the steel beast, actually hurting him.
The steel beast gasped, flinch back a bit, "Gadzooks I don't have that attack in my records?!" he gasped, beginning to sweat as his confidence wavered.
"Of course you don't, that attack's never been used before buddy," Aldamon explained, as Kazemon gave a thumbs up.
"It can't be!?" Sephirothmon gasped, realizing the horrible flaw in his plan.
"Hurricane Wave!" she then did her attack again.
"Thunder Fist!" Beetlemon then shot Lighting at the wind.
The attacks combined and pelted the steel beast once again.
"Naaarrrggg!" he screamed.
"Blockade Seed!" Arbormon then shot out a seed from his mouth at Grumblemon.
The earth warrior then slammed it with his hammer at the steel beast.
"Huh, wait, I know that attack all too well!" Sephirothmon said, desperately beginning to shuffle around.
"Oh, but that's not all honey!" Ranamon said as she readied her attack, "Draining Rain!".
A cloud then appeared and doused the seed with water, causing it to instantly grow into a tree.
"What!?" Sephirothmon cried, before the tree smashed into him, splintering upon impact, "Gaaaaaahhhhh, even you Ranamon?!".
"I'm sorry, but I have to do this deer," she replied, a bit nervous but mostly strong "You may have left me, but I'm not alone, unlike you sugar,".
"You stopped our attacks individually, but now that we're mixing our attacks you can't beat us," Aldamon said.
Sephirothmon growled at this.
"You'll never steal our spirits now, our attacks have changed so you can't copy them!" Aldamon said, "Your through Sephirothmon!".
"You're wrong!" Sephirothmon cried, sweating as the fear began to consume him now.
"Don't think so, the tables have turned here and now you're the one who's afraid and left in the dark!" Aldamon said.
"Try to guess what happens next sugar?" Ranamon said sternly.
"You turn on friends, now time to face justice and be purified!" Grumblemon said.
"I'll still win!" Sephirothmon shouted, feeling more terrified by the second as the warriors stared him down, "I can't lose, to the likes of you?" he boasted, but no one called the bluffs, "I am superior, you little whelps can't defeat me, you will never survive my power!".
"It's like I always say, never say never, right!" Arbormon said, scarring the steel beast even more.
"Oh can it!" Sephirothmon shouted. the fear he felt from before beginning to consume him more and more. He had to win this, he had come so far. But yet his tactics were all failing, the heroes had broken through his tricks. Sephirothmon then started shuffling around and then shooting a wind attack out.
The heroes effortlessly dodged.
"We're not gonna run," Kazemon said.
Sephirothmon then shuffled around a shot out a lighting attack. But it was effortlessly dodged.
"And we're not afraid!" Kumamon said.
Sephirothmon then shot out a blizzard blaster, but it missed.
"We no losing," Grumblemon said.
The monster then tried draining rain, but it failed as well.
"You can't win," Beetlemon said.
Sephirothmon shuffled again and spat out fire, but Aldamon dodged again.
"And together we'll destroy your evil once and for all!" Aldamon proclaimed.
"You'll never stop me!" Sephirothmon screamed, shuffling around in terror. Nothing he did was working, he couldn't lose after all he'd given up.
However, as the orbs shuffled around, Aldamon noticed something. Out of all the orbs that kept moving, only one of them was not moving at all, the orb that had the crest of light on it, the darkness sphere.
"The center orb, he's never attacked us from there, it's always been covered up!" Aldamon realized.
"That must be where he controls all the data he's been storing, right!" Arbormon added.
"Yeah, I remember I hit him there and he couldn't stand it one bit!" Ranamon pointed out.
"If we could get him to stop moving even for just, it might give me a clear shot at it," Aldamon theorized, before looking to his comrades, "I have an idea, can you guys hold him still for a while?".
"Sure!" Kazemon said as she took flight alongside Beetlemon.
"Blizzard Blaster!" Kumamon shouted as he fired his blasters.
"Thunder Fist!" Beetlemon shouted as he added lighting to the attack.
"Hurricane Wave!" Kazemon shouted as her tornadoes joined the mix.
"Seismic Sledge!" Grumblemon shouted as he slammed the ground, forcing the shattered earth into the other attacks.
"Blockage Seed!" Arbormon shouted as he shot a seed.
"Draining Rain!" Ranamon shouted seriously as her water joined the fray.
The attacks all combined into a mighty united elemental force that went straight for the steel beast, stunning his shuffling in place.
"Naaaaaa, NOOOOOOO!" Sephirothmon screamed, more scared then he ever knew he could feel as his weak spot was left exposed.
The fire fusion then took his chance, opening his fire blasters causing it to glow hot red, "Atomic Inferno!".
The dragonborn then fired a flurry of fire that exploded on every inch of the steel beast's weak point.
"Naaaaaaaaarrrrrggggg!" Sephirothmon screamed, feeling as if all his orbs had exploded.
The abomination then faded to black as his fractal code showed.
"Time for some purification," Aldamon said as he whipped out his D-tector, "The final chapter to a long-overwritten book!" he then swiped it across the steel beast, "Fractal code, digitize!".
Hahaha, finally hehee, last-o one!
The dimensions began to flicker and swirl, which Sephirothmon noticed.
"Huh, shadow, save me, save me!?" he begged as his disappearing body flailed.
Oih, I'm trying! Hold still!
The dimension warping continued. However, as this happened, two blue demonic eyes glowed, before something dark slipped into the steel beast. But it mattered not, for now that warrior of steel was no more.
His fractal code, beast spirit, and of course his egg, were all sucked into the D-tector.
With the monster gone, the light left the cave. However, the dark didn't feel scary anymore, in fact it felt calming.
"We did!" Kazemon cheered as she held her hands together.
"Finally," Beetlemon moaned with releaf.
"We conquered our fears and beat him as a team!" Kumamon proclaimed.
The former evil warriors, however, were unsure how to feel.
"Phew, dat was something, right?" Arbormon said.
"There, who's the foolish ugly one now!" Ranamon cried, sounding victorious but a bit hurt.
Grumblemon remained quiet, sad to once again see one of his family meet their end. He then hopped this would be the last time it would happen.
However, from up above the heroes, a dark force was watching. The shadow of the demon bunny Cherubimon looked down with his glowing red eyes.
"The last of my children destroyed," he groaned, almost a bit of sadness in his voice, "The time has come to dissolve the seal,".
A few moments later,
The heroes were just making it to the top of the cliff they were at before.
"There go, right," Arbormon said as he helped Ranamon up.
"Thanks sugar," she happily replied.
"Everyone make it?" Takuya asked, to which the others nodded, "Good, phew that was tough,".
"Once I realized I wasn't alone, the darkness wasn't scary," Zoe said.
"I know what you mean," Tommy added.
"And that's what real friends are for," JP said.
This comment however, made the formerly evil Digimon rather depressed.
"Mercurymon, really gone now?" Grumblemon said, sounding a bit less joyous than the others.
The others were quiet, feeling bad for their digital friends.
"You okay?" Zoe asked as she looked to Ranamon.
The warrior looked, before looking away, trying to contain her emotions, "What does it matter, he's gone now,"
"Sorry to disappoint, but that's not quite it," Takuya said, sounding cocky.
"What do you mean?!" Ranamon asked anxiously.
Takuya then held out his D-tector to show that the steel warrior's egg was there. This made former evil warriors gasp, especially Ranamon.
"Of course, now that both of the steel spirits have been purified, Mecurymon can be brought back as a good Digimon," Bokomon explained.
"Well how bout dat, right," Arbormon said.
"You really do it?" Grumblemon asked.
"You bet, I promised you two I'd bring him back as a good Digimon, and I intend to keep it!" Takuya said, before looking at Ranamon, "You can handle him coming back, right.
She thought for a moment. After all, she was pretty mad at what the steel warrior had done too her. But at the same time, she couldn't seem to let go of the good memories of Mercurymon.
"Just do it sugar," Ranamon huffed, "Besides, I have quite a few things to say to him,".
"Alright then," Takuya said, before pushing the button on his D-tector.
There was a huge flash. Then when it died down, a new Digimon was with the heroes.
The Digimon was a skinny humanoid with pale green skin, whore an outfit similar to Mercurymon's designs with a which hat as well as a mirror on his chest, had curly slick white hair, had long elf ears, as well as a devil tail, on his arms were green gauntlets that had mirrors on it, on his face he whore lipstick and mirror mask.
"I believe this is Reflectmon," Bokomon said after looking in his book, while Patamon was on his head.
"So, that's really him?" Ranamon thought, still feeling conflicted about what had happened, "Wow, he's actually kinda cute?".
However, Reflectmon remained motionless.
"He's not moving?" Tommy said.
"Did that happen when we's was brought back?" Arbormon asked.
"No, not all," Grumblemon said.
"No kidding," JP groaned, remembering his first meeting with a ticked off Talpidmon.
"Should we say something?" Zoe asked.
Takuya then tried to speak to the former steel warrior, "Um Mercury, erm, Reflectmon?" he said sternly.
As soon as he tried to speak, Reflectmon fell backwards, "No, no, stay away, stay away!" he yelled, very much terrified.
"Huh, what's wrong?" Ranamon asked, forgetting that she was angry with him.
"Stay away, stay away!" he yelled, backing away in fear.
"What's going on with him?" Takuya asked, "This never happened before with the others?"..
"Bokomon, why's he so scared of us?" Zoe asked.
"I'm not sure Zoe?" he said as he looked through his book, and soon looked carefully at the picture of the steel child, "Oh my, I believe something is terribly wrong!".
"What do you mean, what's wrong with him!?" Ranamon asked, getting very worried.
"Just look at him," Bokomon pointed has he held up his book on the page that showed Reflectmon.
Upon closer examination, the heroes realized something horrible. All of his mirrors were cracked, with his skin looking just as bad.
"S-stay away, don't hurt me!" Reflectmon cried, sounding more terrified then the ones he tormented early .
"We not do that," Grumblemon said, just sounding worried.
"Don't you recognize us?" Arbormon asked, just as worried.
The heroes tried to approach, but this just scarred the Digimon even more.
"AAAhhh, nooo, go away!" Reflectmon screamed, before swipe his arm across and causing large mirrors to appear in front of the heroes.
"What thet heck?" Takuya shouted.
The mirrors then moved into the heroes, teleporting them away.
"Wait, Reflectmon!" Ranamon cried as she was teleported away.
Now alone, the former steel warrior slowly stood up, shaking fearfully.
"P-praytell, w-w-what, has happened?" he asked, still very terrified as he looked at his shaking hands, "I've lost, everything?".
"Indeed you have," a wrathful voice.
"W-who be'ith there?!" Reflectmon screamed, searching frantically for the voice.
"Y'know their angry with you," the voice said, "And they will be back to finish you off!"
"No, no, quiet!" Reflectmon shouted, still shaking with terror, "Leave me alone, aaaaahhhhh!".
The former steel warrior then went running off into the dark continent, holding his in fear of the others.
However, he was not aware of the four-legged Digimon watching him in the distance, that soon jetted away.
Narrator Rika: Well this was unexpected, whats going to happening to Reflectmon and the heroes now? Find out on the next Digimon Frontier!
Purifaction Redemption, neerrrgg.
Narrotor Rika: Huh, whats happening to you?!
Back near the cavern,
The shadow crashed to the ground, struggling to get up.
Yowser, auurrggg. That one really took it out of me.
"Boss!" The voice of Treblemon cried, as the wolf approached the shadow, "What happened, arf?"
Nggg, seems my powers are really taking a tole on me now. I think something went wrong with the purification.
"Rarf, no kidding, Reflectmon's all cracked up," Treblemon sighed, "How is he going to join the heroes now?!".
Grrrr, this needs to be fixed, we've worked to hard for it to end here.
"What can I do boss?" Treblemon asked.
Find him, make sure he doesn't hurt himself. Be sure the heroes don't get suspicious.
"Rarf, got it!" Treblemon said as he left, before stopping, "Y'know, I might not be able to handle things as I am now, so, maybe?".
Sigh, fine. You are authorized.
The shadow then activated something on his device.
"Great, arf!" Treblemon said happily with a jump, "Um, but maybe we should do the rap up first?".
Good idea.
Oh boy, the Sephirothmon arch is finally over! I swear, this lasted way too long.
Well, this kinda took awhile...
Treblemon: Yep, hoping the readers are still here?
Yeah, sorry about that. Apparently, learning how to make video games is rather tiring. But don't worry, I'm healthy, and I'll still make sure to work on this story.
Right, any case, time for the shout outs.
Special thanks to D.J. Scales, Time Knight Leo, Neo-Warkid4, Lei Lei, Charmander17, and a few Guest, for your reviews.
Treblemon: We're really thankfully for all the attention and super happy that you are all enjoying this story, Arf!
Yeah, it really helps. However, one guest reviewing this went a little overboard in asking me to give evolution forms to all the warriors. Which Lei Lei gladly pointed out, that would take a ton of time and energy.
Treblemon: So your not going to give Grumblemon and his gang fusion forms?
I didn't say that. Just be patient, hmhmhm.
Another thing Lei Lei asked, is if there was a way the readers could help out?
Treblemon: Arf? Is there.
Well, as cheesy as it sounds, leaving reviews really does help me a lot with making new chapters. Whether if be what you thought of the chapter or a theory of what comes next. Showing me that you care about this, really motivates me to create more.
Just please don't go crazy with how many reviews you leave, I do read them all.
Also if wondering how reviews give me strength, well. I don't really want to give away how my powers work, just yet.
Treblemon: I don't even know how they work, arf.
However, I have been thinking about trying to make something like a e-mail or something that could fan art could be sent too.
So if there are any artist reading, I would love to see some art of the scenes and digimon from this story. If y'all are interested in me doing something like that, let me know and I'll make an e-mail (or if you know something better like discord or whatever?) and post it in my bio for everyone to use.
Treblemon: Oh and of course. Reflectmon belongs to AK-Illustrate, who can be found at digimon-fr on tumblr and aki-ta on deviant art.
As always, remember. Reviews lead to sooner chapters and better stories, until next time!
Treblemon: Bye, come back next time. The next one is really exciting, Rarf!
Choa!