Helloooo readers! Your favorite (but really one of your favs) writer is back with another chapter of our favorite Digimon, who kinda ironically takes a bit of a backseat this time around. Dont worry tho, she'll back kickin' ass or getting banged in the ass next time. Whichever comes first! Anyway sorry it's been some extra time since i've dropped a chapter, but this seems to be received really well on Wattpad so far lol. Also real quick Wattpaders, the moment i drop a chapter, the site has a weird thing where it wont keep all the spacings for the main meat of the uploads. Which is pretty shitty considering i yknow...USE THAT TONS OF THE TIMES! So yeah just a head's up there.

Oh and yet another heads-up, I do have a , which i posted some time ago, but just know that it''s ABSOLUTELY optional! I was able to get my previous job back (cuz screw those guys i worked with a few weeks ago) about two weeks ago, so no need to worry about me financially. The page itself, let's say it pertains to my drawings. Yes i draw, but very rarely. Im more of a pencil-and-paper kinda guy but im trying to get better digitally. If anyone pledges, it'll help spruce up moments in these stories, and i have other deals related to all this, so at least check it out. It's a Wattpad exclusive tho. I've been trying to find the comfortable time to work on this stuff after work. I cant say what exactly it is, but just know it's one of them intense labor jobs. As some know too, i have other planes of existence, such as gaming, drawing, fapping, and all this shit on here, so life's a bit of a juggling act. Did you know i used to climax up to 4 times a day? Once a day always saves time.

I rather let the chapter speak for itself on it's contents, but yeah it's apparent there were alot of ideas here. Hopefully everything will be no longer than 18 or 20 chapters. If it does, i may need to owe everyone a dozen packs of ramen and a soda. Also keep in mind too these chapters are a pain IN THE DICK to research. Sometimes im just sitting there for half an hour to decide on what to pick, be it Digimons or the cards, which sometimes takes even more research, hence the wait time. Anyways alot of spotlight on the main son here, even gets a love interest, but anyone that hasnt read far, to say it's shaky as hell between them is an understatement. Then our cousin gets some shine too. I thought about having the team come out to help him but i was like "Nah, let's keep it hard for him" (no homo) and i'd say it went pretty well. I have some plans for the new kid, but Renner's….i need more time in the oven on that lol, but i do plan to have some unexpected events to take place, to make this newborn very memorable. Similar case for Norn, who'll probably be relevant towards the end of the story. Oh and before i close, let's look at the views! Haven't done that in a while. Since the previous chapter, we gaiiined~ almost 3000 Views?! That's a bit more than i expected. We're sitting at a total of about 23900 views on FanFiction, and 27279 on Wattpad?! Man, yall're really blowing FanFic outta the water on this one XD! This seems to be my most favorited on FanFic tho, with 94 favs and 93 follows. Not even the Tsu fic had that many on it. In terms of upvotes on Wattpad...Let's say having 348 vs our 256 isnt something to really sneeze at 3.

Well i think that's it, right? Yup, met my "Too long" prerequisite for this intro here. Now all you have is to read 15 times more than all this down below. At least it'll be really entertaining, right?

Chapter 13: Strabimon's Ascension, And The Great Bridge Battle. A New Offspring!—

Digi-Card Total: 88

Digi-Cards Used: 31

The winds blew, carrying a rag of cloth from a deceased Digimon in the distance. It traveled on top of a cliff until it was caught, then worn, by none other than the lonesome Strabimon. He stood from on high, looking at the landscape that held an abundance of Dark Digimon roaming below. He remembers his rather scarce times with his father, some of the other mons and with Wes, feeling a strong source of longing, his claws dripping with blood. "I...*rubs bloody claws on the cloth* I just want...A place..Somewhere that is peaceful.." Strabimon lamented to himself, "I may know somewhere. *sees him jolt his head upward, then gets pounced on, and rolled with him til he was on top, then he rose his claws over his head* Whoa wait wait! Im not here to fight or anything! Im just a BlackGatomon that happened to hear you!" the BlackGatomon shouted, "! (BlackGatomon...?) Black...So you aren't like the Dark Digis?...You aren't evil or just trying to kill other Digimon?" he asked, "(Phew, too close -3-) Of course not. Well at least not on an empty stomach. Im actually kinda surprised you aren't dead like most normal Digimon like me. You have to be really strong for a Strabimon" she said, "...Im sorry..*gets off of her* I knew for a while..That this world was filled with many strong Digimon. My father and his team used to come back with many cuts and bruises from visiting here..Killing so many was the way I knew that I could get stronger...I hope to fight with them and live comfortably one day" Strabimon told her, "*lowers brow* (What the heck does he mean? It's like it's his first time being here. How does this really work for him? I saw that he was able to take out a DarkLeomon and a DarkGaogamon. His kind should've Digivolved from that by now but he hasn't) Im with this group of Digis called the Great Gao Brigade to beat the Rulers. I'll tell you more about it but..Say, you seem to have alot going on with you. Mind telling me about all that at this place I told you about?" BlackGatomon asked, "e/e S-sure.." Strabimon complied, following her.

Hours upon hours go by and my zeal truly started to dissipate. My legs started to grow weak and Renamon had to give me a piggyback ride on the way to the end of this path, which was seeming to be endless. "Dammit, just how long is this way? It's taking us forever to get to this asshole" I complain, "I've...Never reached the end to see him.." Minervamon meekly said, "*bats at her* Huh?! Why didnt you tell us?! You have us going through here for lord knows how long! Drrrgh..! Does anyone know how long it's been!?" I shouted, "It's definitely been over a day. Of just walking" Renamon said, "O-over a day?! Then..Wait I should've gotten hungry a long time ago" I comment, "I've noticed long ago that you have a rather extensive lack of starvation. However Human, you can still get weak over time if you do not eat. Your energy and body endurance are not infinite" Renamon informs, "(...So that was why I was still being fed during training. I somehow didnt know this) Ranamon, take me and Crescy as far as you can with your water whips" I ordered her, "Alright boss!" Ranamon complied. Water gushes out of her wrists, forming into her water whips, that wrapped around me and Crescemon, flying us forward at a moderate speed. Unknown to us though was that we were gliding pass 300ft of distance within a minute. After another minute of this passed, we felt a stop. "*arms and legs start to jitter and quake* mmmmnnnn...! (Sorry you two, but I'll have to bring you back)" Ranamon thought, reeling us back to where we were.

The two of us were being pulled back quicker than were suddenly being sent forward, getting back to the group in half the time. "*is dropped in front of them after a few seconds, seeing that a sitting Renamon has a paw on Ranamon's thigh* I see that you wanna relax" I comment, "So that fatigue doesnt get the best of her. She might be a bit low on energy now, and she mentioned about being at the limit of her reach. Did you two see anything?" asked Renamon, "*sighs* Nothin'. Just more darkness" Crescy informed, "Hm...(That damn that bitch NaitoRenamon..She threw her way too far down here. This is such a pain in the ass she's causing us...Should keep going together..Or maybe...Should we split from here?) *falls on my back, sighing* This is a nightmare. I hope you all got some ideas. If not, looks like we'll have to rest" I decided, "I second that. Us Digimon work about the same way, but after two days, we do feel effects of hunger" Renamon informed, "(So that's why she said it's only been a full day. It must be really faint, but her stomach must be feeling off) Alright. After we wake up, we're going full speed" I told everyone and we laid where we were. Several hours go by, we awoke and hop to our feet. Renamon puts me on her back, then Crescemon puts Ranamon on her's, who held Minervamon with her water whips, and they both took off running at incredible speeds. Racing through the extremely long path, they found themselves at this top speed half an hour, with no end in sight. "*eye twitches, looks at Crescemon* We must become Sakuyamon. We should reach the end in no time" Renamon told her, "(If there is an end)...Ok" Crescemon agreed. Everyone went into Renamon's body, digivolving her into Sakuyamon, who caught the digivice that flipped in the air. "*draws a card* Speed card. Activate" Sakuyamon said, swiping it in the held device, increasing her speed so much that it seemed that she was warping forward, even creating afterimages. 5 minutes fly by with this new speed, we suddenly split from Sakuyamon, and into ourselves, rolling across the ground, slowing us down by 100s of times. "Tch! *slides on all fours, and runs forward with them* Cmon everyone! We're getting at the end, I just know it!" I urged them, "Dont slow me down and we'll get there" Renamon replied, keeping up with me, as well as everyone else. Renamon held tightly to Minvervamon as they followed us, who were behind us at this point. At this point was when the path was becoming brighter, and in seconds we found ourselves rushing into a big square of light. The next moment we fell on a ground.

"*rubs head and other sore areas* We...Fell he- *looks up, seeing a massive tube with a young-looking girl in it, with books scattered around, and notices the lights blinking* here...What..What the hell is this place...?"

"[?] Somewhere...No one is supposed to be.."

"That didnt come from the girl...Then from who? *looks to the right of it, seeing a big cloud of darkness coming around it in the air* Wha..What the hell are you?!"

"[?] I...Used to be Human.."

"[Renamon] But how? Were you...Were you made into this?"

"[?] Yes...Into an artificially made Digimon..*floats down, lands, shrinks the cloud of darkness, revealing a big neckbrace, a metallic, sharp-toothed mask and a green screwed-on helmet*..An incomplete one."

"*sees some darkness emitting from the girl in the tube* Then..What is she?"

"[?] *looks up at her* She is connected to King Drasil...She is called Norn."

"[Crescemon] ! To the God of the Digiworld? THAT King Drasil?!"

"God of the Digiworld...? I've...Never heard anyone mention this...What do you plan to do with her?!"

"[?] *looks at her with scorn* She keeps rejecting me. It will only be a matter of time. I got somewhere...With that NaitoRenamon I made.."

"You did...WHAT?!"

"[?] When I made her..She caused enough havoc, along with my group to loosen Norn's resistance. Soon..It'll all be over. Yes, truly."

"You...GOD DAMN...BASTARD! Do you not know what you did to me?! I went through hell cuz of you! Im losing my FUCKIN MIND!"

"[Renamon] That's enough, Human."

"No it's not! *runs at him* Im sending this fucker to Hell! *swipes claws through him, slides past him in the process* Huh...? *looks back at him* Did I just..Phase through him?"

"[?] As an incomplete hybrid..Im metaphysical. I lack a form...I might as well be a ghost."

"*stares at claws* So you're saying...I cant kill you.."

"[?] Not without the crests. *gets my attention* If I were to have all the crests of the Rulers..I can possibly have a complete body. One you can kill."

"Hmph. *holds up my digivice* Im not helping some worthless failed experiment. Let's go, you three."

"[?] Then you dont want to help the Digital World? *sees me lower my digivice* I made that very device you're holding too. So it can be good enough to draw you back here...Most is according to my plan.."

"Just who the hell are you?"

"[?] Verge..Verge is fine..With your help, I can be Overmon.""Im sure as hell not going to help someone with that name."

"[Verge] Even so..If Norn dies, every Digimon, and everything in the Digiworld will go with her."

"But you caused it...Why would you do something like that?!"

"[Verge] Everything comes to an end...You...Me...Everything you see..Whatever suffering I bring means nothing.."

"Then why bother with my help?"

"[Verge]...The only thing that matters..Is that I erase what the creators made here. First..I must come into being. *sees me look skeptic* Do you not want to also find out?...About how to cure Norn?"

"Will that make you whole if I do? *sees him stay silent* If it's the only way..I dont seem to have much choice. At least by then, I can put you out of your misery. *looks up at Norn* (What would happen...After she's freed?) If you made that..That NaitoMutt, how do I get rid of it?"

"[Verge] Where..Is she? *sees me hold out the Digivice* ...How puzzling."

"Huh?"

"[Verge] She was made with the intent to cause 'The Darkness', to eventually bring everything to nothing...I did not prepare any measures to her being absorbed."

"I...The only thing is that Im far more powerful with her in the Digivice, and so is Renamon..Looks like I'll have to find a way."

"[Ranamon] I-it doesnt seem like we can do anything to him."

"[Crescemon] Same for him to us. I guess we should head back."

"(I gotta check on Basty...) *raises digivice, angrily looks at him* I'll make you wish you were dead earlier. I'll give you a damn body so I can end it all, and take over this freakin' world."

"[Verge] *sees me warp away with the group, puts on a faint smile* Yes...Things are surely falling into place...For me" he says, becoming a cloud of darkness. His amorphous body swarming all over the tube.

In the tent, Bastemon found herself in intense pain and her mind became numb. She was sweaty all over and really wanted it all to be over. "(This is...A really big baby...I..Have to...Keep...Trying..!)" she was thinking to herself, with her entrance staining most of the best, that was dry and crusty from alot of semen several dozens of hours ago. As Basty pushed more and more, she lost that much more of her conscious, unknowingly giving many blank stares. For the next few hours, she was pushing subconsciously with the little energy she had, inching the offspring out little by little. His hair was gray, and had three horns. It took Bastemon half an hour to notice how much of him was out, so she took a few moments to catch her breath and started pulling with her hands, carefully making she didnt cut him with her claws. Ignoring how much more painful it was, she was able to pull him half way out of her lower, inner walls. This process was on it's last hour, and most of his body was out of her body at this point. "*enters the tent, seeing how much of her face was stained with her tears and sweat, as well as how the child now only has his ankles inside of her. uneasiness sets in* Basty...(Her arms..They really gave out earlier..She was...Actually pulling him..?) Im..So sorry..." I lowly said, walking to her, "*peeks head inside* Well at he looks better than his dad" Caulimon comments, "Not now, Caulimon...Not now...*puts a hand on her wet face* If only I was here sooner...I could've really helped, and you were so willing...*pulls him all the way out* ...What is he?" I asked Caulimon, "Hmm. Looks like a Aegiomon. They usually have goat-like feet, but his are Human" he answers, "Aegiomon...Mind leaving me..With both of them?" I requested, and he left. Moments later, Renamon walked next to me, putting a hand on Bastemon's head and stomach. She paid no mind to the new child. "I suppose this is your first time seeing the aftermath of birth. Normally, they'd be in eggs..But with you.. *sees me stay silent* Human...When we truly become together..We do not speak of this. I will let Bastemon have this child, and mentor him" Renamon told me, "Renamon...It's..Only fair if we have him meet his brother..At least..Before they're fit to become something...Like being princes of the Digiworld" I said, "(O-one thing at a time, Human...-x-;)" Renamon thought.

Strabimon and BlackGatomon ran to this lakeside that had a handful of cards in a dying forest, housing many fallen leaves. She was telling him how it was one of the few safe spots that suddenly started showing up in the Digiworld, even though most of the world itself was still shrouded in darkness. BlackGatomon took a moment to play with him and pounce him to the ground, making him that much more vulnerable and unwilling to strike her. What helped him calm down even more was how light was shinning down upon them. After sharing a few laughs, he realized how flaky and hard his dried blood from his claws and fur made BlackGatomon's fur seem, so they went to the waters they were close to.

"I guess you really haven't bathed in a while, eh? You sure did have alot of blood back there too."

"Yeah..Since Im trying to get strong as fast as possible, I dont really..Think about bathing.."

"So what kind of Digimon was your mom and dad?"

"...Y'see...They.."

"Uh huh?"

"*uses some of the water to rinse* Dad...Isnt a Digmon..He's Human.."

"! R-really? That should be impossible for you to be born like that."

"That's what..His cousin's Digimon said too..My mom was a Digimon too..A Dark one."

"Huh...That should be that much more impossible."

"Ever since I've known, I've been unsure of...What I am..Am I a Human? A Digimon? Both? I wish I knew.."

"Well you look plenty Digimon to me. In fact, I dunno what part of you is Human, so you're a Digimon like the rest of us, kid."

"I..(But dad...He's a Human..I have to have a part of him...Somewhere...Even if it's a little..) I guess so..."

"How does a Human become well enough to not die out here? And who's this 'Them' that you mentioned earlier?"

"Well...Dad is..An incredibly strong Human. He was able to even beat me in this form on his own..He has a team of his own Digimon."

"A Human strong enough to beat a Rookie level mon? Never heard of that. He sounds like he's doing alot. Oh, so you're just on your own out here?"

"I trained with his cousin's Digimon for a bit, and..I felt I didnt really belong there so..When he visited I told him I wanted to come out here. To get stronger on my own."

"Even knowing you could die here at any moment?"

"He knew..Better than I could. *sternly stares upward* So next time I see him, he can proudly have me with him, as another powerful teammate."

"What's he trying to do?"

"I heard him talk about beating all the Rulers, so he can rule over all of the Digiworld. To get rid of all this darkness, andnau the Dark Digimon. He mentioned about getting rid of one, so far."

"Wow, that's awesome! Him and his team there are doing the same as us."

"What do you...Mean by 'Us'?"

"Never heard of the GGB? Great Gao Brigade?"

"Never..."

"Hmm..We really dont get around..That's fine, we've been trying our best against Barbamon. There's 20 of us. Im scouting to have more join us."

"Im sorry, but..I dont think I can.."

"You can train with us and-"

"*looks away* I cant...*sees her reach out with a hand* I said I cant!"

"*sees him quickly scurry away* Hey! Strabi, wait! mnnn..But I haven't found anyone to join us.." BlackGatomon lamented to herself. She went off to follow him shortly, leading to outside the forest. Once she was in the open field, she saw no sign of him. After frowning for a moment, she went back to her group. Strabimon watched from within the branches of a tall tree, and though he liked the time he spent with her, he chose to go to the other way. He however stopped himself, and chose to follow her back to her group, with a slightly crazed, wide-eyed stare, filling with bloodlust.

Back at the Base, everyone including Caulimon, sat in front of a resting Bastemon, deciding what our next action would be. "That's pretty crazy how there was a Protometamon in a dark place like that, and Minervamon was stuck in there for so long" Caulimon comments, "(Proto-what now? He made that up -.-) You were in there for weeks, right? You dont starve at all?" I asked her, "Hmmm, I never thought about it, but yeah I dont think I can" Minervamon replies, "Must be an anomaly thing. We're always hit with them..Oh speaking of which, that proto-ghost guy, if he's been corrupting Norn, that could explain all these anomalies. Not that we could do anything about him though...*looks at Aegiomon sleeping next to his mother* Oh yeah, you or the other Navis couldn't hear her?" I asked Caulimon, "Gato's making something and checking for me. Cutemon should be- *sees Cutemon fly in with a stack of Digi-cards* Oh she's back" he replied. Cutemon gives me 21 Digi-cards and two card holders (that carry 100 in each). Sorting through them for a moment, around half were copies the ones I already have. "Im really starting to have too many here...Where did you find this many anyway?" I asked her, "Whenever it's my turn to monitor, I kept seeing this one lake have alot of these. So I decided to go there myself and start collecting for you. I didnt go overboard, did I?" Cutemon told me, "I may have to stay here a bit and see how I can make this easier on myself..Renamon, Ranny, Crescy, you two train in the meantime" I told them and they nodded before stepping out.

Wes was sitting in his room, figuring how this digivice-lookalike works. Picking into it with a hairpin that he found, getting behind the buttons. He also pondered about the disappearance of the area he talked to Strabimon about. "(I really think this is a replica. The digivice wouldn't give me this much trouble for pushing it's buttons. Either this is busted, or it's a piece of plastic. I dont wanna end up melting it, but man is this hard to open)" he was thinking to himself, "*darts to his window* Wes! Boss, open up! *sees him open it* Squad A to C! They're helping each other in one spot, but they're having some real trouble! Get the cards, cuz we gotta go now!" Missimon urged him, "(You'd have to be incredibly strong to do that) Dammit, ok I'll be out. You tell Squad D about this so they can take me there!" Wes ordered him before running down the stairs and dashing out the door. Once he steps outside, he sees DexDorugamon flying towards him. Wes gestures that him to go near the river bed before Missimon went to give him further instructions. The way there was taking him around 10 minutes to go there. "*zips back to him* He's all we have available, boss. Everyone else is too busy surviving out there" Missimon told him, "How many're left?" Wes asked, "...Last time I checked, just three.." he answered, making Wes put on a shocked face before he was able to see DexDorugamon, who didnt seem happy either. Making sure no one else was in sight, Wes hopped on DexDorugamon's back, and held on really tight to his fur and an ear as they flew really fast to their destination. The travel time took just two minutes to reach there, arriving at a large bridge over the ocean, with many sliced cars around this battle. "*sees a big black Digimon with a large blade cutting down Swanmon and Strikedramon as their blood rained on his face, with XV-mon laid on the ground a few meters away from everyone* N-no! Who's Digimon is this?! You two should've ran while you could!" Wes shouted, "*looks up at Wes as he came down with DexDorugamon before he hops off* These were your's? They lasted longer than I thought...Unlike that Waspmon and this Bulkmon" he said, "! You killed Waspmon..*sees him and Bulkmon's bodies floating in the waters below* And Bulkmon..? *takes two cards out of pocket* You bastard...!" Wes was roaring, "*puts a wing in front of him* Let me handle this Tactimon. He owes me for all the damage he's done! *runs forward* Cannonball! *shoots at him with an iron ball from the mouth, and he cuts through it* Metal Cast!" he shouted, clashing with his blade through a series of claw strikes and tail swings. When he went in for a bite, he gets his stomach crushed inward by the sheathed blade's tip, and Tactimon lifts him skyward this way. "Oh no you..Dont! *wraps him in wires from tail, and starts electrocuting him* Once I paralyze your body, I'll eat you alive..!" DexDorugamon told him, "...Earth Shaker" Tactimon said, causing a quake to rupture throughout DexDorugamon's body, making him spew a ton of blood through his mouth and his sides burst with blood in two directions. "! (Damn! I felt that from here too! He's really gonna die if I dont do anything!) D-Ark! Activate!" Wes shouted, "*falls off of his sheathed blade, starts glowing* DexDorugamon...Digivolve to..." DexDorugamon weakly said, "*stabs blade into the ground two times* Secondary Tactic" Tactimon calls out, summoning many dead, shadowy warriors around DexDorugamon. They fall on him and start cutting and biting down on his flesh, "To...*light blinds the area and raises large claw out of the pile of warriors, making some fly off and makes the rest blast off into the waters over the bridge's rails* DexDoruGreymon! GYOOOWWWWHHH!" DexDoruGreymon loudly howled, swinging his claws in front of Tactimon, making him leap away from the thunderous shockwave he caused. "*lands, blood leaks out of helmet* I'll be careful with you" Tactimon comments, "(I really need something big to take him down. DexDoruGreymon still cant take him on his own...I was hoping to save a few of these for cous', but Im getting desperate)" Wes was starting to plot, looking at 10 cards.

While Wes was getting ready to decide what to use, something zips past his head from behind him, "Carrot Bomb! *throws carrot-shaped bombs at Tactimon, which he cuts through before they explode, lands* Ear Lancer! *extends out an ear that sharpens, he deflects it with his sword, and dodges the other ear, then plugs both into the ground behind him and balls up to tether into him* (I have to buy him a bit of time) Taaaake this!" Bitmon shouts, slightly pushing him backwards upon impact, "(Bitmon!) *looks below* (She must've had her ears stabbed under the bridge and waited for a good time to strike) *sees Tactimon grab her, then throw her forward before cutting down her body* Bitmon! (Im sorry, Bitmon..I'll take this bastard down!) File Island! Activate! *morphs the area into a floating island, putting everyone on top of a mountain, then sees Tactimon dash into DexDoruGreymon* Wool Ball Blaster! Activate! *makes DexDoruGreymon jet upwards, making Tactimon miss with his slash* Mega Hand! Activate! *makes a 3-stared shrunken appear on the blaster pack* (I wish I used Black Gear earlier, and Evil Spiral, I cant use here..but I have something better!) Devil Chip! Activate! *sees DexDoruGreymon glow with dark aura and clashes more fiercely with Tactimon* Evil Ring! Activate! *sees DexDoruGreymon land big bite on Tactimon's body and soars into the sky while spinning with him* That's about all of my cards, DexDoruGreymon! You have to finish him from here!" Wes shouted skyward. "*flips body away from him, taking a big chunk out of him* Dammit, I missed..*turns to him* Once I get your Digicore, I'll be able to digivolve...!" DexDoruGreymon uproars with a growl, "*breathes heavily while bleeding from gapping bite wounds while falling* (I..Suddenly feel weaker..Why?) *looks down, seeing Wes trying to draw his last 2 cards* (Him! Of course, one of his cards must've made me this way) *sees DexDoruGreymon fly downward a meter away*...Before either of us dies..I am from an underground group that joined the yakuza..If you can find them, you can stop them from making several more that are like me" Tactimon informs somewhat weakly, "I appreciate you telling me..*swoops further down and swiftly flies back up into him with the sharp pointed metal blade on face armor* But I would appreciate having your Digicore more! Bloody Cave!" DexDoruGreymon shouted, "*gathers tons of energy into the blade* Death Tachi!" Tactimon also shouts, slashing downwards, shooting a massive slash wave at DexDoruGreymon, "! (This must be the last of his power! Fine then..!) Metal Meteor!" DexDoruGreymon roars, shooting a large metal ball out of his mouth (that was 10 times bigger than his Cannonball attack). The attacks collide and slide pass each other, making the two mons take most of the incoming opposing attacks head-on; Tactimon practically explode into a bloody mess upon impact as all of his armor flies off while falling, "(Dammit! How could-) *gets cut down the right of body and an even deeper cut gashes into stomach, a waterfall of blood rains down afterwards* ARRAAAAAUUUUGGGGGGH!" DexDoruGreymon roars in great pain, unable to dodge the large attack and ends up falling to the ground. "Oh no! That wound might be too deep for him! *watches him fall in front, and is blown back from the impact, lands on back* Aghck! *coughs* DexDoruGreymon! Are you alive?!" Wes yelled, running to him. The large mon closed his eyes, heavily gasps as he bled out alot of blood while the area returned to it's original state. "*looks back at the four other downed mons behind* Guys? Swanmon! Bitmon! He has to absorb him so he can Digivolve! Help get Tactimon close to him! *sees XV-mon step up* XV-mon? Can you do it?" Wes asked, "I'll...Try my best.." XV-mon weakly says, dealing with several deep cuts himself. He digs two claws into Tactimon, and drags him to DexDoruGreymon like this. However he was up to 12 meters away from DexDoruGreymon and Tactimon was still heavy. "(This...He cant do it..?) *sees XV-mon trip*...XV-mon..Eat his Digicore..*sees him look back this way*...(Im sorry, DexDoruGreymon..)and DexDoruGreymon's too... (If only this damn fake Digivice worked..) *sees DexDoruGreymon shed a tear* Dont cry...I blame myself..I could've prepared for all this better for everyone..and I almost lost you guys here...Please understand.." Wes lowly said, watching XV-mon do what he had to do before the military showed up.

Back at our usual field, Renny, Crescy and Ranny were wrapping up their training session, as I wrapped up what I wanted to do with these Digi-cards. I came up with a few neat combinations but a really good idea came across to me. Though I still needed more time to think through my strategies with them, and how they'll work with the rest of my decks. "*steadies breath, body pulses brightly* (I was tempted to Digivolve a few times there..) *stands upright* Admittedly, you did push me rather consistently, Crescemon. *looks at Ranamon* Now Ranamon, you mentioned earlier that you Digivolved, yet you didn't have a hint of that while you two sparred against me. Are you keeping a secret, or is Crescemon picking up that much slack for you?" Renamon asked with a slight smirk, "Ugh she is not! I just...Dont want to is all! 3" Ranny replied in a pouty manner, "You girls. *looks back at Aegiomon, still asleep* Say...Caulimon, when's the last time you've seen the boy wake up?" I asked him, "Huh. You've been gone for 3 weeks...Wow, he really hasn't woken up since birth" Caulimon answers with a blank stare, "! Caulimon, that's bad! What if he's in a coma!? *rushes over to Aegiomon* Aegio! Aegio! *shakes him* Please wake up! Wake up dammit! WAKE UP!" I shouted, "*enters the tent* Forcing him to wake up doesnt seem to work. Think though...It sure is strange how a Digimon goes into coma right after birth. There's a chance it is due to being from both Digimon and Human..However, the case with Nyanromon..." Renamon was piecing together, "He..Came out of me a few days ago..But I didnt notice anything..It...Really does sound like a...Im sorry everyone TT TT" Bastemon said in grief, "*also enters* Coma? Hmm... (Not too likely if you ask me) What if there's a trick to waking him?" Crescemon suggests. Ranamon comes up to us, catching what the situation seems to be. The group stands there for a few moments to brainstorm. We tried playing for him an instrument that was lying around, CPR...And even.. "Ooooooh~ There once was a cattle called a Digi-cattle and it was wide as the eye can see~ ^O^" Ranamon was singing, but to no avail, "Please dont...Do that again. (Why the hell we agree to that?) *sees him flick an eyebrow* Did...Did that almost work? *looks to Ranny and her star-struck smile* ...Got another verse for us? _ _;" I asked, "Sure do! Ahem..Let's go Let's go to the Merry Zone! Let's go Let's go to the Wonder Zone! Shuba-shuba~, Shuba-Shuba~, Sh-" Ranny was trying to sing then I shut her mouth, "(She...Just kept getting worse..-n-) *hears him giggle* ! Did he just laugh? Caulimon, you have any ideas?" I asked him, "Not really. I can shine a light from my head and see if that works" Caulimon then mentions, "*watches him shine a light from his red triangle on his head, and Aegiomon's eyes start to open* (Is..Is that all we needed to do?) *sees his eyes stop to open and become stuck there* Umm um...B-basty, do you wanna try singing for him?" I asked her, "uh ok...oo...OO...I'll go get him some food ಡ⊿ ಡ" Bastemon said before running out and escaping the tensening atmosphere...She really didnt know any songs, did she? Then again I wouldn't either, so I guess we have that in common e﹏e...Bastemon then returned with a cooked sausage link, baby food and a big leg of ham (just in case). I pry open Aegiomon's mouth, and Basty feed the sausage link into his mouth, which got quickly swallowed into him...Ok let's try the ham. I lowered it to his lips, and he takes a big bite on it, but notices that his teeth are stuck into it, so he opens his eyes and sits up, the whole thing still hanging between his teeth. "*pulls the meat from his teeth, but ti doesnt budge* Aegio. daddy would appreciate it if you say ahhhh ^ -; " I told him, "Aaah- *feels the meat pulled away from mouth* That tasted good too -p-...Hm? -.- *looks around, seeing the group and the tent interior* Am I in trouble?" he asked, "(He's..kinda smart for a newborn...And odd) N-no uh..H-hi Im dad and..Basty, take him with us" I told her, "R-right" Bastemon agreed, holding his hand carefully before he jumped down. Renny and Crescemon were trying to make sense of all this. Ranny too, but she was quickly occupying herself with thinking of lyrics. Me, Aegio, and Basty were shortly outside, in the middle of the grassy plains. When he was let go, he was gawking at the jewels and long claws that Bastemon had.

"So...Lemme introduce myself. Im your dad, ok? So call me daddy."

"[Aegiomon] *giggles* Daddy! ^u^ *looks at Bastemon* Ooo oo is she mommy?"

"[Bastemon] *crouches in front of her* Y-yes, Im your mommy. You're happy to see us, huh? ^ ^"

"[Aegiomon] Uh huh. Why does daddy look so different from mommy? Is he..A Daddymon?"

"N-no, Im..Im not a Digimon..(What those other mons said though...Im sure they meant my strength but...Maybe not..)"

"[Aegiomon] If daddy isn't Digimon..What is daddy?"

"*takes a deep breath, kneels in front of him* Y'see son, we made Digimon. We're called Humans."

"[Aegiomon] Ooooo~ Humans are sooo cool! I wanna be one just like you, daddy!"

"(When we wanna be, we can be cool...Kinda..) *rubs his head* Maybe one day, son. We'll see, ok? = ⊿ = *gets a hug from him* Oh Aegio. Ya shouldn't have."

"[Bastemon] *carefully pets his head, giggles* He's a really nice kid, eh? ^w^"

"[Aegiomon] So what do Humans do?"

"! -;;; (Ummm..Where to even start...There's so much he's not ready to hear..) *sees him tilt his head* Well..Us Humans can do alot of things."

"[Aegiomon] Like make Digimon like me! ouo"

"[Bastemon] Yeah, Humans did make us after all ^ ^. Us Digimon are good at alot of things too."

"(Tell me about it.) Then there's the Digiwo- oo; (Shit I dont think I can tell him about that yet!)"

"[Bastemon] Digiworld? All of us Digimon are from the Digiworld, lil' guy ^ ^."

"[Aegiomon] Why aren't we there now?""(Dammit Basty, you just had to pick up for me _ v_)"

"[Bastemon] The Digiworld...Isnt a nice place to be right now. It's very rough down there. We Digimon are usually raised to become very strong creatures."

"[Aegiomon] That's fine. Im good enough here -u-...Where is here anyway? -.-"

"[Bastemon] We call this The Base, which is waaaaay above the Digiworld. We have some Digimon here, but everyone is safe up here."

"[Aegiomon] Oooo can I talk to them? Are they nice?"

"S-some more than others."

"[Caulimon] *flies over my head and turns to us* Hey are any of you gonna finish that meat? ~o~"

"[Aegiomon] Hey who're you?"

"[Caulimon] Im Caulimon. I helped wake you up."

"[Aegiomon] It was a some nap too. I also ate something really good, and I could sleep longer -u-. Then this big meat was stuck in my mouth."

"[Caulimon] Well Imma finish it if you cant eat it."

"[Aegiomon] Hey I thought it was mine ~.~""[Bastemon] *pets him with a frown* Now now Aegimon, learn to share. If it is that big, you can have some of it and he can have some too."

"[Aegiomon] Mmmn, how about we finish it together and get more to eat, Caul? -u-"

"[Caulimon] You sure have a big stomach. I'll see if I can keep up."

"*sees the two walk off into the tent to eat together and we see the other girls step out after a moment* Im glad he made a friend..But I didnt think it'd be like this."

"[Renamon] *walks up to me* He's...Rather peculiar. Almost like his father."

"[Crescemon] At any rate, what do you want to do now? You've spent some quality time with this Offspring.""Do you think you can fight again, Bastemon?"

"[Bastemon] I may need a bit more resting..My insides aren't all that well."

"[Renamon] Seeing how carefree Caulimon is, no dire perils are surfacing in the Digiworld. So if I can suggest, Human. One of us can check on the Human world and rest of us can check the Digiworld for you."

"It does feel like we really have free time..Ok, I'll check on Wes and the others. While Im out, the rest of you check things out down there. But Renamon, Crescy. Have these. *looks at Omnimon in the distance* When we're back, that's when we'll send out Omnimon."

"[Renamon] *is given a card holder and sees Crescemon is given one too* Oh..Are you certain, Human?"

"Yeah. Each has 30. I'll be fine with the rest. Over 20 should be good enough for me. You can always talk about the ones you have with the girls."

"[Crescemon] (Interesting..) There's always finding more too. *also looks at Omnimon, who is staring at the cloudy ceiling* Well..Let's not stand around, bring us down."

"Renamon, if Bastemon struggles, be sure to cover for her, ok?"

"[Renamon] *looks at Bastemon, who looks slightly paler* (My, have the tables turned recently) Hmph..That was my plan from the start" Renny complies a bit arrogantly before I beam everyone down to the Digiworld. Once the team sat food on the dark, blood-soaked grounds, I use my Digivice to teleport to the real world. Once there, I found myself in the usual neighborhood, only half a mile from Wes' house. Wes himself, however, I saw walking to a bus stop to be picked up, and big blue Digimon (Aero V-dramon) flies in the distance before swooping into hiding. Taken by curiosity, I followed Wes and we ended up talking on the bus.

Elsewhere in the Dark Digiworld, Strabimon, after following BlackGatomon's tail, he is led to a rough-looking facility that was deep in a mountain. He was from a tall tree, thinking about his approach as the BlackGatomon goes inside. "MachGaogamon sir, Im back. I found a strange but normal Digimon out there. It's a long story, but he-" BlackGatomon was saying but stopped herself when she heard scratchy running noises behind her, and by time she turned, something jetted past her. "*slides pass her, looking around, seeing a Loader Lionmon, Black Meramon and a Pandamon for a split-second* (They seem tough, but I can take them down on my own if Im careful enough)" Strabimon was plotting, "Superstar Upper! *sends Strabimon flying upwards with an uppercut to his back* Who the hell's this kid? You should've looked behind yourself, Gato" Superstarmon said, "! (Drrrgh I didnt even see him)" Strabimon was thinking, turning to him, "I dont know but...! *stomps down on Strabimon, making pieces of the floor fly upon impact* He is out of his league here. State your purpose, intruder. *sees him get up and stare this way in silence* Get him, Duramon" MachGaogamon ordered. "Glass Rush! *dashes in at him with both arm-blades, and he dodges both by bending forward, gets kicked backwards by him, slides a few meters back* Hm, not a bad little guy here" Duramon comments, his full-body golden armor ever shining as he stares down at Strabimon, "*puts both claws up in front, looks left and right cautiously* (If Im to take out him, Duramon and that star mon..Taking them up front isn't the best idea..It seems that they'll fight me one-on-one now)" Strabimon was plotting some more, "I said State Your Purpose, intruder! You're telling me now or I will kill you myself!" MachGaogamon yelled, "..Light Leg. *seemingly disappears, and reappears while sliding to the right, using both claws in the ground to stop* The battle against the Rulers isn't your's..*sees everyone knocked off balance from a late but strong thud impacting them, stands upright and looks back* This is dad's and his team's battle against them" Strabimon told them, "Gyuuhn! *struggles to get back up* (He's so fast!) *feels something zip pass, and right arm gushes a spray of blood* AUUGHHH! HE- He tore through my arm and my armor!" screamed Duramon, "*catches Strabimon by his head, and slams him to the floor* If you're so deadset on making sure the Rulers go down for good, you could join us and train you to make you stronger" MachGaogamon suggests, "...You dont get it. *sees his brow flick up in surprise, claws down his right eye, causing a deep cut there before swinging out of his grasp, watches him scream in agony* If I wanted to be trained, I would've stayed in dad's world. Everyone's data here is mine...!" Strabimon said as he looked more serious, "*comes up behind him* Even mine? Are you going to kill me too?" BlackGatomon asked, "*looks at her, frowns* BlackGato.../.\ (She...Really won't forgive me for this..but..) *turns away* Im sorry..I have to do this" Strabimon replied, "No you're not! *pounces him from behind and rolls with me, ends up being on top, eyes start glowing* Cat's Eye Hypnotism!" BlackGatomon shouts, "(Hypno..?...) OqO" Strabimon was thinking but his mind froze, however a cut appeared on BlackGatomon's stomach, making her jump away from him and she lands, holding her bleeding stomach. Few seconds afterwards, Strabimon came back to his senses, ready to finish the job, but hesitation struck him. "Justice Massacre!" shouted Assaultmon, shooting at Strabimon, with only a few shots landing before he started zipping around, "*dashes through his leg, sending it flying into the wall* Light Nail. *zips through his body, dozens of cutting noises later being heard, making him blow up with blood on his claws, starts dropping while absorbing his data from a distance* (19 more to go..This is going to take some time, maybe I should go for the weaker ones and-) *hears a massive explosion from above* ! Huh!? Who did that?" reacted Strabimon, seeing the large ceiling of the interior and mountain being blow apart. Looking pass the debris, everyone sees an alarming smile from DarkLucemon as he descends upon the masses below with his arms out to them, filling everyone with dread. "So many strong Digimon here. Though I sense someone in particular. Someone...Familiar. *looks to Strabimon and gets a bit closer to him* Oh. Well if it isn't Brother. Im glad we get to finally meet again ⓪U⓪" DarkLucemon said, "B-BROTHER?! Of this guy?! What the hell is going on?!" MachGaogamon reacts, "Relax...Everyone's simply going to die" DarkLucemon told him with a hand casted, shooting a planet-looking sphere at them, blowing 7 Digimon up from it's explosion, "*looks behind with a face of shock and dropped jaw* You...*looks up at him smiling* YOU DAMN BASTARD! *jets up to him* WINNING KNUCKLE!" MachGaogamon shouted, landing a punch in DarkLucemon's face but he barely budges the wolf mon gets slapped away with a massive amount of force, with the impact strong enough to mangle his right arm. "(This is..How strong my brother became...?) *sees him laughing in MachGaogamon's face* (He's..Terrifying)" Strabimon comments in his head with a sinking feeling in his guts, then gets out of the way of an blind fire from DarkLucemon, blowing up 5 more Digimon that he was close to. "*watches a few others gasping while being bloody messes, dying* (We're all going to die at this rate...I gotta try this!) Superstar Seeker! *loses limps, star body glows and shoots self at DarkLucemon, zips into his chin and across his face, not doing much damage* (Even with all my energy..Dammit..) *goes to MachGaogamon, still speeding* Boss, you have to absorb me..So you can Digivolve. Give it your all, brother" Superstarmon told him before a piece of his glasses broke off and giving him a wink, "Superstarmon...*catches him by bashing fist into his star body, blood splatters in face* (I won't let you down, pal..) MachGaogamon digivolve to...!" he was saying, "Hmmhm, this'll be fun. *sees a light shining from below* Oh. What's this? ⓪ U⓪" DarkLucemon says, seeing Strabimon digivolve into Lobomon with a brilliant light, looking up at him, exciting him, "(There we go, brother..Let's make this entertaining owo)" DarkLucemon then thought, "MirageGaogamon! *slashes down with his large talons, cape flapping rapidly in the wind* You fiend...You glutton for punishment..I will see to it that you die here!" MirageGaogamon told him, "No need to get all high and mighty. You're still going to die yourself. *sends a planet-looking blast his way, it blows up on him and he sustains only several bloody marks on his body* You really did get stronger..Hmmhmhmm Muhahahahahaa!" DarkLucemon then laughed, "*gathers energy into the mouth in chest* Allow me to show you! Full Moon Blaster!" MirageGaogamon shouts, shooting a massive light at him, "Howling Laser!" DarkLucemon heard from below; This laser hitting him first before the Full Moon Blaster, causing a huge, blinding explosion of light. Once the great shine finishes, DarkLucemon thrusts his hand into MirageGaogamon chest, "*coughs blood all over him* ('Give it your all, brother'...I HAVE TOO!) *casts hands in front of him* Double Crescent Mirage!" MirageGaogamon shouts, however lately noticing DarkLucemon is now in his X form, so when the moon-shaped shockwaves come out of his hands, not only did it blow DarkLucemon X away, it sent the mega wolf far further away from him. How far is DarkLucemon X now? Around a whole mile away from where he was before, and MirageGaogamon is 7 miles away from where they were, fell into a crater that he made.

The huge shockwave hit most of wherever was below (which they felt up to 10% of it's power), and it was powerful enough to send everyone against the wall. "*wakes up, feeling blood rushing down the top of head* mmmnn..gehh..Get...Up..! *vision comes back, sees Lobomon stepping forward menacingly, with blood oozing out of his armor* P-please stop! You've done enough damage!" BlackGatomon was pleading, "*hears RizeGreymon heavy footsteps from behind, turns to him, dodges his claw strike and slashes him in half with a light saber, his upper half flying to the right* Everyone..Is now weakened..I can now finish it all from here" Lobomon was saying, "*flies at him* Cat Kick! *kicks him down* (That shockwave did alot of damage to him too. He may've Digivolved but he has another thing coming if he doesnt think we're equal now!) *looks at the last two mons (Wingdramon and Coredramon) that are barely alive* Dont..You guys worry..I'll..Get him outta here! *sees him swing down sluggishly, dodges and cuts down his leg with a claw, then gets kicked away by him before he falls* Gyuooow! *sees him barely standing on one knee with both light sabers in the ground* He's...Going to regain his strength soon.." BlackGatomon was saying, "(No..Please...I dont wanna die..NOOO!) Blue Flare Breath!" Coredramon shouts, "Coredramon, no! She's in the way!" Wingdramon shouted, "! *sees the blue flames incoming this way and that BlackGatomon is in front of it* (If I don't do anything, not only will I be burned to death but she will too!) BlackGato, get out of the way!" Lobomon urgently shouted. Lately noticing it, BlackGatomon was face-to-face with a big wall of blue fire, not prepared to take any of it, then she finds herself being yanked, in Lobomon's arms and rolling backwards, seconds away from the flame making contact with them. When it does, it ends up hitting Lobomon's back, throttling them out of the mountain's cave, and he takes a hard (45ft) fall from the ground below. "*coughs* Dammit..I..Couldnt...Get all of them...But BlackGato...*opens arms, sees her blank eyes* (She's..Unconscious..Must've been from the fall...)" Lobomon was thinking, "...w...why..*gets his attention* Why...Did you save...me..?" BlackGatomon weakly asked, "I...I was..*looks at back, seeing wireframes being exposed, devolves into Strabimon, doesnt see them anymore* (good..) I was trying to..I didnt want you to die like that..From one of your own teammates..I thought about..Sparing you..Out of all of them.." Strabimon replied, "That's..Worse than..Killing me, yknow...Leave me alone..I dont...Wanna end up..Killing you..." BlackGatomon threatened, "Get...Stronger then...I'd..like to..See you try..*gets her attention* yknow..In a way..I wish I died...Doing that..for you.." Strabimon told her before closing his eyes. At a loss for words, BlackGatomon thought long and hard about the situation she's in. An emptiness can be felt from her if one were astute enough. After some long thinking, her mind drifted and wavered, and without noticing, BlackGatomon fell asleep, right there, in his arms.

Further from them, over a mile away, DarkLucemon flew into the nightly sky. He wondered what "What fate befell my brother? Or the rest of them? Especially that MirageGaogamon", "Only one way to find out" he said to himself with an evil smirk, flying across the land, ever in search of an exciting battle with these thoughts looming in his head. Aaaaand cut! How'll the next chapter be? You'll have to see! Thanx for reading this all the way! Dont miss out now!