And here we have the second chapter for the day!
Originally this one and the last one would have been posted as one big chapter, but Timeless suggested we cut them in half, and I agreed to the idea.
Anyway, let's get this show on the road!
Blazing Wings and Beautiful Flowers! Phoenixmon and Rosemon!
The barrier kept flying, before finally coming to a halt and dissipating, leaving them on a beach.
"Huh...we ended up this far away," Biyomon said, looking around.
"So this is part of spiral mountain? Hard to believe we're on a mountain, but eh...not the first time gravity was screwy in the Digital World," Pierce sighed.
"Ya know...does this place feel...familiar somehow?" Patamon asked.
The group blinked at that, before looking around and… "There!" Tentomon said, pointing at a pile of destroyed telephone boxes.
"Wow… we're back on that beach from our first day on File." Gyro blinked, honestly not expecting to return here.
"It looks pretty much the same, although the sand is darker for some reason." Yang noticed, making sure not to move her right arm and shoulder too much at the moment.
"Its because it's part of Spiral Mountain now," Chuumon said with a sad frown. "This is what happens to any part of the world that gets pulled into the mountain. They become part of one of the four spirals that the Dark Masters rule. Since this was the beach and ocean, it means we're in MetalSeadramon's territory…"
"So that's gonna be the third Seadramon we beat up then… well, third time's the charm I guess." Nora said, grinning slightly at the end.
"We have an advantage this time as well, WarGreymon's Dramon Killers." Weiss pointed out, having taken the time to look up the data they had on the Dark Masters, as well as the data on their own Digimon.
"We can take on both MetalSeadramon and Machinedramon easily with those in hand." Gyro said with a nod.
"The only problem is MetalSeadramon is an aquatic Digimon," Jaune pointed out. "Like with the other Seadramon we've fought, he has the advantage if he goes underwater."
"That's a good point," Agumon frowned.
"Well...maybe we can change the fight venue," Gabumon suggested.
"Hey, good idea. We can use MetalGarurumon's missiles to give us more ground to work with," Pyrrha nodded, earning an embarrassed but pleased laugh from her partner.
"Now comes the hard and unpleasant part," Blake sighed. "Finding him...preferably in a way that he's not holding most of the cards."
"Best way to do that would be to catch him by surprise, but since we wouldn't be able to see him until it's too late, that's a bit easier said than done." Ruby pointed out with a frown.
"Tell me about it. This is gonna be like Jaws...on steroids…" Pierce said, sharing a miserable look with his brother as the two had the 'lovely' mental image of them trying to fish for a giant cyborg sea serpent, complete with the iconic theme playing in the background, the morbid fantasy ending with them finding that he'd been under them the whole time, jaws WIDE open.
The two brothers shook their heads and shivered, trying hard to banish THAT mental image.
Fortunately a distraction came their way. "Help! I'm drowning!" a voice shouted, drawing their attentions.
Everyone turned to the source and saw what seemed to be a LOT of splashing, no doubt whoever was drowning struggling to stay afloat. "Okay, war meeting postponed, first things first, rescue whoever is drowning!" Gyro said quickly. "Gomamon?"
"Way ahead of you! Marching Fishes!" Gomamon called out, forming a raft of fishes to which Gyro, Agumon, Ruby, Palmon, Blake, Patamon, Ren, Wormmon, and Jaune got on, while Gomamon followed from the water. The group quickly made their way to the source of the splashes. "Don't worry, we...got...you?" Ruby started, but soon lost her steam when she saw…
"...really?" Blake and Ren deadpanned at the sight of the flotation ring...that seemed to be around something that looks vaguely like a shark's fin somehow...and oddly familiar too.
"...I don't know what is stranger. Why they were calling for help when they had a flotation ring, or what the heck that is…" Patamon said flatly.
The latter was soon answered when a figure emerged from the water, revealing a very familiar form. "Shellmon!" the figure shouted, revealing itself to be none other than Shellmon.
Gyro stared at it with a twitching eyebrow "You again?" he asked incredulously, before something else clicked in his head "You were pulling that stunt to get at us weren't you?"
Shellmon laughed… like a stereotypical villain "Obviously! And now I'm gonna make you pay for what you did to me all those years ago!"
"Oh my dear server…" Palmon facepalmed.
"It's actually the same one?" Jaune muttered in confusion, not expecting it to still be alive after all this time.
Gyro's eyebrow twitched a few times as he listened to Shellmon, before he suddenly grinned, and although it looked friendly, it was anything but. "You know what? Thank you for offering yourself up like this, because I think I needed this."
Shellmon blinked in confusion at that, as Gyro drew Ascalon, and a few quick slashes later was slowly resheathing them, and just as they clicked closed… all the spikes on Shellmon's shell fell off.
"Listen here you overgrown hors d'oeuvre, I'm in no mood for your bullshit. We just got our asses kicked by those four assholes, and we just saw one of our friends die, so you're going to do me a favor, and get the hell out of my face, before I decide to make some digital escargot!" Gyro said coldly, a growl in his tone.
"R-Right! Sorry!" Shellmon squeaked before turning tail and running away.
With him gone, the group soon returned to the shore. "Well that was a big waste of time," Wormmon sighed.
"I know, right? Can you believe that guy held a grudge THIS long?" Gomamon shook his head incredulously.
"Well, at least he won't be bothering us again. Ever," Agumon chuckled at the memory of his partner terrifying the Digimon till he ran away.
Now with that bit of annoyance out of the way, they continued on their way, deciding for now to start moving lest they get caught in the open. What soon followed was…
"...seriously?" Yang asked.
"Seems like it," Biyomon said flatly as they were all staring at what appeared to be a beach hut, like the type you'd see on various vacation beaches or during the summer aimed at selling food and the like to people.
The group shared a deadpan glance at each other. "Obvious trap is obvious?" The Digimon checked.
"Obvious trap is obvious," the hunters all nodded.
"...wanna go and spring it and get the sweet catharsis of kicking the crap out of the poor schmuck who laid it?" Veemon suggested.
Pierce clapped his partner on the shoulder "I like your way of thinking Veemon."
With that in mind, the group went up to the Beach Hut, before Ren stopped. "Wait, what if the trap is actually a good one and whoever goes in gets caught?" he asked.
"Huh...that's a good point. Some of us should wait out here just in case," Blake said.
"Okay...who goes in and who stays out?" Weiss asked, honestly not sure why she was going along with this plan...until she remembered the catharsis factor.
The group going in ended up being Gyro, Agumon, Nora, Salamon, Ren, Wormmon, Blake, Patamon, Weiss and Tentomon, the others staying outside as per the plan, and deciding to go into the nearby trees just in case MetalSeadramon showed up.
When the group got into the Beach House. "Empty. Shocker," they all said sarcastically. True enough, the door closed and from the sand came a new Digimon. "Anomalocarimon!" the Digimon shouted.
"...what is it with some Digimon doing Poké-speak lately?" Gyro deadpanned.
Digimon Analyzer: Anomalocarimon
Anomalocarimon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Ancient Crustacean Digimon. A Digimon created from data on the research of extinct species. It searches for food on the seafloor, only attacking enemies it's positive it can beat. Its special attacks are Sand Shower, shooting a stream of sand from its mouth that weakens and puts its enemies to sleep, and Stinger Surprise, crossing its forelimbs and firing a shockwave from them.
"Sand Shower!" Anomalocarimon called out, shooting a stream of sand at the group, intending to put them to sleep and bury them till his master could come to get them...or that WOULD be the plan except…
"Is it worrying that we're not even phased by this shit anymore?" Wormmon sighed, as currently all the sand was trapped in a mass of wind courtesy of Gyro's semblance.
"When did you start swearing?" Salamon asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"When I stopped caring." Wormmon told her dryly, before Gyro let all the sand fall to the ground as Anomalocarimon stopped in confusion.
"That's… that's new." The Digimon admitted, actually thrown for a loop and not sure what to do next.
"I thought it would be." Gyro said, before grinning "Now… how about I show you a real sandstorm?"
Moments later, the ones who had stayed outside looking up in surprise as the roof of the hut went flying high in the sky as a tornado of sand rose up high, a voice being heard screaming from inside it.
"...I think it's safe to say we all need some therapy after this," Jaune mused.
"Why do you say that?" Gomamon asked.
"Because the fact we're not even phased by hearing the screams of our enemies as whatever our friends are doing is happening...yeah, that's probably not a good sign…" Jaune explained.
"...good point…" everyone else couldn't help but nod in agreement. The fact they'd become basically desensitized to this...probably a good thing to get checked.
"Well...that was surprisingly easy," came Nora's voice as the group came out of what was left of the hut, while in the distance, Anomalocarimon was still screaming as he soon landed with a splash in the ocean further away.
"I know I shouldn't tempt the universe, I really shouldn't, but...does anyone else feel like this has been too easy so far?" Blake sighed.
"...for once I can't deny that," Pierce sighed. "I mean, for a mountain controlled by the Dark Masters, its safe to assume all the Digimon who have it out for us are working for them, but...so far they kinda...sucked at their job…"
"Then again, when was the last time we met a REALLY competent henchmon?" Gabumon pointed out.
"...fair enough," Pyrrha admitted. "Now, we should probably keep moving. With all the ruckus we've been causing, its probably only a matter of time before…"
She didn't get to finish as the water erupted nearby, revealing MetalSeadramon.
"...that happens," she sighed, going for her D-Crest, Gyro doing the same.
But then they noticed an important detail…
"... That's a BIG wave he made when he came up." Weiss muttered with wide eyes, as it seemed MetalSeadramon had appeared in the way he did in a deliberate attempt to cause a Tsunami.
"Okay, new plan, get to stable ground THEN fight back!" Ruby shouted.
"Way ahead of you!" Jaune nodded, grabbing his Digivice as Gomamon jumped into the water.
"Gomamon, Evolution! Ikkakumon! Super Evolution! Zudomon!"
"Get on!" Zudomon shouted as everyone got onto his back as he started treading the waters as fast as he could.
"You won't get away!" MetalSeadramon smirked as he started going through the water, going faster than Zudomon could.
Zudomon tried to evade, but it wasn't working out so well. If anything it seemed MetalSeadramon was toying with them, knocking them all over, and with him being in the water a lot...counter attacking would be difficult.
"Now then, I think that's enough for now. Die! Ultimate Stream!" MetalSeadramon called out, firing his best attack, and forcing Zudomon to revert to Gomamon, dropping them all into the rough waters.
"Oh… crap." Gyro muttered as he saw MetalSeadramon heading straight for them, with them having no way of fighting back.
"Plan anyone?" Pierce asked hopefully.
"Nothing." Jaune said, swallowing fearfully as he held the tired Gomamon in his arms.
"There's got to be something!" Chuumon shouted fearfully as he was riding on Ren's shoulder.
At that moment though, something DID happen, as a large form suddenly surfaced, and before they fully knew what was going on, they were swept into a gigantic maw, and soon the form dove underwater.
The entire thing happened so fast that when it was over, MetalSeadramon was left blinking in utter bewilderment at what just happened.
His confusion was just what the savior of the Chosen Children needed, as they slipped away quickly.
And on the inside of their body…
"Thanks for the save Whamon." Gyro said with a sigh of relief as they all stood in the currently empty stomach of Whamon, having quickly figured out he was the one to save them.
"Yeah, we'd have been toast if you didn't show up," Palmon sighed in relief.
"It was my pleasure," Whamon said. "I am very glad to see you are all alright."
"We're glad to see you too. How ya been holding up?" Pierce asked.
"Well enough. Despite much of the chaos, the seas have been 'relatively' untouched. Even when the oceans became part of spiral mountain, it was barely noticeable," Whamon said. "For now though, I believe we should escape."
"Yeah, a tactical retreat sounds good. We'll leave that bit to you. Mind if we use your stomach as a war council room first though?" Jaune said. It was always good manners to ask before using someone's...stomach...yeah, now sanity was officially dead in his life…
"Of course," Whamon figuratively nodded nonchalantly.
"Right, so...first order of business, the biggest issue we have to deal with...us being stuck in a MASSIVE home field for the enemy…" Gomamon sighed. It was an unspoken agreement by now that the idea of fighting MetalSeadramon IN the ocean was out of the question.
"Honestly, EVERYWHERE is home field for him, not only can he swim, but he can also fly and move through the ground, and he's always like a fish in water." Weiss noted with a frown.
"Right, so the best we'll get is making sure he stays out of the water, so at the very least we can...ya know...breath…" Veemon said.
"The next issue is finding where to actually fight. We need ample ground to be able to pull this off," Ren frowned.
"Right, so possibly on the shores would be ideal," Salamon nodded.
"Know any place like that, Whamon?" Nora asked, looking upward.
"Yes, I believe I may know a path. In fact...if we were to use it as a means to escape...it may be able to shake off most of his followers that try to pursue," Whamon confirmed.
"Okay, so we got a sort of plan," Gyro nodded. "And if worse come to worse, we can use Gabumon's idea to add some footing for us."
"Though I don't think we should bank on that too much," Blake said. "Aside from ice being smashable, using too many of those would probably just tire him out."
"Not to interrupt, but we will be arriving at our destination soon," Whamon suddenly spoke up.
"Right. Thanks. We'll continue this discussion when we arrive," Agumon nodded.
"Huh...you know...this would be a pretty nice vacation spot...if we weren't being chased by a killer cyborg sea monster," Gyro mused as he reeled in a large fish. "At least food is plentiful."
"Well, we might as well enjoy the reprieve," Jaune sighed, pulling in a net full of fish. "Gomamon already had the Marching Fishes scatter to act as sentries, so we SHOULD know when they find us."
"And I've just about gotten all data on MetalSeadramon and whatever Digimon Whamon knows work for him. Once we've gotten that together, we should be able to formulate a strategy to fight him," Weiss added as she sat on Whamon's head, fiddling with her scroll.
"Alright, so besides Mr. I-shout-my-name earlier, who else works for him?" Pierce asked.
"Let's see…" Tentomon said, reading over his partner's shoulder. "MetalSeadramon's army is collectively called, ironically enough, the Deep Savers. Seems the brunt of them are comprised of Divermon. They're good at diving, but they're mainly mid-ocean depth Digimon, so if push comes to shove, we can always escape by diving deep into the ocean," he read. "That's...mainly it really. Sure there are plenty of miscellaneous aquatic Digimon, but those are the ones he'll most likely send after us since they have the best mobility."
Digimon Analyzer: Divermon
Divermon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Aquatic Beast Man Digimon. A Digimon known for always swimming around in the Net Ocean, though unable to live in it's depths. It carries a harpoon known as Torrent with it everywhere it goes and uses a motor hanging off its back to move around quickly. Special attacks are Strike Fishing, throwing its harpoon to stab its opponents, and Hell Dive, leaping at its opponents after immobilizing them in some way to stab them repeatedly.
"Okay, aside from the part where the army sounds more like a rescue team...sounds legit," Veemon mused.
"And as for our local evil overlord himself...well, it seems his species is, unsurprisingly, designed for all terrain combat to a degree. Not to mention his armor is Chrome Digizoid, so that's going to be something we need to get around," Weiss frowned.
"But as we agreed, the Dramon Killers will be our trump card for this fight," Gyro nodded.
"So the bottom line is we gotta make sure he stays above ground, then keep his attention long enough for WarGreymon to slice and dice?" Yang summed it up.
"Pretty much, yeah," the others nodded.
"...eh, we've worked with worse plans," Yang shrugged.
"So I guess now we can only sit and wait…" Patamon frowned.
"Big trouble!" Gomamon suddenly surfaced.
"...well...that was fast…" Patamon sweat dropped.
"Don't need to say it, Gomamon, we're packing," Biyomon said as they quickly put all their equipment away, and soon loaded back into Whamon who dove down into the water.
"Okay, so first things first, we'll need to locate that spot you mentioned. Whamon?" Pyrrha said.
"Understood. I will get us there, while trying to lose as many of the Divermon as possible," Whamon said as true enough, there were Divermon approaching.
"Let's try to get a sense of where we are." Weiss muttered as she grabbed a cable hanging from the top of Whamon's stomach and plugged it into her scroll, just a few taps later, and she had a visual of what Whamon could see.
"How'd you think of doing that?" Chuumon asked, rather curious.
"The Digital World has very different logic compared to ours, so I just thought outside of my comfort zone." she said with a shrug.
"Okay, so from the terrain...hm...this isn't good," Pierce frowned. "Sure there's a lot of places to hide and evade, but lots of it is narrow too. That won't stop our enemies in the least."
"Not to worry, I know these waters well. I know how to maneuver these and I know where we can escape them if needs be," Whamon reassured.
"Alright, we're counting on you, Whamon," Nora nodded.
With that, Whamon soon made his way through the ocean. For something his size, he was moving quite quickly, but the Divermon were slowly but surely gaining.
"Seems like more enemies are joining in," Weiss frowned.
"More enemies, huh…" Agumon frowned...before an idea hit. "Hey, can we draw their attention more?"
"What are you saying?" Gabumon asked.
"Well...we DID have that plan to lose them in deep water right, so…" Agumon trailed off with a grin.
"If we gather a bunch together, we might be able to incapacitate them all in there! Nice idea!" Salamon grinned.
"Understood. I'll see what I can do," Whamon nodded, liking this plan too.
With that, he slowed a bit, but also purposely caused some damage along the way, provoking the Divermon.
"Tch! Don't underestimate us!" one of the Divermon growled, before looking to the others. "Call in the rest of the nearby fleet. Also alert Lord MetalSeadramon! We'll get them soon enough!"
That worked like charm, as it wasn't long before a rather large group was gathered, all of them chasing after the whale.
Seeing the large number, Whamon increased his speed again, and it wasn't long before they approached a large trench. "Hang on!" he told his passengers as he went for the trench, but slowing JUST enough so that the Divermon could get closer, several of them throwing their harpoons, while more grabbed on to their friends. However, that was when the trap was sprung, and Whamon plunged himself deep into the waters, carrying them for the ride...before their diving gear suddenly started to get crushed, the swarm struggling as they were met with unfamiliar waters, but Whamon kept going deeper until they couldn't take it anymore, pulling the harpoons out, and trying to resurface, but….too late.
"And that takes care of the Divermon," Weiss sighed, before looking up. "Sorry about the harpoons."
"Its fine, I honestly barely felt them," Whamon figuratively waved off.
"Well, don't celebrate just yet, cause the main event is coming our way," Tentomon cautioned, as true enough, by then MetalSeadramon was on their trail.
"Okay everyone, this is it," Gyro said, as everyone armed their weapons. "Whamon, we'll leave the last bits of this stage to you. Once we reach the surface let us out so we can handle the rest!"
"Understood!" Whamon said as he made a beeline for the path they were aiming for. The deep water made it impossible for Divermon to follow, leaving them with mainly just MetalSeadramon to deal with.
"Don't think you can escape me so easily! Ultimate Stream!" he called as he fired his attack, just barely missing Whamon and hitting part of the cliff instead, shaking several stones loose that fell in his path, but he simply crashed through them with no harm to himself.
Just as he was about to fire again, he noticed Whamon going into a hole within the cliff, eyeing it suspiciously for a moment as he scanned the area around him, and then realised where this tunnel would lead, contacting the rest of his troops near that area "Attention all soldiers! The Chosen Children are heading your way! Make sure to barricade them in while I pursue them!" he ordered, receiving a chorus of 'Yes Sir!' from his soldiers, before he followed into the tunnel.
On the other end of it, Whamon soon emerged, plowing through a small squadron of Divermon, taking a moment to open his mouth and let everyone out as they got onto dry land.
(Play Brave Heart)
"Okay everyone, it's now or never!" Agumon shouted as the hunters readied their weapons.
"Right!" Everyone nodded as the Digimon didn't waste time Evolving, and before long, everyone was in their strongest forms.
MetalSeadramon soon burst out of the water, while the Divermon in the area soon reconvened around their master. "This is as far as you go, Chosen Children!"
"Our thoughts exactly. This ends here, MetalSeadramon!" MetalGarurumon growled.
"Only one side is walking out of this alive, and we'll do everything we can to make sure its NOT yours!" AeroVeedramon growled.
"Let's go!" WarGreymon shouted as he surged forward, and struck MetalSeadramon on the cheek, causing the larger Digimon to reel a bit, but his armor didn't have a scratch on it.
"I'm made of Chrome Digizoid. You won't hurt me THAT easily," MetalSeadramon smirked.
"Then let's try harder!" Yang said, as the Perfects on the team started opening fire, bombarding MetalSeadramon with their attacks, but the Dark Master seemed only mildly inconvenienced.
"Annoying gnats! Divermon!" MetalSeadramon ordered.
"Yes sir!" they all called out before throwing their harpoons...and they were aiming for more than just the Digimon.
"Whoa!" Jaune gasped, raising his shield to block several harpoons.
"Okay, this is a little different," Ren mused as he shot down several harpoons. "They've never really aimed for us deliberately before.
"Considering we're notably squishier than our Digimon? I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner!" Gyro growled, cutting through several harpoons with a blade of wind.
"Everyone!" JewelBeemon said in alarm, before his momentary lapse in guard resulted in him taking an Ultimate Stream head on, forcing him back to Wormmon, to which Ren caught him.
"Hey! Attacking our partners is a dirty trick!" Lillymon shouted.
"I don't think he cares!" Garudamon frowned.
"You got that right! Ultimate Stream!" he called out, shooting several more blasts, all of them aimed deliberately at the hunters, forcing their partners to take the hit, reverting Garudamon, Lillymon, Angewomon, and AeroVeedramon back to their Child forms in quick succession.
Another shot was fired, but this time HolyAngemon was able to quickly block it with the Heaven's Gate.
"We're your opponents, bastard!" WarGreymon growled angrily as he and MetalGarurumon started fighting him head on, the two Ultimates managing to hold him back a bit better, though the experience gap was still there.
"Divermon! Deal with them while I deal with these two!" MetalSeadramon smirked as he continued to fight against the two Ultimates.
"Yes sir!" came the responses as the remaining Divermon continued their attack...and it seemed more and more were coming, no doubt every last one of them heeding the call of their master.
"How many of these things does he have?!" Zudomon demanded as he just finished destroying several incoming Divermon underwater.
"Considering he rules the entire ocean? I'm gonna guess a LOT!" AtlurKabuterimon growled as he blasted more of them.
"Hold fast everyone! We'll get through this!" HolyAngemon said as several more were sucked into his gate. However, it was quickly becoming a borderline feeding frenzy as the three were hard pressed to keep the numbers down, leaving the ones that got through to start swarming the hunters, leaving them to have to fight back. Fortunately the smaller size of the Divermon made that MUCH more feasible, as one after another the Hunters struck them down. But more kept coming.
"How long do you think you all can hold out against my Deep Saver army?" MetalSeadramon smirked cruelly.
"As long as we need to! Cocytus Breath!" MetalGarurumon growled.
"Ultimate Stream!" MetalSeadramon countered, the two beams clashing, before MetalSeadramon smirked again and adjust his position a little before increasing the blast's intensity, overpowering the attack, forcing MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon to dodge...right before they realized WHERE the blast was aiming for.
(Song stop)
"Watch out!" AtlurKabuterimon and HolyAngemon shouted, as they were forced to block the beam, the force reverting them, and even then the beam was still going, albeit much weaker then before, and was now headed right for the Hunters.
"Oh no you don't!" Yang growled and without thinking, she ran forward and punched the beam while firing Ember Celica. The end result was an explosion as she was pushed back, falling to her knees as her aura fizzled out, and the Ember Celica on her left hand sparked from the damage it took. Nothing that couldn't be fixed, but she wasn't going to be able to fight with it for now.
"Yang!" Ruby and Pierce said in alarm as they went to her.
"I'm alright," she sighed, but managed a tired smile. "You guys okay?"
"Are we okay? Are YOU okay?! You just punched an Ultimate's attack! Badass yeah, but REALLY stupid!" Pierce shouted in worry.
Any responses were stopped as they heard MetalSeadramon's laughter. "What's so funny?!" Ruby shouted, glaring at the Dark Master.
"Just how stupid you all are!" he laughed. "You keep fighting and covering one another, acting like its all going to make a difference," he smirked. "Well it's not, I'm going to turn this place into your graves and there is nothing you can do about it."
"Shut up," Yang growled, standing up and glaring at the sea serpent. "Like hell am I going to let you do whatever the hell you please! Not to my friends and not to anyone I care about!"
"Oh? And do you think you can stop me?" he smirked. "Once you are all gone, I think I'll sink that city you were all fighting Myotismon in," he said. "Heh, what do you know, Puppetmon was right. It IS fun to destroy things slowly for a change!" he laughed. "I'll enjoy watching as those humans clammer for a safety that doesn't exist!"
"Like hell you are!" Yang shouted. "I don't care if I have to go over there and beat you myself! We are NOT going to let you have your way again, not in this world, and not in our world!" by then her Crest had begun to shine, reacting to her desire to protect that which she loved, and now...it had reached its peak.
Her tag lifted up out of her clothes as her her body let of a red glow, a pillar of light shooting up into the sky as the tag shattered, the crest shooting into her body as the light all concentrated into her hand while her D-Core floated up from her belt, quickly grasping it as it turned into a D-Crest with a red grip.
"What… I can feel my strength coming back." Biyomon said as she got back up, feeling better than ever, before noticing what Yang was holding, her eyes widening as she went up to her partner.
"Ready to kick some serious butt, partner?" Yang grinned.
"Always," Biyomon nodded as Yang pointed her new Digivice at her.
(Song restart)
The Crest of Love appeared on the glass covering as a massive beam of light was shot out of the screen, sending the Crest flying out where it soon absorbed into Biyomon.
"Biyomon, Warp Evolution!" she called out as she did a backflip, her body turning the same color as the Crest, before a beam of light shot out of her, which soon revealed Birdramon, who shot another beam of light, revealing Garudamon who soon repeated the process one more time. From the final beam of light, a new form emerged, an avian silhouette with four wings and what appeared to be a helmet on its head, before an inferno covered its form. The head emerged from the flames, revealing a golden helmet over the avian's head, Biyomon's blue eyes visible within as it let out a proud screech, four golden wings spreading the flames apart, revealing the rest of her body as flame like feathers appeared on the back of her helmet like hair, several tail feathers shaped like streamers appearing as well at the back while a pair of Holy Rings appeared on each of her ankles. She brought her wings in, before spreading them back apart as an inferno spread from her body, the Crest of Love appearing on top of her helmet. "Phoenixmon!"
A burst of flame rammed into MetalSeadramon's face, as he was pushed so far back he actually collided with a nearby hill, the flame dispersing to reveal Phoenixmon.
Digimon Analyzer: Phoenixmon
Phoenixmon. Vaccine Type. An Ultimate Level Holy Beast Digimon. A Holy Digimon with four wings of gold, said to be the strongest of all avian Digimon. Those that see her fly into the sky claim that the sight is worth more than any amount of money. Her special attacks are Starlight Explosion, flapping her wings to shoot off her golden feathers which explode upon contact with the enemy and Crimson Flare, spreading a flame from her mouth that harms only those she wishes.
"Welcome to the Ultimate Club. You look great," WarGreymon grinned under his helmet.
"Happy to be here," Phoenixmon nodded, as the three of them turned to MetalSeadramon.
"Now let's make sushi out of this overgrown eel!" MetalGarurumon said as they charged forward.
"Do you really think this is gonna make any difference?!" MetalSeadramon roared. "Ultimate Stream!" he shouted, firing his attacks, to which the three evaded.
"Crimson Flare!" Phoenixmon countered, firing the flames, which exploded against MetalSeadramon, causing him to growl angrily, before lashing out with his tails to try and swat them out of the sky.
"Cocytus Breath!"
"Gaia Force!"
The only thing THAT attempt ended with was him getting a burnt and frozen pair of tails in the process. Growling again, he was about to lunge for them, but the next thing he got was the three of them ramming him in the gut with enough force to knock the breath out of him, sending him back into the water, where he was hit by another volley of missiles.
"Did that get him?" Jaune asked.
"Only one way to find out. Guys, unload EVERYTHING on him!" Gyro said before shouting to the trio of Ultimates.
"They've got him on the ropes! Nothing can stop them now!" Chuumon cheered from where they were on the shore...but that only earned him the horrified looks from the hunters and the Digimon. "What?"
As if to answer his question, MetalSeadramon burst out of the water, and went for the closest of the three, which happened to be WarGreymon, ending with WarGreymon forced to hold off MetalSeadramon's jaws apart. "Hell no! I did NOT survive this long to be your lunch!" WarGreymon grunted as MetalSeadramon tried to take a bite out of him.
"And this is why you don't provoke Murphy," Tentomon said as the Digimon gave the sheepish Chuumon a deadpan stare.
"Hang on, we're coming!" MetalGarurumon shouted...until a familiar form surfaced from the water, as Whamon came out and charged at MetalSeadramon.
The moment the two saw that, they gasped in horror. "No Whamon! Don't be a hero!" Phoenixmon shouted, but too late, as Whamon rammed into MetalSeadramon, allowing WarGreymon to get loose, but in the process, gaining his attention.
"You can't be serious!" MetalSeadramon roared angrily as he fired his Ultimate Stream. Time slowed to a crawl for everyone involved, the Ultimates even trying as fast as they can to stop the inevitable, but they were too far away, and could only watch helplessly as Whamon was shot through the head by the Dark Master's attack, their friend's pained roar hitting them like a cold wave.
"Whamon!" Everyone on the shore shouted in horror.
(Song Stop)
"You're DEAD you bastard! Brave Tornado!" WarGreymon roared in anger as he initiated the attack, to which MetalSeadramon countered with his Ultimate Stream, but WarGreymon drilled right through the move, something MetalSeadramon noticed and tried to evade at the last minute. It was...mildly successful.
"YEAAAARRGGHHH!" the Dark Master roared as the attack plowed through his blaster, but his odd position meant that WarGreymon drilled through his right side, causing severe damage to his armor, causing parts of it to break off, as well as gouging his eye out in the process. MetalSeadramon crashed into the water, severely injured, but stubbornly clinging to life.
At the same time, the chosen had managed to reach the fatally wounded Whamon.
"Whamon! Hang on, we'll think of something!" Ruby said in panic, tears stinging at her eyes.
"It's… it's alright… you don't have to do the impossible for me… I've lived for long enough… I was likely on the verge of my own natural death anyway… so the fact I instead used what remained of my life to help you all… it makes me happy." Whamon said through his heavy breathing. "Good...luck...chosen...children…" he rasped. "I...know...you can...save...this...world…" he said, and before their horrified and tear filled eyes, breathed his last breath as his body started to fade away.
"No… please no…" Ruby pleaded as she fell to her knees, tears falling as Gyro crouched down and tried to console her "Why… why do our friends have to die? We're just trying to help… and they die for us." she sobbed, before lifting her head up and glaring at MetalSeadramon through her tears, her crest starting to glow… along with her eyes. "It's all because of people like you!"
"This is just the natural order of things…" MetalSeadramon growled as he glared right back at her as he raised his body back up "The weak die, and the strong live! That's how the world works!"
"You… you! I hate people like you!" Ruby screamed as her eyes glowed brightly, everyone caught off guard by that as they sent out a shockwave which sent MetalSeadramon crashing back into a hill.
"Ruby!" Palmon exclaimed, some worry in her tone as she staggered back to her feet and went to her partner in concern, the glow of her eyes soon dying down… but not that of her crest.
"I've made my choice. I won't ever let people like them do as they please ever again!" Ruby exclaimed, as the glow of her crest reached its peak and a bright green light exploded around her into the sky, Gyro having to let go of her in surprise and cover his eyes due to how bright it was.
Her tag slowly floated out of her clothes, before it shattered apart, leaving the crest behind as it then flew into Ruby, all of the light concentrating in her hand as her D-Core floated up, grasping it as the light went into it and changed it into a D-Crest with a green grip. "Palmon, let's fight together!"
"I'm always by your side, Ruby!" Palmon nodded as she stepped forward, Ruby pointing her D-Crest at her.
(Song restart)
The Crest of Purity appeared on the glass covering, before the light exploded forth, sending it flying into Palmon, who turned the same color as the Crest. "Palmon, Warp Evolution!" she called out as she backflipped and released a beam of light, revealing Togemon who did the same, revealing Lillymon before she repeated the process one last time. From the beam of light a large rose bud was revealed, as it bloomed and from it emerged a curvaceous feminine figure with a flower covering the majority of her head, exposing only the bottom half of her face, though Palmon's dark green eyes glowed behind the petals for a brief moment, before thorny vines wrapped around her arms, growing out of a pink jewel that shined as it appeared around her neck, a long cape appearing on her back moments later, the Crest of Purity embroidered in it, before she backflipped into the air as the glow disappeared from her body, revealing her to be wearing a tight red bodysuit that exposed some of her stomach, long blonde hair falling out the back of the rose shaped helmet. As she landed, flowers suddenly sprouted all around her, turning the area into a beautiful garden as she cracked one of her vines like a whip. "Rosemon!"
"You'll pay for that!" MetalSeadramon roared, before several vines suddenly wrapped around him, and he was promptly tossed around like a rag doll, ending with a throw into the nearby water, where he carved a small trench in the beach.
"You have no right to speak of that after all you've done," Rosemon stated as she joined her fellow Ultimate level teammates.
Digimon Analyzer: Rosemon
Rosemon. Data Type. An Ultimate Level Fairy Digimon. Known as the Queen of Flowers, Rosemon is well known for her beauty, which matches her strength in level. The Tifaret that shines around her neck is said to be the secret to her beauty, preventing her from growing old. Her special attacks are Forbidden Temptation, her body glowing along with the Tifaret as it unleashes several rose petals that can either act as an explosive or coalesce into a powerful energy wave, and Thorn Whip, attacking her enemies with an electrified whip covered in thorns.
"Got room for one more?" Rosemon asked in a half-joking manner.
"Always," the other three grinned.
"Now, let's end this!" MetalGarurumon said, earning nods of agreement.
MetalSeadramon groaned as he staggered up, and soon found himself faced with 4 VERY angry Ultimate level Digimon.
"What was that you said again? Oh right, the weak are supposed to perish," Phoenixmon glared.
"Well you're looking pretty weak to us right now," WarGreymon nodded. "Guess by your own rules it's time for you to go."
"W-wait!" MetalSeadramon said, backing up as for the first time in a very long time, he felt something he'd inflicted on others for so long. Fear. And the realization of just how screwed he was.
"No more waiting!" the four of them shouted.
"Thorn Whip!" Rosemon called out as her whip extended and wrapped around MetalSeadramon's body, stopping him from moving.
"For everyone you hurt and killed! Starlight Explosion!" Phoenixmon called out, bombarding him with her exploding feathers.
"For everyone you would have hurt! Garuru Tomahawk!" MetalGarurumon called out as a panel on his belly opened and a single missile fired, resulting in a large explosion against the Dark Master's body, tearing apart more of his armor.
"For Whamon! Forbidden Temptation!" Rosemon called out, her body glowing pink before a storm of flower petals impacted the now utterly battered Dark Master.
"And for anything else we missed!" WarGreymon finished, raising a clawed gauntlet. "Dramon Killer!" he called out as he swung his arm down, the Dark Master letting out one last roar of pain as he was cut in half, before shattering into billions of fragments of data.
(Song End)
The four Ultimates panted as their anger slowly subsided, before flying back down to their partners "That's one down." WarGreymon said as he landed, reverting to Koromon a few moments later.
"Only three more to go." Rosemon finished, turned back to Tanemon a moment later, the other two Ultimates reverting back to Baby as soon as they touched the ground too.
As they were picked up by their partners, and Zudomon finally came out of the water, turning back into Gomamon in the process, they all turned to the ocean as it started to ripple, and was actually slowly disappearing, fading away into nothingness and leaving nothing but a void where it stood on Spiral Mountain.
"Well… we're on a good start… let's find the next one." Gyro said solemnly after a few moments, before they all started to leave the area, heading into the woods, and towards the next Dark Master.
Meanwhile, up at the top of Spiral Mountain…
"So...they've defeated MetalSeadramon," Piedmon mused as he watched from his telescope.
"Eh, that guy was all brawn and barely any brain anyway," Puppetmon waved off. "More importantly it's my turn next," he grinned childishly. "I can't wait to play with them. We'll be best friends forever!" he laughed before he left the stronghold, returning to his domain.
And that's the chapter!
Yeahp, we get two more Ultimates already, in the form of Phoenixmon and Rosemon.
I don't know if I've said it before, but if not, I will here.
EVERYONE will reach Ultimate.
Though I think the intro in the last chapter showed that off pretty well.
Anyway, for now...
The Adventure Evolves.