"Ember Ball!"
"Diamond Storm!"
"Aura Sphere!"
"Flare Bullet!"
Riley winced as she had to shield her face from more and more attacks. "This is becoming ridiculous..." she murmured. "You know you will all fail in the end, so why struggle?"
"Save your breath," Ceratomon grumbled. "Shockwave Punch!"
Using her dark wings as a shield, Riley winced. While Ceratomon was a Rookie, his attacks had the force of at least a Champion. "Such power..." she muttered to herself. "Yes, my lord was right... a Hybrid really is more powerful than a normal Digimon."
Leomon just dispatched the last Vilemon with his sword. He looked over to where Sheperdmon and her daughter were fighting Devimon and saw that they were doing fine. "Come, daughter," he growled towards Cubmon. "Even an Ultimate can't hold on forever when facing the forces of justice."
Cubmon restrained herself from snickering. Her dad was almost talking like a super hero... that was so cool.
Still, during the battle, she had tried evolving to a higher level, so she would perhaps be even as strong as her father. But Calumon told her that even he wasn't able to predict just when a Digimon would digivolve. But at least the little rascal had been helpful:
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you, Jeri... but I'm sure you will be able to digivolve some day, calu!"
Yes, hearing that from him had made her happy. And perhaps she didn't even need to digivolve. Perhaps her friends were the only thing she ever needed. Together, they would be able to do anything, digivolved or not.
She followed her father as he jumped at Mie's side.
Leomon drew his sword. "It is over, LadyDevimon!" he growled. "Give up!"
Riley gritted her teeth. She wanted to show those insolent fools what she was capable of. She focused all of her power in one single, powerful attack...
"EVIL WI..."
"Riley!" a voice reached her ears. "Return to Hypnos Fortress. We do not need those Hybrids any more. Lord Yamacus has found a substitute."
"WHAT?" Riley yelled as she recognized the voice of her angelic counterpart. "Are you insane, Tally? I'm going to win, I know it! Just give me some time and I'll crush those..."
"No, Riley!" Tally sounded really serious. "Lord Yamacus has ordered you and Devimon to return immediately. Your attack has been a successful distraction from another operation. We have a Hybrid in our possession."
Riley growled in frustration. She'd love to tell Tally off, but she didn't dare defying a direct order of her lord.
She lowered her arms. "You're in luck..." she muttered towards the assembled Tamers and their parents. "I'll just let you live for today. Devimon, we're returning to the fortress. NOW!"
Devimon just wanted to protest, but he recognized a bad temper when he saw one. Besides, he really didn't want to be hit by another one of those electrical arrows the dog-woman was shooting at him.
Well, he might not been able to use the true extent of his new powers, but he was satisfied for now. In his Rookie form, the veteran fighter with the crossbow would have made mincemeat out of him in a matter of seconds.
"Very well..." he snorted. "This is getting boring anyway..." He crossed his arms and lowered himself directly into the ground... then he was gone.
Riley smirked one last time at her opponents, then she spread her arms and wings.
"Wait!" Compsomon snarled. "You can't escape!" She lunged at the black Digimon, but Riley already vanished in a cloud of black, demonic bats.
"Rats!" Renamon grumbled. "She got away!"
Out of their hiding place, Yui and her posse were staring at the scene in awe. They never knew Harmony and her friends had so cool parents.
Yui, however, was only looking at Renamon. Her eyes turned into pink, little hearts. "Renamon..." she cooed. "You're my hero!"
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Takato sighed as he leaned back in his chair. "It's no use, Kai..." he groaned. "We just can't correct any of the mistakes we made. The program just won't respond. I can correct tiny mistakes, okay... I was able to change Ai and Mako from 'Hybrids' to normal 'Digimon'... but still... that's not a real solution for all of this, is it?" He put his head down on his desk. "What a mess..."
"Hey, is it really that bad?" Kai asked him. "I mean, okay, it's a little bit strange that all of this has happened and we are the only ones that remember it, but..."
"Kai, that's exactly it: It DIDN'T happen, but everybody else believes it. We practically brainwashed every single human in Japan, if not even in the entire world."
"But is that really the truth?" Kai asked. "Think about it: What if that game didn't change history like you believe, but just put the two of us in a separate reality where everything HAS happened as the others say. Do you actually believe a simple game is powerful enough to change history like that? Or to brainwash the entire planet?"
"I don't know..." Takato sighed. "And you might have forgotten one small part."
"And what would that be?" Kai asked.
"Yamaki! While we don't know what exactly happened, I'm pretty much convinced that it happened because of THAT!" And he gestured at the CD case lying next to his computer. "And I changed Yamaki into what he is right now: An evil tyrant who wants to misuse the powers of the Digimon and the Hybrids to conquer all of Tokyo, maybe even the whole world."
Kai winced. "All right, there's that... but maybe there IS some way to change him back to normal. If we just use the game..."
"NO!" Takato shouted. "You know, it had been fun using that game... As long as I knew it was just that: A game, nothing more. But messing around with reality like this... who knows how the game will misinterpret our next input? Do you really want to risk that? What if... if the next change we make turns us all into mindless puppets that have to follow Yamacus' orders?"
"Takato... it might be our only chance. Listen, I thought of something: How about we just tell the game that Yamaki somehow was... CONVINCED that everything he's doing is right... and that one of the heroes might be able to convince him of the truth."
"What do you want me to do? Turn you into a hero, like I did with Rika and the others? Maybe you want your parents to be turned into Digimon as well? Is that what you want?"
"Takato..."
The goggle-wearing boy wasn't listening. "Is that what you want? Shall your Mom be turned into a Deramon? Your Dad into a Drimogemon? And then what?"
"Takato..."
"What if you can't remember afterwards? Do you want me to be the last human on earth who remembers? Listen, I won't do this! I already turned Henry into a girl AND into a Digimon Hybrid. I turned Guilmon into a Hybrid and into my brother. I turned Mom into a Digimon. I turned Jeri into Cubmon. I turned Rika into Kitsumon. I..."
"Takato!!"
"WHAT?"
Kai raised his index finger and pointed at the window. "Um, I think you should take a look behind you..."
Takato turned around... and gulped, as he saw an orange-furred Digimon girl leaning against his window sill, her two tails waving around in the air.
"Oh, don't mind me..." Kitsumon said. "Please, go on... what you said has been SO informative... But still, I believe you let out a few parts." Her eyes narrowed. "LIKE TURNING MY DAD INTO A DIGIMON... AND RENAMON INTO MY SISTER!"
Takato chuckled nervously. "Heh, heh, heh... Hello, Rika... Fancy meeting you here..."
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