"I don't care how cool you think your sister's Rookie form is, Mako!" MarineAngemon said sternly as he dragged the two In-Trainings to their respective homes. "You shouldn't sneak around like that just to spy on other people... especially not when those dangerous Demon Lords are around. Your mothers most be worried sick!"
Eiko huffed. "It's not like Mom is home too often..."
"Aw, c'mon, lemme go!" Mako protested. "Why does Ai get to fight the evil guys with Impmon and I have to go back home?"
"She is NOT 'fighting the bad guys'," MarineAngemon said. "She and Impmon are just... well, they are..."
"Yeeees?" Mako asked with an impish grin.
Actually, MarineAngemon didn't really know where Ai and Impmon had vanished to. Right after the newly digivolved Lucemon had arrived on the scene, she had told Impmon that she felt that one of her friends needed her, and that she had to go... and Impmon simply decided to come along.
MarineAngemon would have come as well... but after he discovered Eiko and Mako sitting on the nearby rooftop, he decided to bring them home first, where they would be safe.
And, to be honest, he was a bit intimidated by Ai's new appearance... True, he was a Mega Digimon... but when all the stories he heard about the Mistress of Pride were true, even her Rookie form should be able to easily destroy such a small Digimon like him... and while he was a Mega, he had never been as powerful as Gallantmon or Sakuyamon...
How he envied them.
While he dragged the two children along, his cell phone suddenly started ringing.
He answered the call: "Yes, M.A. speaking? Ah, Mrs. Futsuki... No, I can't say I have. Yes, I know it has been almost a week by now... And yes, I know that... Listen, as soon as I see any trace of your son, I will call you back, okay? Now calm down, I'm sure he will come back home very soon. Are you sure you don't want to call the police...? Yes, they are humans, and it is their job to find a lost child. Very well... Yes, I'll do it. Have a nice day, ma'am!"
When he put the phone away, Eiko asked him: "Who was that?"
"Oh, that was Tako's mother... she calls me almost every day to ask me if I have seen a trace of him. It's not as if I am responsible for his disappearance, only because I am his kindergarten teacher..."
"Will Tako come back soon?" Mako asked. Kindergarten had become a bit boring without that boy. He always knew how to pull the coolest pranks.
"I don't know, Mako," MarineAngemon sighed. "From what my colleagues from other kindergartens in Tokyo told me, he's not the only child that has disappeared within the past few weeks... I'm kinda worried. As if having the Demon Lords around wasn't enough..."
"I don't really miss him," Eiko shrugged. "Tako was an immature little brat, and his jokes weren't funny at all. He used to pick on us girls because he thought we couldn't fight..."
"Well, I used to think the same thing..." Mako muttered. He winced when he saw Eiko's angry glare. "B-but I now know that's just silly... after all, we all have seen how Impmon's friends have saved Tokyo, right?"
That made MarineAngemon wonder where Takato and the others were right now... and if his Tamer was seriously considering going after them. Helping them fight Digimon was one thing... but he didn't really believe that Kenta or Kazu were really capable of handling a fight with a dangerous opponent like Belphemon.
"Prepare to die, evil monster!" MirageGaogamon shouted as she brandished her metal claws. "Double Crescent Mirage!"
"Ai, look out!" Beelzemon shouted just as he intercepted the incoming energy blades. He winced as they cut through his leather jacket. Alice was a more dangerous opponent than he thought she would be...
"Ai, get out of here!" he commanded. "I'll handle Belphemon and those loonies... Besides, Takato and the others will be here soon. So don't worry, we'll..."
Belphemon frowned. "Your friend is acting very strange, Lady Ai," he grumbled. "Something tells me that he doesn't really like it to see the two of us together."
"Well, maybe he is just a bit stressed because..." She yelped, when suddenly, a ball of dark matter slammed into her from behind.
"AI!" Beelzemon screamed and turned around.
"I've got you now!" Alice shouted and charged. "I knew you would soon return to your evil ways, Impmon! You are a Demon Lord after all!"
"Would you all just SHUT UP???"
Ai's angry yell echoed over the whole valley. It made Alice and her companions stop in surprise, Yamacus's soldiers who were still down below them were cringing from the volume of her voice, and even Belphemon winced.
The colossal behemoth rubbed his ear. "That was... pretty loud."
Ai panted. "Now, can we settle this in peace? Impmon, for the last time! The only thing I want to do is to sit down with my new friend and have a nice cup of tea! You three meanies over there... Why are you attacking us all of a sudden? Do you really believe Belphemon is a bad guy because of his size?"
"What, are you nuts?" Alice shouted. "He was going to destroy the whole city! And look at what he did to that mountain!"
"That wasn't his fault! He was being controlled by that machine!"
"But didn't you hear what he said AFTER you took that thing off?" Kouki snarled. "He clearly wanted to kill Yamacus!"
"Well, duh! Of course he's angry! Wouldn't you be angry if someone puts a device on you that makes you do things you never wanted to do?"
Kouki cringed as he remembered the embarrassing things foreman Shin had made him do while they were testing the MCT.
"Besides..." Ai turned around to face her new friend. "I can understand that you are angry at the man who did this to you, but do you big guys always have to solve everything with violence?"
Belphemon sweatdropped. "Um... I'm sorry?"
"You better be! And can't you do anything about your size? You're kinda intimidating everyone!"
Belphemon looked down at Yamacus' troops... which nearly peed their pants under the stare of the giant.
"Dang, I never noticed... is that why everyone always shoots at me when I show up?" he murmured. "And all I wanna do is to get some sleep..." All right, I guess you won..." He sighed and closed his eyes.
Everyone watched in awe as the fearsome beast shrunk in size... until he was about as tall as Ai herself, and far less intimidating. His eyes weren't gleaming anymore, and the glowing claws on his hands had disappeared.
He smirked as he floated next to Ai. "Is that better, my lady?"
Ai smiled. "You bet it is. And about you..." She looked down at Yamacus' army.
They all gasped in fear.
Ai looked at them for a while, then she said: "Go home!"
"YES, MA'AM!" every soldier shouted at once.
Afterwards, they all couldn't hurry enough to finally get out of here, put down their weapons and go back home to their families...
Yamacus was frantic. "What... what are they...? What are they doing? She can't do that! Come back here, you cowards! What about our glorious plan...?"
"You know what?" Roachmon asked as he took off his headset and threw it to the ground. "Screw this! I knew it was a bad idea from the very beginning!" And he spread his wings and buzzed off.
Andromon looked after the insect Digimon... then he shrugged and steered the floating platform down to the ground.
"What... what do you think you are doing?" Yamacus bellowed. "Bring us back up! The war is not over yet!"
"Face it, Yamaki..." The blonde human winced when his follower called him by his real name after a very long time. "The game is up. We should stop before any more are being hurt. For my part, I am ready to face the consequences for what I've done... as long as I'm not being destroyed by the Demon Lords..."
"But... but our plan... what...?"
"Yamaki, dear... he's right!" Tally said softly. "It is over. Everyone is going home. Do you plan on fighting on by yourself? Stop it before it's getting worse!"
But Yamaki didn't look as if he was listening to her. "All those years..." he muttered. "For nothing? That can't be..."
On a different mountain top, three pairs of eyes were watching the scene.
"What... what on Earth is that stupid girl thinking?" Daemon yelled. "She's turning one of our most powerful allies... into a softie!"
"Hmmmm... now this is peculiar," Barbamon said while stroking his beard. "I never figured she would react like this."
"Well, isn't that just peachy?" Betamon grumbled. "Didn't you tell me that all would end well as soon as she reaches her Rookie Level and frees Belphemon from that human's control?"
"Betamon, I am not omniscient," Barbamon replied in an annoyed tone of voice. "But still, all is not lost yet. As I said, Ai is a child... and thus, we can still direct her to the path of Pride."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Daemon gritted his teeth. "Even Belphemon has turned into a slobbering puppy..."
"We'll just have to be patient and... wait a minute... do you hear that?"
Betamon listened intently. "Hmmm, sounds like an incoming jet... or a comet or..."
Daemon's eyes widened. "Riley?"
"What are they doing?" Terriermon wondered. "Why are the soldiers all leaving? And why did Belphemon shrink all of a sudden?"
"You know, it might have to do with that angry yell Ai made," Guilmon pointed out.
"Ya think?" Kitsumon snapped. She was irritated like hell. Here they have come to save the world and fight the evil Demon Lords, then Alice and her weird friends showed up and everyone believed the battle would turn out to get even more hectic and bloody... and then, Ai simply told everyone to stop fighting... and they did.
"Maybe we should just be happy it turned out like this," Renamon suggested. "After all, a friendly Belphemon is much better than an out-of-control Belphemon, right?"
"I don't know..." BlueCeratomon frowned. "That was way too easy... there has to be more to it like that."
"Takato, do you honestly want to fight if we don't have to?" Dachsmon asked.
"Say, don't you think it's strange that Barbamon and the other Demon Lords have showed up by now?" Cubmon suddenly spoke up. "I wonder where they could be..."
Guilmon's ears then perked up. "Say, do you guys hear that?"
"Watch out!" MirageGaogamon shouted when suddenly, a dark blur came shooting out of the skies. She quickly pushed Ai out of the way, before the unknown attacker was able to hit her.
"What the... what the heck is going on now?" Beelzemon asked.
Belphemon frowned when he looked at the winged, dark figure that was now floating above the valley.
Riley was furious. "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" she yelled. "BARBAMON! Where are you? Why aren't you pulverizing the humans and those weakling Digimon? Why isn't Belphemon on a rampage? Why isn't Leviamon destroying everything? Why isn't Daemon burning with the flames of vengeance? Why is..."
Daemon grinned. "I don't know if I told you... but I LOVE that girl!"
Betamon raised an eyebrow at the display Riley was giving. "You know what? The girl's right! What are we waiting for? Do we really need Belphemon's help to strike fear in the hearts of the humans?"
"Stop speaking such nonsense!" Barbamon grumbled. "This is not the time for us to attack yet!"
"Let me rephrase that," Betamon said. "Do we really need to listen to YOUR orders? I think not!" He gave Daemon a fang-toothed grin. "Time to have some fun, pal!"
"All right!" Daemon cheered. "This is what I've been talking about! FULL POWER!"
And with a burst of rage, his red robes ripped outwards, and Daemon's true, demonic appearance was visible to everyone. He raised his huge claws to the skies and let out a mighty roar before flying down the mountain. "YAMACUS, PREPARE TO DIE!"
"No, you fools!" Barbamon shouted. "If Lucemon sees you do that now..."
"BETAMON DIGIVOLVE TO... LEVIAMON!"
The enormous, reptilian monster swatted the elderly Digimon with his tail, which sent him stumbling backwards.
"Do us a favor and stay out of our way, old man!" he grumbled and slid down the mountain side.
Barbamon snarled as he got up from the ground. "Those fools... those inept fools..."
Alice and Tally both looked up to where their sister was floating, like a fury right out of hell. Her lust for vengeance surrounded her with a fiery aura, and spirals of darkness were trailing down her limbs.
Riley smirked when she saw Daemon and Leviamon coming down the mountain. Finally... the waiting was coming to an end. If that brat Lucemon and that idiotic Belphemon didn't want to realize what they were aspiring... they simply had to show them!
And she was gonna start by taking her revenge on Yamacus... and that blonde-haired bitch of a twin sister!
"TALLY, THIS IS YOUR END! PREPARE YOURSELF!"
She closed her eyes and let the lust overcome her.
"LADYDEVIMON DIGIVOLVE TO... LILITHMON!"
The shadows bursted outwards as Riley took on a new form. A black and purple robe hugged her curvaceous body, her black wings spread behind her back, and she spread her arms as she accepted her full demonic heritage... one arm looked pretty normal, but the other one was monstrous and decayed.
Alice sighed. "Oh great... just what we needed..."
"Should we worry?" BioDarkdramon shrugged. "There are three of them, and three of us. Not to mention Beelzemon and..."
"No!" MirageGaogamon said firmly. "You take care of Daemon and Leviamon... this is my battle, Kouki!"
"I knew it!" Takato snarled. "I knew it was too good to be true!"
"Okay, now we HAVE to step in," Dachsmon said. "Are you all ready?"
Renamon looked at her sister. "Rika, let's do this!"
Kitsumon looked back at her. "Renamon... you take care of them, okay? I'll leave it to you..."
"But... aren't you coming? What are you planning to do?"
Rika looked over to where Yamacus' floating platform had landed. "I think I have to take care of another troublemaker first..."
Renamon understood and nodded. "Okay... I doubt he will give you trouble, but you still better watch out, okay?"
Kitsumon grinned. "Yeah, you too, sis!" And she dashed off towards Yamaki and Tally.
"Sis..." Renamon murmured. She then smiled. "I like the sound of that!"
"Riley..." Yamaki murmured as he witnessed his former love's transformation. "What are you doing... you can't possibly..." He sunk down to the bottom of his vehicle. Andromon and his other men were long gone. The only one at his side was the beautiful Angewomon standing next to him.
"She is misguided, Yamaki," Tally said softly. "We have to show her that succumbing to darkness is never the right way to handle things. This is why mother and father sent me here... to take care of my sisters."
"Tally, I..."
Tally smiled down at him. "I'm sorry I lied to you, but I will never forget the love you gave to me and my sister. Goodbye, Yamaki..."
As she slowly floated up into the sky, Yamaki reached out for her with his hand. "Tally, no... don't go! What... what should I do without you and Riley? I LOVE YOU! BOTH OF YOU!"
A brilliant light engulfed Tally's body as she approached her demonic sister.
She opened her eyes as she looked at Riley and Alice, who was approaching her from the left.
'Riley... I will save you! Alice... I will protect you! Mother, Father... I will make you proud! Yamaki... I will never forget you!'
"ANGEWOMON DIGIVOLVE TO... OPHANIMON!"
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