The Rise of RizeGreymon

Back at headquarters…
"Ow! It hurts!" Agumon whined.
"Just hold still, you big baby." Megumi scolded as she bandaged Agumon up.
"That's it." Marcus hissed. "I'm going after that guy and give him some payback!"
"Please, stop acting like a primping old child." Thomas retorted.
"You want some?" Marcus hollered.
"This isn't just about your wounded pride." Thomas reminded him. "Have you even thought about how Kristy feels?"
"Enough, both of you!" Ami barked. "Or do you need Tailmon to turn both your faces into chessboards?"
"Give it a rest." Yoshi agreed.
"Calm down, Marcus! Thomas is right. At this point, it would be impossible for you to beat Merukimon." Commander Sampson rebuked.
"Well, maybe I don't really care what you think, Commander." Marcus retorted.
"Merukimon is Mega level." Kudamon told him.
"He's Mega level?" Marcus echoed.
"Yes." Commander Sampson replied. "He claims to be the fastest Digimon anywhere."
"So, who is this Merukimon anyway?" Yoshi asked. "Where did he come from?"
"He's believed to live deep inside the Infinite Ice Ridge. He rules the east side of the Digital Forest." Kudamon supplied.
"Then what is he doing here and why does he hate humans so much?" Gaomon asked.
"Maybe his goal is to rule both the digital and human worlds." Thomas replied.
"No way!" Marcus exclaimed.
"Maybe Merukimon is the one responsible for weakening the barrier between the Digital and Human worlds." Lalamon supplied.
"But that means, he's just getting started." Yoshi gasped.
"It sure looks like it." Thomas agreed.
"So what on earth are we waiting for?" Marcus questioned. "Let's get this guy before he destroys everything!"
"Stop it!" Kristy cried.
"Kristy?" Marcus blinked at his sister.
"Marcus, why can't humans and digimon live together?" Kristy asked, stunning everyone. "I know I didn't get to spend that much time with Piyomon, but we were really became friends. We did. So I don't understand why you fight when I know we can get along in the same world!"
"Let's go home." Sarah told her weeping daughter. "Okay?"
"Sampson!" Director Hashima hollered. "You've really made a mess of things this time!"
"Not him again." Ami muttered.
"Is that so, Director?" commander Sampson inquired.
"Who's he?" Marcus asked.
"That's Director Hashima. He's in charge of all this." Megumi whispered.
"All of these digimon incidents are a major embarrassment for DATS. I thought your job, Sampson, to keep digimon out of sight. Your useless squad is obviously been slacking its assigned duties." Hashima accused.
"Hold up, old man!" Marcus retorted. "We haven't been slacking in any duties. Why do you know anyway?"
"Who's this child?" Hashima inquired.
"I'm his mother." Sarah quickly apologized. "Please excuse his rudeness, I apologize for him."
"Ma! Don't apologize to this guy!" Marcus rebuked. "I don't care who he is!"
"Director." Commander Sampson told Hashima. "There has been a lot of increased activity and I assure you, we're doing our best."
"Well, you'll have to forgive me if I happen to believe that you're doing a terrible job. And of this keeps up, I'll personally shut down DATS." Hashima threatened.
"Shut down!?" Yoshi and Lalamon chorused.
"You forget, Director." Ami reminded Hashima sternly. "It would have been an even bigger embarrassment if I hadn't been around to remove the renegade digimon which slipped past the barrier."
"And I see you managed to get your best operative back, Sampson." Hashima noted, ignoring Ami's stony look.
Later, after the team was dismissed…
"Here." Thomas remarked, tossing his long-time partner a can of juice from a vending machine. "If I remember correctly, you take only apple juice."
"Thanks." Ami replied, catching the can and peeling the tab off.
"What is this business about renegade digimon, anyway?" Thomas asked.
"The Commander's side orders." Ami replied, taking a sip from her can. "I was supposed to take out renegade digimon which slipped past the barrier while I was on my 'other job'."
"I see." Thomas remarked.
"When did Salamon evolve anyway?" he asked after a while.
"Almost three months ago." Ami replied. "After we battled a renegade LadyDevimon and Tailmon evolved into Nefertimon, Tailmon's evolution reminded permanent ever since. Never figured out why."
"Never figured out or didn't want to figure out?" Thomas inquired.
"Don't go there, Peacock." Ami mock-glared.
"I told you not to call me that." Thomas growled, causing Ami to dissolve into giggles.
The blond's growl deepened before he jumped her, making Ami drop her can, stunned.
Pinning her roughly against the wall, Thomas smirked at her intake of breath, "I do believe I get to claim my prize." That said, he pressed his lips against hers as both Gaomon and Tailmon flushed and turned away from their kissing partners.
Meanwhile, by the docks…
Marcus was letting out his frustration by throwing rocks into the sea.
"Oh man." Marcus complained.
"Don't let that Director get you down." Agumon advised. "I mean, there's no possible way he would ever shut down DATS."
"I don't care about that." Marcus replied, causing the orange digimon to look at him. "Merukimon. I just want one more shot at him."
Back in the Digital World…
"Falcomon, do you ever listen?" Gotsumon warned. "Merukimon's orders were explicit. Under no circumstances were you to leave the Digital World."
"I heard what he said." Falcomon replied. "But I have to retrieve that egg. I know I shouldn't have gone, but I couldn't let anything happen to it. It was my responsibility."
"I don't know." Gotsumon sighed. "I just don't think that was a good enough reason to disobey him."
"Okay, you made your point." Falcomon retorted. "But I still think I did the right thing."
Their conversation was cut short by Merukimon's growl.
"I hear Merukimon." Falcomon noted and the two rushed into the Mega digimon's lair.
"Wait for me!" Gotsumon called out.
"Yes, Merukimon?" the two ran towards him.
"Stop there!" Merukimon warned, holding onto Piyomon's glowing egg. "I was able to save this egg from the humans. And now it seems it is going to hatch."
"Kristy!" Piyomon called as he burst out of the egg. "Kristy, where are you? I promised you I always protect you!"
"This is bad." Gotsumon remarked, looking at the blind digimon.
"I don't believe it, he's remembering things from his past life." Falcomon added.
"Kristy! Kristy!" Piyomon cried as he fluttered around in circles.
Merukimon merely used his electric power to electrocute the rookie digimon.
"Forget your memories of the Human World." Merukimon told him.
"No!" Piyomon screamed, before digivolving into Aquliamon.
"Piyomon digivolved. We better follow him." Falcomon remarked after Aquliamon burst out of the icy fortress.
"Stop!" Merukimon told his subordinates.
"But…" Gotsumon protested.
"There are strong memories from his past life which refused to be silenced." Merukimon told them. "He's going to the only place those memories make sense; the Human World."
Back in the Human World…
"That's right." The newscaster announced. "It's going to be another beautiful day here in paradise. There's no rain in sight and plenty of blue sky all around."
"What is that?" the lights man asked as a black portal appeared in the sky. "Are you getting this?"
"What am I? A rookie?" the cameraman questioned as Aquliamon dived downwards.
"Just keep shooting." The lights man instructed.
"Wow, what a shot!" the cameraman remarked, catching Aquliamon on film.
"It appears to be… a giant eagle!" the newscaster announced.
Back at headquarters…
"Commander, I detected digimon signals just outside of Tokyo." Miki reported.
"Is it Merukimon?" Sampson asked.
"Negative." Megumi replied. "It's Aquliamon."
"Champion level." Yoshi gasped.
"The signal is getting stronger." Megumi added. "He's definitely heading our way."
"Alright." Sampson turned to the three DATS members present. "It's up to you to stop it."
"Yes sir!" Thomas, Yoshi, Gaomon and Lalamon chorused. Ami and Tailmon merely nodded in acknowledgement.
"Where's Marcus?" Kudamon asked, causing the three teens to look at each other.
Meanwhile in town…
Marcus was playing the drums at the arcade when his attention was drawn by the news in the televisions on display at the electronics store.
"What's up?" Marcus asked.
"There's trouble, Boss." Agumon informed him via the Data Link Digivice.
"We're currently flying over the waterfront with breaking news. As you can see below…" the newscaster's sentence was cut short when she noticed something. "Down at the water, ships are being attacked!
"It's going to cut our signal!" she gasped when Aquliamon flew out of the smoke, firing its attack at the news helicopter.
"This bird is wrecking havoc across the city." Another newscaster reported. "Authorities are quickly evacuating the waterfront area as choppers are picking up news crew and rescue missions are in progress."
Kristy gasped when she recognized Aquliamon's eyes.
"Kristy, what's wrong?" Sarah asked her daughter who had ran off.
"Look, mum. It's Piyomon!" Kristy replied.
"Where are you going?" Sarah inquired as Kristy rushed out of the door. "Wait!"
"Don't you think we should wait for everybody else to get here before we take him on?" Agumon asked once the pair reached the docks.
"Stop whining." Marcus rebuked. "We're tough enough to beat any digimon we face. We don't need to wait for any backup. This is how a champion acts in the face of danger. Beside, I want payback!"
"Okay, but I don't really know how to swim." Agumon sighed.
"Thomas?" Marcus blinked as Thomas pulled into the dock in a speedboat, with Ami on board.
"You weren't really going to start this battle without us, were you?" Thomas asked.
"Nope. Not anymore." Marcus beamed and the newest member hopped on.
"Sir." Gaogamon reported as Aquliamon closed in. "There he is."
"Yoshi, you got him?" Ami asked over her com link.
"Yeah, I see him." Yoshi replied with Sunflowmon beside her. "We're cutting it real close and he's moving quick. Just go on without us."
"Well, you heard the girl." Ami told Thomas.
"Got ya." Thomas nodded.
"Okay, you know what to do." Yoshi told Sunflowmon.
"Sunshine Beam!" the sunflower digimon fired its attack at Aquliamon. The attack missed the Champion level digimon and it dived down to attack Sunflowmon.
"Dash Double Claw!" Gaogamon jumped into battle, missing Aquliamon as the Champion digimon dodged the attack.
"Gaogamon!" Thomas called as the blue wolf landed on the boat.
"Spiral Blow!" Gaogamon unleashed his attack at the bird digimon.
"Sunshine Beam!" Sunflowmon released her attack.
"She missed!" Marcus gasped as Aquliamon dodged the attack.
"Now, you're mine!" Sunflowmon remarked, diving straight from Aquliamon, only to be knocked off.
"Sunflowmon!" Yoshi gasped.
"Kristy, where are you?" Aquliamon demanded.
"Look Boss!" Agumon told his partner.
"Stay with him, Thomas. Don't let him get away!" Marcus told the blond.
"I think that's Piyomon!" Ami added.
"What?" Thomas demanded.
"Kristy! Kristy!" Aquliamon called out.
Meanwhile, Kristy was rushing to the battle site.
"It's Piyomon?" Yoshi gaped. "Are you positive?"
"Yes, the digimon signature is an exact match." Kudamon told her. "It's Piyomon alright."
"Go faster!' Marcus demanded.
"It's toughed out!" Thomas told him.
"Out of the way! Let me drive, Thomas!" Marcus ordered.
"Don't be ridiculous." Thomas retorted. "You can't even drive a car. We'll get there Marcus. Stay calm."
"Hey Piyomon!" Marcus called out. "It's Marcus. Remember me?"
"Kristy!" Aquliamon hollered, turning back.
"Kristy's brother. We go way back." Marcus hollered. "I knew you can't forget about me."
Aquliamon retaliated by blasting the speedboat apart.
"Kristy! Kristy!" the giant bird then flew off. "Where are you?"
"Thank god Tailmon's in the Data Link then." Ami mused. "She hates water."
A giant wave then washed over them.
When Marcus came to, he found himself on the docks, with Agumon peering at him.
"It's a little warm, isn't it?" a fishing Yushima asked.
"It's the Digivice guy." Marcus gaped.
"Maybe we should ask him for digi-advice." Agumon suggested.
"I can handle this myself." Marcus told his partner. Then, he gasped when he saw Aquliamon attacking the oilfield opposite the docks.
"Kristy! Kristy! Where are you?" the bird digimon questioned as he hovered over the flaming oil field. "I promised I'll always protect you!"
"Where're you off to?" Yushima asked as Marcus proceeded to run off.
"I'll tell you again." Marcus retorted. "I don't need your advice!"
"Yes you do." Yushima replied.
"No, I don't!" Marcus retorted.
"Think about it." Yushima advised. "Who always helps you out?"
"Look dude!" Marcus shouted. "You keep talking but I ain't listening."
"You will." Yushima told him. "Think about where you'll be now if you never listened to me."
"If you're not going to keep your mouth shut, I'll shit it for you!" Marcus hollered.
Yushima simply lifted the dashing boy by his stomach with the end of his fishing pole, tossing the enraged teen onto the ground.
"Boss!" Agumon gasped.
"What happened?" Marcus moaned. "That old man just knocked the wind out of me."
"You should open your heart before you close your fist." Yushima advised.
"Excuse me?" Marcus echoed.
"Just think about it." Yushima told him. "You'll understand it in due time."
"Yeah, since you're through, I'll be going now!" Marcus retorted.
"Wait for me, Boss!" Agumon followed his partner as the two ran past the still unconscious Thomas and Gaomon.
"You have such a big heart, but your youthful arrogant pride gets in your way." Yushima remarked. "If you ever learn to control your emotions, maybe one day you'll become a hero, instead of just a fighter."
"You never change, do you, Commander-General." Ami smiled as she approached Yushima.
"Ah, Sampson's best protégé. I see you've returned." Yushima returned her smile.
"The Commander ordered me to." Ami replied. "And since my 'other job' is put on hold for the time being…"
"Ah…" Yushima nodded in understanding.
"I can do this!" Marcus swore as he hurried to the flaming oil field.
Climbing on the ladder of a burning oil tank, he was knocked back down by a dislodged metal piece.
"Boss!" Agumon called out. "Maybe you should have listened huh?"
"Oh yeah?" Marcus challenged, before wincing in pain and falling on his back.
"You're strong Boss." Agumon admitted. "But still…"
"But still what?" Marcus retorted. "So even you don't think I'm good enough to beat this guy? Well, you're wrong! I'll show you and everyone else I have what it takes."
"Hey, Piyomon! Come and get it!" he called out to Aquliamon. "Hey! Remember Kristy? Remember me?"
"Kristy!" Aquliamon shouted, diving down.
"Let's see if you remember my fist!" Marcus challenged.
"Here I come!" he hollered, leaping off the oil tanker and landing a punch on Aquliamon's back. Marcus then backflipped onto the ground as the force of Aquliamon knocked him off.
"Let's go! Fighting time!" he grinned at Agumon, Aquliamon's data circling his fist. "D.N.A Charge!"
"Agumon digivolve to GeoGreymon!" Agumon cried as he evolved.
"Mega Burst!" GeoGreymon unleashed his attack.
"Kristy! Kristy!" Aquliamon called as he digivolved again.
"No way!" Marcus gasped.
At headquarters…
"Commander! There's been a sudden surge in energy!" Megumi reported.
"Oh no! It must be digivolving!" Sampson remarked.
Back in the battlefield…
"Piyomon!" Kristy cried as she rushed into the burning oil field with Sarah close behind.
"Wait, Kristy! Wait!" Sarah called out.
"No! Let me go!" Kristy protested, struggling against her mother's grip.
"Kristy!' Garudamon looked at the younger girl.
"What are you doing here? It's too dangerous!" Marcus scolded.
"He knows me!" Kristy broke out of her mother's grasp and ran towards Garudamon.
"No!" Sarah gasped.
"Piyomon!" Kristy called out.
"Kristy." Garudamon looked at the girl.
"It's me, Piyomon." Kristy smiled. "Let's go home now."
"Kristy!" Garudamon gasped, shaking his head in obvious pain. "Kristy!"
"Piyomon!" Kristy gaped as the Ultimate level digimon powered up.
"Kristy!" Marcus called out to his sister. "Come on! Get away from him! He doesn't remember who you are!"
"Yes he does!" Kristy retorted. "Piyomon!"
Garudamon responded by firing a Wing Blade at her.
"No!" GeoGreymon moved into take the attack for the sibling pair.
"Kristy! Mom!" Marcus gaped as the three were blown to the ground by the impact.
"I'm fine." Sarah told him.
"Me too." Kristy added in his arms. "Marcus, I don't understand why Piyomon isn't listening to me. Do you think it's possible he forgotten all about me?"
As she wept in his arms, Marcus' attention was caught by a clash to the ground and was shocked to see GeoGreymon lying on his side.
"What am I going to do?" he muttered, standing up as the rain came down on him. "I can't beat him. I'm not the best! I did everything I could but it wasn't enough. Is this all I've got? There has to be something more! I have to get better, more powerful. It's the only way I'll be able to protect my mom and Kristy. I have to become stronger!"
At that, a strong energy surge burst out of his body.
At headquarters…
"What's this?" Sampson inquired.
"GeoGreymon is digivolving." Kudamon replied. "It's the same as what happened to Salamon."
In the battlefield…
"D.N.A Full Charge!" Marcus called out.
The light from his Data Link emerged with the fallen GeoGreymon.
"GeoGreymon digivolve to RizeGreymon!" GeoGreymon announced.
With a war cry, the Ultimate digimon flew towards the huge bird.
Garudamon fired his 'Wing Blade' attack at RizeGreymon who deflected the attack with his guarded arm.
"Trident Revolver!" RizeGreymon fired his attack at Garudamon. The three energy bullets clashed into Garudamon, disintegrating the bird and turning it back into its Digiegg form.
"He did it!" Lalamon beamed.
"Unbelievable!" Thomas gasped. "He won!"
"Well, you might not listen to those around you but it looks like you finally listened to your own heart." Yushima remarked. "I guess I give you some pretty good advice afterall. Didn't I?"
After the battle…
"Kristy?" Sarah blinked when her daughter awoke.
"What happened?" Kristy asked. "Is Piyomon okay?"
"Yeah." Marcus replied, Piyomon's Digiegg in his hands.
"So, I guess we're back to where we started from huh, Piyomon?" Kristy wept, hugging the egg. "My friend."
I never wanted her to be this sad again. Marcus swore. I must protect her. Me and RizeGreymon.
Back in headquarters…
"Our latest data indicates that everything has returned to normal and Garudamon has turned back into a Digiegg." Sampson reported to Hashima. "I've already leaked something to the press, a vague reference that it being a movie stunt. I think they brought it."
"Fine." Hashima replied sarcastically. "Keep up the good work, Commander."
"Commander!" Miki reported after Hashima turned off the com link.
"After out initial analysis, we detected Piyomon's signature. However, the data also shows a second Digimon signature as well." Megumi added.
"I know this wave." Kudamon remarked.
"It belongs to Merukimon." Miki replied.
"No way!" Yoshi gasped.
"I can't imagine Merukimon would ever let Piyomon return to our world by himself." Thomas added. "He's got to be using him somehow."
"Then, there's only one thing we can do." Marcus added. "Go to the Digital World and try to stop him ourselves. Are you with me?"
Both Yoshi and Thomas nodded.
"Wait." Sampson voiced out. "There's something I haven't told you yet. And it's about Marcus. You need to know, it concerns your father and his disappearance ten years ago."
"My father?" Marcus echoed. "You knew him?"