Bonds of Brotherhood

"Jaden, Jaden wake up." Jaden eyes slowly parted as he felt someone rudely shake him from his slumber and found himself staring upwards into the sky as well as Monodramon staring down at him. Sitting up he found himself in a desert with the blazing sun beating down upon him

'*Wha…what happened, how'd I get here?'* he thought for a moment then he remembered the battle with Tuskmon, Monodramon digivolving to Veedramon, Tai attacking Azulongmon and finally all of them being carried away by those weird energy orbs.

"Oh no." He quickly got to his feet. "Tai. Alexis. Zane. Syrus. Bastion. Sarge. Chazz." He cried he then turned to his partner "Monodramon, where are the others?"

"I don't know about the others but I know Alexis and Salamon are around here somewhere." The purple dragon replied. "Alexis." Jaden pulled out his D-arc and activated the compass function if Alexis was around he would be able to lock onto her D-arc.

The pair had been wondering around for twenty minutes following the dot that was on the screen, they'd just climbed to the top of a large sand dune when a sound caught their attention and looking down they saw the blond girl and her partner however she wasn't alone, surrounding them were six grey dog like creatures with red eyes and long ears

"What are those thing?" Jaden said as he checked his D-arc

Gazimon

Level: Rookie

Attribute: Virus

Type: Mammal Digimon

Electric Stun Blast & Pitfall

"Alexis and Salamon are in danger, you ready Monodramon?" "Oh yeah." The brunette then grabbed a card

DIGIMODIFY, ELEMENTAL HERO SPARKMAN ACTIVATE

Sparkman's chest plate and visor appeared on Monodramon Jaden then activated his duel disk

"And as a little back up I summon Elemental HERO Wildheart." A Maury warrior, its body covered in tattoos, wearing a loin cloth and carrying a large sword appeared "Alright you two attack with Wild Slash and Spark Flash."

The two warriors charged into battle, the swordsman striking down the creatures with its blade whilst Monodramon fired lightning bolts from his hand, the Maury warrior then disappeared and Monodramon returned to normal.

"Hey Alexis, you okay?" Jaden asked as he slid down the sand dune towards her however he was met by a slap in the face "What was that for?"

"I could have handled those things myself." Alexis stated then to his surprise she wrapped her arms around him "Thanks for the rescue."

"Err no problem." Jaden replied. Just then something caught his eye "What is that?" Alexis unwrapped her arms from around the boy to look at what he was indicating at and what she saw a large upside down pyramid with several holes in it "Okay that's weird."

'*Why does this seem familiar?'* Jaden wondered "Let's check it out. Maybe there's something in there that can tell us where we are." He suggested

"Or there might be something we can use to contact Gennai." Alexis added.

The two of them then set off towards the structure.

Zane Syrus and their digimon trekked their way though the dense forest that they'd woken up in. Like Jaden, Zane was using the compass fetcher to try and find the others.

"Any luck Zane?" Syrus asked "Nothing." Zane replied looking away from the screen "Let's take a break."

The group sat down silence reigned amongst them for some time.

"Zane." Syrus said.

"Yeah." His brother replied.

"I've been thinking, why don't you like me?" Syrus asked in a small voice. "All my life you've never really spent any time with me and when you did it was to bail me out of some mess I'd gotten myself into but I was pretty sure it was only to make sure I didn't embarrass you. You gave me Power Bond but you also told me I wasn't good enough to use it. You don't even think I belong at Duel Academy. And now you're stuck with me…"

He stopped when he felt a pair of hand on his shoulders looking up he saw Zane kneeling before him a smile on his lips

"Syrus, I admit I used to think that but over time at Duel Academy I've watched you grow and you've become a stronger person. I admit I wasn't a very good brother when we were growing up maybe I could have been more supportive but you were never an embarrassment and right now I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather be here with then you. I love you Syrus, never forget that."

"Oh Zane." Syrus wrapped his arms around his brother and buried his head in is chest "Come on lets go." Zane said "Jaden and the others aren't going to find themselves."

Just then a rustling was heard from some nearby bushes and out from them appeared a large wolf like creature with black fur and blue stripes.

"Ah man, what is that?" Syrus squeaked, Zane said nothing, a cold sweat rolled down his face as he placed himself in front of Syrus and pulled out his D-arc.

Garurumon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Animal Digimon

Howling blaster, Slamming attack, Subzero ice fang, Ice wall

"Syrus, stay behind me." Zane commanded he then turned his gaze at Garurumon "Listen up flea bag, I won't let you harm my little brother. He's one of the most important things to me in the world and I won't let anything harm him." a dark blue aura appeared around Zane and the screen on his D-arc lit up

GAOMON DIGIVOLVE TOO…GAOGAMON

A blue four legged creature appeared a Zane's side. Like its opponent it was wolf like in appearance, it looked similar to an Alaskan Husky, with a pair of boxing gloves on its front paws with its claws sticking out of it and its hind legs had tape on it as well as a red scarf around its neck. "Whoa what's that." Syrus said checking his D-arc

Gaogamon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Data

Type: Beast Digimon

Spiral Blow & Dash Double Claw

"Howling Blaster…" Garurumon fired a beam of icy energy at Gaogamon who dodged out of the way "Spiral Blow…" Gaogamon retaliated by firing a tornado from his jaws sending Garurumon slamming into a nearby tree. Suddenly a beam on energy appeared from nowhere and slammed into Gaogamon's back

"What was that?" Zane said as a white furred creature with a cannon for an arm emerged from the trees, the elder Truesdale then scanned it

Gorillamon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Data

Type: Animal Digimon

Energy Cannon, Power Lifting

Gaogamon got shakily to its feet and narrowly dodged an attack by Goriilamon only to be nailed by Garurumon "Gaogamon." Zane ran over to his side "Gaogamon speak to me." The wolf let out a groan Zane then turned to Syrus "Sy get out of here, its too dangerous here."

A cold sweat ran down Syrus's face and looked like he was about to bolt when he saw the look on Gaogamon and Zane's face and he shook his head

"No, not this time." he yelled "I'm tired of always running away. All my life I've always been afraid of what's ahead of me, worried that I would never be good enough and always living in the shadows of those who thought they had to protect me from everything. But no more. I was chosen to help save the world and to do that it means its time to face my fears and stand my ground."

He and his partner then ran over to his brother's side "I love you Zane and that means I'm not going to desert you when you need me the most." Then like Zane a few minutes ago, a light blue aura appeared around Syrus and the screen on his D-arc lit up

BEARMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…GRIZZLYMON

Standing before them was a large blue bear with a white muzzle and underbelly as wells as a crescent moon shaped symbol on its head, it had red shoulder pads and gloves on its front paws that had spikes on it. Zane checked his D-arc

Grizzlymon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Vaccine

Type: Beast Digimon

Crescent Moon & Maul Attack

Grizzlymon roared before charging forward slamming into Gorillamon and began biting and slashing at it "Maul Attack…" Gaogamon got to his feet and pounced upon Garurumon and slashed at it in an "X" pattern "Dash Double Claw…" this sent Garurumon crashing to the ground, both Gaogamon and Grizzlymon ran over to Zane and Syrus

"Zane get on, lets finish them together." "You too Syrus." The brother looked at each other "Sounds good." Zane said "Yeah lets do it together." The pair then climbed aboard their partner's backs "Hold on this might be a little rough."

The two creatures dashed towards their two opponents "Spiral Blow…" Gaogamon fired another hurricane from his jaws

"Crescent Moon…" The symbol on Grizzlymon's forehead glowed and fired a moon shaped beam, both attack merged with one another before connecting with Garurumon and Gorillamon reducing them both into data shards. "Alright we did it." Syrus cheered

Zane said nothing but a small smile spread across his face, just then his D-arc began beeping "What is it?" Syrus asked as his brother checked the devise

"The trackers picking up something." Zane replied "Its pretty weak right on the edge of its range but its there." He turned to his brother "We better get moving, we might lose them if we stay here too long."

Syrus nodded "You two up for it?" he asked the two digimon

"What do you think?" Grizzlymon replied "Yes lets make haste." Gaogamon added and with that the four of them set off, soon they exited the forest and into the vast plains of the desert.

Bastion Tyranno and Chazz along with their digimon found themselves in an old fashioned Japanese style town which was populated by Gizamon, Palmon, Floramon and Elecmon. The three of them were arguing over which way they should go whilst their partners looked on both confused and slightly embarrassed

"The sun sets in the west so I say that we head in that direction." Bastion stated

"Says you dork. I say we go that way." Chazz replied pointing to his left

"I say the both of you clam up and follow me privets." Tyranno said

"Follow you. Why would I follow a dino brain like you?" Chazz spat

"Why you little…" Sarge began when Bastion stepped between the two "This is ridiculous, we're getting nowhere fast."

"Like your one to talk." Chazz said

"Yeah. Why don't you get your oversized know-it-all head out of your posterior and stop actin like your superior to us just cos you use being smart soundin words." Tyranno added

"Well if that's the way the two of you feel then you can do what you please because I have no desire to be around two such ignoramuses like you two." Bastion snapped

"Fine." Chazz replied "Fine." Tyranno added "FINE." The three of them said together before heading off in different directions fuming their partners behind them.

Bastion had been walking for ten minutes when he noticed something strange about his surroundings, there was no one around. Earlier when he was with Chazz and Sarge the streets had been packed with digimon

"I don't like this." Bastion said "Neither do I." FanBeemon added. Just then a buzzing sound caught their attention and appearing over the tops of the buildings appeared a large insect like creature with red wings.

"Oh no, Flymon." FanBeemon gasped "Flymon?" Bastion checked his D-arc

Flymon

Level: Champion

Type: Virus

Attribute: Insectoid Digimon

Brown Stingers & Poison Powder

"Brown Stinger…" Flymon fired it stinger at the pair nuking any hopes they had of not being spotted and the two of them ran (or in FanBeemon's case flew) as fast as they could doing their best not to get hit. However soon enough they encountered a dead end "Damn it." Bastion quickly pulled out his cards "Which one?"

A buzzing noise caught him ear and he saw FanBeemon heading towards Flymon "FanBeemon, no!"

"Gear Stinger…" FanBeemon cried and fired his stingers at Flymon who didn't even seemed fazed by it "Brown Stinger…" it fired its own stinger which although it missed FanBeemon it exploded hurling the tiny insect to the ground

"No, FanBeemon!" Bastion cried as he ran over to his partner's side "Come on you need to get up, I know you can. Maybe Hassleberry and Chazz were right that sometimes I use my higher mental capacity to show off but not any more. From now on I'll use my intelligence to aid others. I know we can do this FanBeemon but to do it you have to get up just remember I believe in you and it doesn't take a high IQ to see it."

A yellow aura appeared around Bastion the screen on his D-arc lit up and his partner began glowing rising off the ground as he did so.

FANBEEMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…WASPMON

Bastion found himself staring up at a large mechanical creature with clad in gold armor with black stipes. Its main body was insectoide, with the exception of a pair of arms and twin VTOL engines mounted to its shoulders, which was connected to its lower body which had a large cannon where its stinger should be. Bastion instantly checked his D-arc

Waspmon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Cyborg Digimon

Turbo Stinger & Bear Buster

"Turbo Stinger…" Waspmon fired a beam of energy from his cannon although Flymon dodged it destroyed an entire building. Looking quite nervous Flymon retreated Waspmon lowered himself beside Bastion

"Quick get on, lets finish him together." "Yes lets." Bastion climbed onto Waspmons back and the pair flew off after Flymon.

Chazz was making his way along the streets when a loud explosion caused everyone to drop to the floor. A laugh was then heard and standing on top of the buildings was a fierce looking creature wearing green robes and a red cloak "Who is this punk?" Chazz wondered taking out his D-arc whilst everyone else ran

Baronmon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Wizard Digimon

Storming Knives Meteor Dance & Pyrokinesis

"Hey what's your problem you butt ugly freak." Chazz demanded Baronmon glared at him "You have a lot of nerve speaking to me like that." it then produced 7 daggers and threw them at Chazz who dodged out of the way "I warn you, your kind is not welcome here human. Now leave or you will suffer consequences most dire."

"Like what?" "Like this, Meteor Dance…" a shower of meteors rained down from the sky, one of which was right on course for Chazz

"No, get out of the way." Suddenly Chazz was pushed to the ground and to his surprise he saw it was Dracmon, the meteor then hit the ground the impact throwing the little digimon into a nearby building "Dracmon." Chazz hurried over to his partner's side "You bastard."

Baronmon began laughing "Pathetic human. You are as weak as that thing who disgraces itself by siding with you. But I shouldn't be in the least surprised that something as runty as that thing would throw away whatever pride it has to join forces with a pathetic human."

"Shut up, Dracmon maybe small but he's not a runt." Chazz snapped "I have two brothers who used to pick on me because I was shorter then them. But you know what it's not size that matters as sometimes what may seem weak and runty and turn out to be the most powerful."

The three Ojama's appeared "That's telling him boss." Yellow cried "You tell that numbskull." Black added "Do it for da little guys." Green said

"You heard them freak," Chazz snarled "We may not seem like much but together were gonna Chazz you up." A dark grey aura appeared around Chazz and the screen on his D-arc lit up

DRACMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…SANGLOUPMON

Standing there was a large light purple wolf like creature with red markings metal, on each of its legs it had metal shin guards with had metal blades attached to them as well as well as two small bat wings which wrapped around its shoulders and two more on its head that acted like blinkers. Chazz quickly checked his D-arc

Sangloupmon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Demon Beast Digimon

Sticker Blade & Black Mind

"Who's runty now?" Sangloupmon snarled "Sticker Blade…" thousands of tiny blades shot out of the shin guards on his front legs which sliced into Baronmon.

Groaning Baronmon got to its feet "You'll pay for that." it then began running "I don't think so." Chazz muttered, he then climbed onto Sangloupmon's back "Let's show that freak who's really number 1." Sangloupmon let out a howl before charging after Baronmon.

Meanwhile Hassleberry was deep in thought as he walked along with Commandramon *'I feel kinda bad bout what I said to dem boys. Sure Chazz can be a major pain in the posterior and Misawa can be annoying with his big words, but their my buds and my daddy taught me no one in your platoon is left behind.'*

Just then a shuriken attached to a green cord flew out from nowhere and landed inch from Hassleberry's foot "What in Sam Hill?" Suddenly the cord retracted and looking up the pair saw a figure standing atop of an oriental arch wearing white robes and hood with large leaves on its shoulders and had shuriken's for hands and feet.

"Look out sir," Commandramon warned "That's Shurimon." "Shurimon?" Hassleberry checked his D-arc

Shurimon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Vaccine

Type: Mutant Digimon

Double Stars & Ninja Wind

"What are you doing here human. Your kind isn't welcome here." The ninja digimon stated

"Hold up me and my amigo here are just passing through, we aren't lookin for no trouble." Hassleberry replied

"Well that's too bad, for you see my associates and I run things around here." Shurimon said the smirk evident in its voice "Double Stars…" it then threw both its shuriken at Hassleberry

"Oh no you don't, STRIKE CLAW…" the lizard fired a beam of energy from a devise built into his wrist guards which knocked the shurikens away "M16 Assassin…" he then unleashed a volley of bullets from his assault rifle at Shurimon

"Ninja Wind…" Shurimon transformed itself into a hurricane of sharp leaves and small shuriken which deflected the bullets, it then launched itself slamming into Commandramon

"You alright soldier?" Hassleberry asked hurrying over to his partner's side "Never better sir." The digimon replied "Why don't you just give up? Neither of you stand a chance against me." Shurimon stated its voice oozing with pride

"Never. We will never give up." Hassleberry replied "If I've learned anything from Sergeant Jaden and Corporal Tai, is that you never give up even when the odds are stacked against you and that if you believe in your cards and in your buds then you'll always prevail. Neither Commandramon or me are giving up you two bit ninja wannabe." Just then a dark green aura appeared around him and the screen on his D-arc lit up

COMMANDRAMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…SEALSDRAMON

Standing next to Hassleberry was a creature a few feet taller then himself, its body completely encased in body armor brandishing a pair of large knives. The sarge then checked his D-arc

Sealsdramon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Cyborg Digimon

Death Behind & Scouter Monoeye

"Scouter Monoeye…" the creature said "What's that?" Hassleberry checked his D-arc again

*Scouter Monoeye: Measures the weak point of his opponent in an instant. Sealsdramon is an expert in assassination, moving at speeds where spotting him is near impossible and, without equipping things like camouflage or guns, he has the ability to bring down his targets with only his taijutsu*

"So your pet evolved big deal he's still no match for me. Double Stars…" Shurimon threw his shurikens again which Sealsdramon deflected with his knives before leaping onto the structure where the two of them engaged in battle

"Well its seems your stronger then I thought." The ninja said then began leaping away over the rooftops

"Oh no you don't." Sealsdramon snarled and dashed after his opponent with Hassleberry trying to keep up "Hey wait soldier. Halt, desist, wait for me."

Chazz on the back of Sangloupmon chased after Baronmon. Within seconds they were in the square where he Sarge and Bastion had their argument just then a figure wearing white robes jumped down from one of the rooftops followed by a creature, its body completely encased in body armor brandishing a pair of large knives Hassleberry then appeared running down the street. A buzzing noise was heard and looking up he saw a large insect like creature with red wings being chased by a mechanized bug with Bastion riding on its shoulder, the pair noticed him as well

"Now way, their partners digivolved too?"

All three of them had the three villainous digimon surrounded

"Looks as if you ran into a spot of bother." Bastion said.

"I could say the same about you." Chazz replied.

"Let me guess these two are the privets helpin you run this barracks with an iron fist." Sarge said to Shurimon.

"That is correct human scum, My colleagues and I are the most powerful beings in this town." The Ninja replied, "The three of you couldn't defeat us individually and now we are together you have no hope of leaving alive."

"Hey privets, what say we forget our lil fallin out and kick their tails from here back to Duel Academy?" Hassleberry suggested.

"Sounds good," Chazz replied, "Hey uber geek, got any big sicencey words of wisdom?"

"I could but I think I'll stick with lets kick their asses." Bastion stated. With that the three partner Digimon charged forward at the enemy.

"Black Mind…" Sangloupmon transformed into data before merging into Baronmon's shadow, reappearing behind him. "Sticker Blade…" Once again thousands of tiny blades shot out of the wolf like creatures shin guards which sliced into Baronmon, reduced him to data.

Flymon and Waspmon meanwhile had taken to the air. "Brown Stinger…" Flymon fired another of his stingers but Waspmon evaded.

"Turbo Stinger…" Waspmon fired a beam of energy from his cannon, destroying one of Flymon's wings causing him to crash into a building.

"Time to meet your end, Turbo Stinger…" Waspmon fired another beam which reduced Flymon to data shards.

Finally Sealsdramon was engaged with Shurimon, the cyborg using its agility as well as its knife to avoid and blocking the ninja's attacks. Leaping backwards, Sealsdramon suddenly felt something solid pressing agains his back, looking over his shoulder found himself leaning against the base on which stood a statue of a weird vampire like Digimon.

"End of the line, Double Stars…" Shurimon leapt into the air and launched the shurikens on his hand and feet at Sealsdramon, the cyborg waiting until the last possible moment before leapt up and out of the way, causing the shurikens to become tangled up around the statue.

Seeing an opening, Sealsdramon drew his twin knives and charged at Shurimon and sliced him across the chest which finished him off.

No sooner had the trio of Digimon been defeated, the three Academy students and their respective partners found themselves surrounded by a large crowd of Digimon, all of whom were all cheering.

Just then a beeping was just heard over the noise of the crowd and Hassleberry checked his D-arc. "Well I'll be, there's something comin into range from what I can tell it's about 20 or so clicks west from here."

"You think it could be Jaden and the others?" Bastion asked.

"Dunno, the signal is pretty faint so it can't tell." Hassleberry replied.

"Well what are we standing around for lets check it out." Chazz said before he and Hassleberry mounted Sangloupmon, Bastion opting to climb onto Waspmon's back, and took off, Sealsdramon taking point.

Jaden pushed Alexis to their ground in an attempt to shield her from the impact as Veedramon crashed to the ground mere inches from them whilst their opponent, a large black dinosaur with red stripes and green fins running down its back, snarled at the fallen dragon type.

DarkTyrannomon

Level: Champion

Type: Virus

Attribute: Dinosaur Digimon

Fire Blast & Iron Tail

"This is bad. Jaden…Jaden..." The brunette didn't reply say anything, Alexis lifted his body off he placed him on the ground "Jaden…Jaden say something." Alexis said shaking him however Jaden only groaned in pain.

"Oh no Jaden." Alexis cried realising that taking the full brunt of the impact caused by Veedramon had hurt more then she realised. *'He did it for me…he got hurt just so I wouldn't…'*

Meanwhile Salamon had run over to Veedramon who hadn't moved since he took DarkTyrannomon's attack. "Veedramon, Veedramon wake up you have to wake up." The beast type yelled, however Veedramon didn't make any kind of reply. "Damn it, I can't do anything to help. Why do I have to be so weak?"

"Come on Jaden you have to wake up, I can't do this by myself." Alexis said as a tear rolled down her cheek, "Back at school I'm Alexis, the Obelisk Queen and I act all strong independent and in control but the truth is I'm not. And it feels like I'm being crushed under it. You and Tai were the first people to like me for who I was instead of for my position and showed me that I didn't have to be like that all the time. That's why you have to get up, because I need you." The tear fell and landed on Jaden's face.

A lilac aura appeared around Alexis and the screen on his D-arc lit up, the aura then passed to Jaden. At the that same moment the lilac aura appeared around Salamon and from her it passed to Veedramon, then suddenly both Jaden and Veedramon's eyes opened.

SALAMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…D'ARCMON

Both Jaden and Alexis looked in awe at a woman with four feathered wings on her back, on her head was a red head scarf and a red scarf wrapped around her neck. On her chest was a gold breast plate a pair of golden gauntlets a pair of golden boots on her feet and a loin cloth. In her right hand was a staff with a golden egg with wings attached to it as well as two sword strapped to her waist. Jaden checked his D-arc

d'Arcmon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Vaccine

Type: Angel Digimon

La Pucelle (The Maiden) & Baptême d'Amour (Baptism of Love)

"Whoa that's Salamon's champion form." Jaden gasped.

DarkTyrannomon didn't seem impressed "Iron Tail…" it swiped its tail at Veedramon and d'Arcmon who dodged out of the way

"Cutter Shoot…" Veedramon sliced the air with his claws, the effect creating multiple air blades that sliced into DarkTyrannomon.

"Fire Blast…" The black dinosaur then launched a fire ball at d'Arcmon, the Angel calmly dug her staff into the ground and drew her swords, using the weaons to deflect the flames "Baptême d'Amour…"

"Alright you two, now make this thing extinct." Jaden cheered

"No problem Jay, V Nova Blast…"/"La Pucelle…" Veedramon fired a V shaped heat beam whilst d'Arcmon sword glowed with power which was then launched in an X shaped pattern, both attacks slammed into DarkTyrannomon's chest reducing him to data shards.

"Alright we did it." Jaden cheered Alexis then helped him off of the ground and back on his feet she then slapped him again "What I do now?" Jaden asked his expression then changed to that of shock as Alexis began crying, she then grabbed him and began sobbing into his shoulder. "Don't you ever do something like that again, don't you know how scared I was?"

"Alexis…" Jaden said, shocked by this emotional outburst.

"I thought I'd lost you." Alexis continued," First Atticus and then you, I…I couldn't handle that."

Jaden then placed his arms around her. "Don't worry Lex, I promise I'm not going anywhere."

Meanwhile d'Arcmon had sheathed her swords and pulled her staff out of the ground a shadow then fell over her "Thanks for the assist, you got some moves."

Looking round she saw Veedramon standing behind her "Thank you." She replied before giving him a kick "Don't ever pull a stunt like that ever again you dumb lizard."

Just then Jaden and Alexis walked over "Alright lets get moving."

The two teens climbed onto Veedramon's neck and continued their trek towards the pyramid with d'Arcmon flying on ahead.

Tai slowly opened one eye and found himself looking at the sky. Pushing himself up onto a sitting position, the brunette saw Agumon lying a few meters away from him.

Something bothered him, this place with its black and grey landscape, it felt familiar to him. Looking up he saw it went on until it reached the peak of the geological feature he was staring at and then it hit him

*'No way, Infinity Mountain!'*