Final Chapter! The Ultimate Sacrifice

Scott woke up gradually, finding himself in a crystal room. He saw Kotemon beside him, waking up.

Elsewhere, Ryo and Monodramon had woken up and found themselves in a crystal arena. They looked around, and in the stands, they saw Scott and Kotemon getting up them selves. They wondered why they were brought into the stands. Then they heard a familiar voice.

GOOD EVENING BOYS...

"Milleniumon..." Ryo muttered. He lifted up his D-Arc and Red Card. "DIGIMODIFY! BIOMERGE ACTIVATE!"

Monodramon began to gain power, as Ryo merged with him. "MONODRAMON BIOMERGE TO... JUSTIMON!" Justimon stood in the arena.

At the side lines of the arena, Chaos Gallantmon stood, with the Devas behind him. "Well, looks like I'll be fighting Justimon. I'll get rid of him, and the Akiyama kid inside him."

"How can we help?" Chatsuramon asked.

Chaos Gallantmon looked at Chatsuramon and the Devas with uncertainty. "I don't know... The way to help me is risky..."

Chatsuramon shook his head. "The Devas and I are willing to kill these human anyway we can. Just tell us."

Chaos Gallantmon smiled evilly. "Well, there is one way. I need your help... OR AT LEAST YOUR OWN LIVES!"

The Devas were shocked at the outburst. Their shock soon turned to fear as the following action took place.

DEATH CRYSTAL!

Moon=Milleniummon sealed the Devas within crystals, not even giving them time to scream...

Chaos Gallantmon threw his arms into the air and began to glow. The 11 Deva crystals were absorbed into his body like water into a sponge. There was a blinding flash, which died down in 3 seconds. Chaos Gallantmon stood in Crimson Mode, and began to walk into the arena.

Justimon watched as Chaos Gallantmon CM walked into the area. He felt a different energy from Chaos Gallantmon, a familiar energy. The Devas' energy. 'Oh great. This Tin can must've absorbed the Devas to give himself power.' Justimon drew his Voltage Blade as he saw Chaos Gallantmon CM wave his lance menacingly. He was ready to take on the Dark Knight, who was now flying towards him.

"DEMON"S DISASTER!"

Justimon dodged the dark wave attack and flip kicked Chaos Gallantmon in the back, sending him face down into the ground.

Chaos Gallantmon got up immediately and smacked Justimon back with his Lance. "JUDDECA PRISON!" He blasted Justimon with his shield ray, engulfing the mega and sending him flying into the arena wall.

Justimon slid down the wall after feeling the pain of the impact. He groaned in pain as he tried to get up. Chaos Gallantmon CM was like a living tank. He rushed at his opponent with his voltage blade. "VOLTAGE BLADE!" He swung his blade at Chaos Gallantmon.

Chaos Gallantmon flew back from the attack and jabbed Justimon with his lance, knocking him down. He stepped over Justimon, preparing to slam him, but...

SHWOW!

Justimon swung his Voltage blade at the last minute, slashing a deep scar in Chaos Gallantmon's chest...

Scott and Kotemon were watching the whole fight from the sidelines, unable to do anything...

COME...

Scott heard a voice calling him. Kotemon heard it too. Someone was calling them.

COME FORWARD...

Kotemon hopped on Scott's back. "Who's calling, Scott? What's going on?"

COME FORWARD TO YOUR DESTINY...

Scott walked forward in a trance towards a door way leading out of the arena. He walked into the light, and suddenly felt himself go unconscious... He woke up to find himself in what looked like a throne room. Kotemon was standing over him. Scott got up and looked around.

WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM...

Scott and Kotemon looked everywhere for the voice. Suddenly a loud flapping was heard. Scott looked up to see a huge descending shape. He and Kotemon ran form out of the shadow. When it landed, they found the identity of the shape. It was Zhuqiaomon. It was Zhuqiaomon on the outside, but Scott knew that inside was Moon=Milleniumon. He pulled out his digivice and crest.

KOTEMON DIGIVOLVE TO... SLASH ANGEMON!

SlashAngemon stood defensively against his foe.

Zhuqiaomon/Moon=Milleniummon smirked at his opponent. He walked slowly towards both human and digimon. "Well, Looks like it will be a one on one battle between us... Is there anything your after?"

"Free Zhuqiaomon! He isn't part of this!"

"Hmm... You're right... I no longer have a use for him now. He can go free." Moon=Milleniummon suddenly erupted out of Zhuqiomon, causing the latter to drop unconscious. "Now, I shall send this sovereign back to his castle." Zhuqiaomon de-materialized, possibly back to his quarters. Moon=Milleniummon floated in front of Slash Angemon, mockingly. "Now, we can fight face to face... If you dare..."

Slash Angemon wasted no time. "GOLDEN RIPPER!"

Moon=Milleniummon blocked the blade beams with a weird energy shield that he generated without warning.

SlashAngemon was shocked as the attacks were merely absorbed... "What?" He rushed at Moon=Milleniummon with a charging slash. His expression went to shock, as he went right through his opponent. "What the Hell?!"

"What's going on!?" Scott shouted. He was horrified that the attacks just went right through the Evil God...

Moon=Milleniummon chuckled. "I am no longer a synthetic Digimon. Now I'm an Evil God Digimon. My power is almost unlimited..." He began to glow an odd silver color, and the room suddenly went strange. There was nothing but colored lights, and stars all around. Moon=Milleniummon became this giant crystal that hovered in the middle of the room. "Now, you're all alone... I can easily defeat you... DIMENSION DESTORYER!" A black ball of negative energy was produced and engulfed both Scott and Slash Angemon.

Meanwhile, Justimon hit the wall once more, scars all over his body. Chaos Gallantmon CM walked towards him, he was banged up badly himself. He charged with his lance, trying to impale Justimon. The latter managed to roll underneath and counter. "JUSTICE KICK!" Chaos Gallantmon CM hit the wall face first, making a huge crack in the wall. Justimon back flipped to the other side and landed, in a fencing stance with his voltage blade.

The other DD and Tamers, along with their Digimon were running through the palace trying to find their missing teammates. What was strangely odd was that there was no security within the palace. Everything had gone deathly quiet... Until now. The group started to see what looked like miniature versions of Moon=Milleniumon. These small crystals started to fire dimension destroyers at the gang. They weren't as lethal as the ones thrown by the real deal, but still pretty nasty.

PEPPER BREATH!

SPIRAL TWISTER!

BLUE BLASTER!

V-PUNCH!

PYRO SPHERE!

DIAMOND STORM!

The Digimon started firing attacks at the small crystals trying to get them out of the way, while the DD and Tamers cut through.

Scott woke up tied to a stake with Slash Angmeon tied in the same way. Scott looked up to see the ghostly visage of Moon=Milleniumon glaring at him. "Ugh, what do you want with me?"

"It's simple. I was tied to Ryo and tried to manifest myself with him, and increase our bond. However, his will was strong and he was able to resist me so many times. Now, I have set my sights on you. I can bequeath my power and might into you, and your Digimon will become my bodyguard. Oh, the power I have acquired through my digivolution and from drawing power from Zhuqiaomon... Once I gain my third and most powerful from, I will be completely invincible."

Scott suddenly felt a weird sensation throughout his body, as Moon=Milleniummon got closer.

SMASH!

Justimon threw Chaos Gallantmon CM through the arena window before jumping out him self, and holding his voltage blade to the dark knight's throat. "So, how does it feel to be on the loosing side for a change?"

Chaos Gallantmon CM slammed his lance into his opposed, knocking him away. "I won't lose you fool. Your friend will soon be a vessel for Moon=Milleniumon."

"What do you mean?"

"Sorry, but you won't live long enough to find that out..." Chaos Gallantmon CM thrust his lance at Justimon, who managed to roll away this time.

"VOLTAGE BLADE!" Justimon charged in and slashed Chaos Gallantmon CM across the back, slashing 3 of his wings off. This disabled his flying attacks, and put him at a big disadvantage.

Chaos Gallatnmon knelt down and stuck out his glowing shield, to perform another Judecca Prison attack. "JUDECCA PRISON!"

Justimon, however, was ready for the attack this time. He rushed his opponent, jumped up in the air, and struck. "JUSTIC KICK!" He sent Chaos Gallantmon CM's shield flying into the wall where it shattered, with a loud crash. Its pieces flew all over.

Chaos Gallantmon CM snarled. The shield was one of his main weapons. But he did still have his Lance. He pointed it at Justimon and was about to attack.

Justimon would not have it. "JUSTICE KICK!" He kicked the Lance out of his foe's hand and knocked him to the ground. "JUSTICE PUNCH!"

Chaos Gallantmon CM landed flat on his back. When he opened his eyes he saw his energy charged lance coming down on him, point first. "NOOOOOOO!" The lance pierced through his armored body. A loud crack was heard as bits of metal flew about and the lance impaled Chaos Gallantmon. He dissolved into data instantly...

Justimon let his guard down. "That takes care of Chaos Gallantmon, and the Devas inside him. Now to find Scott." Justimon looked all around and saw the glowing, light filled door. He ran towards it and disappeared.

Scott screamed as negative energy was pumped right through him, and he could feel the presence of Moon=Milleniummon within him...

SOON I WILL BE PART OF YOU, AND YOU WILL BE PART OF ME... Moon=Milleniummon echoed through Scott's mind. THINK ABOUT IT. WITH ME, YOU AND YOUR DIGIMON TOGETHER, WE CAN BE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE...

Scott felt that he was BECOMING Milleniumon... The very essence of the evil Digimon's power was burrowing inside of his mind.

Moon=Milleniummon smiled wickedly as he infected his being into Scott and Slash Angemon.

"HOLD IT!"

Moon=Milleniumon stopped glowing and turned towards the direction of the voice. Justimon stood holding up his Voltage Blade threateningly, and glaring at Moon=Milleniumon. "I don't know what you're trying to accomplish now. It was bad enough you tried to involve Zhuqiaomon in it, but when you pull in a fellow DD, that's going too far..." Justimon jumped and lunged at the Crystal Digimon. "VOLTAGE BLADE!" Justimon gave a shout of surprise as he went right through Moon=Milleniummon. He landed on the ground, and jumped again, punching and kicking at the evil god. But when he hit the ground, his foe didn't even have a scratch. "What's going on?! All my attacks aren't even touching him! He's like a ghost!"

"Exactly. As Moon=Milleniummon, I am a spirit. Physical attacks cannot faze me. I am invincible. DEATH CRYSTAL!"

Justimon was suddenly sealed within a crystal, which was lifted into the air, and brought, smashing down on the floor, causing Justimon to dedigivolve back to Cyberdramon and Ryo. Both were knocked out and unconscious.

"Now, where was I...?" Moon=Milleniummon spoke. "Ah yes." He turned back to a drained and weak Scott. "Now, I shall finish putting my essence in you."

Tai, Agumon and the others finally reached the top of the castle and found themselves in front of the throne room.

"We finally made it." Tai said.

Seiya stepped up and pointed to the room. "Here. Moon=Milleniummon is right beyond these doors. He's very powerful. I wouldn't worry about Zhuqiaomon anymore. I fear that Moon=Milleniumon has someone else in mind for a possession... Perhaps one of your friends..."

Tai wouldn't hear the rest, and neither would Matt. Both pulled out their Digivices and held them to their Digimon

AGUMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO... WAR GREYMON!

GABUMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO... METAL GARURUMON!

The 2 Mega Digimon stood in front of the door and powered up.

"TERRA FORCE!"

"COCYTUS BREATH!"

Both attacks shot out together and hit the door with a lout BANG! The door was blasted into splinters in the energy surge. The group found themselves inside an alternate dimension in a night sky, filled with stars, yet the sky was flashing different colors. They looked forward to see the huge shape of Moon=Milleniummon, larger than they thought, not inside Zhuqiaomon, whom they assumed was transported back to his domain, but the sovereign's power, was still evident inside the evil god. Above him, in a stasis field, were Scott, Kotemon, Ryo, and Cyberdramon. Moon=Milleniummon seemed to be infecting some sort of negative energy within them. They had to be saved, and fast.

WAR GREYMON!

METAL GARURUMON!

DNA DIGIVOLVE TO... OMNIMON!

Outside of the castle, Ken, Davis, Veemon, and Wormmon vanished from the others. When they reappeared, they were with the others, and Veemon and Wormmon were Imperialdramon Paladin Mode, from Omnimon's power.

Omnimon and Imperialdramon PM stood with swords drawn, and waited for Moon=Milleniummon to attack.

Moon=Milleniummon sighed. "Intruders again... Don't I have all the luck...?" He began to glow a bright golden color. 8 Kimeramon appeared, and began to fly towards the 2 DNA Megas. "HEAT VIPER!" Eight beams of intense energy shot around the room, sending the DD and Tamer for cover.

Omnimon ducked the attack and went forward to the closet Kimeramon. "GREY SWORD!" He slashed the beast across the chest before impaling it through the skull. The monster burst into fragmented data, and scattered around the room. Omnimon mule kicked another Kimeramon coming up behind him before doing a back handed "GREY SWORD" upon the creature, deleting it.

"OMEGA BLADE!" Imperialdramon cut through and nullified the heat vipers coming his way, and took a head on collision from the 2 Kimeramon who fired. He grabbed both of them by the throats, and threw them into the wall, before planting an OMEGA BLADE and slicing them in half, like a hot knife through butter. Both of the monster's very beings dissolved into useless data.

"GARURU CANNON!" A cannon shot from Omnimon blew a gaping hole in the head of another Kimeramon, before a "GREY SWORD" cut it off. The Remains of the creature broke away into data and floated up to the sky.

"POSITRON CANNON!" Imperialdramon's blaster disintegrated the final Kimeramon.

Omnimon shook his head. "That was a meaningless battle, Kimeramon are usually stronger than that. Moon=Milleniummon's toying with us..."

"Exactly. Now you shall be in for a real battle!" Moon=Milleniummon began to float down to Omnimon and Imperialdramon.

GARURU CANNON!

POSITRON CANNON!

Both DNA Megas fired upon the evil god, yet both attacks went right through him.

"WHAT?! That's impossible!" Imperialdramon exclaimed. OMEGA BLADE!

GREY SWORD!

Yet again, both attacks had no effect. Everyone was in shock.

"Fools. I am a god, a spirit. Attacks from the physical plane cannot harm me whatsoever. MY attacks however... DEATH CRYSTAL!"

Omnimon and Imperialdramon were bombarded by razor sharp crystals which rained down upon them, cutting every fiber and flesh of their being.

Everyone then felt themselves, weightless, and being lifted off of the floor. Moon=Milleniummon's crystal form was suddenly all around the room.

DIMENSION DESTROYER!

Everyone was pumped with negative energy that surged from all around. DD, Tamer, and Digimon were screaming in pain and agony as they felt themselves be electrocuted.

"Here's a special surge for you two! ULTIMATE FUSION!"

Omnimon and Imperialdramon fetl a surge of dark energy rip right through them. They reverted back to Agumon, Gabumon, Veemon, and Wormmon. They were thrown back into the others, as the energy died down.

"Looks like I have the edge now. You DD and Tamers don't have a chance of wining. My God like power no rivals that of the Sovereigns! Your Digimon cannot even digivolve to save you know! They're too weak from my attack, and so are you! No as you die, you'll witness my next step in power as I fuse my self into the mind, body and Digimon of one of your own!"

Vincent and Rath watched from the sidelines with their Digimon.

"Those DD and Tamers are finally getting what's coming to them now." Rath chuckled. "Once the master has full power, he will awaken in his true form and crush them all."

"Not quite yet Rath... There is still one more step he needs to take." Vincent explained.

BAM!

DD, Tamer, and Digimon all fell to the floor, injured, drained, and weak. Moon=Milleniumon rose to the ceiling and seemed to be getting stronger.

Deep in his mind, Scott could feel the presence and energy of Milleniummon inside of him. He felt different. He wanted to go after the DD and Tamers. He wanted to kill them, and control time for eternity. No... He was beginning to think like Milleniummon now. He could feel dark energy all around. He could feel his friends and teammates suffering. Surely it couldn't end like this. They had beaten this foe before, but now he had gotten stronger... Had all their attempts to win, failed? It was a sobering thought for Scott. But he knew there had to be someway, to at least get him away form their dimensions, or seal him in some way. He did not want to become part of this evil god without a fight... That was just enough for his crest to activate...

Through the darkening room, a silvery light shone from Scott's chest, the 3 joined triangle symbol of Determination shone a beam of light, that hit Moon=Milleniumon from below.

Moon=Milleniummon suddenly felt immobilized. He also felt the cold air within the room... He seemed to be brought into the physical plane by means, of Scott's crest... "What is this?! I cannot move, and I'm feeling?"

Suddenly, light essences from Agumon, Gabumon, Veemon, and Wormmon were emanated from the said digimon. The 4 lights that came from the digimon joined with one another. Lights from Agumon and Gabumon suddenly caused an Omnimon to materialize and the Veemon and Wormmon lights created an Imperiladramon PM as well. They seemed to have been generated by the crest of Determination...

GREY SWORD!

OMEGA BLADE!

Moon=Milleniummon felt the excruciating pain from both swords. He felt a horrible cutting and burning feeling. "DIMENSION DESTROYER!" He fired 2 negative energy balls at the 2 Digimon. But both Digimon absorbed a ball, as if they were made of pure light... "This can't be?! That stupid boy's crest is doing this... He's trying to either stall or defeat me with a mind trick..."

GARURU CANNON!

POSITRON CANNON!

Another dual attack hit Moon=Milleniummon. He started to feel himself loosing the power he gained, as his crystal duplicates began to shatter... one by one.

Scott suddenly levitated up to his feet with his crest still glowing. Ryo suddenly levitated up in the same manner, and his D-arc began to shine and bind Moon=Milleniumon with a rope of light. Both Digimon were also floating near their partners.

The Other DD, Tamers, and Digimon watched in awe at what was happening...

The 2 light illusions of Omnimon and Imperialdramon PM suddenly flashed and immersed themselves into Moon=Milleniummon's crystal.

SHWOOOOOOM!

"GOOOOOUUUUUHH! What's happening?" Moon=Milleniummon shrieked as he began to distort. A huge black portal began appear in the ceiling directly over Moon=Milleniumon. Suddenly, he started to laugh. 'Yes... This is it!' He thought. 'My true power shall come... I'll let the fools be for now, but I have some use for those who oppose me now...' Moon=Milleniummon's crystal suddenly began to flash and distort with power... It slowly began to crack at a rapid rate.

Tai and the others looked in shock and horror at what was happening. They watched as Moon=Milleniummon began to crack and chip in different areas, and shook violently as it rose slowly into the portal, as did everything else. Everything was about to be sucked into oblivion...

CHOOM!

A wall of the room suddenly shattered, revealing the shape of Bulbmon. His door opened revealing Ants, with a worried look on his face. "GUYS! WE GOTTA EVACUATE NOW!"

BRINGING PASSENGERS INSIDE... Bulbmon spoke. He unleashed 2 of his tentacles and used the vacuums to suck up the DD, Tamers, and Digimon, and bring them inside for safety, before closing the doors. He was about to grab, Kotemon, Scott, Cyberdramon, and Ryo... But then, disaster struck...

Moon=Milleniummon's crystal suddenly shattered! The black spirit inside began to grow into the portal as an energy storm from the crystal filled the whole room with a blinding light. Bulbmon rocked and rolled in the surge, causing everyone inside to be tossed about like salad in a kitchen.

Ants looked through one of the monitors inside Bulbmon and looked at what was happening. "Uh, oh..."

Scott's crest and digivice were still glowing and shining, as was Ryo's D- Arc. They were slowly being drawn into the portal with Milleniummon who was at the center of the portal and the cause of the surge. Scott solely opened his eyes, which were shining a brilliant white. He and Kotemon raised their arms and seemed to absorb some of the energy along with Moon=Milleniummon. They floated to the top of Cyberdramon, who was holding Ryo in his arms. Both were curled up as Kotemon and Scott stood upon them. More light from Scott's crest bombarded Moon=Milleniummon, whose form was twisting, distorting and enlarging within the portal. Scott looked up and smiled an eerie smile as he and the other 3 were surrounded by a ball of energy from the crest. Without warning, the sphere shot through the portal, and hit Moon=Milleniummon.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The portal began to grow wildly out of control, as the energy sphere trapped Moon=Milleniumon, with Scott, Ryo and their digimon inside as well. The sphere filled the portal and seemed to strengthen it.

WARNING! WARNING! DANGEROUS ENERGY READINGS DETECTED! Bulbmon said frantically.

"Damn it. We have to evacuate NOW!" Ants said.

"What about Scott?!" Mimi demanded.

"What about Ryo?! We can just leave them!" Takato yelled.

"We don't have a choice!" Wolverine shouted back.

Ants hug his head. "They can't be saved now. They've become part of the energy surge. This whole castle is gonna blow! Bulbmon!"

Bulbmon tucked into his ball form and burst out of the wall that he was jammed in.

The portal had become a complete energy bomb, waiting to explode, as it now grew above the entire castle.

Bulbmon flew into the air and away from the site. The DD and Tamers watched through Bulbmon at what was happening.

The portal completely engulfed the crystal castle, causing a massive energy surge. A deep, threatening rumble was heard, as electricity built up around the castle and then...

SHWOOM! BRRRROOOOOOW!

A blinding flash and a deafening explosion were heard as a pillar of light spread throughout the area... When the noise and light died down, Moon=Milleniumon's castle had been destroyed.

As Bulbmon landed, everyone looked out in shock. Moon=Milleniumon was gone, all dimensions were safe, but not without the casualties...

Takato held Rika as she cried. Both were saddened by the loss of Ryo. He had been there friend and had helped the many times. Now he was gone.

Tai and the gang weren't any happier. They had never lost a teammate before, but it looks like Scott had been the very first DD to die in the line of duty. Mimi fell to the ground sobbing. The one she loved had sacrificed himself, for the sake of everyone, for her.

Tai looked at Mimi's sobbing form and couldn't help but cry him self. He clenched his fists and ran towards the former site of the castle before stopping. "DAMN IT! Scott! Why'd you have to play the hero! I know you had to save everyone's live, but did it have to include terminating your own?!" He fell to his knees crying. "Goddamn it..." He punched the ground.

This was indeed a sad day. Although the Digidestined and Digimon Tamers had defeated Moon=Milleniummon and saved all dimensions, each group had lost a teammate. Was today a time of celebration or of mourning? No one was quite sure...

EPILOUGE:

Deep within the dark reaches of another world, pieces of shattered crystal were everywhere, yet they still contained a mysterious energy. On the ground, there lay 4 unidentifiable bodies, barely alive and near death... One of a brown haired boy, with a silver crest lay back down. His eyes suddenly opened in a flash. Yet they did not look human... The boy's eyes were shining a bright, evil red... A sinister grin crept across the boy's face, as an evil laugh was heard throughout the sky.