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"You mean, he even beat up Sakuya?" Kazu said in disbelief. He had pretty much thought of her as invincible. He had never seen a cut or scratch on her anywhere.

"No" Kenta murmured. They had found him in the next room, along with Renamon and Jeri. "She's fighting him right now, somewhere in the cavern. We've got to help her. Not even Sakuya can take on Beelzebumon herself"

"I think I can find them" said Renamon. "I sense a presence over to the north. Follow me"

Renamon dashed off down one of the tunnels. Kazu quickly followed. Lee was carrying Rika with him, and went at a slower pace.

"Allow me" said Gardromon. He picked up Lee, set him on his shoulder, then the jet on his back flared to life. He went rocketing down the tunnels, crashing into Kazu and plastering him in front of Gardromon's face.

Lee stuck out his hand, then helped him up. Kazu sat down on Gardromon's outstretched arm, then prayed that they wouldn't crash into anything.

Apparently, the others must have been feeling this way to, because Jeri suddenly murmured "Please don't crash"

They could dimly see Renamon jogging at a modest pace (for her) up ahead.

"Showoff" Terriermon muttered.

Then, she suddenly stopped. Gardromon's jet stopped flaring, and he stuck out his large robotic feet on the ground to try and create friction to slow down. But he was going too fast, and could not stop in time.

Luckily though, Renamon managed to jump upwards and out of the way. Gardromon went tearing across the ground underneath her, slamming into a dark figure. The impact threw everyone from wherever they were perched.

They all scattered across the floor as they landed, rolling left and right.

"Good, all here are you?" said a heavy voice.

Everyone froze. They all knew that voice.

"Everyone scatter!" shouted Sakuya, who dove at Beelzebumon.

Beelzebumon's foot shot up and smashed her hard on the chin. She went flying upwards and smashed against the ceiling. She dropped off of it and headed towards the ground, but never reached it because Beelzebumon slapped her with a hard right which sent her flying left this time, smashing into the cavern wall.

"Guardian Barrage!" shouted Gardromon, holding both of his arms up. Two grenades flew out and headed his direction.

But Beelzebumon learned long ago how to dodge this attack. When the grenades were about ten feet away, he didn't try to dodge or run, he leaped.

High through the air he soared, pulling out both of his guns in midair, then firing two shots. Both bullets slammed into the grenades, exploding them in mid-air. He swooped down and landed in the middle of them once the explosion were clear.

A large amount of smoke was created by the blast. Beelzebumon landed in the middle of it though.

He tried to see through the smog, but it was too thick. He swiped his arm at it, clearing it away, then looked up at something.

Renamon leaped through the air, holding her arms outwards. "Diamond Storm!" she shouted, as the now familiar white shards appeared in front of her hands. They rocketed downwards and slammed into Beelzebumon.

Beelzebumon was surprised by the attack. They stuck to his flesh and stabbed through his armor. In his rage, the diamonds flew off. His strength was leaking though. They would wear him out eventually.

"Come on, Lee! I need to help to" said Terriermon.

"Your sure your okay?"

"How many times do I have to tell you! I'm always okay!"

"Too late!" shouted Beelzebumon, aiming his guns at Lee. "You should have listened to him!" then he fired.

"Terriermon digivolve to...!" Terriermon's hands were replaced by to guns, and an ammo belt strapped itself around his shoulder. Blue pants wrapped themselves on his legs, and a light green mask appeared on his face. "Gargomon!"

Gargomon pushed Lee out of the way, then leaped out of the way himself. The bullets crashed into the wall, sending rocks tumbling into the cavern.

Sakuya leaped forward and slammed her fist into Beelzebumon's chin. Saliva flew out of his mouth as he crashed onto the ground. Then she leaped upwards and slammed her feet down on his head.

Beelzebumon rolled out of the way, rubbing his head for a moment, then dodging out of the way as she aimed a kick at him.

"I betcha that hurt right there, didn't it?" Sakuya said.

"Not as much as this will" Beelzebumon returned. Instead of firing his gun, he slammed it on her head, knocking her out cold.

"Who is next?!" shouted Beelzebumon.

Renamon leaped upwards and slammed her claws down onto his head, then leaped away as Another two grenades from Gardromon slammed into him.

Beelzebumon hit the floor like he had been struck with a sledgehammer. He was quite surprised at how well this group was doing, compared to their last battle.

"Gargo Laser!" shouted Gargomon, putting up his hands. Bullets smashed into Beelzebumon, sending him flying again, towards Renamon. Renamon's claw came up and snatched him out of the air, lifting him off the ground by his neck.

"Who are you?!" she shouted at him.

"Take a guess, pineapple head!" he shouted, then brought his gun down.

Beelzebumon bashed her hard on the end with the barrel end of his gun. Her grip on him loosened, he grabbed a hold of her claw, then whirled around and tossed her over at the other, smashing into Gargomon.

Then Beelzebumon turned to Gardromon, who put his arms up again. "Guardian barrage!" four grenades flew out and headed towards Beelzebumon.

Beelzebumon leaped over them, then landed in front of Gardromon, who, in turn, flared his jets again. He slammed into Beelzebumon, then rocketed forward with him.

Gardromon was going very fast now and slammed both himself and Beelzebumon into the wall. Beelzebumon slowly crawled out of the wall, making a note to himself that Gardromon would be the first to go.

His guns fired.

Several bullets slammed into Gardromon, sending him flying backwards and coincidentally on top of Gargomon again.

Beelzebumon stepped up to them, holding his guns up.

"This...is where it ends"

"Yeah" said a voice behind him. He turned around just in time to see Sakuya's fist come flying up into his chin, then her other hand came down and bashed him into the dirt. Beelzebumon leaped up as she aimed a boot at his head, then grabbed her foot as she kicked at him.

He whirled around and threw her at the wall, much in the same fashion he did to Renamon.

"At least tell us who you are before you kill us" said Renamon coldly.

"You do know who I am..." he aimed his guns at Gardromon. "I'm Impmon"

Then he fired. The bullets sagged through the air, dripping with hate, with envy, with the desire to kill them. It was like slow motion.

Time slowed down for this moment. It was a black and white seen. They drilled through the air of the digital world, all driven with the purpose to kill Gardromon.

Just like Leomon.

In the midst of the slow motion though, something happened. Something that was not supposed to happen. A girl with long red hair and a green dress, leaped up. The bullets filled with Beelzebumon's hate did not hit their intended target.

The girl leaped in front of Gardromon, her mouth opening to form words, but they would not come out. She was like a barrier. The small round bullets would not get through her. Their hate, their envy, nothing would get through her. It was a disgust to find the bullets not hitting Gardromon.

Then the bullets hit the girl.

Her green dress was splashed with crimson as it the bullets came. It was like a horrible nightmare. She curled up in pain as they worked through her, drilling with their hate, their disgust, their envy.

The black and white stopped. The others in the group were shouting something, some of them running towards Jeri, one with spiky brown hair picking her up and hugging her. The girl with the red hair slowly cried, knowing that now it was her turn to die.

Her last thought was 'At least this way...I know none of my friends will die anymore'.

Then she went limp in the boy's arms. He screamed her name over and over, crying all the while. The other girl with red hair was sobbing into the other boy's shoulder. A small boy with glasses was crying nearby in a corner.

The huge, dark being named Beelzebumon loomed over them, holding it's guns up. But then he stopped.

A low rumbling was filling the cavern, like an echo. It was heard before it was seen though.

Beelzebumon turned around and gasped as the rocks behind him crumbled.

With a thunderous roar, Megidramon burst through the wall, slashing his claws onto the ground, then opening his mouth and diving for Beelzebumon.

Beelzebumon cringed and put his hands up, remembering his last encounter with him. Megidramon closed his jaws around Beelzebumon, trying to bite his head off. Beelzebumon put a hand up, trying to keep the jaws from closing in.

Megidramon's jaws nashed hard at Beelzebumon, trying to swallow him up.

Beelzebumon took out a gun, then aimed it upwards at Megidramon's head, finally beginning to feel triumphant about his progress.

But he had not remembered one last thing.

Megidramon's tail swept forward and bashed into Beelzebumon's legs, literally tripping him out of where he was. Megidramon lunged down and scooped him up in his jaws, trying to crunch down on Beelzebumon.

Beelzebumon was still inside Megidramon's jaws, trying to prevent Megidramon from crushing him apart.

In the midst of it all though, Chatsuramon appeared. He appeared in the form of a hammer, slamming down on top of Megidramon and causing him to ease his jaws open. Beelzebumon leaped out just as Megidramon's jaws snapped shut.

Beelzebumon stretched his arm out and grabbed Megidramon's midsection, then slowly lifted him into the air.

Chatsuramon was glaring at Beelzebumon. "And to think the sovereign thought you had potential. You can't even take care of a mega!"

"Shut up!" shouted Beelzebumon, swinging Megidramon at an angle so that Megidramon crashed into Chatsuramon.

Megidramon gave one last roar, then a red glow encased him. He slowly began to shrink, turning back into the form of a small red dinosaur. Guilmon slowly appeared after a moment, then lifted his head up.

"Takato?" he murmured.

Chatsuramon stepped up, glaring profusely at Beelzebumon. "Stand aside, I'll handle this"

Chatsuramon walked up to the group. "Say your prayers. No one stands against the sovereign"

Beelzebumon looked at him for a moment, then at the group. What would happen?

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