Digimon Dark Worlds 02: Crests of the Sins

Even more time has passed since the Digidestined split up, as Blaine’s group...Him, Erik, Jake, and Hoshi, still made their way to their first mission in the dead of night, up a gigantic path of stone stairs that they’d been climbing for atleast a day now, which stretched over many mile-high mountains, only getting more and more exhausted with each step.

“Man...I can’t believe...Lily’s group is resting...At the beach right now...And Taeka’s group...Is at an amusement park...And were stuck here climbing mountains!” Jake huffed, his face red with exhaustion as he sweat like crazy.

“Not to mention...They’ve already completed their first missions...A while ago...And we haven’t even...Arrived at ours yet!” Erik adds.

“It’s not like they...Had to climb up to the freaking clouds...Like we have to!” Blaine angrily huffs.

“They better have...Ice cream for us...When we get to the top!” Terriermon grumbles.

“Cough, cough, cough...” Hoshi let out a few nasty coughs, gasping for air as everyone looked back at him with concerned expressions.

“Hoshi, you’ve been coughing like that for a while now...You really need to rest.” Kudamon says.

“I, I just...Cough, cough...I really don’t wanna slow us down.” Hoshi huffs.

“Hoshi, it’s fine if you need to rest...Trust me, we’re all fine with it.” Erik says, giving an exhausted smile.

“You...Sure that’s ok?” Hoshi asks.

“Dude, trust us, it’s fine.” Blaine says sternly. “You’re not gonna make it up there anyways if you die of an asthma attack.”

“Ok...” Hoshi and everyone else sat down on the stairs, catching their breath as Hoshi took a few puffs of his inhaler. 

“Man, my calf muscles are gonna be ripped by the time we’re done climbing!” Erik says.

“My calf muscles are already ripped.” Blaine says, smirking slightly.

“Yeah, I can tell.” Erik winks, smiling and chuckling a bit, before something quickly pops into his head. “Oh! I just remembered something...” Erik pauses, looking down at Labramon. “Labramon, that X-antibody shot you took earlier...Do you feel anything weird from that? Any side effects or anything?” 

“No, not at all! Taeka and the others said those shots were safe, so you don’t have to worry about it so much, Erik!” Labramon responds.

“I know, sorry I kept bugging you about it...Just wanna make sure you’re ok is all.” Erik says.

“Man, I wish I could’ve taken one of those shots too...I wanna change forms just like Lopmon did!” Terriermon says, pouting.

“Sorry buddy, I think Blaire has the rest of them...That’s why I only had one...” Jake says. Everyone was silent for a moment, still resting...Until they started hearing some movements from behind a big rock nearby them, sounding like footsteps. Everyone carefully turned to the rock, Jake standing up...

“BOO!!” As a bigger Digimon suddenly popped out, scaring them.

“AAAGHHH!!” This caused Jake to go off balance, nearly tripping and falling down the stairs, but was luckily caught and stopped by Hoshi and Terriermon.

“Haha, gotcha!” The Digimon chuckled.

“Goodness, you scared the life out of me!” Erik says.

“Geez, what the heck is wrong with you?! You trying to kill us or something?!” Blaine angrily huffs.

“Nah, not unless you’re Demondestined or something...” Angoramon says. “Um, you’re not...Demondestined...Are you?” He asks.

“Um, no, we’re Digidestined, so you can stop trying to give us heart attacks!” Blaine snaps.

“Oh, sorry about that...Hey, if you’re Digidestined, does that mean you all came up here to help me out? That’s so sweet of you all!” Angoramon says, smiling.

“Yeah, but these stairs have really been killing us...” Ryudamon says.

“Yeah, I bet. A bunch of Digimon have died trying to get up these stairs.” Angoramon says nonchalantly.

“That...Doesn’t make me feel better.” Ryudamon says.

“Hey, don’t worry about, you’ll all be fine...You’re almost at the top! Look!” Out of nowhere, Angoramon then grabs ahold of the entire group, taking a few powerful leaps up the stairs, until he quickly reaches the top, putting them down. Everyone looks around at the top, which had a nice, scenic view, alongside some fresh grass and trees...With a smaller church building nearby. The church looked very old, with a darker paint job, that unsettled the group a bit.

“Now that’s creepy...” Blaine mutters. “What’s in that church?”

“Who knows, but we can all deal with it together!” Erik smiles and giggles, suddenly grabbing Blaine’s hand. “Come on, let’s go!” As he pulls the two into the church, the door creaking loudly as they opened it. “W-wait, guys! Be careful!” Jake whimpered nervously, as he and the others followed the two boys into the church. “Whoa...” Everyone looked around the church, a smaller, dusty, room that perfectly matched the exterior. The most notable part of the room was a huge, painted mural that covered nearly the entirety of one of the walls, with multiple species of Digimon on the painting, the biggest being an angel Digimon that was right in the center. Everyone carefully walked around the room, becoming a bit unsettled by how creepy and empty it was.

“Eww, I can’t stand this place...” Terriermon whimpers. “It looks like ghosts could be living here!”

“G-ghosts?! Geez, don’t even make me think about it...” Jake mutters.

“Heh, sorry it’s so dirty in here...” Angoramon says, smiling awkwardly. “I haven’t cleaned this place since...She...Got corrupted.”

“Um...Who’s exactly...She supposed to be?” Hoshi asks.

“And where do we find her?” Kudamon asks. Angoramon was silent for a moment, leading the group slowly towards a podium in front of the mural.

“You’ll have to speak the angel’s chant if you wanna summon her.” Angoramon says nonchalantly, everyone exchanging glances as Angoramon pulls out an old piece of paper from behind the podium, handing it to the group. “Hmm...” Erik skimmed over the words on the paper in his head, starting to read them out loud. “Bless us with your powers now, great angel...”

“NOT SO FAST!!” A voice suddenly yells at the group and halts their reading, everyone turning around to see that the voice came from Alec, who was standing on the other side of the room, alongside Russell and their Digimon partners. “You all trying to ruin our plans again? Pfft, not surprised, especially after what you did to the castle. “Alec scoffs, smirking. “Well, uh...Two can play that game! We’re gonna get revenge by...Burning this church down as well!”

“Oh, really?” Blaine gave an unamused expression, everyone cautiously stepping towards the Demondestined. “And...How exactly are you gonna do that?”

“With...You know! Um, ugh...” Alec looked away, stuttering. “It’s...A secret! And you’ll never find out!”

“Um...Ok?” Terriermon gave a confused look.

“Alec, no offense but you’re pretty weird...” Jake says, crossing his arms. “What are you guys even doing here anyways?”

“Oh, I know! We just so happened to walk by this place and saw you guys in the window, so we came in to say hi!” Syakomon happily blurts out.

“Syakomon, don’t tell them that! Besides, that’s not what we’re supposed to be doing...” Alec hisses. Everyone then exchanges glances, trying to hold it in, but failing as they start laughing a bit. 

“Hey, what’s so funny?!” Alec snaps. “W-what the heck are you all doing here anyways? Heh...You two boys getting married or something?! I see you two holding hands! BAHAHA!!” Alec suddenly bursts into into exaggerated laughter, Blaine and Erik looking down as they realized they were still holding hands. “What?! We’re not...” Erik stutters nervously, the two’s eyes widening with embarrassment as they let go. “He’s my best friend! Besides, I already have a girlfriend...” Erik says.

“Wait, really? Oh, well...” Alec suddenly stops laughing, looking around the room as he tried to think. “Then...Take this! Hyah!” Alec then picks up a small, sharp pebble on the ground, chucking it at Erik. “Ow!!” Erik grumbles, as a small cut forms on his cheek, a bit of blood trickling out of it. “Erik, you alright?!” Blaine asks, before suddenly glaring fiercely at Alec. “Dude, what the heck is wrong with you?!”

“Alec, what are you doing...?” Russell asks quietly, so only Alec could hear.

“Relax dude, I got this.” Alec says, smirking. “Besides, what I just did is nothing compared to what you’ve Digidestined have done to us! Destroying our castle, and...Jake, remember when Lily tried to choke me to death?!”

“What...? Jake, what’s he talking about?” Erik asks, giving Jake a concerned look.

“Uh, well...That doesn’t matter now!” Jake glares at Alec. “Alec, your brother tried to kill Lily, so don’t act like you Demondestined are saints!”

“Pfft, I never said I was a saint...” Alec smirks. “Especially my brother...And we’re still gonna get our revenge, by knocking this church down!”

“Not if we have anything to say about it.” Ryudamon hisses.

“Oh no, we’re so scared...” Phascomon says sarcastically. “We’re stronger then we look, Digidestined.”

“So are we.” Terriermon hisses.

“Ooh, yay!” Syakomon hops up and down happily. “Another battle! Let’s do this!”

“TERRIERMON DIGIVOLVE TO... GARGOMON!!”

“KUDAMON DIGIVOLVE TO... REPPAMON!!”

“PHASCOMON DIGIVOLVE TO...PORCUPAMON!!”

“SYAKOMON DIGIVOLVE TO...GESOMON!!”

“RYUDAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...”

“LABRAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...”

“SEASARMON...X!!”

“Whoa...” Everyone stared in awe, at Seasarmon’s new form, his body shining a bright, golden color. “Kick their butts, Seasarmon!!” Erik yells.

“Of course. SUN’S COURAGE!!” Seasarmon fires a bunch of golden arrows, powerfully hitting the two enemies.

“Two can play that game...” Gesomon hisses. “DEADLY SHADE!!” All the Digimon erupt into a huge fight, the Digidestined quickly starting to overpower the Demondestined. While everyone was fighting, Hoshi managed to grab the paper with the chant on it, slipping away as he ducked down behind the podium, starting to read the chant out loud...

“Oh, great angel of the heavens...Rise down and bless us with your holiness...Oh, great angel, fly down from the heavens...Bless us with your powers now, great angel!”

“Hoshi...What are you doing?” Reppamon looks back at Hoshi, with a concerned expression. Suddenly then, the mural started glowing, the angel glowing a bright white color...Which quickly changes to a deep black color...As multiple Digimon phase ouf from the light.

‘Angewomon: Ultimate level, Vaccine. An angel Digimon with a gentle personality, but has no forgiveness for the evil. Main attacks include: Celestial Arrow, Heaven’s Charm.’

‘BlackGargomon: Champion level, Virus. A Gargomon that was infected with a virus, this Digimon has known skills for ambushing its enemies in the dark. Main attacks include: Gatling Arm, Dumdum Uppercut.’

‘BlackRapidmon: Ultimate level, Virus. A Rapidmon that was infected with a virus, this Digimon has skills made for night combat. Main attacks include: Rapid Fire, Tri Beam.’

Many kinds of Digimon...One Angewomon, two BlackRapidmon, and two BlackGargomon...All infected with the nightmare infection. Everyone ceased their fighting, all turning around as they stared up at the darkened Digimon in horror.

“...Poor lady Angewomon...” Angoramon sighs.

“...Heh. You think I should be scared of them?! The nightmare Digimon work for us Demondestined! Ha!” Alec laughs loudly, pointing to the Digidestined. “Nightmare Digimon, attack the Digidestined now!!” The nightmare Digimon all slowly look down at all the Digimon...

“HEAVEN’S CHARM!!” As Angewomon attacks Seasarmon...

“RAPID FIRE!!” Both the BlackRapidmon attack the other Digidestined...

“GATLING ARM!!” And surprisingly, both the BlackGargomon attack Porcupamon and Gesomon.

“Huh?! What the heck are you doing, you stupid BlackGargomon?!” Alec snaps. “You’re supposed to-WHOA!!”

“CELESTIAL ARROW!!” Alec is then cut off when one of Angewomon’s arrows nearly hit him.

“These nightmare Digimon are violent...” Angoramon says. “They’ll fight anyone, and they don’t care who it is.”

“Alec, I hate to say this, but...” Gesomon says. “We might have to team up with the Digidestined if we’re gonna get out of here alive.”

“WHAT?!” Alec yelled, wide eyed. “You can’t be-“

“RAPID FIRE!!” Alec’s once again cut off by BlackRapidmon’s attack, which also nearly hits the Digidestined.

“Ugh, as much as I also hate teaming up with the Demondestined...” Jake grumbled. “I don’t wanna die in here!!”

“Aw, but Jake...Look at them!” Gargomon whimpers, pointing at the BlackGargomon and BlackRapidmon. “They’re like my family! How can I fight them?!”

“DUMDUM UPPERCUT!!” One of the BlackGargomon then smack Gargomon.

“Gargomon, get it together! They’re not your family!” Jake yells.

“Ugh...” Gargomon sighs. “Alright.”

“GARGOMON DIGIVOLVE TO...RAPIDMON!!”

“TRI BEAM!!” Rapidmon immediately fires at Angewomon, damaging her a bit.

“Hey, wait! Please, don’t hurt Angewomon!” Angoramon shouts.

“What?! What the heck are we supposed to do then?!” Jake says, in shock.

“It’s fine if you defeat the others, just...Avoid Angewomon for now! I think I know a way I can help her...” Everyone exchanges confused glances for a moment, before nodding in agreement.

“Alright...DEADLY SHADE!!” Gesomon sprays ink at one of the BlackGargomon, blinding him, as Gesomon entangled one of his tentacles around him....

“MADNESS BROACH!!” “SHARP CLAWS!!” “PIERCING BLADES!!” “LION CLAW!!” “RAPID FIRE!!” All of the Digimon attack at once...Poofing the BlackGargomon to dust.

“My turn...RAZOR WIND!!” Reppamon then sneaks up behind the other BlackGargomon, stabbing him through the chest with his tail...

“TRI BEAM!!” As Rapidmon attacks...Finishing him off. Now leaving only three nightmare Digimon left, who all slowly looked down at Rapidmon and Reppamon.

“CELESTIAL ARROW!!” “RAPID FIRE!!” Angewomon fired at Rapidmon, and both BlackRapidmon fired at Reppamon, sending him crashing into the wall, struggling to stand up. “Reppamon!” Hoshi runs up to his partner.

“Guys, you gotta Digivolve to ultimate if we’re gonna win this!” Blaine yells.

“Seasarmon...You think you can do this?” Erik asks. Seasarmon and Ginryumon look back at the two, nodding as their bodies start to glow...

“GINRYUMON DIGIVOLVE TO...”

“...HISYARYUMON!!”

“SEASARMON DIGIVOLVE TO...”

“...CATURAMON!!”

Immediately when they Digivolved, everyone noticed a problem, as Hisyaryumon’s body was way too big to fit in the church, his body smacking against the walls as they immediately started to crumble.

“Geez, dude...You trying to help us, or kill us?!” Alec yells.

“Oh no...Everyone, GET OUT!! NOW!!” Blaine screeches, pointing towards the exit, as everyone, including the nightmare Digimon, ran out, Rapidmon carrying the weakened Reppamon out too...Just in time, as the church completely collapsed to rubble.

“Oh no...That poor church...” Erik whimpered, everyone exchanging shocked glances.

“I’m not crumbling that church for nothing...” Hisyaryumon growls, slowly floating upwards. “JŪOUGURUMA!!” Hisyaryumon fires at Angewomon, barely missing her as she starts chasing him around in the air. “That’s right...Keep following me...” Hisyaryumon mumbles to himself.

“TREASURE HAMMER!!” Caturamon smacks one of the BlackRapidmon, sending them crashing into a tree.

“Guys, we can’t beat them unless we Digivolve to ultimate too...” Russell says, looking at Alec and Gesomon. “Gesomon, can you try and Digivolve?”

“I don’t know Russell, I...It’s not possible without an activation from the crest.” Gesomon says, Russell sighing.

“Don’t worry about it, Russell...I know what to do!” Alec smirks, as he suddenly lays down on the ground, closing his eyes.

“Dude...What the heck are you doing?” Russell asks, confused.

“Taking a nap! If my crest is the crest of sloth, then this is the perfect way to activate it!” Alec does an exaggerated yawn. “Goodnight, everybody!” Russell stares down at Alec with a completely perplexed look, his eyes looking between him and the fighting for an elongated moment...Until Alec’s crest starts to glow, alongside his Digivice.

“Oh my god...” Russell mutters. “You can’t be serious.”

“PORCUPAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...”

“...

“...ASTAMON!!”

Everyone stared up in shock at Astamon, who wasn’t much taller then Porcupamon. Russell in particular was the most shocked. “WHAT?! THAT ACTUALLY WORKED?!” He shouted. Alec finally opened his eyes, smirking as he stood up to admire Astamon.

“Ha! I knew it would...” Alec says, smirking. “HELLFIRE!!” Astamon the fired at one of the BlackRapidmon with his gun, sending him crashing to the ground, struggling to stand up... 

“DEADLY SHADE!!” “RAPID FIRE!!” “HOWL OF THE HEAVENS!!” And the rest of the Digimon attack...Poofing him to dust.

“MAVERICK!!” Astamon then delivers a flying kick to the other BlackRapidmon, sending him crashing as Astamon pins him to the ground... “HELLFIRE!!” Then fires again...Poofing him to dust.

“...Now there’s just Angewomon...” Gesomon says, everyone looking up at Hisyaryumon who was still chasing her in circles in the air.

“HELLFIRE!!” Astamon fires at her, most of his shots missing, but the few that hit her do a lot of damage. “NO!! Stop, please don’t hurt her!” Angoramon yells, pleading. “Hisyaryumon, restrain her!” Hisyaryumon then wraps his body around Angewomon tightly, slowly bringing her to the ground, as she tries to wriggle out, but to no avail.

“I’m gonna use a chant to drive the evil out of her...” Angoramon takes a deep breath. “Hopefully this works...And I can remember this...Ahem...”

“Oh, darkness...Please, leave our blessed one be. Oh, darkness...Leave our blessed one. Go back to where you belong!” Angewomon’s body then starts to spazz out violently, the dark energy slowly starting to leave her body, as both her and Angoramon collapse to the ground, Angoramon nearly fainting.

“Whoa! Are you two alright?” Hisyaryumon asks, letting his grasp on Angewomon go.

“HELLFIRE!!” Astamon then fires at Hisyaryumon, Russell looking at Alec with a surprised expression. “Alec! What the heck are you doing?!” He asks.

“Dude, don’t worry...I know what I’m doing!” Alec smirks, winking.

“But Alec...It’s two against four here...” Russell says.

“RAZOR WIND!!” Reppamon finally stands back up, attacking Astamon...

“TREASURE HAMMER!!” “TRI BEAM!!” “LEGENDARY DRAGON BLADE!!” Alongside everyone else, Astamon instantly reverting Astamon back to Phascomon, as he collapsed into Alec’s arms.

“...You were saying?” Jake smirks, the Demondestined all exchanging shocked expressions. “Gesomon...Let’s get out of here.” Russell says, Gesomon reverting back to Syakomon. “God...I can’t believe this! If only Elijah was here...” Alec grumbles, the Demondestined walking away. “Next time...Next time you won’t get away with this!” He yells...Until they’re out of sight.

“Ugh...” Angewomon grumbles, weakly standing up. “What...Happened?”

“Angewomon! Thank goodness you’re awake...” Angoramon helps her stand up. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah, just...My head hurts...But I’ll be alright.” Angewomon smiles at Angoramon, as all the Digimon revert back to their rookie forms. Blaine then shyly walks up to the two, with a nervous expression.

“Angoramon, Angewomon, I...” Blaine says. “I’m really sorry about what happened to the church. That was my fault, I...I really should’ve remembered how big Hisyaryumon is...”

“Hey, don’t worry about it, it’s fine.” Angewomon pauses, looking back at the church rubble. “That church was getting pretty old, anyways...I guess this is now an excuse for us to build a new one now, heh.” She says, smiling. 

“Hm, guess we’re sleeping in the dirt again tonight.” Erik says.

“Ooh! I’ll go set up the sleeping bags!” Jake suddenly runs off, him and Terriermon running up to some trees as they set up sleeping bags. Blaine then looks around, thinking. “Hey...Where’d Hoshi and Kudamon go?”

Meanwhile...

Hoshi and Kudamon wandered off into the woods nearby, Hoshi sitting on the ground with his head in his hands, Kudamon looking at him with concern.

“I feel so useless Kudamon, I...” Hoshi muttered. “I screw everything up. All I did was get in the way of that fight.”

“Hoshi, come on, that’s not true...” Kudamon responds.

“Yes it is! Why else are we the only ones in the group who haven’t reached the ultimate level yet? It’s because...I’m a failure...” Kudamon was silent, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

“If you really think that’s true Hoshi, then...What should we do about it?” Kudamon asks. Hoshi took a deep breath, thinking.

“I think...We gotta go on our own for a bit. Find my crest, and...Hopefully I can activate it.”

“What? You really wanna travel out there...On our own?” Kudamon’s eyes widened, in shock.

“It sounds like a fine idea to me.” A voice cuts into their conversation, the two turning around to see Blaine standing before them.

“Wait...Blaine, you’re not mad? At all?” Hoshi asks.

“Why would I be? I know exactly how you feel right now, I...I did the same thing once, too. During my last adventure.” Blaine states. “So...Are you two gonna be leaving right now?” Blaine asks, Hoshi and Kudamon standing up as they exchange glances, nodding at each other. “Yeah...If you don’t mind. Can you...”

“I’ll tell the others. Don’t worry about it.” Blaine smiles at Hoshi, who suddenly hugs Blaine. “Thank you.”

“Yeah, just...Stay safe, alright?”