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As the man landed in his lap, Ehud felt a great deal of pain shoot through his hip bone. Enraged, he used his adrenalin fueled muscles to push the intruder off of his lap. Standing to his feet, he pointed at the Purple haired stranger and called out, "Dominimon, how is it that this intruder came to be here. I thought you told me that no one would be able to breech my stronghold once you put your seal on it! Sleipmon, I demand you seize this man and his digimon and hold him for questioning." When the old man was done yelling, he reached out and grabbed his cane. Using it to support his weight, he hobbled to the side of the man and simply gave him a scowl hoping that the man would begin telling him how it was that his defenses had not managed to subdue him.

Imperialdramon flew above it's destination at a gingerly pace, it had to be sure it was at the right altitude and speed for maximum spread. Once the dragon digimon was sure it took one of the bag's from it's back and tore it open, letting the fliers fly. The fliers fluttered down, not too many to be a nuisance but just enough to get people interested. The fliers read this:

"Hey there, are you new to the digital world? Perhaps a old veteran wanting to relax a little? Battle hardened trainer looking for adventure? Or just a guy who wants to enjoy a fun time? Any of these types and more are welcome at 'Ashwood's Tour of the Digital World!'. This tour will take a party of people and digimon (Please keep them in rookie form or leave larger ones at home), in our widely trusted 'Ashwood Professional Bus Transportation System', it is a bus that has been reconditioned to handle many tough situations, being carried around by a very trusted and strong Imperialdramon! We have his absolute word he would never intentionally do us harm! Now if that isn't enough we have several backups just in case, but don't you worry on that. Just come down to Dragon Eye Lake and take the tour of a lifetime!"

Very professional sounding the Imperialdramon thought as it wheeled off to it's next destination.

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The air would be tense as both clawed digimon stared each other down. Doroku was already in a serious mood, growing and breathing black smoke from his mouth. "Doroku is ready.... Terra DESTROYER!" Breaking his stance, Doroku would raise one claw into the air and would then drive it into the ground. In response, a large amount of energy would build below them and would then erupt sending both Doroku and Destino into the air to dodge the blast. Below them, the mountain would be ravaged by the internal eruption and would then begin to collapse leaving Marcus and Chaosmon to fall.

"Dammit, why does this always happen to me?!" he would say to himself as he began to fall. Luckily, Chaosmon would be there to catch Marcus and take them to another area that wasn't too far from Destino. "DESTINO!!! Don't you dare die on me!" Marcus would cry out.

Destino would look down for a moment to make sure that his partner was okay. He would then look towards the dragon man, "What the hell was that for?! You know you could have killed your 'master' right then, right?" The MirageGaogamon would growl at the digimon, upset that he was kept from saving his partner.

"Do not doubt my master's skill to survive. It would take much more than a simple rock slide to take him out. Destino, on the other hand, has much more to worry about." Black wisps of fire would start to form around the dragon. The ChaosGreymon would begin to ascend even higher. "Let's see Destino dodge this! Nova DESTROYER!" What once were small embers would turn into massive balls of fire that would then rain down on the crimson digimon.

"Heh, too easy." The digimon would reply with a smirk as he watched the meteor-like balls of fire come down towards him. "Allow me to show you why there is mirage in my name... Quick Move!" The eyes on the digimon's chest would begin to glow a vibrant green as the effect of his attack took effect. As each sphere came close to the MirageGaogamon, he would vanish in a instant as if he were never there to begin with. Destino would continue to dodge the falling fireballs till the wave was done. "So much for thinking you were going to ki--."

"Die hound." The dragon digimon would interrupt as he drove one of his clawed gauntlets into the yapping dog's gut. "The hound talks to much and moves in a predictable manner. He is sloppy and therefore he dies."

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"Marcus... don't... give up... yet."

"Destino?!" The tamer would respond back, mentally.

"Yeah... I'm not out of this... just yet. Thinking about it, but... not just yet." Marcus would notice that the once seemingly lifeless MirageGaogamon would start to move ever so slightly. "I... I need your strength... Marcus. If... if we're to... overcome this... foe... we need to be... in sync." The digimon's movements would be less spaced as life would come back to him.

The still glowing ChaosGreymon would turn to see that his victim was not defeated just yet. "Doroku is glad that Destino has more fight in him, but..." He would prepare another blast to unleash on the digimon, this time hoping to finish it off. "... this just means that Doroku must strike you even harder." In the palm of his hand, a fireball would spiral into formation.

"DESTINO!! DON'T GIVE IN YET!!!" The tamer would scream out. A slight tingle would resonate on his left arm as the newest crest, the crest of contingency, began to glow. In response, Marcus's digivice would also begin to glow.

"Oh-hoho... seems like you've tapped into your tamer skills once more!" The chaospiedmon would chuckle, glad to see that the trials were bringing out Marcus's true strength. "Now, however, might be a good time to try accessing burst mode.", the clown would casually mention.

Marcus would grab his now glowing digivice with his right hand and would notice that, without even needing to focus, his dark soul in his left hand would also ignite. "I see now... thank you, Paramiere...."

Time would seem to stop as Marcus would close his eyes for a moment as the energy of his dark soul picked up a small gust that rustled his black locks. "Charge...DARK SOUL..." Like normal, Marcus would bring his digivice across the grayed flames, to capture the energy within. "...BURST!!" He would then point the digivice towards MirageGaogamon and would fire multiple strands of light that would race through the sky, finding their way to hitting Destino. The force of the release would be so intense that it would knock Marcus off his feet.

Upon being hit with the power, Destino stand slightly rejuvenated as his body radiated with a massively, bright light. This light would be so intense that it would break Doroku's concentration and cause him to back away, shielding his eyes. "This power, it's... it's INCREDIBLE!"

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"MirageGaogamon... BURST SHINKA!" The Crimson-colored digimon would raise a glowing hand up towards the sky, pulling all the energy that was surrounding his body up to that point. As the energy left each body part, it would change the form of his armor till he was no longer a regular looking MirageGaogamon. His clawed gauntlets would recede and turn into bulky, bright red cuffs. His cape would split and receed slightly into his back, being replaced by thruster-like wings. With eyes glowing a vibrant green, long white hair would flare out from the back of his head and a horn would protrude from his forehead. Once all the energy reached his extended hand, it would form into a large ball similar in shape to a Full moon, except it was an eerie neon blue color. He would then thrust his hand into the sphere, grasping, and pulling out a long rod like staff that had a chain at the end of it. This chain would connect to the sphere, creating a mace-like weapon that the new digimon would spin around before striking his final pose. "MIRAGEGAOGAMON... BURST MODE!!!"

The light that consumed Destino would soon vanish allowing all to see his vibrant red form. "Now then... shall we dance again?" he would ask the ChaosGreymon as he moded into his new battle position, wielding his new Lunar Haken like a spear with the crescent blade pointed towards ChaosGreymon and the now spiked ball floating effortlessly behind him.

"Destino's new form looks strong, but is it strong enough to beat Doroku?" The ChaosGreymon would ask as he struck a new position as well, this time with his left fist point towards Destino and the other brought back as if he were preparing to punch. "TAKE THIS!! NOVA DESTROYER! Doroku would punch forward with his right fist to fire a, medium-sized fireball at the MirageGaogamonBM. He would then reel back with his left fist and would fire another fire ball from his fist. Repeating the action again with left and right punches, the ChaosGreymon would fire off multiple flaming spheres that would rip through the clear sky, hoping to feast upon Destino's armor. Unfortunately, using his energy in this manner would deplete his Gaia Force Aura.

Though his face was covered by a wolf-like helmet, Destino would be frowning as the sight of the volley of fireballs coming his way. "Hmph... same tactics as before. If that's the case, we'd better make sure we take him out before he can use Gaia Force again..." It would appear that the wolf was talking to his weapon now. Even though it did not verbally respond, it did seem to resonate as if it heard him. "Firstly, the fireballs... Moon Hook Slasher" As each ball drew closer, he would swing the bladed part of his weapon to slice it in half and would then follow up by slinging the ball end towards the next one. He would continue to perform this combination till he was clear of all the balls and would then follow up with knocked the ChaosGreymon even further away by sending the ball to slam him in the chest.

Being knocked away by such an impact, the ChaosGreymon would be knocked back a few meters and would slightly daze. As he came back to his senses, he would growl at the new opponent. "Grrr... Fine, then Doroku will take care of you, himself!! GAIA FORCE!!" Like before, Doroku would release the same sphere of fire around him and would begin to absorb it into his body.

"OH NO YOU DON'T! Full Moon Meteor Impact!" Destino would go into a charging formation as well, but would begin spinning around in a circle with his speed increasing with each cycle. When he felt he was ready, he would stop spinning and would whip out the spiked end of his mace, sending spiked bulb rocketing towards ChaosGreymon.
At the same time, Doroku would successfuly absorb the sphere into his body and would resume the same glowing form that he displayed the first time. "I WILL END YOU!!!" He would dart like a rocket towards the MirageGaogamonBm and would soon come face to face with Destino's Meteor impact. "GRAAAA!!'" He would roar as he launched a punch at the sphere, resulting in a large explosion of power.

"GAAAHH!!!" Marcus would cry as the force of the explosion's shockwave also threatened to take him off the end of the mountain, again. The tamer would look up to see that there was a cloud of smoke from where Doroku had collided with the ball. "Did... did he win?"

"I... I wouldn't count on it." The ChaosPiedmon would reply as he peered within the cloud. With a wave of his gloved hand, he would conjure a mystical gust that would blow away the cloud revealing a ChaosGreymon (still cloaked in his aura) evenly matched with MirageGaogamonBM's Moon Impact. "Well I'll be..." He would comment with a whistle.

"This... This is nothing for... Doroku!" Adding another fist, to the first, Doroku would slowly push the sphere back and then completely knock it away before resuming his charge, shocking all that were watching.

"Dammit, This isn't good at all!"] With his ball fully extended he wouldn't be able to pull it back in time to strike again. An idea would then come to his mind. "Fine then... let's see you knock back this!" He could tell that the impact did some damage to the ChaosGreymon, even if he still continue to charge. He would first dispel his weapon, turning it into light that he would then gather in his chest. "Come... and... GET IT! Final Mirage Burst!" Once the ChaosGreymon was in range, Destino would unleash a large scale blast from his chest, that would completely engulf ChaosGreymon in a reddish colored light.

This blast would be strong enough to not only stop ChaosGreymon, but even knock dragon man back. This would be one of the first signs that the impact from before did a lot more to him than he thought. With this, he would realize that he was beaten and would be proud of his defeat before being consumed completely by the blast.

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════ "Now then... I do believe we should go get this egg, don't you?"

After all of the wild revelations of just how stupid he [Marcus] had been, the chaotic tamer still found himself dumbstruck at how Cadaiver was still attempting to pull the tamer along as if nothing had happened. Slowly, Marcus was starting to understand the depths of this relationship that both he and a digimon that followed him truly shared. In the back of his mind, he found himself wondering how much the clown would change if someone was actually able to land a hit on the clown and revert him to a digitama. If that happened, surely being officially linked to Marcus would cause some change in the chaotic clown's rather sadistic demeanor, at least towards him.

"Come, come now..." The clown digimon would look back to notice that Marcus was still standing in place with both Chaosmon, Gaomon, and now Hawkmon at his sides. He would sigh with frustration, "Have I not made myself clear enough? I am merely with you for your rather delicious and very available Chaotic Digisoul. If circumstances where different... you'd be dead by now."

An aura of tension would begin to build once more between the clown and Marcus's protective partners. Each of the digimon would look as if ready to fight even though it was heavily evident that each of them had very little left to give in combat.

"Cadaiver, surely you've done enough to the boy." Paramiere, the guilmon, would interject, stepping between ChaosPiedmon and the trio of digimon. "I dare say that he is tired from the constant battles that you've subjected him to, not to mention the powers that each of us have granted him." She would look off to the horizon noticing that it was beginning to get dark and would then return to looking at the clown.

Cadaiver would glare at the lizard rookie and would not be surprised to see her glare right back at him with a much more menacing force, despite the fact she was in your rookie form and he a mega. "Ugh... very well, I guess the pet does have a point. Besides, I do not have enough energy to forcibly transport you at the moment either." The clown would clap his hands and conjure a magical smoke that engulf the entire group. The smoke would soon be blown away to show that he's summoned an entire campsite, equip with a billowing fire to satisfy the tamer's human needs. "We shall rest for now and then resume in the morning."

The aura would begin to fade as Cadaiver would leave the group to themselves. Each of the digimon would lower their guards and would look to one another for an idea of what to do next. Needless to say, they would all drop from fatigue and even Chaosmon would find himself reverting back to Leomon with the soul of Darkdramon leaving his body like a spirit and returning to Marcus's digivice.

"I must apologize." After making certain that the ChaosPiedmon was out of the way, Paramiere would approach the tamer, helping him to sitting on the rocky ground. "I wish I could say that he's had better days, but that would be a lie."

"Seriously?! I mean come on... what gives?!" the Gaomon would bark in protest even though they made him stronger.

"He... we've never been this close to reviving Chaosdramon since the first time Mugen was imprisoned." She would look away shocked to feel that she was afraid to admit that this had been done before, many times. "In previous cycles, the candidate that Marcus serves as, has never displayed as much potential as he does and...."

"Previous cycles?! You've done this before haven't you." Hawkmon would glare at the guilmon as she awaited her answer.

"I, myself, have not participated, but the Organization as a whole has. Out of all the digital members, ChaosPiedmon is the only one that has been with the group from the beginning. Each of us change out with the tamers as we are usually their partners when they come to the digital world." She would look back at Hawkmon and then look at each of the present members, stopping at a nearly petrified looking Marcus. "Yes, I do believe it has been about 2 cycles of the Chaos Organization prior to Chaosdramon's imprisonment and then 6 following it in which the organization has been searching for a host that is strong enough to tame Mugen's raw, chaotic power."