Chapter 31: Battle Of The Lillithmons

Drusilla was now dressed in a gothic lolita fashion. These were the clothes her father Jacob bought for her a while back. She wore a frilly black dress, with knee high socks, a Victorian style lady's hat with a light blue ribbon on it, and she carried a black umbrella. She also wore white gloves on her hand. She had gone inside of the Kommondomon they call in to change. This change of clothes was necessary as their last battle's strategy involved her getting bathed in lava. And while her body could endure lava and fire with no pain, her outfit certainly couldn't. Drusilla just considered herself lucky that enough clothes remained to cover the most important parts. She figured now was the perfect time to change up her look. She hoped she wouldn't have to employ that strategy again. These clothes were a gift from Jacob. Drusilla looked at herself in the mirror. "Oh my! I look cute! Why didn't I choose the lolita style of goth before now?" Drusilla thought aloud. Drusilla thought for a moment, then answered her own question. "I guess it's because I always valued coolness over cuteness. I guess that's why the punk style of Goth always appealed to me more." She opened her umbrella up and posed in the mirror for a little bit. Drusilla smiled. "I guess I could tolerate being cute for a while. Not willing to try new things is so not cool." She said.

She exited the Kommonodomon. She had never dressed like this before, so she was a little nervous about what the others might think. She folded her arms in front of her and bashfully asked the group, "Uhh…how do I look?" Taylor looked surprised. "Wow! I've never seen you in a dress before! You totally rock the Gothic Lolita look! Very Chic!" Taylor said before closing her eyes, smiling, and letting out a giggle. Sharkmon grinned and raised one of his arms. "I don't think you look like a gothic lollypop at all, but you sure do look good." Sharkmon said. Taylor giggled some more. "You should have worn this sooner, in my opinion." Martin said. Naturemon said, "Maybe I should dress like that sometime." Coalmon said, "It's like you digivolved!" Dovemon said, "I like it." Tai and Matt didn't say anything, but both gave Drusilla a thumbs up simultaneously. "Very Chic!" Tai's Agumon and Matt's Gabumon said simultaneously.

Drusilla was blushing a little and twiddling her thumbs in front of her while looking down. She knew she was being bashful and she wish she could stop. Being confident no matter what you wore is what coolness was about. Being bashful was so not cool. Then she noticed that Emmett was the one silent. She looked over to him. Emmett's face was red and he was blushing. Drusilla wanted him to tell her how she looked. For some reason she couldn't quite put her finger on, she cared about his opinion more than the others. "Emmett…do you…not like it? Should I change? Do I look like cringe master 3000 in this dress and these gloves and the knee high socks? And this umbrella? You don't like it, do you? You think I look like a dark version of Mary Poppins!" Drusilla said, getting increasingly upset and worried the more she spoke. Emmett raised his hands up in front of his torso facing outwards and he shook his head quickly. "No! No! That's not it at all! I uh….I think you look really cute! In fact, the word I would use is adorable!" Emmett said, speaking quickly. Drusilla smiled and said, "Thanks."

Taylor began walking off with her arms folded behind her head. "Now that the fashion show is over, let's get go kick some Demon Lord butt." Taylor said. Sharkmon walked behind her with a big grin on his face. The other kids and Digimon followed after them.

They soon made it to the front of Lillithmon's castle. The castle looked like a dark and creepy castle like you might find in a scary vampire movie. It was large and it had a moat around it, a drawbridge that was closed up, and two windows on two side towers. The kids and their Digimon just stood there, looking at the large medieval looking castle, wondering how to get in. "I don't suppose saying 'open sesame' would get that drawbridge to come down." Emmett joked. Just then, the drawbridge came down. Drusilla lightly poked Emmett with her umbrella. "Well, blondie, looks like you guessed right." She said. Coalmon looked concerned. She briefly looked down at the drawbridge and then back up towards the interior of the castle. "They were expecting us." Coalmon said. "Which means that Lillithmon most likely has a trap waiting for us." Dovemon added. Taylor closed her eyes, looked down, and sighed. She started walking across the bridge and the other children and partner Digimon followed suit. It probably was a trap, but it's not like they had a choice.

The children took a couple of steps inside. Unbeknownst to them, 6 LadyDevimon were hanging upside down from the ceiling. When the children entered, the LadyDevimon jumped down and startled them all. "Hey! LadyDevimon!" Coalmon exclaimed. "Yeah, but I have a feeling these LadyDevimon aren't nice like Syn is." Drusilla said.

"If you want to get to our queen, you'll have to go through us." One of them said. "If you can't even defeat us, then you aren't worthy of even being in the same room as Queen Lillithmon." Another LadyDevimon said. The children took out their D-Ecos, but before digivolution activated, Taylor looked over to Drusilla and said. "Drusilla, I'm worried that Lillithmon might have us 'run the gauntlet' by sending consecutive string of enemies our way. To avoid using up all of our Digimon's enemy, I want you to go find your Mom and Syn. We'll stay here and take care of these gals." Taylor said. Drusilla shook her head. "No way. You yourself said we shouldn't split up." Drusilla argued. "I know, but our Digimon might not have the strength to defeat Lillithmon after this battle is over. One energized Digimon is better than four tired ones." Taylor argued. Drusilla didn't like it, but Taylor was right. They didn't even know where Lillithmon was in this huge castle. She needed to avoid unnecessary battles and save her strength for the big one. Drusilla sighed. "Ok." She then looked down at Coalmon and said, "Coalmon, let's go!" and she then picked up Coalmon and started running off.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Sharkmon digivolve to….Jawsmon!"

"Jawsmon digivolve to….WarJawsmon!"

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Naturemon digivolve to….MotherNaturemon!"

"MotherNaturemon digivolve to….Vineyardmon!"

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Dovemon digivolve to…Harpymon!"

"Harpymon digivolve to….HolyHarpymon!"

WarJawsmon, Vineyardmon, and HolyHarpymon stood ready for battle. They hoped they could take these LadyDevimons down and regroup with Drusilla soon. However, as Drusilla began to run off with Coalmon in her arms, one of the 6 LadyDevimon flew after her. "Where do you think you're going, little girl?" The LadyDevimon taunted. The fallen angel Digimon reached out to grab Drusilla, who was making her way up a stairwell, but before she could do anything to the bat winged tween, WarJawsmon shouted "Great White Gatling!" and the LadyDevimon got bombarded with a plethora of bullets. The LadyDevimon took some damage from the attack as indicated by the cry of pain she let out when she was hit. This LadyDevimon turned around and glared at WarJawsmon in anger. "You'll pay for that! I'll make sushi out of you!" She said before spreading her wings and shouting "Darkness Wave!" and sending countless creatures that looked like bats glowing in reddish black energy at her opponent. Fortunately for WarJawsmon, HolyHarpymon intersected it with her "Heaven's Charm!" After that HolyHarpymon flew towards the LadyDevimon that had pursued Drusilla and cried out "Marian Arrows!" HolyHarpymon flapped her wings, caused some feathers to fall off, turn into arrows of light, and then fly at the LadyDevimon. The LadyDevimon got hit by all the arrows of light and as a result, she disintegrated into Digital Particles. Drusilla stood there, watching these exchanges of attacks take place. HolyHarpymon noticed Drusilla had stopped advancing, so she cried out, "Drusilla! Keep going!" Drusilla nodded. "Right." And she continued running.

Drusilla ran through the halls of Lillithmon's castle. The whole place was lit by torches just like a castle from the medieval period would be. Coalmon was a bit heavy in Drusilla's arms. She was a big rock after all. She could feel her arm muscles beginning to ache as she carried her. Drusilla wondered where she would even run to. Then, it occurred to her. "This is a castle, right? Jokermon and those LadyDevimon called Lillithmon their queen, right?" Drusilla said. "Yes." Coalmon said. "So…then perhaps the place we should look is in the throne room." Drusilla added. "That's great, but where's the throne room?" Coalmon asked. Before Drusilla could respond, they heard a voice from above shout, "None of your business!" Drusilla stopped in her tracks. She and Coalmon looked up to see who said that. It was DemiDevimon. DemiDevimon was hanging from the ceiling like a bat. He came down and landed on the ground right in front of Drusilla and Coalmon. DemiDevimon then said, "You won't make it past me!"

Drusilla set Coalmon down. Drusilla rolled her eyes and sighed. "Coalmon, this guy is so not cool. Take him down." Drusilla said. Coalmon flexed her arms with a determined smile on her face. "Gladly!" She exclaimed. Coalmon then rolled into DemiDevimon at high speed while shouting "Coal Roll!" DemiDevimon got knocked back. When DemiDevimon stood up, he was going to counterattack, but he had no chance, for Coalmon was coming back! "Coal Roll!" She shouted while rolling. DemiDevimon again got hit. Once more, the little round bat Digimon got up and prepared for a counterattack, but, once again, Coalmon rolled right him into him, shouting "Coal Roll!" Coalmon then turned around and uncurled herself. DemiDevimon stood up and moaned in pain. "Is…is that…..all you…got?" He said, sounding disoriented. "Nope! Tiny Flame!" Coalmon shouted before she sent a small fireball out of her mouth. DemiDevimon got hit with the fireball and fell backwards. DemiDevimon groaned. He got up and finally got to counterattack. "Demi Dart!" He shouted, sending a huge syringe at Coalmon. Drusilla jumped in the way of the attack and knocked the syringe away with her umbrella. The syringe was actually deflected back at DemiDevimon! It impaled him and caused him to disintegrate!

Drusilla smirked. "I've seen some uncool people in my life, but this DemiDevimon was the uncoolest of the uncool. We beat him without even breaking a sweat." Drusilla said. Drusilla then picked Coalmon up and began running again. Coalmon looked up at her bat winged partner. "Drusilla, that was dangerous. Why'd you do that?" She asked. "Because I thought it'd look cool, which it did." Drusilla replied. "Don't you think you worry a little too much about whether you're cool or uncool?" Coalmon asked bluntly. Drusilla was silent. She looked straight ahead and bit her lip. She remembered back to the time Mephistomon caused her to experience her worst fear and how much she cried because of how afraid she was. Drusilla looked down at the ground and kicked the dirt. "Emmett….thanks for helping me out back there. The first time, I mean. I….guess you won't think of me as cool after all of that blubbering and screaming I did." Drusilla said. Emmett smiled and pushed up on his glasses. He did one of those closed eyed grins and waved his hand down. "Of course, you're cool, Drusilla! You're the coolest girl I know! And you don't have to put up a front to be cool. Just be yourself." Emmett said. Drusilla looked away and blushed.

Back in the present, Drusilla saw that there was a corridor, she turned and went down the hall. She was thinking about Coalmon said as she ran, and about what Emmett said before. Maybe she did care too much about what others thought. She tried to appear aloof, stoic, and tough. But some of her guilty pleasures were adorable stuffed animals. She sometimes got them as Christmas or Birthday presents, but pretended to be unimpressed when she received them. But in reality, she really liked cute things.

Drusilla made it to two huge doors. Beside the door was a metal plaque that had writing on it, but it was written in DigiCode. Drusilla couldn't read it, but Coalmon could. "This is it! This is Lillithmon's throne room!" Coalmon exclaimed softly. Drusilla reached up and adjusted her black lady hat with the blue ribbon. She got a determined look on her face. She sat Coalmon down onto the floor. She reached into the pocket on her dress and brought out her red D-Eco. Taking a deep breath, and preparing for an intense battle, Drusilla pushed the door open and walked through it, with Coalmon rolling behind her.

Drusilla looked forward and saw Lillithmon sitting on her throne with a smug look on her face, one leg folded over the other, with her gloveless hand on her knee, and her metal glove covered hand raised up near her face. Beside her throne was the cage containing Zai and Syn; Zai's BlackGatomon. Drusilla looked relieved. "Mom! Syn! You're ok!" She exclaimed. Lillithmon chuckled. "Of course they are. We couldn't manipulate Emily with dead hostages, now could we?" Lillithmon asked rhetorically.

Something bothered Drusilla. How did Lillithmon know they were coming? She clearly knew because she sent Jokermon and the half dozen LadyDevimon after them, plus she didn't appear to be surprised to see her and Coalmon. She just decided to ask, "How did you know we were coming?" Drusilla asked. Lillithmon chuckled slightly. She stood up and started walking over to the gothic lolita tween and her partner. "I probably shouldn't say, but then again, you won't live to tattle on me, so I guess it's ok. You see, someone at World For Us All…is actually working for All For One World." Lillithmon explained. Drusilla scowled. She had inferred this already, but wanted to see if Lillithmon would admit to it. Izzy had already figured this out a long while back. It was the only logical explanation as to how All For One World kept finding them wherever they went. The only question is; who was it? It wasn't Izzy because he passed the Aqualian lie detector test? Was it Takato? Was it Kari? Or was it worse than that? Maybe it was the head of the organization; Mirei Mikagura. It could be anyone. Drusilla nervously twirled the closed umbrella in her hand. "So why are you keeping our parents hostage?" Drusilla asked, pretending not to know why.

"Emily Liberty used to be a very evil little girl. She found Warlockmon's old mine of Red Stones while adventuring with her partner, Lopmon. Inside the mine, she not only found a wealth of Red Stones, but the spellbook that gave instructions on how to make more. Emily was consumed by a lust for power and began oppressing Digimon. She made them into her slaves, she made them hurt other Digimon. She saw Digimon as nothing but tools. She caused them to rampage to display her might. My master Morty approached her and asked for the spellbook. My Master was generous. He would have allowed Emily to continue living the life of a single working mother, but that witch destroyed Warlockmon's precious book. And so, Morty had no choice but to take Emily herself, for she had committed the spells to memory." Lillithmon explained.

Lillithmon then giggled a little while holding her metallic hand up to her mouth. "Emily is a lot like me. She craved power. She wanted to be a goddess and rule everyone." Lillthmon said. This comment made Zai angry. She scowled and grabbed the bars of her cage tightly. "Emily is nothing like you! She's changed! She's different now!" Zai shouted. Lillithmon looked back at Zai and tilted her head, still smirking. "Is she really? Maybe there was a part of her that always missed being The Digimon Ruler." Lillithmon speculated. Drusilla growled. "Enough! I won't have you speak evilly of Emmett's mom! Let my mother and her Digimon go now or face the consequences!" Drusilla shouted.

Lillithmon's expression turned angry. She turned to Drusilla and shouted, "You dare command me, brat?!" Then she lunged at Drusilla, preparing to kill her. Zai acted quickly. She reached into her pocket and grabbed two items; a black D-Power Digivice and a tag with her Crest Of Balance inside. She gave a nod to the BlackGatomon beside her. Zai's D-Power had the word "DIGIVOLUTION" scroll across the screen while her tag and crest glowed at the same time.

"BlackGatomon digivolve to…LadyDevimon!"

"LadyDevimon mega digivolve to….Lillithmon!"

Drusilla held her arms up and flinched, preparing to be killed at any second. But just then, she heard a clanging sound! Drusilla opened her eyes and saw another Lillithmon holding back the arm of the one who attempted to kill her. The second Lillithmon smirked and said, "You know, you give Lillithmon's a bad rep." She said. Drusilla was breathing heavily. The Demon Lord's claw got within inches of ripping her throat apart! "S-Syn!?" Drusilla exclaimed. The Lillithmon holding the other Lillithmon's arm nodded. "Yep." Syn then looked at the Demon Lord Lillithmon. "Hey, this might get confusing since we look identical. Do you think maybe you could put on a different colored dress? You know, like when two Marios fight each other in Smash Bros, they have different colored outfits on." Syn joked. The Demon Lord Lillithmon jumped back and took a fighting stance in Syn's direction. "How were you able to digivolve? I made your partner leave her digivice behind!" Demon Lord Lillithmon inquired. Zai exited the cage that Syn destroyed after digivolving. She held up a black D-Power and her Crest Of Balance nestled nicely into her tag. She smirked. "Those phones? Those aren't technically our digivices. They're just conduits for our actual digivices." Zai explained. "Well, don't think that just because you're a Lillithmon that you're a match for me." She said. Syn grinned psychotically. "Hahahaha! You have spunk! Let's have a fight to the death! I can't wait to shred you like a declined credit card!" Syn the Lillithmon said.

Syn then lunged at Demon Lord Lillithmon and attacked her with her golden claw. "Nazar Nails!" She shouted. Demon Lord Lillithmon blocked with her own metal claw. "Phantom Pain!" Demon Lord Lillithmon shouted as she held her hand out and caused her lust crest to appear in front of her in the form of green energy. She blew a kiss which caused some pink hearts to come off of her lips and enter the green circular crest. Then the crest blasted green energy. Syn got hit with the attack and flew back shouting in pain. She slammed into the wall and then fell over onto her stomach. Demon Lord Lillithmon laughed evilly. "What's the matter? You seem down." She taunted. Syn stood up and grinned and began cackling. "You're pretty strong! I think this is going to be the most fun I'll ever have! Don't die too quickly now, ok!?" Syn said with the most psycho looking expression on her face possible. "Phantom Pain!" Syn shouted as she held her hand out and caused her lust crest to appear in front of her in the form of green energy. She blew a kiss which caused some pink hearts to come off of her lips and enter the green circular crest. Then the crest blasted green energy. Demon Lord Lillithmon countered it with her own "Phantom Pain!" The two green energy blasts from the two Lillithmons collided and caused an explosion which caused shockwaves. The shockwaves knocked Drusilla and Coalmon back into a wall. Zai also was sent back a little.

Then the two Lillithmons went at each other and practically fenced with their metallic claws. Syn tried to slash Demon Lord Lillithmon but every time she tried, Demon Lord Lillithmon would parry with her own claw. Syn cackled some more. "This is great! You're such a good fighter!" Syn said, the psycho expression never leaving her. The two Lillithmon's then jumped back to get some distance from each other. "Phantom Pain!" The two Lillihmon's shouted at the same time. Their attacks again collided and caused shockwaves. The Two Lillithmons then resumed their metal claw fencing match and after a few parries, Syn was able to slash Demon Lord Lillithmon right in the chest! Dark blue blood came out of the slash marks. Syn giggled. "Right in the mommy milkers! That's GOT to hurt!" She taunted. Demon Lord Lillithmon growled. She raised her hand and fired another Phantom Pain, but this time, Syn was able to jump off to the side to evade the blast. Syn the Lillithmon crouched down and then came back up to slice her enemy with her claw. "Nazar Nail!" Syn shouted as her claws sliced the demon lord from the belly up. Demon Lord Lillithmon then grabbed Syn and threw her to the ground! "Evil Sigh." Demon Lord Lillithmon said before a black evil aura came out of her mouth and enveloped Zai's Lillithmon. Syn tried to move, but she couldn't. "Not the Evil Sigh!" Syn exclaimed. Lillithmon the Demon Lord then began stomping on Syn's back repeatedly. Zai looked worried and confused. "Syn!" She exclaimed. Lillithmon looked back at Zai and then back to Syn. She had stopped stomping on Syn briefly as she looked back, but then resumed stomping on her foe. "This is my Evil Sigh attack. It envelops my enemies in darkness and paralyzes them, leaving me to able to torture them until they die." The Demon Lord explained.

Syn grunted in pain each time the other Lillithmon stomped down on her back. Drusilla held up her digivice and looked down at Coalmon. "We've got to help Syn! are you ready, Coalmon?" Drusilla said. Coalmon nodded. Drusilla's D-Eco then began glowing and so did her Crest Of Fire.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Coalmon digivolve to….CoalGolemon!

"CoalGolemon digivolve to…MagnetGolemon!"

"MEGA DIGIVOLUTION"

"MagnetGolemon mega digivolve to…..Feroniamon!"

Zai looked impressed when she saw her daughter's new Digimon. "Feroniamon? Your Digimon can reach the Mega form now?" Zai observed. Drusilla gave her Mom a thumbs up. "Yep." Feroniamon flew over towards Demon Lord Lillithmon and swung her flaming sword at her. "Burning Blade!" Feroniamon shouted. Lillithmon got hit and screamed as she got both a slash wound and a burn wound. The Demon Lord Lillithmon then jumped back. She looked confused. "A Feroniamon? I've never seen a Digimon like you before. This should be interesting." She said.

The Evil Sigh wore off and Syn was able to stand back up. Syn looked over to Feroniamon and scowled. "Stay out of this! This is my fight! I won't let you ruin my fun!" Syn scowled. Feroniamon looked taken aback. "Are you kidding me!? She's too powerful! You're just barely an equal match for her!" Feroniamon said. While the two womanly Digimon were looking at each other arguing, the Demon Lord Lillithmon lunged at Syn, grabbed her by the face and slammed her down to the ground. "You're being too generous towards this wannabe." The Demon Lord Lillithmon said as she pinned Syn to the ground by her face and squatted on Syn's torso. Feroniamon tried to swipe at Lillithmon with her sword, but the Demon Lord jumped back in time to avoid the blade. Syn sat up and growled. Syn stood up and said, "Evil Sigh." Feroniamon was expecting this attack to go to the other Lillithmon, but it wasn't. The black evil looking aura coming from Syn's mouth enveloped Feroniamon! Feroniamon fell to the ground completely paralyzed. Drusilla gasped. Feroniamon tried to stand back up, but the paralysis was too strong to break through. "Syn….I'm your….ally! Why!?" Feroniamon said, struggling to talk due to the paralysis. Syn looked down at Feroniamon with an angry expression. "Like I told you, it's my fight. Don't interfere." Syn said before running towards the other Lillithmon.

Zai and Drusilla looked at each other. This wasn't going the way they initially hoped. Zai then looked over to her Digimon as she was running towards the Demon Lord. "Syn! You've got to let Feroniamon help!" Zai said. Syn paid no attention. She moved her hands in a circle and shouted "Empress Emblaze!" This summoned an eldritch, hand shaped monstrosity from a portal which grabbed the Demon Lord Lillithmon and slammed her up against the wall. Syn cackled sadistically. "Empress Emblaze!" Syn shouted again once again moving her hands. The giant hand formed itself into a fist and flew towards the Demon Lord Lillithmon about to smash her. The Demon Lord Lillithmon then moved her own hands in a circular motion. "Empress Emblaze!" Lillithmon shouted. She likewise summoned an eldritch, handlike monstrosity from a portal that was just as big as the one Syn summoned. Like Syn's handlike monstrosity, this one likewise formed into a fist. The two fist collided with each other and Demon Lord Lillithmon's fist annihilated Syn's fist! The fist then slammed into Syn and knocked her to the ground. After Syn was lying on the ground, moaning in pain, the giant fist pounded Syn over, and over, and over, and over. The Demon Lord Lillithmon cackled evilly. "What's the matter? I thought you were having fun!" She taunted. Zai looked worried. "Syn! Syn, no!" The giant fist came down on Syn and punched her farther into the ground. The floor was beginning to crack due to the blows. Syn cried out in pain and some coughed up some dark blue blood.

This whole time, Feroniamon was struggling to break free from the immobilizing attack that Syn herself put in her. "Syn!" She shouted. Feroniamon mustered up every bit of strength she could to break free. Then she flew over to the giant fist pounding Syn into the floor and sliced it in half while shouting "Burning Blade!" The giant fist was sliced into two halves which then burst into flames and fell to the floor. Feroniamon bent down and lent Syn the Lillithmon a hand to help her up. Zai's Lillithmon spit some blue blood onto the floor in front of her. Syn struggled to stand up, but every move she made hurt. She reluctantly took Feroniamon's hand and stood up. "I am…..having….so much…..fun." Syn said weakly. Feroniamon had to help Syn stand.

The Demon Lord Lillithmon shook her head. "Syn, is that your name? Cute. Did that…bat-human thing give that nickname to you? Well, let me ask you something, Syn, why would you side with a human or whatever this woman is? Why would you fight for anyone other than yourself? I can tell that just like me, you're a Lillithmon with a mighty lust. I lust for power, you lust for battle. Surely you'd be able to satisfy your cravings as much as you'd like if you slit BatWoman's throat and freed yourself from her." Demon Lord Lilllithmon asked. Zai's Lillithmon smiled. "Because…Zai's my best friend. And also….killing innocent Digimon is wrong. I love fighting….that's true. But…I will only kill evil Digimon. Digimon….like you." She replied. The Demon Lord Lillithmon placed her hands on hips, threw her head back, and laughed. "It's no wonder you're so weak compared to me! You have that crippling thing humans call a conscience! You may look like me, sound like me, and have the same attacks as me, but you might as well be an Ophanimon! You're no Lillithmon, you're a joke!"

"Zai and I….we're perfect partners for each other. Zai is expected to be cruel and vicious…because she's from Devlillis. I'm expected to be cruel and vicious…because I'm a Lillithmon. But….I am who I choose to be. Fallen Angel Digimon, Dark Area, Nightmare Soldier, these labels…mean nothing to me. I…choose to walk the path of goodness. Others…may judge me because…of my appearance, but… I am who I am. And Zai is…who she is." Syn said weakly. At that point, the last of her strength remained and she de-digivolved to Nyaromon. Feroniamon picked the Nyaromon up and flew her over to Zai and put the In-Training Digimon into her arms. "Thank you." Zai said as she took her partner into her arms. Feroniamon smiled and nodded. "I'll take it from here." Feroniamon said. Feroniamon then turned to the enemy Lillithmon and held her flaming blade firm.

Meanwhile, back at the entrance, WarJawsmon, HolyHarpymon, and Vineyardmon had finished defeating the LadyDevimon group. Taylor adjusted the goggles on her head and pointed towards the stairwell. "Now that those guys are toast, let's go help Drusilla; my favorite gothic Furhenmaid." Taylor said. "Right." WarJawsmon said. "Furhurhur-wha?" Vineyardmon said in confusion. The three children and three partner Digimon ran up the stairwell and down the upstairs hall. While they ran, some more LadyDevimon turned the corner and came at them. Taylor grimaced. "Ah man, this reminds me of the Digimon video games with random encounters." She lamented. WarJawsmon smiled. "Well, then, let's get some more EXP." He said, building off of Taylor's video game comparison. He raised his guns at one of the LadyDevimon and fired his machine guns while shouting "Great White Gatling!"

"Marian Arrows!" HolyHarpymon shouted as she attacked.

"Grape Grenades!" Vineyardmon shouted as she fired the grapes from the vines on the tree branches growing out of her back.

The LadyDevimon got hit and took serious damage, but they weren't destroyed. "Darkness Wave!" They all shouted simultaneously. WarJawsmon, HolyHarpymon, and Vineyardmon all got hit with the attack and shouted in pain.

In the throne room, Drusilla heard the fighting of her friends and the LadyDevimon. They were close enough to be heard. Drusilla looked back at the door but then looked back at her partner. Drusilla figured her friends were on their way to help her. This relieved her, as she wasn't sure if Feroniamon could do the job by herself. Feroniamon flew up into the air and headed for the Demon Lord Lillithmon. Feroniamon opened the palm of her hand and spewed a massive amount of black smoke into the battlefield. "Plume Palm!" She shouted. Lillithmon began coughing on the smoke. She looked around trying to find her enemy. "Darn! I can't see!" She said before coughing some more. Just then, Lillithmon felt a sharp burning pain across her chest and heard Feroniamon shouting "Burning Blade!" Lillithmon screamed in pain. "Burning Blade!" Feroniamon shouted again as she swung her flaming sword at her opponent. Feroniamon smirked "You can't see through this smoke, but I can. As Feroniamon, I'm able to sense the body heat of other living creatures." Feroniamon thought to herself. Lillithmon knew the situation was bad. She was taking serious damage and she had no way to counter. Or did she? Lillithmon suddenly had an idea. "Empress Emblaze!" Lillithmon summoned an eldritch, handlike monstrosity from a portal that was different from the one Feroniamon previously destroyed. She caused the gigantic hand to fan away all of the smoke. Lillithmon smirked when she caught sight of Feroniamon. "Found you." She said before diving toward her and swinging at her with her metallic claw. Feroniamon parried with her sword. Feroniamon then flapped her wings of fire and shouted "Fire Flaps!" Feroniamon's wings sent multiple balls of fire at Lillithmon. Lillithmon got hit and cried out in pain.

Lillithmon jumped back to get some distance between herself and Feroniamon. Lillithmon had taken quite a bit of damage. She was covered in slash wounds, scuff marks, and burn marks. "This fiery woman Digimon is far stronger than that pathetic do-gooder Lillithmon I defeated. I shouldn't take her lightly. She might even be as strong as GranDracmon." Lillithmon thought to herself. Lillithmon caused the giant hand creature she summoned to fly towards Feroniamon. The hand was opened because Lillithmon intended on grabbed her and slamming her against the wall. Feroniamon watched stoically as the handlike monstrosity approached her. "Burning Blade!" Feroniamon shouted as she swung her sword up, once again cutting the thing into two burning halves just like the last time.

Lillithmon growled in frustration and took one step backwards. "I'm not done! Phantom Pain!" Lillithmon shouted as she held her hand out and caused her lust crest to appear in front of her in the form of green energy. She blew a kiss which caused some pink hearts to come off of her lips and enter the green circular crest. Then the crest blasted green energy. Feroniamon just stood there, watching the energy come her way. Drusilla looked panicked when she saw that her partner wasn't even attempting to dodge. "Feroniamon! What are you doing!? Move!" Drusilla shouted. Feroniamon held her hand up. The attack hit Feroniamon's palm. She stopped the attack with just her hand. Lillithmon had the look of shock on her face. "I-IMPOSSIBLE!" She screamed.

"With as much trouble as you gave Syn, I expected this to be more of a challenge." Feroniamon said. Then, Feroniamon flew up to Lillithmon and impaled her with her burning sword! Lillithmon screamed as she was reduced to data particles! After Lillithmon was deleted, Feroniamon de-digivolved to Litmon, her In-Training form. Zai was in awe. "Unbelievable! She defeated Lillithmon so effortlessly!" Zai exclaimed. Syn, now a Nyaromon, looked upset. "This stinks! I wanted to be the one to defeat her! Not only did I lose to another Lillithmon, but Drusilla's Digimon made killing her look easy! That makes me look doubly weak! This stinks! This stinks! This stiiiiiinks!" The little Nyaromon shouted angrily. Zai sighed and reached into her pocket, bringing out a single wrapped cookie. "Have some comfort food, Syn." Zai said as she unwrapped the cookie to give to her Digimon. The Nyaromon's sour disposition turned chipper when she saw the cookie. "Oooh! Cookie! Cookie! Cookie! Yummy nummy in my tummy, from the tummy to out my bummy!" She said cheerfully (and rapidly) before eating the cookie in one bite. Syn smiled. "That cookie was so good! Wait, I was mad about something. Zai, what was I mad about?" Syn asked. Zai giggled. "You never change." Zai said. Syn looked confused. "What are you talking about? I change all the time! It's called Digivolution! In fact, I digivolved a while ago to…" Syn suddenly remembered. "Oh man! Lilithmon! She and Feroniamon made me look bad! AHH!" Zai smirked. "When you recover, do you want to fight Feroniamon?" Syn's eyes went wide with shock and beads of sweat appeared all over the little cat head's body. "WHAT!? Are you crazy!? She'll annihilate me!" Syn exclaimed.

Drusilla's Litmon floated over to Zai and Syn who were sitting on the throne room floor. Litmon smiled cutely. "Syn, I would never annihilate you. You're my friend." Syn turned and looked at Litmon. Apparently, she missed the part where Feroniamon de-digivolved…or she forgot. She freaked out. "AH! Talking fire ghost! Call the exorcist!" Syn screamed. Zai gave Syn a noogie. "It's not a fire ghost. It's Feroniamon's In-Training form, you doofus." She said in an annoyed voice. Litmon giggled. "I'm Litmon." She said. Zai stood up with her Nyaromon in her arms. She looked over to Zai and smiled. "Things were pretty crazy before, but I wanted to say….nice getup." Zai said. Drusilla smiled and rubbed the back of her head. "Thanks. They're the clothes Dad bought for me." She said.

Anubismon's Chamber….

In a deep underground mansion, Anubismon sat in a room surrounded by computers. Anubismon looked like his namesake, Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead. Some data particles appeared in front of him. Anubismon cupped the particles in his hand. "Lillithmon; goddess of darkness, queen of lust. No matter how many times I erase your memory and return you to a DigiEgg, you always seem to go down the path of evil. I guess I should just permanently delete your DigiCore. I've given you too many chances." Anubismon said. Lillithmon's voice came from the cluster of her data. "Please, no! Have mercy!" She pleaded. Just then, Anubismon heard a voice. "Now, now. That sounds like such a waste." Anubismon turned to see Morty Shin and Owarimon, who evidently now had complete control over the snake growing out of her. "Who are you? How did you get in here?" Anubismon asked. "We just walked in through the front door." Owarimon said. "Impossible! The security to my chamber is impenetrable!" Anubismon said. Owarimon licked her lips. "Well, I did have a few snacks along the way." She said. "Give us Lillithmon's DigiCore." Morty demanded. Anubismon growled like a dog. "No! It is my responsibility as judge of The Digital World to ensure that Digimon who die-" Anubismon was cut off as he found a magical red ring appear around his neck and begin to tighten. Anubismon reached up and grabbed the ring, trying to break it off. Morty had caused it to happen by raising his hand! His eyes were glowing the whole time!

"I'll let you off this time because I like dogs. But stand in my way again and I'll have to put you down." Morty said. Morty then walked over and took the DigiCore out of Anubismon's hand. Anubismon growled. "Who….who are you?" Anubismon answered. Morty smirked. Morty gave his answer in Witchish. Whatever he said must have been shocking because Anubismon certainly seemed taken aback by the answer. "Impossible!" He said. Morty lowered his hand and the red ring disappeared from around Anubismon's neck. Morty and Owarimon then turned around and left.