Chapter 44: Powerful Eraser

Ryo was once again dreaming. He sat in front of the Babel tower and waited for Millenniumon to join him. He wasn't sure if there was something special or not. Millenniumon was communicating with him when he wanted to see him, for a reason or not.

He took that time to think about the situation so far. From what I know, we are still trap in the Digital world as long as Millenniumon wants it. I don't know why since we have a mission here, but he must have his reason for maintaining it. I have to return home to confront him one day. I'm ready for that. As for Millenniumon, what will happen when I'll be gone? Surely invading the Digital world like he wants, which will surely drag me back here to stop him. Those aren't important for now. I'm more worried about the Erasers. They are getting more numerous or stronger. We are lucky they were a lot of them and weaker, but what if they change strategy?

He heard the sound of Millenniumon sitting next to him and looked at him. He saw some uncertainty marked on the face of the dark god.

"What is it?" Ryo asked.

Millenniumon looked at his partner and replied, "I'm thinking a lot about the Erasers. The seal is clearly getting weaker, but those you fought were weaker this time."

"I can't believe it, but they were more numerous than powerful," Ryo commented, remembering what happened.

Millenniumon nodded before saying, "True. The enemy chose number instead of power this time. I do not know the enemy to predict its next move, but I fear something bad is coming."

Ryo replied, "I was wondering that too. I am not sure what will happen if the enemy chooses power over number. It will be very bad and only WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon will be the only one able to fight them."

Millenniumon grumbled and replied, "What about me?"

"You said you wouldn't intervene in our battle unless I'm in danger," Ryo replied.

Millenniumon sighted before lightly smiling, "I know. Ryo, if the situation gave me no choice...I might have too- Forget about it. It's not important right now. You'll know it when I'll have no choice Ryo."

"No choice for what?" Ryo asked.

"You'll know it when it happen. I will not let it come out of my mouth, because I'm afraid I might throw up if I say it for real," Millenniumon replied before looking in the air before he said, "I saw the battle between Cyberdramon and the Eraser. He didn't do so badly."

"That means he did well, when it comes from you," Ryo replied with a small smirk.

Millenniumon grumbled and replied, "Don't invent words that never came out of my mouth Ryo."

"I didn't," Ryo replied.

Millenniumon grumbled with a small smile and thought, He knows me a little too much for my liking to predict some of my thought. "It is time to wake up, morning is coming."

Millenniumon opened his eyes and saw the light of the sun shining on his face. The dark god grunted as the light hurt him. He was a darkness digimon and the light of the sun was his opposite nature. He put his hands over his face and waited for his amber eyes to adjust to the daylight.

"Curse the light," the dark god grunted as he stood up.

He walked toward the empty temple and thought about what he didn't say to Ryo. You wouldn't believe what I would say anyway. The situation isn't too extreme for now. The situation might require for me to follow up with the tough decision.

He continued until he saw his servant coming out with his Tuxedo cleaned from the sand he had on it and with foods. He picked it and started eating.

Devidramon silently watched his lord until he finished eating, "What are your plans for today my lord?"

"There is nothing of importance right now," Millenniumon replied. He turned around and walked at the cliff of the island as he continued, "The Erasers are defeated every time they appeared for now, but the worse as yet to come."

"I fear of the future Millenniumon. Maybe you should build an army to fight the Erasers," Devidramon replied.

Millenniumon thought about it and replied, "An army is useless for now. The Chosen Children are doing the job right. I think power will be more important than-" he stopped talking suddenly.

"What is it my lo-" Devidramon saw what the dark god was looking at, "By the accurse light! What happened to the Island?"

File Island was cut in half. The North was gone and they couldn't see anything at all. The ocean was covering it and it had a weird form.

"This is extremely bad. An Eraser is here and absorbed half of the island," Millenniumon commented as he turned around, "I'll go. I have to be the one to take care of it."

"I understand my lord, we don't see it yet, but that Eraser should be huge."

"Even more than me," the dark god added.

"Do you-"

"Stay here. I don't want anyone in my way or it will turn bad. I have a real battle coming now," the dark god said before jumping from the floating Island.

Devidramon watched the missing part of the island. He sighted and raised his head, "The worse is coming already. I guess it just happened if my lord didn't feel it until he sees it. My lord, we really need an army, because we need organized troop or the Digital world will fall for both the Light and the Darkness digimon."

The Chosen Children were watching the ocean near them. They were silence when they realised half of File island was gone. They observed the nothingness for a while until someone talked.

"This is really bad," Monodramon said while looking at Ryo.

"It is," Koushiro replied, "Half the island is gone like nothing. The Eraser will be extremely powerful and we have to be ready to fight it. It could appear anytime now."

The Chosen Children nodded and their partner evolved to their highest level.

"We have to be ready for anything," Sora said looking around.

"It could destroy the other half of the island if we don't act fast and die," Jou added.

Mimi looked at the other's and said, "What about the digimons living on that half of the island? What happened to them?"

None of them answered the question.

"I...guess they are gone," Ryo finally replied, not wanting to say they were dead.

"Unless the Eraser got their data too," Koushiro added.

That was something none of them took well. The thought that the enemy was made of digimons, who were killed to become an Eraser.

"We have no time to lose. If we eliminate the Eraser, we will bring them back," Taichi said.

"Just like the others before," Takeru said with a smile.

"Let's hope it will be the case," Koushiro said.

Ryo watched under the water and wondered if the Eraser was hidden in the ocean. He looked around, but saw nothing.

"I do not see where the Eraser is hidden," Ryo said as he looked underwater.

WarGreymon walked by the side of Ryo and also looked underwater. He grumbled as he said, "Agreed. I do not see the Eraser."

Cyberdramon used his stronger senses and tried to find something, but detected nothing, "I cannot detect anything at all. The Eraser must be hidden pretty well."

"I do not believe he could hide well. He had a lot of data within him and Cyberdramon shouldn't have any trouble detecting it, unless he wasn't targeting us," Koushiro commented.

"Who would he targ-" Taichi stopped his question in midsentence. The Chosen Children knew who the target was.

Ryo looked around and was lightly worried now, "Millenniumon. He's aiming for the strongest digimon who's opposing them."

"What should we do?" Yamato asked the others.

Ryo knew why Yamato asked the question. It wasn't a friend who was in danger, but an enemy who tried to conquer the Digital world and captured the Chosen Children. Even so, Ryo couldn't help, but worried over the Dark God.

"I'll have to find him," Ryo replied.

"I agree," Koushiro said, surprising the others, "Millenniumon is a powerful digimon and we'll need him if we want to save this world. The Erasers are far more resilient than any digimon's we fought after all. Also, Millenniumon has a huge advantage with his ability to control the time."

"He will hate so much to be watched by us," Cyberdramon grumbled, just thinking about it annoyed him.

"I don't think anyone like the fact that we have to protect him. Where is he?" Sora asked Ryo.

"I think-" They were interrupted when the island trembled.

"It's coming!" Taichi yelled.

Millenniumon was close of the island when he saw the ocean around it waving. He stopped his descend and searched for the cause of the disturbance.

Where is it going to strike? He asked himself before hearing a loud scream. Urgh!

He was hit behind and flew down and crashed against the ocean. It took a second before he started sinking underwater. He regained his focus and flew out of the water and searched for the Eraser.

"He's waiting for me to lower my guard. Where is it?" Millenniumon asked looking around.

He heard the sound of rock and plants and felt something grabbing his belly. He looked down and realised he was attached. He was thrown in the air, but used his time control ability and stopped the attack of the Eraser.

He used his claw to destroy the vine of rock and plants and turned around, facing the Eraser. He gasped when he saw how big it was.

It was a giant humanoid digimon with a bear face like feature. The large fang were sharp and made of metal while the body was made of the island rock and the plants, trees found on it. He had four large wings on his back made of plants and water. As for the size, he was five times taller than Millenniumon.

"How did I fail to see him?" Millenniumon grunted furiously when he felt the pain awakening on his back. He felt blood slowly flowing out of his wound, "Powerful too. I cannot get hit another time or it might be fatal."

The dark god charged his cannons and aimed toward the face of the Eraser. He waited for his cannon to reach their maximal power before shooting at the face.

The time flew back and a powerful explosion lowered the visibility of the dark god. He waited for the smoke to disperse when he saw the cracked face of the Eraser coming close to him and was about to bite him.

Millenniumon grabbed the mouth and stopped the fang to kill him. He grunted painfully when the strength of the Eraser was superior to him.

"The...Eraser...really went...all out," Millenniumon grumbled. At least. It isn't aiming for Ryo. I just need to find a way to defeat it.

AC: This is the end of chapter 44.

Next one: Close Call.