(A/N- This may probably be the biggest chapter by far! With the preparations for project O.B.O.R.O now completed, The Nixel Armada and Regulusmon finally have their plan to get rid of the Mixels once and for all, now ready to execute at a moment's notice! How will this affect the Prophecy, and Casey and her friend's bonds with the Mixels? What's more, just what was it that inspired Gulus to save Casey back when Gammamon had him come out to fight Arukenimon, AND when Betel Gammamon and Gulus split apart during the fight against Salamandamon? All that and more shall be answered in this special chapter based on one of my favorite episodes of Digimon Ghost Game, Human Hunter, as it does what I feel it was originally meant to do before the original source material came to an end in Japan on March 26th of 2023- Redeem Gulus Gammamon!)  

'Holograms, a famous form of technology that is widely renowned far and wide in the city of Santa Monica. In the year 2024, all kinds of paranormal phenomenon occur all over the city. The humans who dwell within this lively city began to refer to them as... Hologram Ghosts.'

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Silence.

All that there was in Knapp's Castle at first was silence buried within pitch-black darkness, before a lone voice began to talk, adding some life to the empty castle halls, as faint snarls and groans were heard not too far from where this voice was going, a pair of beastly, yellow glowing eyes being the only source of light. "Finally," The voice began. "Tonight is going to be the epicenter of what I'm striving towards..." It growled lightly, as the source of the voice went down into an abandoned dungeon, where 10 more glowing yellow eyes shone bright, the muddied yellow radiance that originated the five sets of optics slicing through the darkness. "Well, it seems that the Armada's efforts weren't in complete vain for once." The voice muttered to itself, thinking to how so many attempts that they had made in the past had failed countless times prior, before it calmly sighed. "Oboromon, listen to me; 57 Mixels and 4 Digimon have all found human partners, and have the gall to interfere in the plans that I, and my Nixel too- I mean, teammates, have for Earth. You all are hereby ordered to take refuge in San Fransisco. Hunt down anyone and anything that gets in your way, but you five are all honor-bound to imprison those Mixing Miscreants. Now, go. Play your game, and whichever one of you ensnares the most Mixels and Humans in your traps and brings the captives all to Oak Glen shall be declared worthy of sharing my future throne. But remember- Mixels give bonus points, Humans are worth one point, and Digimon do not count, especially not my children. But if all else fails, the 5 of you are to rendezvous with me and the Armada at Golden Gate Park at the stroke of Midnight." The voice gently roared, as 5 ghostly Digimon- No doubt what the beastly set of eyes was talking to- left the castle, and ultimately floated away into the night. 

"Even though more than half of them are all united... I won't let them win... Within every single galaxy, 'Eat or Be Eaten' is what drives all lifeforms with a hungering, never-ending desire for nothing but survival... And it drives me towards a higher role in all of existence..." The voice snarled, as the moon hit one of the windows, revealing the head and neck of a blackened dragon, who gently placed a barbed, golden claw onto the bottom of its chin. "I genuinely cannot wait for Project O.B.O.R.O to successfully work, all to trap those chosen ones and ultimately coax you out from inside of your younger brother's body so you can finally give me your progress report... Gulus Gammamon." It said, before an eerie, cold laugh escaped the large dragon's maw.

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The following day, on the first day of summer, Casey and a majority of the group were called to Clover Park by Alya, who had her hand-held Camera around her neck, a bunny-patterned strap keeping it in place. "Alright, guys, it's time for the Mixed-up Paranormal Investigation Team to get down to business!" The young Roark sibling joyfully declared with a cheerful smile, While Akane just looked over to Casey and Flain, more than curious. "What does she mean by all of that?" The ninja who formerly went by the name of Crimson Shinobi asked her cousin and her partner. "Well, more often than not, Juniper Beckett, the editor-in-chief for Angelwood Middle's School news website, 'The Phantom's Den', will give Alya an exclusive inside scoop about things involving Hologram Ghosts that she plans to put in so she can help the other students stay safe. School's been mandating her to do that since the whole Weedmon fiasco back before Gulus showed up." Casey explained, before Gammamon nodded after taking a sip of lemonade (Or as he liked calling it, 'Pucker Juice'). "Yeah! Whenever we help her gather Juney's lil bits of ihnforemayshun, it occasionally gives us all the chance to go to fun, new places around California that most of us have never been to before! Sure, there have been times where we encountered mean Digimon corrupted by an I-cubit or two, or even a bunch of Nixels from the Arm-oughta, but thanks to all our friends helping us, be they Mixel, Digimon, or Human, we'll always find a way for us to win any fight against them!" The little Digimon happily beamed, his tail wagging in happiness. "So what are we handling this time, Alya?" Ren asked the person he was the closest to in the group, as the youngest of the two Roark Siblings then proceeded to pull out her phone, and looked at an email that her friend sent her. "According to what she said, it's something involving Japanese demons- Oni!" She smiled, as when she brought that up, Kiyo immediately flinched. 

"Th-There's no way I'm getting involved in something as dangerous as tha-" Kiyo nervously muttered, before Jellymon looked over to her human partner. "Stop talking, Bunny-Baby's talking, hush." The Mollusk told him, covering his mouth with her small hand, earning a gentle stare (and then shrug) from Teslo. Gammamon, ever the curious Digimon of the group, looked over to Dracmon, who was just looking up at the clouds while having himself a plain sugar donut. "Dracmon, you know lots about Japanese stuff. What're Oni?" The Dinosaur Digimon asked him, as the demon-like Digimon turned to face him. "Well, to make it sound less scary from the things I've learned about them, they're Japanese yokai who look like orcs. They have immense strength, have horns on their heads, and can either be red, blue, or any other color." Dracmon explained, while Aleena just looked to the side. "Well, there have been rumors about things like that appear every few nights at Oak Glen. Lucas told me and the Glowkies that a lot of people who live there have been taken by an Oni." The formerly Nixed Chosen one thought aloud, before a familiar voice broke the silence. "Yeah, you're not wrong there. During my searches across California for the real Henry Almenera, I did hear some of those very same rumors, albeit most of them were about Oni who ate humans." Turning around, the group of heroes saw the faint silhouette of a familiar friend. "Oh, hey, Espimon!" Cassie smiled, before Flain went over to the mechanical rookie-level Digimon, hoping to get some answers from the rookie-level Digimon. "I'd probably be going off on a whim by saying this, my Digimon compadre, but I'm guessing that you heard those rumors in Oak Glen, too?" The bird-like infernite asked him, as Espimon shook his head. "Nah, the whole 'eatin people' thing is actually a rumor that's all the way from San Fransisco." The metal Marmot Digimon admitted calmly, whereas Kiyo just glanced away from the group, seemingly unamused by this new information. "I just finished my forum, planned to watch a few episodes of Undead Unluck, and even wanted to go to some fan events for the summer, but no, I gotta go halfway across the state of California and investigate some Hologram Ghost-related phenomenon..." Kiyo sarcastically mumbled, as Angoramon looked down for a moment. "Kidnapping... People eating... None of that's normal, no matter what angle you look at this problem from." Angoramon calmly muttered his thoughts aloud to the group, as Mysto nodded in agreement with the rabbit Digimon's statement. "That is true. We can't simply ignore this problem, should we risk others getting hurt because of our inaction." The Nindja leader spoke up, as Alya jumped up onto her feet, with Shuff mimicking every one of her movements. "Alright, everyone, looks like our mission is about to begin! The Mixed-Up Paranormal Investigation Team is now all set to move out to San Fransisco, and ultimately find out the truth so we can defend everyone from one side of our state, to the next!" She cheered, as Gammamon let out a happy 'Ohh~!' of energetic cheerfulness, and with that, the group began to make their way to the large city... And the first step to that was to find a bus that would drive the group 383 miles to their destination.

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After half the group managed to find a bus that went all the way to San Fransisco, whereas the rest of the group managed to get a lift from Airdramon (A Digimon that Angoramon met at one of the Gatherings), before the team all met up by the botanical gardens. "Well, I'm going to go do some sightseeing, and scout out any potential business opportunities." Jellymon said as she poked her head out of Kiyo's bag, and then the mollusk Digimon had promptly floated off in the opposite direction. "Good luck not getting eaten by Oni while I'm gone, team!" She said almost teasingly, as Kiyo's eyes just widened in fear as his Digimon partner left. Meanwhile, Gammamon was just by himself, seeming lost in thought. Globert, taking quick notice of the Dinosaurian Digimon being all by himself, went over to him. "Gammamon, are you alright? You've been awfully quiet during the bus ride..." The bat-like leader asked him, as he nodded. "Y-Yeah. I'm fine, Globert. It's just... I really don't know why, but my inner demons have been acting all... Weird lately. Back when we fought Arukenimon, He killed her, but he saved Casey from falling from one of her web traps for some reason. And more recently, he came out during the time I was Betel Gammamon, and Fought alongside me when we had to fight Salamandamon..." The rookie-level Digimon explained. "I don't trust that other side of me... I can't. And I won't..." Gammamon then mumbled, as Aleena went over to Espimon. "So, Espimon, how'd you find out about those Rumors in the first place?" She asked the mechanical rookie Digimon, who looked over to her. "Well, I heard some humans talk about it, saying that a few friends of theirs had become Victims to the Oni." He explained, causing Kiyoshiro to only disagree with Espimon."That makes no sense whatsoever..." The class representative began, trying to be reasonably logical. "How could they know it was Oni? The kidnapped victims couldn't have shared that with anybody else, so what makes you think it was Oni to begin with?" Maya only looked over at her cousin in confusion, before Akane proposed a potential theory.

 "But it does bring one question to mind that we should most likely consider- What if only a select few of the victims were the people who were kidnapped were with their friends, but those aforementioned victims' friends all had somehow managed to be spared from the wrath of the Oni?" She began, as Cobrax lightly tilted his head. "Yeah, but how did they get away from 'em?" The cobra-like Mixel asked her, as the young Ninja girl only put a finger to her chin in thought. "I don't exactly know, Cobrax. It's all part of one huge hypothetical right now, so until we can figure out the exact rea how they managed to get away, the only thing that'd make sense at the moment would be that they had outran the Oni..." She explained to the group, as Kiyo's eyes widened in fear. "I-It really doesn't make sense, though...!" He nervously muttered to himself. "Oni are known to hate Sardine heads and holly olives. What's more, Oni are Japanese yokai- supernatural creatures! Humans can't simply outrun them...!" Flurr only looked down at his human partner as he continued rambling on, feeling a bit bad for Kiyo. 'I don't know where to get Holly olives, but they also hate sardine heads, huh? Too bad we haven't found the Trashoz yet...' The blue draconic Frosticon leader mentally lamented to himself as Kiyo soon began to loudly plead for Jellymon to return (Much to the chagrin of the rest of the team). "Though, there's one thing left to take into account, y'guys- Those Oni have been known to appear only at night. I'll be giving you guys advice here and there t'try and help with your investigations on occasion from here on out, but I gotta get back to searchin' for the real Henry Almenera." Espimon explained, before he flew off. Gammamon, having a small smile on his face (Mostly because he was trying his best to get his mind off of how weirdly his Inner demons had been making him act as of recently), and went over to talk to the group. "M-Maybe we can explore around San Francisco?" He nervously suggested to everyone, trying to mask the thousands upon thousands of confusing, worrying thoughts that were on his mind thanks to him either going mental over things that happened around him, or unexplained circumstances that caused him to slip into the deep end. "Besides, Espimon said the Oni don't show up until nighty-time. Why not use the remaining bit of daylight we have to explore...?" He suggested, as Casey nodded. "Good call, Gammamon. We all can't fully expect or predict any of whatever'll be in store for us tonight as we investigate the Oni situation, so taking some time to see the local area and for each of us to unwind for a bit would help... Especially in Kiyo's case." She admitted, taking charge as usual. 

"But we should also have a backup plan at the ready if we take a bit too long and it gets dark, too." Francis added. "You're not wrong there, Francis. I think it'd probably be in our best interest that we split up into teams so we can cover more ground in a city as big as this. Although, I think that maybe a few of us will have to go on our own with our Mixel partners..." Henry nodded in agreement with the robotics club's leader, as he then had turned around to face Casey. "Hermana, you're with Kiyo, The Frosticons, All the Infernites, Gammamon, and..." He paused for a second, looking at the others present for one last extra member to join Casey's group before Volectro walked back over to the others with two empty cans of Red bull in his hands, as everyone just stared at him. "...What?" The Frizzy-haired Electroid asked the group, oblivious to the situation, causing Casey's brother to sigh. "... And you're also taking Volectro with you, because Dios no lo quiera the rest of us try to deal with him when the 160 milligrams of caffeine kicks in. Besides, he's crazy and reckless enough as is." He then added. "Everyone else, you can choose your groups. Akane, prima, you, me, and the Nindjas are going with Aleena, the Glowkies, and Dracmon." He told her, as the team all split up into their respective groups. Though, for a brief moment, a set of 10 yellow eyes set their eyes on the chosen ones and the Mixels, each party unaware of their multi-optical stalker...

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Soon enough, Night fell on the city, all while Casey's group was walking through Chinatown. "We're going on an Oni hunt~! We're going on an Oni hunt~!" Gammamon happily sang as Volectro volunteered to give the little Digimon a piggyback ride, with all 6 of the infernites sticking close to Casey (especially Flamzer), while Kiyo slowly trudged behind everyone else. "Kiyo, pick up the pace! If you keep moving as slow as Lunk, you're gonna get left behind!" Casey called to him, Causing Kiyo to yelp in fear, as he ran over to Gammamon and Volectro. "Gammamon, you, Volectro, and the Frosticons need to protect me if something happens!" He frightenedly shouted, shaking the duo. "Kiyozhiro, calm down." Volectro told him. "There'z no need to worry about any of the Oni attacking you juzt because Jellymon isn't here." Gammamon then proceeded to nod in agreement with the statically charged Electroid. "But we're all traveling together. We'll be able to protect each other, like real Compadres!" Gammamon then smiled, still trying to hide his worries, as the group kept walking, before the streetlights lining Chinatown all suddenly shut off on their own, as a quartet of blue flames whirled above the group of 12. "No, no, no! I'm too young to die!" Kiyo screamed as he bolted off in fear, as Casey looked back, seeing all 4 of the blue flames began to congregate together into a new shape. The form the flames had taken on seemed to mostly resemble that of a skeleton... At least, its upper body seemed to resemble nothing more than a skeleton. Atop its head, the being wore a straw hat, a red cape, and a very long red scarf. Its right hand seemed similar to those of zombies, with its own skin preserved. Meanwhile, the left hand of this Digimon looked like it had been formed by a horse's own skull, with a long blade protruding from the equine creature's mouth, while its lower half was formed by a swarm of blue fire resembling a skull- no doubt what the four blue flames once were.

"Give it to me..." The ghostly creature weakly commanded the two kids. "Hand them over, those who are red!" Casey only looked back at the being as she stepped back a bit from this new creature. "So, the Oni is actually a Hologram Ghost?" Casey asked herself, as Gammamon shook his head, getting off of Volectro. "It's got a pair of horns! It's an Oni, but also not! It's a Digimon-" Gammamon began, before his voice just changed for a brief moment. "Dammit, Oboromon..!" A cruel, slightly angry voice slipped through the dinosaur Digimon's jaws, as the being, now known as Oboromon, steeled its gaze on the Infernites and Casey. "Give it to me... Hand them over, those who are red! Surrender yourselves to me!" it commanded, as the group kept running (flying in Flurr's case), causing Oboromon to scowl. "You refuse to surrender yourselves to me?" He asked the 6 red Mixels and the girl from Spain, before he drew his sword. "In that case, your lives shall become fodder for Lord Regulusmon! Yūgen!" It shouted, as Gammamon quickly jumped towards Casey, knocking her out of the way, but unfortunately, he wasn't quick enough to save the Infernites, whom were all cast into a red safe. "Guys, no!" Casey muttered, as Kiyo, Flurr, and Volectro all silently stared at the horrible sight, as Gammamon just growled. "You've got me burning mad now!" He said, trying to digivolve into Betel Gammamon as he leapt in to attack Oboromon, but... Nothing happened.

Gammamon was still Gammamon.

"Tonight, one of us five hunters shall be chosen to share the throne..." Oboromon began. "And I shall have proof of me being worthy enough to share the throne with Lord Regulusmon!" Kiyo could only nervously stare between the safe and Oboromon, his breath becoming more and more shaky with each passing second. Volectro could only facepalm at this, as he knew all too well regarding what was coming next. "3, 2, 1, and..." He began, as Kiyo then muttered 'Integer overflow', and collapsed onto the ground. "LET THEM GO, YOU RED BULLY!" Gammamon roared, trying to attack Oboromon, before the little Rookie-Digimon was swatted away. "No need... There is no need for you!" Oboromon told him. "Lord Regulusmon specifically said that Digimon do not count in this game, especially not the Princes of Dawn and Dusk!" Oboromon began, before carrying the safe that held the infernites within it away, causing Casey to glance over at Gammamon. "The Princes of Dawn and Dusk...?" She muttered to herself, as Gammamon weakly got up. "I can't just... Stand here..." Gammamon weakly squeaked, as his voice changed again.

"I've Gots'ta save m'compadres...!"

Soon enough, Casey's phone rang, and, seeing that it was a group call with most of the others, she picked up the phone. "Case, how are you, Kiyo, and the others doing in Chinatown?" Amber asked her, calling from Pier 39, before Gammamon snatched Casey's phone, taking everyone by surprise. "Guys! Flain, Vulk, Zorch, Bun'rar, Mel'us, and Flai'mzer were taken by a Digimon! I'm gonna save my compadres, even if I can't Digivolve into Betel Gammamon!" He told the group, taking everyone by surprise. "H-Hang on, what?!" Jackie asked, confused, before Alya spoke up. "Guys, we've got company...!" She muttered, as the call suddenly ended, with each screen reading 'connection terminated' right after the youngest of the Roark sisters had spoken.

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Bianca, the Frosticon cousins, Angoramon, and Alya all watched as another Oboromon approached the 6 of them, but this one was different compared to the one Casey's team had encountered earlier. "A hologram Ghost...!" Alya slightly smiled, before Angoramon intervened in her moment of slight happiness. "That's Oboromon, a virus attribute, Undead type, Ultimate-level Digimon. They've been known to absorb the hatred in Digimon that they've killed, which gives them an extremely unhealthy obsession of winning. Aside from that, there's not much else known about them..." The rabbit Digimon explained, shielding his partner with one of his arms, before Oboromon slowly got close to the group. "Give it to me... Hand them over, those who are blue, Surrender them to me!"

Upon getting a bit of a closer look at Oboromon, Snoof noticed something. "Uh, y'all?" The icy bumpkin nervously asked the group. "Where's the I-cubit fragment on this guy...?" He asked. The others all looked, and noticed there wasn't an I-cubit shard anywhere on Oboromon's body. "He... Doesn't have one..." Bianca muttered, as Chilbo's eyes widened in worry. "Then that can only mean that the Nixels aren't controlling it whatsoever... Oboromon is doing this all of its free will!" He shouted in fear, as Oboromon had then fixed its gaze upon Bianca and the Frosticon cousins. "You refuse to surrender yourselves to me?" He asked the four of them, as Oboromon quickly thrusted its sword out at the 4 in blue, before Angoramon digivolved into Symbare Angoramon, and caught the blade in his gloved hands, protecting the four of them in the process. "We need to get out of here!" Symbare Angoramon shouted, as the other five people present in the group nodded, while Oboromon narrowed his eyes at the Champion-level Digimon. "Digimon do not rack up any points in this game. You have no right to interfere! Rashōmon!" The blue Oboromon shouted, causing its lower body composed of will-o-wisps to detach and burn Symbare Angoramon, enabling it to get away and go after Alya and the others. Symbare Angoramon growled to himself, giving chase to the Digimon that was chasing his human partner, Bianca Frost, and the 2015 Frosticons.

As the 5 of them kept running, the group soon ran into Henry's group (Who had joined up with Maya, Zaptor, Amber, the Cragsters, and Teslo), who were being chased by 2 other Oboromon. "Hand them over, those who are Black..." One of them said. "Hand them over, those who are Yellow, Surrender them to me!" The other Said, as Dracmon kept using Demi-darts to help his group keep their distance from the evil undead Digimon. "Guys! Don't let the Mixels get anywhere near the Oboromon, especially if you're wearing the color that they're after!" Dracmon warned them. "Aleena, quick! Use the D-Vigor to put up a Digital Field! If you do, we can protect anyone else who might fall Victim to these guys, and also get some distance between us and them!" The imp-like Rookie Digimon told his human partner, as she nodded. "Ok, but how am I supposed to do that? I only thought the D-Vigors could only make you guys digivolve, and turn other Digimon back from certain digivolutions!" She said, as Alya then called over to her. "Press the second button on the right side!" The youngest of the Roark siblings told her, as Alya only nodded, pressing the button she had been told about, causing a Digital field resembling that of a Desert to form around the area, and for the Oboromon to disappear.

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Meanwhile, in the dusky skylines of the San Francisco, Jellymon was trying to find Kiyo, but to no clear avail. "Ugh, why is it that most of these investigational trips take us to places around California with barely any Digimon?" She asked herself, a bit miffed. "Santa Monica has SO many better business opportunities than this shoddy place, but I will admit- San Francisco DOES have good places to visit..." She started, before seeing everything change due to a digital field opening up. "Jellymon, down here!" Casey called to her, as the mollusk Digimon floated down to her group. "Lil' candle! What's going on? Where are the Hotheads and their cousins? Why's Gammamon all beaten up?" She asked, before turning around to see Kiyo unconscious, causing her to sigh. "... The one time I'm not around, Darling has an Integer overflow... Stand back, everyone, I got this." She began, floating over to Kiyoshiro's unconscious body, before Volectro looked over to her. "You can leave Kiyozhiro to me, Jellymon. Bezidez, I didn't drink two whole canz of Red Bull earlier for nothing!" Jellymon just looked over to the others, both shocked and confused by what the Electroid had just now told her. "Someone shut the front door- Frizzles drank 2 entire cans of Red Bull?!" She worriedly asked the others, as Volectro went over to Kiyo. Gammamon, getting some sort of idea of what Volectro was trying to do, hopped out of Casey's arms, and put Kiyo on the ground, the human boy laying down on his back. "Do the thing, V'lectro!" The little Digimon smiled, as Volectro began to rub his hands together, creating a bunch of static electricity that began to quickly gather within his own two V-shaped palms, as he soon burst into frenzied laughter. "CLEAR!" He cackled, placing his hands on Kiyo's chest, shocking him, and bringing him back to consciousness, and also bringing him into his limit break mode. "Welcome back, Darling." Jellymon smiled, embracing Kiyo in a tiny hug for a brief moment, before turning around to see Casey seeming like she was lost in thought about something. 

"Lil' Candle, are you ok?" Jellymon asked the girl from Spain, as Casey silently looked down at her Red Jacket, and took off her headphones from around her neck. "Casey, if you're really that upset about Flain and the others getting taken by that Oni, you really don't need to worry about it. We'll rescue them somehow." Kiyo told her, before Casey shook her head. "First of all, Gammamon said that the Oni was actually a Digimon called Oboromon." She began, as Gammamon tilted his head in confusion about what Casey said. He didn't say any of that, did he? "Secondly, don't you guys remember what Oboromon said before he took the Infernites? 'Give it to me, hand them over, those who are red, surrender them to me'..." Flurr nodded in understanding. "So, Oboromon is targeting anyone with Red..." The draconic Frosticon muttered, as Casey nodded. "Yeah. So as long as you've got colors matching what they're after, or if you're a Mixel who's colored after whatever they want, then you've got an instant target painted on your back quicker than you can say Contrarrevolucionario... Which I should go on par to also say that means counter revolutionary." She said, before Casey noticed Gammamon gently tugging her hand, trying to get her attention.

"Casey? We need to find the others... I... I gotta come clean about some things about the Oboromon... And I got bunches of things I now know that I gotta explain about me and my Inner Demons." The little dinosaur Digimon spoke up, causing Kiyo to nervously gulp upon hearing Gammamon say those last two words. "Y-You mean...?" He fearfully muttered, as Gammamon nodded. "... I mean Gulus." Gammamon nodded. "I keep acting like he's another side of me, or some repressed trauma given a form of its own through digivolution, but he's a lot more than that. And it's time you guys knew what he exactly was" He revealed as he flew into Casey's bag again. "Aright. I don't know if anyone else on the team has been captured by Oboromon or not, but is there anywhere we can go to avoid Oboromon and meet up with the others?" Casey asked, as Jellymon patted the girl gently on the head. "And this is the part of the adventure where the time I spent doing sightseeing comes in handy, because luckily for everyone on our team, Golden Gate Park seems like the perfect place! Barely anyone goes there, so chances are that Oboromon wouldn't think twice about going there to find anybody to hunt!" The Mollusk Digimon smiled, as she Digivolved into Tesla Jellymon, as Casey looked down at Gammamon. "Well, do you think you can Digivolve into Kaus Gammamon? Cause back when you tried to Digivolve into Betel, it didn't work..." Casey Muttered, as Gammamon nodded. "So long as I can feel my connection with the Frosticons, yeah." He nodded, as Slumbo, Volectro, and Lunk all just stared at Gammamon in confusion as he Digivolved into Kaus Gammamon.

"Wait a second- What do you mean by 'As long as you can feel your connection with us'?" Flurr asked Kaus as Casey hopped onto his back. "It's rather hard to explain, as I don't know the answers, myself. All I know is that the bonds I've forged with the Infernites, you Frosticons, and the Wiztastics act as some sort of key that unlock theoretical doors that lead to my first 3 Digivolutions- Betel Gammamon, Kaus Gammamon, and Wezen Gammamon. But for me to use those bonds as the keys in order to Digivolve, you guys need to be close by, and for me to feel a strong positive emotion, but I mostly need determination to do so. However, if you were to take away the bond and replace the powerful positive emotions with a rugged negative emotion, like helplessness, guilt, or anger, when I digivolve, I'd only end up letting Gulus out from inside me to wreak all sorts of havoc, and harm those whom I normally view as trusted allies..." Kaus explained while Casey sent a message to everyone about the plan they had made to regroup, and everything about the Oboromon so they wouldn't risk anymixel else getting taken, as each group then began to make their way to Golden Gate Park, unaware that every single chosen one, Human, Mixel, and Digimon were all blindly walking into yet another trap... Most likely the biggest trap of them all that only another force of refined darkness could get them out of...

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Soon enough, everyone met up at Golden Gate Park (and Kaus had de-digivolved back into Gammamon), although, a majority of the Mixels were gone, as only both versions of the Frosticons, The Glowkies, The Nindjas, The Cragsters, and the other 2 Electroids were the only Mixels remaining. "Ok, so we managed to keep 19 of the 57 mixels on our team safe from Oboromon..." Casey smiled a bit. "Now, Gammamon, you want to take a bit of time to explain to everyone about what you wanted to say about Gulus?" She then asked while she turned to face her Digimon Partner, as Boogly tilted his head. "But Boogly thought Gulus was Midnight Killer." The Mole-cricket like Glowkie muttered, as Gammamon had then began to sing.

(Cue Musical Number- 'The Gulus in Me', based on 'The Midnight in Me' from MLP Equestria Girls; Legend of Everfree [Originally performed by Rebecca Shoichet])

https://youtu.be/j2hVhz1cwXY

[Gammamon places a claw on his chest.]

"It started off so broken,

What gave me life was all messed up

He was created from GRB,

All meant to save my life, you see~

[Gammamon goes over to a nearby puddle, and looks down at it, seeing his reflection.]

But now, the darkness rises,

From somewhere deep inside of me

His power overtakes me,

[In the puddle, instead of Gammamon's own reflection, what he sees instead is Gulus Gammamon staring him down.]

Had to keep this demon from getting free!

[Gammamon walks away from the puddle, trying to go over to Casey]

I want to stay with you, my lights,

And I want to be free,

I wish he could let go,

And just start to be kind,

[He then holds his head, remembering the bad things that've happened to him since arriving on Earth.]

But instead, I'm struggling~

With all that we see

And my friends,

Now, see the Gulus in me!

The Gulus in me,

They now see the Gulus in me..."

(END MUSICAL NUMBER)

A multitude of Scarves grabbed the remaining Mixels, encasing them within colored Safes. "Mierda!" Henry shouted, as a quintet of Oboromon now floated above the 19 kids and the 4 Digimon- The red, blue, yellow, and black ones from before, but they were all now joined by a fifth, Green Oboromon.

"The 19 chosen ones are here... That means we each have a chance to get more points..." The red Oboromon said, as Tesla Jellymon quickly Digivolved into Thetismon, and Dracmon into Yaksamon, and then Vajiramon, before a chorus of 'Nix'-es erupted from every corner of the park. "More Black beings..." The black Oboromon began, watching as a giant horde of Nixels began to surround the Chosen Ones, while the 2 ultimate-level Digimon, Symbare Angoramon, and Gammamon tried to fight off the Nixels, while the black Oboromon went in to get one of the Nixels, before a voice echoed in the not-too-far distance, taking everybody by complete and total surprise. "That will not be necessary, as the Time limit for this game is already up." The voice boomed, causing Gammamon's eyes to widen in panic and fear. "N-No... I-It can't be...!" Gammamon whimpered, as everyone turned to face Gammamon in concern. "O-Of all the people, Why YOU?!"

(CUE INSERT THEME- 'ALL CONSUMING' FROM DEATH BATTLE S10E16; GALACTUS VS UNICRON, COMPOSED BY BRANDON YATES & THEREWOLF MEDIA, FT. DIGGS, BEGINS AT 0:10)

https://youtu.be/GrGxZfcYnXw

The Nixels all quickly stepped out of the way, creating a rather large path for the source of the voice to get through. In the front of the charge was none other than King Nixel, followed by Major Nixel, and a 3rd creature- One that Gammamon knew all too well. This ally to the Nixels was a Digimon, no doubt, but it had the appearance of a black dragon with a ceratopsian-based head with magenta markings, a red pyramid gem on its forehead, and magenta-tipped gold horns, three-clawed arms and legs, magenta markings on the head and stripes on the body, a magenta orb on each shoulder and torso, and an appendage with two small, skinny dragon wings, and a tail with a two-pronged golden harpoon-like tip- One that didn't seem all that different from Gulus Gammamon's tail. Its underside, from what seemed to be down from the neck down to its very tail, was completely colored a bright, noble gold. The left arm of this malicious Digimon wielded a gold-framed black shield that could open itself like a giant maw and reveal sharp, drooling magenta fangs. It also had a darkened, tattered blue cape wrapped around its neck.

"It's been far too long, Gammamon... Tell me, how is your brother doing from inside of you?" The black dragon asked the little Digimon, as the other 3 Digimon stared at the Dragon in fear. "T-this threatening Aura..." Thetismon uttered, completely mortified. "Guys, what's wrong? He's a Digimon! Go get 'em!" Aleena said, as Vajiramon only stepped back, too afraid to even unsheathe his two swords. "I... I want to fight him, but..." Vajiramon told his partner. "There's something too frightening about this Digimon, that just looking at him destroys any desire of opposing him!" The ox-like Digimon muttered fearfully.

Symbare Angoramon looked over to the two Digimon. "Of course, you both would feel that way! That's none other than Regulusmon, the Devourer of Space!" The rabbit Digimon shouted, as the Human kids (And Bianca) all stared at Regulusmon in fear. "That's... The Devourer of Space?" Casey mumbled in fear, as the group of Oboromon all looked over at Regulusmon, as the Black Dragon nodded, resulting in the 5 Oboromon all moving the safes they caught the Mixels within, and then ultimately proceeded with transferring all 57 of them into a clear, see-through safe. "L-Let them go, Dad!"Gammamon begged his father while the Little Digimon was on the verge of tears, feeling worried for his friends, as everyone shockingly stared between Gammamon and Regulusmon. The Digimon partner of Casey Almenera... Was the CHILD of the Devourer of Space?! Regulusmon only burst into maddened, insane laughter upon hearing Gammamon's request. "Now, why would I go ahead and let them remain free, son? My new allies have long since wanted them gone, and thanks to the power I have, I shall finally grant their wish, and devour them, hereby ultimately erase them from existence!" The Black Dragon laughed maniacally, as Major Nixel stared down the White Dinosaur Digimon. "What's more, we've all taken notice of how some of those Miserable Mixels have the power to effect what you Digivolve into. Well, with them in our grasp, you won't be able to digivolve at all-" He began, before Regulusmon gently nudged Major Nixel. "That'd be where you're wrong, Major... At least, for the most part. He will be able to digivolve, but only so he can unleash his older brother." Regulusmon explained, as Gammamon growled at them all. "Each and every one of you..." The little Digimon mumbled. "You'll all... You'll all..." He began, before growling again, looking up at all the Oboromon, the Nixels, and his father. "YOU'RE ALL GONNA PAY THE PRICE FOR TAKING AWAY AND HURTING MY FRIENDS!" Gammamon then roared louder than he ever had before, charging towards the armada, its leaders, his father, and the 5 Oboromon in his own attempt to rescue his loved ones.

(END INSERT THEME)

"You're much like your brother... You just never learn, Prince of the Dawn..." The red Oboromon muttered, as it used its scarf to knock Gammamon back... Or at least, it tried to, before Casey took the hit for Gammamon. "C-Casey! Why'd you do that?" He asked her, as she picked Gammamon up in her arms. "Because You and the Mixels protected me so many times before. This time, it's my turn. Now look, you're not gonna like what I have to say, but..." Casey began, before taking a breath in. "You need to let Gulus out. He's the only one who can save everymixel at this point!" Gammamon stared at Casey, his eyes wide in fear. "N-No! He only causes bad things! I don't want him to hurt my friends!" He defended, before Casey gently held the white Digimon's hands. "Just believe in him, AND yourself, Gammamon." She began. "Because I do." Gammamon sighed. He didn't want to let his big brother out, really, but what other choice did he have? Gammamon then only let out another sigh. He knew he had to risk it all now, or he could continue to fear the probability of losing all of his colorful friends forever. "... Throw me at the safe they're in. Gulus came up with an idea." Gammamon whispered to his human partner, as Casey nodded, chucking Gammamon at the safe, and as he was sent flying towards the safe, he closed his eyes. The next moment he opened them, they were dark as black, and his teeth seemed a million times sharper than they were moments before, as he then started screaming as he was rocketing towards his target.

"GAMMAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO!!!" The white dinosaur screeched, as a blue flame wrapped around Gammamon's body, making him like a living Comet, until he was mere inches from the Safe, before the comet called down some meteors to hit the safe, before time around the Gammamon-sized comet froze. Soon, the meteors broke apart, forming purple DNA helixes that absorbed themselves into the comet, as the red, blue, and green DNA Helixes were absorbed into other places in Gammamon's body, causing the burning comet surrounding him to become a full-blown burst of blue flames, and time to resume as well. From the burst of fire, a set of bloody red claws scratched the safe, a harpoon-like tail following soon after, creating a small hole in the wall of the safe, before a head slammed itself into the safe, making the small hole a whole lot bigger, enabling the Mixels to finally escape. Before everyone's eyes, at long last, was none other than Gammamon's older brother...

"GULUS GAMMAMON!"

Casey smiled as she watched the Mixels escape from the safe, as everyone else stared fearfully at Gulus Gammamon, as Regulusmon looked down at his eldest child. "Why did you let them go?! They were about to be devoured!" The Devourer scolded Gulus Gammamon, as he only scoffed in response to his father's inquiry. "Heh. Why not jus' give them an' the Chosen ones a few final moments worth livin', though, pops? 'Sides, I got m'progress report al'ready finish'd for you. Y'wanted 'ta hear that kinda thing for a really long while now, didn't ya, Old man?" He asked his father with a grin. Most of the Mixel tribes all stared at Gulus worriedly, thinking that, at first, he was only biding time for a darker inevitability, before the dark digivolution looked at all of them for a brief moment, before Gulus Gammamon glanced down at them all, and winked, showing that he was (somewhat) lying to his parental figure. Regulusmon, having more faith in his oldest son himself compared to his actions, only nodded. "Alright, then. Let's hear exactly what your progress report entails, Gulus Gammamon." The large Black Dragon snarled, as Gulus Gammamon only let out a gentle 'tch'. "Just call me Gulus. That's all you'll ev'r wanna say of my name when all's b'n said 'n done." He said with a proud scowl, as he grabbed one of Melody's back-up microphones, and took in a deep breath, before he finally began to sing.

(CUE MUSICAL NUMBER- PROGRESS REPORT', SUNG BY GULUS {CV; EMMA STONE}, FT CHOSEN ONES, BASED ON '2 MINUTES NOTICE' FROM HELLUVA BOSS S2 E7; MAMMON'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MID-SEASON SPECIAL FT FIZZAROLLI, ORIGINALLY SUNG BY FIZZAROLLI [CV; ALEX BRIGHTMAN])

https://youtu.be/f-ZZ6PKg3UI

[Gulus twirls the Microphone in his claw, as it changes colors from yellow and purple to black and Magenta, as he begins walking over to his father and his Allies]

"I have wasted time,

As I watched allies run,

We have boxed up and hid, everything we could!

'Cause of heinous shit you've done~

I have lost all patience,

Every devouring you arranged,

[Gulus then tightens one of his claws, a scowl forming on his face]

And here I am, watching you do it again,

[Gulus proceeds to look at the Nixel Armada, both King Nixel and Major Nixel are confusedly staring at Gulus as he sings. The Oboromon blankly stare at him, while Regulusmon begins to nod his head to the melody.]

But this time, something has changed~!

[Gulus spares Casey and her friends a look, as he smiles at them, and slowly goes over to them, much to his father's confusion]

I played your games,

I've seen it all,

Your vile fame,

Your vile call!

And on this day,

I have just one last thing to say-ay-ay,

Screw you!

Here's my progress report:

Screw you!

Cause I'm not the world killing sort!

Say Adios!

While I look y'each in the eyes, and say:

Screw you!

[Regulusmon is now just dancing a small bit, completely oblivious regarding the fact that the song is about him, while the entire Nixel Armada just stared at Gulus, all the Nixels' mouths agape in shock]

Screwity-Screwity-Screwity-Screwity You~ Screw YOU!

I have taken shit,

Been marred and scarred with blame!

With the scales dark as night,

And with talons so bright,

[Gulus clenches his other free claws, being reminded of all the horrible things he had done in his past]

Made the worlds think, we're the same!

I've had enough!

That's it, I'm done!

You don't get to call us your sons!

This ends right here,

Ain't no sheddin' any tears-ears-ears,

Screw you!

Just get out of my sight,

Screw you,

Cut you off, all ya parasites!

Hope y'all die!

Kiss my tail goodbye, y'all suck!

Screw you!

[Gulus takes Casey by the hand, spinning her around like a Ballroom dancer]

Have you ever felt sick and tired of hearing the same shit,

Every time you just show your face?

Hearin' "You're just like your dad", cause I'm done playin',

If you ever felt the same, lemme hear y'all say it!

[The mixels, kids, and other 3 Digimon clap to the melody of the song, and Gulus' singing, some of them even going as far as singing along with him]

Did you really think I'd be part of your ring?

Yanking me around, your puppet on a string?

Disown us, say this world's got no place for me!

But at least once you're dead, in the red,

We'll really be free!

[Gulus proceeds to remove the black belt from the scarf- A sign of him officially denouncing himself, including Gammamon- As the children of Regulusmon. Regulusmon finally notices the song is supposed to be about him, and thus menacingly glares at his eldest child.]

Screw you!

(Here's my progress report:

Screw you!)

Yeah, suck it mono bastards!

(Cause I'm not the world killing sort,

Screw you!)

All of y'all are just clowns!

Say goodbye,

I know you couldn't if you tried,

If you couldn't tell:

In my opinion, go to hell!

Screw you~!!

[Regulusmon begins to grow enraged, while the 5 Oboromon just watching as he kept singing, as Regulusmon continued to gradually lose his temper, as the entire Nixel Armada just still seem shocked by what Gulus has done]

You bitch!"

(END MUSICAL NUMBER)

Regulusmon was hyperventilating in complete fury at the act of abhorrence that he and his allies had watched his eldest son commit, unable to comprehend most of what he had witnessed. "How dare you...?" The large dragon growled at his own offspring, baring his fangs at him. "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU?! LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU AND GAMMAMON ARE MY CHILDREN, AND YOU BOTH ARE TO FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS NO MATTER WHAT, AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF BYSTANDERS, JUST TO PROVE THAT YOU AND YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER WILL ALWAYS BE FEARED!" Regulusmon roared, lunging towards his eldest son's friends to attack them with the claws on his right hand, but Gulus quickly caught his father's large claws with his own two hands. "G-Gulus..!" Casey smiled lightly at the sentient Dark Digivolution, as all the chosen ones all looked at Gulus with hopeful smiles. Gulus glanced over his shoulder to face everyone else. "Y'guys... I'm sorry for all that I've done t'hurt ya guys in th' past..." Gulus struggled, trying to push back his father's clawed palm so he could protect the people he now found he truly cared for. Some of the group barely believed that Gulus was capable of changing. He helped everyone twice before, and even now, he was trying to protect them! But he still almost killed the entire team when he first appeared, so who was to say he wasn't lying about it? Casey then stepped forward, as Gulus started to shed a tear. "Spicy, please..." Gulus choked up. "Lend me your power... I really jus' wanna do all I can now t'protect y'all now, just like how you've done f'r my little brother, and all your oth'a friends. So, please, Spicy... Lemme fight alongside you, yer human friends, the Digimon, 'n the Morsels, I'm beggin' ya...!"

Casey nodded, just standing by Gulus' side. Regulusmon just looked at the human girl, and only stepped back, stopping himself from attempting to attack the group, keeping his eyes on Casey. What could a mere child like her do to help his traitor of an older child? "Casey, get away from there! Fighting Regulusmon's a literal death wish!" Flain called to her, as Regulusmon only chuckled at Flain's statement, before turning to face Casey, instilling a bit of fear into her. "The little Infer-not isn't wrong in the mere slightest, youthful human scum. But I must definitely applaud you for your unyielding courage. Those Meddlesome Mixels were foolish enough like you once before, until I had devoured both their moon and Planet. The Digital World's Inhabitants all instinctively fear me, as do those colorful cretins. You, and all of your fellow human friends should follow their lead, and cave into the primal instinct of fear- Just let it force you all into giving up!" That's when Casey looked up at her Digimon partner's father, having more than enough of his psyche-outs. "Cállate ya- Just shut up already. You don't scare me, and you never will." She began, taking hold of Gulus' bloody red claw. "And more importantly, we'll never, ever give up! My friends and I are the Chosen Ones, meaning that we're the only people on the face of the Earth who have the power to put an end to your reign of terror, and save all of the worlds you've devoured! And until the day comes where you're down for the count, my friends and I will continue our insurgence against you and the Nixel Armada, and fight to protect Earth, and save every single world you've ever devoured!" Casey immediately shouted, before the gray background on the screen of her D-vigor filled with pink and black, meaning that at long last, after those 3 previous moments where the girl from Spain had failed, she had finally Synchronized with Gulus Gammamon. Gulus dried his tears, as he then looked at Casey with a toothy smile. "A'ight, Spicy, let's show this old Digimon and his amigos that Me an' my lil bro won't be held back by his legacy as Th' Devourer of Space anymore!" Gulus smirked, as Casey nodded, while Gulus leapt towards the Oboromon.

(Cue Insert theme-'POWER to TEARER, From Kamen Rider OOO, the insert theme of PuToTyra, Composed by Shuhei Narusei, Lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi, with Vocals by Shu Watanabe [CV; Eiji Hino] and Akira Kushida)

https://youtu.be/Hl5ZIeLGPFg

The red Oboromon rocketed towards Gulus, its sword protruding from its horse-skull hand, before Gulus used a black-and-blue flame in one hand, catching and melting the blade. "Oh, you did NOT just try an' stab me!" He snarled, before he then shot a glare at the red Oboromon, who could only stare at Gulus dead center in his eyes. "I genuinely hope th't you have time t'rethink all o' your sins when you've b'n reborn." He growled, as Casey then saw a word that'd normally be covered up with poison when Gulus was around during a fight, enabling her to finally call out the attack that she had seen Gulus use the night she and the first few Chosen Ones first saw him-

[デッドエンドスキュアー.]

"DEAD-END SKEWER!" She shouted, as Gulus proceeded to use the golden harpoon-like barb on his tail to pierce through the red Oboromon's ribcage, making ones and zeroes of yellow light ooze from the wound.

"I-Impossible..." The red Oboromon weakly muttered, struggling to breathe while Gulus slowly pulled his tail out from the Oni-like Digimon's chest. "I won the game...! I should be living long enough to see myself share the throne with Lord Regulusmon..!" he choked up on his own digital blood, before being deleted, the remains of his data flowing into Gulus' body. "Now, tell me- Who's next?" The black champion-level asked, as the 57 Mixels and the other 3 Digimon all felt their fears melt away into nothingness, resulting in near-bottomless fear transforming into near-infinite hope and courage, resulting in fifteen of the nineteen mixel tribes present to max, taking down the waves of Nixels surrounding them as the other 4 Oboromon charged in, before Gulus char grabbed onto each one of them, changing the blue, yellow, black, and green into flames that matched the colors, stuffing the flames into his mouth as the other 4 Oboromon had then died, while Gulus began chewing all four of the colorful blazes in his mouth thoroughly until he swallowed each and every last iridescent pyre. 

"Gulus, you can actually eat colors?" Aleena asked him, as the dark evolution of Gammamon nodded, looking down at the chosen ones, who were all staring at Gulus in shock. "It shouldn't come as that big 'f a surprise to ya and the Chinese food, charcoal latte. I AM th' devourer's kid, after all. And once I d'vour a color associated w'th one of the Morsels' tribes, y'all should know 'dat it ain't the only thing that I can do. For example, take blue. Y'know, the same col'r as the Ice lollies?" Gulus asked with a smirk as he stared down at the Frosticons, both 2014 and 2015, and then quickly back at a quartet of Muscle Nixels and landed down on the ground, as he then held up a claw, a cold wind beginning to blow along the breeze, while Casey saw a new word in her mind- One that was completely colored blue.

[ビフロスト.]

"BIFROST!" She commanded, causing the purple lines on Gulus' body to change in color to become blue, and then held both of his claws out, calling forth a powerful blizzard to freeze the Muscle Nixels solid, before a new, Yellow-colored word flowed into Casey's mind as Symbare Angoramon, Vajiramon and Thetismon cleared a path for Gulus.

[テーザースキュワー.]

"TASER SKEWER!" She then called out, as Gulus proceeded to run towards the frozen muscle Nixels at blinding speeds almost invisible to the mere human eye (and probably even faster than what a Mixel or Normal Digimon could perceive), the blue lines now becoming yellow lines that traced down Gulus' body with crackling electricity, as his tail jutted through his frozen-in-solid-ice foes, crackling with electrical shocks, breaking the ice, and shocking the monochrome menaces into nothingness. "I shall admit- Using your powers as a Devourer that you obtained from your father to protect others is very noble, but it most certainly isn't wise by any means!" King Nixel shouted, before Gulus scoffed. "Maybe y'all WOULD see it as wise 'f ya, yer 'ntire armada, and my awful ol' man all chose t' understand what true compassion is- An extremely powerful emotion that motivates all forms of life to go outta their way to relieve th' physical, mental, or emotional pains f'r the sake of all of the folks th't they love, and their own selves, too- So screw you, the armada, and y'r Alma maters of 'Devour the world, or let the world devour you', and 'eat or be eaten'! The lives me an' my Lil bro are living are our own, and t'gether, with the aid of fellow Digimon, The Morsels, an' all of humanity... WE'RE GONNA LIVE OUR LIVES IN OUR OWN WAY!" He retorted back while his Father flew towards his own Child to attack him, as Casey saw one last word flow in her mind- A word that colored Yellowish Green.

[スターダストグラインダー.]

"STARDUST GRINDER!" She shouted with all her might, as Gulus created 2 large planet-Sized flames in his hands while the colorful lines on Gulus' body had now changed color one last time, going from yellow to yellow-green, all while the 2 large blazing spheres came crashing into each other due to Gulus controlling them, however, Regulusmon attempted to try and push the flames the size of celestial bodies away from one another, before he faltered, causing the twin spheres of inferno to slam into one another, causing no real property damage, but it still manage to catch Regulusmon in between both of them, harming him greatly. When the dust of the attack had cleared, it was revealed that Regulusmon was still standing, and also completely covered in bruises. "Nice try, Gulus, but I'm still-" Regulusmon began, before a small, crackling noise came from one of his horns, before his own left horn broke clean off, breaking into small particles of data and vanishing the moment it fell to the ground.

(End Insert theme)

"Well, it would seem that we've doubted your true potential, child." Regulusmon smirked a little bit, before the lines on Gulus' body went back to their original color. "Fuck off with ev'ry bit of that. I ain't yer kid no more, and neither is Gammamon. If ya 'n the armada are as 'wise' 'n 'powerful' as ya claim that y'all are, old man, you'll leave us all alone until we're REALLY itchin' f'r a fair fight." Gulus said as he turned over to Casey, who immediately ran to the Black dragon-man Digimon for a hug, while the Maxes all turned back into their separate forms, and the other 3 Digimon degenerated back to their rookie-level forms, while King Nixel only nodded, a bit frightened that, compared to the last 3 times he was told of Gulus being forced out from Gammamon's body, that this fourth time, Gulus had actually made clear the FULL extent of his powers. "Alright, fine." The king of all Nixelkind nodded. "... But only this once. Next time we all cross paths, things will be much different than they were tonight... Gulus." He then laughed, as he, Major Nixel, and Regulusmon left, the Nixel armada not too far behind him, as some of the Mixel Tribe Leaders (and Gurggle) went over to their new unlikely ally to congratulate him.

"Gulus, that was so cool, man!"

"That waz insane! None of us even knew you had that much power inzide you!"

"I'll-a say! Puoi usare i colori per creare nuovi attacchi!"

"You really saved our lives back there, Gulus... Thank you so much!"

Gulus could only rest a claw on the back of his head, seeming genuinely flattered by their genuine, kindhearted compliments.  "It was rea'ly nothing, y'guys. But before I let my lil bro back in control, I just need'ta do a few things b'fore I go..." He began, before letting go of Casey as he was embracing her, and went over to Zorch, and then punched him, sending him into a tree. "G-Gulus, What the Shnix?!" The leader of the Infernites shouted, as everyone stared at Gulus in fear and anger, resulting in Gulus turning around to face his newfound family. "Ey, y'all can just calm down. Ah'm just gettin' payback regardin' th' spicy raw tuna prank that Takeout pulled on my 'lil bro. Now, wit' dat outta th' way..." Gulus began, as he helped Zorch up on his feet, and then went over to Casey. "... Spicy, I can't ev'n begin t' thank ya for always havin' so much faith an' believing in me when nob'dy else did." Gulus smiled lightly, as he was then enveloped in a glowing purple light that enveloped his entire body, degenerating back into a sleeping Gammamon, who Casey caught in her arms as he fell. "De nada, mi nuevo amigo- You're welcome." She quietly told the Rookie Digimon as if he were still Gulus, as Angoramon stood by the others, looking at the sight of Casey holding the slumbering Digimon in her arms, standing next to all the present tribe leaders, before the rabbit Digimon recited a new haiku.

"After the boundless rain, colorful bonds shine their boundless light." The rabbit Digimon began, as Dracmon followed up not too long afterwards, as the sun slowly began to arise, the night slowly but surely beginning to make way for the coming dawn. "... And even the darkest of shadows can shine anew, changing into the brightest of lights, with a desire to change coming from confident flames." The imp-like Digimon smiled proudly, as the entire team began to make their way back home, completely unaware of the Digimon secretly watching over them as they began to leave San Francisco, and ultimately headed back to their familiar hometown of Santa Monica, ready for whatever new encounters, new friends, and new Adventures awaited them...