Season 3, Episode 38: "Azulongmon Explains All"
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Transcribed By: SteelWarrior

In the Hypnos Building.

Daisy: And if I tweak the algorithm the aero message disappears. Pretty good work, don’t cha think?

On the computer screen The Monster Makers are designing an arc.

Tao: It’s gotta be better than pretty good this arc has to be perfect. This stupid piece of junk sure takes its time processing. I’ll be an old man before it’s done. Don’t say it.

Babble: If you mean asking how you could possibly get any older, I’d never say that, you fossil.

Yamaki: He’s right, even with Hypnos this taking too much time, we need more juice.

Babble: Don’t worry, people everywhere are helping. We’ve got the processing power of the whole planet.

Something comes up on the screen.

Babble: Hm.

Tao: What is it Babble?

Babble: Solution on the sticky encryption problem. See we’ll be fine.

Daisy: This is the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do. It’s just like old times when we were first making digimon, remember? Hm.

Babble: Listen, I like to joke around and reminisce as much as anyone, but keep working. Lives depend on this.

Daisy: I know that, but it’s still pretty exciting.

Tao sighs and looks at the arc’s design.

Tao: Hang on guys, just a little while longer and then all of you will be home, safe and sound. I promise, all we need is just a little bit more time. I just hope that a little bit isn’t too long.

Back in the Digital World Zhuqiaomon is flying over the tamers.

Zhuqiaomon: You thought you could stand up against me, fools? Your defiance has done nothing but seal your doom.

All: Uh.

Terriermon: Oh, this is not gonna be good.

Zhuqiaomon: Sonic Zephyr!

He flaps is wings and gales gust down destroying rocks and blowing all the tamers and digimon back.

All: Whoa!

Rika: We’ve gotta fight back! Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!

D-power: Matrix digivolution.

Renamon: Renamon digivolve to...

Kyubimon: Kyubimon! Kyubimon matrix digivolve to...

Taomon: Taomon! Talisman Spell!

She makes another big barrier for the kids and digimon to be protected in.

Takato: Uh!

Takato looks up and sees rock pieces and covers himself realizing there’s a barrier.

Takato: Uh, thanks Taomon.

Taomon: It’s not over yet.

Takao: Hey I better thank you while I can

Rika: Look! He’s coming around again!

Zhuqiaomon: Your puny shield is no match for my power.

He flies right up to the shield.

Taomon: We’ve got to get out of here now!

Taomon jumps to the top of the shield and pushes it up.

Rika: You did it!

Guilmon: That’s what I call a close call, how long can you keep this up Taomon?

Taomon: Uh...

Taomon falls to her knees.

Guilmon: I guess not long.

Suzie: Oh no, he’s coming back!

Zhuqiaomon: There’s no escape!

Taomon pushes them out of his away.

Henry: He’s gaining on us!

Zhuqiaomon: How observant!

He misses them but his tail hits them knocking them away spinning.

Takato: This is worse than a carnival ride.

Henry: We’ll never beat him if we just keep running away.

Takato: Well we’ll never beat him if we’re destroyed either, what do we do?

Henry: I don’t know.

Suzie: Hey cut it out!

Rika: There’s gotta be something we can do.

Takato: Yeah, get beaten up.

Taomon is breathing heavily from controlling the shield.

Terriermon: Mm hm.

Guilmon: Mm hm.

The shield flies up and Zhuqiaomon follows it, then Guilmon and Terriermon jump out the side of the shield.

Takato: What are you doing?

Henry: No, come back!

Guilmon: Pyro Sphere!

Terriermon: Terrier Tornado!

The hits glance off Zhuqiaomon.

Zhuqiaomon: Your efforts are futile, surrender, you can’t possibly win.

Terriermon: If you think we’re gonna give up you’ve got about a million other things coming!

Guilmon: Pyro Sphere!

Terriermon: Terrier Tornado!

Zhuqiaomon: You are nothing more than irritating insects, your powers are just as insignificant. Surrender or be destroyed.

Terriermon: I don’t suppose there’s third choice.

Zhuqiaomon flies over them knocking them to the water below yelling.

Takato: Guilmon!

Henry: Terriermon!

They finally hit the ocean and Zhuqiaomon flies up next to the shield.

Zhuqiaomon: Do you see how foolish it is to defy me?

They pop their heads out of the water.

Suzie: We’ve gotta save Tewwiermon!

Takato: Zhuqiaomon, please! Stop this!

Zhuqiaomon: Your fate is sealed.

Guilmon and Terriermon swim to shore.

Zhuqiaomon: These two will be the first to go, say goodbye to your friends.

Takato: Please don’t, it just can’t end this way.

Zhuqiaomon: And yet it will, no one will stop our digivolution. Blazing Helix!

Four fireballs from Zhuqiaomon’s four wings form and shoot down going in a double helix at the two digimon.

Lopmon: They’ll never be able to withstand that.

Takato: Taomon do something!

Taomon: I’m sorry Takato.

Takato: No!

Hey arrive at some rocks and see the fire flying down above.

Azulongmon: Lightning Whip!

Blue lightning garbs the fire.

Zhuqiaomon: What is this?

The lightning brings the fire to the water and they both get extinguished.

Blue clouds form in the sky.

Terriermon: Whoa.

Guilmon: Uh-oh.

Zhuqiaomon: Who dares defy me in my own domain? Show yourself!

Azulongmon appears from the clouds.

Azulongmon: Cease your attack Zhuqiaomon!

Azulongmon roars and the kids are amazed.

Kids: Whoa.

Zhuqiaomon: You! What do you want with me?

Azulongmon: You’ve been a fool Zhuqiaomon.

Zhuqiaomon: What?

In a cave Kazu, Kenta, Jeri and Guardromon are watching the blue sky and Zhuqiaomon.

Kenta: Kazu, what’s that big, blue cloud?

Kazu: Obviously some kind of blue cloud.

Back in the shield Takato checks Azulongmon’s information.

Takato: Azulongmon, he’s one of the four Sovereign, I don’t get it, why’s he fighting Zhuqiaomon?

Henry: Good question.

Lopmon: I hope the two of them haven’t decided to join forces, they could finish us off in one shot if they wanted.

Rika: Oh that’s just great, we can’t even beat one Sovereign. Why don’t we just fight all the digimon at once?

Zhuqiaomon: How dare you?! The humans may cost us our one chance of survival!

Azulongmon: But not all believe as you do.

Guilmon: Terriermon what’s going on?

Terriermon: You got me.

Azulongmon: I ask you to put aside your senseless quest to destroy the humans.

Zhuqiaomon: Senseless? They are an infection. They must be destroyed. Blazing Helix!

Azulongmon makes his body a circle.

Azulongmon: Aurora Force!

A big, blue and white ball appears in the circle and stops the fire but blows the kids away.

All: Oh nuts!

Takato: Did he save us?

The blast is so powerful Terriermon and Guilmon can’t see.

Back in the cave.

Kazu: Whoa! That’s the biggest goin’ down I’ve seen all day.

Kenta: I hope that cloud doesn’t come our way.

Back at the fight Azulongmon’s lightning and Zhuqiaomon’s fire attack each other.

Takato: Tell me something, why are they both fighting? Aren’t they both Sovereign?

Henry: I guess even they have disagreements.

Rika: You’re not kidding.

Fire blazes next to them and they shield their eyes.

Azulongmon: Enough! This fight is as pointless as your vendetta against the humans!

Zhuqiaomon: The humans endanger our future and they destroyed my servants!

Azulongmon: True, but you sent the Devas to attack them first.

Zhuqiaomon: I did it to push forward our digivolution, if we can overcome the humans and their shackles then we shall become powerful enough to fight our true enemy.

Azulongmon: Yes that is one theory, but some of us believe that it’s our digivolution itself that’s left us vulnerable. If we wish to defeat the true enemy we’ve got to stop advancing, not digivolve further.

Zhuqiaomon: That is why you changed the catalyst into the form of a digimon, to hide it.

Azulongmon: It wasn’t I, however it was a wise decision.

The kids are listening to the entire conversation.

Suzie: What are they saying? And can’ t they hurry it up?

Lopmon: Azulongmon is trying to convince Zhuqiaomon not to destroy us, so I say give him all the time he needs.

Rika: You mean he’s our ally?

Takato: Well it sure is nice to know that there’s someone who’s finally on our side.

Henry: Who’s this true enemy they’re talking about?

Lopmon: I don’t really know, but some say it’s not even a digimon.

Rika: Does that mean it’s a human?

Lopmon: Not human either.

Takato and Rika: Hm.

Lopmon: It’s different from the digi-gnomes too. It’s a big mystery, I only hope we’re around to solve it.

Suzie: Why wouldn’t we? Oh...

Zhuqiaomon: You’re so arrogant Azulongmon, you think you’re so superior, but you’re no better than me. You burst into my realm with your high and mighty stance and you’re right and I’m wrong, but you don’t have any more proof than I do.

Azulongmon: And just what have your ideas gotten you, Zhuqiaomon?

Zhuqiaomon: The catalyst.

His eyes glow red.

In the cave where Calumon is he’s still trying to get out.

Calumon: Gee, would it have killed them to put in an elevator when they were built this? Or an escalator or stairs or anything?

Back outside.

Azulongmon: You’re playing a dangerous game Zhuqiaomon.

Zhuqiaomon: This is no game. Don’t you understand? I will use the catalyst to save us.

Back in the cave.

Calumon: Or a rope?

Calumon slips on a rock.

Calumon: Oh! Oh! Oh!

He hangs on to another rock.

Back outside.

Henry: They used that term catalyst again, we’re sure that’s Calumon?

He looks at Lopmon.

Lopmon: Mm hm.

Zhuqiaomon: Digimon were meant to be free from humans, it is our right, it is our destiny.

Azulongmon: Now who’s being arrogant? What if you’re wrong? Look at how powerful a creature was created when humans and digimon digivolve together. Maybe that is our destiny, maybe that’s what will save us from our true enemy.

Zhuqiaomon: I won’t even discuss that abomination! I refuse to believe that is the answer! It can’t be.

Azulongmon: Are you sure? Sure enough to risk the existence of the entire Digital World?

Zhuqiaomon: Yes, the humans will be our undoing!

Guilmon finally gets to shore.

Guilmon (thinking): I should enter the run, swim, and get beaten up triathlon.

Zhuqiaomon: Enough! You’re so sure that you’re right, prove it by stopping me, if you can. Blazing Helix!

Takato: Don’t do it Zhuqiaomon, please!

Takato thinks about Jeri.

Takato (thinking): I’ve got to make him understand.

The fire goes down to Guilmon and a bright light is right above him.

Guilmon: Takato!

Takato: He’s wrong. Humans and digimon are meant to fight together!

Takato runs to jump out of the shield.

Henry: No, Takato!

Rika: What are you doing?

Takato jumps over.

Takato: Guilmon!

He holds his digivice up and it glows along with him. Takato passes by Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon while Zhuqiaomon is still firing down.

Zhuqiaomon: What?

Azulongmon: Now we’ll see.

Takato flies by the fire and beats it down.

Lopmon: Come on Takato, you can do it.

Takato reaches the ground with a barrier around him and the fire hits as he touches.

D-power: Bio-merge Digivolution.

Takato: Bio-merge Activate!

Guilmon: Guilmon bio-merge to...

Gallantmon: Gallantmon!

Gallantmon is blocking the fire.

Inside Gallantmon Takato makes the motion to throw the fire and Gallantmon does.

Zhuqiaomon: This digivolution is powerful.

Gallantmon: Lightning Joust!

He throws it at Zhuqiaomon and Zhuqiaomon moves away.

Zhuqiaomon: But not powerful enough! You too shall be defeated!

Gallantmon (Takato): Not until you see that humans and digimon are more powerful when they wok together!

Gallantmon flies up and fights with Zhuqiaomon’s foot to start with.

Zhuqiaomon: You’ll never survive that long, Phoenix Fire!

Gallantmon blocks the fire and is sent back a little.

Gallantmon (Guilmon): We want to protect this world as much as you do.

Zhuqiaomon: Spare me your lies, I know you only want to help the humans take over the Digital World. Well you shall not succeed as long as I live.

Gallantmon (Guilmon): But it’s not a lie.

Zhuqiaomon: Silence!

Zhuqiaomon flies back and he creates winds that send Gallantmon back, but he withstands it.

Gallantmon (Takato): If the only way to make you believe is to defeat you, then so be it!

Gallantmon flies with his sword ready to Zhuqiaomon as Zhuqiaomon flies to Gallantmon.

Zhuqiaomon: I cannot allow you to take over my world!

Gallantmon (Guilmon): We don’t want to.

Azulongmon sends his chain to stop them.

Azulongmon: That’s enough!

Gallantmon: Huh?

Zhuqiaomon: Huh?

Azulongmon: This fighting is pointless, the true enemy is what we should be focusing our energies on, not each other. Zhuqiaomon, give the humans a chance, they really do wish to help.

Zhuqiaomon: Ugh...

Gallantmon (Takato): That’s what we’ve been trying to tell you.

In the West Land of the Sovereign’s Ryo and Cyberdramon are flying up a mountain.

Ryo: There’s the white castle, so we must be close.

Cyberdramon is carrying Ryo as he flies up.

Ryo: Gee, I hope we’re supposed to go after Baihumon, it’d be awfully embarrassing if we attacked the wrong guy, huh?

They arrive on top and Cyberdramon puts Ryo down.

Ryo: Man he could be anywhere.

Cyberdramon: He’s close, I sense his presence.

Ryo: You think he could be in that forest down there?

Cyberdramon: If I fly in and knock it all down we’ll know.

Ryo: No, it might be a trap.

Cyberdramon growls.

Ryo: What is it?

Cyberdramon: That!

The forest shakes.

Ryo: Huh? Holy cow!

Ebonwumon head #1: Oh, why’d you have to wake me Mr. Wakey Rouser man? I was having the nicest dream, well might as well see who it is.

Ebonwumon head #2: Yeah, all right.

Ryo checks Ebonwumon’s data..

Ryo: Ebonwumon, mega beast digimon, he’s one of the Sovereign. So Ebonwumon this land is your domain, not Baihumon’s?

Ebonwumon head #1: Oh it’s Baihumon’s all right, I’m just watching it for him.

Ebonwumon head #2: Psst! Ask him.

Ebonwumon head #1: Okay, okay Mr. Earnest So Eager! Hey do you what it means when you dream you’re riding in a fountain, pouring a glass of juice, and going over a waterfall?

Cyberdramon: Rrr, I’ve had enough of this talking it’s time to fight! Now let’s lay it down!

Ebonwumon head #1: Easy there Fighty McBattle. If you’re thinking of going up against the creature you sense, it ain’t me.

He points his heads over at a chasm.

Ebonwumon head #1: He’s that way.

Ebonwumon head #2: Yeah, yeah it’s that way. Go on, check it out.

Ryo: What are you talking about? I don’t see anything.

A bright light shoots up out of the chasm.

Ryo: Whoa!

They hear Baihumon’s growls.

Ryo: Can you tell what’s going on?

Cyberdramon growls fiercely at the chasm.

Cyberdramon: There’s a great battle...between Baihumon and something else.

Ryo: Something else?

Ebonwumon head #1: Hey Enthusiastic von Eager, leave it to Baihumon, you’d be toast if you get involved.

Cyberdramon growls again.

Ebonwumon head #2: Aye, something else.

Back at Zhuqiaomon’s domain, Kazu, Kenta and Jeri ride Guardromon to the others.

Kazu: Guardromon, you sure weren’t built for comfort.

Guardromon: Hm...

Kazu: Hey guys!

Kenta waves.

Guilmon: Huh?

They land in front of Takato and Guilmon.

Kazu: Are you a sight for sore eyes.

Takato: Yeah you too. How you doing, Jeri? Are you okay?

Jeri: Maybe we shouldn’t have come, here all we’ve seen is pain.

Takato and Guilmon: Huh?

Henry: I know it hurts Jeri, but we have to bear the pain and press on. Now who is this true enemy?

Azulongmon: We don’t know. We don’t even know it’s name, none of us has ever had contact with it.

Zhuqiaomon: Whatever it calls itself we know what it wants, to destroy us and the Digital World.

Rika: Where did it come from?

Azulongmon: No one is sure, but it’s been here since the formation of this world. Long ago it disappeared and hid itself deep beneath the layers of the Digital World.

Takato: Beneath the Digital World?

Azulongmon: Yes, allow me to show you.

Kazu: Cool! Visual aids.

Azulongmon’s eyes glow and the ocean leaves, from the middle a hole appears in the dry land.

Kenta: And you always make fun of me for my love of charts and graphs.

Kazu: Nerdy is as nerdy does, Kenta.

Takato: Uh...

Azulongmon: Imagine this hole is the Real World, surrounded by the layers that make up the Digital World.

As he talks more rings appear around it.

Azulongmon: Its physical sub-structure is six layers deep., that’s where you first arrived.

Azulongmon remembers how they got to the Digital World.

Azulongmon: In the beginning this is all there was to the Digital World, it was empty, stark, inhospitable.

Kazu: Just like a party at Kenta’s house.

Kenta: Hey!

Henry: Um guys, let’s not make the ultra powerful digimon angry by interrupting him, okay?

Kazu and Kenta: Sorry.

Azulongmon: Are you finished?

Kazu and Kenta: Yes.

Kenta: It’s just...

All: Kenta!

Kenta: Sorry!

Azulongmon has a flashback to when the Digital World first started out, with all the digi-gnomes happy and cheerful playing with all the new-born baby digimon. Then a black starts to be in view over the horizon.

Azulongmon: The early digimon, our ancestors, lived on that physical layer with the digi-gnomes and the true enemy.

Kenta: Talk about a full house.

Azulongmon: Eh hem!

Kenta: Sorry.

The black starts to race forward deleting land and digi-gnomes as it got closer.

Azulongmon: In those early days the true enemy destroyed many of our ancestors and digi-gnomes. Those were dark times indeed, there seemed to be no defense against the true enemy. Nothing was able to stop its unending destruction, it spread a dark hall across the Digital World.

On the outer layer of the simulation darkness spreads from it.

Zhuqiaomon: And its come back to wipe us out of existence.

Azulongmon: It is our greatest fear.

Back at Baihumon’s domain.

Ryo: Seems to have quieted down, huh? So why does that only make me more nervous?

Cyberdramon: Something dangerous is still down there.

Ryo: Something so dangerous that we can’t beat it?

Cyberdramon: If it scares the Sovereign that much it might be something that no one can beat.

Back at Zhuqiaomon’s domain.

Henry: So why id the true enemy come back now?

Azulongmon: You’re getting ahead of yourself, one day the true enemy just disappeared.

Eight circles appear between the 5th and 6th layers on the simulation.

Azulongmon: With that threat gone digimon began to digivolve, new worlds were created. Though the physical layer of the Digital World continued to exist, few lived there.

Azulongmon shows them the new worlds of the Digital World, like the clock world, Gekomon’s world, and other places.

Azulongmon: Instead we digimon expanded into new worlds, for the most part we lived in peace and harmony.

Kazu: Man, how come we haven’t seen any of that peace and harmony?

Azulongmon: We Sovereign digimon created our own level and focused our efforts on protecting the Digital World.

A new layer appears between the circles and 6th and it’s the Sovereign layer.

Azulongmon: But the power we achieved awoke the slumbering true enemy. So you see it’s our own fault, unless we can find a solution we will be the cause of our own destruction.

At Baihumon’s domain more rumbling in the chasm is heard.

Ryo: Maybe we’ll get to see this thing sooner than we think.

Rocks crumble and Ryo starts to fall but Cyberdramon catches him and flies up and they can see the rocks that fall in are blasted.

Ryo: Whoa! Something big is going on in that gorge and I want to know what.

More blasts and boom happen causing more rocks to fall in.

Ryo: On second thought maybe we can just ask around and find out.

Back at Zhuqiaomon’s domain.

Zhuqiaomon: It is the catalyst that helped us digivolve beyond what we once were. Sonic Zephyr!

He blasts at a rock turning it into a 3-D triangle.

All: Uh...

Azulongmon: We had to convince the true enemy that we weren’t digivolving to the point where it would become necessary to eliminate us. So the catalyst was hidden, in the form of a digimon.

In the cave Calumon is still trying o escape.

Calumon: Or a dumbwaiter, or a hot air balloon, heck I’d tie myself to a duck if he could fly me out of here.

Back outside.

Zhuqiaomon: But how? You don’t have that kind of power.

Azulongmon: True, but something else does.

Digi-gnomes fly to them.

Azulongmon: Ah, right on cue.

Takato: The digi-gnomes!

They see the digi-gnomes carry someone.

Takato: Hey, no way, it’s Mr. Mizuno!

Shibumi: I heard there was trouble in the Land of the Digimon Sovereign and I wanted to see it for myself, so the digi-gnomes were gracious enough to bring me here.

A digi-gnome flies around Takato.

Takato: Hey.

Takato holds his arm up for the digi-gnomes to sit on.

Takato: They helped Azulongmon and Mr. Mizuno, not to mention me and Henry it’s like they grant wishes or something.

Azulongmon: Yes, that’s a good way of putting it.

The digi-gnomes follow around Mr. Mizuno.

Kenta: So who is this guy?

Henry: He’s a friend of my dad’s.

Rika: He’s human?

Takato: Mr. Mizuno, do you know the name of this true enemy that lived with the digimon and digi-gnomes when the Digital World was first created?

He turns and looks at them.

Shibumi: Hm?

Guilmon: Looks like a yes to me.

In a hospital somewhere in the Real World Mr. Mizuno seems to be in a coma.

Shibumi: Its name...D-Reaper.

Back in Zhuqiaomon’s domain.

Takato: D-Reaper ?

Henry: Yeah, but what exactly is it?

Shibumi: When the network was first created a program was designed to control the growth of artificial intelligence. The D-Reaper deleted any AI programs that exceeded they’re original parameters. I would imagine that’s why the Sovereign have been fighting so hard to stop its return.

Kazu: Yeah, no wonder they freaked.

Shibumi: But they shouldn’t have. D-Reaper was a relatively simple program written to do only one thing, it shouldn’t have the strength to destroy such advanced digimon as the Sovereign, unless...maybe it’s mutated.

Shibumi thinks the D-Reaper’s form might be changed like it being red and being bubbles.

Takato: Mutated? You mean like it grew another arm or something?

Shibumi: I think it must’ve incorporated the data of what it devoured and learned to use it, which means the D-Reaper may have digivolved past the digimon and now is more powerful than they are.

Rika: Terrific, what’s the bad news?

Back in the hospital Shibumi starts to wake up, but can still hear Rika.

Rika: Mr. Mizuno?

Shibumi: Not yet. Please not yet I haven’t finished.

Back in the Digital World Shibumi was there in spirit only so he disappears after waking from the coma.

All: Huh?

Takato: Where’d he go?

Henry: I don’t know, Mr. Mizuno!

The digi-gnomes fly away.

Kenta: What if the D-Reaper got to him?

Back at Baihumon’s domain more explosions happen in the chasm.

Ryo: There’s gotta be a way to find out what’s in that chasm, but what if whatever’s in the darkness is just trying to lure us in with that light show? You know I’m really tempted to go exploring.

Cyberdramon growls.

Ryo: I guess we shouldn’t, I feel so powerless.

Cyberdramon growls again.

Ebonwumon head #1: Better to feel powerless than to feel dead there Mr. Irate McAngry.

Cyberdramon growls again.

Back in the cave Calumon is still trying to get out.

Calumon: I can’t believe it, there really is a top.

He looks up and sees red bubbles like what Shibumi thought of when he thought of the D-Reaper mutated.

Calumon: Those look pretty dangerous.

He looks around at them.

Calumon: Maybe they’re even more dangerous cause they’re pretty.