Glutton for Punishment 10

Chapter Ten: Farewell Reunion
In the light, Blackmegagargomon and Chaosgallantmon faced Kuzuhamon.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Blackmegagargomon demanded, shaking from the purifying energy.
"Stop it!" Chaosgallantmon shouted at the priestess.
"Blackagumon…Gazimon…remember our time together? Remember all the fun we had?" Kuzuhamon said to her old friends.
"Kudamon…" Gazimon said, his form coming out of Blackmegagargomon's.
"We…" Blackagumon said, his form coming out of Chaosgallantmon's. "We're sorry…"
"I tried to tell you two that we shouldn't have trusted Barbamon."
"We just wanted to be powerful…" Blackagumon said.
"I guess it got out of hand…" Gazimon admitted. "How can we ever make this up to you?"
"It wasn't your fault that Barbamon set you two against me."
"But we never should have listened when he told us to!" Gazimon said, beginning to cry. "It's all our fault…we almost killed you…"
"But…why was a Demon Lord protecting you?" Blackagumon asked. "They're all evil, aren't they?"
"Beelzemon's different. I can tell," Kuzuha said. "He protected me."
"Kudamon…" Gazimon said, crying. "I'm so sorry! We should have been better friends!"
Blackagumon also had tears streaming down his face. "You were always the smartest. It had to be from being a holy Digimon, huh? We shoulda trusted you, and now we'll never grow up together!"
"You guys…" Kuzuha said, Kudamon's form appearing out of her body. The spirit fox flew over and hugged her friends, crying softly. "You two are the best friends a Digimon could have asked for!"
"Kudamon, the attack's gonna wear off soon," Gazimon said. "Take our Fractal Codes so we don't attack anymore!"
"Please! Let us go to the Village of Beginnings!" Blackagumon said. "If we don't…then we might wind up killing you! Barbamon's had us brainwashed!"
"I-I couldn't!" Kudamon said. "You two are too precious to me! You can't expect me to kill my best friends!"
"Please!" Gazimon said. "You're the only one who can purify us! If the attack wears off and you haven't, we might kill you!"
Kudamon began crying in pain as she hugged her two best friends. "Please forgive me…"
"It's all right, Kudamon," Blackagumon said. "We'll be reborn and see you again someday. Please, just don't be sad anymore. You have Beelzemon as a friend, and we saw that he loves you above all else. And we can tell you love him."
"But I love you guys, too! I've known you guys my whole life, and now…now…"
"No more tears, Kudamon," Gazimon said, crying but with a stern look of resolve on his face. "We'll be fine. We'll even remember you so we can tell your parents what happened."
"How do you know?" Kudamon asked. It was a well-known fact that only in the rarest of circumstances did a Digimon retain their memories after rebirth.
"Because we can't forget you. It just wouldn't be right," Blackagumon said. "We'll tell them what happened, and that you're happy."
"Oh, you guys…" Kudamon said. "Tell my parents I live at Lady Ophanimon's castle now! So that…so that they won't have to worry about me anymore, okay?"
"All right," the two said as their spectral Rookie forms faded back into their Mega forms. The Fractal Codes appeared around the defeated Blackmegagargomon and Chaosgallantmon.
"Don't worry, guys, Barbamon won't hurt you again! Fractal Code, Digitize!" she shouted, absorbing their Fractal Codes.
And then, the last of the attack faded as the DigiEggs of her best friends left for the Digital World. Kuzuhamon collapsed on the ground, crying hysterically at what she had just done.