I kind of have a half-formed idea, kind of based on Devil's Advocate, Gardens/Ruins of Babylon, and the idea suggested somewhere that Takato was Lucemon's reincarnation. The original idea was about another kid getting pulled into the Digital World when the original seven Chosen were, except stuff was weird about this kid. Stuff like, there really were only supposed to be the canonical eight, he doesn't have a Digivice, and his partner isn't any Digimon that the other kids' partners are familiar with (I had figured Guilmon).
I'd figured nothing much would happen with the Adventure story, just a few minor things that are a bit off. 02 was where I figured on things starting to go wonky. For one thing, he'd be like Ken with Millenniummon's spore, good at everything...except it's a serious mental issue, a need to be better than everyone else at everything. When the others go back, he does, too, but his partner can still evolve, since their connection was fundamentally different from the beginning.
But as he spends more time in the Digital World, he starts getting worse. He needs to be the best, to be the strongest, the one who saves the day, so when others do, when someone does better than him, it screws with him. And when it's Magnamon that beats Kimeramon, that eats him up inside. So he and Guilmon go off, alone, into the Digital World, and eventually figure out about deleting and absorbing Digimon.
When BlackWarGreymon shows up, he gets back in touch, comes back. But it's even worse now. Magnamon, that was a fluke, something that would almost certainly never happen again. But jogress, that they can do at will to reach Perfect? That gets under his skin. But something is really weird now. Tailmon is now afraid to even look at him, but she doesn't know why. And when SkullSatamon is kicking ass, this guy shows up and he just backs off. Even Demon, as he's being sent back to the Dark Area, laughs at the Chosen, saying something like that even with him going back, they've still managed to find their doom.
At the end, when everyone else is in their fantasies...his only desire is to be the best. And that means a few things. For one, it means defeating BelialVamdemon; after all, him being around represents a failure that should be eradicated. But there's a limit to what is possible, and, at least for the purposes of this, MegaloGrowmon defeating BelialVamdemon is outside those limits. But that refusal to accept losing, to accept being inferior, combined with the ill-defined power of dreaming causes something to awaken: the Crest of Pride. Cue Megidramon. As Daisuke breaks the other Chosen out of their dreams, they come out to find Megidramon tearing into BelialVamdemon, even tearing out into the Digital World, which is even then falling apart from Megidramon's existence. They're horrified by this, but him, he's watching and smiling. When someone, probably Takeru grabs him, trying to get him to stop Megidramon, demanding to know why he's smiling..."Why would I stop him? He'll kill BelialVamdemon easily. My partner is the strongest. Like this, we won't lose to anyone ever."
Like that, the Chosen finally get it: he's not just weird, he's genuinely unstable and dangerous. But they don't know the half of it. He hasn't completely awakened to it, yet, but he is still Lucemon, and within his pride, he reaches a conclusion: if he is superior, wouldn't it be better for everyone if he ruled? So Megidramon stops and reverts back after killing and absorbing BelialVamdemon, to stop the destruction of the Digital World-rather, the first territory of his new kingdom.
From there, it would basically be reincarnated Lucemon's attempt to take over both worlds, while being opposed by everyone from the Sovereigns, to the Chosen, to Demon, to other groups like the Tamers. There would be the other side's stories, explaining what the deal is, dealing with the realization that Tailmon was once Lilithmon, cooperation of opposing groups...
Honestly, looking at it, it might be too similar to DA and G/RoB, but my main thought was based on Megidramon's appearance in Tamers. Simply, what if Takato hadn't been horrified by Megidramon's appearance, behavior, and what he'd done to his partner, but instead pleased by his power? But that doesn't really fit Takato, so I wondered who would work, and this came out of my head.
I'd figured nothing much would happen with the Adventure story, just a few minor things that are a bit off. 02 was where I figured on things starting to go wonky. For one thing, he'd be like Ken with Millenniummon's spore, good at everything...except it's a serious mental issue, a need to be better than everyone else at everything. When the others go back, he does, too, but his partner can still evolve, since their connection was fundamentally different from the beginning.
But as he spends more time in the Digital World, he starts getting worse. He needs to be the best, to be the strongest, the one who saves the day, so when others do, when someone does better than him, it screws with him. And when it's Magnamon that beats Kimeramon, that eats him up inside. So he and Guilmon go off, alone, into the Digital World, and eventually figure out about deleting and absorbing Digimon.
When BlackWarGreymon shows up, he gets back in touch, comes back. But it's even worse now. Magnamon, that was a fluke, something that would almost certainly never happen again. But jogress, that they can do at will to reach Perfect? That gets under his skin. But something is really weird now. Tailmon is now afraid to even look at him, but she doesn't know why. And when SkullSatamon is kicking ass, this guy shows up and he just backs off. Even Demon, as he's being sent back to the Dark Area, laughs at the Chosen, saying something like that even with him going back, they've still managed to find their doom.
At the end, when everyone else is in their fantasies...his only desire is to be the best. And that means a few things. For one, it means defeating BelialVamdemon; after all, him being around represents a failure that should be eradicated. But there's a limit to what is possible, and, at least for the purposes of this, MegaloGrowmon defeating BelialVamdemon is outside those limits. But that refusal to accept losing, to accept being inferior, combined with the ill-defined power of dreaming causes something to awaken: the Crest of Pride. Cue Megidramon. As Daisuke breaks the other Chosen out of their dreams, they come out to find Megidramon tearing into BelialVamdemon, even tearing out into the Digital World, which is even then falling apart from Megidramon's existence. They're horrified by this, but him, he's watching and smiling. When someone, probably Takeru grabs him, trying to get him to stop Megidramon, demanding to know why he's smiling..."Why would I stop him? He'll kill BelialVamdemon easily. My partner is the strongest. Like this, we won't lose to anyone ever."
Like that, the Chosen finally get it: he's not just weird, he's genuinely unstable and dangerous. But they don't know the half of it. He hasn't completely awakened to it, yet, but he is still Lucemon, and within his pride, he reaches a conclusion: if he is superior, wouldn't it be better for everyone if he ruled? So Megidramon stops and reverts back after killing and absorbing BelialVamdemon, to stop the destruction of the Digital World-rather, the first territory of his new kingdom.
From there, it would basically be reincarnated Lucemon's attempt to take over both worlds, while being opposed by everyone from the Sovereigns, to the Chosen, to Demon, to other groups like the Tamers. There would be the other side's stories, explaining what the deal is, dealing with the realization that Tailmon was once Lilithmon, cooperation of opposing groups...
Honestly, looking at it, it might be too similar to DA and G/RoB, but my main thought was based on Megidramon's appearance in Tamers. Simply, what if Takato hadn't been horrified by Megidramon's appearance, behavior, and what he'd done to his partner, but instead pleased by his power? But that doesn't really fit Takato, so I wondered who would work, and this came out of my head.