So this is the rewrite of Different Deck, Open Paths. The reason for the rewrite I have listed in the original. Even I have notice the plot holes. Hopefully, this will be better.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything I write
I was just sitting inside my living room playing both solitaire with my rouze cards and digimon world dawn at the same time. Beside me was my Glaive Buckle
Well, I guess this is the time for introductions. Hi my name is Kai, just Kai, 16 years old and very avid fan of Kamen Rider and someone that enjoys the digimon games and lost touch with the anime after 02 or whatever the anime's really name . Sure I have a family but my relations with them isn't the best. It's not that I have a bad family or anything. In fact, my parents are rich, very rich.
Only problem is that they are also very neglectful, to me at least. It's funny, my younger siblings have all my parents' love while I'll be lucky to have them give me a nod. I drown myself in Kamen Rider to drown out that empty feeling. In fact, I can proudly say that I've learn all my morals from Kamen Rider. I won't be surprised if they didn't notice that l've disappear
"Come on, come on" I mumble to myself. I was doing my platinum tamer rank in the game and I was only left with one digimon and also my favorite, Justimon.
"Yes! I did it." I finally defeated the floating eyeball for a digimon and won the match. I waited for the cut scene to happen but the screen stayed black.
"What the, did this thing die?"
A new, unsanctioned Battle Royal has began
"Is someone there?"
You have been chosen to join this battle
"Ha, ha this is a really funny prank! You can stop now!"
Be strong, for the consequence of losing would mean the death of billons
Nothing happened after that sentence. "Huh, I guess the joke's done . I was really getting worried there. Ah well, it was a good prank."
Famous last words, very famous last words.
I collected my Rouze cards and put them back into my deck case. I moved towards my DS
Only for the screen glowed blue and a portal opened up. The portal begin to suck me in, since I was taken by surprise, I couldn't fight back and was sucked in
"What in the world is going on here!" I screamed as I fell through the portal. I saw that the my card case open up and green balls of lights started to escape from the case.
That can't be good. That can't be good at all.
I reached out and grabbed my case, closing it. After that, everything went black.
I woke up in some kind of desert and on a cliff, well I am oblivious not in my living room any more. I felt something in my hand and saw my card case.
I jerked up to a sitting position and opened it in a hurry. If what I saw in that portal and what I heard before I was sucked in…
My heart stopped when I saw what was inside
I had Bullet Armadillo, Float Dragonfly, Scope Bat, Stab Bee, Recover Camel, all two Mighty cards, the one Glaive uses was missing, Joker card and Spirit Human. I also have two ace, Beetle and Mantis
And a whole lot of blanks
The Battle Royal has started and humanity has already lost.
I heard a yell and saw an almost invisible flying, wind blade attack some distance away from the cliff I was on. I look over the cliff to see a Dinohyumon stand in front of what seemed to be a village and he was surrounded by 3 flying insects with yellowish grey bodies and green eyes. Yanmamon my brain supplied, they're called Yanmamon. But that impossible, that would mean that they are digimon and I'm in the digital world, a fictional world…
Of course, the Battle Royal starting again would also be considered impossible.
"Wind Slash!" The Dinohyumon cried out, deleting one of the assailants
Despite the death of a comrade, the two Yanmamon laughed and one spoke, "Give up, you may have deleted 8 of my brothers but there's no way you can win with how tired you are."
He was right, the Dinohyumon looked very tired, like the could barely stand let alone fight. "Never!" The Dinohyumon growled out.
"Then die, Assassin Arrow!" Arrow of energy came from his tail.
The Dinohyumon managed to dodge, "Wind Slash" blasting one of the Yanmamon out of the air he quickly ran up to it with his sword rised, "Dino Cut!"
The Yanmamon dissolved into red flakes, flakes that where absorb by the Dinohyumon
As all this was happening, I managed to climb down the cliff to get a better look. I noticed the last Yanmamon sneaking up on Dinohyumon
"I got you now, Sonic Bite!" the Yanmamon cried out, rushing to the Dinohyumon, the insect's jaw glowing with energy.
I can't let the Dinohyumon die, one because he is one of my favorite and two because he look like a good guy in this situation, defending a village and all.
"No you don't". Yes I somehow manage to push a digimon out of the way despite it being a champion and gearing for an attack.
The Dinohyumon was surprised, "A human? What are you doing get out of here!"
I snorted, "Like I'm going to leave some guy who can barely stand let alone fight."
"Bug Swarm!" The two of us clutch our ears in pain, thankfully, It only lasted a second.
The Dinohyumon growled, "Fine, might as well make yourself useful."
Just then, a ball of light appeared in front of me, "A digivice?" I muttered
The Dinohyumon looked at me so he's my tamer…
"Thunder Ray!" Both of us managed to jump out of the way. Smart move by the Yanmamon, staying out of our reach.
"Damnit what are we going to do." We hid behind a rock. I stared at the digivice, I heard of a season where the chosen where able to use cards, yet I have nothing to use.
As I was distracted, the Yanmamon made the decision to attack me
"Sonic Bite!"
"Dino Cut!"
Dinohyumon took the opportunity that I unknowingly presented and used his sword to cut the Yanmamon in half, deleting it
The both of us collapsed on the ground. For Dinohyumon, it was the exhaustion he must be suffering from defeating 11 Yanmamons. For me, it was the near death experience
"So, What's your name?"
"Kai, just Kai"
"Thanks Kai, without your distraction that battle would have been more difficult
"Eh, problems, I guess. Still, they seem pretty weak though"
Dinohyumon snorted, "They are, bottom feeders. They only target those who can't fight back. That's why they were so weak to the point where even you, a human, can push one around. What they lack in strength they make up for numbers."
That would explain a lot. "So where are we."
"We are in the digital world. This is the village."
"Ok what is it called?"
"What?"
"The village."
Dinohyumon shrugged, "The Village."
Okay, I guess it filled the purpose.
I notice that Dinohyumon was glowing, I was glowing too.
Dinohyumon looked shocked, "Wha-"
We were free falling, at least I thought we were, we just fell for what could only be 30 cm. the place we were now at was different. Instead of a desert, we were in a cave. Guess the light cause us to teleport.
Though I haven't mention what was in the cave. There were 5 huge platforms. All of the beings that stood on them were equally large. In the north was a two headed turtle, the south was a red phoenix, the east had a blue Chinese dragon, the west had a tiger and lastly the center had yellow 4-legged Dragon.
The red phoenix spoke first, "So you were the disturbance I felt in my quadrant."
Dinohyumon beside me got on his knees, my reaction was, "Whoa, aren't all of you very big"
Monodramon punched my shin, "Show some respect to the sovereigns!"
"You don't have to punch me for it!"
The turtle's right head spoke next, "Don't worry we don't mind."
His left head spoke, "Well most of us."
The phoenix continued to glare. The tiger spoke next, "Well introductions are in order, I am Baihumon."
The turtle spoke in unison, "We are Ebonwumon."
The blue dragon, "I am Azulongmon, young one."
"Zhuqiaomon." The phoenix mumbled out. "I say we destroy them. The boy and the cards we sense are clearly dangerous and we should destroy them now"
Great a very violent turkey.
"No! We should let them go back to the human world!" The blue dragon argued back.
"Aye, I like the boy." The left head of the turtle spoke.
"I agree!" the tiger spoke.
And the other three are on my side. Yes!
"You fools can't you see how much of a danger he is!" Zhuqiaomon argued.
"Enough." The Dragon in the center spoke. "I am Fanglongmon. Tell me boy, what are those card you have in that case? They are nothing like the ones we usually see."
I was about to answer when I heard a voice that demand I couldn't help but listen too
"Perhaps, I should explain what these cards are."
Suddenly, my case opened and a green ball floated out, it begin to form into the undead it was suppose to be. I was nervous, if this undead was hostile…
Luckily, my worries were unfounded, the Undead that appeared was the ancestor of humanity,in the form of Aikawa Hajime, Spirit Human
Human looked around the cave and said "Greetings my descendants"
"Descendants? Don't you mean descendant?"
"The Digimon were the creation of Humanity. Therefore, they can be counted as my descendants"
"How dare you! You…"Zhuqiamon trailed of, a single look from Human was enough to shut the violent turkey up.
Human directed his gaze towards Fanglongmon, "Those cards hold the Undead. The Undead was a race created by the Master to decide whose race will dominant the earth."
"Undead? What are they?" Baihumon asked
"We are an immortal race, we are undying. There are 53 of us."
"Decide? How?" Fanglongmon asked
"Through a Battle Royal. The winner will have their race dominant the earth"
"Am I safe to assume you won?" Azulongmon asked
Human smiled, "Yes." It soon turned into a frown however as he looked at me, "However a new unsanctioned Battle Royal has started."
How? There is no possible way a Battle Royal can just start like that, unless…
"Did the Albino Joker start this Battle Royal?"
"Yes, however, this Battle Royal is unsanctioned. Therefore, the Stone of Sealing will not appear to seal the undead."
"So this Battle Royal will not decide the fate of Humanity?"
"It still will. Remember as the Joker, Albino has the ability to seal the undead, should he win the Battle Royal will start again and this time it will be legal." Human tilted his head, "Tell me, my descendant, do you want to save Humanity?"
"Of course!"
"Even at the cost of your own Humanity?" He held up a Rouze card, Joker. "If you win, humanity wins."
I didn't answer as fast this time. I know where this is going
"If I fuse with the Joker, won't I just become the Black Joker?"
"You will only be half. You will have all the power but none of the curse. Your win will be counted as Humanity's win"
It's funny you know? When you're a child, all you want to do is to become your hero. Now I have the chance
And all the consequences. To accept this power would mean to accept the responsibility of ensuring Humanity's survival. I would have to exchange my humanity for power. Me, a 16 year old, with the fate of all mankind and what will most likely be death, or being sealed should I lose and immortality should I win. Both choices are terrible choices
I reached out for the card. Even if there is only a slim chance, I have to take it
"Let go,"
The one holding me back from Humanity's one chance was Dinohyumon, "I'm sorry but I can't let you do this."
"It's not a choice Dionhyumon. Now let go!"
He stood in front of me, "Look Kai, you aren't in this alone. I can help, you are my Tamer after all."
"You don't understand how bad the situation is. Now Let go!"
Dinohyumon refused to let go and continued to hold me back, "I don't but I will try. I promise."
When he said that, my digivice and the Joker card glowed. The Digivice floated towards the Joker card and fused with it.
Spirit Human held it closer to his face to examine it, "How interesting. It seems that your digivice has fused with the Joker to form some sort of Rouzer. How very interesting."
"You know what a Digivice is? And how do you know that is?"
"Anything Humanity has the potential of doing. I can do and do it better."
That would explain how he knew what his new digivice can do. It is sort of a human made product
Human handed me my digivice. It was the same color as the Joker, black and green, and it resembled a D-3
"It seems that you have found a third way. Now it's up to you to save Humanity. The Undead dwell in both the Human world and the digital world."
"Shouldn't I take care of the ones here first?"
"Don't the ones here are far too powerful for you right now. The Undead in the human world are easier"
Human looked at Zhaqiamon. "Sent him to your Human world."
Spirit Human glow green, "Good luck Kai." With that he floated back into the card case
"Get ready human!"
The both of us glowed again and soon we vanished from the cave.
Scene change
The glow stopped and we landed in what seem to be a park.
"So this is the Human world. It's pretty quiet"
"That's because we are in a park at night. Let's go Dinohyumon we-"
BEEP
I held the digivice up, or is it rouzer? On it was a hologram that resembled the Undead Searcher
"What's that?" Dinohyumon looked over my shoulder
"It's an undead." I took a closer look
"Where is it?"
My eyes widen, "In front of us!"
Dinohyumon pulled me back just in time to avoid a sword swing
It resembled a lizard with silver amour that had spikes all around it. It hand a blade attached to a brace on his right arm. In fact it look like a more monstrous version of Dinohyumon
"So that's an Undead?"
"Category 2 of Spades, Slash Lizard. It's not the strongest. Perfect for getting your feet wet Dinohyumon"
Dinohyumon charged with his blade raised to strike but Lizard was able to block it and strike back. Dinohyumon jumped back
"Wind Slash!" Lizard blocked it with his blade and moved to attack
Lizard even to me looked like a terrible swordsman. He swung his blade without any style. However each strike was filled with power, power that Dinohyumon was able to match
I wasn't going to take any chances. I took out a rouze card. If this digivice is able to work like a rouzer, I will just have to try it out
"Turn up"
A blue panel opened in front of Dinohyumon, "Kai! What is this?"
"It's a power up, run through it!"
He ran through it and transformed. Dinohyumon became Kamen Rider Blade! His giant butcher knife changed into the Blay Rouzer
Only he didn't exactly look like Blade. Unlike Blade who had armor that resembled a knight. Dinohyumon still had the blue jumpsuit but had a silver exoskeleton of a insect of armor. His helmet had the horn of a Kabuto beetle, he looked like a Kaijin version of blade
With the power up, Dinohyumon dominated the battle. Slash Lizard didn't even had the chance to fight back.
"Mighty"
Using the Lance's mighty card, an attack similar to Leangle's Blizzard Venom was used to defeat Slash Lizard. He fell on his back and exploded, his belt opening
I threw a blank at him to seal him and caught it. "One down, 45 more to go. Already this is starting to feel like a twisted version of Pokemon"
"That was easy."
I glanced at Dinohyumon, "Don't get cocky. Slash Lizard is one of the weakest. The other will be much stronger."
I checked my pockets and found a set of keys, an address and a map. Both Dinohyumon and I raised an eyebrow.
Timeskip
I followed the address to a opened the door to a nice two room flat. It had a fully stocked fridge, a T.V and a computer. I saw a note on the table.
Greetings, Kai. as you can see all your needs are taken care of, you will find more details for your education in the note behind this one. The housing has been taken care of. The credit card will only give you a certain amount each month, so spend wisely.
Best of luck Fanglongmon.
I looked at Dinohyumon, "Well, let explore the house shall we?"
Timeskip
It was at night, I was in the living room and Dinohyumon was in his room sleeping. Don't blame the guy though, today was a rough day for him, fighting digimon in the digital world and an Undead as soon as we got into the real world. He deserves his sleep
I was looking at the rouze cards I laid out on the table. I picked up the one I used today, Change Beetle
I am scared.
I can't express it enough. I now have the lives of billions in my hand. What if I fail and some Undead wins?
"I hope I don't screw up…"
Done. This is the rewrite, I'm not the best at descriptions and fight scenes and for that I am sorry. Hope that it is at least better. Please check out my other fics, drop a review and I hope you have enjoyed. Until next time