CHAPTER 1 - The Digivolution Demiser
It was a terrible day in the real world. There were black clouds in the sky, and all of them were shooting lightning and water like attacks. Only the people who came to school early were present, and this included Kari, TK and for once in his life, Davis. Kari, TK and Davis were the digidestined, humans with a responsibility to take care of the digital world with their digimon partners. All three were fifteen, and hadn't seen action for three years, since the digital would was at peace for that long.
They were supposed to be in sports for the afternoon, but it was cancelled due to the rain, so the three of them went to the computer lab. Izzy, an older member of the digidestined was already there, and he looked up when they arrived. They were taking their digimon stealthily. Davis's partner was Demiveemon, a tiny blue and white dragon digimon with angular ears, ruby red eyes, and had a very cute face. TK's partner was Patamon, an orange and yellow digimon who looked like a piglet with bat like ears. Patamon could fly with his ears, and was very friendly. Kari's partner was Gatomon, a white cat digimon with bright blue eyes, purple tufts on her ears and tail, on which she wore a magic ring.
"What are you doing here?" he asked. Izzy was very good with computers, and was very smart. He often went around to their junior high school to use the computers as a part of his senior high school course. Izzy also had a partner digimon, Tentomon, but he was already in the digital world.
"Class is cancelled" answered TK,
"I thought you would've used this time for your exams coming up" said Izzy,
"Well, we can't concentrate" explained Davis,
"What'sh an exsham?" asked Demiveemon. Patamon and Gatomon looked up
"It's a big test that humans do to show how much they've learned over the year" explained Kari.
"That makes sense" nodded Gatomon, "Exams need practice don't they?"
"Yeah, like how much you digimon need to practice how to fight" said TK,
"I'd fail that tesht" sighed Demiveemon, looking down,
"Sora, Matt and Joe are already in the digital world" said Izzy, "There's been some strange rumours going about, and none of them are good"
"Like what?" asked TK,
"We've been hearing that there's another evil digimon on the loose, and he has the power to stop digivolution, but that was from Gazimon, and he's been known for telling lies, but watch out"
"Well, we're doing nothing here, let's go" said Davis, going through the regular ruckus that they put up with every other day. They held their digivices up to the gate, and they were transported through. On the other side, Demiveemon had changed into Veemon, since he could maintain his power in the digital world, but not in the real word. Veemon was a blue dragon digimon with the same red eyes and angular ears as Demiveemon, a white mouth and stomach, a medium tail and he had a characteristic V on his forehead. He was a very good fighter, but lacked special attacks, and he still had his embarrassing lisp.
"Keep an eye out for trouble" said TK,
"But my eyes only stay in" objected Patamon,
"It's a matter of speech" said Gatomon, "Like when someone says 'Cat got your tongue?' doesn't mean I've got their tongues"
"It does when you talk to Veemon though" joked Patamon,
"Shut up!" snapped Veemon. Gatomon had once pulled his tongue because he asked her to go out with him, not only that, it was in front of everyone.
"It means watch out" added Kari. Soon, they were joined by Sora and Biyomon. Sora was eighteen now, was good at tennis and had unique red hair. Biyomon was a pink bird digimon with a pretty lyre feather on her forehead, and wore a silver anklet. Biyomon was a good flyer and digivolved into magnificent birds.
"What's the matter?" asked TK,
"The rumours are true" panted Sora, "There is an evil digimon, and he is very powerful"
"We never get a break" sighed Patamon, "Why is there always some jerk that wants to take over the world?"
"Search me" continued Sora, "This digimon, I think he's called Kilhamon, he has the power to permanently stop digimon from digivolving"
"He's got me" said Biyomon sadly, "I'll never be able to digivolve again"
"Wow, this is worse than the control spires" said Davis, "Maybe we should wait until Ken and the others get here so we can DNA digivolve"
There were three other D-3 digidestined. Cody, Yolei and Ken. Yolei was a tall girl with purple hair, and was quite boisterous, but had a good heart. Her partner was Hawkmon, a brown bird digimon with a white head, a belt around his head like a bandana, and had a dark-age accent. Cody was a young boy but was very spiritual and wise. His partner was Armadillomon, an armoured digimon with a southern accent, yellow skin and had shiny brown armour. Ken was a mysterious boy who used to be the evil digimon emperor, but it appeared he was innocent, and was induced with a dark spore by Malomyotismon. Ken was very smart and wise, but also very quiet. His partner was Wormon, a green bug digimon with many legs and was equally shy.
"So, you're the digidestined?" said a voice. They all looked up, and saw a figure on a rock.
"That's Kilhamon!" screamed Biyomon. Kilhamon wasn't much taller than Gatomon. He had a thick staff in his hand, and he wore a long coat with shabby clothes. He had foxlike ears and green fur.
"What do you want?" asked Kari loudly,
"I want you out of my way" answered Kilhamon, "I also want a pizza, but never mind that"
He jumped off the rock and landed a few metres away from them.
"The bad guysh haven't been up againsht ush thish early in the sheeriesh before have they?" commented Veemon
"Yeah, it is hot, but now is no time to comment on the weather" said TK. Veemon huffed.
"So, will this be a challenge or a pushover?" asked Kilhamon. Davis got out his digivice.
"A pushover" sighed Kilhamon, "So be it"
The bars on Davis's digivices glowed, and Veemon began to transform. Kilhamon held up his staff, and Veemon stopped glowing. An evil symbol appeared on his chest, and then disappeared. The digivice deactivated, and made no more noises.
"Try to armour digivolve" called Davis, and got out his D-Terminal. Nothing happened.
"Hey! Nothing's happened!" exclaimed Davis. Kari rolled her eyes.
"What did you do you creep?" asked Veemon,
"I won" said Kilhamon simply, "Unless you have some sort of hidden power as a rookie, but since you've been relying on your digivolving for so long, I assume you don't"
"I don't need to digivolve to stomp you" yelled Gatomon, and she attacked Kilhamon.
"Lightning Claw!"
"Steel Curtain!"
Kilhamon held up his staff, and a transparent barrier formed. Gatomon was blown back, and ended up on the ground. Kilhamon performed the curse on her as well.
"Gatomon!" yelled Kari, and she helped her friend out of harm's way. Kilhamon looked at TK,
"We both know what will happen now" said Kilhamon, looking evilly at Patamon, and began his curse.
"Vee Headbutt!"
Veemon's attack winded Kilhamon, and he stopped the curse. TK and Patamon ran away. Kilhamon glared at Veemon,
"Icy Wind!"
Veemon was very cold suddenly. Frost began to appear on his blue skin, and he felt the bodily fluids begin to freeze. He'd be an ice sculpture if it didn't stop soon.
"Electro Shocker!"
Kilhamon stopped the spell as a ball of electrical energy shot past him,
"Consider yourself extremely lucky" whispered Kilhamon, and vanished. Davis looked around, Kabuterimon and Izzy were arriving, and Kabuterimon's attack had obviously scared Kilhamon away.
"Are we too late?" asked Izzy. Davis ran over to Veemon, who was on the ground, burned.
"Hey, wake up" said Davis quietly, and shook his friend gently. Veemon stirred, and looked up,
"I'm shorry" he whispered,
"You don't need to be sorry" said Davis, "We need to head back."
Izzy and Davis returned through the gate to the real world. It was as though they had stepped into a digital zoo. As well as Gatomon and Patamon, there was also Biyomon, Gomamon and Gabumon. Gomamon was a small seal digimon with white fur, green eyes and purple stripes, as well as messy orange hair. Gabumon doesn't have a resemblance to anything on Earth. He had yellow skin with a small tail, he had ruby red eyes, had a weird blue symbol on his stomach, and he wore a blue-white wolf's skin over his back, arms and head. There was also a lot of messy silver hair on his head that wasn't there before.
"How come he hasn't de-digivolved?" asked TK. Davis looked down, Veemon was still the same. It was normal for him, Hawkmon, Wormon and Armadillomon to be in their in-training forms in the real world.
"He's been cursed too hasn't he?" asked Joe. Veemon nodded.
"That's okay, Yeemon, it isn't the end" said Gomamon cheerfully. Everyone in the room stared at him, "Just because we're all rookies... and champion" he added, looking at Gatomon, "Doesn't mean we can't fight. Did you know Kilhamon's only a rookie too?"
"What?!" asked everyone in the whole room,
"Yeah" agreed Gomamon, "He's just a rookie, but he's learned digimagic"
"Digihuzzah?" asked Patamon, confused,
"Apparently, digimagic is very powerful" said Izzy, "It takes a long time to practice, and even a rookie digimon who has mastered it is more powerful than a mega digimon"
"We should ask Gennai about it" said Matt, "He'd know"
"And I think Piximon knows about it too" said Gabumon,
"Who ish Pickshimon?" asked Veemon, Gatomon couldn't help but snigger slightly,
"He's someone who knows a lot" said Gabumon, "When we were in the digital world, he helped Tai and Agumon get out of their rut, and he helped us escape from the Dark Masters too"
"But he's got a weird way of speaking" added Joe, "He made us mop his five story mansion when we first met him"
Veemon flinched slightly. He turned to Izzy,
"Will I ever be able to fight again?" he asked,
"Yes, but you'll have to do it in your rookie form" answered Izzy, "Maybe tomorrow we can go see Piximon and Gennai, they might have some answers"
"You look terrible" pointed out Gatomon, noticing Veemon's malady. He was shivering and his skin was pale.
"I'll be fine" said Veemon. Gatomon poked him, and he flinched,
"Yeah, right" said Gatomon. The healing ring on her tail glowed, and all the marks on Veemon disappeared.
"How did you do that?" asked almost everyone at the same time,
"Gennai told me" answered Gatomon, "When he borrowed my ring, he modified it slightly so I can use it to heal"
"That's great" said Kari. Someone knocked on the door, and all the digimon hid. A teacher walked in.
"Sorry, everyone, the storm's too strong, and the streets are flooded. You'll all have to sleep in the upstairs classrooms tonight"
"Okay"
The teacher left, and Davis walked over to the window,
"Geez, it is bad" he said in amazement. The streets were like rivers underneath the sheets of rain pouring down.
"That's a good thing. It's the weekend tomorrow; we can go to the digital world then" said Matt
"Why don't we go tonight?" asked Davis,
"We don't want the teachers to panic when they can't find us" said Joe. After a while of talking, everyone left the room to the classes. Davis walked into his Grammar room where ten camp beds were set up.
"It's all clear" he whispered. Veemon entered the room wearing Davis's raincoat, which camouflaged him well.
"Are you angry at me becaushe I can't digivolve?" he asked,
"Course not" said Davis, "It's not your fault at all"
"How do you think we'll fight now?" asked Veemon, lying down behind Davis so their heads were touching,
"No, but maybe Gennai or Piximon will find a way", sighed Davis, "Maybe we'll even get to find out about Digimagic"
Veemon turned around and gave him a cheeky smile,
"Did you ashk Kari out yet?"
"One day" answered Davis, "What about you and Gatomon? Can you dance properly yet?"
"Well, no-one'sh teaching me"
"Yeah, because when you try, you fall over"
"At leasht I don't missh the bashket when it'sh in front of my noshe"
"At least I can say 'Sandy Sold Sea Shells by the Sea Shore' and make sense"
"At leasht I don't shpend an hour combing my hair"
"At least I can sing and not shatter glass"
"You can't shing, Davish" smirked Veemon, "I thought Gomamon wash being killed in the bathroom when you shung lasht time"
"Oh, yeah? When you sung last, I heard that Grandma had a stroke but recovered from it"
"What doesh that mean?" asked Veemon, confused, Davis smirked,
"Your singing raises the dead" he retorted,
"You ashked for it!" barked Veemon and play-wrestled Davis, both laughing,
"Ssh!" said Davis. More people walked in the room, and they couldn't talk any more,
"Just kidding" whispered Davis.
Gatomon was sitting on a desk in Kari's classroom, looking down.
"What's wrong?" asked Kari,
"Nothing" said Gatomon,
"You're not fooling anyone" said Kari, and sat on the desk next to her.
"I'm wondering if we can do this, if we can still fight"
"Of course we can" answered Kari, "How come you didn't tell me you could heal people like that?"
"I forgot, sorry" confessed Gatomon, her tail flickering like it normally did when she was nervous,
"That's okay" said Kari, "We'll know a lot more tomorrow"
Kari lay down on the bed, and Gatomon still sat on the desk, thinking. She tried to look as much as possible like a human world cat, so nobody would notice her as much.
Soon everyone was asleep. Gatomon couldn't sleep, so she walked cautiously through the corridors. She heard some footsteps approaching, and she hid behind a locker. She was confused, because there were toenail clicks as well, and humans didn't normally have their toenails that long. Gatomon looked, and saw Veemon walking down the corridor.
"What are you doing here?" she asked,
"Davish" sighed Veemon, "I try to shleep before he doesh, but tonight I was too shlow, he shnores like a Monochromon shtampede"
Gatomon laughed, but stopped herself. She was trying to ward off Veemon because she knew he fancied her.
"Where are you going?" she asked,
"Computer lab" answered Veemon. Gatomon tried to think of an excuse to go the other way, but she couldn't so she decided out of good will to try to talk, but her patience was short lived.
"Ish it hard to, you know, heal people?" asked Veemon, looking at her, his heart fluttering normally when Gatomon was around,
"Not really" said Gatomon, "So don't take it personally. I was just giving first aid, nothing special, got it?" she added aggressively. Veemon blinked,
"Why do you act sho cold around me?" he asked her, she didn't reply, so they walked on opposite sides of the corridor, not talking for a while,
"Why do you persist?" asked Gatomon, on the computer floor when they went down the stairs, "You know we'll never work out, I'm a champion, you're a rookie. I'm a cat, you're a... anyway, you're just not my type"
She speeded up and entered the computer lab. Veemon sighed. It wasn't as bad as last time he tried to pick up Gatomon. She punched his face last time and threw him over the fence the time before that.
'I'll show her' he thought to himself, 'But I'll wait... yeah, that's where I'm going wrong, I don't wait, but I will this time, and if I get it right, she'll be all over me'
Veemon, who was smiling at the thought of exactly what would happen if Gatomon did like him, entered the lab, and found Gomamon, Biyomon and Gabumon already there. Gatomon was taking in what she was seeing.
"What are you doing here?" asked Gatomon and Biyomon at the same time,
"Can't sleep" answered Veemon and Gabumon, (Veemon said 'Shleep')
"We've been talking" said Gomamon, "We're wondering what will become of us, since, you know"
"SOCD" stated Gabumon, "Society of Cursed Digimon. Want to join?"
"Might as well" sighed Gatomon, and sat on a chair.
"Okay. We're four rookies and one champion. What can we do?"
"I can heal" said Gatomon, absent-mindedly picking at her tail-ring, "No-one else can"
"That's one good thing" said Biyomon, "I can fly" she spread out her pink wings, gracefully,
"I can swim" said Gomamon, indicating his large flippers, "But I can't fight very well" he added, sighing as his small and flimsy body. His hind legs were tiny, and he only stood a little over a foot off the floor,
"Sure you can" pointed out Gatomon, "You can summon fish"
"But what good are fish without water?"
"Anyway, I can do a bit with fire and ice" interrupted Gabumon, referring to his breath attack, Blue Blaster, that nobody was sure whether it was a fire or ice attack, "What about you, Veemon?"
"Um, err, don't know yet" said Veemon quickly,
"Well, Geemon is more agile than us" said Gomamon
"It'sh Veemon, get it right!"
"There has to be something" thought Biyomon aloud, but everyone was looking awkward. Veemon's ears drooped, that was another reason why Gatomon didn't fancy him, it's not like he ever did anything impressive, apart from digivolving, but didn't they all? Veemon had no special attack, his only asset was his strength, but this meant he was useless in long-range combat, and that was normally their fighting method nowadays, more and more enemies seemed to fly. He used to rely on digivolving to be useful, but now that was all gone. Veemon looked quite depressed, but before anyone could ask him what was wrong, suddenly, one of the computers emitted a bright flash of light. Appearing out of it was a brown-haired man wearing a tan cloak.
"Gennai!" said all the digimon at once.
"That's right" said Gennai, the greatest information centre in the digital world. There were further knocks on the lab door, but it was Izzy, Davis, Kari, TK, Patamon, Joe, Matt and Sora who entered. It was a small while before everything died down.
"As you all know, there is a powerful and evil digimon now in control" said Gennai, "He has used a curse to quash our previous strategy of digivolution"
Everyone agreed,
"Plus, the digimon currently still able to digivolve don't stand a chance against Kilhamon. Not even our mega digimon, since Kilhamon defeated Metalgarurumon easily" added Gennai.
This was true. Metalgarurumon was Gabumon's mega form, and Kilhamon had blasted him away with a fire spell earlier that day. Gabumon got cursed, and that's how he ended up in the SOCD.
"So, the only thing we can do is use digimagic ourselves" continued Gennai, "But there is a few things that have to be followed so we can use it safely and effectively. One, only digimon who have been cursed can use it, because we don't want to divert the energy from digimon who can still digivolve"
Everyone looked around, taking in things like what Biyomon would look like shooting fireballs, or Gabumon blasting something away with Metalgarurumon's ice attack.
"Two, in order to use digimagic, I need to modify your digivices"
"What for?" asked TK, after a large yawn. Davis was smirking at his pyjamas, they had little pigs all over them,
"Because digimagic, like digivolution, needs a burst of energy to use. Your digivices already have this power, so all is needed is to modify them"
Kari, Sora, Davis, Matt and Joe gave Gennai their digivices.
"You'll have them back tomorrow" said Gennai, "And three, find Piximon, I'm sure his training will help you all, and accept any other digimon willing to help"
Gomamon and Veemon doubted that Piximon would help them in any way apart from giving them a big back ache.
"I have a question" said Davis, "How do we use digimagic? What sorts are there?"
"As I said, you'll find out tomorrow, but I can tell you one thing" he smiled, "Dragon digimon are said to be the best at digimagic."
Everyone looked at Veemon, who grinned. So digimagic would be the way to impress Gatomon, the blue dragon was now glad that he took the curse. Who cares that he can't digivolve? Gatomon's gonna like him by the end of the week, no matter what.
"I realize you are busy in the real world at the moment," continued Gennai, "So I will attempt to change the digital world's time synchro. Go to bed, you'll need to rest"
Gennai disappeared back into the computer screen.
"Well, we're back on the team" said Matt cheerfully, "What sort of digimagic would we use?"
"Time synchro... what's that?" asked Davis,
"Gennai wants to change the digital world's time synchronization" said Izzy, "It means one minute in the real world is worth one day in the digital world"
"That'll help a lot" said Davis, yawning, TK was smirking at his pyjamas, decorated with lizards, "What are you smirking at, TH?"
"Nothing" said TK,
"Hey, what digimagic did Kilhamon use?" asked Sora, "We need some idea on what it can do"
"He used one called Flamestrike on me" sighed Gabumon,
"Leyden Clap on me" shuddered Gomamon,
"And he ushed one called Ishy Wind on me" finished Veemon,
"Flamestrike, Leyden Clap and Ishy Wind" repeated Kari,
"No, Ishy Wind" corrected Veemon,
"That's what I said" pointed out Kari, the others were smirking,
"It'sh called... Ishy Wind, freezshing... you know?" explained Veemon, blushing,
"Oh! Icy Wind!" nodded Kari, also blushing, everyone else was sniggering, "Let's go to bed, we don't want any teachers catching us here"
"Geez, you're right" muttered Davis, shuddering at the thought of what would happen if right now a teacher walked in the door, not only catching seven students out of bed, but also six weird animals too. The noise would probably wake up the entire school.
They returned to their rooms, and slept. Veemon had beaten Davis to it and finally got to sleep.
The next day, the rain had cleared. Most of the students had left the school, but Davis, Izzy, TK, Kari, Joe, Matt and Sora waited behind. Cody, Ken and Yolei came in the computer lab just as they were leaving.
"What's going on?" asked Yolei,
"We're about to go" answered Davis,
"How come all these digimon are here?" asked Cody, "And how come Veemon is a rookie?"
"We'll explain later" said Izzy, and opened the gate. They all went in to the digital world, and were around the forest of Primary Village today. Wormon, Hawkmon and Armadillomon were back to normal.
"Buzz if you see anything" said Izzy through the gate.
"Finally" sighed Dillomon, "I missed being a rookie"
"Because you can't eat as much as Oopamon" joked Cody,
"Now hang on" retorted Armadillomon, "That's not the... oh, yeah that is the reason"
"I think we need an explanation" said Hawkmon, "For example, why were you all in the real world?"
Izzy, Kari and TK explained about Kilhamon, and at the end, Veemon and Gatomon were treated with sympathy,
"Imagine that, not being able to digivolve" said Hawkmon,
"It's not too bad" said Gomamon, "At least he didn't catch us in our in-training forms"
"That's true" nodded Yolei, "What's that noise?"
They heard a grumbling sound. Davis ran to have a look, and a digimon was sitting on a log, muttering.
"Elecmon, what are you doing here?" asked Patamon,
"Oh, hi" said Elecmon, turning around, and sighing. Elecmon was a red rabbit digimon with long ears, a kind face with sky-blue eyes, a white stomach, blue stripes and had a very strange tail arranged as a fan of feathers. The last time he met the digidestined, he was looking after the baby digimon in Primary Village, where every wild digimon were born, before going to all areas of the world.
"Shouldn't you be in the village?" asked Gatomon,
"No" said Elecmon, "Because... I was fired"
"What?" asked everyone at once,
"Gennai said that Primary village wasn't safe enough, and they relocated" grumbled Elecmon, "Now, they've moved the birthplace to..." he made a sarcastic hand gesture, "The Tree of life, and that Swanmon is in charge"
"Have you heard about Kilhamon?" asked Kari,
"Yeah, I've met him alright" said Elecmon, frowning "That mutant fox put a curse on me"
"You too?" asked Gatomon,
"Oh, no, don't tell me he's cursed you too?" asked Elecmon, "That's the last thing we need, without you lot to stop him, who will?"
There was an awkward pause here.
"We're going to see Piximon" said Patamon, "Do you want to come too?"
"Might as well" sighed Elecmon, and he joined them in their walk to find Piximon. After half an hour, they met Gennai. They stopped so suddenly, that Veemon, who was walking behind Gatomon, accidentally bumped into her, and his hand went right on her...
"VEEMON YOU SICK PERVERT!" screamed the white cat, aiming a slash at Veemon's nose, but Kari calmed her down,
"But Kari, that kinky skink touched my..."
"He didn't mean to" assured Kari, Gatomon glared at Veemon, and walked away,
"Geez, you would think if tailgating was that dangerous she should have braking lights" whispered Davis, Veemon grinned, "So, how was it?"
"Soft" answered Veemon, Gennai noticed them and began to speak. Elecmon made to walk away, but Gabumon stopped him.
"There you are" said Gennai, "I've modified your digivices, you can use digimagic as well, now, but remember, it needs practice"
Kari and Davis nodded. Gennai went on and explained to Ken, Cody and Yolei about digimagic, when they heard another voice.
"I came as fast as I could" said a small pink digimon. He had wings, and a staff, and was nine inches high.
"Piximon, there you are" said Gennai, "I need you to do me a favour. Can you train these digimon how to use their digimagic?"
"Sure" said Piximon, "Alright, follow me"
Everyone followed Piximon through the forest, and listened to him talking gibberish about subjects they didn't even know about. He was worse than Cody's Grandpa. Davis and Veemon fell way back to avoid Piximon's boring lectures. They turned a corner, and saw the road had split. It was impossible to find out which way they had went, since the road was stone, and bared no footprints.
"Thish way" called Veemon, and ran down the left path. Davis followed him.
"You sure" asked Davis,
"Not really"
Davis stopped, and looked around. This path was dark, and didn't look very friendly.
"What'sh up?" asked Veemon, who returned.
There was strange sounds coming out of the trees.
"I don't think this is the way" said Davis, "Let's head back and double around"
Davis made to turn back, but the trees closed in on them. Davis jumped back, and saw that vines had completely blocked their path.
"Um, how did that happen?" asked Davis,
There was an evil laugh that echoed throughout the forest. Davis looked slowly at Veemon, who looked confused.
"What... was that?" asked Davis,
"Shearch me" shrugged Veemon,
Suddenly, a scary looking figure dropped out of the canopy. It looked like a tree stump with a face carved into it.
"Woodmon" stated Veemon, "What do you want?"
"You're the fool who fought Kilhamon aren't you" answered Woodmon. He attacked Veemon with a nasty slash, and Veemon was almost knocked out.
"Digivolve, if you can" laughed Woodmon.
"Fight back" called Davis. Veemon attacked, but didn't affect Woodmon very well. Woodmon retaliated by throwing sharp bark, and Veemon didn't take it very well.
"How do I use it?" thought Davis, looking at his digivice. It was blank.
"Come on, stupid thing" muttered Davis, shaking his D-3. It was still doing nothing. What could he do? Veemon was having a heck of a lot of trouble. Davis thought, and came up with an idea.
"Veemon, think about digivolving" he called,
"But I can't" answered Veemon,
"Remember what it's like to be... Flamedramon"
"Okay". Veemon paused, shutting his eyes. He remembered being six feet tall, he remembered the fire. Davis's digivice activated. It lit up, and Veemon felt very strong. Fire appeared,
"Flameshtrike!" Veemon shot the flame at Woodmon. The deranged tree stump yelled, and ran into the forest, on fire
"Whoa" said Davis, slowly, "So that's digimagic"
It took a while for Davis to take in what he just saw. It wasn't every day that your small blue and white friend shot a fireball at a tree stump.
"The vinesh are shtill there, sho we've got to go thish way" said Veemon, resuming their run. Apparently, Piximon did take this path, and they found the party about five minutes ahead. They joined them, panting.
"Where were you?" asked Yolei, angrily,
"Sorry... left behind" answered Davis,
"Keep up this time" she muttered, and looked ahead, "This guy is the most boring ball of cotton in the world"
Piximon was now giving marching orders like a sergeant. Yolei ignored it, as did Matt, Sora and Joe, but Kari, TK and Cody were humouring him.
"That's the way" called Piximon, "Now, chant!"
"No way am I singing" said TK, and stopped marching. Neither Kari or Cody sang, but Piximon went on as though they were all enjoying it. They all continued through the primary forest, hoping that Piximon would be as good help to them as last time.
What precisely does Piximon know about digimagic? How much potential do the cursed digimon have? When will Kilhamon attack again? Will Gatomon still permit Veemon to be alive? Find out in chapter 2 of this delightful fanfic!