So This story is kinda a passion project I've been working on with my best friend. Sure the Title isn't all that creative but I can promise you we both worked on making the characters and fleshing out the story for a whole year... and now I've got the first chapter completed and damn do I feel accomplished! I'm actually also excited to finally share this as well and hope the rest of you enjoy it as well.
Disclaimer: I Do not own Digimon, but I and my best friend do own the characters
Chapter 1:
Eight Years ago; Digital World.
A lone knight stumbled his way through the forest, one of his hands held onto a wound he had sustained from his multiple battles that day alone. He needed to find someone… no he needed to right the wrongs he had done and gain the help of those he wronged. The fate of the Digital world depended on it.
They might not forgive me… but I'll be damned if they don't realize this needs all their cooperation! He thought to himself as he trudged on. He needed to find somewhere safe to heal after all… it was obvious especially after he had collapsed onto his knees and started to breath heavily. He closed his golden eyes for a moment before snapping them back open at the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps. Before he could properly turn around and block something stabbed him straight through his Chrome Digizoid armor. His eyes made contact with the shape of the weapon poking out of his chest.
"Gall...antmon?" he wheezed staring at the lance that pierced through him.
"Pineapple headed bastard would have done more then stab you if he saw yer traitorous ass right now."
The dark knight's eyes widened at the voice, pulling up enough strength to turn his head he saw it wasn't the red and white knight… but a tall demon biker digimon with all three of his red eyes glowing with hate. One of his clawed hands was gripping onto the signature weapon of his rival while the other held… a red and black Digi Egg protectively to his side.
"Bee...lzemon…. How-"
"Did I survive the slaughter you did to us Demon Lords and yer fellow Royal Knights? Let's just say I owe Pineapple head for taking more of that fall. Now why don't you just fuck off and turn into data you piece of shit!" The angered biker pulled out the lance.
"WAIT BEELZ- GAH!" the weapon stabbed through him once again, but still he tried to hold on. "You… need to…"
"I DON'T NEED TO DO SHIT OTHER THEN TAKE MY SOVEREIGN DAMNED REVENGE FOR ALL THE SHIT YOU'VE DONE!" Beelzemon roared as he forced the lance to pierce through the black knight a few more times before the data started to rise around the fallen knight.
"...you've always… been too stubborn… to even listen… fine then… when the… Digital World… falls into destruction… it will be your fault... for not-"
"Just shut up and die already!" with a final thrust of the weapon the knight turned into a collection of data that reformed into a purple and white egg. Soon after the egg touched the ground Beelzemon collapsed, the lance of his rival being his only support with standing as he breathed heavily. He nearly lost his grip on the egg in his own arm but pulled it back up… as blood dripped onto the ground.
Damn it… I reopened my wounds… he thought to himself as he tried to control his breathing. His eyes glanced down to the egg in his grip, sitting there innocently and unharmed.
"Told ya… to not waste… yer data on me Pineapple head… I fucked it up…" the biker coughed and watched as the weapon started turning back into the data it was forged from. Instead of letting the data go he absorbed it, causing only a few of the reopened wounds to heal again and making the biker lean against a tree for support and to catch his breath. As he did his gaze turned back to the purple and white egg that rested in the grass and his anger slowly started to bubble back to the surface.
I should just permanently destroy that egg and take Alphamon's data for myself… but you wouldn't want me to do that huh? Besides… there's no fun since he's just a damn egg… Beelzemon thought, his eyes glancing back to Gallantmon's egg when he decided against it. He did owe his long time rival after all… and he'll be damned if he's stuck indebted to the red and white knight.
"... Fuck it… the bastard's coming with… maybe the human's will grill him or some shit, then he won't be our problem anymore…" Beelzemon sighed, his breathing evened out now and the pain subsiding for a bit. He then pushed himself up and standing tall before picking up Alphamon's egg. "You better be fucking grateful that I spared your data you ass…"
The egg made no response to the comment. Of course it wouldn't… it's just an egg after all. Beelzemon would have been more surprised if it did respond… that or it would be proof that he really needed to get his wounds better treated. Instead he marched on, fully intent on finding what he had set out to find.
I swear if this reported rift closes before I reach it... I'm going to delete every last scout I see. The Demon Lord thought with a scowl as he kept walking.
It took a few hours, due to his own breaks and limits at the moment but he finally found it… a rift into the human world. Didn't look to much different from the ones he's seen before, with the light blue glow and the cracked appearance in the middle of the air. Bit's and pieces of glowing data floated around the cracks as it very slowly closed… it was still big enough for him to jump through with both eggs though.
Looks like it's got another week or two to remain open…. Lucky me huh? Beelzemon smirked and hurried through. It was like going through a doorway as he had instantly touched down on the other side… the human world. Though unlike a doorway, the rift closed behind him, the data floating around it vanishing along with it making no way for him to return unless he could find a new one… not like he was planning on it anytime soon.
Pain soon found it's way back to him, causing him to collapse to his knees and let go of both eggs onto the real worlds grass below.
Fuck! Did that rift screw with my wounds?! He cursed internally before his form was forced to degenerate in a bright light… leaving behind a small, injured purple imp with red gloves, bandanna, a white face and yellow evil smiley on his stomach.
"FUCK!" the former Demon Lord cursed loudly this time… enough to scare some of the birds away from the tree tops. "SOVEREIGNS DAMN IT! NOW HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO…. Oh no…"
It just clicked in his mind in that moment… he was alone… in the human world… with two Digi Eggs of the Royal Knights… and he had no idea how to raise them let alone take care of a baby Digimon at all. He slowly turned to the red digi egg before he spoke once again.
"You see Pineapple head… THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T LEAVE ME TO COME UP WITH PLANS!" Burying his face into his three fingered hands he groaned in annoyance after his outburst. Now what the hell was he going to do… he can't carry them as easily in this form and he highly doubted he had enough energy to Digivolve to Champion Level… And he sure as hell wasn't going to raise them.
That's when a new idea clicked in his head. Turning his head to look around the area, his green eyes narrowed in on a large hollowed out tree. With an evil smirk on his face, the imp picked up the purple and white egg before stuffing it into the hollow tree.
"Bye Bye Alphamon~!" he snickered before retrieving Gallantmon's egg, fully intent on trying to find a better location to hide his rival's egg… after all that would amount to paying off the rest of his debt to the knight.
Present Day; Human world
In a packed up van a 13 year old girl with long black hair tied into a braid clicked the replay button on her tablet, her brown eyes fully focused on the screen as an animated purple haired girl gave a greeting in the video.
"Heya viewers! Shiori-Chan here! Today we're going with how to properly conduct a battle strategy with your partner! Before we begin let's start with the basic card types, for those of you that already know skip to this time in the video… ya know cuz this would get really boring otherwise and I apologize if it is…. Still here? Okay then, so for those that don't know there are three main types of cards; Stat boost, Equipment and Character cards."
The screen then showed an example of the three different types of cards. Causing the one watching it to lean in and study them intently.
"Stat cards are the fewest in number, probably due to the fact there aren't that many stats in all actuality. But don't think that with their smaller numbers they aren't useful! No in reality these specific cards can really cause a major boost in battles. Example the Power boost is great for-"
"Shizu are we there yet?" a childish voice asked the girl who groaned and turned her attention to a red and white dinosaur looking digimon with black markings on his body… who was thankfully still wearing his seatbelt.
"Guilmon we'll get there when we get there…"
"Oh… Can we get food then? I'm starved!"
"You ate most of our snacks thirty minutes ago you glutton!" an annoyed, small purple and white furred dragon with a red gem on his head barked. His little claws holding a bag of opened chips upside down and shaking it… proving nothing was left in the bag.
"... technically you ate that bag Dorumon…" A boy, who was the exact same age as Shizu and looked almost exactly like her, muttered as he looked down at the tiny dragon in his lap.
"No one want's to hear your sass Katsu… Besides I only had the ONE bag while he had the other nine!" Dorumon insisted, causing Shizu's eyes to roll and try to return her attention to her video.
"Dorumon how many times have we told you to use your inside voice in the car?" one of the parents, the father, questioned from the front, rubbing his forehead from the oncoming headache from the loud voice.
"Lots n Lots of times!" Guilmon proudly stated with a smile crossing his muzzle. The parent who wasn't driving, the mother, gave a small smile to the red Digimon and gave him a gentle pat on the muzzle.
"Yes Guilmon, we did," she smiled gently causing the digimon to giggle a bit while the other digital occupant huffed and leaned back onto Katsu's stomach. The boy started to pet the little digimon's head as a way to cool him off.
Shizu was trying to focus on her video when her brother interrupted once again.
"You've watched that video ten times already… Aren't you bored?"
"Doesn't matter! If I'm gonna meet Shiori-Chan in real life I wanna impress her by being able to keep up with her knowledge on Digimon and Battles!"
"... doesn't she also do reviews on movies with digimon stars as well?"
"... Oh crap I need more research!"
"... that's not research sis…" Katsu mumbled quietly, with Dorumon sighing.
"Katsu said that's not reseach you idiot."
"Shizu's not an idiot Dorumon!" Guilmon shouted with his golden eyes narrowed into a glare at the purple dragon.
"Volume! Please!" The dad growled, getting annoyed from the loud voices from the back. Guilmon's head lowered and his expression turned to look more like that of a kicked puppy.
"Sorry…" Shizu glanced over to the upset Digimon and, with a sigh, gave him a pat on the head in comfort. Guilmon leaned into the pat… and leaned to far into it that he squished Shizu up against the door and making her a little uncomfortable.
"Guilmon… need room… and air!"
"Whoops, sorry!" Guilmon pulled away just enough so the girl wasn't squished against the door anymore… but was still leaned up against her. Shizu sighed with a smile on her face, paused her video and hugged the red dragon.
"What did I do to get a loving partner like you huh?"
"Ya gave me cookies!"
Shizu laughed at that and hugged her partner closer.
"Get ready kids, we're pulling up to our new house now."
"FINALLY!" Dorumon exclaimed and pressed himself against the window of the car, ignoring the few humans and Digimon walking by in favor of the house coming up. It was bigger than their last house, as this one was a two story. It was a light brown on the outside and had a good amount of yard, thanks to the fence around it to separate it from the neighbors. The driveway was empty but with the moving van parked in the front waiting for them, they knew this was their new home. They parked in the driveway and the whole family piled out.
Shizu quickly rushed in with Guilmon following close behind while Katsu held Dorumon and tried to catch up. The inside was also pretty spacious but Shizu was a little more focused on trying to find a nice area to sit and watch her videos… and also check her phone. There were two texts from "Shiori-Chan".
Hey let me know when you move in.
So I can find a place to meet up at.
Shizu smiled at that but paused and glanced to her video. She really did want to impress her online friend and the online star Shiori-Chan… but she also really wanted to meet her. After all no one has ever been able to meet her in person before….
I'll finish this one video… then I'll text her back.
Satisfied with her own compromise she restarted where the left off on the video… which was after the explanation of the cards.
"You got all that? I don't know if you said yes or not but hey you're here so let's begin! Basically let's say you have a Data type Digimon. Data types are strong against Vaccine but weak to Virus. In a normal case scenario a Virus would have the upper hand against a Data type, unless they have an upper hand or special moves to help them. But again we're talking a normal circumstances so it's unlikely this Data type would know much. To help counter the Virus Attribute though as a tamer, you need to use a Character Card of a Vaccine type. It allows your partner to use the signature attack of said Character Card, BUT it also allows them to use it and have a Vaccine attribute attached to it."
On the screen were quick outlined images of a Data type digimon, it looked like a Gabumon, and a Virus type, it looked like a DemiDevimon, as well as a quick drawing of a vaccine attribute card. It didn't have a character on it but it did have the letters VA on it to provide the vaccine attribute of the card. The screen changed to a clip of one of the Junior Championships that all the Elite Tamer Schools compete in. On it was Last Years semi-Finalists.
"Take the final battle between Kyle Jasper and his partner Lopmon against Hailey Harbertson and her partner Salamon. After digivolving into Ultimate for the round to begin it was clear Hailey was going to lose due to the Type disadvantage. But with quick thinking and a good VenomMyotismon and WarGreymon's Shield combo that turned around to her favor. For a great result like that one a strong bond between partners is needed. Hailey trusted how much her partner could take and handle themselves before going in with the winning combination, while Salamon had trusted their tamer's decision to help them win the final battle."
The screen went back to the white backdrop as more quick doodles came up. This time of the standard Digivice, a person and a random digimon that Shizu swore looked kinda like a Gatomon.
"After all the bond is a key feature to coming up with a battle strategy. You can't do it on your own after all… A tamer can't be the one to come up with the whole plan and a Digimon shouldn't be on their own either. The tamer and Digimon need to be on an equal wavelength to tell when the right time to move is or when to use a card. The tamer also has to get the right feeling of which card is most needed in the situation. It's not something that can be easily explained and is actually better experienced. After all a bond only happens officially when Tamer and Digimon become partners through a digivice, and it differs between each person. After all each tamer and Digimon have different personalities and types for their bonds. Well that's all for todays video. I'll see you all in the next one!"
Shizu closed the video with a sigh… and she took notice quickly that a few pieces of furniture had been moved in and that Guilmon had his head rested on her lap, looking up at her with almost sad eyes.
"Can we eat something now?" The red dragon asked, his golden eyes practically shining as he stared up at her. The tamer laughed.
"You're always hungry."
"Not when I'm sleeping," Guilmon laughed. Shizu laughed a little more and hugged her partner once again.
"We can get something to eat when we go meet Shiori-Chan."
"Promise?"
"When have I ever broken one?" Shizu asked with a smile, she pulled her phone up and texted her friend telling her that she had arrived safely. The response was almost instantaneous.
That's great! 1743 Marmalade Road right?
Shizu smiled and sent back a confirmation… she had told "Shiori-Chan" about her new address the week before they moved and it was confirmed by her online friend that she lived in the same area. Shizu couldn't wait to meet her… though she got a little worried with how long it was taking for the response back.
There's a card shop not too far from there that I visit a lot… Deva's Card Shop. We can meet up there and hang out after.
Shizu's expression brightened considerably. She quickly pulled up her GPS on her phone and found the location and directions she had to take to get there. She got up quickly, startling Guilmon a little as she squealed in excitement.
"Come on Guilmon!" the black haired girl smiled and grabbed one of Guilmon's arms, fully intent on dragging him with her when someone stopped her.
"... Shizu…" It was Katsu. Shizu groaned before addressing her brother.
"We've been over this Katsu. I'm going to meet her, I'm bringing Guilmon with me if she isn't who she claims to be, I'm gonna have my phone on me, mom and dad know. I'm gonna be fine!"
"What Katsu's trying to say is that we're coming with," Dorumon piped up, filling in what Katsu always fails to say as he normally does. Before Shizu could object the small purple dragon spoke again. "Besides your parents said it's a good idea for us to come with anyways… You and Guilmon don't have the best track record for staying out of trouble. Not to mention we are in a new town."
"... Safety in numbers…" Katsu mumbled and seemed to try and hide the lower half of his face with his own partner Digimon.
"Plus I've been cooped up in that car for too long, I gotta stretch my legs a bit!" Dorumon exclaimed. Shizu sighed at this.
"Fine…"
….
It took them a little while but they arrived at the Card Shop. It was a decent sized shop, with display cases showing off some of the more expensive cards, a few collectable items, special cases one could put their Digivice in, a table set up for people to sit back and work on strategies with their new cards. The twins had never officially been to a card shop before as they lived in a small town that didn't get to many tamers, so this was a new experience for them and their partners.
"WHOA there's a lot of tamers here!" Shizu exclaimed, she wasn't used to seeing so many other tamers as there were here. All of them had varying Digimon of typings and sizes and they all seemed to be looking through the cards and accessories. "I wonder which one's Shiori-Chan!"
"... Don't you know what she looks like?" Katsu asked after that comment. His sister's excited expression slowly shifted downward as realization set in… she never got a description of what her internet friend looked like in real life.
"Figures you wouldn't ask that… Who knows maybe it's not even a real girl. Maybe it's some forty year sweaty old man or something," Dorumon sighed, causing the two tamers and Guilmon to all shudder a bit… until a soft voice caught their attention.
"Um… Excuse me…." It was a girl about the twin's age. She had long dirty blond hair that reached the middle of her back and was tied into a messy ponytail, she had long bangs that nearly covered up her nervous green eyes. Her skin was pale like she didn't get out much and her outfit looked like she just picked up and grabbed the most comfortable looking clothing that wasn't pajamas and her hands gripped tight around the strap of a messenger bag. "Is… Do… do either of you… know someone named Shizu?"
"THAT'S ME!" Shizu exclaimed in excitement, accidently drawing a lot of attention to them and making both the blond and her brother shift uncomfortably.
"No, shout louder I'm sure there are some people not staring at us yet," Dorumon deadpanned while Guilmon was covering his… ears(?) from the loud noise his partner made. Shizu rubbed the back of her neck, feeling nervous from drawing so much attention to them.
"Don't go around shouting everything kid…" a small bipedal orange lion Digimon sighed as he made his way to the blond girl's side. The small flame on his head flickered like the sun as well as the flame on his tail and his blue eyes was narrowed in annoyance.
"Uh… I-It's fine Coronamon… r-really…"
"Anna you're meeting someone from the internet, you can't be too careful," Coronamon stated as the blond shifted a little.
Katsu and Dorumon shared a look before glancing to Shizu. Guilmon however went up to Anna and sniffed at her in curiosity.
"Are you Shiori-Chan? Also you have any snacks?"
"Guilmon!" Shizu hissed, feeling even more embarrassed about her own Digimon now.
"Uh… Y-Yeah actually… On both accounts," Anna smiled and reached into her bag, pulling out a bag of marshmallows. Guilmon's golden eyes widened with delight as the bag was handed to him. Dorumon practically drooled a little at the sight of it, his own empty stomach getting the better of him. Shizu on the other hand was practically buzzing with excitement, she was meeting Shiori-Chan in the flesh.
"Shiori-Chan is here… in the flesh… with her partner!" She squeed in barely contained delight.
"I'm not her partner actually," Coronamon spoke up, causing the girl to deflate a little at the answer while Katsu looked a little confused at that.
"... You're not?" Katsu asked, causing Anna to flinch and take notice of him being there. The small lion Digimon glanced up at the boy with a quirked brow.
"... And you are?"
"I uh… I'm… i'm shizu's brother…" Katsu mumbled as he buried his face into the back of his partner… who took a deep breath before sighing deeply at seeing the confused expressions on both the girls and the Digimon's face.
"He said he's Katsu, Shizu's older twin brother. Now who are you if you're not her partner?"
"I'm her dad's partner. We both didn't feel comfortable with her going out alone, and seeing that he's busy I'm here to make sure she's alright," the fire lion replied, looking both him and his sister over with suspicion even as Anna smiled a little at them.
"Oh… uh… would your partner like some snacks as well?"
"Yeeeessssss!" Dorumon immediately replied, his fluffy tail wagging in excitement as the blond giggled a little. She reached into her bag again and pulled out… an assorted bag of chocolates, causing Katsu to stare at the bag and then at the girl in confusion… then to the Digimon accompanying her. The poor boy was so confused.
"Shior- No Anna right? Can I call you Anna? Oh god I hope I'm not embarrassing you." Shizu jabbered, her small amount of excitement having grown and come back in full force.
"Ah… No, no i-it's fine…. Y-You can call me Anna… Uh b-but before we h-hang out um… I gotta pick something up first."
"Yeah okay! W-We should get food after you do!" Shizu grinned while her partner munched on the marshmellows.
Anna smiled softly before heading over to the counter of the store, speaking with the cashier there. Shizu turned to her brother with the most excited look ever on her face.
"Oh my god can you believe it?"
"... Honestly I'm stuck on the fact she didn't bring her partner…"
"You kids know it is rude to talk about someone when they aren't that far away," both tamers flinched at the accompanying digimon while Dorumon stared down at him.
"Hey… sarcasm is my thing…." The small purple furred dragon angrily mumbled before munching on some of the chocolates he had.
"Does she have a partner though?" Guilmon asked, poking his head up curiously from his bag of marshmallows. "Shizu always said she must be a great tamer after all since she knows lots n' lots of stuff!"
"... It's not my place to say…" Coronamon sighed, turning his attention to the outside of the store and seemingly at nothing. The twins and their Digimon all shared a look of confusion between each other… just as Anna came back with her purchase.
"I'm back… s-should we get going?"
After the others agreed the small group made their way out of the store… unaware of something watching them from the roof of one of the buildings. As they left the area, the small figure started following them, keeping a good distance and watching them from above.
….
When they finally arrived at the Fast Food Restaurant and got their food they all sat down… with the two dragon Digimon trying to play in the play area with the children and other smaller Digimon. Dorumon could fit through just fine, but Guilmon on the other hand seemed to be just a little too tall and bulky to properly fit. He could still at least get in, he just had trouble getting through the whole thing.
"You think Dorumon's gonna help Guilmon though that?" Shizu asked, watching her partner shimmy through the tunnels.
"Uh… I don't know either very well… b-but maybe?" Anna questioned, glancing over to Katsu… who was shoving his food in his mouth just to avoid talking. Coronamon glanced between the twins once again… before getting up and heading over to the play place to make sure Guilmon didn't get stuck anywhere.
There was a bit of an awkward silence after that… before Shizu decided to break it once again.
"So… what did you get at the card shop?" the minute the question left the girls mouth, Anna's green eyes sparked with excitement and it was almost as if her entire shy demeanor faded away.
"OH I had placed a preorder for a rare Mega Level Digimon card! There's only a 1 in 900,000 chance of finding one by chance in a regular card pack that is! The Higher level digimon cards always give the tamer a much better and stronger attack to be used when activated! Because of that they tend to be the more rare cards almost on par with the Royal Knight and Demon Lord Cards which only have one of each get made very rarely because of the major power boost they have!" Anna took a deep breath having been talking rather quick and with so much enthusiasm. The twins both blinked in surprise at the entire explanation, and then Anna seemed to blush from embarrassment and look down.
"S-Sorry… I got a little excited there…"
"No don't be! Tell me more please!" Shizu exclaimed, feeling excited about how Anna seemed to come out of her shell a little. Anna herself couldn't help but smile a little and finally speak up a little more.
"Well… You see," She pulled out the card she got from the store and both Shizu and Katsu took a good look at it… It was a Seraphimon card. "This card will allow a Digimon to use Seraphimon's Seven Heavens Ability. It's pretty devastating and is known to be especially devastating on Virus types. I mean, from what I've seen of the few times this card's been used in Tournaments."
"Ooh. What about the other ones the… Royal Lords and Demon Knights?" Shizu asked, getting a laugh out of Anna.
"... It's Demon Lords and Royal Knights sis…" Katsu pointed out, causing his sister to get embarrassed for the mess up.
"According to accounts from some of the first Digimon that came around in the 1980's," Anna started, getting over her laughter and sounding much more professional at the moment… making Shizu listen intently with excitement in her eyes.
"The Royal Knights are known as the protectors of the Digital World," the blond began, pulling out a notebook from her bag along with a pencil and began doodling out a group of knights that at least resembled the Royal Knights. "They are lead by Omnimon, a fusion of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon and they keep not just the Digital World safe, but also the Digimon as well. There are 13 of them in total and each one is more powerful than the average Mega Level Digimon! A-At least that's w-what the reports said."
"OH my god that sounds so cool!" Shizu squeed as she looked at the drawings on the paper. They were the same chibi like style Shiori-Chan always does for her videos, and it was just exciting for her to be seeing her drawing them in real time. Katsu was also enjoying watching the drawing happen.
Once she finished she let them look at the drawings and names written next to each of the Royal Knights for a moment before turning the page to continue with the next part.
"So next are the Demon Lords. They are just as strong as the Royal Knights if not probably just the slightest bit stronger due to the fact there's seven of them rather than thirteen. I'm not sure on that one, but the same reports that spoke about the Knights also spoke about these guys being their biggest enemies ever. Where the Royal Knights protect the Demon Lords destroy. They represent the seven sins and their Leader is known as Lucemon, an Ultimate Level Digimon unlike the other Mega Levels."
As she finished explaining that part she had finished her chibi drawing of Lucemon and two others of the Demon Lords. She continued her chibi drawings of the Demon Lords.
"But uh… Lucemon unlike the all the others is the only one of the Demon Lords to start off as a Vaccine Rookie then become a Virus Ultimate… He doesn't even have a champion form. Well… at least one anyone knows of, no one today can even confirm if Lucemon is even a real Digimon or not as the only records we have are the spoken words from years ago and no Lucemon has ever been reported here…"
"So… these Royal Knights and Demon Lords are Legends then?" Katsu asked, his voice rising up from his usual timid volume as he was invested in the information now… and the completed drawing. Anna nodded in response.
"The other mentioned Digimon aside from Lucemon tend to pop up here and there depending on Digivolution Lines… it's just the two Digimon that don't seem to exist that makes these harder to believe," Anna concluded, earning a confused look from the twins.
"Two Digimon?" Shizu questioned.
"Oh… um… well in the Royal Knights there's this Digimon… Alphamon," the blond explained, turning back to the Royal Knight's page and pointing out the drawing of Alphamon to them. "It's said that Alphamon comes from Dorumon… but the problem is no matter what from the Dorumon here we never even seen one of them Digivolve into this Alphamon. They usually end up as DexDorugoramon or the regular Dorugoramon… no one knows how Alphamon comes to be from that line."
While the humans were talking, the Digimon played… or well the two dragons did while the lion one made sure they didn't get into to much trouble in the ball pit. Dorumon scuttled through the balls and would pop up somewhere else almost like a shark with his long fluffy tail sticking up in the air, giving his position away. Guilmon was practically diving and throwing balls everywhere with a few other kids and Rookie Level Digimon in there.
Coronamon sighed contently, seeing that the two younger rookies weren't getting themselves into any trouble. He soon turned his attention to the large windows surrounding the play area of the fast food restaurant and stared at a tree in particular. Taking one glance back to the others he straightened himself up and made his way outside. Once out there he leaned against the tree he was looking at earlier.
"You know you can go in and play as well… You don't have to hide after all," the orange lion stated, his eyes closed and entire body reading relaxed.
"Why don't you buzz off flame ass!" An annoyed voice shouted down at the fire lion. Up in the tree was an Impmon who glared down at the calm Digimon.
"Language, children are present after all."
"Fuck off! Why are you even talking to me, huh?"
"We both know you're thinking about causing trouble again…"
"Me? Trouble? Ya must be thinking about some other mon." Impmon huffed as if he had been offended, but the smirk on his face said otherwise.
"... Don't do it…" Impmon blinked at those words and glanced down at the Vaccine type. Coronamon wasn't looking at him and instead focused his blue eyes to the inside of the building towards where the three kids were sitting and continuing their chat.
"She's finally starting to come back out of her shell again… don't mess to much with those kids or their partners…" The vaccine explained with a gentle tone, he glanced up to see an unreadable expression on Impmon's face… despite that the older Digimon could still tell what was going on through the Virus type's head.
"... Anna would love to see you again… You know when your not showing up at our doorstep moments away from passing out from pain."
"Shut up old man… Why should I listen to the likes of you huh?"
"I'm just saying… it is your choice though." Coronamon sighed, before pushing himself off the tree and made way back inside for a moment, confusing Impmon for a little while before the orange lion returned with some leftover fries and a bag of sweets from Anna's bag.
"I ain't eating that!"
"Oh please, we both know the minute I set this down and walk away you're going to stuff your face…. You clearly haven't eaten in awhile," the vaccine sighed, while the virus huffed.
"You think you know everything huh?! Well you don't!"
"Still on that whole 'Vaccine and Data types are the scum of the Earth' bit huh?"
"THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"
"Then why are you still being so stubborn with me? All I've done is try to help and yet you-"
"Fuck off already!" Coronamon sighed deeply at that response.
"Coronamon? Whatcha doing?" The voice of Guilmon asked, the red dragon poking his head out with Dorumon as well. The older Digimon turned to them before setting the food at the base of the tree.
"... Feeding the Wildlife, let's get back inside and see if the kid's are ready to get going yet." Coronamon could tell from the looks on both young Digimon's faces that Guilmon believed him… but Dorumon didn't seem convinced. Not that Coronamon felt concerned about that, he didn't care completely if they knew what he was really doing… but if he wanted to keep it quiet then he was fine with that.
From above in that tree however when Impmon saw Dorumon a burning hatred grew in the pit of his stomach. A slight glow of a strange symbol started to form in his left eye as the anger grew while watching the Data type go up to the humans… but mostly on the one human who picked the purple furred dragon up.
….
The three humans and digimon all seemed to have a good time after that… All it took to get Anna talking was the topic of Digimon or Cards and she seemed to just jump in excitement and spout of facts that she remembered on either one. However the one question got her to clam up once again… The question on her partner Digimon.
"... I…. I don't… I don't have a partner…." There was a look of regret in her eyes that was almost hidden by her long bangs. Shizu and Guilmon were both surprised while Katsu and Dorumon were both skeptical.
"But I thought…. You know so much about the cards and Digimon though!" Shizu exclaimed, causing Anna to shift a little.
"Did something bad happen to your partner?" Guilmon asked with wide concerned eyes. Anna remained quiet for a while before softly speaking up again.
"No… I… I never had one… I… I only had my… my parents Digimon around…"
Why do I find that hard to believe? Katsu thought, but kept his mouth shut… after all Anna seemed to be pretty upset about it… so he figured it was best not to pry. After all he barely knew the girl outside of her online channel… plus Coronamon was glaring at him. Katsu always shut up whenever someone glared at him… or just stared to long at him in general.
"Oh… uh… sorry…" Shizu apologized.
"Sorry…" Guilmon echoed, feeling just as bad. It was quiet for a little while before Anna decided to speak up, surprising Coronamon a little.
"Um… Do… you want to see some of my card collection?" Anna offered, causing Shizu to perk up and her eyes to practically sparkled in excitement with Guilmon falling suit with the excitement. Even Katsu looked a little interested… though Dorumon seemed to just sigh being the least interested in it.
As they were looking through Dorumon wandered off, not wanting to look through the "boring cards" and instead just went about wandering around in the park they had stopped in. He knew the card showing wouldn't take to long but at least he was getting more exercise. Plus he wouldn't be too far away either.
As he walked he had to jump back to avoid being hit by a large ball of fire that was thrown right where he once stood.
"Pretty quick for a runt huh?" an unfamiliar voice jeered at him. Turning towards where the voice came from Dorumon saw Impmon smirking down at him from a tree branch.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Dorumon shouted… only to get another fire ball thrown at him that he barely dodged this time and had some of his fur singed.
"What? You mean me throwing a few attacks DOESN'T get my intentions across?" Impmon laughed as he had thrown that second fireball, and was igniting a third one. Snarling at this, Dorumon prepared his own attack. Taking in a deep breath Dorumon quickly opened his mouth and fired off what could only be described as a cannon ball at the Virus type, who just grinned and jumped from his branch to the ground.
"Now we're talking Fluff Ball," Impmon grinned as summoned a few more fireballs onto all six of his fingers. Dorumon huffed, as he began charging an attack where he stood. His golden eyes not letting the demon child out of his sight. The few people and Digimon in the area moving out of the way, recognizing and knowing it was proper to give battling Digimon their space so the spectators could avoid getting attacked themselves… unless the battle got to violent to the point of deletion that is.
Dorumon then fired off a spear of metal from his mouth as Impmon dodged, getting a slight graze from the sharper metal but threw all six of the fire balls he had summoned onto his fingers. The fluffy dragon did his best to dodge all six of the flames, but still got hit by at least one or two of them. Inside Dorumon's head he realized rather quickly that he might be at a disadvantage with speed… and the fact that Impmon can fire more attacks then he could.
Ugh… why the hell does this Impmon even want to fight me? Dorumon thought as he continued to dodge the fire attacks… and block out the laughter of the imp in order to come up with a strategy.
"What's wrong slowpoke? Can't fight back?" Impmon taunted as he summoned up an ice attack, having to slow down to do call forth said attack and giving Dorumon an opening to fire back an attack of his own. The furry dragon and the imp both fired their attacks at the same time. The attacks collided into one another, but the metal proved to be stronger than the ice and kept moving towards it's target. Impmon tried to dodge after quietly cursing, only to be hit and sent flying into a tree behind him.
Dorumon couldn't help but smirk a little at the landed attack, a sense of joy spreading across his being about getting a good hit on the wild Digimon. Impmon on the other hand felt a building sense of rage as he slowly pushed himself off the tree.
"Just wait till I knock that smirk off your damn face…" Impmon growled as he got back into a battle ready position. Dorumon followed suit only to redirect his attention at the voices of Katsu and Shizu calling out for him.
The humans had found him and, Katsu especially, looked panicked at the fact he was fighting. This distraction was all that was needed for Impmon to take his time to summon up a large fire ball from the ground and throw it at the purple dragon. An evil smile crossed the imp's white face as the fire closed in on it's target with the two humans, along with Guilmon shouting for Dorumon to look out… only for the attack to be countered with another fire attack.
"Just give up while you're ahead Impmon…" Coronamon sighed, seeming to be the least surprised and even stepping in front of Dorumon. The small fire lion's blue eyes narrowed and his voice went stern as he stared at the virus type Digimon. "You know you can't win against me."
Impmon growled, his ears lowering and teeth bared at the Vaccine type. His green eyes glanced past the orange fire lion to Dorumon and then to the humans and Guilmon… before stopping on the blond haired girl who stared at him with worried green eyes. Impmon paused for a moment as he looked to the human… before turning around with a scoff.
"Pheh not like I'm in the mood anymore. The human's are making me feel sick," Impmon spat as he soon leapt away from the scene into the trees.
"What's with that Digimon?" Shizu asked out loud, her left eye twitching a little from how rude the little virus type was. Her brother on the other hand gazed over to Anna, having noticed how the virus type had almost seemed to look at the blond with regret… and how said blond was now looking down and had her long hair covering her eyes.