In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

Story by Green Garden

Against the Ace
Prologue: "The Mystic Ace"
Other Names: Summoned to the Digital World

"Dreadincemon!" A codelimin that had a fluffy skunk tail yelled.

Moments later and the codelimin sensed another codelimin behind him. Dreadincemon bent down in front of the codelimin.

"You summoned me ace?" Dreadincemon inquired.

All over Dreadincemon's body, his skin was burned flesh. Dreadincemon had purple armor around his body; he had a helmet, like those of medieval times. He had chest armor; hand armor, and leg armor on his joints. The shape of a pentagon was outlined in silver on the helmet's forehead. A purple bat wing was connected to his spinal cord, on his back.

Dreadincemon was staring at his master from behind, but Dreadincemon could still clearly see how his master looked like. His master that summoned him was known and feared around the Digital World as Acemon. Dreadincemon was sure that it was his master's only name and his original name.

Acemon was as tall as Shawujinmon. He had purple eyes and he was in the form of a skunk. He had a big fluffy skunk tail. He was stripped black and purple, with black small spikes going down his spine.

Acemon was currently holding a card that was on fire, but didn't instantly burn, as it seemed to be acting like a torch. Dreadincemon had seen Acemon do such a thing before. The two were in an environment were the land was cracked and lava could be seen between the cracks of the dried red land. Acemon turned around, holding his card torch.

"Yes Dreadincemon. I sense a terrible thing. Go to the primary village and destroy it." Acemon requested.

"Certainly master, but where is this primary village?" Dreadincemon asked.

"Of course. The primary village is the only such village is Nada Christila. Bring a group of Platomon with you to destroy it. Leave it in ruins, and make sure no codelimin survives." Acemon explained.

"Of course master. I'll be on my way." Dreadincemon nodded, standing up on his feet.

Dreadincemon turned around and walked out of the room. Acemon blinked, and he requested that the room return to normal. The room blurred and returned to a normal room with blue walls; floor, and ceiling. Acemon still had his card torch lit in his hand, and he stared at it...

"Mr. Greenglade!" Mrs. Helmina yelled.

A teenage boy with black short and smooth hair, along with green eyes, raised his head from his desk. All of his fellow classmates turned to look at him. Some of them snickered at him. The boy was wearing a dark green t-shirt, which had an outline of a black owl with its wings spread slightly on whole length of the back. In the front, the owl was outlined in black and small, soaring downwards. He was wearing dark green sport shoes, with black shoelaces.

He wore dark green socks, and black bland shorts, which had a band type of belt, which held the shorts, secure around the boy's waist and down close to his knees. The boy rubbed his eyes, and glanced around the room. Once he realized where he was, he lowered his head slowly.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Helmina." The boy apologized.

"Apologizing won't be enough to get you out of sleeping in my class Elzom. Two hours detention in here after school." Mrs. Helmina decided.

"This is the last period for the day." Elzom reminded.

"I know." Mrs. Helmina nodded, turning back to the blackboard.

The rest of his classroom turned their attention back to the blackboard, except for one girl. Elzom noticed her staring at him in sympathy and concern, and he knew her. She was Ansita Whistlebow. She had black smooth long hair with hazel eyes. Her hair was done in a ponytail. Elzom and Ansita stared at each other in the eyes for awhile, before Ansita looked away, turning her attention back to the blackboard. Elzom sensed care from her to him.

The period dragged on with Elzom being quiet during the rest of the period, making sure he didn't fall asleep on his desk. Eventually the final bell rung through the school, indicating that the last period for the school day was over, and Elzom's classmates gathered their school utensils back into the school bags and hurried out of the classroom. Mrs. Helmina watched her students leave for awhile before she took a seat at her chair.

Ansita gathered up her school utensils into her school bag, and flung it around her shoulder. Once the classroom only had Mrs. Helmina; Ansita, and Elzom the only ones left in it, Ansita got up from her desk and walked over to Elzom's desk. Mrs. Helmina glanced up and watched her two students curiously and silently.

"Elzom?" Ansita asked sweetly.

Elzom blinked, and glanced up at Ansita. He nodded quietly.

"Can you take care of yourself all alone in this classroom?" Ansita asked.

Elzom smiled. He nodded.

"I'll be fine Ansita. I'll take care of myself." Elzom assured.

"... Ms. Whistlebow! Doesn't your mother come to pick you up after school?" Mrs. Helmina questioned.

Ansita gasped. "Yes."

She turned to Elzom. "Take care and see you tomorrow."

Elzom nodded. "You take care also."

Ansita smiled, and quickly left the classroom. Mrs. Helmina got up from her chair and walked over to the classroom door. She closed it, and turned to Elzom.

"You do know that Ms. Whistlebow likes you, right Elzom?" Mrs. Helmina asked.

Elzom nodded. "I'm aware of it, as I like her the same way."

"Yet I never see you act upon it. Why is that?" Mrs. Helmina questioned.

Elzom shrugged. "I'm sure Ansita would love it if I would, but I know that it isn't time for me to act on it yet."

"If you don't act soon, some other student might make his move on Ms. Whistlebow." Mrs. Helmina remarked.

"When that happens, and Ansita accepts whoever it is, then we weren't meant to be together. However I have a feeling that Ansita would refuse any such request from any guy that isn't me." Elzom explained.

"In that I can see you're right. Of course you want me to keep quiet about our little talk." Mrs. Helmina stated.

Elzom just shrugged and didn't respond. Mrs. Helmina nodded and went back to her chair. Elzom turned his attention towards the classroom windows, staring out into space and into his own thoughts. The few hours passed by swiftly that Elzom and Mrs. Helmina didn't feel it passing. No one entered the classroom or peeked in after the students had left it. Once his detention was over, Mrs. Helmina looked up at Elzom.

"Time's up Mr. Greenglade. Gather your stuff and out you go." Mrs. Helmina informed.

Elzom gathered up his school utensils into his school bag, which was black. With everything in his school bag, Elzom closed it and stood up, flinging his school bag over his shoulder. He walked towards the classroom door and opened it when he reached it. He stepped out and closed it behind him. He was now all alone in the hallways of his school. Elzom sighed and walked away in the hallway all alone...

"What do you want Dreadincemon?!" Tsukaimon snarled.

Dreadincemon had reached the only primary village in the whole Nada Christila continent. Five Platomon were with him and the six of them were at the entrance of the village, with Tsukaimon in their way.

"Master Acemon ordered this village to be destroyed." Dreadincemon informed. "And I shall do as my master requests. I won't leave this place until it's full of deleted data, and no codelimin around."

Tsukaimon gasped. "You're going to massacre babies!"

"I'm aware of that! There might be some baby that Master Acemon is afraid of, and he prefers that this whole village be destroyed." Dreadincemon explained.

Tsukaimon narrowed his eyes. "You won't get away with this."

Tsukaimon quickly flew away from the six codelimin. With Tsukaimon gone, Dreadincemon and the five Platomon entered the village.

"Destroy everything!" Dreadincemon ordered.

Platomon were blue in color with a duck like snout and they were a reptile sort of dinosaur. They were on two feet.

"Dino Thunder!" Three Platomon yelled.

The three Platomon released numerous blue lightning from their duck like snout.

"Lightning Plates!" The two remaining Platomon yelled.

The two Platomon released numerous scales from their bodies towards their targets. While heading towards their targets, they changed into blue lightning. The scales were quickly replaced on the bodies of the two Platomon.

"Penta Punch!" Dreadincemon yelled.

The pentagon shape on Dreadincemon's forehead glowed purple along with his fist. Dreadincemon punched his target and a pentagon shape was released through his target, splitting it into numerous pieces from the pentagon. Away from the assaulting codelimin, Tsukaimon flew deep into his primary village, which he was its caretaker. Tsukaimon knew he couldn't do anything to repel Dreadincemon and the five Platomon, since they would only delete him.

When Dreadincemon mentioned a digiegg, Tsukaimon knew which one he was talking about. If Acemon was afraid of the digiegg then it meant that the digiegg might someday delete him. The digiegg that Dreadincemon was talking about was the most recent digiegg to appear in Tsukaimon's Primary Village. It appeared several hours before Dreadincemon arrived. He had his assistant, a female Tapirmon, watch over the digiegg.

Tsukaimon eventually reached the female Tapirmon, and the only digiegg in site. The digiegg was completely green as some sort of crest was in the center of the digiegg as it was outlined in gold.

"What's wrong Tsukaimon?" The female Tapirmon asked.

"Dreadincemon and five Platomon are attacking Primary Village this moment. They won't spare any codelimin. You better make a run for it with that digiegg, because I think it's the digiegg that Dreadincemon's after. Be sure you've hidden it well. I'll be deleted, so this would be the last time we see each other. I'll go and do my best against them now." Tsukaimon explained.

Tapirmon was silent and watched Tsukaimon leave. Tapirmon sighed and quickly picked up the green digiegg. She floated away, away from Primary Village. After fleeing for awhile from Primary Village, Tapirmon stopped and went behind some bushes to hide and rest. She put the digiegg safely down next to her, and she dozed off to sleep. The bushes were thick and unusually tall, so Tapirmon and the digiegg were safe, even if Dreadincemon and any of the Platomon walked by...

Elzom quietly walked down the stairs of his school, with his hand on the black rail. Elzom wasn't in any rush as he always returned home walking. As he often did, he stopped on the stairs and let his mind wonder. It was only for a few moments, but when Elzom smiled, he felt his heart contracting. Elzom gasped and bent down on the stairs, gasping loudly, but his heart didn't widen. Elzom fainted on the stairs with his school bag and no one was around.

A green shadow moved up along the stairs and reached the unconscious Elzom. It glowed green and flashed, vanishing along with Elzom...

Elzom gasped loudly, with his heart widening, and Elzom's eyes snapped open. He quickly sat up and clenched his chest.

'What was that all about?' He thought.

Noticing the surrounding around him, Elzom gasped, noticing all the destruction. He quickly sat up.

"Wow! What just happened? I'm not on Earth anymore, am I?" Elzom questioned.

No one answered, but Elzom didn't expect anyone to answer him. Being all alone was something Elzom was used to. Deciding to not remain in the destruction site, Elzom got up onto his feet, with his school bag behind his back, and in the same clothes he was in. Elzom noticed that he was wearing fingerless dark green leather gloves now, where as when he was in the school, he wasn't wearing them. He shrugged, choosing a random direction.

Elzom walked in that direction, the direction Tapirmon fled in hours before...

Acemon watched the crystal ball, with Elzom walking away from the destroyed Primary Village. Acemon remained silent, while Sorcerimon watched the crystal ball with his master. A few moments later and the crystal ball became cloudy. Acemon growled.

"What happened?!" Acemon exclaimed.

Sorcerimon shuddered. "Something is going on that my crystal ball can't see."

Acemon sighed. Footsteps were heard behind him, and Sorcerimon peeked his head out behind Acemon. Sorcerimon's eyes widened, and he quickly hid his face behind Acemon.

"You dare return in failure Dreadincemon?" Acemon questioned.

"F-Failure master?" Dreadincemon inquired.

Acemon swiftly turned around, glaring at Dreadincemon.

"Yes failure... A human has entered the Digital World, and he arrived in the exact location of where you destroyed the primary village! THE digiegg survived! Out of all the babies you killed you still failed! Return immediately and bring some Basimon with you. Hunt the human down and kill him! Search the entire continent if you have to but be sure that you DELETE EVERY SINGLE codelimin you encounter! Now, be gone!" Acemon roared.

Dreadincemon could only nod, before rushing out of the dark round tower.

"Summon me when the crystal ball tells you something." Acemon requested, walking towards the door.

"Very well master." Sorcerimon nodded.

Acemon left the tower, walking back to the distant light blue fortress...

Elzom left the destroyed site and stopped in some close wilderness. He rubbed his chin.

"... Where am I exactly?" Elzom inquired.

He sighed and sat down. Elzom took off his school bag and threw it in the bushes.

"Who's there?" A feminine voice asked.

Elzom jumped out of his skin, instantly jumping back to his feet. He looked towards the bushes, and slowly approached them.

"Umm... I mean you no harm... Is someone around here?" Elzom asked loudly, peeking over the bushes.

What he saw, he wasn't ready for. Elzom eyes widened, and he screamed. Blue eyes met his green eyes, and a feminine voice yelled. Elzom quickly noticed his school bag and snatched it, backing away from the bushes. Elzom watched closely as the creature raised her head out of the bushes.

"Are you a human?" The creature asked, with the same feminine voice shivering.

Elzom blinked. "Y-Yeah... Wha-What are you?"

"You won't harm me like you said, would you?" The creature asked.

Elzom shook his head. "No. I won't harm you."

The creature sighed. "Good. It seems the coast is clear now. I can come out with the digiegg."

"Digiegg?" Elzom asked, holding his school bag tightly.

The creature moved through the bushes, and stopped in front of Elzom. Elzom yelled, backing away. The creature was floating a few inches above the ground and was holding some sort of egg in her hands with difficulty. The creature put down the digiegg and looked up at Elzom.

"Tell me human, what's your name?" The creature asked.

"El-Elzom Greenglade... What are you?" Elzom questioned.

"Welcome Elzom Greenglade. You don't know..." The creature paused, feeling the ground shaking beneath them.

"What now?!" Elzom exclaimed.

"They've returned!" The creature gasped.

"What? Who?" Elzom asked.

The creature stared in terror at Elzom's inquiring eyes. The ground burst a few feet to their side, with a snake appearing. Elzom gasped.

"Basimon!" The creature gasped.

"Well... I was wondering where you vanished Tapirmon. Now I don't have to hunt for the blasted digiegg!" A winged creature exclaimed, flying out of the hole.

The winged creature landed near Basimon, and soon afterwards, four other snakes emerged from the same hole. They quickly surrounded Elzom; Tapirmon, and the digiegg. Tapirmon was shocked and speechless.

"Excuse me human. I believe my master was talking about you... No matter. You'll save us the hunt for you and perish with Tapirmon and your digiegg." The winged creature explained.

"Die?" Elzom asked. "Hold on! I just got here!"

"And you're a serious threat to my master, especially with your digiegg! Basimon attack them all!" The winged creature yelled.

"Save the Digiegg!" Tapirmon yelled.

"Arachnid Petrify!" The five Basimon yelled.

Basimon was a large snake with yellow eyes. Its snake skin was colored red.

The Basimon released red energy from their twin yellow eyes heading towards Tapirmon; Elzom, and the Digiegg. Elzom quickly maneuvered out of the way, and he quickly picked up the digiegg, dropping his school bag in the process. Elzom quickly avoided the other attack. The land he maneuvered out of and avoided quickly turned to stone. Elzom's school bag wasn't harmed, yet was close to the ground turned to stone.

The attack slammed into Tapirmon, instantly turning her into stone. She fell to the ground as a stone statue. Elzom's eyes widened. He quickly grabbed his school bag, and noticed some sort of cellular underneath it. Elzom blinked and putting the digiegg down momentarily, he picked up the cellular. It wasn't like any other cellular Elzom had ever seen before.

"Finish them!" The winged creature roared.

Elzom turned his head towards the winged creature, then towards the snake next to him. A 3D image of the winged creature was imitated out of Elzom's cellular, with the winged creature spinning around. The voice that spoke, giving information about the winged creature, was close to Elzom's.

"Dreadincemon - Migration Demon Grasl - Dreadincemon was short for Dread Inch Monster. He was part of the Nether Troops family. Dreadincemon was an evil codelimin serving his evil master Acemon loyally. His attacks are: Penta Punch; Penta Wing; Penta Kick; Deceiving Pentagon."

When the cellular mentioned the attacks, the 3D image imitated them harmlessly. The hologram blurred into a snake, and the snake begun spinning around, with the same voice giving information about the snake.

"Basimon - Maturity Reptile Grasl - Basimon was short for Basilisk Monster. Basimon were part of the Nether Troops family. Basimon understood snake language; codelimin language and some human language. He was the evil brother of the two brothers. Basimon took pleasure in killing and eating their victims. Spiders of any kind fear them and flee before them. Basimon were one of the most deadly known codelimin of any kind - His attacks are: Serpent Whip; Serpent Guard; Serpent Death; Serpent Squeeze; Serpent Petrify; Arachnid Acid."

"Tapirmon - Juvenile Ghost Jerebi - Tapirmon was also known as Bakumon. Tapirmon was part of the Tropic Breezes family. Tapirmon was Tsukaimon's assistant in Tsukaimon's Primary Village, which was recently destroyed by Pentamon and a group of Platomon, with Tsukaimon being deleted by the Platomon. Tapirmon escaped with the Digiegg of Myths: Elzom Greenglade's Digiegg, and to be his copedam soon. Tapirmon was petrified by Basimon, and is vulnerable to being destroyed - Her attacks are: Deleting Virus and Waking Dream."

"The D-Satuza." Dreadincemon gasped, whispering.

"Arachnid Acid!" The Basimon yelled.

The Basimon blasted Elzom; the Digiegg, and the petrified Tapirmon with red deadly acid. Elzom shielded the digiegg with his back, and he held his cellular up in front of his face. The red acid instantly deleted the petrified Tapirmon, with Elzom witnessing it. He winced, but the red acids aimed at him and the digiegg changed their course and his cellular sucked them in. Elzom thought that his cellular would be destroyed as well, but nothing happened.

"Damn it! You and that blasted D-Satuza! Melee attack! Now!" Dreadincemon roared.

"Serpent Death!" Four of the Basimon yelled.

Elzom quickly grabbed his school bag and touched his digiegg. Elzom's surrounding blurred and everything went dark for a few moments. Dreadincemon gasped.

"How did he escape?!" Dreadincemon exclaimed. "Damn it! Penta Punch!"

The four attacking Basimon stopped their attacks and stared at the fifth Basimon, being deleted by Dreadincemon. Dreadincemon turned to them, and they moved away from him. Dreadincemon absorbed the deleted data into himself.

"We're heading back to master's hidden fortress." Dreadincemon informed. "Let's go."

One of the Basimon instantly dug into the ground, with the three other Basimon hastily following it. Dreadincemon followed them into the ground...

Acemon quietly walked into the dark round chamber. Sorcerimon was behind his crystal ball, with the crystal ball showing the assault Dreadincemon did on Tapirmon; Elzom, and Elzom's digiegg. The two witnessed Tapirmon's deletion, and Elzom's escape with his digivice and digiegg.

"I can't believe this! Dreadincemon has started failing me like nothing before!" Acemon roared. "... Tsukaimon's assistant is out of the way. Only that would save Dreadincemon. I'll deal with the Basimon as target training later on... Can the crystal ball see where the human and his copedam escaped to?"

Sorcerimon shook his head. "I apologize master but that's negative."

The crystal ball showed nothing but clouds. Acemon nodded.

"Very well. Thanks for summoning me, and summon me again if anything new comes up." Acemon informed.

"Yes master, of course." Sorcerimon nodded.

Acemon walked out of the chamber; down the long stairs, and out of the tower...

Everything went dark for Elzom only for a few moments, and when he could see again, he instantly realized that he was somewhere else. He glanced at his cellular.

"What kind of device are you? That Dreadincemon called you D-Satuza. Is that what you are? What's a D-Satuza? There are so many questions." Elzom muttered.

"What's a human doing here with a lone digiegg?" A voice questioned.

Elzom turned his head around and his cellular was activated again.

"Shomon - Juvenile Divine Jerebi - Shomon was short for Show or Shower Monster. He was part of the Legends Tales family. He had powers that were strong, and he understood them and could control them. He's Denmon's assistant in Aisnap Village in Sacred Star Island - His attack is: Divine Shower."

Shomon was Lucemon's height. He had a star, five edged, with a circle at edge and lines connecting the small circles on Shomon's forehead. Shomon had white fur all around his body. His back was up straight. He had a white mane, but it's unnoticeable. His feet were horse type; his arms were lion type with sharp razor claws. Shomon's eyes were blue.

'Since I'm on an island now, I've definitely escaped.' Elzom thought.

"Umm... Hey. My name is Elzom Greenglade, and this is supposedly my digiegg. I somehow got here with this D-Satuza of mine, escaping Dreadincemon and some Basimon, but not before they murdered the petrified Tapirmon." Elzom explained.

Shomon's eyes widened, and his body visibly shook. He was visibly afraid or shocked of something. Soon enough, Shomon shook his head quickly.

"Wait here. I'll go fetch Denmon." Shomon requested, rushing away.

"That went well." Elzom muttered, turning to his digiegg.

He grabbed his school bag near him, and opened it up. He took a good look at his D-Satuza. There was the word "Satuza" on the cellular. Part of the cellular was dark green, and the cellular's monitor was something totally different. There was a green sphere in the center of the cellular's monitor, with the some sort of crest spinning around in the sphere, against the black background. There were parts of the cellular that were black.

There was location for external connection for the cellular. The buttons on the cellular were all black in color, while the shapes on the buttons were in light green. There was a narrow slot on the right for some reason. Elzom quickly put his D-Satuza into his black school bag after having a good look at it. He flung his school bag over his back and stood up, picking his digiegg up.

"So you're Mr. Greenglade?" A new voice questioned behind Elzom.

Elzom turned around. Elzom's cellular somehow dropped out of the closed school bag. Elzom noticed and was surprised, but he nodded at the codelimin. On the ground, a 3D image of the codelimin was imitated out of Elzom's cellular, with the codelimin spinning around. The voice that spoke, giving information about the codelimin, was close to Elzom's.

"Denmon - Juvenile Mammal Meric - Denmon was short for Den Monster. He was part of the Tamed Beasts family. His previous forms were Flumon and Corismon. He had the power to evolve, even though he didn't have any device or human partner. He could vanish and reappear, with this same skill when he's in his higher forms. Denmon was an excellent warrior; seasoned fighter and brilliant tactician. He's an excellent tutor in discipline and combat. He was the caretaker of Aisnap Village in Sacred Star Island - His attacks are: Lone Slash and Mane of Darkness."

Denmon was the same height as Renamon. His form and shape was that of a fox, his whole body. He stood on both legs and had green eyes with a blue small mane. The skin of his fur was red.

Denmon smiled, watching the D-Satuza hover back in the air and somehow getting back into Elzom's school bag from the bottom without harming it. Elzom was mystified. Understanding that Mr. Greenglade had so many questions, Denmon decided that he'd help and answer them as he best could.

"Welcome to the Digital World Mr. Greenglade. You're on a protected and secure island that doesn't allow any evil codelimin to get through. Please follow me and I'll explain and answer stuff to you as best as I can." Denmon requested.

Elzom could only blink and nod. With his digiegg in his hands, and his school bag on his back, Elzom followed Denmon.

'Digital World?' Elzom thought...

COMING UP! CHAPTER 1: ACE STRUGGLE