Another Challenge Story. If you guys want me to turn it into a full story, or if anyone wants to adopt this story, feel free to either review or PM me about it. But for now, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I still do not own anything to do with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, or Digimon! All rights go to their original owners!
"BlackGuilmon digivolve to… BlackGrowlmon!" = Talking
"BlackGuilmon matrix digivolve to… BlackWarGrowlmon!" = Thinking
"BlackGuilmon biomerge to… ChaosGallantmon!" = Yelling
And So It Begins…
In a prison underneath the Jedi Temple, we find Jedi Master Luminara Unduli visiting her former Padawan. A species of olive green skinned humanoids known as Mirialans. She was named Barriss Offee. Although, right now, things were not at all going well for either master or apprentice. Why?
Well, it all started a couple of months ago. Barriss staged a bombing on the Jedi Temple, killing Jedi, clones, and civilians alike, and blamed it all on her old friend, Ahsoka Tano. Of course this is just the short version of what happened. And right now, Luminara was just trying to spend a little time with her former Padawan before the girl was executed for her actions the next day.
The girl's wrists were currently bound together by a pair of Force binders. They were specifically designed to keep Force Sensitive prisoners from using the Force to escape, as is the case with Barriss.
"Barriss, please, at least talk to me." Luminara said.
But Barriss said nothing. She was too afraid and too ashamed to speak to her former master. Besides, it's not like the elder Mirialan would ever understand what she was feeling. What she was going through. But Luminara could feel Barriss' sadness, anger, and shame through the Force, and it hurt her to see the young woman who she saw as her own daughter in such a state.
"General Unduli, I'm afraid that visiting hours are over now." informed a Clone Trooper named Rex.
"Thank you, captain. I'll be along shortly." Luminara replied as she stood up.
She turned around and began to walk towards the door of the cell. But before she left, she turned to look at Barriss one last time.
"Barriss… even though you committed such a heinous crime, I do not hate you. No matter what happens, you will always be the daughter that I never had."
She turned back around, and walked out of the cell as Rex put the Ray Shield back up. The Jedi and her Clone escort walked away, leaving Barriss alone with her thoughts. The poor girl could only hear her former master's words ringing over and over in her head as she silently cried into her hands.
But as she continued to cry, she failed to notice a glowing ball of light floating into the dark cell through the barred window. That is, until it was floating directly in front of her. She looked up to see an odd device that looked big enough to fit into the palm of her hand within the light.
It was oddly shaped, silver in color, and seemed to have a slot for cards to slide through on the left side. On the front was a small, square screen with a ring around it. The ring was black with red colored runes of an odd language written on it, and underneath the screen/ring combo were two black buttons. Extending up from the top was a black colored strap with a black clip attached to the top.
"What is this thing?" Barriss asked herself.
The odd device ended up floating into Barriss' hands and the screen began to glow a strange rainbow color which got brighter, and brighter as the seconds passed. The heat from the light was so strong, it broke her arms free of the binders. Barriss screamed as she could feel herself being pulled somewhere else as the light engulfed her! When the light finally died down, she was gone.
And all that was left in her place was a thick comic book.
***Insert Digimon Adventure Theme Song***
Barriss' POV.
I don't know how long I was out, but I knew that I was sleeping on something that was natural. Nothing like the accommodations of my cell back in the temple. I could also feel a small weight on my chest, but it felt too small to be a person. I was soon awake enough to hear a small, female voice calling my name.
"Barriss? Are you okay? Barriss?"
"Yes, I'll be fine."
I managed to open my eyes, and looked to my chest to see a black colored face with a pair of big, golden yellow eyes staring back at me. The creature blinked a couple of times. I blinked back. Then I did the only thing I could think of in a situation like this.
"AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
You guessed it. I screamed and backed away as fast as possible. I tumbled backwards a couple of feet, and stood up while ignoring the feeling of numbness in my legs.
"THAT IS THE LAST TIME I EAT PRISON FOOD!" I said to myself.
I finally got a good look at the creature as it ran up to me and started bouncing in front of me. It was primarily black in color with a white underbelly, and red markings under its eyes and around its tail. Its body was plump and kind of oval shaped with four tiny legs, a thick tail that looked much like that of a dinosaur or a dragon, and a pair of ears that looked like bat wings.
It smiled, and spoke up in that same little girl's voice that I heard earlier.
"Don't be scared, Barriss. I'm not going to hurt you." she said as we looked at each other.
But I wasn't so trusting anymore, and I'd probably need some time to learn to trust again after everything I've done in recent times. And yet, for some reason, I found myself opening up to her.
"Sorry about that. I'm just not used to waking up with someone staring right at my face." I explained.
This seemed to cheer her up a lot, and I gave a yelp as she jumped into my arms.
"I understand, Barriss. Oh, but where are my manners? My name is VirusGigimon, and I'm your partner."
"VirusGigimon? What a peculiar name." I reply.
"Well, it's a normal name for my kind." VirusGigimon said back.
I was about to retort, when I suddenly heard new voices. I went over to a few bushes and saw a youngling, no older than ten years old, lying in a similar position that I was a moment ago. This youngling was a boy with lightly tanned skin, wild spiky brown hair, and he's wearing a pair of goggles on his forehead. He also wears a blue shirt with an orange star on each sleeve, a yellow undershirt that can be seen poking out from the bottom of his blue shirt, a pair of brown shorts, baggy socks, a pair of white gloves, and a pair of sneakers.
However, he had a different creature sitting on his chest. It looked to be nothing more than a pink blob with long, wavy ears, big red eyes, and a mouth that has a few sharp teeth sticking out in various areas. This one spoke in a voice that was clearly male in origin, and his body was rounder than VirusGigimon's.
"Tai? Yoo hoo, Tai?" the pink thing called.
"Yeah, I'm okay." the now named Tai said as he woke up.
He opened his eyes to reveal that they were a rich brown color. But as soon as he saw the pink thing staring at him, I got a sense of déjà vu.
He too screamed and backed up a few feet before standing up in fear of the creature. But with these guys, I could sense through the Force that there was nothing to be afraid of.
"THAT IS THE LAST TIME I EAT CAMP FOOD!" Tai proclaimed.
Quite ironic that he said almost exactly what I said earlier, isn't it? The pink blob started bouncing up to Tai, obviously very excited about something.
"You don't need to be afraid, Tai. I'm your friend, I'm your friend, I'm your friend!" he said to the still freaked out youngling in front of me.
"Uh, just what are you? Have you had your rabies shots?" Tai asked.
His question didn't seem to deter the little guy, as his smile never left his face… body…? Uh… whatever he has.
"Everything's gonna be alright now, Tai. I've been waiting for you."
Tai yelped as the little guy leapt into his hands.
"Waiting for me?!" Tai inquired.
"My name's Koromon, and we're partners!"
"Koromon. And that means… talking head?" Tai asked, having calmed down a bit.
Koromon seemed to merely nod before speaking again.
"Hm. It means brave little warrior. And don't forget it, Tai."
Before their conversation could take off anymore, I decided to make myself known. Although, I'm pretty sure that I shouldn't mention that I am technically scheduled for the death sentence. Not just yet, at least.
"Hello? Do you need help, youngling?" I ask.
Tai and Koromon looked in my direction and looked a bit stunned to see me. But then, who can blame them? It isn't every day that you meet a humanoid with olive green skin.
"Who are you? More importantly, WHAT are you?" Tai asked.
"Well, you see… That's kind of a long story." I replied. "My name is Barriss, by the way."
"Tai, is that you?"
We both turned around to see a new kid show up. He looked like he was around the same age as Tai, but he had spiky auburn colored hair, black eyes, and pale skin. He also wears an orange button up shirt, and a pair of green cargo shorts.
"Izzy? You're here too?" Tai asked.
"That's right. And I have this pink thing following me." Izzy said.
That's when another creature walked… crawled…? Out from the bushes next to the child. It too had a pink body, only it had big brown eyes, and a pair of arms with three, brown, stumpy fingers at the ends. It spoke up in a squeaky male voice.
"It is me, Motimon, at your service. Anybody want lunch?"
Both me and Tai flailed our arms around as we freaked out again. In the process, we accidentally dropped Koromon and VirusGigimon. But Tai was the one to ask about this.
"ANOTHER ONE?! What ARE they?!"
"Oh, allow me to introduce myself. My friends call me Motimon. Everyone does, actually."
"I believe that those remote digital gadgets have taken on an actual life form." Izzy hypothesized. "I don't remember anything like this in the camp brochure."
"Ya think? It's weird." Tai added.
I crouched down to get a better feel of our surroundings. Something about this place was pretty unusual, and not in the natural way. I mean in the weird, we're going to die kind of way. ...What? I've gotten that feeling more times than I care to count due to the war.
"The vegetation seems lush, although the soil is quite common." I said, reporting my findings.
"Nothing is common in Digi-World." Motimon said.
"That's right, Barriss. You're in the Digi-World!" VirusGigimon added.
I scratched my head when VirusGigimon said that, but wasn't complaining since she gave us an idea of where we are. Although, Tai and Izzy still didn't seem all that convinced.
"And just where is the Digi-World?" Tai asked.
"Well, I don't care so much where it is. I want to know WHAT it is." Izzy said.
"I guess I'll just have to take a look for myself." Tai added.
Tai's POV.
I climbed up to the top of the tallest tree I could find and sat on a branch that looked strong enough to support my weight. That Barriss girl does raise a few questions, but I'll save those for later. I've gotta figure out where we are, and find the others.
I reached into my pocket, and took out my mini telescope. I put it to my eye, and started looking for any landmarks that I might recognize. But what I saw really threw me for a loop.
"The ocean? What's that doing there? Our campsite isn't anywhere near the ocean. And I don't remember those mountains being there." I say to myself. "Hmmm, something tells me a compass isn't going to help much."
As I kept looking around, the little pink guy from earlier - Koromon, I think he was called - climbed up and sat on the branch next to me.
"Hey, Tai, what do ya see?" Koromon asked.
"Nothing I recognize…" I say back when something catches my eye. "Huh? Wait, what's that?"
It looks like a giant red and green kuwagata beetle with four arms, two legs, and a massive pair of pincers flying through the sky. It looped around and started flying in mine and Koromon's direction.
"Look at that! It's some kind of giant, red beetle. And it's flying right at us!"
I took my telescope off of my eye and saw that the beetle was a lot closer than I thought. The little guy and I ducked down on our respective branches just in time for the top half of the tree to get sliced off by a pincer. The others down on the ground were sent into a major panic from the initial attack.
I CAN'T WATCH! THAT IS ONE SERIOUSLY BAD DIGIMON, EVEN WHEN HE'S IN A GOOD MOOD!" I heard Motimon say from the ground.
"That's just great." Izzy complained.
The beetle circled around again, fully intent on killing us! I managed to right myself back on the branch, just as the little guy started explaining who this guy is.
"WATCH OUT! His name is Kuwagamon. He's an insectoid Digimon, vicious and ruthless! With teeth like knives and scissor hands that can chop through anything!"
"Who needs a gardener?" I asked rhetorically.
I was panicking a lot as Kuwagamon closed in on us, but the little guy did something totally crazy. He jumped off his branch, took a deep breath, and shot pink bubbles from his mouth. They hit Kuwagamon, but they didn't do much. The little guy took a glancing blow, but he at least veered off course just enough to hit the tree while knocking me down from my branch.
I expected to hit the ground, but was surprised to be caught by that woman. What was her name? Barriss? She set me down on my feet, and started checking me for injuries.
"Tai, are you okay?" Izzy asked in concern.
"Well, I have had better days, but I'm okay. Barriss kept me from taking a pretty bad fall."
I couldn't say much of anything else as the little guy from before landed hard on the ground. We all gasped in shock and slight fear for his safety.
"Little guy!" I called moving to pick him up. "You should pick on bugs your own size. What's your name? Koromon?"
"That's me." He replied.
I smiled at him, touched by his act of kindness.
"You're pretty brave, for a little guy. I'm impressed."
Koromon smiled at me from the compliment I gave him.
"It was nothing." Koromon replied.
Barriss' POV.
I smiled at the interaction between Tai and Koromon. They'd known each other for less than an hour, and already, they are becoming great friends. I look down to VirusGigimon, who is still being held in my arms, and smile at her. She looks back up at me, and smiles back. I truly hope that I am worthy of her friendship.
I was broken from my thoughts when Izzy spoke up again. Only he sounded most distressed.
"Uh, guys? He's coming right at us again!" Izzy warned.
"Oh dear, oh dear! Quickly, everyone! This way!" Motimon said as he hopped off.
We wasted no time in following him, but Kuwagamon was still right on our tails. His menacing roars echoed through the forest as he kept chasing us. His massive pincers chopped the tops off of many unfortunate trees that just so happened to be in his way.
"Hurry up! For having two long legs, you people are awfully slow!" Motimon complained. "Hurry, inside this tree!"
Motimon jumped at a tree, and seemed to faze right into it. We were startled by this at first, but Tai and I quickly got over it as the young boy grabbed Izzy's arm and dragged him into the tree. I jumped in right after them, and was amazed by what I saw.
While the outside of the tree looked the same as any other tree, but the inside of it looked like slabs of metal that had been welded together. It was both incredible, and very confusing.
"What kind of tree is this?" Izzy asked.
"It's a hiding tree, silly." Motimon replied.
"Hiding tree. Why am I not surprised?" I asked with a blank look.
"Your guess is as good as mine, sister." VirusGigimon added.
We heard more of Kuwagamon's roars from outside the tree, and hunkered down. We figured that if we stayed quiet long enough, he'd give up the hunt, and go away.
It seemed to work. Kuwagamon's roars began to grow fainter as he left the area. He was obviously pissed off that he'd missed his target, but went off in search of new prey.
"I think he's gone." I say to the others.
"All clear! You all can come out now." Says a new voice that clearly belonged to a girl.
We walked out of the tree to see a girl who looked about Tai's age. She had tan skin, brown eyes, and reddish orange hair. She was wearing a strange looking blue hat, a yellow tank top, a pair of skinny jeans, sneakers, and a pair of red gloves.
"Sora!" Tai said, relieved to see a friend. "We were just setting up a trap for that big bug."
That's when we noticed another one of those odd creatures by Sora's feet. It was also pink, but it was a few shades darker than Koromon or Motimon. It had blue leaves and a red stem on its head, green eyes, and a slight beak.
"I am enchanted to meet you, friends of Sora. Welcome." it greeted in a female voice.
"Tai, Izzy, ma'am, meet Yokomon - my own personal something or other." Sora introduced.
"Looks kinda like a radish." Tai said.
"Now, Tai, be nice." I scolded.
"Must be another one of them. Whatever they are." Izzy said.
We looked back towards VirusGigimon and the others, wondering what they are. That's when I felt a major migraine coming on. ANOTHER one of them showed up! This one was a very pale pink color with beady, black eyes, long wavy ears, and the body type of a guinea pig. It also had two small canines poking out of its upper lip.
"They're popping up everywhere!" Izzy said.
"Hello, I am Tokomon." It introduced in a male voice before turning to the trees. "Hey, TK, over here!"
"Coming!" replied the voice of a small child.
"Tokomon, there you are!"
"TK!" called an older voice.
Two new boys came running out from the trees. One of them was obviously the youngest in the group, looking to be about six or seven years old. He had light skin, short, blonde hair, and blue eyes. He wears a green vest over a light green shirt with long sleeves, khaki shorts, yellow socks, green and white strapped tennis shoes, and an odd green hat with a blue gem stone.
The older boy looked like he was around Tai and Sora's age. He has spiky blonde hair, light skin, and blue eyes. He wears a sleeveless green shirt, brown gloves, blue jeans, and dark brown shoes with gray soles. Held under his arm was a small creature that looked like an earless, orange furred ape head with red eyes, and a big, black horn sticking out of the top of his head… Body…? Oh, forget it!
"Hey, Matt, you too?" Tai asked.
"Yeah, I'm here too." the older blonde answered.
"No, he means that creature under your arm." I elaborated.
Matt looked at the little guy.
"Oh, t-this guy? Well, uh…"
"Hello. You appear pleasant." the little guy said. "Tsunomon is my name, and I am quite pleased to meet you."
While TK and Tokomon were cuddling like the children they were, I was busy trying to make sense of what was going on. But I couldn't think straight, because a screaming, blue haired, glasses wearing boy was running right towards us. And Tai seemed to know who this is.
"Joe?"
Now that I look closer, I see yet another creature was floating along right behind Joe. It resembled a blue eyed, grey skinned plesiosaur hatchling with only the front flippers, a shorter neck, and a strange, orange hair on its head.
"Help me! This thing…! This thing…! It won't leave me alone!" Joe cried, stopping in front of us.
"Hey, who you calling a thing?" the creature asked as he perched on Joe's shoulder. "I'm no stuffed animal. The name is Bukamon."
"What's wrong with you guys?! Can't you see this creature hanging off of me?" Joe asked.
He looked down, and noticed the others by our feet. I'm really not surprised by the child's freak out.
"They're everywhere! What are they?!" Joe asked.
Bukamon floated down to join his friends, as he started them off.
"We're -"
"- Digimon! Digital Monsters!" They exclaimed all at once.
Now this REALLY shocked us. I knew we weren't on Coruscant, but this was just plain ridiculous! I just had to ask them.
"Digital MONSTERS?"
"Yes, Digimon!" They replied back.
"We're not just Digital Monsters; we're much more than that. We're kinda cute." Koromon said.
"And very loyal." Tsunomon added.
"With beautiful hair." Yokomon continued.
"Or maybe no hair at all." Motimon elaborated.
"We can be funny." Bukamon added with a laugh.
"And adorable." Tokomon said.
"And we can also be some of the most courageous." VirusGigimon finished.
"It's a pleasure to meet each of you. My name's Tai, and these are my friends from camp. I'd like you to meet Sora."
"Nice place you got here. Except the bugs." Sora said.
"The self-proclaimed cool one over there is Matt." Tai continued.
"No autographs, please." Matt said.
"And this is Joe."
"I'd shake hands, if you had any." Joe said.
"Izzy here is our computer expert."
"Do you have internet access?" Izzy asked.
"And last, but not least, this little guy is, uh…"
"TK. Call me TK. And I'm not as small as I look."
"And this older girl is someone I met earlier today. Her name is Barriss Offee."
I bowed towards the Digimon. I truly was happy to meet some new people after being stuck in a cell for so long.
"There now, is that everybody?" Tai asked.
"What happened to that girl with the funny pink hat?" Sora asked.
"Now now, her name is Mimi." Tai chided.
"Perhaps she's picking flowers, or on a nature hike." Izzy suggested.
"AAAHHH! SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
"Come on!" Tai said.
"We're right behind you!" I followed up.
We all ran towards where they heard the scream, knowing that we probably didn't have much time.
"Ok, so she's not picking flowers." Izzy admitted.
"Mimi, where are you?" Tai called out.
Eventually, we saw a girl - who I assumed was Mimi - running for her life with a plant like creature.
Mimi is a girl with light skin, long wavy light brown hair and brown eyes. She mostly wears her hair tied back in a high ponytail with a yellow hairband, with long strands framing her face, but also wears it down sometimes. She wears a western-style red dress with a buttoned turtleneck, a dark brown belt with a golden buckle, light brown gloves with brown straps around the wrists, pink socks, and brown and white shoes. She also wears a large pink cowgirl hat with a white drawstring.
"Mimi, it's okay!" Tai said, trying to calm her down.
But I could sense that there was something chasing the child. Something very big, very familiar, and VERY hungry. And it did not take me very long to figure out what it was.
"That isn't what she's running from. Stay here, younglings!" I ordered as I ran towards the girl.
"Barriss, wait!" Tai called.
That's when he and the others saw what I had sensed. It was none other than Kuwagamon who was chasing the youngling!
"It's that big bug again!" Tai said in horror.
"I know I'm going to regret using this technique later, but I've got no choice." I say to myself before shouting "HIT THE DIRT!"
Fortunately, Mimi did what I said and dived to the ground. Calling on the Force, I shot blue colored lightning from my finger tips at Kuwagamon. They hit their mark, making the giant beetle screech in pain.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own species!" I yelled.
Kuwagamon roared in anger, but he flew off anyway. Although, I highly doubt we've seen the last of him.
"Mimi, are you alright?" the plant asked in a feminine voice, proving that she's a female.
"I think so." Mimi breathed.
"Don't worry, Tanemon is here to protect you!"
Sora and I walked up to Mimi, and tried to calm her down. I started searching for injuries, knowing that she might have gotten hurt running from that oversized beetle.
"It's okay now." Sora said.
"Oh, Sora."
I stopped my examination as soon as Mimi was calmer.
"Good, you're not hurt. You are one very lucky youngling." I said to Mimi.
"Thank you miss…"
"Barriss Offee. Just call me Barriss."
"WATCH OUT, HERE HE COMES AGAIN!" Tai informed.
And he was right. Kuwagamon apparently was very determined to get his prey. And I knew that meant us!
"RUN!" Sora shouted.
We all began to run for our lives as the giant, predatory beetle flew after us. I was mentally cursing myself for not having my Lightsaber, but I knew it was confiscated by the Clone Troopers when I was incarcerated. Oh, WHY did I have to bomb the temple in the first place?!
"GET DOWN!" Matt called as he pushed TK to the ground.
We all followed, allowing Kuwagamon to fly over us, cutting more trees in the process.
"Will this nightmare never end!?" Joe asked, cringing as a tree fell near him. "My mom is gonna want a complete and total refund!"
"Run now, sue later!" I quipped.
"Here he comes again!" Yokomon warned.
"Ok, that does it, no more running away!" Tai exclaimed.
"I agree with Tai. That bug has attacked us for the last time!" I added, punching my palm in agreement.
"What else can we do?" Sora asked.
"She's right, there's no way we can fight that thing." Matt said.
"And not win anyway." Izzy added.
Reluctantly, we all began running again as we tried to find a way to evade Kuwagamon's continued assault. Our run came to an abrupt end when we stopped at a cliff.
"Great, anyone bring a helicopter?" Matt asked rhetorically.
Tai and I began to approach the edge, hoping to find a way down. Although I knew that the chances were slim.
"Be careful, Tai. And you too, Barriss." Sora warned.
"There's no way down." Tai reported.
"He's right. We must find another way." I added.
"Another way WHERE?" Sora asked.
Before anyone could say anything, Kuwagamon burst through the underbrush! He roared as he once again missed us, and I immediately started dragging Tai to the others. And a good thing, too. Because Kuwagamon is circling back again!
"WATCH OUT, GUYS!" Sora shouted.
I noticed that Koromon and VirusGigimon were running/bouncing to the rescue.
"Here I go!" Koromon said.
"Don't forget me!" VirusGigimon added.
They inhaled, and blew pink and black bubbles at Kuwagamon. But I noticed that unlike Koromon's pink bubbles, the black bubbles that VirusGigimon spat seemed to have slightly acidic properties.
Unfortunately, like the last time, these bubbles had no effect.
"Oh no, not again!" Tai exclaimed.
I could only watch in horror Koromon and VirusGigimon were knocked out of the air by Kuwagamon.
"DIGIMON, ATTACK!" Yokomon yelled, as each and every one of the digimon blew bubbles at Kuwagamon.
However, they were all knocked away by Kuwagamon. But this time, the attack was not in vain. Kuwagamon flew off course, and crashed into a cluster of trees. We heard a growling sound which I chalked up to being how Kuwagamon groans in pain.
"Yokomon!" Sora exclaimed.
All of the digimon were injured. They weren't fatal, but it hurt like the heck.
"Koromon, are you crazy? Why'd you do it?" Tai asked.
"Sorry. It's just; I'm trying to make a good impression." Koromon said.
"Crazy guy." Tai said.
All of us ran to our digimon partners, worry written clearly on our faces.
"Yokomon." Sora said.
"Tanemon, talk to me." Mimi begged.
"They must be programmed for courage." Izzy theorized as he picked Motimon up.
"Tokomon, what's wrong?" TK asked.
"Hey, Tsunomon, wake up." Matt said.
"Bukamon, wake up." Joe said.
"VirusGigimon, talk to me, are you alright?" I asked.
I couldn't live with myself if I allowed another of my friends to get hurt when I could have done something to prevent it. Though I was slightly relieved to see that VirusGigimon was the least injured out of all of them.
"I'm fine. We virus types are made of sterner stuff." she replied.
Suddenly, I heard Joe cry out in worry. We all looked over to see Kuwagamon stomping his way out of the trees.
"Oh my Force! Kuwagamon is PISSED!" I thought to myself.
"Get back!" Matt exclaimed.
We all ran towards the edge of the cliff with our Digimon clutched in our arms. Kuwagamon continued to roar in anger and hunger as he snapped his pincers at us.
I was hoping we'd seen the last of him." Sora said.
"Me too. I guess he had other plans, huh?" Tai said in agreement.
"I knew I should've brought my bug spray." Matt complained.
"Children, get ready to run!" I ordered.
Kuwagamon once again roared and snapped his pincers at us. Well, if I'm going to die, at least I'll have died saving these younglings from the cold clutches of death. But that's when Koromon said something that stunned us all.
"No, we fight!"
"Huh?" Tai said.
"That's right, it's the only way. Stand and fight." Koromon said.
"Give it up, will ya?" Tai said.
"No, Koromon's right, it's time to show what we're made of." Motimon said.
"No don't!" Izzy pleaded.
"They're right!" Yokomon said.
"No way! It's hopeless; you're no match for him, Yokomon!" Sora said.
"Let me go, Let me go, Let me go, Let me go!" Tsunomon exclaimed, struggling to get out of Matt's grip.
"We can do it, We can do it, We can do it, We can do it, We can do it, We can do it!" Tokomon said, trying to get out of TK's grip.
"Let me go, Let me go, Let me go!" Bukamon exclaimed, flapping his arms to get out of Joe's arms.
"Tanemon, you too?" Mimi asked. Tanemon nodded her head.
I looked at VirusGigimon, and saw that she too wanted to fight. I looked at her… and I could see a bit of myself in the little one. She wanted to protect everyone, however she can. I smiled and set her down.
"Go one, VirusGigimon. You can do it!" I encouraged.
"You're not gonna try to stop me?" she asked, confused by my proclamation.
I shook my head.
"Certainly not. And do you know why?" I asked. Not waiting for a response, I continued. "Because I know that deep within, you have the power to vanquish Kuwagamon and save your friends! Now, go on. Show that oversized maggot who is really at the top of the food chain!"
VirusGigimon smiled and nodded.
"I'm sorry Tai." Koromon said, before flying out of Tai's arms. The other digimon followed suit.
"Come on digimon!" Koromon said, leading the charge.
"It's useless! Yokomon!" Sora exclaimed.
"Don't do it Motimon!" Izzy shouted.
"No wait! Don't do it Tsunomon!" Matt called out.
"Don't go!" TK said.
"Turn around! Come back Bukamon!" Joe shouted out worriedly.
"Tanemon! Be careful!" Mimi said.
"You can do it, VirusGigimon!" I cheered.
"No! Don't Koromon, come back!" Tai called as he attempted to run after Koromon.
Suddenly, there was a mysterious glow coming from the younglings. I looked over to see that there were seven devices of similar design clipped to their bodies. But they looked different from mine. I checked my belt, and saw that my own device was glowing as well.
Then, a dark cloud appeared above the digimon, and eight rainbow colored lights beamed over them, causing them to change shape.
"KOROMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… AGUMON!"
Agumon is a short and stout Tyrannosaurus rex-like Digimon standing about 3 feet tall, and has amber orange skin and light green eyes. He also has flattened forearms with broad, three-clawed hands, and his legs and arms are shown to be very vascular. His tail is stubby, and his head and snout are almost as large as the rest of his body.
"VIRUSGIGIMON DIGIVOLVE TO… BLACKGUILMON!"
BlackGuilmon looked similar to Agumon, and yet at the same time, she looked totally different. For one thing, she's taller than Agumon; about up to the middle of my body when standing up straight. She retained the bat wing shaped ears, black scales, white underbelly, and red markings she had as VirusGigimon, but now she looked more like some kind of bipedal dragon. She had long, muscular yet feminine arms with three long claws on each hand, a long tail, and a neck that was longer than Agumon's. On her chest was a mark that looked to be a hazard sign of some sort. She also has a small, squared muzzle full of sharp, dagger-like teeth.
"YOKOMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… BIYOMON!"
Biyomon is a pink bird with arm-like wings, a feather mane, a red beak, blue eyes, blue stripes on her crest, blue borders on two of her head feathers and her tail feathers, yellow legs, and red claws on her wings and feet. She wears a metallic ring on her left leg.
"MOTIMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… TENTOMON!"
Tentomon resembles an enormous ladybug. He has six legs in total, with the front pair used as arms with grey talons at the end. He has large, green eyes and two yellow antennae reaching out from his head. His wing-case is covered with grey spines. His mouth doesn't move when he speaks, but does when he eats.
"TSUNOMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… GABUMON!"
Gabumon is a maroon-eyed yellow-skinned lizard in a bluish-white pelt with navy blue markings. A yellow horn protrudes at the top of his head and his belly is blue with unusual pink markings.
"TOKOMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… PATAMON!"
Patamon is a small flying guinea pig-like creature with light blue eyes and bat-like wings, which could possibly be his ears. He has a short, stubby tail. His underside is a light cream color, while his back and head are orange.
"BUKAMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… GOMAMON!"
Gomamon is a white, furry seal with no nose and long ears, purple markings, an orange-red mane, large claws, a short tail, and a W-shaped smile with two pointed teeth popping out.
"TANEMON DIGIVOLVE TOO… PALMON!"
Palmon is a plant-like creature which has light green skin with purple-tipped claws. She has a pink flower with a yellow center on her head. She has a small tail and small bumps lining her back.
The light soon died down to reveal our Digimon allies in their new forms. We were all astounded by what we were seeing, and I think that even Kuwagamon was surprised.
"Look at them! What happened to the little guys?!" Sora asked.
"They're… bigger." Tai replied.
With a battle cry, our Digimon charged at Kuwagamon, and rammed him at full force. But they were easily swatted away by the larger beetle Digimon. They landed hard on the ground, but just got right back up.
"Alright, you asked for it!" Agumon growled.
In response to this, Kuwagamon started flapping his wings again and tried to take flight. But our friends weren't about to let that happen.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon chanted.
She extended her fingers like vines, and easily grappled Kuwagamon, and kept him from escaping. Patamon flew up, and readied an attack of his own.
"Boom Bubble!"
Patamon inflated his body, and shot a bubble of compressed power at the giant beetle. It hit its mark, doing damage with concussive energy. Tentomon buzzed up and shot off an attack of his own.
"Super Shocker!"
I was astounded by the fact that Tentomon shot a blast of electricity from his antennae. If hit home and sent Kuwagamon to the ground just in time to get tripped up by Gomamon. BlackGuilmon and Agumon, along with Gabumon and Biyomon were ready to hit him as well.
"Stand back, everyone!" Agumon warned. "Pepper Breath!" he intoned as he shot a fireball at Kuwagamon.
"Pyro Grenade!" BlackGuilmon followed, shooting a ball of black fire from her mouth.
Both attacks hit their target with BlackGuilmon's exploding with the force of a frag grenade. Gabumon and Biyomon followed up with their own attacks.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon opened his mouth, and shot a concentrated stream of blue fire at his foe.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shot a spiral of green fire at Kuwagamon.
Both attacks were spot on, and caused Kuwagamon's head to catch fire. Kuwagamon roared in pain, then reared his head back and roared some more in order to douse the flames.
"Now, all together!" BlackGuilmon ordered.
All of them shot their attacks at Kuwagamon, and they all hit him in the chest. This caused his body to ignite with a massive amount of flame. The giant bug roared in pain one last time before falling back into the trees and groaning in defeat.
We all stood there in shock, barely able to process what had happened. It was just amazing!
"They made vaporware out of him!" Izzy said in awe.
"Told you we could do it!" Agumon laughed, as all of the digimon ran to us.
"Koromon, or Agumon or whoever you are you did it!" Tai cheered.
Everyone smiled and laughed as they celebrated with their Digimon. Even I was laughing and had a true smile on my face. Two things I hadn't done since that fateful day.
"How about that Super Shocker? Pretty wizard huh?" Tentomon asked Izzy.
"I did AWESOME!" BlackGuilmon gloated.
"Please don't gloat, my friend. It makes you seem like a jerk." I said before grinning and lightly punching her in the shoulder. "However, I agree. You did do… awesome!"
Suddenly, Kuwagamon burst through the trees once more. And boy did he seem pissed off!
"Watch out!" Sora shouted.
Tai and Agumon ran out of the way just in time to avoid Kuwagamon as he jammed his pincers into the cliffside. The result was cracks forming in the area where his pincers were stuck.
"Guess we celebrated too soon." I said.
Thanks to Kuwagamon, the cliff started to give way, making us all fall into the river. We screamed as we thought that this may very well be the end of us.
Third Person POV.
So, this is how it ends? Our heroes at the mercy of a river? Never to see each other again? I don't think so, but talk about your cliffhangers. Will Barriss survive in this new world with her new friends? Will she be able to reveal her past to them? Why was a comic book left in her place? And more importantly, will they even accept her as a friend if and when she does reveal her past to the others?
All of these questions and more will be answered later. So read on, and see what happens in the next chapter of The Book of Digimon!
Alright, I'm gonna go update Ahsoka the Dragon Jedi and Kami's Avatar of the Omniverse: Red Lantern. If anyone would like to continue this story, PM me. Or, if you guys want me to continue this story, leave a review and I'll do it! See ya next time!
