Thanks for the Fav Jackpot 2 ! I wasn't really expecting one so early but I really appreciate it. :) The story now is turning to more battles and hopefully this would make the fanfic more enjoyable. As usual, leave a review for anything u may want to say or ask. Note that i won't focus on describing the Digimon's appearance too much so just Google their pictures if u need to. Sorry for the super late update but I think this would be the speed of my updates right now. Enjoy!
Digimon Dusk storyline Chapter 2 - The Start of Everything
The next day at DarkmoonCITY:
Newton's POV
"Why why why! I can't believe Shade is actually late for the tournament! She may be the winner of Group A but she'll get disqualified if she doesn't reach here in time for her match and everything would be wasted!" I yelled in fustration with my hands on my head. "Come on. Hurry up Shade..." I began pacing back and forth restlessly and as if on cue, Shade teleported in with a relaxed expression like nothing was wrong. I could feel an anime vein pop out on my forehead. 'How can she be so relaxed about the tournament?' "Shade, why are you late on such an important day! The Group B tournament has already commenced and here you are being soo relaxed." "Ehehe...sorry Newton but my match only starts 10 minutes later. Besides, I can't wait for my next match. I can tell its going to be really fun!" Shade remarked with a grin. I heaved a huge sigh. She is always, always like this! She seems so relaxed with everything it makes it hard to tell whether she is actually serious about anything. "Take being a Night Crow more seriously or else Light Fang will laugh at you! ...Anyways, we'd better get going." With a nod from Shade who was scratching her head from slight guilt, we sprinted towards the tournament lobby.
When we reached the lobby, a fight was begin displayed on the overhead display monitor."Whew, Group B isn't over yet." I said in relief. "Mm-hm but its looks like Gutts is having a hard time against Kou." stated Shade. My eyes narrowed as I noticed that as well but Night Crow will not go down without a fight! "Gutts! You'd better win no matter what! Take that Light Fang Kou and crush him! Go Mushroomon! You can win!" I cheered along with Shade but after ahwile, it was clear that he would lose the match. I turned my gaze away from the moitor to Shade, "We don't have time for this… let's go to the waiting room Shade." She agreed and we headed towards our waiting room.
Waiting Room:
Shade's POV
Newton ran ahead of me and motioned for me to come over to them. I walked over and noticed Cheif Julia and Chaos standing nearby. Cheif Julia turned to address me, "Shade, you made it. Looks like you're up next. Good luck." Chaos added on, "We Night Crow won Group A of the Normal Tournament. Well done Shade but be careful of your next opponent Kou. Group B lost to him and he fights pretty well." "That's right. As long as you remember to keep your guard up at all times and fight like you usually do, you will have a fighting chance against him. Victory in the Normal Tournament belongs to Night Crow!" Cheif Julia adviced me and I bowed my head slightly to thank them for their warning and advices. Shortly afterwards, Gutts returned from the arena through a Teleportation Gate(I'm going to shorten it to: TPGate) and apologised for losing to Light Fang as he walked over to us.
"Darn! If Mushroomon would have moved in just a bit more…" -Ponch interupted Gutts- "That's right! Your Digimon always has that problem!" "Come on, don't be so hard on Gutts. At least he made it to the semi-finals." defended Barone. "Thats right Ponch! But really, you guys are such buddies to lose to the same opponent!" Dorothy laughed teasingly as sparks flew between them. I sweatdropped at the scene. Why did they have to fight everyday... I let out a small sigh and decided to try and stop them before they really started fighting. "C-Come on, calm down guys. If they both lost to the same opponent, doesn't that show how strong he is?" Silence befell the two as they stared at each other with death glares before the sharply turned away form each other. W-Well at least they stopped fighting...I guess. "Thats right. The one who beat them is Kou of Light Fang and I lost to him as well. Shade, be careful he's your next opponent." I tensed up at Newton's warning. Just how strong was he? Many thoughts and worries filled my head as I pondered to possible outcomes. Chief Julia, seeing how nervous and tense I was, placed a hand on my right shoulder and assured me, "Shade, you can win if you fight carefully. Just believe in yourself and give it your all." I nodded as a warm smile grew on my face and my body automatically relaxed when I heard her words. Chief Julia always seemed to know what to say at the right time and it always made me feel so comfortable around her. I really admire her, she's an excellent Tamer and a great leader on top of that but she always tries to find time to help us improved no matter how much work she has piled up. After I had relaxed, Chaos and Chief Julia exited to the tournament lobby.
Watching her fleeting back through the door, I felt like I had forgotten something important. It took me awhile but when I finally remembered, I dashed after her. How could I forget to ask her about my opponent's fighting style and if there was anything I should look out for! I can't belive myself! I just hope I can find her before the match starts. Luckily, Chief Julia was still at the lobby. I let out a sigh of relief and rush to her side. She seems to be in a conversation with someone and his Ophanimon. Steadily walking towards them, Chief Julia seemed to notice me. "Ah Shade, let me introduce you to Chief Glare of Light Fang." Bowing my head to Chief Glare, I introduced myself. "Its an honor to meet to Chief Glare. I am Shade of Night Crow." "Ah, its nice to meet you too. Chief Julia has told me alot about you." Chief Glare said with a smile. I blushed slightly as I heard this. I can't belive Chief Julia talked about me! I was in my own world as Chaos snapped me out of it, "Shade is still a Normal Tamer but has great potential and is a good Tamer. I'm sure you could tell if you saw the match." "Yes. I did see her match. She's an impressive Tamer." Chief Glare replied cooly. His Ophanimon, Cera added on, "Thats right. We will look forward to your growth but Kou of Light Fang also has great potential."
"Thank you Ophanimon, but I still have a ways to go."
A strong voice that said that came from behind Chief Glare. Out of curiosity, I peered behind them and saw a boy with slightly messy bright orange hair and black eyes walked towards them. He introduced himself as soon as he stopped beside Chief Glare, "Nice to meet you Chief Julia and Shade. I'm Kou of Light Fang, the Group B champion and your opponent." Kou look at me before continuing with a toothy grin," Just because your a girl doesn't mean I'll go easy on you." I felt my eyebrow twitch at his statement. Just because I'm a girl! He thinks that I only won because my opponents were going easy on me! I took in a deep breath to calm myself down and a small smirk appeared on my face. I'll show him what happens to my opponents when they underestimate Night Crow and me. Time flew by as I was in my own thoughts and we soon bid each other good luck and farewell. As Chief Glare, Cera and Kou went back to their waiting room, Chief Julia whispered to me before heading to our waiting room. "Be careful, Kou is strong." Strong huh? Well, he is a finalist. I stared at the black Digivice with sliver linings in my hand. "Are you guys ready to fight?" I asked my Digimons, Diana (Lunamon), Alora (Lillymon) and Kageru (ShadowWereGarurumon). All three of them shouted in their own ways that they weren't going down without a fight. I giggled at how excited they are for this tournament. After all, this is the Normal Tournament and a huge step for me as a Night Crow Tamer. It would be a lie to say that I was not even a bit excited about this. I'm totally pumped! I had this huge grin plastered on my face as I agreed with them, "Let's do this!"
At the Arena:
Normal POV
On the Battle Stage, Kou and Shade stood at opposite ends while locking their gazes at each other with intensity. Night Crow and Light Fang may seem rather friendly towards each other but the intense rivalry between them will never be forgotten. For both of them, their pride as a representative of their clan were on the line. From the stands, cheering from both sides filled the arena hall. "You can do it!" "Wipe out that kid!" "Show them the clan's power!" Grinning at the level of energy coming from the spectators, Kou became very excited and eager to get this battle started. "Shade of Night Crow, let's get this started!" Shade nodded, "Ready whenever you are." Seeing that everyone was ready for the battle to commence, th Referee announced into his microphone, "Now for the finals of the Normal Tournament we've all been waiting for, we have the Group A champ, Shade of Night Crow and the Group B champ, Kou of Light Fang! Both have gotten to this point with ease and with such an interesting matchup, who will be the winner! But before that, this tournament has been changed into a one-on-one battle and the first one to render the opponent's Digimon unable to battle wins! So are you ready? Then let's get this battle started!" Roars of excitement came from the crowd and on cue, Kou and Shade sent out their first Digimon. A Reppamon stood on Kou side while Shade chose her ShadowWereGarurumon, Kageru.
"Let's do this Ciel!" Kou yelled to his Reppamon, Ciel. With a howl, Ciel lunged towards Kageru at high speeds. 'Spinning Sky-Fissure Slash'! The Reppamon spun his body into a somersault and used his blade-tail to strike Kageru. However Kageru was quick enough to react to the attack and caught the blade above his head inbetween his palm. The force of the impact caused a ground beneath the Wolf Digimon, Kageru, to crack slightly. "Kageru!" shouted Shade. Kageru immediately pulled the Reppamon down by its tail down before sharply throwing it back up into the air causing it to loose balance and momentum from its attack. Not allowing the surprised Canine Digimon, Ciel, could recover, Shade ordered her Digimon to stirke him. Kageru leapt into the air above the Reppamon and did a flip in a circular motion before kicking him straight into the ground below. 'Full Moon Kick'! The Reppamon shot out of the sky and created a small crater where he landed.
"Come on Ciel, get up! This match is far from over." Kou encouraged the Canine Digimon as he shakily got back onto its fours while resuming an attack stance after he had repositioned himself on Kou's side of the field. "Kou, we can't afford to mess up now." warned Ciel. Kou nodded as he became serious. "We were underestimating her but it appears we can't afford to hold back anymore! Ciel, 'Vacuum Kamaitachi'!" "I thought you'd never ask!" Ciel turned around sharply, shook his tail and an invisible violent wind blade was released. Shade squinted her eyes in attempt in spot the attack but to no avail. It wasn't until the last few seconds when she saw the ground infront of Kageru getting shallow but sharp slashes. "Infront of you!" She tried to warn her Digimon but Kageru, although avoiding most of the attack, got a huge gash on his right calf and the rest of the attack left deep slashes on the wall behind them. Blood flowed profusely from the wound and Shade knew she had to come up with a way the counter that invisible attack soon or else her Digimon won't last much longer.
'Tch what an annoying attack. Looks like I don't have a choice, I've got to try out that attack.' Shade thought to herself as she waited for the right time to stirke. That same attack was fired a few more times and Kageru suffered more injuries to his arm but kept standing. Trailing the blood dripping from her Digimon's limbs, Shade start to panic. 'Kageru won't last much longer like this. Come on there should be some kind of opening somewhere!' 'Darn, he keeps dodging it. Heh, but looks like I was too much for her to handle afterall. But too bad I'll have to and this now!' Kou thought to himself as he ordered another 'Vacuum Kamaitachi'. Ciel spun around as usual but this time the shot went off target. 'Why now of all times!' Kou face palmed as he saw Ciel's tail getting agitated. Ciel was quarelling with his tail...AGAIN! A Reppamon's tail as a separate will of its own so it wasn't uncommon for the both of them to fight in the middle of battles. 'Could it have been because we didn't land a one-hit-KO after so many tries?' he asked himself but panicked as he was forced to leave an opening.
Noticing the obvious opening, Shade instructed Kageru to get close to unleash his strongest close-combat skill. 'Baldy Blow'! Despite the great pain from his wounded limbs, Kageru trusted himself right in front of his opponent, crouched slightly and his right fist began glowing with a light blue aura. The wind gathered and swirled around his fist and he launched his fist right into Reppamon's exposed side. The blue aura was shot from his fist at point blank range and sent the Reppamon flying into the wall. The force of the attack caused a violent wind to whip all around Kou causing his clothes and hair to flap around wildly as his Digimon was sent flying behind him.
Dust exploded from the cracked wall and concealed where Reppamon crashed. Silence befell the entire arena as they kept their eyes peeled. The dust cloud slowly dissipated thus revealing an unconcious Reppamon. The crowd roared from the intense battle and the winner was declared. "Victory goes the Shade of Night Crow and the champion of the Normal Tournament! Congratulations to Night Crow! What an amazingly skilled battle coming from two Rookie Tamers! Towards the end Kou was giving his opponent a trashing but Shade managed to pull off a win at the very last moment! Let's give a bring round of applause to these two astounding potentials!" Deafening screamings and cheers erupted from the stands while Kou and Shade walked towards each other in the middle of the arena.
Kou held out his hand and shook hands with Shade. "I can't believe I lost to you but a lost is a lost. Congratulations on your Victory Shade. It was a great match." Kou said with a tired smile. "T-Thank you. But it was a close match for me if u hadn't left yourself open, who knows how it might have ended." admitted Shade. Kou released Shade's hand and placed his hands behind his head and a toothy grin appeared. "You got that right! Don't go thinking you're stronger than me because if that hadn't happen I would have definitely won and it won't happen twice! But, I'll acknowledge you as my rival so you'd better not lose to anyone before I beat you." Shade was at a loss of words for awhile.'Rival huh...' she thought to herself. She never had a rival before so when Kou said they were rivals, it had a nice and warm feeling to it. Shade chuckled and a warm and gentle smile appeared on her face. "You got it so I'll be expecting the same of you. Till the next time we meet, Kou." Kou nodded his head with a gentle smile and they left the arena to their respective waiting rooms.
At lobby
Chief Glare and Chief Julia, along with their partner Digimons were thanking each other for the great match. Shade walked up to them and stopped beside Chaos where he noticed her. "Good job Shade, that was a good battle!" "That's right. I'm proud as the Night Crow leader." said Julia. Shade smiled sheepishly as she blushed slightly. "Looks like Kou has already acknowledge you as his rival. He couldn't stop saying that he defeat you next time." said Cera, Ophanimon. Glare chuckled and continued, -"That's right. This match has definitely been a good experience for Kou and for that, I thank you Shade. He will most certainly improve from this and I would say the same to you." Shade blushed even more at Chief Glare gratefulness though she felt she didn't did anything in particular. "Well, it's time to get back to SunshineCITY. I look forward to the Bronze Tournament tomorrow." said Glare. They saluted each other and Glare and Cera left for the TPgate (Teleportation gate).
Watching them leave, Julia and Chaos started to leave but something caught her eye. A strange red hooded figure followed Glare and Ciel. It was the same person they saw at Thriller Ruins! Julia and CGmon look at each other as if they were having a mental conversation and without saying anything, they chased after the red figure. Shade also spotted the figure and followed it.
When Shade finally caught up with them, she saw that Chief Glare, Cera, Chief Julia, Chaos and the DarkmoonCITY guards,one White and one Black KingChessmon, had surrounded the red figure to a corner. KChessmonWH shouted, "You shady character! ..." "...Settle down!" continued KChessmonB. Shade ran towards them to hear what was happening. "That's… the same from before!" Julia muttered sharply. "What's going on…." Glare asked himself and suddenly, the red figure let out a maniacal laugh as it disappeared into thin air once again. This left everyone surprised. Turning the Julia, Glare asked, "Chief Julia, have you met that guy before..?" "Yes Chief Glare… There was an incident the other day, the wild Digimon went on a rampage in Thriller Ruins and I saw him then." "I see, I wonder who it is…" Glare muttered. Julia said in a serious voice, "I don't know but it's as if he's watching us. There's also been strange activity on the server and I'm worried about DarkmoonCITY... Chief Glare, you should also head back home soon." Glare nodded in agreement and Light Fang went back home.
Union Room
"Shade, you did very well. Your matches were worthy of the opening day." complimented Julia. Chaos added on, "Sukekiyo, Kakumi tomorrow is the Bronze Tournament. I'm counting on the both of you." "The Night Crow and Light Fang are old rivals. Winning is important, but even more so is to have a good match." reminded Julia. Sukekiyo, wavy short purple hair boy with his long fringe parting to his right and behind his ear, replied confidently "Leave it to us! We'll beat'em with ease!" Kakumi, long wavy orange hair girl wearing a purple headband with her fringe also part to her right, also replied in the same manner. " Don't worry. We won't lose to the Light Fang!" Shade stood between the two Tamers who are clearly a few years older than herself (Shade is 13 years old). Julia and Chaos nodded in response. "Good! We're all counting on all of you so get some rest today. You're dismissed. Shade, I'd like you to stay. We...have something to talk to you about." Shade nodded and stepped forward while Sukekiyo and Kakumi stared at each other wondering what could they possibly have to talk about with her but decided that it was none of their business and left them alone.
After they were left alone, Julia began to ask something. "Shade, do you remember the strange guy we say at Thiller Ruins and at the match? Not only did the guy appear in Thiller Ruins, but also at the match between Night Crow and Light Fang. He must be up to something..." "The strange power he had to make the wild Digimon become aggressive...if the same thing happened during the match or at the DigiColisseum, it would be a mess." stated Chaos and he continued on, "There's also one other thing. Chief Glare may have known him. I could sense something in his eyes when he saw him at the DigiColisseum. But it could just be my imagination." Julia pondered for a moment before saying, "I see. I'll ask Chief Glare about it tomorrow and Shade don't say anything to the others for now. I don't want to spread rumors. Now Shade, I sent you a gift for your good work. Head back to the Tamer Home and have a look." Shade nodded and they saluted before she left.
DarkmoonCITY:
On her way to the Tamer Home, the rest of the Rookie Tamers were waiting for Shade at the entrance. They said how nice it was to receive a gift and that they were jealous. At a certain point, Dorothy and Newton got into a little verbal fight and it ended with Newton getting silence by Dorothy's smart response. The group laughed lightly and afterwards, they left for the Tamer Home. The Tamer Home is where tamers stay at and where they can raise the rest of their Digimon party in a Farm Island by accessing the computer there. It works like a platform that allows tamers to switch their party Digimons with those on standby and take care of them as the Farmland is a virtual space for Digimons to relax and train in when their bored. One can also DNA Digivolve their Digimons there too. The training equipment for the Farms can be purchased at the Farm Shop. Shade entered the Tamer home and was approached by a mouse-like Digimon with a vertical red line across his two eyes, a Phascomon. "Shade congratulations! I am very proud to be your NaviDigimon at the home. Oh and the present we received for your great performance was actually a Farm Island Card! Good for you. Now you own a Farm Island." said the Phascomon, Saz, cheerfully. Shade was overjoyed by the present as well but it was quickly replaced with exhaustion. She let out a big yawn as her eyes became slightly teary. "Ah, of course you would be tired from the Normal Tournament earlier! I'm sorry for not noticing and holding you up. Go to sleep early so you get enough rest for tomorrow. Good night Shade. Oh and make sure you brush your teeth before you sleep!" reminded Saz as he left Shade to sleep. Shade scratched her cheek with one finger at Saz's Tournament comment and soon after, she removed her shoes before heading to her bed. She collapsed onto her bed and it didn't take long before everything went blank.
Around DarkmoonCITY, Tamers of different ranks and even Digimons were anxious for the upcoming tournaments, Bronze and Silver. Some were even talking about the Normal Tournament which took place earlier on when all of a sudden, a slight tremor shook before being followed by a massive tremor. DarkmoonCITY shook violently and it could be felt at every corner of the city. The tremor soon ended and the city alarm started blaring. Many Tamers were baffled at what was going on. Violent tremors and the alarm blaring right afterwards certainly indicated that something very bad happened since the city alarm has never went off before and to confirm their woes, a big purple egg-like object with a malicious expression appeared out of thin air at the city's entrance. Nearby Tamers and Digimons surrounded the purple egg instantly but he didn't seem bothered at all. Instead, it merely laughed evilly. Sparks began to crackle from his body and many big dark purple spheres shot out all around it. A big tremor once again shook DarkmoonCITY followed by a bright light engulfed the surroundings blinding all of them temporarily and when the light diminished, every Tamer was unconscious while the Digimons turned back into DigiEggs! With the same mysterious ability, he teleported further into the city and took out their defenses with ease.
Back at the Tamer Home, Saz their NaviDigimon, Phascomon, urgently woke Shade. He began explaining that DarkmoonCITY's security was attacked by a virus. It affected their systems greatly and all the Digimon turned back into eggs. Shade's were no exception either except that her Digimons turned back to being Rookie Digimons instead of DigiEggs. This fully awakened Shade from her daze instantly as she everything registered in her head and Shade went to search for the purple egg shortly afterwards. It took awhile but she finally located it in the Union Room. Julia and Chaos were desperately preventing their minds from being taken over by the intruder, purple egg, but with one more attack, they began to fall unconscious.
Shade's POV
I finally found the intruder that Saz was talking about in the Union Room and hurriedly sprinted to it. By the time I had finally reached it, everybody in the Union Room including Chief Julia and Chaos were unconscious. Seeing as I was the only Tamer left standing, I decided to face the inturder in attempt to stop it. Just as I was about to summon my Digimon, Chief Julia was barely able to warn me before completely falling unconscious to be very careful as this was no ordinary Digimon. I nodded and gulped. Fighting against something that can easily break through the city's defenses with Rookie Digimons will be far from a walk in the park but this depended on me now. I can't afford to lose!
So here's Chap 2. Its way longer than the previous Chap and hopefully its more enjoyable to read too. It's pretty obvious what would happen to the battle since the starting part of this fanfic is in the game so my original and personal events would come in much later. But no worries because I have no intentions to drag out this fanfic unnecessarily. After all, this is my first fanfic so I'm mainly testing it out for improvements in my text/presentation/plot creation and experience. Sorry again for the super slow update but I've got other priorities to attend to right now so I'm afraid that you'll have to bear with me. Thank you for reading :)
