Digimon Lancer
By Screech04
Chapter 2: What It Takes
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon
Daniel stared at the sleeping form of Guilmon as he was eating a corn dog, "I wonder what Digimon dream about?" he said to himself. Before he met Guilmon, Daniel had sleepless nights or the times he did sleep, he wouldn't have any dreams. That day he met Guilmon, he had a dream of being in a forest, his first dream in a long time. Since then Daniel's been having dreams like a normal person, "Its going to take a lot of courage to explain this to mom."
"You say something?" Guilmon said wearily as he woke up.
"No just thinking to myself." Daniel finished the corn dog he was eating, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, just a little…" Daniel saw as Guilmon's eyes changed into a more feral state and started to growl.
"Guilmon?" Daniel asked, he turned his head and saw Guilmon was growling at a rabbit. A few seconds later Guilmon started to run after it, "Guilmon, that's a rabbit leave it alone." But nothing Daniel said kicked the Digimon out of catching the rabbit. The rabbit ran into a dog house. If Guilmon's feral state shocked Daniel, the next thing would shock him more.
"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon shot a hot red fireball into the dog house which exploded as soon as the fireball went inside the dog house.
"I think we're going to need a new dog house." Daniel blankly stated, Guilmon returned to his normal state.
"Sorry about that Daniel. Just when something feels like a threat I have to do everything I can to protect you."
"You were protecting me… from a rabbit?" Daniel asked, "You blew up my friggin dog house. How am I going to explain this to mom? Hey mom, what's that? What happened to the dog house? Well a red dinosaur came in one day and just blew it up for no reason."
"Oh come on, everyone makes mistakes." Guilmon groaned.
"Really?" Daniel sarcastically asked.
"Sure fast food employees, bank accountants, school teachers, sex offenders, political figures, a country's leader or leaders." Guilmon explained.
"For someone who hasn't been to the human world before, you know some stuff about it."
"What can I say, I try." Guilmon laughed while Daniel sighed, but then joined Guilmon in laughter as well.
"I better loosen this lightly so I don't get oil on myself, augh damn it!" a girl said as she was working on her car which was a 1995 Dodge Intrepid. She rolled out from underneath it; she was a slender, but fit brunette. Here hair reached down past her shoulders. Her skin seemed fairly tanned. She wore car mechanic outfit on and was covered with oil marks.
"Hey Veemon, can you hand me that new oil can." She said as a small blue dragon Digimon walked up holding a box, "Thanks." She grabbed it and rolled back under her car to put the oil can in.
"No problem Nikki." Veemon gave thumbs up and went back to his own business. He was messing around with old oil cans; building stuff out of them, kicking them around, etc. Until something caught his attention, "What was that?" he turned to look at Nikki, but he saw her hard at work and decided that no harm could be done if he went by himself. He walked down the streets of Bayside by himself, oddly no people were outside of their homes, "Something doesn't feel right, augh!" Veemon was hit from a force behind him. He turned and saw a green ogre Digimon walking up to him with a smirk on its face.
"Ha ha I Ogremon, will defeat you and then take your core back to Digital World as a gift for my master." The Ogremon stated.
"Well your master better have some better ideas whoever he is. Vee-Headbutt!" Veemon charged and head butted the Ogremon in the stomach.
"Ugh, no matter you'll come with me no matter what. Pummel Whack!" Ogremon fired a dark energy blast from his right fist, Veemon jumped out of the way as Ogremon's attack slammed into the side of a pickup truck.
"It's times like these I wish I would've brought Nikki along…" Veemon said as he jumped to avoid another one of Ogremon's attacks.
"Daniel I'm home." Daniel recognized that voice as he started to panic, "Daniel?"
"Quick into the tool shed." Daniel shoved Guilmon back into the tool shed. Making sure that Guilmon was well hidden, he turned to go meet his mom.
Too bad his mom was already outside ready to meet him.
"Daniel I been looking all over for you. What were you doing in the tool shed?" his mom asked.
"Nothing…" He innocently replied.
"Well I need to grab a hammer." His mother made to open the tool shed's doors.
"No!" Daniel stepped in front to prevent his mom from opening the tool shed.
"Why can't I go in the tool shed?" She asked with a hand on her hip.
"Cause there's mice in there." Daniel gave a slight chuckle.
"Daniel, sometimes you just need to grow up." His mother moved Daniel out of the way and opened the tool shed and looked inside, "See there's nothing in here." His mother grabbed a hammer and walked out, muttering something about mice while shaking her head.
"Whew at least she didn't ask about the dog house." Daniel sighed.
"Daniel?" Daniel turned and saw Guilmon pop out of an empty cardboard box.
"Geez Guilmon, if my mom would of saw you she would've flipped." Daniel then noticed that Guilmon's eyes went feral again, "Oh no not another rabbit."
"No it's something else." Guilmon said between growls, and with that Guilmon started to run off towards the front of the house and into the street.
"Guilmon wait for me." Daniel tried his best to keep up. After a few minutes he caught up to Guilmon who was staring at two figures fighting, "Veemon, rookie level, special attack: Vee-Headbutt. Ogremon, champion level, special attack: Pummel Whack." Daniel said as he looked at his watch gadget when images of Veemon and Ogremon popped on it. He then saw as the Ogremon hit Veemon across the face with his bone club
"Now to finish it!" Ogremon said as he raised his club over Veemon who lying on the pavement."
"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon shot a red fireball at the Ogremon which sent the Digimon flying into a tree.
"So you got friends huh? Well it makes the double the reward for me. Pummel Whack!" Ogremon fired his attack at Guilmon which hit him in the face knocking him into the ground. The ogre Digimon came walking up to Guilmon to finish him off when Daniel stepped in front of Guilmon.
"Daniel what are you doing?" Guilmon grunted.
"If you're going to get Guilmon, you have to come through me first!" Daniel stated to Ogremon.
"Very well. Pummel…" Ogremon was about to shoot Daniel with the attack when he was knocked to the side.
"Hey get out of the way!" Daniel turned and saw a brunette girl standing next to the Veemon.
"She has a Digimon as well?" Daniel said to himself.
"Got something to help me with Nikki?" Veemon asked her.
"Of course, let's see. How about this one?" Daniel watched as she reached into her pocket and put something into the watch gadget she was wearing. Veemon's right hand started to glow bright.
"Hand of Fate!" Veemon said as he thrust his fist forward and a bright beam of light shot out of it and collided with the Ogremon.
"No I was so close…" Ogremon yelled as the beam tore a hole in his chest and he dissolved into red particles.
"You ok?" the girl who Veemon referred to as Nikki walked up to Daniel and Guilmon.
"Yeah sure, what was that you just did that made Veemon do that attack?" Daniel asked.
"Oh that." Nikki started to laugh then pressed a button on her watch gadget, a little item popped of it. She turned and showed it to Daniel. The item appeared to look like a very tiny compact disc, on the front of it had a picture of angel which Daniel figured was a Digimon as well. "This is a Digi Disc, don't ask how it got that name since Veemon was the one who told me that's what they're called."
"What do they do?" Daniel asked still staring at the item in Nikki's hand.
"Well as far as I can tell they help your Digimon. This one is Angemon and I chose to have Veemon use one of Angemon's most powerful attacks, the Hand of Fate."
"How do you get one?"
"Well from what I experienced, you get them from defeating another Digimon." Nikki stated as a small transparent image appeared in front of her and another Digi Disk landed in her hand, the picture on this was of Ogremon, "Think of it as a trophy of sorts. Other times Digi Discs will appear to you when you need help the most. The Angemon one appeared when Veemon and I tried to take on a Digimon known as Devidramon. It seemed like Veemon was loosing and I wanted to help him real bad and all of a sudden a Digi Disk showed up. It was of Angemon, it looked like it fit into this little slot thing so I placed it in. All of a sudden Veemon's hand started to glow bright as you saw and he used the attack on the Devidramon beating it.
"Wow you seem experienced at this Digimon stuff?" Daniel exclaimed.
"Me, yeah right, I barely know anything about Digimon. In fact I still don't know what Digimon are even though I have one for a partner." Nikki laughed.
"I hear that." Daniel laughed as well.
"Oh I almost forgot, what's your name?" she asked him.
"My name? It's Daniel Jones and yours?" he asked right back.
"My name's Nicole Whiteman, but everyone calls me Nikki, even Veemon." She then shook Daniel's hand, "Jones… Jones? You wouldn't be going to Bayside High School would you?"
"Unfortunately…" he replied which made the two laugh, "Why do you go there?"
"Unfortunately." She repeated which made the two laugh again, "Actually Bayside's not that bad of a school." Which got a nod from Daniel.
"Yeah I know, how come I never see you around?" he asked.
"You know I was thinking the same thing, I've never seen you around before." She stated.
"Nikki, can we go home, I'm hungry and tired." Veemon said sleepily.
"Well I better get Veemon home, he gets cranky without food." Nikki said which Daniel smiled, "Nice to meet you Daniel, I hope I'll see you around school." She gave him a wink and walked off with Veemon.
"Yeah sure." He smiled which Guilmon caught on to.
"You like her?" Guilmon asked with a smile.
"What!? What are you implying?" He demanded.
"Oh nothing, I guess there is nothing sweeter then the sweet love between teenagers." Guilmon started to laugh.
"Are you saying I like her? I just met her." Daniel groaned.
"Whatever you say." Guilmon continued to laugh.
"Well fine, be a big jerk and see if I care. Still she was pretty cute." Daniel said as he and Guilmon started to walk back to his house. As the two walked off Nikki was watching them from behind a car.
"He's an odd one, that Daniel Jones." She said to herself.
"You just think he's cute." Veemon sarcastically remarked.
"Yeah sure, I think he's cute and I can hardly contain myself from him. Please, boys are a waste of time. They promise you so much then leave you for some skimpy bimbo who's on the cheerleading team." She remarked back to Veemon
"Ha, then why were so friendly with him?"
"What it's always appropriate to be nice and friendly to new people, unless they become assholes, then I kick their asses."
"Ha well can we go home?" Veemon whined.
"Sure." Nikki would never admit it to Veemon, but he was right. She thought Daniel Jones was cute… for a boy.
Daniel and Guilmon turned into a back alley to take a quick shortcut back home.
"You like her." Guilmon stated.
"Do not." Daniel defended.
"Do too."
"Do not."
"Do too…" Guilmon stopped and look serious.
"What is it?" Daniel asked.
"Nothing I thought sensed something." Guilmon started to walk again when a rabbit crossed their path.
"Hey isn't that the same rabbit we saw earlier, before you blew it up when it jumped inside the dog house." Daniel said as Guilmon's eyes went feral. The air around them started to get windy as Daniel felt a cold breeze rush past him. He looked up into the air and saw multiple articles of clothing floating along in the sky. A pair of blue jeans floated to the ground and landed hear the rabbit. The rabbit jumped onto the pair of blue jeans and both the animal and pants became enveloped in a bright light. In the place of the rabbit and blue jeans stood a rabbit creature wearing blue jeans, and had what appeared to be mini guns for hands. Daniel figured was a Digimon so he pressed a button on his watch, "Gargomon, champion level, special attacks: Gargo Lasers, Bunny Pummel. Oh man Guilmon is still weak from the fight with Ogremon.
"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon shouted as he shot a fireball at Gargomon who jumped into the air, the fireball collided with a trash can sending it into the air dropping flaming debris on the ground.
"Hey could you watch where you aim?" Daniel said he jumped out of the way to avoid getting hit from the flaming debris.
"Gargo Lasers!" Gargomon shouted as green lasers started to spew out of Gargomon's guns for hands.
"Augh." Guilmon grunted as he was being pummeled by the lasers.
"Give up yet?" Gargomon asked when he stopped firing.
"No!" Guilmon started to run circles around Gargomon.
"Stop moving so I can shoot you." Gargomon started to fire in all directions.
"Hey watch it!" Daniel shouted as a couple lasers flew past him.
"Rock Breaker!" Guilmon's claws became coated in fire and he slashed at Gargomon's back.
"Argh what a dirty trick." Gargomon stated as he turned to face Guilmon, "Take this, Bunny Pummel!" Gargomon threw a right punch into Guilmon's face, a left jab into the chest, then finally an uppercut which knocked Guilmon into the air flipping him backwards. Guilmon landed on the ground with a thud and started to pant.
"Oh man what can I do, Guilmon's doing this by himself. Am I not worthy to have him as a friend?" Daniel asked himself as he felt like he couldn't help his friend
"Time to say goodbye." Gargomon brought his guns ready to fire again.
"I wish I could help him." Daniel said as a bright flash appeared in front of him, the brightness disappeared and Daniel recognized what he was looking at, "A Digi Disc." He grabbed it and inserted it into his watch gadget, "Hmm Wargreymon huh? Guilmon isn't capable of using those, so how about this!" Daniel pressed a button on the gadget. Guilmon raised his right hand, white particles started to form on it until a shield with a sun symbol appeared.
"Thanks for the help Daniel." Guilmon said as he started to run towards Gargomon.
"No this can't be happening." Gargomon shouted as he fired his lasers which bounced off the shield. Guilmon got up close to Gargomon and slammed the shield into Gargomon's face.
"Time to return the favor!" Guilmon then used the shield to knock Gargomon up into the air, "Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon fired the attack upwards and hit Gargomon.
"No fair, you cheated!" Gargomon shouted a majority of his body dissolved into particles, his right arm with mini gun attachment landed on the ground dissolving a few seconds later. The shield dissolved off Guilmon's hand as well.
"We did it… We did it!" Daniel shouted as he ran up to Guilmon and hugged him.
"Yes we did, we make a great team. Daniel?" Guilmon asked.
"Yeah?" He replied.
"You've just proven you have what it takes for us to be partners." Guilmon stated.
"I did?"
"Yes during the battle with Ogremon, you placed yourself in front of me, you would sacrifice yourself so I would live. And now with Gargomon, I was nearly beaten and you felt like you couldn't do anything. But you never gave up and wished you could help me. That wish came true with the Digi Disc. You're proven you have what it takes." Guilmon smiled, "And that is what makes us partners."
"Yeah you're right. Well I'm glad we're partners." He smiled back when another bright flash appeared in front of him, "Another Digi Disc?" The thing formed in his hand and indeed it was another Digi Disc, only this time it had a picture of… "Gargomon." He gasped.
"Yes it's a Digimon's way of showing that he or she got beaten by a stronger Digimon, and will let him or her use their power in any way or form."
"Or you could just call it a trophy to keep as that girl put it." Daniel started to laugh while Guilmon only shrugged.
"You only say that cause you like her."
"Do not." Daniel remarked.
"Do too."
"Do not."
"Do too."
"Augh Guilmon you're impossible." That only made Guilmon laugh though.
End Of Chapter 2
I know the emergence of another person with a Digimon was kind of sudden, but it will be explained in a future chapter.