Happy Valentine's Day! As my gift, here's the next chapter. Much more action than the first two, and I think it might be a bit more confusing, so here are some clarifications that may help.
1. This is more of an integration of 02 and Tamers, not really a crossover. Throughout the Tamers series, there has been hints of things from 02, such as the comment about Takato's glasses and Kazu bringing up Yolei, etc.
2. With the involvement of the Crests of Light and Hope, the importance of them is averagely great, as they are the "Key" to releasing the Digi-eggs of Light and Darkness, which will be brought up in later chapters.
3. Yes, if you've noticed that the title of this chapter is "Golden Armour Digivolving", then yes, it's the same Golden Armour Digivolving involved in both 02 and Digimon: The Movie prt. 3 (with Willis). Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon will be able to automatically digivolve into their ultimate forms without having to go through their champion ones, as they do in the show (Even though I know that may not neccesarily be the case with Golden Armour Digivolving, but I figured it was close if Terriermon golden armour digivolved into Rapidmon in the movie.)
Also, in addition to that, I've half-created a twist to Golden Armour Digivolving, if you shall notice later in this chapter.
4. As mentioned by ARCtheElite, I suppose that there is no REAL distinction between the Digimon Empress and the Digimon Emperor of 02 (at least, nothing I can find yet. lol), but yet, I will try to make the Digimon Empress more unique in her own sense and etc. Thanks for pointing that out for me, ARCtheElite!
5. With the involvement of mentioning TK within the story, I am strongly assuming that Tamers took place quite a long time after 02, and thus, the tamers have read his book(s).
6. None of the Digimon mentioned in the WHOLE story will be made up, all Digimon mentioned in this story exist in the Digital World. If you don't believe me, look up the picture of it on Google. :D lol. It helps to view the actual scene in your mind, if you're one of those "Imagine-this-scene-actually-happening-in-your-head" kinda person, like me! :D
7. I'm not sure whether Patamon and Gatomon can ACTUALLY warp digivolve to Mega, but in this story, they do (with the help of a Modify Card). Just to let you know. I'll probably allow Guilmon, Terriermon and Renamon to do that too, WITHOUT biomerging with their tamers. I'll explain this later on in the story, but let's just keep things going one at a time for now...
8. Last but not least, the theory of "Love at First Sight". Though I know this is a really overused, cliche kinda thing, I have planned to put both major and minor hardships throughout their relationship, and plus, it was only a one-sided Love at First Sight. (SPOILER: Kori already had begun to fall in love with Henry as she was still being held by Zhuqiaomon. She saw the compassion he had towards the others and Terriermon, and her feelings for him began to grow. This will be mentioned within later chapters.) Sure, it's a risky concept I'm working with, but it's worth a try.
If you need any more clarifications please PM me and don't be afraid to ask! Wow... that's quite a list for clarifications. lol. One more thing to note, most of to all of the Modify Cards that are mentioned in this chapter I completely made up (unless they actually exist...)... Anyway, onto the story! Please R&R!
Digimon Tamers (c) Yukio Kaizawa
Chapter Three: Golden Armour Digivolving
"Ah… I'm stuffed," Terriermon sighed happily as he sat on Henry's head as they began to walk through the large park to get back to the apartment.
"It was really nice of you to pay for dinner," Henry said to Kori, "Thank you."
She shook her head. "It's no problem. I'm paid every month by the government and they provide the funding for my apartment fees, so it's nice to put the cash to use by taking friends out to dinner," she replied.
"I liked the fish filet," Gatomon said, "It was purrfect."
"I liked the dumplings," Patamon stated, looking at Kori from his position on her shoulder, "They were good."
Terriermon sighed, "I liked… everything…"
They all laughed.
Suddenly, a strange wind blew by, and both Kori and Henry's Digivices began to beep and they pulled them out.
"Oh no…" Kori breathed, "Not now."
"A Digimon? But I thought the feud with the Digimon Sovereigns was over," Henry said.
Gatomon looked around cautiously. "It is. This is something completely different," she said.
All of a sudden, the place burst into fog, and the group bunched closer together. Without warning, a large plant Digimon came into view. It was black, green and purple, and half resembled a human, except with huge red claws on his feet. Dark purple and black flames rose around him as dark power raged.
Henry looked at his Digivice and an image of the Digimon appeared as well as the name and status.
"Argomon, a virus plant Digimon, ultimate level. His attacks are Imprisonment, Elimination Line and Hypnos Claw. I don't think this fight will be an easy one. Be careful, Terriermon!" he said.
"You guys be careful too!" Kori told Gatomon and Patamon.
Argomon pointed at Kori, and suddenly his hand shot out into vine and trapped her against a tree.
"Kori!" her friends shouted.
"What do you want from me?" she yelled at the virus Digimon.
"Your powers are wanted by the Digimon Empress, and so she wants you to work by her side, and together, conquer the Digital World," Argomon replied.
"Never!" she hissed, "I'd rather die."
"So be it," the plant said, and suddenly electricity surrounded the vines and Kori screamed in pain.
Seeing his friend in danger, Henry ran over to her, pulled out a card and swiped it through his Digivice. "Digimodify!" he yelled, "Metalphantomon's Scythe activate!"
A large scythe appeared in Terriermon's tiny paws, and he cut through the vines, and the vines holding Kori disappeared, and she collapsed into Henry's arms.
"Are you okay?" he demanded, gently cradling her against him.
"Uh… yeah…" she breathed, trying to regain her balance, "Ugh… Argomon's been strengthened by dark powers. It's gonna be hard to beat him."
I hope the others get here in time to help, Henry thought desperately, still holding her gently against him protectively.
"Terrier Tornado!" Terriermon spun around quickly and a small green tornado flew towards Argomon and hit him without doing any damage.
"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon punched the virus Digimon, still not doing any damage.
Patamon circled around him before gulping in air and shooting it at him. "Boom Bubble!"
"My turn!" Argomon said, slashing vines at them, knocking them away.
"This guy just won't go down!" Henry shouted, "Terriermon, you've got to Digivolve!"
"No!" Kori disagreed, pulling out a card, "We'll try doing things my way!" She swiped the card through her Digivice and yelled, "Digimodify! Warp Digivolution activate!"
Blue and pink light immediately engulfed Patamon and Gatomon, and Argomon cringed away from the bright light.
"Patamon!" "Gatomon!" the Digimon yelled.
"Warp digivolve to…"
Patamon warp digivolved into a ten golden-winged angel with blue and golden armour. "Seraphimon!"
Gatomon warp digivolved into a serpentine dragon with ten wings, a lion-like muzzle and two horns. "Magnadramon!"
"Whoa!" Henry exclaimed, looking at the info his Digivice was giving him, "Seraphimon, a Mega vaccine type Digimon. Special attacks are Strike of the Seven Stars, Hallowed Ascension and Seraph Wing! Glad he's on our side. Now, Magnadramon, another Mega vaccine type Digimon. Special attacks, Fire Tornado, Dragon Fire and Hermit Fog. This is amazing, not to mention crazy!"
Kori heaved out a breath and fell to her knees in exhaustion. There was a small cost to their Warp Digivolving. Henry dropped to her side and asked her if she was okay. She nodded before turning up to Seraphimon and Magnadramon. "You've got to release the Golden Digi-eggs!"
Suddenly, Rika and Takato ran over to Kori and Henry, just as Renamon and Guilmon took a swipe at Argomon.
"Henry!" Rika and Takato shouted, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," he replied quickly, "This is Kori Hinagaya. She's the one who brought our Digimon back to us."
"We'll make the introductions later," Kori said, standing up, "Right now, we've got to do something."
Seraphimon and Magnadramon flew high up into the air and Magnadramon began to circle around Seraphimon, and a star below their necks began to glow brightly.
"No!" Argomon shouted, shooting vines towards them.
"Diamond Storm!" Shards of diamond light appeared as Renamon jumped into the air and spread out her arms and cut through the vines before they could reach the two Mega-level Digimon.
Three streams of light emerged from Seraphimon and Magnadramon, and each landed in front of Takato, Rika and Henry. They held out their hands and the light emerged into three shining golden eggs, each in a different shape.
"Now the others can Golden Armour Digivolve!" Magnadramon shouted.
"What are we suppose to do with this?" Rika inquired.
"Nothing!" Argomon snarled as he shot vines at them, but hit Kori instead as she ran in front of them. The vines snapped her back against another tree, and the vines wrapped tightly around her body.
"Kori!" Henry shouted.
As Terriermon, Guilmon, and Renamon ran over to help, Argomon whipped more vines and they were also ensnared.
"Guilmon!" Takato yelled.
"Renamon!" Rika cried.
"No! Terriermon!" Henry shouted desperately, unsure of what to do.
Kori weakly glared at Argomon as the virus Digimon glared back at her. "Golden armour energize!" she yelled.
Instantly, the three golden Digi-eggs began to glow, and so did Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon, causing Argomon to let go of them.
"Guilmon!" "Renamon!" "Terriermon!"
"Golden Armour Digivolve to…"
All three rookies immediately digivolved into their ultimate forms, except with glowing golden and silver armour (if they had any), and glowing bodies.
"Wargrowlmon!" Guilmon had changed into this larger dinosaur with protective silver and golden armour. "Taomon!" Renamon had on traditional shaman clothing, except for the fact it was glowing silver. "Rapidmon!" Terriermon had become a larger rabbit with glowing golden armour on his body.
"This is crazy!" Takato shouted, "They just changed into their Ultimate forms without having to go through their Champion forms."
"This feels strange. But I feel a lot more powerful than when I normally digivolve to this form," Rapidmon said.
"Impossible!" Argomon sneered, turning to Kori, tightening the vines around her neck, "You're going to pay."
"Talisman of Light!" Taomon had a large brush and quickly drew a symbol, which light came forth. "Rapid Fire!" Rapidmon shot missiles at Argomon. "Atomic Blaster!" Wargrowlmon shot beams from the two cannons on his chest. "Strike of the Seven Stars!" Seraphimon fired seven balls of energy. "Fire Tornado!" Magnadramon shot spiral flames from her mouth. All of the attacks made a direct hit on Argomon, and as he screamed, he began to disappear into data.
"The Digimon Empress will rule you all!" he yelled as he disappeared.
"Not if we can help it," Rapidmon said.
As the fog began to clear, the Digimon de-digivolved back into their rookie forms (with the exception of Gatomon).
"Kori!" Henry shouted, running over to her unmoving form. He took her into his arms and gently shook her as the others followed over to them.
"I'm awake, I'm awake," she muttered, opening her golden eyes and staring into his, "Hi."
He sighed in relief. "Are you okay?" he inquired.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied, sitting up.
"Kori!" Patamon and Gatomon shouted as they ran/flew into her arms.
"So you're Kori?" Takato implored, "The same Kori that brought Guilmon and the others back?"
She nodded. "I'm guessing you're Takato, which would make you Rika," she said, "It's nice to finally meet you, though it could be under better conditions. Did you guys get the message to meet me tomorrow here at the park?"
They both nodded. Suddenly, Rika hugged Kori, surprising a lot of people.
"Thank you so much for bringing Renamon back to me," she thanked gratefully, "I thought I had lost her."
"Um… it's no problem," Kori replied, a bit startled.
"So what was that, anyway?" Takato asked, "What was Argomon talking about with this 'Digimon Empress'? And also the 'Golden Armour Digivolving'?"
"The Digimon Empress, or so she calls herself, is this woman that is trying to take over the Digital World and turn it into a world of darkness. Luckily for us, the only way she can do that is capture me because, with the help of Gatomon and Patamon, we can release the Digi-eggs of Light and Darkness, which she would use to take over the world. She's been sending all sorts of dark Digimon after me since. I've been on the run from her because I need some help. The problem was that I couldn't find it in me to ask all of you to help me. I know you were just getting over the fact that you got your partners back, and so I knew it was a bad idea to rush you guys back into something that would endanger your Digimon, but…" she trailed off.
"I'll do it," Henry determined.
"Hey, we'll all do it," Takato corrected.
Kori's eyes brightened. "Really? You'll help me?"
They nodded.
"After all, you've helped us before," Rika said, smirking, "And it never hurts to help a friend. Right, Renamon?"
The fox Digimon nodded. "Right."
Terriermon leaped onto Kori's shoulder. "We'll help make Patamon and Gatomon's job easier too."
"Thank you, all of you," she sighed in relief and exhaustion, "Also, about the Golden Digi-eggs, they can only be released by Patamon and Gatomon in their Mega forms, and they will pretty much turn any rookie directly into their Ultimate forms except their power will have increased by three-fold. Once the Golden Digi-eggs are released, you activate them by saying 'Golden Armour Energize', and so that's how I activated them before."
"Will we also be able to activate the Digi-eggs?" Takato implored.
"Yep!" Patamon said happily, sitting on top of Kori's head.
"But we only use them as a last resort," Gatomon warned, "because releasing them takes energy and strength from Kori. None of us know why, but it just does."
"By the way, what was that card you used earlier to make Patamon and Gatomon digivolve?" Henry inquired.
"Oh, a Warp Digivolution card. It's a bit rare, as well as a few other cards I have. But I have good reason to have those cards. The most experienced tamers, like Ryo and myself can only use some of my cards. I'm pretty sure you guys should be able to control most of them, but it's best you not try it. There may be harmful results to both you and your Digimon if something were to go wrong," she explained.
She stood up before faltering, and in reaction, Henry grabbed her and helped to sturdy her. "Ugh… thanks," she said before turning to Takato, Guilmon, Rika and Renamon. "Thanks for coming to help out, and we'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay. See you!" Takato shouted as he ran with Guilmon back to his hideout.
"Bye Gatomon and Patamon!" Guilmon said.
"We'll see you tomorrow," Rika said as she walked away with Renamon.
Terriermon climbed back onto Henry's shoulder. "Let's go home," he announced.
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When they arrived at Kori's doorstep, she unlocked the door and turned to Henry as Gatomon and Patamon went inside.
"Thank you for saving my life back there," she thanked, "I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't saved me."
"Hey, what are you thanking him for? I was the one that cut you out," Terriermon complained.
Kori chuckled, "That's true. Thank you too, Terriermon." She kissed the bunny Digimon on the cheek, making him blush.
Terriermon's ears perked up and he floated down to the ground next to Henry with his cheeks pink. "No problem."
"And thank you too," Kori said, hugging Henry before kissing him on the cheek. "I hope you had a good time tonight like I did."
Henry's cheeks started to turn bright pink and he nodded. "Y-Yeah. And I'm glad you're okay too," he told her, then he dismissed her with, "Well… good night. I'll see you tomorrow." He knew he was bound to embarrass himself if he stayed there any longer.
"I'll come and pick you and Suzie up around noon, and we'll head out to meet the others at the park by Guilmon's hideout," she said, "Good night Henry, Terriermon."
Henry and Terriermon left back next door.
"Welcome back, Henry. How was your night?" Mr. Wong inquired.
"Pretty fun. We did run into a little trouble with a Digimon," Henry replied, "But we all made it out just fine."
"Dinner was amazing," Terriermon added, "And delicious."
"Okay, I'm gonna go to bed now. Good night, Dad," Henry said.
"Okay, good night Henry, good night Terriermon," Mr. Wong replied as Henry and Terriermon left back to his room.
After bathing, changing and turning off the lights, Henry went to bed. Before he drifted off into sleep, he recalled Kori's kiss, and gently touched his cheek where she had kissed him.
I think... he thought as he closed his eyes, I think that I've fallen for my first crush...
Hmm.... okay, well... as I said, if you need anymore clarification on anything so far, don't be afraid to PM me!
Or you could just include it in your review! (*hint, hint*)
Sorry if my brief descriptions of the Ultimate level Digimon (WarGrowlmon, Rapidmon, Taomon) suck, cause I was conflicting with myself whether I should bother to write one. Anyway, in case you don't know, it's just the same normal appearance except glowing silver and gold.
Please Review and I'll update!