Chapter 3
Author's Note: speaking mentally with spirits
Digital World:
Flamedramon had long since returned with food and at the sight Takuya had learned he was voraciously hungry. Davis had been right, so if they wanted to stay in fighting form they needed to make sure they got a significant amount of food first. Flamedramon had reverted to Veemon and had joined Takuya in the feeding frenzy. Serena and Davis had wisely opted to grab their food and then get out of the way. Once they'd all sated themselves they continue on, both Davis and Serena urging Takuya to try and communicate with Agunimon, the more Takuya understood about his new abilities the better.
Takuya had agreed with this, knowing that only he and Veemon could defend Serena and Davis until they found their spirits. Davis' D-Tector was brown and tan while Serena's was a burnt orange and brown. Since there seemed to be an element theme here than they were guessing Davis would be Earth while she had Wood, possibly. No other elements made sense with that particular color scheme. Takuya manages to get himself into his Zen soccer state and finds himself face to face with Agunimon. " I am impressed that you managed this already, Takuya. "
" Hey, it's only Veemon and I that can protect Davis and Ser until they get their spirits. Besides, look at one of my memories when I'm on the soccer field, Agunimon, this is my soccer Zen state. "
Agunimon does so, and sighs, " I stand corrected. They were right, the better we can communicate with each other the better off we'll all be. We are literally fire, Takuya, no form of fire can harm you, plus, if it is flame related damage you can fix or heal it. "
" Now, I just have to figure out how to call up the flames without spirit evolving, right? "
" That would be a start, yeah. " Agunimon says.
Davis and Serena are both shocked to see flame licking around Takuya's hands, " I think he found Agunimon. " Davis says.
" Definitely. " Serena and Veemon say as they all watch Takuya continue to walk while the flames twine around him like a playful cat.
" At least he's connecting with his spirit and his powers. This can only prove to be helpful to us. " Davis says. The landscape is slowly changing from a rocky area with hot springs to a lush meadow with plenty of bushes. Now they knew where Flamedramon had gotten the food from earlier.
Both of them go sailing back when an attack slams the ground in front of them. Davis manages to switch digi eggs in his D-Terminal, " Digi Armor Energize! "
" Veemon armor digivolve to… Raidramon, the storm of friendship. "
Takuya snaps out of his Zen state in time to see Davis and Serena fall into separate holes that opened up under them thanks to a pair of Drimogemon. Serena curses as she falls to the ground only to trail off when she looks up. There in front of her was a feminine looking totem, it looked like she wore leaves for clothes and bark for her boots. The top looked similar to a tube top and was a deep crimson while the bottom looked like cargo shorts in yellow while the skin had a burnt orange tone. She stands up even as in her mind's eye they walk together and levels her D-Tector while pressing the button on the side, " SPIRIT! Execute…Spirit Evolution! Maderamon! "
Meanwhile Davis has managed to tuck and roll coming to his feet quite easily, and smirks when he spots his totem, " You got a name, Spirit? "
" Child of Miracles, I must say, I wasn't expecting you to be my chosen partner. You can call me Erdemon. " The totem looked quite impish and the armor was similar to Agunimon only in shades of brown and tan.
" You don't mind sharing me with Veemon, right? "
" Fear not, Miracles, he was your partner first, I would never think to try and replace him or make you give him up. "
Davis grins and grabs his D-Tector, leveling it at Erdemon and pressing the button on the side, " SPIRIT! Execute…Spirit Evolution! Erdemon! "
Top side Agunimon and Raidramon have their hands full with the Drimogemon and a Lady Devimon. " Root Snare! "
From under the ground several roots pop up and tangle around the Drimogemon, allowing Raidramon and Agunimon to finish the fight with them. Agunimon claims the fractal codes even as an impish digimon pops out from underground, riding on a pillar of dirt and slamming a hammer into the middle of Lady Devimon's wings. The evil angel rights herself and Maderamon flies out of the hole she had fallen into, she hadn't noticed the plum colored wings on the totem, " Bring it, bitch! "
Lady Devimon slams into her and Maderamon spins them around while kneeing Lady Devimon in the gut. Then she grabs her blonde hair before spinning her around and slamming her into the ground. " Darkness Wave! "
Maderamon was quick to dodge only to get her hair painfully yanked. She rams both elbows back as hard as she can, her hair looked like an autumn display of color. The evil angel lets go and Maderamon flips upside down, nailing Lady Devimon with a kick. The evil angel manages to right herself easily enough. Erdemon, Agunimon, and Raidramon all watch the cat fight, " Agunimon, your girlfriend is terrifying. "
" Hey, Maderamon is not my…" Agunimon starts.
" Save it, she is too, Agunimon. " Takuya fires back.
The human flame spirit pouts as his human partner doesn't let him deny it. Takuya rolls his eyes at this, " Even I admit that Ser is my girlfriend, we just can't date openly until she gets done saving the world from non-digital things. " Takuya tells him.
The males just sit back and watch, after that one time that Gatomon got into a major cat fight with a Doumon both Davis and Veemon learned that the female temper is a fearsome thing and should not be trifled with. Maderamon curses as she gets slammed with a Darkness Wave attack, " Poplar Pother! "
" Is it just me or does that attack resemble Leaf Storm from Pokémon? " Agunimon asks.
" Not just you, cous. " Erdemon says.
Lady Devimon curses as this attack connects with her and her fractal code shows, " Lady Devimon, your wings are clipped, fractal code, digitize! " Maderamon says and then she lands, promptly losing her hold on the evolution and diving for the nearest food bearing bush.
The others end their evolutions and follow her lead, eating as much as they needed to. Serena rolls her shoulders and reaches into her subspace pocket for a purple backpack she had modified, " Load it up, it holds more than you think, boys, my shoulders are killing me from flying so much. Not used to using wings. Knew I should have practiced flying too, just to work up those muscles. " the blonde mutters that last part, irritated with herself.
" You have wings! " Davis, Veemon, and Takuya all exclaim.
" Yeah, white angel like wings unless my dark side takes over, then they're black. " Serena answers, " Just never saw the need to fly. Now, well, I guess I can practice here with no one freaking out, huh? "
Real World, Odaiba:
Tai is still glaring at the younger kids, what the hell had they been thinking anyhow, alienating and belittling their leader like that? Sora sighs, " Inoue-san, you are a huge disappointment, you couldn't get past your own insecurities so you attacked Davis to make yourself feel better. Mimi was never that cruel, sure she may have been spoiled at first but Digiworld and Palmon changed her for the better. You haven't changed, except maybe for the fact that you got even bitchier. How you inherited my crest I have no fucking clue. "
" Davis was the perfect inheritor of my crest, which has just been proven by him going off on his own. At least he didn't try to kill any of you before doing so, he still took the higher road. It was his friendship with Veemon that allowed him to use the Digi Egg of Friendship, and the bond he has with Tai. He could really only call Cody a friend at that point because Ken was still being controlled by MaloMyotismon. Gatomon understands what that's like, it's why she's never said a harsh word about Ken, and why she probably dressed Kari down in private for not trusting Ken or giving him the benefit of the doubt sooner. " Matt says.
" Matt's right, " Gatomon speaks up, " Unlike the rest of you, I know that you need to be ruthless and reckless sometimes in order to win the fight. Sometimes you have to be willing to delete or kill your enemy. The Dark Masters would have walked all over you guys as Kari and TK have become way too pacifistic in the time of peace. Sometimes you have to pick up a damn sword and really fight. Even Cody gets that concept. "
" Yes, you're right, we are too hesitant to escalate a fight, to finish an enemy. I'm learning to get past that because I have no other choice. Davis saved all of our asses against MaloMyotismon and again just recently with Diaboromon, then Armageddemon, we had to delete him or countless lives would have been lost. Davis understood that all along, we didn't, though Kari and TK should have, being veteran Digidestines. " Cody states.
Izzy and Joe look at their successor, they'd gotten lucky with their successor as well. Sora and Mimi's was a spoiled bitch that needed to grow up. Sure, Davis was rough around the edges but so had Tai and Matt been during their first tour of duty. People made mistakes, that was how they learned.
Digiworld:
Ken, Wormmon, Takato, and Guilmon have exchanged their own stories as they continue to walk on. They were all curious as to why they had been called this time. They'd find out soon enough, " Go to the Forest Terminal, you will find your answers there. " a voice emits from their D-Tectors.
" Where is the Forest Terminal? " Ken asks out loud.
A holomap pops up on Takato's D-Tector and away they go, following the direction the arrow pointed in.
Takuya, Davis, Serena, and Veemon all blink at the message, they boys had finished stocking up on food, which included juicy fruits so they wouldn't get dehydrated. A map pops up on Davis' D-Tector and they set out, they figured they might as well get moving.
Candlemon Village:
Orimoto Zoey, Shibayama Junpei, preferring to be called JP, and Himi Tomoki, preferring to be called Tommy, Bokomon, keeper of the book, and Neemon, keeper of his pants have also gotten the message and Bokomon was directing them there. Up on the recently restored bridge, thanks to Tommy, a Franken Trailmon passes by with one Minamoto Koji on it, also on his way to the Forest Terminal. He had saved the others back in Flame Terminal, where he had gained his Spirit of Light, Lobomon.
Meadowy Area:
Serena keeps her senses on alert even as she dives into herself to try and connect with Maderamon. Learning the ins and outs of using her new found talents was an absolute must. " I was wondering how long it would take you, dear princess. " Maderamon says.
Serena winces at the use of the title, " Please don't call me that. Nothing good ever came from me being the Moon Princess, I was utterly miserable. I basically had no one as I was the untouchable Moon Princess. My Inner Court was an absolute joke, they barely tolerated me. Mars verbally bullied me all the time, Venus constantly made fun of my wardrobe, Mercury insulted my intelligence on a regular basis, and Jupiter, her training was actually just an excuse to beat me up. "
Maderamon looks at her human partner, she'd suffered through so much and yet she was still capable of living to see the next day, " Don't read into that, A) I refuse to die until I have spited my parents whom thought I wouldn't amount to anything, B) I have Takuya, losing me would crush him. I have no other reasons to continue living. "
" Surely living for your soul mate is enough. " Maderamon asks.
" I wish, do you know how often he has to convince me to live on for another day. I am so tired of it all, I just want to finally rest. Are you powers anything similar to the Jovian planet powers? " Serena asks her.
Maderamon frowns as she views the memories of the Jovian powers that Serena had, " Actually, yes. I may be the spirit of wood, but well, nature, in a way would be more fitting, or perhaps Flora. "
" This means I can recreate the Flower Hurricane and perhaps even the Coconut Cyclone, right, as Coconuts grow on trees. " Serena says.
Maderamon grins and laughs maniacally, " I love where you're going with this. You and I are going to get along just fine. "
Takuya can sense Agunimon shiver suddenly, " What's up, Agunimon? "
" An impending sense of doom. Is Serena violently vindictive? "
Takuya pales drastically at this question asked, " Please, for the love of Amaterasu, tell me Maderamon isn't violently vindictive. "
" Wish I could, they just bonded over something that has Maderamon laughing maniacally. " Agunimon says.
Davis is wondering why Erdemon is cowering in fear in his mindscape, Veemon feels a shiver travel down his spine, something had just happened, something terrifying, " Erdemon, what has you so terrified? "
" Maderamon is laughing maniacally over something she and her partner were talking over. Everyone knows that Maderamon is violently vindictive, vicious, exceedingly so when her anger is aroused. " Erdemon answers.
" Sounds like any other female out there. " Davis points out.
" You don't get it, an unholy alliance has just been made. " Erdemon says, " Between Maderamon and her partner. "
" Takky, did Agunimon give you a better explanation? " Davis asks.
" They're too similar, Dai. They're both violently vindictive. " Takuya says shakily.
" Damn, well, this trip will definitely be interesting to say the least. " Davis says, shuddering as well. Veemon pales too, no wonder that shiver had traveled his spine.
" Davish, why are all females scary? " Veemon asks.
" Damned if I know, even the sweet ones generally have a bitch mode when pushed. " Davis says.
" I'm not that scary, am I, Taku-chan? " Serena asks.
Takuya groans, " Ser, that's a catch 22 question. "
" Answer me honestly, you know I won't hurt you, Taku-chan. " Serena says, she knew he hated catch 22 questions.
" You can be, Ser, I love you dearly, you damn well know that, but your temper, when it does engage, is a wondrous and terrifying sight to behold. " Takuya answers.
Serena sighs, " Well, part of it is how I was raised, how I grew up, the rest, well I do have a darker personality, I'm just more capable of coming up with graphic ways to kill someone, I'm the one that will torture someone, she will stalk her pray, have them jumping out of their skin. I prefer to make my victims live and suffer, she outright kills them. "
Author's Note: Pother as a noun can mean commotion or uproar, as a verb to worry; bother. Hassle and harass are two synonyms for pother as well.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Digimon.
