Hello, and welcome to chapter three of Digimon: New Journey, as per the usual, I do not own Digimon in any way, shape or form, nor do I own any of the characters...but I really, really, wish that I did, wouldn't that be awesome? Digimon Adventure 02 would have had a lot more characters if I had been in charge...sigh, dreams...Anyway, last chapter, Hitodamamon digivolved into the powerful Onimon in order to combat the menace of the marauding Deltamon. Who will digivolved next? Let's all find out today, in chapter 3 of Digimon: New Journey! Please remember to enjoy the following fic, don't forget to leave a review when you're done, and finally...thanks for reading!
The Digidestined slowly trekked through the forest, tired and weary following their encounter with Deltamon earlier. Finally, Gary collapsed onto a nearby log, exhausted.
"Ugh! How much further will we have to walk?" Gary whined as he took off his shoe and rubbed his aching, blister ridden feet.
"Until we find some kind of civilization." Jared answered as he stopped to survey the area.
"Yeah, but how do we know there's even any kind of civilization out here? We've been walking for hours and we haven't seen anything!" Gary pointed out.
"True, but that doesn't mean there isn't any out here." Thurse replied.
"Actually, there should be a Koemon treetop village not too far from here." Korimon piped up.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Huh? What's a Koemon?" Steven asked, scratching his head.
"Koemon are Beast Digimon who live in the treetops, they are somewhat mischievous, but they are friendly." Apprenticemon answered.
"That's true, in fact, they're known to b quite hospitable...when they're not pulling a prank that is." Korimon added.
"Huh, that sounds like it good be a good place to spend the night then..." Grey murmured.
"Well what are we waiting for then? Let's go!" Steven exclaimed as he rushed off deeper into the forest.
"Yes! Wait for us!" Amy cried as she and Paramon ran off after him.
"Hey, wait! Slow down!" Jenny called out, making a start towards them.
The group came into a large clearing to find...a car dealership?
"Huh?" A severely confused Errol asked as he and the others stared at the cars.
"I swear that this place just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." Jessie muttered as she shook her head.
Jared looked up towards the setting sun, then back down to the rapidly growing shadows that were all around them "Sun's going down, I think we'd better camp here for the night."
"Good point, we don't know what sorts of dangers could be lurking out there." Jenny whispered in a hushed tone.
"Like vampires and zombies and ghosts?" Amy asked, her eyes lighting up.
"She seriously scares me sometimes." James muttered to Maggotmon, who nodded in reply.
"But where are we gonna sleep?" Grey asked.
Jared and Steven swapped glances.
"Shotgun the BMW!" Jared called out.
"I call the Mercedes!" Steven cried as he slid over the hood of a Plymouth.
"Oooh! Dibs on the Rolls Royce!" Amy joined in.
Within seconds, the others were all running towards the car of their choice. When they had all chosen and were happy with their respective cars, they got all of the camping equipment that they had plundered from the general store and set themselves out, alongside their Digimon.
"Well, that was actually a pretty good night's sleep, considering that I was cooped up in the back of a Ferrari." James said with a yawn as he stretched his arms.
"Do humans normally sleep in the backs of their vehicles?" A puzzled Skurrimon asked.
"Heh, I see you picked out a DeLorean, Thurse." Grey chuckled.
"I liked that movie." Thurse replied, somewhat defensively.
"Right, well, I guess we'd better get a move on, eh guys?" Steven asked as he picked up his bag.
"Sounds like a plan!" Hitodamamon agreed.
"Hang on, where do we go from here?" Gary asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"I think that we should still head for that Koemon village, who knows, maybe they'll be able to tell us where to find that creep Coredramon?" Jared suggested.
"I agree, but how can we be sure that we're going in the right direction?" Jessie asked.
"I believe that I might have the solution to that." Monitoromon piped up, before he activated the monitor on his chest, revealing a map of the surrounding area "As you can see, at our current position, it is only a short walk from here to the village, it should take us no more than forty minutes if we were to leave right away and did not stop."
Gary looked surprised "Wow, I didn't know that you could do that! Why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't ask." Monitoromon replied curtly.
"Well, anyway, I think that maybe we should take a break to eat something first." Korimon suggested.
"Why? Can't it wait until we reach the village?" Amy asked.
"Unfortunately, no. You see, our powers rely on full stomachs, if we are weak, sick or hungry, then we rapidly lose all of our power and are rendered helpless, I doubt that we would be able to Digivolve either." Apprenticemon answered.
"Huh...I guess we'd better stop to have some breakfast then..." Jenny replied.
So, the group sat down and made a simple breakfast consisting of tinned fruit.
"So, where is the Digital World exactly?" Thurse asked.
"What do you mean?" Hermimon asked, clearly confused by the question.
"Well, where is it? Is it another planet entirely, or is it in another dimension?" Thurse persisted.
Hermimon simply looked confused and rubbed his head with his claw.
Thurse sighed and looked towards Korimon and Apprenticemon "Ok, what about you guys? You're both fairly knowledgeable about this place, do you know where it is?"
Korimon looked puzzled and tried to think "You know...I'm not entirely sure."
"Neither am I." Apprenticemon replied.
Thurse sighed and closed his eyes "Forget about it..."
"Well, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm done!" Delphinimon exclaimed as she stood up.
The others quickly finished their meals before they stood up and walked off towards their next destination.
In Coredramon's fortress, the tyrannical dragon Digimon was greatly angered by the news that his supposedly all powerful Deltamon had failed him.
"Urgh! Incompetent -!" Coredramon snarled as he slammed his fist into the armrest of his throne "Do we have any information on where these children are heading?" Coredramon asked a Goblimon attendant.
The Goblimon shook as he looked up at his leader "Uh, well sire, it appears that they are moving towards the Koemon settlement."
Coredramon's eyes widened "The Koemon settlement? Perfect! Do we not have a regiment of Goblimon there?" Coredramon asked expectantly.
A bespectacled Goblimon rummaged through a file, before looking up and nodding "Uh, yes sir! And an operative, Cyclonemon!"
Coredramon unleashed a large, toothy grin, an act which served to unnerve his subordinates "Perfect! While Cyclonemon may not be as physically powerful as Deltamon, he more than makes up for it through sheer ruthlessness and brutality!"
The Goblimon glanced at each other.
"Now, link us up with our forces in the Koemon settlement, I wish to speak with Cyclonemon!" Coredramon ordered, startling his attendants, who promptly ran around frantically.
Finally, one of them ran up to a large pedestal, before pressing buttons that were on the side. Almost instantly, a large hologram appeared above the pedestal. The Digimon in the hologram had yellow-orange skin, a massively oversized right hand, one eye and a brown helmet. Upon seeing Coredramon, the Digimon crossed his regular sized arm across his chest.
"Coredramon..." The Digimon greeted.
"Ah, Cyclonemon, how is your occupation going?" Coredramon asked.
Cyclonemon scowled "Not well enough. I've told you, we need to eradicate the Koemon, I've said-!" Cyclonemon began, only to be cut off.
"I've told you before that the Koemon would make excellent slaves, that is why we need them intact, not to mention that they're harbouring those traitors, you would do well to heed my orders Cyclonemon." Coredramon cut in, speaking calmly but glowering at his subordinate.
Cyclonemon lowered his gaze, glaring "Yes, Coredramon."
"I have a task for you Cyclonemon, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, you'll be able to cause as much destruction as you wish." Coredramon told Cyclonemon.
Cyclonemon suddenly looked up expectantly "Destruction? What kind of destruction?"
y "I need you to intercept and destroy a group of...humans and any Digimon that may be accompanying them...even the Koemon, should they be around." Coredramon informed Cyclonemon.
Cyclonemon grinned darkly "It shall be done! Goodbye Coredramon, when I next report in, the humans shall be dead."
Coredramon nodded "Be sure that they are...you know how much I hate failures."
Cyclonemon chuckled "Cyclonemon, signing off!" And with that, his image was gone.
The Digidestined had been wandering around for hours, and none of them, not even Korimon or Apprenticemon had any knowledge of whether or not they were getting any closer to the Koemon village.
"Ugh, my feet are getting tired!" Paramon complained.
"You don't even have feet!" Korimon pointed out.
"Oh yeah...well, the point still stands that I'm tired!"
"Monitoromon, how much further is it?" Jared asked.
"Hmmm...It should only be another few hundred meters in that direction." Monitoromon replied as he checked his databanks.
"Right, I guess this forest is too dense to really see anything..." Jessie muttered.
"Well, at least soon we'll be able to rest." Korimon reminded them.
"You can say that again, I'm getting hungry again!" Hitodamamon exclaimed as he rubbed his rumbling stomach.
"Already?" An astonished Steven asked.
"Hey, I still feel wiped from the fight with Deltamon, plus all of this hiking hasn't really helped things." Hitodamamon replied.
"Well, look on the bright side, we still-Yipe!" Amy cried out as she slipped and fell.
"Amy!" Errol exclaimed, rushing over to her "Are you alright?"
Amy sat up groggily "Uh, yeah, I think so...what did I trip on?"
"It looks like a banana peel...well that's weird..." Jenny muttered as she leaned down and carefully picked up a banana peel.
Suddenly, the all heard a rustling in the treetops above them.
"Huh? Who's there!" James called out.
"Want me to flush 'em out James?" Maggotmon asked, raising his palm.
"Hold your fire soldier, we don't attack until we know what we're up against!" James told his Digimon partner.
"Yes sir!" Maggotmon barked, saluting.
"Go away!" A voice in the trees called out, startling the group.
"Yeah, don't make us unleash our jungle wrath upon you!" A second voice cried.
"Who are you?" Jared asked.
"And this is a forest..." Grey muttered, looking around at his surroundings in confusion.
"Go back...go back..." A multitude of voices began chanting.
Jenny sighed "This is just ridiculous."
"Go back...or else!" A powerful voice commanded, before a stone shot out of the trees and barely missed Thurse, causing him to leap back and collapse on top of Errol and Grey.
"Ugh!"
"Oof!"
"Hey! You can't just attack us like that without provocation!" Gary exclaimed, curling his hands up into fists.
"Then allow me to take care of things" Apprenticemon told them as he sat atop his crystal ball "Shine the Light!"
"Viral Blaster!" Monitoromon added, firing into the trees.
"Chilly Shot!" Korimon cried, adding his own firepower to the mix.
Several bright rays of light shot out of the crystal ball, illuminating the area. A number of cries were heard as several small, green Digimon fell out of the trees.
"What the...?" A surprised Jared asked.
"I do believe that these are the Koemon." Korimon stated as the Koemon lay groaning on the ground.
Suddenly, one of them, a Koemon with two scars across his right eye and a bone through his topknot, shot up "Hey! What'd ya do that for!"
"Well, in our defence, you did attack us." Jessie pointed out.
The lead Koemon growled "We'll show you! Swing Swing!"
And with that, the Koemon leapt at the Digidestined, swinging their arms around furiously.
Before any of them could connect their blows however, Apprenticemon stepped forward "Tarot Trap!"
Instantly, two dozen cards flew out of Apprenticemon's cloak, quickly growing to human sizes, before circling the Koemon.
"Hey! What's going on?" A different Koemon cried out.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and the Koemon within the ring of cards disappeared, and the cards, which had been blank before, bore the images of the Koemon. The remaining monkey Digimon gasped in surprise and fright.
"W-wait! Please don't hurt us!" A Koemon cried, raising his arms to defend himself.
"Hurt you? We were never going to hurt you." Jessie revealed.
"Yeah, we were only defending ourselves!" Gary pointed out.
"Apprenticemon, let them go!" Jenny told her Digimon partner, who nodded.
"As you wish my lady." Apprenticemon replied, before closing his eyes, when they were open again, the Koemon were back to normal, and the cards shrunk and returned to Apprenticemon's cloak.
"W-where did we go?" The lead Koemon asked, looking around.
"So...why did you think we were going to attack you?" A puzzled Steven asked
The lead Koemon turned to face the Digidestined "So...you don't work with Cyclonemon?"
"No, who's Cyclonemon?" Jared asked.
"He's a terrible monster who raids our village, stealing our supplies and kidnapping those who don't get away in time! We thought that you were his men, so we tried to scare you off!" Koemon Prime explained.
"That is an injustice, I don't care for injustice." James said with a scowl.
"Don't worry James, we'll show this guy who's boss!" Maggotmon assured him, a look of determination on his face.
"We should help them, right guys?" Steven asked.
"But can we really afford to spend our time rescuing these people?" Gary asked.
"What kind of a question is that? Of course we can!" Jared exclaimed.
The group whispered amongst themselves for a moment, before turning to the Koemon.
"Ok guys, we've discussed it, and we've decided to help you with getting rid of this Cyclonemon." Steven told the Koemon, who let out a cheer.
"Oh, thank you, thank you!" A Koemon cried, throwing his hands up into the air.
"Can you take us to your village?" Jared asked.
"Sure, follow us!" Koemon Prime called out as he and his fellows jumped into the trees and rushed off.
"Quick, follow them!" Steven cried as he and the others ran off after the Koemon.
A short while later, the Digidestined found themselves in a large clearing, surrounded by trees, most of which had treetop houses connected to them.
"Huh, just like in that Star Wars Christmas Special my dad showed me..." Jared murmured.
"Well, this is our home, like it?" Koemon Prime asked.
"Yeah, it looks really cool!" Amy exclaimed, looking around in wonder.
"So is this just a Koemon settlement?" Skurrimon asked.
"Well...not exactly, we're also harbouring those who have fled from Coredramon's regime." Koemon Prime replied.
As if on cue, a number of Digimon popped out. They all looked like goblins with green skin, yellow Mohawks and wore blue costumes.
"Shamanmon!" Korimon gasped.
"Yes, they didn't want to work for Coredramon, so they fled here, where we provide them with food and shelter." Koemon Prime told them.
"How very noble." Hermimon said admiringly.
"Yeah, this is so nice of you guys!" Delphinimon agreed.
"Thank you, but with all of the recent attacks, we don't know how much longer we can hold out for..." Koemon Prime replied, looking down.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that any more, we're here to protect you!" Pricklemon reassured the Koemon leader, slapping him on the back.
"Ugh! Thank you..." Koemon Prime thanked them as he struggled to get his breath back.
"They're coming! They're coming!" A Koemon cried as he ran into the village "I've seen them! They're coming!"
The Koemon and Shamanmon gasped in fright.
"Oh no!"
"What do we do?"
"Run! Panic!"
Suddenly, Jared let out a sharp whistle which stopped all of the panic and frantic rushing about.
"Hey! You don't need to worry anymore, with us here, you'll be safe and you'll never have to worry about bullies like Cyclonemon ever again!" James called out.
The Digimon all looked at Jared in wonder, before letting out a deafening cheer.
"Well, that was well said Jared." Korimon complimented.
"You think so? Thanks."
"Alright then, let's go get him!" Hitodamamon cried as he and the others rushed to meet Cyclonemon and his forces.
Out in the open, barren plain, Cyclonemon and his force of Goblimon forces were preparing to lay siege to the Koemon settlement once again. Currently, Cyclonemon was addressing his cohorts.
"Alright men, we are here to ransack the place, steal their food and capture as many potential slaves and traitors as possible, should you fail, hesitate or allow anyone to escape during this process, then I will not hesitate to destroy you, am I clear?" Cyclonemon asked his trembling soldiers.
"N-no sir!" The Goblimon barked in response.
"Good...now go and slaughter them." Cyclonemon ordered.
The Goblimon charged at the forest, unleashing a war cry...only to stop when they came face to face with the Digidestined in their Digimon.
"Ah, the Digidestined, Coredramon told me that we might meet." Cyclonemon said, addressing the new arrivals.
"So you're working for him huh?" Steven asked, clenching his fists.
"Yes, and I rather enjoy my job, it allows such glorious combat! And I relish combat!" Cyclonemon replied.
"Well you won't be combating anyone anymore, we're here to stop you!" Hitodamamon snapped, glaring at Cyclonemon.
"Ha! You, stop me? What a joke!" Cyclonemon laughed cruelly.
"Don't believe us, then watch this!" Steven cried "Go!"
And with that, the Digidestined's Digimon rushed forward to attack the Goblimon.
"Chilly Shot!" Korimon cried, firing blasts of arctic energy at his enemies, freezing them solid.
"Tarot Trap!" Apprenticemon shouted as he summoned more of his giant cards to capture the Goblimon.
"Prickle Tower!" Pricklemon roared as he sunk his arms into the ground, before a number of thorns shot out of the ground, wrapping themselves around the Goblimon.
"Razor Wind!" Paramon cried as she rotated at rapid speeds, shooting blasts of razor sharp wind at her foes.
"Let me add my power! Paralysing Pollen!" Delphinimon added as she fired pollen at Paramon, causing it to go flying into the masses of Goblimon, who were stunned because of it.
Needles to say, Cyclonemon was not happy.
"Fight back you fools! Fight or you die!" Cyclonemon roared as he threw a Goblimon at Hermimon, who simply blew him away with a Blast Beam attack.
"Goburi Bomb! Goburi Bomb!" The vast legions of Goblimon cried out, throwing fireballs at the Digidestined.
"Come on, come and get me!" Monitoromon taunted to a group of Goblimon, who rushed him all at once "Data Jack!"
At once, several long cables shot out of Monitoromon's back and buried themselves into the necks of the Goblimon, who took on dumbstruck looks, before turning to face their comrades.
"Eh, what are you doing?" A Goblimon who had not been hijacked asked.
"Goburi Bomb!" One of the mind controlled Goblimon cried as he raised his hand and threw a fireball at one of his former allies.
"Argh! Traitors!" A Goblimon who was sent flying shouted.
"No, they've been brainwashed!" Another Goblimon pointed out.
"Bugin Blaster!" Skurrimon called out as he flew overhead and blasted the Goblimon with volts of electricity.
He was soon accompanied by Maggotmon, who added his own brand of firepower to the mix "Bug Zapper!"
While the others were fighting the Goblimon, Steven and Hitodamamon were calmly walking towards Cyclonemon.
"Ready Hitodamamon?" Steven asked.
"Hitodamamon, Digivolve to...Onimon!" Hitodamamon cried out as he Digivolved into the fierce and powerful Onimon.
Cyclonemon sneered "He may be bigger than me, but I can still take him! Arm Bomber!" Cyclonemon roared as he launched himself at Onimon, enormous right arm first.
When the blow connected, there was a large explosion, and smoke kicked up. It was suddenly parted when Onimon collapsed, nearly crushing the Goblimon, who all scampered to get out of the way.
"Onimon!" Steven cried, running over to his friend as he de-Digivolved back into Hitodamamon.
Cyclonemon chuckled "Ha, pathetic!"
Steven turned to face Cyclonemon, furious.
"How dare you treat my friends so badly! Korimon, go!" Jared cried.
"On it!" Korimon exclaimed as he leapt at Cyclonemon.
"Ha, this is beneath me!" Cyclonemon sneered as he swiped Korimon away with his forearm, sending him flying.
"Korimon, no!" Jared shouted in horror.
As Korimon was sent flying however, he was engulfed in a bright light, and began turning in midair.
"Korimon, Digivolve to...Ietimon!"
"Whoa! No way!" Jared exclaimed.
Standing in front of him was a tall, white fur covered Digimon with grey skin, small black streaks in his hair, a ring around his finger, fangs, icicles in place of claws and long, powerful limbs.
"What is this?" Cyclonemon asked "Another one of your tricks? Well it won't work on me, Hyper Heat!" Cyclonemon roared, shooting a blast of red hot energy from his mouth.
Ietimon however, seemed to dodge the blast quicker than anyone could see, leaving an afterimage.
"Wha-?Urk!" Cyclonemon gasped as Ietimon kicked him, sending him flying.
"You're going to need to be a lot faster than that if you want to beat me, coward!" Ietimon taunted.
"Why you insignificant little-! Hyper Heat!" Cyclonemon shouted, sending another blast of energy Ietimon's way.
"Arctic Blast!" Ietimon cried, opening his mouth to fire a beam of sub zero energy.
The two beams met in mid air, creating a shower of multicoloured sparks. The Goblimon began cheering for Cyclonemon.
"Come on Ietimon, beat this loser, don't let him win!" Jared cried out.
It was as if Jared's words had powered Ietimon, and his blast surged forward, striking Cyclonemon.
"Arrrrrggghhh!"
When the mist settled, Cyclonemon stood there, his dominant right arm covered in ice "Why you-! You-! Rargh!" Cyclonemon roared, charging at Ietimon, who merely grinned.
"Glacier Wall!" Ietimon cried, sinking his icicle like claws into the ground.
Suddenly, ice shot up from underneath Cyclonemon, enveloping him quickly.
"Wha-? Nooooooooo-!" Cyclonemon roared, before he was cut off when the ice surrounded his head.
Ietimon turned to face the Digidestined "There, it is done."
The Goblimon could only watch on in horror "D-did he just freeze the boss?"
"Let's get out of here!" A second Goblimon screamed, and soon, the others had followed his example.
As soon as they had left, Ietimon de-Digivolved back into Korimon, causing Jared to rush over to him "That was great buddy!"
"Yeah, you were really something out there!" Hermimon agreed as he scurried over.
"Yeah, I can't wait until we tell the Koemon the good news!" Amy exclaimed.
Jared looked up "Yeah, but don't forget guys, there's still Coredramon to fightl...and who knows, maybe he'll be stronger than the other guys we've fought...maybe he is..."
Digimon Analyser
Name: Koemon
Attribute: Virus
Special Abilities: Swing Swing
Korimon: Why, these are the Koemon that we've been searching for! They have a reputation as being quite mischevious, but not outright hostile, what could have caused this sudden aggresion?
Name: Shamanmon
Attribte: Viris
Special Abilities: Mad Twist
Apprenticemon: Hmmm, Shamanmon, they wield a darker, less sophisticated version of my powers. However, it is said that they can see into the future, something that even I cannot do, we would be wise to treat them well.
Name: Goblimon
Attribute: Virus
Special Ability: Goburi Bomber
Goblimon: Haha! We are the Goblimon! We delight in causing chaos and spreading destruction! Watch out for our Goburi Bombers, they might look small and harmless, but they pack a punch! Nyeh!
Name: Cyclonemon
Attribute: Virus
Special Ability: Heat Blast
Korimon: This must be the Cyclonemon that we've heard so much about. We should be careful, he looks to be quite powerful, and that arm looks like it could do quite a bit of damage.
And end of chapter 3. We hope you enjoyed, please don't forget to leave a review and thank you for reading.