Digimon Legacy

Episode 4

The Solider of Gratitude

Somewhere in the Digital World, there was a massive shrine illuminated only by a few torches placed at regular intervals along the walls and several glowing orbs of different colors placed in pedestals circling a tiny alter, which was surrounded by a barrier of code. Six medallions of various colors of the rainbow, with the exception of blue, floated around above the alter, as if begging someone, anyone, to let them out. Nathan walked up to the center of the shrine, staring at the medallions in pity.

"Still not enough energy…" he spoke to himself. "I need more Data Cores to reveal the lock…" The medallions in the barrier began behaving erratically, practically bouncing around the alter. "Have patience, my brothers… we'll have our revenge soon enough… wouldn't you like that… Lucemon?"

The red medallion glowed approvingly.

"Those five should have Cores strong enough to reveal the lock on this barrier… and one of them is even part of the key to that lock… I can kill two birds with one stone." With this established, Nathan proceeded to laugh evilly, never noticing that he was being watched, nor did he see this figure run out of the shrine in a hurry.

Meanwhile, in the Real World, Sammy was just starting to wake up. As usual, his parents had left early for work… meaning Sammy had to fend for himself for breakfast… again.

That was Sammy's life. His parents were almost never home, his eighteen year old sister was attending college in the United States, and he pretty much had to learn how to take care of himself at an early age. As a result, he was pretty mature for his age, though he still had a touch of innocence to him.

As Sammy was getting dressed, just pulling up his jean shorts, the computer in his room suddenly switched on by itself, confusing the young boy. As looked at the desktop, the monitor suddenly began emitting a huge, bright light, and a small red frog-like creature was shot out of it. Sammy caught the animal in his arms before it could hit the ground. The poor guy looked beat up to Sammy.

"Hey… Are you alright?" Sammy asked the small creature. He moaned softly before answering.

"Yeah… I'll live." Sammy didn't exactly believe the animal, but decided not to pester it.

"Well… My name's Sammy. Sammy Kitsune."

"I-I'm… Elecmon…"

"Here… you should rest up a little… regain some strength," Sammy stated as he gently set Elecmon onto the bed. The small creature looked up at him in depression.

"Why… are you helping me?" Elecmon asked, almost choking out the words.

"Because it's the right thing to do," Sammy answered the small Rookie with conviction. This wasn't the whole answer, however. Sammy could sense Elecmon's power… and it was nearly depleted. As he watched Elecmon pass out from his exhaustion, Sammy thought about the energy he sensed from the small digimon…

It was similar to the energy he sensed from some humans.

Later that day, at the karaoke bar, Sammy was simply watching several people perform with Elecmon hidden in his duffle bag. At a different table, Takashi, Mac, and Yuna sat together, with Yuna telling the two boys about her zombie attack episode. Just next to them, Alex sat at a table alone, looking over his shoulder at the group of three… specifically at the hot guy with the white hair.

Sammy looked over at the four young teenagers… He could feel a certain energy radiating from them: the same energy he felt from Elecmon earlier that same day.

There must have been something about them… but what exactly that was, he couldn't be sure.

"Is something wrong, Sammy?" Elecmon asked, noticing Sammy's expression. Fortunately, only Sammy heard him over the music.

"It's nothing, Elecmon…" Sammy started. "The thing is… I feel some weird energy from those four… it's somewhat like what I sensed from you…"

"Huh!? You mean… you felt the energy from my Data Core!?" Elecmon asked in shock. Sammy only stared at Elecmon quizzically.

"I think so… what's a 'Data Core'?"

"Well, it's…" In all honesty, Elecmon had absolutely no idea how to put the answer to Sammy's question into words. "Uh… a Data Core is… I guess in all practicality, a Data Core is a digimon's heart. It serves to circulate a digimon's life energy, like how a human heart pumps blood throughout the body."

"Okay… but, if a Data Core is a digimon's heart, then why can I sense the energy from humans?"

"That shouldn't be possible… not normally."

Sammy stared the Rookie digimon up and down, waiting for some form of clarification to his last statement.

"Well, there is a rumor that under the right circumstances a digimon can be reborn as a human being. When that happens, that digimon's Data Core will be carried over as a crucial piece of the new human heart. However, the heart will need that Data Core to function properly. If the Core is somehow removed…"

"…the reborn human will die," Sammy finished Elecmon's explanation.

"Exactly."

Sammy stared at the four people, lost in his own thoughts. They had to be digimon reborn as humans… same as Sammy himself. That's the only way Sammy would be able to sense a Data Core's energy from each of them… and also the only way Sammy would be able to sense the energy at all.

Sammy's thoughts were interrupted when he felt something: the presence of another Data Core… and this one didn't feel very friendly.

Just outside the bar, a huge green dragon creature hovered in front of the bar, grinning evilly. It was a Virus type Coredramon, and he had his sights set on little Sammy.

Back inside, Sammy acted quickly and pulled a nearby fire alarm. As soon as the sirens sounded, all of the costumers, except Takashi, Mac, Yuna, Alex, Sammy and Elecmon began filing out of the building, several of them noting the lack of a visible fire.

"Hey, what is-" Takashi began questioning, but he received his answer before he could close his mouth.

"G-Shurunen Mk. II!" Coredramon exclaimed as he fired a big red laser from his mouth at the roof of the bar, causing it to collapse into the building. By some miracle, the five DigiCarnate and one Digimon managed to get outside before the building caved in. As Coredramon looked down at the gathering of humans he laughed haughtily. "Hello, little guy," he growled, drawing everyone's attention to Sammy. "You have something my master is in dire need of. Surrender your Data Core to me, and no one will get hurt." Sammy stepped away from the green dragon, and Takashi, Mac and Yuna all put themselves in between the two.

"You want this little boy?" Takashi asked threateningly.

"Then you'll have to go through us!" Yuna finished. At her word, the three of them held out their D-Memories, allowing their respective Marks to appear on the screen. Takashi held his left hand out, Mac snapped the fingers on the same hand, and Yuna ran her hand through her hair, resulting in all three of their hands to break apart to wire frame. They then each slammed their hands onto their D-Memories.

"Bravery/Loyalty/Passion Resurrection! Sequence: Activate!" They all shouted at the same time, during which they removed their hands from their digivices, allowing the torrent of data to flow forth, and the rest of their skin and clothes broke away to wire frame. As before, the data circled their bodies, reshaping them to their respective digimon forms.

"Pyrodramon!"

"Kibamon!"

"Divamon!"

Alex simply stood there in the background, staring at Kibamon in admiration and love. Sammy looked on, equally surprised, but at the same time, satisfied that his theory was right. Coredramon, however, was unimpressed by the three champions that now stood in front of him.

"So three out of all five of you resurrected. Big whoop," Coredramon drawled out. "I'm still too strong for you!"

"We'll see about that!" Pyrodramon shouted, leaping up to the same altitude as the green dragon.

"Pyro Dash!" He then sped towards the green dragon engulfed in a fiery aura, but the Virus digimon was able to dodge it, smirking at the fire dragon the entire time.

"You fell for it!" Kibamon exclaimed, causing Coredramon to turn, seeing the wolf digimon rushing towards him with Divamon balancing on the wolf's back, her microphone held in front of her. "Kiba Claw!"

"Sonic Blaster!"

Kibamon slashed the claws on his forepaws at empty air in front of him, sending blade-like energy waves at the airborne dragon. With the blast from Divamon's attack mixed in, it would have hurt a lot. Unfortunately, Coredramon used his wings to block the attacks, minimizing the damage.

"Shoot!" Divamon exclaimed, snapping her fingers in disappointment. "His wings are coated with Chrome Digizoid. Nothing in our arsenal can penetrate it."

"Good observation," Coredramon complimented her emptily. "Now, it is time for me to finish you three off!"

"Oh no!" Elecmon shouted from his position at Sammy's side. "I have to do something!" With this, he rushed off to the field of battle before Sammy could do anything to stop him.

"Green Flare Breath!" Coredramon exclaimed, exhaling green fire at the three DigiCarnates in front of him. As it was about to hit, they all leaped out of the way, causing the flames to strike at nothing.

"Super Thunder Strike!" Elecmon then leaped out of the smoke, launching a small lightning blast at the green dragon, but again, Coredramon's wings minimized the damage. Sammy just looked on in guilt.

"Elecmon… he's doing this just to protect me…" He thought in despair.

"Foolish child!" Coredramon shouted at the red Rookie. "Did you really think you could stand a chance against me!?"

"Yes…" Elecmon answered cryptically. "I still have one trick up my sleeve." As he said that, his chest suddenly started to glow a bright red. Elecmon leaped a good five feet into the air as data began to flow from his chest.

"Elecmon digivolve to…" Elecmon was soon encased in a cocoon of data, swirling around his body, reshaping it for the next level. After only thirty seconds, the cocoon broke apart to reveal an anthropomorphic lion wearing black pants and a small sword at the back of his waist. "…Leomon!"

Sammy stared at Leomon in awe. He looked at the ongoing fight in dismay. Coredramon and the three DigiCarnates were just as shocked, surprised that Elecmon had the power to Digivolve. Alex just looked on, still completely clueless to everything except the majestic wolf with extra-long fangs.

Leomon wasted no time in leaping towards the green dragon, bringing back his left hand as he did so.

"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon then threw his fist forward, launching a massive fireball at Coredramon, but like the last two times, his wings stopped the attack short.

"This is getting us nowhere…" Sammy thought from his position on the sidelines. "There's no getting past those Chrome Digizoid wings… and those three… and Leomon… they're all trying so hard to defeat that monster… to protect me… I can't just stand here doing nothing. I'm grateful for all of them, and that's why I have to help them. There has to be something I can do!" A green light suddenly started glowing from Sammy's chest. As Leomon continued flying towards the green dragon, he saw the light from the corner of his eye.

"So he really is one of them… a DigiCarnate…" he thought briefly, but Coredramon then prepared to swipe at Leomon with his claws. However, Leomon maneuvered himself on top of Coredramon's arm, and then used it as leverage to leap higher and over the green dragon. As he did this, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a green D-Memory with white grips.

"Sammy!" he shouted as he threw the device at the small boy. Sammy caught it in his hands, with the back facing him. The symbol on it was a maple leaf with a single drop of water running down the center. Sammy looked up to see Coredramon slam his tail into Leomon, knocking him into a nearby tree, and causing him to dedigivolve back to Elecmon. Sammy then shifted his attention back to Coredramon, who simply looked on in boredom.

"My turn!" Sammy shouted before he held his D-Memory out, the mark appearing on the screen as he did so. Sammy then raised his left hand into the air, turning it as it was transformed into a wire frame. He then lowered his hand to chest level, and slammed the top of his D-Memory into his open palm.

"Gratitude Resurrection! Sequence: Activate!" With this command, Sammy removed his hand from the digivice, allowing the stream of data to explode from it, and the rest of his skin and clothes peeled away to reveal the wire frame underneath. The data reshaped Sammy's body, making it about as tall as an adult man. He was wearing a long sleeved green tunic underneath an armored vest, with steel gloves and protected leggings. His feet were only decorated with sandals. On his head, he had on a samurai helmet that hid most of his face from view, with the exception of his eyes. A massive katana hung from his back. This new warrior opened his brown eyes, grabbed his katana with a single hand, gracefully twirled it in front of him, before slamming it point first into the ground in front of him, shouting his name in a tone of glory.

"Senshimon!"

Digimon Analyzer

Senshimon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Vaccine

Type: Knight

Family: Nature Spirits

Attacks: Shogun's Blade, Warrior's Honor, Blood fest

Coredramon was not that impressed with the solider that now stared him down. The other DigiCarnates, however, were in awe. Senshimon simply stood where he was, waiting for the right moment to strike.

"You have been judged to have an evil spirit," Senshimon eventually said in a monotone voice. "Thus, you have been sentenced to execution."

"Oh, please!" Coredramon exclaimed haughtily. "No one can possibly execute me! G-Shurunen Mk. II!"

Coredramon fired his laser at Senshimon, appearing to hit him dead on. Coredramon smirked in satisfaction until he noticed the warrior standing a few feet to the left of the impact site, having dodged the laser at the last possible second.

"Guess I'm nobody, then," Senshimon joked before he leaped at the green dragon, his katana glowing with energy. "Shogun's Blade!"

Once again, Coredramon folded his wings in front of him to use as a shield. But to his dismay, instead of stopping at the steel coated wings, Senshimon's katana, forged from pure Chrome Digizoid, sliced cleanly through the wings like a knife through butter. Coredramon roared in pain, falling to the ground because of his clipped wings. Pyrodramon leaped at the chance to end the battle.

"Everyone! Attack now! Burning Spirit!"

"Howling Shotgun!"

"Sonic Blaster!"

The three champions each fired their attacks at the grounded dragon, Senshimon leaping over head with his katana pointed downward. Coredramon noticed this as the attacks of the other DigiCarnates left him battered and weary.

"W-w-wait! Please, stop!" he begged, but Senshimon ignored him.

"Shogun's Blade!" the katana glowed with energy as it was driven through Coredramon's chest. The dragon screamed in anguish, dispersing into data seconds later. "Good bye, bastard," Senshimon stated under his breath before he collapsed to his hands and knees in exhaustion, reverting back to Sammy soon after. The other DigiCarnates changed back to human form as well. Takashi rushed to Sammy's side as the younger boy breathed heavily.

"Hey, are you okay?" Takashi asked in concern.

"I'll be fine…" Sammy breathed out. "What… about Elecmon?"

The small rookie limped over to Sammy, battered and weak from the impact with the tree.

"Don't worry about me, Sammy…" Elecmon breathed out, but Sammy shut him up, placing a hand on his head.

"Thank you… for everything, Elecmon," Sammy told the Rookie level digimon. Elecmon smiled at Sammy, nonverbally saying "You're welcome."

Off to the side of the scene, Alex looked off into the distance, his thoughts repeating a single message over and over again;

"What about me?"

When will Alex get the spotlight? It obviously won't be a long wait, so tune in for the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!

There you have it. Review, Please.