Hi guys I'm back with an update and yes, I'm not dead. I just have this habit of touching on the later and I mean later chapters of this story instead of writing the next chapter. Hopefully the future updates for this Fanfic will be more frequent after a certain point in the story.
I've decided not to do anymore side quests in this fic because it's not important to my desired plot. Now, roughly three and a half months have passed since we've last seen Shade's and Kou's Digimons and they have been training. So there's bound to be changes and a few Digivolutions in both parties...eventually. In this chapter, I tried bringing out Kou's personality.
I felt that I went too fast with the Digivolutions so, despite the months of harsh training, I've decided not to digivolve any of their Digimons...YET. Just think of at as a really long stage to progress from Champion to Ultimate.
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Here's a list of Digimons each Protagonist has and have been revealed in the past chapters. (Not including any changes in this Chapter)
Shade's Digimon
-Lekismon (Diana)
-Ogremon (Kageru)
-Palmon (Alora)
-Aquilamon ( - )
-Kyubimon (Yang)
- ?
Kou's Digimon
-Firamon (Nova)
-Reppamon (Ciel)
-Sunflomon (Haru)
-Black KnightChessmon (Titania)
- ?
- ?
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Chapter 7 - A 'Dream' and A Forgotten Goal
Kou POV
Union Room
I'm standing infront of Chief Glare, Cera and a few Union Staffs for a briefing. A link to Loop Swamp has been reestablished but apparently, they detected something of concern. That's where I come in. Some kind of illegal activity similar to the virus program like that one that attacked the CITY has been detected deep inside Loop Swamp. I have been asked to investigate this but two individuals weren't too fond of the idea. Litton, a guy with blonde hair slightly sticking out in different directions and his Anubismon both objected saying that I didn't have enough experience. They suggested sending a more experienced Tamer instead of me which, ticked me off the no end. Haven't I already more than proven myself months ago?!
"You're right...but..." Chief Glare paused and my eyebrow twitched. Not you too... I mentally grumbled in frustration. What's with the hesitation?! Before I get too carried away with my grumbling, Chaos thankfully cuts in.
"I think Kou is capable of handling it." Finally, thank you! Chief Glare eventually agrees after awhile so I brush away most of my irritation.
"Get to loop swamp and find out whats causing the illegal activity. Also watch out for the whirlpools. You can only enter the big one and not the small ones." In other words, big whirlpools = entrance and small whirlpools = exit. Got it.
"Ah Kou before you depart, can you hand me your Digivice?" I raised an eyebrow my his odd request but I, hesitantly, handed the device over. Chief Glare handed my Digivice to one of the Union's researching staff and he probably noticed how uncomfortable I felt about this.
"Don't worry. We're just upgrading your Digivice so that it'll be waterproof. We expected you to get wet at some point in the swampy terrain our scouts reported about. We can't have the Digivice short-circuit while you're there now can we." I released a sigh of relief I didn't know i was holding in and relaxed at his explanation. The upgrade took roughly half an hour and it looked almost the same as before. The only difference was the metallic sheen it now had.
"Now that we're all settled here, I wish you the best of luck on your mission." I nodded at Chief Glare, saluted and departed.
AN's fun fact: The entrance of bullet shot wounds are smaller than it's exit which, in this case, is the opposite of the whirlpools.
Loop Swamp
Just like the name suggested, the entire area was wet and only certain paths could be taken without sinking through them. But even these paths were very muddy and soft. I can tell I'm going to have one hell of a time when I clean my shoes of all the caked mud. I look to the horizon and noticed lots of bendy paths. Sigh, this is going to be one long mission.
It wasn't long till I found a whirlpool and I stared at it. It certainly doesn't look small but...there isn't another one the compare it's size with. I let my gaze linger onto the swirling body of water before I gave in. Ah what the hell. I adjusted my goggles infront of my eyes as I held my breath and jumped into the center of the whirlpool where it sucked me 's when I felt it. I was being dragged through the water with ease and the water around me swirled to form a water tunnel. While I was still taking in the experience, my body suddenly tugged upwards. Before I knew it, I was forcefully thrown out of the whirlpool and landed in a face full of mud.I wiped the mud off my face after a few seconds of nothing but shock and stood ! Ugh it's only the start of the mission but I'm already all drenched and I could hove sworn that I almost tasted mud. This is not my day...
Time skip - roughly an hour later...
ACHOOOO! Sniff. Ugh I-Im f-f-freezing. I've finally gotten to what seems to be the f-furthest part-t of the swamp b-but I had to go into s-s-so many whirlpools-s. Sniff. I looked around for anything out of place. There has got to be S-SOMETHING here. Sure enough, a Digimon I've never seen before stood out on a platform. Well here goes nothing. As I approached, it noticed me and floated towards me. It took a long look at me before it said anything.
"Huh...are you...a client?" A client? Something seems fishy. Let's just play along.
"That's right."
"I...see. I certainly didn't expect my client to be some little human kid. Nevermind that lets get down to buisness." Using his serpent-like tough, he reached for something within his mouth. After some searching, he took out a square shaped disk with 'D word' printed on it. My eyes trailed down the dripping saliva before he put it back into his mouth. Ewww that's gross...
"Here's the D word you asked for. It has a programme that destorys server archives in it. It was created from the virus you gave me! But that won't let you destroy the archive completely." What did he say?! That virus can easily almost wipe out the CITY's entire server! "Now, give me the goods you promised." Goods? Crud...looks like there's no way out. Well at least I found the illegal activity that was detected.
"I...don't have it..." I muttered.
"What did you say?"
"I said I don't have it!"
"You don't- What's going on here?!"
"That's my line! Who's that virus for!" I'm so going to be in trouble.
"Tch, looks like you're not my real client. You'll pay for mocking me!" With that said, he charged forward and rammed into the spot I was originally at. I managed to tumble out of the way and I whipped out my Digivice as it shone. A Sunflomon materialised just in time to stop the next oncoming charge.
"Who are you!" He flung Haru out of the way and hovered tall.
"I, am WaruSeadramon. The superior version of a MegaSeadramon!" So in otherwords, I'm dealing with an Ultimate Digimon here... Flashbacks of my utter defeat against Blossomon quickly resurfaced and I shook my head violently. No, I won't lose again! Not this time! Not after all the training I went through. I could feel a wave of determination wash through my entire body. Heh, I'm getting pumped up for the battle.
"Evil Icicle!" A giant icicle was summoned from its horn and it was thrown at me. The attack nicked my clothes when I tumbled to the side. Titania digitalized and charged at the enemy.
"Titania, Big Darts!" The said Digimon picked up speed with her dart pointing forwards. Just as she was about to pierce her target, the red serpent Digimon cruised higher and avoided the attack cleanly.
"Don't let up, Gallop Whole!" Titania immediately spun around on her front legs and leapt into the air. WaruSeadramon manoeuvred around the attack causing her to fly through the coils of his body and plunge into the muddy ground. Darn...
"Titan-" My words died off when I saw her struggling to free her hooves. A wave of dark water crashed into her side and sent her skidding across the mud.
"Hmph, is that all you've got?" WaruSeadramon's smug voice rang from above. "Blindly attacking an Ultimate Digimon like me isn't going to do you any good you know."
"That's never stop me from winning so why should I care!" I thrusted my Digivice forward, "Let's see you try to take on two at the same time." The device shone and a serpent like Digimon materialised in the swampy waters.
"Soul, Ice Blast!" Shards of frozen water pelted against WaruSeadramon's body but he withstood the attack and shook off the damage.
"One more won't change a thing, Dark Blast!" Another wave of dark water erupted from his huge long mouth. Soul, a Seadramon, quickly dove into the swampy waters where the attack was neutralised as it merged with the water.
"Tch, don't think you're getting away from me." WaruSeadramon proceeded to chase Soul down but his advance was halted when a pair of hooves forced his body to fall downwards. I inwardly groaned. The attack did less damage than I thought it would, even for an Ultimate Digimon, but it'll have to do.
"You're up against two Digimons here, not one."
"I'll show you that's just a desperate and futile attempt kid!" With that said, the two parties continued to duke it out. WaruSeadramon occasionally had to alternate his attention and attacks between Soul and Titania but he never let exchange lasted for quite a while with each of my Digimons covering for the other. Blows were still exchanged between the three although the enemy had a harder time doing so. After a period of time, our attacks landed more often and he appeared to struggle more against the two-way attack. It seems like we were finally beginning to chip off his stamina and I smirked. This battle is ours! Oh how I was quickly proven wrong...
"Arg I've had it with your pesky Digimons. Play time's over! Strange Mist!" A dark mist spewed from his mouth and enveloped the entire battlefield.
"Ack! What is this thing!" I cringed at the pungent mist and brought up my arm to my nose in hopes of blocking some of it. Evil chuckles echoed in the air and I stared at the source. What's he laughing at? A loud thud averted my attention and my eyes widened in horror. Titania was down on her knees and Soul wasn't looking too good either.
"What did you do?!"
"Oh nothing much but...let's just say the longer you take, the easier things will get. For me that is." I frowned at his vague explanation. There's definitely something wrong with this mist. My Digimons are also looking worser by the minute. Realisation then dawned on me. I have to end this quick or I'm screwed. Soul's in the water so he's not affected too much but Titania... I thought of my options and let out a sigh. Looks like it's time for a change of players.
"Titania!" I called out to her and with a nod, she digitalized back into my Digivice. A second later my Digivice shone and Haru digitalized infront of me. She immediately took to the sky to avoid the debilitating mist.
"Hnnn~ changing your Digimon to avoid the mist huh? Not bad." WaruSeadramon stated nonchalantly as if he was simply thinking aloud. I waited no longer to launch my assault.
"Soul, Ice Blast! Haru, Sunshine Beam!" Shards of ice and rays of sunlight approached him from two different directions. He moved to dodge the shards of ice but the other attack slammed right into his chest causing him to stagger backwards. He is noticeably staggering way more than before and his movements are slower. His stamina is definitely decreasing. If we keep this up, we'll win...eventually. I just hope my Digimons' stamina don't deplete first. Thus, round 2 started. (A/N: I got lazy here so I'm skipping a bit :P)
Round 2 was a drawn out battle and both sides were visibly nearing their limits. A jet of water was fired from Soul's mouth but it missed his target by a few inches. WaruSeadramon took this opportunity to fire a giant icicle at Soul's fatigue form. The exact moment the attack connected, an explosion emerged from his back. He collapsed onto the muddy ground in defeated while Haru hovered behind where he initially was in triumph. Soul on the otherhand laid motionlessly at the end of the muddy platform. I wiped off the sweat on my forehead with my sleeve while I panted. My vision blurred for a second as felt a headache coming. I pushed them back and returned my Digimons back into my Digivice for a long deserved rest. Soon afterwards, WaruSeadramon's body began to shift.
Normal POV
Clueless to both of them, a figure was watching them from a distance through out the entire battle. It spoke in a monotonous tone.
"Hmn so he was defeated as well. It's unfortunate we couldn't get our hands on the D word but it won't faze us. Instead, we'll proceed with the next step." With that said, the figure disappeared into the swampy waters. Back to Kou, WaruSeadramon hovered weakly before him just mere centimetres from the ground. His body wavered ever so often.
"Ugh you're...a lot stronger than you look... Who are you?"
"I'm Kou, a Light Fang Tamer." WaruSeadramon's eyes widened in realisation.
"Are you serious?! At least tell me first! That's just not fair!" Kou deadpanned and almost facepalmed. 'What is he? 5?', he thought.
"H-Hey, I need to ask you a favor." His face inched closer to Kou's, "Don't tell the Union I was trying to destroy the server archives okay?" He gave him an unamused expression. He apparently picked up Kou's message of 'not a chance' and tried to persuade him.
"Well then how about this? I'll give you my masterpiece, this D word. If you use this, you should be able to restore the broken Access Zone." Kou thought about it, 'That is a too good of a deal to pass on.'
"S-So do we have a deal?" He asked in hopes of a change of heart from the Tamer. After a moment of silence, Kou reluctantly gave in.
"I guess..."
"Great then I'll send it to your Digivice." My Digivice's screen shone and a notification popped up stating that I had received the D word from an Unknown source. I raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off. While I was re-confirming I had received it, I just barely managed to pick up his almost inaudible mumbling of messing up or something.
"I'm going home to sleep... You'd better remember your end of the deal, got it!" WaruSeadramon slithered into the swampy waters. With no further reason to stay any longer, I stepped onto the TPGate further down the platform and teleported back to SunshineCITY.
SunshineCITY, Union Room
Kou's POV
"Well done Kou. The engineers are studying the D word you acquired right now." Chief Glare praised me but paused, "Though it's a shame you couldn't find out who the culprit was, I guess there's nothing we can do about it." Ahahahah right... Just so coincidentally, a researcher with orange hair, emerald eyes and glasses walked in and thankfully drew their focus to a new matter.
"Chief Glare, we figured it out! The D word that Kou acquired is a boosting program that reinforces the mysterious virus."
"How does the programme work?" Chief Glare prodded and the researcher shifted his glasses.
"The programme was created to boost the infection rate and resistance of the current virus, making it evolve into a highly contagious worm virus." The whole room fell into silence at the news. The researcher not caring whether everyone was still paying attention carried on, "I fear for what would have happened if Kou didn't retrieve the D word. But based on our analysis, we were able to determine a way to restore CITY with it. We conducted a test and we succeeded in restoring the Access Zone and Shine W Area."
"That's good news! Then can we restore the other areas?" Glare asked in hopes but the researcher shook his head.
"Unfortunately, the virus seems to have built a resistance to the vaccine we created. It...had no effect on Shine S Area or Shine N Area."
"...I see. Then it's no use. Continue your investigation to see if there are any other options."
"Understood!" The researcher saluted and left.
"Well, it's a step forward at least. That's good." Glare softly reassured those present.
"Kou, It's all thanks to you. You did very well." I scratched head at Cera's praise.
"I've sent the reward to Shine Center, so collect it at the quest counter on the way back." I nodded at Chief Glare's instructions and we saluted. When I teleported out of the Union Room, I came to a stop after a few steps. I don't have anything to do now and it's still early afternoon. My mind went back to the earlier conversation with the researcher and an idea popped into my head. Time to explore the W Area~ The area was in a subterranean environment with some Digimon residents and a few shops which sold better items. Not much to note though, so I decided to head back. On my way back I came across my two best friends, Pulsa and Komachi. Pulsa has blonde hair and a somewhat helmet hairstyle while Komachi has long brown hair which are in low braids and her fringe were parted from the middle. A wide grin appeared on Pulsa's face.
"Hey Kou it's been awhile."
"I guess it has. It's good to see both of you."
"That's right. You been getting quests from Chief Glare, I'm so jealous~" There goes the fangirl within her. I laughed and shrugged it off.
"You'd better not be thinking that we've been lagging behind." He smirked while the Komachi puffed her chest out.
"We've been working our butts off with quests and training harder than ever. So you'd better watch out because one day, we'll rise higher than you'll ever be!" She stated proudly. I accepted their challenge instantly and replied in a gutsy manner.
"Bring. It. On!" Anyone could see the electricity cackling between the three of them. After awhile, we burst into fits of laughter at this nostalgic event. We've have been friends since we were toddlers and we always got into friendly challenges like this every once in awhile. Months have flown by since we last got together for a chat and it felt unnatural.
"Ahaha leaving that aside, isn't it about time we took the advancement exam to be a Bronze Tamer?" I was stunned. OF ALL THINGS, HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS?!
"I guess so. It'll be a breeze for you, right Kou?"She asked.
"W-Waa?" I was taken by surprise and quickly recomposed myself, "O-of course! It's one of the reasons why I've been training so much." I lied. There's NO WAY am I going to let them find out! They'll never let me live it down. We continued to chat a while longer before we parted ways. I watched as their figures shrunk in the distance. When they were out of sight, I raced to the Shine Terminal and took the TPGate to the DigiColosseum.
I panted slightly when I reached my destination and I took a breather or two. Well..., I came here on impulse but I guess I should ask them. We did just come back from a quest. I took out my DigiVice and it's screen shone softly.
"Yo, you guys up for another round?"
"Aren't we here already?" Ciel questioned back. Huh, I'm sorry I asked. Titania brought back our focus back to the question at hand.
"We'll have to go through this sooner or later so let's just get this over with."
"That's right, or else you'll just forget again~" Nova teased.
"OH GIVE IT A REST...AND HOW DID YOU KNOW I FORGOT?!" I yelled in a hushed manner.
"Ah~ you admitted it." Haru pointed out.
"T-That's besides the point!" I fumbled.
"Simmer down hotshot," Ugh, where did that nickname come from? "We have our ways of telling and you forgot that all of us can hear everything that happens outside this Digivice. Including your love live~" I felt my face grow warm.
"What are you talking about? I don't have one!"
"Of course you don't! Not yet that is." Arggggh! It's obvious they're having sooo much fun on the otherside of the screen. I can even clearly picture all my Digimons smirking and snickering. I really shouldn't have asked them. I kept my DigiVice and walked towards the counter.
"Well look who do we have here. So you finally decided to enter the advancement exams Kou?" Leomon grinned.
"Yup. I've been somewhat busy lately and I guess time just flew by."
"Hahaha I can see that." My eyebrow twitched. Darn, our conversation earlier made me really sensitive.
"The entry fee is 500 bits." I handed him the gold. "Alright, I'll enter you name in. Just go to the WaitRoom when you're ready and good luck out there." I thanked him and made my way there. Within the room, I sneezed again on my way to the TPGate. My Digivice softly shone by my side.
"Are you really sure you want to do this now?" Soul asked in concern.
"Huh? Of course I do! Why wouldn't I?"
"You're sick." The serpent Digimon pointed out.
"Ah this? Don't worry, something as small as this won't keep me down!"
"...*sigh* nothing we say is going to change your mind now is it." Titania cut in.
"Heheheh" I laughed in response.
"Fine...just don't push your body too far alright?" That was Haru. I could feel myself grin like an idiot at the thought that my Digimons cared for me.
"Yes mam~" I stepped onto the TPGate at the end of the room and was brought to the Battle Stage where the exam was being held. My opponent was a young orange-haired girl with a dull yellow hat on her head and apparently, she's my senior and the test supervisor...I'm not joking! All I have to do is beat her and I'll be promoted to Bronze though. Simple enough.
"This match will be a two-on-two. Now if both sides are ready, MATCH START!"At the referee's cue, we called out our Digimons. On Ai's, my opponent's, side was a Shadramon and a Magnamon. Oh joy, two Digimons I've never seen before. (AN: They're Armor Digimons.) My two strongest Digimons right now are Nova and Titania. Although it would have been Ciel if not for his occasional quarrelling with his tail. It's less frequent than before so I guess that's an improvement. Of course I know that Nova's itching for this tough match but I ain't going to send him out. I smirked. I call this, Sweet Revenge. So instead, I sent out Ciel and my latest addition to the team, Aegis a.k.a Akatorimon.
"Alright let's get this battle pumping! Shadra Magna, show them what we're made off!" Her Digimons launched themselves at mine in an instant. Titania managed to parry against Shadramon's attack and Aegis fired his Scar Red Eye at Magnamon. A small burst of grey smoke covered his target on impact from the pair of red lasers but he came out unscathed and that's one tough armour. How am I going to- AACHHOOOO~! *sniff* Not good. Looks like I have to finish this quickly while I still can.
Time skip - Tamer Home
I plopped down onto my soft bed and melted in its comfort. I barely managed to take a shower after I won the Tamer exam and now my head's killing me. I dragged the covers of my bed over my shivering body and sniffed. There's no doubt I've caught a cold. Heh, at least it's confirmed I'm not an idiot. Afterall, idiots don't catch colds right? ...ugh me and my cold jokes... My eyelids felt heavier as the seconds ticked and eventually, I fell asleep thanks to the side effect of the medicine.
...
Amidst my drowsiness, my eyes slowly peeled open to see myself surrounded by nothing but black. Where am I? Am I...in a dream? My thoughts met with absolute silence. All of a sudden, vague images of a white egg with purple triangle markings on it flashed before my eyes along with the images of two eggs. One was crimson with the symbol of the sun while the other was violet with the symbol of the moon on it. Shortly afterwards, the image of what seemed to be seven big figures lingered infront of me. I couldn't tell much. They were standing closer together and the image showed only their silhouette. It's impossible to make out if they're human or not. The image started enlarging and until it faded away completely. Many thoughts were rushing through my mind but one rang louder than the rest, 'What were those?'. The area returned back to it's black silent state and I thought that whatever was happening had ended. However, that's when things became creepy.
...Be ready...
An unknown voice echoed strongly and clearly within my head but there was no one in sight. Be ready for what? Before I could think further, my body suddenly felt as if it was being forcefully dragged downwards. I struggled to grab onto something, ANYTHING to stop my fall but there was only darkness. I fell harder and faster with no signs of stopping. Panic and adrenaline hammered through my veins. I wanted to scream but my voice never emerged. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!
Aaaand that's the end~! I've finally, FINALLY touched the tip of the mysteries in the story. I don't know why but to me, it felt sooo long just to reveal this much. == *sigh* Maybe I should speed thing up a bit, what do you guys think?
I've also noticed that lately I've been focusing more on Kou's side of the story than Shade's and sad to say, the next chapter will also be from Kou's POV. Sigh...I hope I can switch to Shade's POV soon. It gets boring after awhile from only one person's POV :/. Nevertheless, stay tuned for the next update~!
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