History of a Royal Knight
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Thoughts
"Talking"
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Chapter 9
As the ship finishes phasing through the final barrier, the Tamers and their partners gasp in surprise, though Takato Matsuki only smiles at their reactions since, to him, this was home. "It's so… computery." Terriermon states and the others agreed.
"Hey, there's a welcoming committee waiting for us!" Kazu says in an excited voice. "You see the one in black and gold armour? That's Alphamon." He informs them. "Who's pinky?" Rika asks and he answers, "That's Crusadermon, the one beside with bat like wings is Dynasmon,"
"Ok, so who's that black and white armoured Digimon with white wings who's arguing with Magnamon?" Henry asks and he can't help but chuckle as he watches the pair. "That's Duftmon and the one who's hushing them is Alforce V-dramon." He says with a slight grin on his face as the two arguing Digimon glare at Alforce V-dramon before they compose themselves, it seems that the order is trying to display a united front since they know that there are other people accompanying him.
"I wonder if they have a snack ready." Guilmon muses wistfully and he shakes his head, though he knows that Guilmon is a bit of a walking stomach and wasn't all surprised that his partner does most of his thinking with it either. "Since this is a special occasion, they probably do, though I doubt that they'll be joining us though." He admits but before Kazu, Henry, Rika, or any of the other Digimon could ask him about what he meant, the ship lands about ten feet from the welcoming committee.
Has he turns from the screen, he takes a few steps before glancing behind him towards those Tamers that accompanied him here. "Coming?" He asks and Guilmon begins to shadow him as he turns away from them and heads to where the ramp was likely descending.
Though he felt slightly nervous about appearing before the order as Takato Matsuki instead of Gallantmon, but in the end, it was too late to do anything about it now as he walks slowly down the ramp with Guilmon walking less then a foot to his right. As he draws closer to the group, he can't help but think of those comrades of four years as being tall, so tall that they seem to be imitating to him just by standing there, he wonders if this was how Rika felt when he arrived in the real world for the first time in four years as Gallantmon.
He waits at the bottom for Kazu, Henry, Rika, and their partner Digimon. He watches as Guilmon sniffs the air as he turns slightly to watch as the other Tamers and their partner Digimon descend down the ramp. Kazu and his partner Guardromon appear quickly enough, Kazu even seems to be strutting down the ramp with Henry carrying Terriermon and Rika followed by Renamon walking behind the visor wearing Tamer.
He nods to himself before turning to view the group of Royal Knights, he firmly puts down any nervousness within him as he addresses Alphamon and the other Royal Knights, "Been a while, huh?"
Alphamon takes a step forward before replying, "It's good to see you've found yourself, Takato and I want you to know that you and your partner, Guilmon, are always welcome among us and have a place among us." Then the overall commander of the Royal Knights addresses those Tamers and their partners that accompanied Guilmon and him, "I welcome you and your partners to our strong hold. I hope your stay here will be an enjoyable time, though I hope you understand that we wish that you would keep silent about what you find here, you never know what overhears such conversations."
As Henry and the others nod in agreement and then in a rush, Magnamon and Duftmon managed to herd Guilmon and himself away from the Tamers as the two remaining Royal Knights take charge of the Tamers and their partners, likely going to give them a quick tour of the hold before taking them to the holo gym so they can practice their Bio Merging as well as for some battle practice in their mega form.
"So, tell us all about how you two got fused together and how you managed to unmerge as well!" Magnamon asks and he chuckles softly to himself before he begins to steer the pair to one of the rest rooms that's closest to their location as he collects his thoughts, wondering where to begin his tale.
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Rika watches as the armour level Digimon and the black and white armoured Digimon herd Guilmon and Takato away from the ship as Alphamon heads off to deal with tasks that needed his attention, leaving them to the mercies of the last two knights, Crusadermon and Dynasmon. The pair studied them for a few seconds before beckoning them to follow as the pair introduces themselves.
"I am Dynasmon and this is Crusadermon." The leather winged mega level Digimon says and before either Henry or she could respond, Kazu introduces them, "I'm Kazu, that big lump of metal is Guardromon, my partner. The fiery red head is Rika and her partner is Renamon and finally that's Henry and his loud mouth partner, Terriermon."
The pink armoured mega nods and within minutes they were within the keep. "First, we'll show you to your rooms so you can drop your stuff off in there before we show you around. Before we start training in the holo gym, you'll have a chance to have a meal." Crusadermon says as they walk through an oddly decorated hall, from the size of the keep she could tell that it's made for tall mega level Digimon; she couldn't help but feel small in comparison as they followed the two knights.
They came to a tube with a circle pattern on the floor. Dynasmon steps into the open part of the tube and says, "Second floor." The circle pattern begins to glow and then in a bright flash, the leather winged mega Digimon named Dynasmon was no longer in the tube. "Talk about a flashy exit." Terriermon comments, as if finally finding his voice.
"Quite." Crusadermon comments with an underline of dry humour. Henry and herself share looks and she gives the visor wearing Tamer a slight push in the direction of tube opening. "The honour is all your's Kazu, all your's." She informs the teen and Henry nods in agreement.
Kazu huffs but stalks into the tube opening. "Second floor." Kazu says in a gruff voice and it's not long before the rest of the group mimic Dynasmon and Kazu. Once on the second floor, they didn't have far to go, it seems that the second floor was where all of the living quarters were.
"When Yggdrasil created this place, it hadn't known what kinds of Digimon that would sign up under it and so created a lot of different kinds of rooms. As Digimon failed or just couldn't stand it, the list of Digimon serving under it began to shorten and so did the number of different rooms types." Dynasmon says and then adds as one of the room doors slide open, "It's not uncommon for us to… migrate rooms every so often. Sometimes… things get to be too much, I'm sure you get what I'm saying."
She recalls plenty of alterations in decoration in her own room and can't help but nod her head in agreement. A peg of envy surges within her for a second about how they could move out when things get too…. She shakes her head and after a game of rock, paper, scissors in which Henry wins the first room, they move across the way to another room.
After two games, she wins the second room, leaving Kazu to use the third room that Crusadermon and Dynasmon. Once Renamon and her took a look about the room, she perks on noticing the large furo and a separate spot where one could shower. She can't help but be highly impressed by how comfortable the room was. She drops off her knap sack by the bed and follows Renamon out of the room.
It was a few more minutes until Kazu joined Guardromon and them out in the hall; it seems that Kazu spent some time looking through the dresser drawers and even the closest. She sighs as Kazu comes out of the room exclaiming, "I love it here! Did you see the size of the furos here? It's like having your own hot tube!"
She glances at the visor wearing Tamer before glancing in Henry's direction. With a shrug from Henry, Crusadermon motions them to follow them back to the elevator tube so they can head to the kitchen or whatever to grab a snack before heading to the holo gym to see if it's easier Bio Merging here in the Digital World then when they were in the real world.
Her thoughts go back to that bit of advice that Takato gave them when they started. It's all about truly wanting to fight with your partner, to be right in the thick of things at your partner's side.
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"Lightning Joust!" Their dual voice shout as they launch themselves at Alphamon. Alphamon rolls on his heels and his fist lands on their shield. Their right arm feels a bit numb from the impact.
He's strong. Guilmon says and Takato nods with a slight smile on his face. You should see him when he's welding Ultimate War Blade King Dragon; I'm always stunned at how easily he could battle with such a bulky weapon. He answers as they leap back, away from the unarmed mega Digimon, one he considers to be the younger brother he never had.
As they land, Alphamon charges them and it's their turn to go on the defensive. After a few seconds, they slam their shield into Alphamon's chest and use the broad side of the lance to hit Alphamon in the back of the head as they twist on the balls of their feet, coming out behind the black armoured Digimon. Before they regain their balance, Alphamon is attacking once more, only this time; feathers were coming out of their protective casing.
He has wings? Guilmon asks in alarm and he shrugs as he answers. Yea, he does. Though I don't know why though, he just evolved that way. Alphamon manages to knock their shield away as the straps holding it to their arm snapped after taking one too many hits to the sides of the shield.
They manage to catch Alphamon's next punch and they did away with their lance as well so they can fight with their fists. Without the shield to get in their way, they can now use their legs to land blows as well. Unlike them, Alphamon's armour is much more bulky then theirs and was designed to take more of a beating then their armour, which is why Alphamon hadn't resorted to adding a few kicks into the mix.
"Can't you guys fight better then that?" Kazu shouts but they ignore their friend as he begins to explain what he has in mind with Guilmon as they trade blows with Alphamon, he knows that unarmed combat was Alphamon's speciality while theirs lay in using lances and shields. He can't help but find it odd not to be in total control of Gallantmon but then, he knows that they need to practice fighting as one instead of just one of them in the pilot seat and the other one the passenger.
That's likely what Alphamon has in mind, to get them to work in sync with each other. True, they've done well against the D-Reaper but they could have done better. He knows that before they leave tomorrow, they're likely to spar once more with another member of the Royal Knights; he's willing to lay good odds that it'll be either Duftmon or even Alforce V-dramon, or, in an off chance, maybe both Dynasmon and Crusadermon.
Dam it, focus! This isn't the time to be day dreaming, Takato. What happens tomorrow will happen tomorrow, right now, we have a fight to win. He curses to himself as they receive a hit in their helmet. He clears his mind as best as he can of any thoughts that don't relate to the here and now.
Now, Takatomon? Guilmon asks and he nods within his sphere. Now Guilmon. They twirled their cape and vanish from view; all those present can see their red cape fluttering away. He grins to himself, this trick was something he never taught to Alphamon and once Alphamon is right under them…
"Lightning Punch!" They shout in their dual voice and around their right fist, the usual blue lightning dances around the metal surface. They were getting damage from the attack since they're suppose to be using their lance, but he's been known to imprecise and he knows that it's worth it just to see that look of surprised in Alphamon's eyes as they descending down on him.
By the time Alphamon recovers from his shock, it was too late for the black armoured knight to do much other then block the attack. When their fist connects with Alphamon's shoulder, Alphamon managed to shift ever so slightly to minimize the damage the attack is likely to do.
"Arg!" Alphamon grunts in pain as they hiss, as they land on their feet, the lightning surges and causes a large flash to engulf the two of them. As their view returns, he finds that they're currently slouched by a wall and since Guilmon's hasn't recovered, he looks to the far wall and notices that Alphamon was also slouching by the opposite wall.
It was then did he realize how injured they were from that lightning attack. "Mental note, we're reserving that one for desperate measures." He mutters out loud, he feels Guilmon agree with him as Magnamon declares the match a draw.
"Takato!" Henry shouts out as the Tamers plus Alforce V-dramon charge towards him as Duftmon and Dynasmon shout out as they lead the other knights towards Alphamon. "Alphamon!"
He's still in the driver seat, in a manner of speaking, so he's the one feeling the full blunt of their injuries, which he believes he deserves to feel since it was his plan that had lead to their current condition. "You know standard procedure." Alforce V-dramon states as the blue mega activates the med scan, he sighs but fights the impulse to move onto his side or to get into a more comfortable position.
This wasn't the first time it decided to alter an attack, just the first time that such an attack was successful. "Well, I'd say a dip in the liquid data pockets will do the two of you some good. So, did you want to do it as Gallantmon or as your individual selves?" Alforce V-dramon asks and he waits for Guilmon's opinion on this.
"We'll stay like this, we need to grow… accustom to working together." Which kind of translates that he needed to get use to having Guilmon's conscious while they're Gallantmon. Alforce V-dramon helps them stand up, they lean heavily on the blue coloured knight, he knows that Guilmon's slightly surprised at how much pain they were in but he tries not to wrestle control from his partner.
A quick look across the way shows that Alphamon was also having some help to the medical ward. From the looks of things, Duftmon was sent ahead to have the tanks ready for them. They glance down at the Tamers and a slight peg of guilt hits him when he notices the worried look on Rika's face.
Alforce V-dramon pauses for a moment, asking them to remain behind. He didn't pay too much attention to what's going on around him as he's now fighting to remain conscious. Takatomon… when we're done, you think we can have dinner? Guilmon asks him in a worried tone.
He sighs but couldn't help but smile at that. I'm sure they'll have something for us to eat. He answers and they're once more moving to the medical ward, it's a good thing that it's on the same level as the holo gym, he couldn't imagine how long it would take otherwise take to get them to the medical wing…
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Henry Wong sighs as he tries to sink into the highly comfortable mattress. He can already hear his partner's snores coming from his left side. He stares up at the ceiling as his mind refuses to allow his exhaustion to over take him.
His thoughts circulate around the spar between Gallantmon and Alphamon. He replays the final attack that Gallantmon had done; he still can't help but wonder how it was that Takato and Guilmon manage that vanishing act before that attempt at an alternate usage of Lightning Joust. He can still see the battered forms of both mega knight Digimon, his stomach still goes cold whenever he sees the two in his mind's eye.
I wonder how Takato and Guilmon will react to their next sparring partner… He muses after a while. A slight ghost of a smile appears on his face as his eyes droop; sleep finally over coming his mind. Well, it'll definitely be a very interesting day tomorrow, hope that Takato's up for it. Was his last thought as he finally allows himself to fall into the blackness of his mind.
