I don't own Digimon or the Loud House.

I decided to post this chapter up a day early because I'm gonna be busy tomorrow and I didn't want to risk missing on the self imposed deadly. Plus I already had it done since last week. The DigiDestined are getting their crests now and soon they will be ready to hold their own against the worst the Digital World has to offer. A few of you asked me if Bio-merging was going to be thing in this story and the answer is yes. Since I'm changing up the story from the original show I won't have Myotismon enter the Real World and cause havoc like he did hence there won't be any arrows being shot at Sam and Luna made out of Hope and Light because of a prophecy. Though there will be an arc where Digimon do enter the real world, that part will be set in Royal Oaks, not Odaiba, Japan. But Bio-merging won't be appearing any time soon. They're barely reaching the champion level, they still have to reach the Ultimate level first.

Also I'd like to mention that all of the following story arcs all happen at roughly the same. So when I get to Luna's and Sam's arc, there will be reference to the number of days and so on. That just means that time has passed since they all left Primary Village. I'll be doing theirs next with Lynn and Clyde after them. Lori's and Leni's adventure will be last. But before that we still have to finish Lincoln's and Luan's adventure first. So without further ado, enjoy the story.

The Digi-Loud Adventure

Chapter 10: Luan's Partner

"Targets acquired. Moving to detain the DigiDestined." Andromon said as he raised his right arm above his head. "Lightning Blade...Fire!"

The only thing that Luan could see was the blue energy blade as it streaked towards her. Time slowed down as the attacked neared her. And from her peripheral vision she could see that Lincoln was too far away to save her. He had gone to his partner's side and was now trying to turn back to reach her but he was too far away and more importantly, he was much too slow. The last thought that passed through her mind was how she never got to apologize to Coronamon.

"Flame Shield!"

Luan had closed her eyes in anticipation of the attack hitting her that she didn't see when someone jumped in front of her. She didn't see when the Digimon raised a fiery aura to protect himself. She didn't see when the energy blade connected with the fiery barrier that protected him. But she did feel the force of the explosion and she was sent flying backwards several yards where she came to a stop by a wall. When she opened her eyes, Luan saw that lying next to her was none other than Coronamon. He was battered and bruised in several places but he was breathing. Looking up, she could also see the the spot where she had been standing and the explosion had sent her rolling over 10 yards away.

"Coronamon?" Luan gently shook the little red lion cub digimon.

Coronamon groaned as he came to, opening his eyes slowly. He blinked them several times before locking them onto Luan. "H-Hey there." He managed to say.

"W-why?" She asked him. She couldn't understand why he would come back to save her after she had been so terrible to him. She didn't deserve to be saved by him.

"Because, Luan, we're partners..." Coronamon told her. "It doesn't matter if we don't know each other...after all, a stranger is just a friend that you haven't met yet. I'm sorry it took me so long to figure that out."

Laun felt herself crack a smile despite the whirlwind of emotions she was feeling. Because she remembered when she had said those words to Lincoln years ago when he first started elementary school. That had been the day that Lincoln and Clyde had expanded their circle of friends.

"Coronamon...can you...I mean, could you ever forgive me?" Luan asked. She could see it in his eyes that she was already forgiven but she had to ask. She had to hear him say it before she could even begin to forgive herself.
"Of course, Luan, after all, we're beast friends." Coronamon said, making an attempt at a pun.

Hearing the pun on best friends, Luan couldn't help but begin to laugh. It started out slow but soon it was full blown laughter as her partner joined her. She hadn't laughed that hard since she arrived and it was definitely the wrong place to be laugh since there was a murderous cyborg close by. But she couldn't help it, she couldn't help but feel happy that things were starting to look up for her and Coronamon.

"Luan, look out!" Lincoln shouted as Andromon charged at them.

Coronamon saw the Ultimate Digimon charge at them and quickly stood up. He charged at the cyborg Digimon despite only being a rookie. At the same time, Luan's Digivice went off with a flash of light that blinded her and engulfed her partner.

Coronamon Digivolve to...Firamon!

Andromon was thrown back as he came crashing into a large fiery red winged lion digimon. While not as tall as ExVeemon, Firamon was easily as tall as Andromon. And was large enough that four of them could probably ride him with ease. Firamon roared as he took flight into the air. He circled once and then dived down from the sky.

"Flame Dive!"

Firamon's body became encased with flames as he dived into Andromon. There was a loud explosion and Firamon jumped out of the cloud of smoke unharmed. But unfortunately Andromon was also unharmed. Without stopping to catch his breath, Firamon lunged forward and attempted to slash at Andromon with its fiery claws but the Ultimate caught both of them and threw him against the far wall.

"V Laser!" ExVeemon attacked Andromon from behind as he rejoined the fight.

Andromon was knocked to the ground where Firamon pounced on his back and began to claw at his back with as much force as he could. But despite his best efforts, he couldn't penetrate Andromon's armor.

"Lincoln, neither of us has the power to put Andromon down." ExVeemon told them. "If we don't think of something quick, we're done for."

But just as Lincoln was about to speak, Andromon had just thrown Firamon off of him. He then proceeded to pound away on the lion Digimon, hammering away with his fists. ExVeemon attempted to intervene but Andromon laid him out with a single punch. As Andromon turned his attention back toward Firamon, he stopped when he spotted Laun standing in front of her partner.

"DigiDestined. Stand aside. I must eliminate all intruders." Andromon said. He towered over her as he looked down at the female Loud.

"He's not an intruder, he's my partner!" Luan shouted as she raised her Digivice.

She aimed it at Andromon's face and pressed the button on the top corner. And to everyone's surprise, a bright light erupted from the screen and actually harmed Andromon. He screamed in pain as he stumbled backwards. From his vantage point, Lincoln could also see that something that looked like a black gear came out of his back right before it broke down into a million pieces. Then as the light faded away, both Andromon and Luan fell down to their knees.

Lincoln rushed over to his sister's side and gave her a hand to stand up. "Are you okay, Luan?"

"Y-Yea...I'm fine." She said though she sounded like she was out of breath.

"How did you do that?" Lincoln asked her.

"While you were unconscious...Jijimon had explained to us...how to use the Digivices...the light within can banish the darkness..." Luan explained as she tried to catch her breath. "I just didn't think it was literal."

"You mean that black thing that came out of him?" Lincoln asked, recalling what he saw.

"Yea...I saw it too but only for a second. I'm guessing that whatever it was it was controlling him." Luan said. She was breathing better now and she could stand without help. "But I didn't think that would work so well. I was only trying to blind him..."

"Datamon...Must defeat Datamon." Andromon began to talk out loud, startling the Loud Siblings. "Datamon is attempting to steal the Golden Radiance...Must alert Jijimon."

"Um...Andromon...are you okay?" ExVeemon asked. He had gotten back up and was standing next to the Ultimate Digimon but not too close.

Andromon suddenly rose up and looked around. He stared at the two Champion Digimon before him and then focused on Lincoln. His eyes locked onto the crest hanging around his next. "Is that what I think it is?" he asked as he pointed at the crest. "Have you received the Golden Radiance from its chamber?"

"The what? Are you talking about my crest?" Lincoln asked.

"Yes. The Golden Radiance was stored here to prevent anyone from obtaining until the DigiDestined who was meant for it could claim it. If you have it then that means you are that DigiDestined." Andromon said. "Forgive me for attacking you for I was under the control of Datamon, an evil Digimon under the command of Machinedramon, one of the Dark Masters. I attempted to defeat him but he used a type of black gear that overrode my programming."

"Do you know if there are anymore of those black gears?" Lincoln asked.

"I'm not sure. But for now we must escape from here. I fear that if we try to retake Factorial town now it would only lead to our demise." Andromon said.

"Wait, how do we know that we can trust you?" Luan asked. "After all, you did just try to kill us."

"I do apologize for my earlier behavior. But I assure you that I mean you no harm. I was programmed to be a good Digimon."

"Despite the beating gave us, Andromon is indeed a good Digimon." Veemon said after reverting back into his rookie form. "We can trust him now that he's not being controlled anymore."

"Yea...Andromon is one of the gentlest souls around." Coronamon said. "You know...when he's not beating us like bongos."

"Do you know how to get out of here?" Lincoln asked. They had gotten turned around while running away.

"Yes. If you'll follow me, we can take the emergency exit through the sewers." Andromon said as he began to walk away. "It will lead us to Gear Savanna where Datamon will not be able to follow us."

"The sewers...great." Lincoln mumbled as he and Veemon followed him.

While bringing up the rear, Luan and Coronamon walked in an awkward silence. Neither knew what to say now that they were back together. On the one hand, there were still so many things Luan wanted to apologize for. But on the other hand, she knew that Coronamon had already forgiven her.

So instead, Luan opted to do what she did best during an awkward silence. She told him a joke. "Hey Coronamon, did you hear about the thief that stole a calendar? He got 12 months."

Coronamon choked back a laugh as he heard the punchline. Luan could tell that he was making her work for his laughs and she eagerly accepted the challenge.

"I used to be addicted to soap but now I'm clean."

Coronamon placed both hands over his mouth as he tried to stifle his laugh. In front of them Luan could hear her brother groan as he heard her retell her old jokes while Veemon did laugh.

"Guess who I bumped into on the way to the eye doctor? Everyone!"

"Why is a prisoner's favorite punctuation mark a period? Because it marks the end of a sentence!"

"What do you call a dinosaur that's sleeping? A Dino-snore!"

With each joke, it got harder and harder for Coronamon to hold it together until he finally burst out laughing. While the jokes weren't the best, Lincoln could see that laughter was the special ingredient that would help form the bond between the two of them. And as they made their way out of Factorial Town, Lincoln felt like Luan couldn't have gotten a better partner even if she tried. Now if only his partner didn't laugh at her terrible jokes then he'd be getting somewhere. At least Andromon wasn't laughing. Though he wondered if that was because the cyborg Digimon wasn't programmed with a sense of humor...

End of chapter.

What did you think? Not a very long chapter since it was just a wrap up on Lincoln's part of the story. The next one will focus on Luan and it will be at least 3 chapters long. I already finished chapters 11 and 12 and I'm halfway through chapter 13 which should be the final part of her story. After that expect to see Luna and Sam on their adventure. I'm actually looking forward to writing that part because I like how Luna talks. She's an interesting character and I'll try my best to do her justice.

Anyways, since I have the next two chapters done already I'll post the next one early if any of you can guess Luan's crest or we get another 4 reviews since it seems that that's what we're averaging on each chapter. Otherwise I'll just post it next weekend. Also a hint; Luan's crest isn't one of the original crests. But if you study her in her element, then you might guess which one it is.

Till next time.