Here are a few reviews answered by Ghost:
thunderofdeath97: Yeah, but no-one really likes Data Squad.
Z571: Yeah, Neo DOES. But being fair, HE went through a similar ego trip himself. Of course Gabo turned into a big boy, he deserved it. Who said that Rei didn't? *Chuckles*
Co-Writer: GhostKaiser23
Disclaimer: We do not own Digimon, that belongs to Toei
Authors Note:
Here we are, Chapter 2 of this mini-arc!
Really important character stuff for Taichi. I hope you all like it.
Digimon V-Tamer 02
Chapter 10: Broken Confidence, Victory Shattered Part 2
Rika Nonaka panted as she ran through the streets, looking for Taichi 'Damn it, Taichi! Why'd you run?' She thought to herself "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
No reply.
She looked on further, running through the park, before she saw him, sitting on the swings looking sorry for himself. She frowned, walking towards him "Really? Swings?" Rika asked as she took a step forward only to freeze, memories flashing in her eyes. She saw a much younger version of herself, looking forlorn as she sat on the swings. Behind her, a blank space where 'he' was supposed to be 'No. No, no, no. Not you.' She thought cursing the figure behind the younger her.
"Rika?" Taichi asked, snapping HER from her thoughts
"Huh?" She asked before seeing Taichi. "Yeah? What?"
"You okay? You zoned out." he asked, clearly still depressed
"It's nothing. What're YOU doing here? Feeling sorry for yourself?" Rika responded as she sat on the swing next to her
"I guess." Taichi sighed. The two remained there in silence, just gently pushing themselves with their feet.
Squeak
Squeak
Squeak
"How long will you keep moping?" Rika asked, breaking the silence.
"Huh?" he blinked
"You got your butt kicked, fine. But are you gonna keep being sad?" Rika responded
"Rika?" he blinked once again
"What? You think I'd run off to him?" she laughed before she said mockingly in a high pitched classic 'school girl' voice "Oh, Neo-Sama! That Taichi looser is worthless teach me everything, desu!" With her little joke/mocking comment over with she shook her head in disgust, smirking at herself as she sat back "Please, I'm not that pathetic." she commented, looking Rika in the eye
''Neo-Sama'?' Taichi thought in shock, not believing he'd hear THAT from Rika. Which was probably the point and if he was in a better mood he'd be laughing his fucking ass of "Yeah, you aren't." He had to laugh about at her mocking attitude. Rika coughed a little before looking at Taichi again, felling a little flustered at him. Embarrassed about how easily she made him laugh "But seriously...I DID get a HUGE ego when teaching you guys." Taichi frowned "I'm not upset I lost. I'm upset about everything around it."
Rika sighed and looked to the floor "Damn it, why did I think I'd be good at this?" she asked aloud, bringing her left leg up and resting her chin against her knee "When you beat you, you pissed me off. Made me mad. But then... Well I'm still pissed I can't beat you but you've taught me how to be a better Tamer."
"Yeah, I did do that." Taichi nodded, not trying to be proud.
"You taught us to be good Tamers. Nothing wrong with that." she admitted, turning to look at him "You're a special guy, goggle-head."
"'Goggle-Head'? Is that your nickname for me?" He smiled
"Maybe." she smiled, her violet eyes sparking in mischief
Taichi chuckled gently. "That's actually kinda cute." He admitted
"C... Cute?!" she squeaked, her eyes widening as she blushed
"Yeah, you're cute when you want to be. And it doesn't mean that you're not bad ass as well." Taichi answered "I do honestly mean this, I'm proud of you Rika."
"Mmmm." Rika whined softly, lowering her head "Baka." she whisperer, standing up and trying to keep a straight face 'I'll see you later. Please get over whatever... This is. You still have a lot to teach me."
Then, in a moment so fast Taichi wondered if it really happened, she kissed his
"Later Goggle-Head." she mumbled before she took off running, shouting over her shoulder "Oh yeah! And next time we fight, I'm gonna kick your ass!" she yelled back with her normal arrogance
Taichi blinked and wondered if that was real.
Was Rika? No. Couldn't be.
But his cheek felt a little sensation left there.
He stood up, starting the trek home
*with Henry*
"Yeah. Alright dad. Love you. See you tomorrow." Henry said, hanging up the phone "He said it's okay that I stay here tonight."
"Nice havin' you over." Mari smiled seeing Henry. She hugged the younger boy, pushing his face into her breasts
'Bwaa~?' Henry blushed as he felt her breasts through her clothes. Her large chest against his face, the stylish outfit she wore hugging her chest stylishly
"Mari, I think you're overwhelming him." Sigma spoke quietly.
"What makes you say that?" Mari responded 'innocently', looking down and saw a nose-bleeding rolled back eyed Henry. She giggled, patting his head and letting go
"Aaahhh~." Henry drooled lightly, before coming back to. "Huh?"
"You're cute." she grinned
"I-I well, t-thanks." He blushed before he noticed something on the table...
Sigma's D-Arc... In pieces, taken apart
"Err. Sigma. What're you DOING?" DemiDevimon asked in fright.
"I'm analyzing it." he said simply as he sat at his computer, typing away
"But we NEED that to be partners!" DemiDevimon panicked
"DemiDevimon, its fine." he smiled "We're always partners. And I can fix it."
"Well. Okay. I can live with that." DemiDevimon answered
"So, what did you find out?" Mari asked
"These things are NOTHING like our old ones." he said simply "Based off the same concept but it's like comparing the first ever computer to a modern laptop. Completely different function, design and purpose."
"So REALLY upgraded then." Mari answered
"No. Same technology, but the tech has improved so much its basically a different machine." he shook his head "Our old ones allowed us to store food, items and transmit them, as well as messages, to our Digimon. But these? They are why our Digimon can't Digivolve naturally, why they can't STAY Digivovled. It's a tether, linking our souls basically. We are powering their Digivolutions."
"The old Digivices could do that?" Henry asked in shock
"Huh? Oh, yeah." Sigma nodded, quickly drawing them "The Digivice 01. It was basic. Just holding items. And allowed us to send small messages right into our partners minds."
"Sigma actually made a trick around that for Tamer Vs Tamer fights, nearly beat Taichi with that trick. Basically cheating by seeing the messages Taichi sent." Mari teased
"It was totally fair." Sigma frowned "But as I was saying. These new Digivices directly link us to our Digimon, soul wise. Our Partners can no longer Digivolve past their 'base state' on their own and can not maintain those forms. Meanwhile we power their Digivolutions, the Digimon drawing the power to Digivolve from our souls. It makes them stronger than a normal Digimon of their species when they Digivolve but they can only draw so much power at a time. Plus they have the radar, analyser and card systems. Hmm... D-Arc. Good name. "
"Eh." Mari shrugged. "Hungry, Henry?"
"Facinating." Henry said, sitting next to Sigma
Mari sighed and shook her head. 'Boys.' She crossed her arms, sitting down and preparing to sleep while taking a look at Henry '...Why are the nerdy ones the cutest?' She thought with a smile
*the next morning, with Taichi*
Taichi groaned and stretched out in his bed, having a relaxing sleep. He got up, his body feeling almost limp 'Man...Last night.' He thought tiredly. He got up weakly, still feeling a bit upset
Knock knock
"Hello?" He groaned in response
"It's me." Takata called through nervously
"Oh, hey. yawn." Taichi responded, getting up out of bed. He walked over and opened his door calmly. On the other side as Takata holding a plate of toast and croissants. She was dressed in some loose shirt and pajama bottoms.
"I brought you breakfast." she smiled, holding up the plate shyly.
"Oh, thank you. I appreciate it." Taichi took the plate graciously. He let her in, the two sitting in his bed
"Say 'ah'." Takata said shyly as she held up a slice of bread
"Ah." Taichi opened his mouth and bit down on the piece of toast. "Hmm~." He hummed as this was fresh baked bread. Takata giggled, holding up another piece "Theesh are great." Taichi commented, swallowing the toasted bread.
"That's good, I made them myself." she said happily, licking her lips a bit as her mouth suddenly felt dry. This felt very intimate, almost romantic
"You made this? You're a great baker." Taichi answered honestly
"Ehehehe." she laughed nervously and blushed
"Sleep well?" He asked as he took another bite of toast.
"Yes." she nodded softly, giggling as she continued to feed him
"How's Guilmon?" He asked
"I haven't seen her yet." she admitted, pointing down at her current state of dress with a blush "But she went after Zero last night to make sure he was okay."
"Thank you. I appreciate it, Takata." He answered kindly.
"Thanks." she blushed brightly and crossed her legs a bit, feeding him again
"Hmm. Is. Is this chocolate filled?" Taichi asked as he tasted the croissant.
"Yes." she smiled and laughed "You made a mess that time." she commented
"Really?" he blinked and rubbed his right cheek, missing the mess
"Don't worry, I've got it." she giggled and used her finger to gently wipe the chocolate spread from the left corner of his mouth, lightly brushing his lips, before she brought her finger to her mouth and picked the spread off
"Um. Thanks." He answered, letting Takata do that. He was fed another one, trying not to state at her lips 'Oh man, these taste great. Takata's so...cute. What am I thinking?' He thought 'No no! Don't think like that!'
'He. He's looking at me.' Takata thought as she blushed brighter and smiled softly
'Oh man, am I making this awkward?' The two thought about the other, neither noticing they gently grasped each others hand
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"Sorry!" The two apologized and pulled back.
"I... I'll just leave these here." she squeaked, putting her plate of food down and rushing off "L... Later Taichi! I hope you feel better!"
"R-Right. I'll just-Stay. Bye." He waved awkwardly.
He sighed
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Suddenly his computer screen began to glow "What the heck?" He asked in confusion. He stood up and walked over to his computer, logging on and seeing he was sent an email 'An email? From who?' He wondered and looked at it. He sat down, gently biting into another slice as he clicked the email making it open
Hey Taichi,
It was a shock to hear from you after so long. Well, not so long for you. As you said, time flows differently here
I just got your message and... I really needed it after all these years
"No way." Taichi whispered as he dropped the slice of toast, it falling harmlessly to the floor
"G-Gabu?" He whispered as he read it.
I've worked hard Taichi. It's been... Years.
Oh so many hundreds of years.
I think I am the oldest Digimon alive, so I'm kind of lonely.
However I have done everything I can, Taichi. I've tried my best to do what you'd think is right.
I don't know if you are still alive out there but... You and Zero were my best friends.
I hope this would reach you,
Your friend.
Gabu
"Hundreds of years. Gabu." Taichi covered his mouth, feeling a wave of nostalgia wash over him.
He closed his eyes, holding back his tears
Remembering his adventure. Every moment
Every
Last
Damn
Moment
'Gabu.' He thought sombrely and with joy.
*time skip *
Takata was walking through the park, seeing Henry with Terriermon training "TERRIER TORNADO!" Terriermon spun around like a spinning top.
"Henry!" Takata called and ran over
"Huh? Oh, hey Takata." He waved back. "Terriermon, hold up."
"Wow." he blinked and stumbled
"You guys training?" she asked
"Someone has to." Rika snidely remarked, leaning against a tree. Clearly throwing a small insault at Takata
"Hi, Rika." Takata answered back, thought spitting a little venom at her.
"Rika and I decided we should train a bit by ourselves, we can't just rely on Taichi all the time." Henry commented
"That's... Smart." Takata admitted
"And we worked well as a team." Henry nodded calmly
"That as well." Rika followed up.
"So... Where's Renamon?" Takata asked
"Who do you think I'm shooting at?" Terriermon snickered only for a rock to hit him in the head "Ow! Hey!"
"You let your guard down." Renamon stated, jumping down and landing gracefully
"Yeah, yeah." Terriermon rolled his eyes, rubbing his head.
"Mama!" Guilmon cheered, running past the trees and tackled Takata
"OOF!" Takata grunted as she was now on her back. "Hey. Guilmon." Guilmon smiled and snickered, rubbing her head against Takata's
"She's been waiting around for you." Rika answered "We had to entertain the baby."
"Hmph!" Guilmon huffed gently as she got off her mother.
BEEP BEEP!
The three jerked to attention. A Digital Fog would be rolling in!
"The D-Arcs!" Henry called
"What's happening?" Guilmon asked
"D-Arc?" Takata and Rika blinked
"That's what Sigma calls them." Henry answered "The 'Digivice, Analyser, Radar and Card system'."
"...Nerd." Rika deadpanned.
"That's not nice." Takata responded.
*with Zero*
Zero was running through town, trying to get to Taichi's House... And something fell on his head "Oww..." the thing, small and soft and adorable, groaned "Ow, ow, ow~."
"Hey, you okay?" Zero groaned and asked the small Digimon. It was tiny, not even a full foot tall, white Digimon with large green eyes and ears very similar to his Terriermon's but much smaller with purple tips and a symbol on its forehead
"D-Don't hurt me!" The small Digimon coward in sight of Zero
"Who are you?" Zero blinked
"I-I'm Calumon." The Digimon responded timidly.
"Hi Calumon, I'm Zero." he smiled a bit
"Zero." Calumon responded.
"What're you running from?" He asked
"A bunch of birds where pecking me." the cute little guy pouted
"Well, you're not getting pecked now." Zero answered as he felt something familiar about the little one
"Yeah." Calumon nodded...and its stomach grumbled. "Hmm..." He frowned
"Hungry?" Zero asked
"Hmm." he complained and nodded
"Come on, I know someone who does GREAT bread." Zero answered, and carried him as he walked home
"Really?" Calumon asked hopefully.
"Yeah." he nodded. The two walked off to Taichi's home, Calumon hugging Zero's arms as he was caring it. The two chatted a bit, Zero laughing at all of Calumon's stories
"So you've been here all this time?" Calumon asked
Zero nodded back, not being able to stop laughing. He walked into the house, going upstairs towards Taichi's bedroom "Hey, Taichi. I'm home. I've got a friend with me." Zero called out as he entered Taichi's room where the brown haired man was looking at the computer "Hey, Taichi. What's up?" Zero asked
"Huh? Oh... Hey... Hey Zero." Taichi blinked and smiled, brushing away a tear off his cheek
"What's going on?" Zero asked
"I... oh, I've got an email." Taichi smiled
"Who's it from?" Zero asked as Calumon popped its head up from Zero's hands.
"Gabu."
"G-Gabu? He-He's alive?" Zero's eyes widened in shock. He ran over, looking at the screen. Reading the email, Zero couldn't believe that his friend was alive. He began to cry, smiling "He's alive." Zero whispered
"Who's 'Gabu'?" Calumon asked
"An old friend." they smiled
BEEP BEEP!
"Huh?" Taichi and Zero asked as the Digivice, or the D-Arc allerted them
The two where silent, their eyes locking
*with the Tamers*
"DUCK!" Takata yelled, the group jumping down. The reason? The Digimon that had appeared where a Kabuterimon and a Kuwagamon, bitter rivals... And yeah, the two champions where fighting
"How the heck are two Digimon here?" Henry called out
"Don't care." Rika glared "Rena!"
"Right." Renamon nodded. She jumped up high, dodging a bunch of the two insect Digimon's arms and getting high into the air "DIAMOND STORM!" The diamonds shot down and struck the insectoid Digimon, embedding themselves into the exoskeleton. The large Digimon jumped back and shook the diamonds off, throwing the Kabuterimon slapping Renamon away. Renamon grunted as she was slapped away, making a ditch as she was flung to the ground.
"They're strong." Terriermon gasped
"Grr!" Guilmon growled, glaring at them
"Guilmon, back up!" Takata ordered but Guilmon was standing her ground, seeing a challenge before her and since they hurt Renamon she was being defensive.
Suddenly a cold wind blew through the area and it was almost like all sound disappeared
'What? What's going on?' Takata wondered
Emerging from the Digital Fog was Taichi and Zero, Taichi's cape set on his shoulders
"Huh?" The Tamers asked in confusion, seeing Taichi wearing the cape.
"Get back. This is my fight." he commented, his face cold and confident with his eyes partially blurred out because of his goggles
"YOUR fight?" Henry asked
"Yeah. We needed that wake-up call." Zero agreed, cracking his knuckles
Taichi pulled out his D-Arc, his yellow cape fluttering in the wind dramatically with his goggles partially obscuring his eyes. The two insectoid Digimon glared down at Taichi and Zero, buzz-hissing at him like predators fighting over territory, food and rivalry.
"Ready partner?" Taichi asked simply
"Do you need to ask?" Zero smirked. The two insectoid Digimon began to beat their wings as the fog covered their appearances.
"Let's go!" Taichi called out
FLASH!
The two insectoid Digimon flinched in shock, the light blinding them for a brief second.
"Veemon Digivolve to..." Zero called as he flouted in an endless blue area, a large egg forming around him
"Is he-?" Rika gasped, everyone stumbling back as the dragon grew larger
"VEEDRAMON!" Zero's voice was deeper and sounded stronger. His claws broke through the egg, like large blades connected to light-blue and white hands.
CRASH!
Zero emerged, a large Dragonoid Digimon with blue and white skin, his feet were long clawed, three at the front with one at the back, his thighs were round and stocky but MUCH stronger, his torso was bulky but showed the definition of strength, a long bulky tail, fangs from his mouth with a single nose horn, two long and straight horns in place of his ears; on his chest was a blue crystal in the shape of a rhombus. He landed leading to a small shock wave, punching his fist
"Let's do this." he smirked, his eyes sparkling
Kabuterimon and Kuwagamon hissed and buzzed forward, aiming to grab and snip Zero in half.
Zero ran forward and grabbed Kabuterimon and Kuwagamon by the head and horn, his feet were digging into the ground and stopped them before they caught him.
LET'S KICK IT UP!
"EAT! DIRT!" he roared, slamming their faces into the ground
SLAM!
AND SHOW THEM ALL THE THINGS, THAT WE CAN DO!
"BEETLE HORN!" Kabuterimon roared
"CRUNCH ARM!" Kuwagamon followed
Zero laughed and leapt over the two's heads and slammed into their backs with his fists, not even saying an attack.
LET'S KICK IT UP! ANOTHER NOTCH TOMORROW!
BZZZ!
Both Kuwagamon and Kabuterimon buzzed their wings to get Zero off their backs, to which he left of his own volition to get some distance between them.
Zero smiled, running as their backs were turned and grabbed their legs with such force they couldn't get away
LET'S KICK IT UP! CAUSE THEY AIN'T SEEN THE LAST, OF ME AND YOU!
Grunting effortlessly, Zero spun and power-clubbed the pair of insectoid Digimon into the ground.
"V BREATH ARROW!" Zero and Taichi called, Zero unleashing a blast of blue energy in a traditional V shaped blast
LET'S KICK IT UP!
Both Kuwagamon and Kabuterimon roared in pain, feeling the flames of Zero's attack and felt their data distort.
"N-No way." Takata whispered
"So strong." Rika agreed.
CRASH!
CRASH!
Both Kuwagamon and Kabuterimon crashed onto each other with Zero standing with a smile.
"LET'S DO IT!" Taichi called out
TOGETHER!
Zero leapt up into the air and rocketed down using a final punch and deleting the two Insectoid Digimon. He stood still, his fist deeply embedded into the ground as he absorbed the twos data
Zero breathed slowly and pulled his hand out of the ground, looking at it like he had found his lost friend.
THIS.
THIS was his power, this was Zeromaru
He turned to the Tamers with the shadows covering his eyes. Raised his claw and...Performed the 'V for victory' sign.
Taichi smirked and returned the action "Taichi!"
"Zeromaru!" Zero grinned back
"The 100% combination!" they grinned
The Tamers and their Digimon blinked at the two... acting like a couple of kids, but... it looked like they were having fun. They even linked arms and were dancing in a circle "We did it! We did it! Vitory Dance~!" the two sang
"Wow!" Guilmon gasped, running over "Zero! You're so big!"
"Yeah, I am, Guilmon." Zero smiled, looking down at her and hiding a blush
"Impressive." Renamon commented, crossing her arms over her chest as she stood next to him, looking at his muscles
"Thanks, guess we needed this." Zero smiled, looking away from Renamon... because of what happened earlier. Although he was amused when Rena did reach out and squeeze his right arm, feeling his muscles
"Wow! You are strong!" Guilmon gasped as she hung from Zero's left arm, her feet off the ground with all her weight effortlessly being supported by Zero. And she was a big heavy Dino
Zero chuckled as he seemed to have two girls on both of his arms... though it was a kind of awkward laugh. Still some pride
"Where'd the cape come from?" Rika asked with her arms on her hips, grinning at him cockily
"A memento from when we went to the Digital World last time." Taichi answered, pushing his goggles up finally "A present from an old friend."
"It looks good." she nodded
"Yeah, it looks cool." Takata nodded
"Thanks very much." Taichi answered
Henry walked up to Taichi and bowed, smiling. Taichi bowed back, out of respect.
Terriermon stood on Zero's head and laughed "How's the view?" Zero joked
"Great." he giggled, looking down the right side at Renamon's chest and he noted a slight sight of a side-boob staring pervertidly
"What're you looking at?" Renamon asked and pushed him off Zero's head, making him crash face first into the ground
"Ow." He groaned gently as he was muffled by the floor.
Zero laughed at Terriermon, even if he felt over protective for some reason and kicked some dirt at the dog bunny
"You three. This marks the end of taking it easy." Taichi said to the three junior Tamers
"'Taking it easy'?" Takata asked in worry
"Yeah. Now, we take this to the next level." Taichi nodded, looking at them with a burning fire in his eyes
"I'm going to train you all properly. Prepare to for hell, I need to get you all ready."
Henry gulped as he heard that. 'Prepare for hell'. It sent a shiver down his spine and for Rika... She was ready for that level of challenge. Takata? She was just excited to lean and eager to prove herself
Nearby Neo watched them, leaning against a tree and laughed "Good on you Taichi." he commented, walking away