Getting Used To It.
Chapter 10: The black clad warrior…
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Forest Level.
A boy clad in almost fully black attire walked through the forest with his similar coloured saurian partner. They had managed to make it out of the desert level with ease. No Digimon had tried to attack them and load BlackAgumon's data, if a Digimon had attacked, the black dinosaur wouldn't have lost anyway. The two partners were walking in amongst the trees at the current time, trying to avoid sight when they caught up with the Tamers.
Yamaru checked his D-Arc again to double-check they were heading in the right direction. He noticed that Ryo's signal had disappeared.
"Hmmm…"
"What is it?" BlackAgumon asked.
"It seems Ryo's signal has disappeared. Did he go back?" Yamaru pondered a hand moving to his chin as if it helped him to think.
"Relax; he probably just went out of range. Those things can't cover the whole Digital World you know." His partner replied.
"Yeah, you're right." Yamaru gave in with a smile before checking his D-Arc one last time.
"We should be up with them in a few minutes. We should head a little deeper in just to make sure we aren't seen." He said, leading his partner further into the forest.
"Maybe we should biomerge. You know how quickly trouble escalates in the Digital World." BlackAgumon mentioned.
Yamaru thought about his partner's suggestion for a minute before replying. "No, we can't risk one of the Digimon sensing a virus type Digimon as strong as BlackWarGreymon. They might become worried about their safety and injure us so we can't follow."
BlackAgumon sighed in exasperation. "So I guess we have to sneak then." He muttered.
"You know, it might be easier to sneak around if your shirt didn't have all that yellow on it." BlackAgumon pointed out to his Tamer.
Yamaru looked down at his shirt. It had a yellow coat of arms in the middle that read 'Art of Defence, Established 1963', across a banner in the middle and along the bottom of it. His pants were just spotted like a soldier's uniform, only in different shades of black rather than green. Even his shoes were full black leather. He looked back to his partner.
"Hey, this is my favourite shirt and besides, those big emerald eyes of yours aren't exactly subtle either." He rebutted.
"Point taken," BlackAgumon replied.
They walked on for a while longer looking at their surroundings. Thick trees were clustered around them but dotted out as they reached the path. Bushes and small shrubs were placed around, usually right in Yamaru's path causing him to stumble and BlackAgumon to chuckle at his partners' clumsiness.
They neared the edge of the forest just as they saw the Tamers walk through a portal.
"Damn, we're too late." Yamaru mumbled.
"What do you mean?" BlackAgumon asked. Clearly they could go into the portal after them and continue to follow in the shadows.
"If we go in right after them then they'll be sure to notice the portal flash, they'll turn around and not only see a BlackAgumon, but another Tamer. We'll be bombarded with questions that can wait until later." He said.
"So I guess we wait then." BlackAgumon said disappointedly while crossing his arms and sitting on the ground.
"Guess so." Yamaru said, following suit.
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Swamp Level.
"Terriermon, are you sure they came through here? I thought you said they were in the Forest Level." Takato asked the rabbit that was sitting on his usual spot, on Henry's head.
"Hey, my nose may not be as good as Guilmon's but I can still follow the stench of his breath anywhere." Terriermon said covering his nose with his paw and waving the other in the air in front of him.
"Terriermon…" Henry groaned.
"What'd I tell you!?" Terriermon shouted, pointing into the distance.
The Tamers and Digimon all turned to look where the little dog-bunny was pointing and the sight shocked everyone. What started out as a red blob far off in the distance, turned into a more recognisable shape. A red dinosaur with black stripes covering certain spots on his body with bat like wings for ears sticking out of his head. As he got even closer everyone was able to make out the black symbol on his chest; the Digital Hazard. A constant reminder of the immense power the Digimon held.
"GUILMON!" Takato exclaimed while running towards his partner, arms outstretched.
"TAKATOMON!" Guilmon yelled out just as loud in his childish voice as he lept towards his Tamer.
The two crashed into each other and Guilmon fell on top of Takato and started licking his face. Takato didn't care that he was getting dirty from lying on the muddy ground, he was just happy to see his friend again. So happy in fact that Takato began to cry tears of joy.
"I missed you so much Takato. I went to look for you and Renamon and MarineAngemon came with me but you found me first!" He said then continued to lick his Tamers face.
Terriermon made gaging sounds from behind them. Henry tilted his head to the right and Terriermon toppled off his head and hit the ground. He looked up to his friend and gave him a betrayed look.
Henry simply smirked and said "Momentai".
"I missed you too boy. Phew… Terriermon was right about your breath though." Takato said mirroring Terriermon's actions from a few minutes before.
As Guilmon climbed off Takato, a yellow fox Digimon that resembled a kitsune materialised behind Rika, placing a purple gloved arm on her shoulder. Rika turned around and tears came to her eyes when she saw Renamon standing there; one hand on her Tamers shoulder, the other holding the small pink, winged form of MarineAngemon. No words were said as Rika pulled Renamon into a tight embrace.
MarineAngemon floated over to Henry and looked around for Kenta but he was nowhere to be seen. Henry knew who he was looking for and decided to reassure the little angel.
"Kenta wasn't allowed to come back again. Don't worry; we'll get you back to him." Henry said, taking him into his arms.
"Takato, you kept your promise!" Guilmon cheered.
"Of course I did buddy," Takato replied. 'I just have a few other promises that need fulfilling now…' He thought as he glanced to Rika and remembered how he had promised her mother, Rumiko, that he would protect her.
"Guys, we should rest soon and catch up. I'm sure the Digimon have a few stories to tell us." Henry said.
"There is a cave that we have been residing in for a while just a little further up. Guilmon had launched out saying something about smelling Takato and sure enough, as you walked closer I managed to sense you all too." Renamon said.
"Then let's go, my feet hurt" Terriermon whined.
"But you've been sitting on my head the whole time!" Henry said.
"Quiet horsy. Onwards!" Terriermon yelled as he jumped up on his Tamers head and yanked on his blue hair lightly.
"Terriermon…" Henry groaned.
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Forest Level.
"I think it should be okay for us to cross through now." Yamaru said, standing up and walking towards the grey portal that emitted black polygonal shapes from it. BlackAgumon stood up and followed closely behind
They crossed through the portal and kept walking as if nothing had happened. The scenery had changed from lush greenery to a murkier brown colour as they became surrounded by swampland. The ground was damp and their feet sunk in a tiny bit.
Yamaru groaned. 'Dear Goddramon I'm not looking forward to cleaning my shoes.' He thought.
"Now can we biomerge? They're probably asleep and I can sense something powerful around. I'm not sure what though." BlackAgumon asked, the serious look on his face saying that he indeed sensed something powerful.
"Hmmm… Okay fine." Yamaru decided.
He grabbed his D-Arc and held it to his chest.
"BIOMERGE, ACTIVATE!" He called.
Biomerge Digivolution…
"BlackAgumon, Biomerge to….
Yamaru fell back onto his partner as his body turned to data and combined with BlackAgumon's.
They were replaced by a large bipedal dragon warrior wearing black and silver armour with yellow wires placed like an 'x' down his chest plate. From behind his three horned helmet, golden hair fell onto his 'Brave Shield' that lacked the crest of courage like his cousin WarGreymon had. His hands gripped onto his 'Dramon Killers', the gauntlets that he wears that have three chrome digizoid claws extending from them. His brave shield broke in half, only leaving the top intact, to form wings. He stomped his two clawed feet onto the ground as he exclaimed his name in the dual voices of Yamaru and BlackAgumon.
BlackWarGreymon!"
The dragon warrior flew into the swamp heading towards where he could sense the powerful Digimon that could possibly threaten the Tamers' safety.
Digital World – Eastern Quadrant – Continent of Server.
"How come you never told me Ryo?" A gruff voice asked.
"I wanted to protect you…" Came the reply.
"Protect me from what?" He said, his voice turning to a growl.
"Yourself. I wanted to protect you from yourself, Cyberdramon. I knew that if you found out too soon then you'd go permanently berserk and the only chance of stopping you would be to delete you. I can't lose you, Cyberdramon." Ryo said, trying to hold back his emotions.
"I want him out of me!" Cyberdramon roared. "I need to fight him!"
"I think I may know of a way to do just that. But fighting him would not be an option. His data would need to be destroyed, the power he has is immense and the kids from the Southern World, as good as they may be, just aren't ready for an enemy like that." Ryo said trying to calm down his partner.
Cyberdramon only replied with a low, guttural growl.
Dark clouds appeared over their heads and Azulongmon appeared again. He looked at the hunched form of Cyberdramon then back to Ryo, trying to assess what their conversation had held. He shrugged it off, as best as a giant serpent can shrug, and opened a white portal with black polygonal shapes emitting from it.
"Are you ready, Ryo? His voice boomed.
"Yes, let's go Cyberdramon." He replied walking through the portal with his partner.
The portal disappeared and Azulongmon sighed. "I can only imagine the pain that poor Digimon goes through having a being such as that merged with him." Azulongmon flew back into the clouds, disappearing, until eventually; the clouds did too, leaving behind the blue sky to shine over the desert they had all been present in.
End Chapter 10.