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Kaito: (walks in with towel) Damn that bandana head.
Terriermon: Hey, can I please have a turn doing the disclaimer?
Kaito: Yeah, feel free to.
Terriermon: Whoopee! (sarcastically) Kaito Lune does own Digimon Frontier. If anyone has any questions feel free to call her attorney.
Kaito: (grabs Terriermon and sweatdrops) He's kidding! I don't own Digimon Frontier. Anyway, on to the story!
Arc 2: The Crests
Chapter 10: The Escape
Takuya, JP, and Bokomon gapped in surprise at what they were seeing. "I am Imperialdramon," it shouted with the unanimous voices of Stingmon and XVmon.
"Imperialdramon," repeated Bokomon. "One of the strongest Digimon out there."
"How where they able to do that?" asked JP. "You know, combine into one?"
Bokomon looked up at him. "It's called DNA Digivolution," he explained. "I don't know how it works but it's amazing!"
"Well, let's get going!" shouted Takuya. The three were swept up in a blue beam and found themselves in a glowing dome on the back of Imperialdramon's back. The giant dragon lifted off from the ground and began flying towards the Storm Plains.
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Koji, Tommy, and Terriermon had managed to talk the fastest Thunderbirdmon into taking them to Storm Fields. It was getting darker as they approached Storm Fields. Thunder rumbled and lightning crackled. It had only been an hour flight and they finally made it to the Storm Fields.
Thunderbirdmon dodged a few lightning strikes and flew lower to the ground. "How much farther?" asked Thunderbirdmon.
Koji pulled out his D-tector and checked the map. A red and a yellow dot appeared on it not too far from them. "Another mile?" he said over the wind.
Below Tommy spotted a big dragon and two figures below. He pulled on Koji's sleeve. "Down there!" he shouted in Koji's ear. Koji nodded and relayed the message to Thunderbirdmon. He landed next to the dragon.
Tommy gazed at it with wide excited eyes. "Wow!" he shouted. Takuya and JP introduced him as Imperialdramon.
"They- he gave us a ride," Takuya said.
"They?" asked Terriermon. "They? I only see one Digimon. Where is the other one?"
Bokomon stepped up. "Imperialdramon was two Digimon but they fused into one," he explained.
Koji shook his head. "So, what's the plan?" he asked Takuya.
Takuya flinched. "The plan?" he asked, rubbing the back of his head. "I haven't exactly figured that one out yet."
Koji face-palmed and began yelling at Takuya. "You had a whole bunch of time to figure it out and you didn't have anything? What were you thinking? Just running in there with D-tector in hand and raiding the camp and hope the others don't get killed in the process?" he shouted.
"Eh, something like that," Takuya said guiltily. Koji did another face/palm.
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It was now night out and the three humans woke up groggily. "What time is it?" asked Zoe. The three looked around and found themselves in a cage. The three looked outside the cage. They looked for their D-tectors but found that they weren't on them.
"Great," Zoe moaned as she threw up her hands in defeat and sat down.
"Ouch!" shouted something beneath her. Startled, Zoe stood up and ran to the other side of the cage. Neemon looked around quizzically. There was a sudden flash of lightning and a crackle of thunder that made them all jump.
"Oh, where are the others?" she wondered as she sat down next to Nazu and Koichi.
Nazu looked out at the outside from behind the bars for several minutes. Suddenly, Zoe stood up with a huge smile on her face. Nazu and Koichi looked up at her. "What's with the smile?" she asked.
Zoe turned to them. "Me, JP, and Tommy were once captured like this back when we had to fight Ranamon and Mercurymon and our D-tectors were out of our hands. JP shouted Execute and the D-tector came flying towards him, though a force field kind of held it with the Datamon," she explained. "If we try to Spirit Evolve, they should come to us and we'll be able to break out of here."
"What if something is blocking the way like how you just explained?" Nazu asked, crossing her arms. "What then? And how are we going to get out of here without being caught again?"
Zoe opened her mouth to explain it but shut it. "Good point," she said in defeat. "This maybe our only chance though. We'll just have to improvise until we're out of the camp."
Nazu tried to argue but Koichi interrupted. "It's better than sitting here until the others come, isn't it?" asked Koichi. Nazu frowned. She gave up trying to argue and nodded. The three stood and walked towards the bars. They reached as far as they could out of the cage so they could catch their D-tectors.
"Execute! Spirit Evolution!" they shouted. Several minutes past. For a while nothing happened but finally they saw their three D-tectors flew towards them. "Alright!" Koichi and Zoe nearly shouted. Several feet away from their hands, the three D-tectors hit something and fell to the ground.
"No!" they nearly shouted. Zoe bent down and tried fishing for hers but it was too far out of her grasp that she couldn't grab any of them.
Neemon woke up and walked over to them. "What are you playing? Go fish?" he asked. "Where are the fishes?" He spotted the D-tectors. "Oh, there they are!" he shouted. He walked over to the bars and slammed into the bars. Zoe and Nazu slapped their hands against their foreheads. The three sat down and sighed.
What now?
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Bokomon ran for his life. "Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!" he shouted. The majority of the camp was on his tail. He was almost at the south end of the camp and he could see Paildramon standing several yards away from the tent lines.
Paildramon saw the mob coming and fired an Elemental Bolt into the air to signal that it was time for them to sneak into the camp. "Drop!" he instructed Bokomon after he gave off the signal. Bokomon dropped to the ground as Paildramon fired energy bullets at the advancing army. Several turned into DigiEggs while several tried to run away.
Thunderbirdmon shouted "Spark Wing" and electrified feathers rained down from his wings. Even more Digimon turned into DigiEggs.
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Takuya, Tommy, JP, Koji, and Terriermon saw Paildramon's signal and turned into Kumamon, Agunimon, Lobomon, and Beetlemon and ran into the camp. Paildramon and Thunderbirdmon were pummeling most of the camp residents so they got through the camp without running into too many enemies. Anyone that crossed the five was frozen by Kumamon's Crystal Freeze attack.
Lobomon used his D-tector to make sure they were going the right direction through the maze of tents. "They're close now," Lobomon shouted. They all began picking up the pace. When they were close to the dots where the three were at, two figures stepped in their way.
One was Duskmon and the other was Bajarmon. Duskmon began charging at them but Lobomon blocked his attack with his two light-swords. Bajarmon jumped towards them but Agunimon used his Pyro Tornado and roundhouse kicked Bajarmon. With the two enemies Digimon taken care of, Beetlemon, Kumamon, and Terriermon continued towards the others.
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The three had heard the commotion and peered out at the tents. "What's going on?" asked Nazu.
Zoe grinned. "It's the others!" she said.
Nazu looked at Zoe. "How are you so sure?" she asked.
"Because, I just know it!" she replied. Nazu stared at her and then turned her gaze back out at the sounds of fighting.
"Zoe! Koichi!" came the shout of a familiar voice. "Nazu! Neemon!"
The three turned around to seen Beetlemon, Kumamon, and Terriermon running towards them. "Beetlemon! Kumamon!" The three ran over to them but were blown back by the invisible field around them.
"Whoa! What was that?" shouted Kumamon.
"Something standing in the way," replied Beetlemon. "Thunder Fist!" He electrified his fist and began bashing at the force field. Kumamon Slide Evolved into Korikakumon and began slashing away with his axes and Terriermon began firing hot air shots at it.
After several minutes, the field broke down and they were able to reach the others. The three stepped back and Korikakumon used his axes to slash the bars away. They helped the humans out and Koichi, Zoe, and Nazu ran over and grabbed their D-tectors.
"We have to get out of here before Bajarmon and Duskmon come and find us," said Koichi.
"Where are Takuya and Koji?" asked Zoe.
"Fighting them right now," replied Beetlemon. "Let's hurry up and get them and get out of here."
Nazu and Koichi Spirit Evolved and Zoe Beast Spirit Evolved. Zephyrmon grabbed Neemon and they began rushing to help the others.
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How Duskmon and Bajarmon had gotten the upper advantage was beyond Agunimon and Lobomon. The two were forced to Slide Evolve into BurningGreymon and KendoGarurumon, which put them at more of a disadvantage. KendoGarurumon had lost his ability to maneuver quickly thanks to the close lines of the tent without becoming blinded by the cloth tents. BurningGreymon too had lost his ability to move out of the way and was forced to take to the sky.
"Pyro Barrage!" he shouted, firing balls of fire from his cannons. Bajarmon jumped out of the way of their paths.
Bajarmon jumped onto one of the burning tents and used it to get up to BurningGreymon. He began slashing away at BurningGreymon, but being in the air, the dragon Digimon flew higher and covered himself in fire and crashed into the enemy Digimon. The two made a quick decent into the ground. Flames exploded from the impact. BurningGreymon stood over his defeated foe as it turned into a silhouette surrounded by a Fractal Code. He Slide Evolved into Agunimon and summoned his D-tector.
"Fractal Code Extrac- ouf!" Something hard crashed into Agunimon. His D-tector clattered out of his hands and vanished. "What the hell?" he asked, winded.
KendoGarurumon had little advantage and was forced to turn back into Lobomon. He and Duskmon exchanged blows but when the explosion happened, Duskmon seemed to hesitate and looked over at the crash site. Lobomon had been confused on the hesitation but took advantage of it and rushed at him, readying an attack. Duskmon, at that moment, blocked the attack with one sword and grabbed him with his other hand. Duskmon spun him around once to gain more momentum before throwing Lobomon, who then crashed into Agunimon.
Lobomon and Agunimon got off each other and didn't see Duskmon rush at them. Duskmon sent the two flying in opposite directions. Agunimon crashed into several tents that collapsed under his weight and Lobomon crashed hard into a pole.
From the crash and soreness, Lobomon turned back into Koji. He huffed and looked up. His breath escaped him as Duskmon towered over him with his sword raised. "I won't let you hurt Hiroto," he said darkly. He brought down his sword towards Koji who flinched and squeezed his eyes shut, prepared for death.
When it didn't come, he looked up bewilderedly and saw JagerLoewemon standing in front of him protectively and Duskmon was skidding across the ground away from him. "JagerLoewemon!" he shouted.
"Are you okay, Koji?" he asked. Koji nodded and stood, resting a hand on the metallic lion.
"Looks like you had a fun time," Terriermon said sarcastically. He landed on JagerLoewemon's head. Koji shook his head. He didn't have anything to say to the rabbit.
Duskmon got up but was quickly overpowered by Astrummon and Beetlemon. "Where are Zoe and Kumamon?" asked Koji.
"They went to help Takuya," replied JagerLoewemon.
Astrummon and Beetlemon went at it but Duskmon still out-powered them. Beetlemon had more experience fighting him and Astrummon knew not to underestimate him but her willingness to not work with him put them at such a disadvantage.
"What's your problem?" asked Beetlemon.
Astrummon ignored him and rushed in with her hands and feet glowing while shouting "Lunar Rend". Her speed quickened and her power doubled, so she went at it. Duskmon jumped away as she made a final kick and knocked her away as if she was a raged doll. Astrummon rolled across the ground. Beetlemon fought alone.
Duskmon seemed to remember something and dashed away. Astrummon struggled to get up and run after him but Beetlemon stopped her. "You stay with the others. I'll go find the others," he said, pointing in the direction where they disappeared to find Takuya.
Astrummon glared at him for a minute but relented and the four went to find the others.
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They all managed to find them and they ran out of the campgrounds towards the open plains. Thunder rumbled and Imperialdramon flew over them and brought them into the cockpit on his back and flew off. "Where too?" asked Imperialdramon.
"Ophanimon's castle," replied Zoe. Koji, JP, Takuya, and Tommy gave her questionable looks.
"Why are we going there?" asked Takuya.
"Remember that necklace Tommy found?" asked Koichi. "Bokomon did mention that it had the same symbol that he had seen before on ruins. Maybe it's meant for something?"
"And the library has all the information about the Digital World," Zoe added.
"But there's so many books!" shouted Tommy. The four remembered how long it had taken them to try to look for the Fractal Code there when it was being hunted by Crusadermon and Dynasmon.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean Nefertimon knows it," Zoe reminded them. "She might not know everything but she may give us an idea. These Crests seem important."
"They must be," Takuya agreed. "Donnermon is after them."
"And he managed to grab the one at Larva Village," added JP.
"According to a Digimon that had a Crest, they were filled with some strong power," Koji said. Zoe, Koichi, and Nazu looked at them oddly.
"Crest?"
Tommy pulled out the necklace and Terriermon flashed the pendent that rested against his stomach. "These are the Crests," they said.
"How can something so small be sought after?" wondered Zoe.
"We're going to have to find the others," said Bokomon. "We have to make sure that Silver kid doesn't get a hold of them. We have no clue what he'd do with them or what would happen if they fall into the Tainted Warriors' hands."
The three once again gave them confused looks, so JP and Takuya told them about the odd connection between Donnermon and the human. The three gaped in astonishment. Koji spoke up then, "When Duskmon had me pinned, he had mentioned 'Hiroto'."
"Could that be another human that Donnermon mentioned?" JP wondered aloud. He and Takuya looked at each other. "He did say that there were six others that sided with Lilithmon and Daemon and Donnermon is a human." They all fell silent.
"Who cares about that now!" came a shout from Terriermon. They all jumped and turned to face the little Rookie Digimon. "I'm tired and hungry, so can ya quit talking and save the thinking for tomorrow?"
Bokomon agreed with Terriermon. "It is rather late," he said. "We'll go to Ophanimon's library tomorrow and figure it all out then."
"So, travel tomorrow?" asked Imperialdramon. "I know somewhere we can stay for a while." Imperialdramon landed near a village near the foot of the village near the mountains. "Welcome to Three Star Point Village," he said.
They looked down at the village and saw the festivities. "Ah, sweet!" shouted Terriermon. "A festival!"
Bokomon checked his book about the village. "This place is known for it's once a year festival to celebrate the start of the village when it was saved by some mysterious figure several years ago," he explained.
"Well, it's not everyday we get to party!" shouted Takuya. "Let's stay here for the day and refresh ourselves before we find out anymore info about the Crests."
"Takuya, don't you remember that we just escaped from the camp?" JP reminded him.
"They could come after us," Koji added.
"I doubt we'd stand much of a chance when all of them come after us," Zoe said. "You guys yourselves couldn't handle Duskmon and Bajarmon."
"Jez, you guys are too uptight," Terriermon said. "Take some time to relax. We won't see much of this anyway."
They finally all agreed to stay in the village for the next day. What they didn't see was a figure standing in the shadows not too far away. The time has come.
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Kaito: Well, that was fun, no? Yeah, chapter ten is done!
Zoe: There was too much jumping between POVs. And isn't it kinda early for an update?
Kaito: Yeah, it is, but I'm bored, okay? Anyway. Thanks DigiBleach for agreeing with me about Duskmon! :D Duskmon was one of the best of the evil Legendary Warriors with Mercurymon right behind him. Ranamon was just comical but too superficial and Arbormon just had a filler arc.
Zoe: It isn't our fault that Duskmon is frickin' tough!
Nazu: And Bajarmon was just as tough as Duskmon.
Zoe: Huh?
Nazu: I battled both of them.
Koji: They were quick and you got your butt handed to you.
Nazu: (glares at Koji)
Takuya: All right! Time for the real surprise.
Koji: (whistles innocently)
Everyone: (presents a Terriermon look-alike) Scrapmon!
Scrapmon: (waves) Hi! Well, for those who don't know what I look like, wait until next chapter! ^-^
Kaito: Please R&R!