"Iron Vegiemon"
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During one of Daisuke's training sessions, she had stumbled upon a collesium where the Digimon Emperor was holding Digimon in cages and forcing them to fight each other.
Using her D-Terminal to send a message to the other Digidestineds, they then arrived in the Digital World to help her, Youko and Veemon free the slaves while Tai and Agumon tagged along.
Agumon used his Pepper Breath on the bars that held the Gotsumon inside and then Veemon used his Vee Headbutt on the metal bars, breaking them down.
"Come on, let's rock!" Veemon said as he helped two of the rock creatures stand up.
"That was easy." Daisuke commented as the group ran away from the area before they were found by the Digimon Emperor.
Once they were far enough away from possible danger, the group stopped running and the Gotsumon dropped to the ground to take a rest.
"You guys are officially fugitives." Agumon smiled.
"Is it just me, or did that seem a little too easy?" Daisuke questioned as she pet Youko.
"You're right. There wasn't a single guard around. It's like he wanted us to do it. I think he's up to something." TK stated.
"You two are right. It does seem weird that the Emperor would just let us take his prisoners. I wonder what he's planning." Kari said.
"Nothing good." Youko commented.
"We'll worry about it later. Let's get back to the real world. I'm starving. I can practically smell the cafeteria from here." Tai smiled.
The group all started walking to make their way back home, but Gatomon paused in her steps when she noticed a strange black tower off in the distance.
"What's that tower?" The feline mused.
As the group found the TV portal, they all (except for Daisuke, Veemon and Youko) were sucked inside and landed in the computer lab where Yolei, Poromon and Izzy were waiting on them.
At the sight of the Gotsumon, Yolei yelled in shock, but the bell rang just as she yelled to hide her voice from others.
"Are you crazy bringing the Gotsumon back from the Digital World?" Izzy yelled at the group.
"But we didn't have a choice. We couldn't just leave them there for the Digimon Emperor to make into slaves, right?" Tai asked looking to his sister.
"Yep." She nodded at the older male.
"But how are we going to explain it if Mr. Fujiyama happens to come in here?" Yolei asked as she sat at the computer.
"Don't worry. I'll tell him I'm taking a sculpting class and these are some of my early masterpieces. Hit it boys." Cody said to the Gotsumon who all struck poses looking utterly ridiculous.
"Ha! That'll work." Daisuke laughed from the computer.
"Eesh. Early rejects might be a better phrase." Yolei muttered.
"I'm gonna have to agree with the gaki there." Youko spoke up making the lavender haired girl shoot him an angered look.
Izzy then walked up beside Yolei to talk to her as Daisuke wrapped her arms around her fox's neck to stop him from upsetting one of her new friends.
"Yolei, I've got a big favour to ask. Would it be all right with you if I borrowed your Digivice?" The redhead asked and she stood up.
"But what for?" She asked.
"Well, it's obvious that the power from your Digivices opens the gate to the Digital World. Our old Digivices don't seem to work." Izzy said.
"Izzy's right. I've tried using mine, but no luck." Tai said holding his Digivice.
"The only way we can get into the Digital World is if one of you opens the gate for us." He said.
"So I wanted to try an experiment with the new Digivices, if that's okay with you." Izzy said as Yolei smiled and took out her Digivice handing it over to him.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow then. Have a nice night!" Daisuke called as the screen went black.
Kari frowned thoughtfully as she stared at the computer which caught Gatomon's attention.
"What's the matter, Kari?" The Champion asked.
"I'm just worried about Daisuke. I mean, I know she can protect herself and she has Veemon and Youko with her, but I still worry." The child of Light said.
"Hey, we used to live in the Digital World too, remember? And we all survived it." TK reminded.
"True, but all of us were in a group and we looked out for each other. Daisuke's situation is different. She grew up in that world and who knows what kind of things she's seen and experienced." Izzy added.
"I'd still like to know how she can do those amazing things." Cody said.
"Yeah, it's like she jumped out of a ninja movie." Yolei commented.
"Actually, it was a ninja village." Patamon corrected.
Everyone then turned their attention to the little Rookie with looks of puzzlement on their faces.
"What do you mean, Patamon?" TK asked.
"Daisuke told us this when she was a kid. She comes from a ninja village known as Konoha which is a place surrounded by trees and plant life." Patamon explained.
"She's also able to do all those things because she's a ninja and they have the ability to mold chakra." Gatomon said.
"Chakra? What is that?" Upamon.
Humming thoughtfully, Gatomon held her chin as she thought back to the explanation Daisuke had given them all when they saw her use the Rasengan to fight off a large Digimon.
"It's a bit difficult to explain. When Daisuke explained it, she said that it was energy. Chakra exists in everything alive; the air, the water, plants, animals and people. They all have chakra flowing through them, but no one can see it." The cat explained as best she could.
"Interesting. So, Daisuke was born in a village that is filled with ninjas who are trained to become warriors since birth." Izzy mused.
"It's a good thing she's on our side then." Tai commented.
"Yeah, but just because she's some badass ninja chick doesn't mean it's safe for her to live in a place filled with dangerous monsters. Also, she still has that psycho Digimon Emperor there to mess with her." Yolei reminded.
"That is true, but Daisuke seems strong. She also has Veemon and Youko with her. Maybe she has a few other tricks up her sleeve." Poromon tried to assure his partner.
"Anyway, I was thinking... Maybe she should come stay with one of us." Kari voiced her idea.
This made everyone gasp in surprise as they turned to the child of Light who looked serious and also conserned.
Tai gained a thoughtful expression as she envisioned the newly claimed child of Courage as an eight year old kid wandering around in the wide open forests of the Digital World.
A scared and lonely look was on her face as she glanced around, tears falling down her face as she tried to search for any other humans and cried out for her parents.
The very thought of it made the wild haired boy shiver in distaste and nodded as he came to the conclusion of convincing the kunoichi to come stay in the human world with them.
(In Konoha...)
Kakashi watched as his son was chasing after the demonic cat Tora along with his two teammates Izumi Yamanaka and Junpei Akimichi who were cursing the very existence of the creature.
The man knew that Ryo was depressed over what had happened to Daisuke and he could sympathize.
When Obito had died, Kakashi had felt terrible guilt since the Uchiha had sacrifised his own life to protect him from being crushed by the boulder.
After he had accidentally killed Rin Noihara and then found the bodies of Minato and Kushina, the silver haired male had closed himself off from everyone around him by pushing himself deep into his work.
He had focused on his work and had even stopped eating for a while, but he was soon pulled out of it and had changed after he had become a gennin teacher.
Kakashi knew the kind of pain Ryo was going through since he had lost so many important people in his life, but closing yourself off from people wasn't going to bring her back.
Shaking his head, the Copy Cat went to the Namikaze coumpound where Naruto was currently at while her Shadow Clone took care of the paperwork.
Walking inside the house he had visisted frequently when he was a child, Kakashi stepped into the kitchen to find Naruto was there fixing lunch for herself and her sons.
Menma Uzumaki, the adorable two year old black haired and blue eyed boy with whisker marks, was sitting at the table with a small chocolate lab puppy in his lab.
Obito Uzumaki, the ten month old blond haired and violet eyed baby with whisker marks, was seated in his high chair as he chewed on his rubber frog toy.
"Kashi!" Menma cheered at the sight of the man.
"Hello there, Menma." Kakashi smiled as he ruffled the boy's spikey black hair.
The puppy in his lap, Ume, barked at the sight of the man as she then licked at Menma's face making him giggle.
"Hey, Kakashi." Naruto greeted.
Her long flowing golden locks were pulled up into a ponytail while her bangs framed her face.
She wore a green tube top, navy colored pants and black wedge sandals on her feet as the Shodaime's necklace still hung around her neck.
"So, what brings you here?" She asked.
"Well, I was watching Ryo and his team chase after Tora, and I started to feel a little nostalgic, so I decided to come visit my favourite student." Kakashi said.
"And here I thought Sasuke was always your favourite student." Naruto drawled.
Obito cooed as he started babbling for his mother and the woman smiled as she walked over to her son with a bowel of mashed up berries.
"I'm coming, Obito, calm down." She said as she walked over to the blond haired infant.
"You know, I think he looks more like Sensei than he does you or Kiba." Kakashi commented as he took in the boy's appearance.
"You think?" Naruto asked as she set the bowel down for Obito who quickly started shoving the mashed up goods into his mouth.
"Mommy, I'm hungry!" Menma whined.
"Coming!" Naruto called as she grabbed the ham sandwhich she had made and placed it on the tray in front of the ravenette.
Menma had inherited his father's sharp canines and hunger for meat which made Kiba extatic that he finally had a child who would be taking after him.
Kiba had gone to his mother Tsume to see if there were any newborn ninkens and Menma had spotted Ume who he quickly claimed as his own while the chocolate lab happily jumped at her new master.
Kakashi simply sat back as he watched his former student walk around the kitchen with confidence and pride as she worked on making the food and stopped when Ume nipped at her heels begging for food.
Grabbing the puppy food, Naruto bent down and handed the dish to the excited lab who yapped happily before she started gobbling up her meal.
He never once thought he would see the blonde become a domestic type of person, but seeing her work hard to take care of her family with a smile on her face proved him wrong.
Minato, Kushina and Jiraiya were probably smiling down on the Uzumaki clan head right now from heaven.
"Kakashi, do you want anything?" Naruto's voice snapped him out of his musings.
"No, I'm fine." He shook his head.
Looking at him curiously, the blonde simply shrugged as she fixed three sandwhiches just as the front door opened.
"Mom, we're home!" Koji's voice called.
"In here, boys!" Naruto called.
After a few years, Koichi and Koji had started viewing Naruto as their own mother and had called her that when an enemy of Itachi's had snuck into the village to capture the twins.
Naruto had quickly stopped the enemynin from harming the boys and knocked him out as she ordered Lee, who had followed to aid her, to take the man to Ibiki for questioning.
A scared Koichi had ran into the Rokudaime's arms calling her 'Mother!' as he did so which stunned everyone, but Naruto had felt touched by what the eldest twin had called her.
A shy Koji had then joined in on the hug, enjoying the feeling of being held.
"You're just in time for lunch." Naruto smiled as the twins walked into the room.
"I'm starting to think your Shadow Clones spend more time in the office than you do." Koichi commented.
"Yes, well, I'm not going to be like some of those Hokages that spend more time in their office than with their family. I have to say, I love Tobirama for creating that jutsu." Naruto grinned as she set two plates down in front of her adopted sons.
Kakashi simply smiled as he watched Naruto sit down at the table to eat, but stopped when she noticed Obito had berries smeared al over his face and she giggled at the sight.
Grabbing a napkin, she cleaned up his mouth as the baby babbled cutely at his mother.
Clearing his throat, Kakashi then stood up.
"I hate to ditch you, but I have a family of my own I should get back to." Kakashi said as he then walked off.
"Oh, okay. I'll see you later then." Naruto said.
"Bye-bye!" Menma called as he waved at the man.
The man then shushined out of the room, leaving a trail of leaves in his wake which made the wife and mother frown.
"I hate it when he does that. So, how was your training today?" She asked as she turned back to the twins.
"It was fine. Hinata-sensei said that soon enough we can start taking missions outside of the village." Koichi informed.
"Hopefully we'll be able to take the chunin exams this year. By the way, where is it being held?" Koji asked.
"It's in Suna this year meaning we'll get to visit Gaara." Naruto said.
That also meant that it would be the first time Menma and Obito were taken out of Konoha to be able to meet one of their mother's old friends.
The rest of the afternoon was spent with the family talking before they then had to seperate with the twins returning to their sensei to help tend to the Nara clan's deer while Naruto took her two babies to the office with her.
(In the Digital World...)
Youko yawned as he curled up by the river, licking his lips as he bathed in the warm sunlight.
Nearby Daisuke and Veemon were collecting meat apples from a large tree that was close by so they could eat them for dinner that night.
"Mm-mm, dinner is gonna be great! I can't wait!" Veemon licked his lips.
Daisuke giggled at that as she reached up above her and grabbed a large round meat apple and plucked the pale green fruit from the branch.
"Daisuke, over here!" Someone called.
Glancing over her shoulder, the girl found the Digidestineds were running down along the stream with Kari waving her hand to get her attention.
TK, Cody, Patamon, Armadillomon, Gatomon and Gabumon were chasing after the child of Light along with a boy who had chin length blond hair, fair skin and azure blue eyes who looked to be Tai's age as he wore the same uniform as him.
Youko sighed in annoyance as he pushed himself up from his place on the ground knowing that his relaxing time was over now that the Chosen Children had arrived.
"Hey everyone!" Veemon called as he jumped down from the tree and Daisuke followed.
"What are you guys doing here?" Daisuke asked.
"We got a signal from Gabumon and followed it here." TK answered.
"A signal?" Veemon repeated.
"I was attacked by some of the Digimon Emperor's slaves and got washed up on the shore near here. I was lucky to be near one of those TV portals and was able to send a signal to Matt and the others to come help." Gabumon explained.
Turning her attention to the older blond whom she assumed to be Matt, the kunoichi smiled at him in greeting.
As for the child of Friendship, he had been looking over the famed Daisuke that he had heard about and took in her appearance curiously and deemed that she looked just like any other girl her age.
The only distinguishing feature she had were the whisker marks on her face which gave her a vulpin look.
"And where is the gaki? Did she decide to ditch?" Youko asked as he curled his body around his human protectively.
"She gave her Digivice to Izzy to study. She left to go get it back from him." Cody told the fox.
"So, what were you guys doing out here?" Matt asked them.
"We were getting meat apples for dinner!" Veemon grinned as he held up his basket which was filled with the fruit.
"Meat apples?" The humans asked curiously.
"Mm, that's good eating!" Armadillomon licked his lips.
"Each apple has the taste of a different type of meat." Veemon explained.
"Really?" Matt asked as he picked up one of the apples from Daisuke's basket.
He study it as he brought it close to his face and was about to take a bite out of it before Daisuke yelped and grabbed it out of his hand.
"You don't wanna eat it that way." She told him.
"Why not?" He frowned.
"You can't eat meat apples raw. They don't taste good." Gabumon explained.
"Aw, kit! You should have let him eat it. I need some source of entertainment here." Youko pouted as his tail flicked behind him in amusement.
Frowning at the fox in annoyance, Daisuke then turned and threw the apple up into the air.
"Fetch!" She called and the fox stood up straight as his gaze focused on the apple.
"Mine!" Youko yelled as he chased after the fruit.
Everyone watched in disbelief as the normally intimidating fox acted like a common dog as he jumped up and caught the beef tasting meat apple in his mouth.
"You don't see that every day." Armadillomon commented as the fox licked at his lips with a content grin.
"So, where are we going?" Daisuke asked.
(Later...)
"It's a small village called Santa Karia. It was always a quiet place. Everyone minded their own business, but then the Digimon Emperor came along." Gabumon explained.
The lizard/canine Digimon led the group off through the forest to where a mountain area was located and had a village carved out of the stone.
Perched on the cliff far off was a black tower just like the one Gatomon had seen the day before.
"Look, it's one of those things that scared the Gotsumon." Gatomon pointed out.
"The Emperor calls them control spires." Gabumon informed.
"So, how are going to get in?" Veemon asked.
"We can't just rush in there. For all we know, he's in there waiting for us and this whole thing is just some sort of ambush." Matt said.
"And it's not like we can just armour digivolve and bust right in. He might be using some of the Digimon hostages as a shield to protect himself." TK spoke up.
Biting her bottom lip in thought, Daisuke glanced around as she tried to think over a way for everyone to sneak in.
She could henge herself to look like one of the Vegiemon or the Digimon Emperor to sneak inside, but she didn't know if she could do the same for the others.
Also, if the Emperor found out she could transform into others, then maybe he would come after her.
"TK's right. We have to find a way to rescue the hostages and make sure that none of them get hurt." Kari agreed with the child of Hope.
A pair of chocolate brown eyes then landed on a pile of strange black plastic material that was lying in a pile of junk and Daisuke walked over to it curiously while everyone tried to come up with an idea of their own.
Picking up one of the plastic material, Daisuke turned it over in her hand and bent it into a circular shape and a grin formed on her lips as an idea came to mind.
"I got it!" She announced making everyone look over at her.
"Got what?" Armadillomon asked.
"I just figured out how we can get in." The girl said.
"Really? How?" Cody questioned.
"We're going to walk right through the front entrance where everyone can see us." Daisuke smirked as she held the black material out for everyone to see.
Some were confused by what she meant, but Youko then smirked as he felt pride in the mischiveous girl.
"You cunning, brilliant little vixen." He complimented.
After the plan was explained to everyone, the group started fashioning the black plastic into bands that they then placed around Gatomon, Veemon and Armadillomon so they could trick the Vegiemon into thinking they were under the Emperor's control.
The humans, Patamon and Gabumon then had their hands bound together by rope to play the part of captives while Youko had a rope tied around his neck and then the group then walked right up to the front entrance.
"Stop right there!" The Vegiemon guarding the gate called when he spotted the group.
"It's okay, we're one of you." Gatomon assured as she lifted her paw to reveal the fake dark ring.
"We just captured these Digimon and their friends." She explained as she gestured to the humans, fox and two Digimon who were tied up.
"Where are you taking us?" Patamon cried.
"Pipe down! You're all going to jail where you belong." Armadillomon said as the Vegiemon laughed.
Once there were at the top of the stairs, the group relaxed a bit since they were out of sight of the guards.
"Those guys didn't even notice these rings are plastic." Patamon said.
"Don't start feeling too frisky yet. The first set of guards were just flunkies. We haven't even faced the taste of the litter and even if we get past them, we still have to find a way to destroy the control spire." Gatomon said as the group started walking again.
They then entered the cells where the other Vegiemon were and a group of Gazimon were trapped inside the cage, looking miserable.
"Thanks for bringing the prisoners in. The Emperor will be pleased. We could've caught them ourselves you know, but I guess you beat us to the punch." Vegiemon2 said, but then gasped as the Digimon took off the fake rings.
"By the way, speaking of punch… Lightning Paw!" Gatomon yowled delivering a powerful punch to the Vegiemon.
Armadillomon then tackled a Vegiemon to the ground while Veemon punched one as Youko collected the keys which he handed to Daisuke who unlocked the cage doors with them.
Everyone then ran out of the cell, Patamon leading the way up the staircase to get to the control spire, but when Patamon turned the corner, he stopped.
"Quiet, there are more guards." Patamon warned.
"We need to go another way. Keep your heads low." Youko whispered as he then led the group down a different path.
They found a narrow path that led up to the cliff where the control spire was built and TK walked beside Daisuke.
"Um, hey Daisuke, just out of curiosity, but are you really a ninja?" He asked the girl.
"Of course I am! Everyone in my family is a ninja." Daisuke told him.
"Whoa, really?" TK blinked at that.
"It's not that big of a deal." The girl waved it off.
"Oh, don't be so modest, kit. You're practically royalty from where we're from." Youko smirked.
This caught everyone's attention as they turned to look at the girl who was sending a look over at her fox.
"What does he mean by that?" Matt asked.
"Well, my mom's the leader of my village and she's the head of my clan." Daisuke said.
"Clan?" kari questioned.
"The Uzumaki clan. You see that spiral she wears? That's the symbol of her clan. There are many ninja clans and Konoha happens to be filled with them. the Uzumakis are famous because they helped the Senju and Uchiha clans build Konoha many years ago. Also, the Uzumakis were well known for their long red hair, longtivity, high vitality and their mastery of fuinjutsu. They used to have a land of their own known of Uzushiogakure or the Village Hidden by Whirling Tides, but then it was attacked and destroyed by people who viewed them as a threat for their great power. It was a tragedy as almost the entire clan was killed save for the very few who had managed to flee. The kit's grandmother was living in Konoha at the time so she was safe. Sadly, the kit's mother was the last Uzumaki left alive after the Fourth Great Shinibi War which ended in the death of hundreds of people." Youko explained.
The Digidestineds and Digimon all grew silent at this overdose of information, stunned by what they had learned.
"Anyway, the kit here is the heir to the clan. Her mother is litterally the most powerfull woman in the world and is considered as a queen and saviour to the nations, so that makes the kit here a princess." Youko finished.
"Wow, that's just...amazing!" Kari breathed out.
"It's not a big deal! I mean, I'm not a big deal. My mother's the real amazing one. She went through so much growing up that would have made anyone go insane and yet she's just this wise, kind and great person. You'd get it if you saw her." Daisuke smiled.
Pride, love and pure adoration filled her entire being as she spoke about her mother and it made Kari smile serenly at the sight.
"Hey, don't sell yourself short. From what I've seen so far, you're pretty great yourself." TK said.
"Yeah right! What I can do barely counts as great. I still have a long way to go." Daisuke scoffed in amusement.
"But why do you want to become so strong?" Cody asked.
"So I can protect the people I love. Duh!" Daisuke grinned as she patted Cody's head.
"You make it sound so simple." Matt commented.
"It is that simple. I mean, wouldn't you do anything to protect your precious people?" Daisuke questioned.
"Tch! Don't fight her on this. She's an Uzumaki and they tend to be hard headed." Youko scoffed.
Everyone seemed amused by this as they continued along, but Daisuke was staring at the ground as she touched the pendant around her neck.
Talking about her ancestry had made her miss her family and it made her heart clench in her chest.
"Daisuke, are you okay?" Veemon asked when he noitced his human's sudden crestfallen expression.
"It's nothing, Veemon." She shook her head.
Veemon stared at her sadly, knowing that she was lying to him and felt that he needed to do something to make her feel better and put a smile on her face.
"Hey, knock-knock!" He suddenly grinned.
"Huh?" The girl gasped in surprise at the change.
The group then made it to the cliff and they looked at the tower curiously and then looked down at the cliff.
"How do we get down from here?" TK asked as he peered down the ledge.
"There's no way to do it. It's too steep." Kari said.
"If we only had a rope or something we could climb down." Matt said.
"No problem. I'll go look for one." Gabumon said as he turned to leave, but was stopped by the Gazimon.
"Wait, we'll be the rope. We just hang onto each other and you can climb down the bunny slope. Our way of saying thanks." Gazimon1 said.
"That'd be great. Let's go." Gabumon said as the Gazimon got to work.
They were stopped when pink sludge was thrown at them making everyone gasp as they turned around to see the Vegiemon had arrived.
"Ha! No one's going anywhere." A red Vegiemon laughed.
"All right Daisuke, it's time for action. I'm gonna take that over grown tomato and turn him into vegetable soup." Veemon said getting into a fighting stance.
"I'm gonna make vegetarians around the world proud. That oughta cheer you up." He said as he charged at RedVegiemon.
Veemon then used Vee Headbutt, but was stopped by RedVegiemon using his vine like arm to whack him over the head, making the dragon cry out.
"Veemon!" Daisuke cried as she rushed to go help, but was stopped when three Vegiemon tied their vines around her.
Youko was snarling as five Vegiemon wrapped their vines around the fox's body to hold him down to stop him from trying to help his mistress.
"And now for a side dish. Chilli Pepper Pummel!" RedVegiemon called burping out red peppers that hit the dragon in the face that exploded into tiny flames making Veemon cry out.
More Vegiemon then snuck up on the rest of the humans and grabbed them, wrapping their arms around the humans and Rookies, trapping them.
Patamon then tried to fly over to help Veemon, but was hit in the face by the Chilli Pepper Pummel.
RedVegiemon then used his Stink Jet making a green smog fill the area and everyone coughed at the spicey smog.
"That stinks!" Armadillomon cried.
"My eyes!" Kari cried out.
RedVegiemon tied Veemon up and was holding him above his head, smirking.
"Put me down or I'll toss you like a salad!" Veemon warned.
"In case you forgot, I have the upper hand here." RedVegiemon said as he slammed Veemon down making everyone cry out in worry.
"Veemon!" Daisuke called as he tried to fight the Vegiemon off.
"The key to good cooking is to always tenderize the thoroughly like so." RedVegiemon said as he started punching Veemon as he lay on the ground.
Veemon stood up, wincing in pain as he did so, but was still able to glare at RedVegiemon as he did so.
"Is that your best shot?" He grunted.
"Are you kidding? We're just getting started. How do you feel about flying?" RedVegiemon taunted as he punched Veemon right across the face, sending him flying a few feet away.
Chocolate eyes filled with tears as Daisuke watched the senseless beating her friend was suffering as she struggled to get free from the Vegiemon who held her, but they were surprisingly stronger that she had thought.
"I can't watch this." Gabumon said with his eyes closed.
"Veemon doesn't stand a chance against him." Matt said.
"Veemon! Leave him alone!" Daisuke yelled.
"Combine all your ingredients in a bowel, next stir. Blend, mix, frappé and voila! The first course." RedVegiemon said as he kept beating on Veemon, everyone covering their eyes and whimpering.
"Now the entre." The evil vegie sneered.
"No matter what you do, I'll never give up." Veemon panted as he forced himself to stand again.
"I have to do my best to help Daisuke. Whatever the costs." Veemon declared.
Shock jolted through the new child of Courage as she stared at her dragon in surprise.
"He what? All those jokes... He was just trying to cheer me up?" She whispered.
Veemon had known she was upset from talking about her family and he was even suffering through a beating just so he could make her smile.
Tears started to fall down the girl's face more quickly at the thought.
RedVegiemon then punched Veemon in the face, sending him flying back intot he control spire making eveyrone cry out as a crack appeared in the tower.
"Leave him alone now! You hear me? He's had enough!" Daisuke yelled as she glared at RedVegiemon hatefully.
"I don't doubt he's feeling a little full, but he must have saved room for desert and I've cooked up a sweet surprise!" RedVegiemon smirked.
Daisuke growled as her whisker marks became darker and her eyes bled violet as her anger gathered and she began to leak killer intent which made Kari and TK shiver.
"When this is over, I'm gonna eat that rotten plant!" Youko snapped his jaws.
"If only I could digivolve." Gabumon said.
"There must be a way." Matt said as he held onto his Digivice.
"But how?" Gabumon asked as Veemon was punched in the gut, slamming up against the spire.
"And now for the surprise I promised you. A double helping of… Spike Punch!" RedVegiemon said as he went to punch him again.
With each hit that RedVegiemon delt Veemon, the tower under him started to form hairline cracks in the stone.
"The tower... It's breaking." Youko narrowed his golden eyes at the sight.
"That's it!" Matt exclaimed as he gained an idea.
"Veemon!" Daisuke shouted.
"Duck!" Matt called to him.
"Now!" Gabumon yelled.
Veemon ducked down and RedVegiemon's fists smashed right into the spire, blue crackles of electricity erupting around the black stone tower.
Matt's Digivice started beeping making him smile as the Vegiemon let us go and ran away while Gabumon was covered in white light.
"Gabumon digivolve too…GARURUMON!"
"What?!" RedVegiemon gasped as the large blue and white wolf growled at him.
"Gabumon, how did you digivolve?" Matt asked.
Garurumon then chased after the Vegiemon, blasting his Blue Blaster at them as Daisuke and Youko ran over to Veemon to check on their wounded friend.
"Hey, lizard lips, you doing alright?" Youko asked in consern as Daisuke picked Veemon up in her arms.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Veemon gave a small smile.
Feelings tears leaking down on his face, Veemon looked up at Daiuske who was crying in relief that her partner was safe.
"Daisuke, you're crying. Are you still not happy?" he asked.
Choking out a laugh, Daisuke smiled as she wiped away at her tears.
"No, Veemon. I am happy. I'm really happy right now." She told him.
"Oh, that's good! That makes me happy, too!" Veemon smiled brightly.
"Geez, you two are so mushy." Youko commented.
"Well, if you're okay, then how about a little payback?" Daisuke smirked.
"You bet." Veemon nodded with a confident smirk.
"DIGI ARMOUR ENERGIZE!"
"Veemon armour digivolve to... Flamedramon: the Fire of Courage!"
RedVegiemon started off the fight between them as he fired off his Chilli Pepper Pummel, but Flamedramon simply held up his hand as the attack blasted against his hand uselessly.
Rearing his arm back, Flamedramon delivered a punch with his Flame Fist which sent an overpowered RedVegiemon flying back.
"I think it's time we give this guy a real cooking lesson." Daisuke smirked.
"Maybe we can use him to make red bean soup?" Youko joked.
"You want a piece of me?" RedVegiemon glared as he charged at Flamedramon to punch him, but the dragon caught the vegetable's fists in his own.
Flamedramon then pulled RedVegiemon down, then lifted him up and slammed him down onto the ground.
"That hurt!" RedVegiemon groaned.
He was then released as Flamedramon used his Fire Rocket to weaken the other Digimon further and he was caught on fire.
"I've heard of grilled vegetables, but this is ridiculous!" RedVegiemon cried as he then fainted as the flames faded.
Daisuke cheered as she then jumped on Flamedramon, making him blush at the sudden physical attack by the girl.
"Daisuke!" Someone call making the group all turn around to see Yolei and Hawkmon running over with the Gotsumon, Izzy, Tai and Agumon.
"Garurumon!" Tai said as he, Izzy and Agumon ran up to the large wolf.
"How were you able to digivolve?" The lizard asked.
"I'm not quite sure." The wolf said.
"You know what I think? When RedVegiemon's punch cracked the control spire, we were freed from its power." Patamon said as everyone looked at the tower that looked worse for wear.
"It's certainly going to need a lot of glue." Hawkmon commented.
"We should destroy the spire once and for all and who better to do the job than Digmon." Armadillomon said.
"Yeah." Cody said pulling out his yellow and white Digivice.
A fluffy white tail was then placed on top of Cody's hand making him look up at Youko who was standing beside him.
"No need, braniac. The kit will take care of this." He said.
Nodding, Daisuke walked up to the control spire and held up a fist.
Taking in a deep breath, she then channeled chakra into her fist before she then reared her arm back and swung at the tower.
Everyone gaped in shock as the tower shattered under the punch and the Vegiemon started to wake up as they were freed from the dark rings.
"How... What?" Tai squeaked as he pointed.
"That shouldn't be possible." Izzy whispered.
"I'm guessing she used her chakra to do that?" Yolei gussed.
"You got that right, gaki. The Pink Menace and Legendary Sucker would be proud." Youko smirked.
"Whoa, did I get married while I was asleep?" RedVegiemon asked when he saw the rings.
"Oh, now I see how it works." Yolei commented as she stared at the shattered tower.
"May I inquire as to what you're talking about?" Hawkmon asked flapping over to her.
"The spire. It acted like an electricity rod. The Digimon Emperor set it up so that it powered the dark rings, making it possible for him to control all the digimon throughout the area." She explained.
"Isn't that right, Izzy?" She asked the redhead as he smiled at her.
"Yeah. I'm quite impressed with your theory, Yolei." He said making her smile.
"I wonder how many more control spires there are scattered around the Digital World?" Tai asked as Matt walked over to his side.
"Well, whatever the number is one thing we know for sure is they all have to be destroyed. Quite a tough mission for the new Digidestinds, don't cha think?" Matt asked with a smirk.
"Leave it to us. We can handle it." TK said.
"I guess someone should take the Gotsumon back to their homes now." Agumon said to Gatomon as she raised her paw.
"I'm all over it." She said.
"Come on, I'll lead the way." Tai said as he ran off with the Gotsumon followed along with Agumon.
"I'm right behind ya, big brother." Kari said as she and Gatomon followed them.
"Garurumon will stay here and protect you guys from the Emperor." Matt said as he rode the wolf over to the Gazimon.
"Garurumon!" The Gazimon cheered making the wolf chuckle.
Daisuke smiled as she pulled Youko and Flamedramon into a hug, happy to have her two boys with her.
To be continued...