My name is Shiro Ishida, a members of DATS. I am the son of Yamato and Noriko Ishida. My partner is Psychemon, a subspecies of Gabumon. I have inherited from my father the X-Antibody…but my sister inherited the Second Black Death infection from our mother. Just because of a variation of chromosomes, something so small, yet it made such a difference. I want to protect my sister as much as I can.
She even Jogressed when we were fighting Tsuragi and Ami. I have no idea how that happened, and I wasn't even able to stop Tsuragi from asking the Oracle at Digiphi about the location of the Giallarhorn. I don't even know what that horn is used for.
But some good news, my father, along with Mr. Yagami, survived their assassination attempts, And my mother had to go to China to locate the Lance of Darkness, while Lynna Hogan in Australia found the Gauntlets of Water.
Digimon Magog
Embodiment of Fire
Chapter 1
Shinji of the Decima Clan of Demon Chosen entered into the five-sided room, his arms crossed behind his back. There were two other teenagers seated within the darkness: another boy and girl, dressed in the same 'school uniform' style as Shinji and Yuuji, with both wearing a gray tie, white shirt and dull gray blazer with the Demon Chosen emblem as the crest; of course, the boy wore a pair of slacks and the girl a pleated skirt. The boy's hair was combed perfectly, and the girl's hair was a mane reaching down to her waist. Their hair was blond and their eyes were also the same dull blue. The boy spotted Shinji first, "Welcome, Elder Cousin."
Shinji glanced around, "I know where Kouta and Toshiko are, but where are Sigma and Mari?"
"They are on a mission for the Master," the girl replied.
The boy spoke again, "We were not expecting you, is your mission complete?"
He shook his head, "No Kenichi, my mission to test the powers of the DATS agents still continues."
"Then why have you come?" the girl asked.
"I have come because the threat of the Uni Clan grows. Tsuragi will soon possess the Giallarhorn, and will call forth the Agent of Destruction. He will complete our Master's plan, but there is treachery in his eyes. With such power, he will no doubt attempt to gain control of the Demon Chosen." He clenched his fist, "I came before him! I was created first! I will not bow to him!"
"What do you propose?" the girl asked.
Shinji smirked, "Sawa, I have come for the Gift of Evolution."
"The Catalyst?" she gasped. She turned to stare at a large, silver pyramid situated in the center of the room.
"Yes, the Silver Catalyst of the Decimas." He frowned, "If I could, I would destroy the Gold Catalyst of the Uni Clan." He shook his head.
"But, why would you use it?" Kenichi asked.
He grinned, "I will give this gift to one of DATS, one who's desire for power will doom the others." His smile grew, "For soon, the Decima Clan will have a new Demoness!" He turned to the others, "What are your plans for this day?"
"The Master had bid us to go to Tokyo," Kenichi answered, "We are to locate a probable location for the invasion."
He nodded slowly, "If Yuuji and I were to aid you, would you aid us in completing our mission?"
"Certainly, Elder Cousin," Sawa replied.
Shinji smirked, "Excellent."
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By the time Lynna and her family arrived in Tokyo, the Bartons and Anna were already comfortably resting in their hotel rooms…or they would have been if Sora, Noriko and Kikku had not insist on giving them their spare rooms. "I've got two guest rooms," Sora stressed, "and we never use them."
Noriko nodded, "And we've got one for my parents, but they hardly ever visit anymore."
"And we've got rooms too," Kikku added, sadly, "We were expecting a bigger family."
So, it was decided, with some reluctance, that Lynna's family would stay with the Kidos, Anna, her son and Eliane, Catherine's niece (who DATS decided would be good to learn her new powers), would stay with the Ishida, which left the Bartons with the Yagamis, much to Kasumi's chagrin.
"This sucks!" she told her cousin.
Asami just sighed. "I still don't understand why you don't like him."
She just groaned, "You wouldn't!" A smile slowly appeared on her face, "Hey, why don't I stay with you for a few days?"
She paled, "W…what?"
"Oh yeah, we'll have fun! You need to loosen up anyway, It'll be good for you."
"Kasumi, I don't know…"
But her cousin would not hear it, she dragged Asami to Hikari, but her aunt did not think it was a good idea. "Damn," the pony-tailed girl grumbled. When she cam home, she locked herself in her room, happy it was still hers, and Yuki Agumon's but she was with her for as long as she could remember, it was like they existed as one being. Plus, the dinosaur usually just played the Nintendo Mnemonic. They did not even emerged until it was time for dinner.
Sora knocked on the door, "Kasumi, Yuki, are you two eating?"
"Yeah, we're coming, " her daughter replied, stepping into the hall. When they arrived at the table, they saw Akira and Falcomon were already seated…but so were the Barton children.
"Hello, again," Lizzie said, politely. When Gabe did not respond, she kicked with beneath the table.
"Yeah, hey," he muttered.
Kasumi was not about to say what she wanted to say, since her mother was standing next to her. "Hi."
Sora placed a tray of meat patties on the table. "Hamburgers?" Yuki Agumi gasped.
The middle-aged woman nodded, "To make our guests feels more at home."
The dinosaur grinned, "Maybe this won't be so bad…"
Kasumi had another idea. "Their mother should be cooking their own meals at their own homes…wait a second…"
"Mom, where are Mr. and Mrs. Barton?"
Sora was examining her appearance in the hall mirror. She was dressed in a black evening dress, "Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Ishida, Mrs. Hogan, Mrs. Trepov and Aunt Hikari and I are going out to catch up. Mr. Barton is with your uncle and they wanted to visit your father and Mr. Ishida."
"Shouldn't you be there," Gabe mumbled, but so low that only Kotemon heard. His partner just nodded in agreement.
"Where's Piyomon?" Yuki asked.
"With the others' partners," she replied, "I'll see you later tonight, be good, and get to bed on time, understand?"
"Yeah," Kasumi and Akira replied. Their mother left and Kasumi sat down at the table. The meal was eaten in silence which only made Kasumi and Gabe glare at one another. The tension continued until Lizzie turned to Akira. "So, what grade are you in?"
"Fifth," he answered, trying not to look at his sister.
"What kind of things are they teaching you?"
"Oh, just things like Math and history…" he frowned, "I hate math, it's so boring!"
"What kind of things do you like?"
He grinned, "I like science."
"Really? Like what?"
Before he could respond, Kasumi and Gabe both jumped up from the table. The pony-tailed girl marched to the door. "Where are you going?" Akira asked.
"We're going to Asami's!" she shouted as she and Yuki Agumon exited the apartment, slamming the door.
Gabe and Kotemon, walked to the door a moment later. "And where are you going?" Lizzie gasped.
"I'm going to see Dad," he replied, leaving with Kotemon trailing behind.
Lizzie sighed, "I'm sorry about him, I don't understand why he's acting like this."
"It's my sister," Akira mumbled, "She brings out the worst in everyone…at least that's what my mother said…"
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Shiro was bored, although he did not want to admit it. Michael, Dingo, and Joe were catching up and laughing about times that the teenage boy was not even alive to experience. Why had he even agreed to come? He and Psychemon were seated in the rear of Yamato's hospital room. Joe had reluctantly agreed to move Taichi's bed into Yamato's room, since his injuries were less severe.
"They're having a good time, aren't they?" Psychemon asked.
The blond boy nodded. "Yeah." He took a deep breath, "Do you want head out?"
He breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you'd never ask."
They rose to their feet, when Mitsuo and V-mon walked inside. The blond man held a folder in her hands. "Mitsuo," Taichi said from his bed, "It's never a good sign when you've got a folder."
He gave a slight chuckle. "Yeah, well, this is pretty important."
Psychemon and Shiro glanced at one another, then sat back down. Mitsuo placed the folder on one of the tables. "Well, are you gonna tell us what that is?" Agumon X asked.
He nodded. "Those Hunters reminded me of something…"
Jyou crossed his arms, "Like everyone seems to want to kill us?"
The others just stared at him for a moment, then turned back to Mitsuo. "Anyway," he said, "Like I was saying, there was something really familiar about them, I did some checking in the government project archives, and did come across information for a government project involving the creation of super soldiers. But get this…Kurata was on that project." He handed Taichi the folder.
"Kurata?" Yamato asked, "The guy who almost destroyed the city with an unstable Digital Gate?"
"Juro's partner," Gabumon X added.
Mitsuo nodded, "We still have all of his files back when DATS was still Hypnos. We looked through all of them already, but now that they might be a good source of information, we're looking over them very carefully."
"What are you lookin' for?" Dingo asked.
"Anything," Mitsuo sighed, "But it's probably just a long shot."
Taichi opened the manila folder, "Project: Wairudo Banichi…"
111
With their parents out, Asami volunteered to baby-sit Eliane and Yasu at the Ishida's apartment. Aleksey had no where else to go, so he remained there as well. Eliane's BD-2 infection caused her to lose amounts of skin on her abdomen, which Yasu was interested in viewing.
Eliane lifted up her shirt to her growing bust line, showing the large areas of skin that were missing. "Wow," Yasu replied, "That looks like my Mom's stomach."
The other girl tucked her red shirt back into her jeans, "Oui does she have to wear a one-piece bathing suit as well?"
She thought for a moment, then shrugged. "Yeah, I guess so."
The blond girl frowned. "All of my friends are already wearing…how do you say…more revealing suits, and I cannot."
Asami walked into Yasu's room, smiling. "You shouldn't worry about that yet anyway, you're only ten, you don't need to try and look attractive in that way just yet…"
Eliane was not convinced. She slouched her shoulders, "I feel so ugly…"
Asami hugged her, "No you don't, you're beautiful." She smiled, "Now come on, don't you want your dinner?"
Yasu grinned happily, while Eliane slowly followed. In the dinning room, Aleksey was seated with his Muchomon, Asami's Leormon, Eliane's Mushmon and Yasu's Labramon. Asami mentioned to the empty seats, and the two girls sat down.
The doorbell begin to ring. "Yes?" Asami asked, walking to the door. She glanced through the peephole, then blinked in confusion. She opened the door, "Kasumi, what are you doing here?"
Her cousin and Yuki Agumon pushed their way inside, "I heard you got stuck babysitting, so I thought I'd give you some company." She threw off her sneakers and marched into the kitchen, "Hey, what smells so…" She trailed off when she saw the table completely full. "Why didn't you tell me you were having a party?"
"It's not a party," she sighed, "I'm babysitting."
Her cousin crossed her arms as she stared at Aleksey, "Really? Babysitting him too?"
She blushed slightly, "He's staying here…"
Their conversation was interrupted by Yuki Agumon, who was staring intently at the food on the table. "Dinner?"
Kasumi stared at her, "You just ate!"
Asami sighed again, "Would you care to join us?"
They quickly pulled two chairs from the living room and inserted themselves around the table.
"What are we having, anyway?" Yasu's Labramon asked.
Asami mentioned to the dishes on the table, "Karaage and Korokke She smiled slightly, "It's basically deep fried foods. I didn't know how much Eliane and Aleksey would like Japanese food, so…" She shrugged, "Everyone likes fried food, right?"
There were no complaints as they began to eat. The French girl seemed to have forgotten her earlier depression and was happily munching away. Her Mushmon partner seemed a little cautious. He picked up a ball covered with friend batter and sniffed it cautiously. "What is this?"
Asami examined it, "It's chicken."
"Poulet Eliane clarified, "You like zat, remember?"
"Chicken?" Yasu suddenly gasped. She was holding one of the pieces close to her mouth. She threw it back onto the table, "I hate chicken!"
"Okay, okay," her babysitter replied. She began to search through the plate of fried foods. She used her chopsticks to grab a long fried piece, "Here, this is shrimp."
"I don't like crevette Eliane added.
Yasu gasped again. "Wait a minute!" she cried, staring at Eliane, "I can practice my French with you?"
"Que the other girl asked.
"Her father's been teaching her," Labramon answered, "But she's not very good at it."
Yasu gave her partner an evil glare, "Well you're not…" he said.
Eliane just smiled. "Oui
Yasu grinned and jumped up from the table, "My stuff's in my room." She grabbed the other girl's hand and started to lead her away, when Aleksey called out to them.
"Do you not want to finish dinner first?"
The Ishida daughter paused, then smiled. "Oh, right," she giggled. She and Eliane climbed back into their seats and continued eating.
Asami turned to Aleksey, "Do you have any brother's or sisters?" she asked.
He shook his head, "No, I am an only child."
The brown-haired girl nodded, "Yeah, so am I."
"You two are lucky," Kasumi replied, leaning back in her seat, "Akira's nothing but a pain in the neck."
Aleksey shrugged, "Perhaps, but would you not be lonely without him?"
She was quiet for a long while; longer than Asami had ever seen, until she replied, "I never really thought about it like that before. Yeah, maybe I would be lonely…without the little pest around." She glanced over at Yasu, who was the younger sister of Shiro.
Suddenly, a thought entered her mind, "Hey, didn't you guys bring those weapons with you?" Her eyes lit up, staring at Aleksey.
Before the Russian teenager could respond, Yasu interrupted. "You mean like the Lance I gave to Oniichan?"
"What Lance?" Kasumi asked.
Asami sighed once more, "It was the weapon that Mrs. Ishida and Yasu found in China? Didn't your mother tell you?"
The pony-tailed girl just shook her head, "No, she didn't. Jeeze, chill out, it was just a question."
111
Joey and Kamemon were completely lost. They had never spoken a word of Japanese before, much less read it. It seemed so simple: use the map that Dr. Kido had left them to go to the nearest convenient store to buy something for dinner. However, they had become hopelessly lost, because neither of them realized until they were a long way from the apartment, that they could not speak or read Japanese. So, they attempted to back-track, but that proved to be a problem as well.
Joey pointed to a building with a tall point at the top, "That's the apartment buildin."
Kamemon shook his head and pointed to a building with a flat roof, "That's the buildin, stop bein stupid."
He growled, "I'm not bein stupid! You are!"
"Get some glasses, yar blind!" Kamemon pointed to the flat-toped building. "That's the one!"
Before his partner could respond, a voice shouted out to them, "Joey? Is that you?"
The Chosen and his partner looked over and saw Gabe and Kotemon walking towards them on the sidewalk. "Gabe?" Joey gasped, "Oh man, what are the chances? Damn, we're lost, dude, ya gotta help us get back to Dr. Kido's apartment."
Gabe and Kotemon glanced at one another, "You're here."
Joey and Kamemon blinked, "We are?"
Kotemon mentioned to a building on the other side of the street, one with a pointed top, "That's where Dr. Kido lives."
"Ha!" Joey laughed, "I was right!"
"You were still on the wrong side!" Kamemon snapped.
Gabe cleared his throat, "Uh, I got bored at the Yagamis, and since your parents were out, I wondered if you wanted to hang out."
The Australian boy grinned. "Sure." He mentioned to the apartment building, "They gotta big screen t.v. up there. Come on." He stepped forward, but then stopped, "Wait."
"What?"
"We were goin out to get something to eat, but…" he waved his hand, "Long story short, we never got there. You can read Japanese, right?"
He nodded. "Yeah, my Mom's Japanese…I'm half-Japanese…"
"Yeah yeah…" He grabbed the map from Kamemon's hands, "We're trying ta go there!"
Gabe stared at the map, then flipped it around, "You had it upside down. The place you want to go is on the other side of the city."
"Oh damn it," he swore, crumpling the map, "Well, any idea where ta go?"
Gabe gave a chuckle, "There was a place that I went to when I was here a few weeks ago. It was a supermarket, it had everything. It's not far."
"Great, I'm starving!" Joey and the digimon began to follow Gabe down the sidewalk. "Hey, they have pizza here, right?"
"Yes," Gabe laughed.
"Sweet."
"What about money?" Kamemon asked, "They don't use dollars here, right?"
Gabe pulled a small stack of folded paper out of his pocket, "We've got plenty of yen, don't worry."
Joey wiped imaginary sweat from his forehead, "Man, it's a good thing we ran into you."
Gabe just shrugged. They walked in silence, until Gabe cleared his throat, "So, what do you think of the others?"
Joey shrugged. "I don't know…they're okay I guess…" He frowned, "Has that Kasumi girl always been that much of a…"
"Bitch? I dunno…I only met her a few weeks ago…" "So," he thought, "He doesn't like Kasumi either…he's smarter then I thought…"
After their trip to the store, Gabe, Joey and their partners were walking back to the Kido's Aparment, when Kotemon and Kamemon suddenly stopped. "What's wrong?" Gabe asked.
His partner started to scan the building tops. "I thought I…" He looked to the other digimon, who nodded.
"Yeah, I felt it too."
"Felt what?" Joey asked.
Kotemon pointed with his sleeve-covered arm, "There!"
Staring quickly at the sidewalk beneath the street lamps, they saw a teenage girl in a gray school uniform…one with blond hair. "Yuuji?" Gabe gasped, "What the hell do you want?"
She gave a quick smirk, then ran away as fast as she could. Gabe and Kotemon took off after her, with Joey and Kamemon quickly following. "What are we doin?" the Deep Saver asked.
"We can't let her get away!" Gabe answered.
"Old girlfriend?" Joey asked, raising an eyebrow.
He snorted/ "Yeah, a real demon in the sack…" he muttered.
A thought occurred to Kotemon, "Hey, if she's got that rope like last time…"
His partner frowned, "Oh yeah…"
"What rope?" Kamemon questioned.
While Kotemon explained to the Australian duo about the Gleipnir, Gabe used his cellphone, "Hello, Asami? This is Gabe, we've got a problem…"
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Asami knocked on Yasu's door, "Would you two like some cake?"
There was stomping on the floor, then the door flew open. The brown-haired girl poked her head out, "What kind?" she asked, her eyes shinning.
"Chocolate."
"I love chocolate!" she declared. She looked back into her room. "Come on."
Eliane followed and the three girls entered into the kitchen. From the living room, Kasumi glanced into the kitchen, "You've got cake?"
"Only enough for them," Asami mentioned to the two pre-teen girls.
"What? That's not fair!"
"You weren't suppose to be here!" Yasu smirked and stuck out her tongue.
The older girl leapt to her feet and charged. Asami stepped in front of her cousin, "Kasumi, you're five years older then her."
Kasumi just glared, then stormed back into the living room and dropped onto the couch. Aleksey chuckled, "She is your cousin, right?"
The pony-tailed girl mentioned to Asami, "She's my cousin, the other one's just a pain."
The Russian boy smiled, "She reminds me of the little sister of my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?"
"Da. Do you not have a boyfriend?"
She shook her head, "Nah, never really had time."
"Or anyone interested," Labramon whispered. Yasu giggled in agreement.
Eliane frowned and stared at her hands, where sections of skin were starting to vanish. "Will anyone t'ink I am attractive enough?"
Yasu frowned. "Stop talking like that. Jeeze." She held up her arm, where her own infection had eaten away at her fingers, "See, I'm not any better!"
Aleksey frowned, lightly touching the glass eye that replaced the one stolen from him by the Second Black Death, as well as the fake teeth within his mouth. He did not say anything, as Kasumi began to speak.
"My brother has a fake leg," she said, "My mom too…"
"Does that not make you sad?" the Russian boy asked.
She shrugged. "I don't know, they've always been like that. I guess it's just normal…I don't know…"
Yuki Agumon snorted, "I don't think you humans consider that 'normal'…even digimon don't think missing body part is normal."
Kasumi just made a face, rolling her eyes. Muchomon looked to Aleksey and spoke in Russian, "Weird group of kids."
"Yes, but they're no weirder then us."
"That's not fair," Asami giggled, "We can't understand you."
"What a flirt," her cousin thought.
The phone rang and Asami answered. "Good evening, Ishida residence…Gabe? How did you know I was here…" She gasped, "Y…yes, I'll be right there."
"What's wrong?" Leormon asked.
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Yuuji slowed to a stop as she entered the vacated stadium, where her twin brother, along with Kenichi and Sawa, where waiting. "Are they coming?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, twin brother," Yuuji answered, "They have followed just as you said they would."
He grinned, "Excellent."
They watched as Gabe and Joey stepped into the stadium. Joey's Kamemon gasped upon seeing them. "Who are they?"
"Demons," Kotemon replied with a sneer in his voice.
Gabe frowned, "That's Shinji and Yuuji," he mentioned to the two twins standing to the right, "But I don't know who the others are."
Shinji answered, "These are our cousins, Sawa and Kenichi."
"A family of demons, huh?" Gabe said with a snicker, "What do you do at reunions? Dance naked around a golden calf?"
Shinji only smirked. He mentioned to his two cousins, "I know you have been patiently awaiting a chance to fight DATS, would you care to do so now?"
Kenichi grinned, "It would be an honor, cousin."
Joey snorted, "And what are ya gonna fight us with? Your invisible partners?"
Kenichi pointed to the sky, where a bird-man with black feathers drifted to the ground. He had been carrying a demonic fox in a ghastly shade of pink. "Karatenmon," he declared.
"Kyukimon," Sawa smiled.
Kotemon chuckled, "They don't look that tough to me."
Kamemon nodded. "Yeah, I'm with ya." He glanced over at Joey, "Well, are we gonna show them what we can do?"
The son of Dingo and Lynna nodded. "Hell yeah!"
"Kamemon evolve to Gawappamon!"
The son of Michael and Mimi soon joined him, ordering his own partner to evolve.
"Kotemon evolve to Gladimon!"
The two DATS digimon charged forward, but Kamemon pushed ahead of the knight digimon. He was rewarded when Kyukimon charged him, using her head to bat him aside. Gladimon whipped out his sword, but Karatenmon blocked with his own weapon. The two begin a fierce sword fight, each jab, each strike was blocked by the other. They were locked in equal strength, until Karatenmon swiped Gladimon's foot, throwing him off balance. With a simple kick of his foot, the armored warrior digimon flew backwards, smashing into one of the metal posts.
Gawappamon began to fling cd's from a mysterious area in his head. "DJ Shooter!"
Kyukimon held out the blades that acted as her forearms and began to spin forward, like an in-coming tornado, "Blade Twister!"
The cds were deflected in all directions. Gawappamon flipped over as fast as he could, and the Kyukimon bladed-tornado smashed into his shell, nearly cracking the tough shield. Once the Blade Twister was complete, the Deep Saver continued his back-flip until he was close enough to the demon fox. He pulled his fist back, "Gawappunch!" His fist connected with Kyukimon's face, but his arm elongated, putting more force behind the attack. Yet, the fox was easily able to roll with the punch, jumping back on her feet.
"She's not even winded?" Gawappamon gasped, "Oh man!"
"You should give up now," Kyukimon taunted, "You will not defeat me."
The Deep Saver just shrugged, "Yeah, well, I've never been one ta give up!"
He ran forward once more, "DJ Shooter!"
Kyukimon leapt and dashed from side to side, easily avoiding the spinning projectiles. The Deep Saver continued to throw the projectiles, but the fox suddenly increased in speed and in the blink of an eye she was kneeling besides Gawappamon. With a quick swipe of her bladed forearms, she sent the turtle flipping through the air before crashing into the dirt.
Gladimon held his swords perfectly straight, and begun to spin around like a top. "Sword Dancer!"
Karatenmon flew into the air and flung his wings open, sending a barrage of bullets into the bladed-top. They were deflected as well, but Karatenmon twisted through the air before coming down directly over the spinning Gladimon, his sword shinning in the moonlight.
"Gladimon, look out!" Gabe shouted, but it was to no avail. Karatenmon's sword attack threw the spinning top off balance and he crashed into the bleachers.
On the sidelines, the Demons of Decima were watching intently. Yuuji placed a hand on Shinji's shoulder, "Twin Brother, Skull Baluchimon has been watching the perimeter and has just seen more DATS agents arriving."
Shinji nodded. "Then it's time." He watching as Yuuji placed her digivice back onto her belt and removed another object, a golden rope, which she unfurled with a snap.
"What the hell is that?" Joey asked, "A whip?"
Gabe gasped, "Oh shit! That's…"
Before he could answer, Yuuji whipped Gleipnir around Gladimon, Gawappamon and their partners. The Demon girl pulled back and the bonds tightened. "Shit," Gabe growled, "We've got to get out of here!" He flexed his muscles, twisting and moving as best he could, veins tensed and his face turned red.
Joey was watching in shock, "Dude, dude!" he shouted, "I don't think we're getting out ourselves! Didn't you say Asami was commin?"
Gabe sighed deeply, relaxing his muscles. He was not able to break free of Gleipnir's bonds. "Yeah, but she's bringing her cousin with her! I'm not being rescued by her!" His face snarled, "Damn bitch, thinks she's so great just 'cause she's a Yagami! Well, my family's just as powerful!"
Joey shook his head, "Dude, I don't think you've got a choice."
Karatnemon gripped his sword tightly as he held the blade up against Galdimon's body. "Can I kill him, please?" he asked, his teeth gleaming.
Kenichi just shrugged. "If you must."
The bird man positioned his sword over the opening in Galdimon's armor, where his eyes were staring in horror. "Farewell, nothing personal."
"Dino Burst!"
Karatenmon was able to use a quick sword maneuver to dissipate Allomon's energy blast. Shinji grinned as the other DATS agents entered the stadium. Only Yuki Agumon had evolved to her Adult form, the others were still Children. "More DATS?" Sawa asked her cousins, "How many are there?"
"Too many," Yuuji sighed. She turned to Shinji, "Well, Twin Brother?"
"We have already seen the abilities of Yagami, Yamaki and Ishida," he mentioned to Kasumi, Asami and Yasu, "But the other two…"
"I understand." She was still holding tightly to the end of Gleipnir and made a quick flexing of her wrist, and the ropes that were binding Gabe and the others suddenly grew more tendrils which wrapped tightly around the three aforementioned girls and their partners.
"Oh man, not again!" Kasumi exclaimed, trying to break free.
Gabe watched the pony-tailed girl struggling against Gleipnir and snickered. "Heh heh heh…"
Eliane dropped to her knees and was trying to pull Gleipnir away from Yasu. "That's not going to work," Asami said, "We can only get free if she lets us."
Aleksey stared at Yuuji, "So, if we get that rope from her, then you shall be free?" He turned to Muchomon. "Shall we?"
His partner nodded. "I am ready."
Eliane looked to her own partner, "We have to help zem."
Mushmon grinned, "You got it."
"Muchomon evolve to Pteramon!"
"Mushmon evolve to Woodmon!"
"More opponents," Kyukimon spoke, "More opponents who do not realize they are outmatched."
"True," Karatenmon replied, "We should educate them."
The fox grinned. "Yes, we should." She charged at Woodmon, then jumped into the air, spinning into a tornado. Blade Twister!"
The tree digimon fired blades of bark from his arm, "Woody Smash!" However, the Blade Twister simply shattered the projectiles. Woodmon was able to jump to the side, the twisting tornado shot past him, but, to his horror, it quickly changed directions and came heading straight back. Woodmon jabbed his arm into the ground. Shards of wood fired from the ground directly beneath the spinning Kyukimon, The fox was thrown off balance and her twisting ceased.
"Branch Drain!"
Kyukimon saw the elongated branch heading for her. She used the blades on her arms to slash the wood, then charged forward and continued the attack by slicing into Woodmon's side.
"No!" Eliane shouted, "Woodmon!"
Kyukimon hacked off the tree's left limb, then twisted around to slice off the right limb, but Woodmon pulled it back quickly, and the fox completely missed. Once the blade was at a safe distance, Woodmon twisted completely around, slamming his elbow into the fox's side. However, this did little good, as Kyukimon rolled with the jab, then leapt back to her feet. She dove, and slashed with all of her strength directly into Woodmon's side. He yelled in pain, regressing to Mushmon.
"Mushmon!" Eliane cried. She was about to rush to his side, but Aleksey grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back.
"Pteramon!"
His partner swooped in to attack Kyukimon, but Karatenmon appeared in front. He used his sword and slashed into Pteramon's body. The armored digimon flipped around in the air, a gash in his metal chest. "Side Winder!"
A barrage of missiles exploded from beneath his wings, smashing into the demonic bird. Karatenmon used his wings to dissipate the smoke, then shot forward for another attack. Pteramon executed a spin, but rather then rolling to the side, as Karatenmon was expecting, the armored bird rolled to the bottom, missing Karatenmon's jab completely.
Before the demon bird could react, Pteramon had already flipped behind him. "Side Winder!"
Karatenmon was not able to move before the full barrage of the armored digimon's attack. The demon bird twisted around in the air and flew to attack with his sword, Pteramon once move rolled to safety, in a direction that Karatenmon was not expecting.
"He is good, is he not?" Kenichi commented, "Karatenmon is an expert in the air, yet Pteramon is avoiding each one."
Shinji gave an amused smile. "Twin Brother?" Yuuji asked.
"I think I have seen what I need to see," he nodded.
His twin sister flexed her wrist once again, and more tendrils of Gleipnir appeared, wrapping around the remaining DATS agents. "Oh, this is just great!" Gabe snapped, glaring at Kasumi, "Great rescue."
"Fuck you!" she snapped back, "I don't see you doing anything!"
"You were supposed to rescue us!"
Asami sighed, shaking her head. "They argue so much. Why can't they just get along?"
Karatenmon and Kyukimon ran back to stand beside their partners. The fox mentioned to the golden ropes holding the DATS agents tightly, "I take it this means we are finished here?"
"Yes," Sawa replied, "We have discovered the location for the invasion, and Elder Cousin has finished. Come."
The Demons vanished, and once Yuuji had departed, Gleipnir vanished as well. "Damn it!" Kasumi shouted, stomping her foot, "I'm tired of them always getting away!"
Gabe was helping Asami to her feet. "Are you okay?"
The girl nodded. "Yes, thank you."
Aleksey gently rubbed his hand on the top of Muchomon's head, "So, they were the Demons?"
"Yeah," Gabe frowned, "And there's just more and more of them."
Joey walked over to the American teenager. "Well, I got some good news for ya."
"What?"
"Hold out your hands."
Gabe did as he was told. Joey held his own hand over the American's cupped palms. A drop of water fell from the Australian's hand and when it landed in Gabe's, it splashed with more water then it should have, transforming into a pair of blue metal gloves.
Gabe gasped, "Are these…?"
Joey nodded, grinning. "They're the Gauntlets of Water, and I want you ta have them."
"Me?" he asked, "You want me to…?"
"Yup, Mom told me ta give 'em ta who I think would be best, and I think that's you."
Gabe was admiring them. "Cool…"
Kasumi crossed her arms and huffed. "How come he gets a weapon?" She suddenly gasped and turned to Aleksey, "You've got one, right?"
The Russian paled. "Um, d…da, but…"
"But what?" she shrieked, "Come on, can I have it?"
"Kasumi!" Asami said, "He needs to decided who to give it to, right?"
He nodded again. "D…da, I do not yet know who to give it to, but it will most likely be one of you."
"Sweet!" the pony-tailed girl grinned.
Aleksey smiled back, "So, I would like to give each of you some of my Wind power. Even without a weapon, it should allow you to evolve your partners to Fully Evolved." He placed a hand on each of their shoulders and closed his eyes. The girls felt energy flow into their bodies, a feeling that was not entirely alien, like they had felt that sort of energy before.
"Wow, that wasn't so bad," Kasumi blinked, "Are you sure you even did anything?"
Aleksey nodded. "But, I did feel like something was calling to me within your bodies, like you already have Wind power?"
"My Mom does," Asami explained, "Your mother gave it to her."
Yuki Agumon tugged on Kasumi's pant leg, "Didn't your Dad say something about that?"
She crossed her arms in thought. "Oh yeah, you're right. My Dad's got a bunch of those powers…four I think." She grinned, "Maybe he gave some to me? I got the X-Antibody from him, right?"
Aleksey added, "Perhaps that means you can use four of those weapons, not just the Claymore of Wind."
She frowned, a sick feeling in her stomach, "Does that mean you're not giving me the sword?"
He hesitated for a moment, "I…um…"
She threw up her hands and stormed away. "Fine, whatever!" Yuki Agumon looked back apologetically, then ran after her partner.
"I just do not think she would be right for it," Aleksey frowned, "But I did give her the Wind power…"
"Don't mind her," Asami sighed, "She's always been like that."
Yasu, meanwhile, was speaking to Eliane. "It's okay," she said, "No one does good their first time."
The French girl frowned, "But…neither Woodmon nor I were any help at all. If zey had not left, zen who knows what could have happened?"
"Don't take it so hard," Labramon shrugged, "Really."
Asami placed her hands on the two younger girls' shoulders. "Come on, we'd better get back."
The DATS agents were not aware of it, but the Demons had not vanished, but were now merely standing on the top of the stadium walls, watching as the teenagers exited the sports area.
"I hope you have discovered what it is you wished to discover?" Kenichi questioned.
Shinji nodded slowly, "Yes, but I think that surveillance is now needed." He turned to the others, "Disguise yourselves and observe them, their physical strength is known to me, but I know more information to discern their weaknesses." He smirked, "All the better to entice them with."
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Meanwhile, Tsuragi and Ami were standing before a field where stalks of grain and corn stretched to the sky. "The Land of First Grain," he chuckled, "I'm gonna be holding the Giallarhorn by the end of the day!"
To be continued…….
NAME: Anna "Danika" Trepov
GENDER: Female
AGE: 39
ETHNICITY: Russian
OCCUPATION: Sculptor, Artist
PLACE OF BIRTH: Moscow, Russia
DATE OF BIRTH: January 9, 1988
KNOWN RELATIVES: Aleksey-son, Makar-ex-husband, Arkady-father, Natala-mother, Zilya "Svetlana" Mishca-grandmother (Deceased).
GROUP AFFILIATION: DATS
SUB-GROUP: Daughters of the First
EDUCATION: Political Science
HEIGHT: 5' 4"
WEIGHT: 145 lbs
EYES: Lost
HAIR: Blond
POWER: Wind
DIGIMON: Penmon-Unimon-HippoGryphomon
WEAPON: None
DEGREE OF INFECTION: Lost eyes
BIO: The Daughter of Wind, she was once part of the Russian Chosen team, but when the Second Black Death struck, too many of their team died in the first wave, so the team fell apart. Only Yuri and Anna remained, but Yuri was modified by the X-Antibody, and Anna lost her eyes. She and Yuri were in love, but he was killed while fighting GranDracmon's agents. She has since tried to be a positive role model for the still-emerging Chosen in Russia.
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NAME: Lynna "Jeffry" Hogan
GENDER: Female
AGE: 38
ETHNICITY: Australian
OCCUPATION: Model
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sydney, Australia
DATE OF BIRTH: June 10, 1989
KNOWN RELATIVES: Dingo-husband, Joey-son, John-father, Megan-mother, Amanda "Kendra" Chailyn-grandmother (deceased).
GROUP AFFILIATION: DATS
SUB-GROUP: Daughters of the First
EDUCATION: High School
HEIGHT: 5'2"
WEIGHT: 114 lbs
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
POWER: Water
DIGIMON: Gizamon-Ebidramon-Waruseadramon
WEAPON: None
DEGREE OF INFECTION: Missing arm
BIO: The Daughter of Water was not part of the Australian Team, or any Chosen Team. She and Gizamon chose to remain apart from the others, so she was reluctant to trust Dingo and Yamato when she first met them, but after being attacked by Karetu of the Demon Lords, she joined with the other Daughters of the First. She is carefree and energetic, but does have a fiery temper and feels strongly for her friends and family. She has been teaching her son, Joey, how to use his Water powers.