Author's Notes: The second configuration may start out a bit slow. I need to set things up so that the Digidestined Digimon can DNA digivolve later. Just so you know, I've been using a different prefix for Guilmon's alternate digivolutions. It's been Darkgrowlmon, Blackwargrowlmon and Shadowgallantmon.
Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it. Star Trek belongs to Paramount. Don't sue!!!
Beyond The Other Side - V 2.1
"How much longer? I'm getting tired of standing around!!" Takato crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently. Armadillomon and Guilmon were sleeping quietly with Calumon snoozing on Guilmon's head. Cody kept an eye on his D Terminal. "They'll send us a message when it's all clear to go through the Digiport. This way, you guys don't have to make up some story about how you accidentally wandered into our camp group or something."
Takato started to pace again. "Henry, you look a little worried. What's up?" The other boy gave a little sigh. "I'm not exactly sure about how we're going to live a life in a world which we originally thought never existed except in the imaginations of the writers of the telelvision show."
"Well, it should be pretty much the same back home except there's no Suzie to terrorize me!!" exclaimed Terriermon. The worried look still remained on Henry's face. "Takato, back there at the battle...did I make the right choice? Did my actions seal the fate of the digital world?" Takato shrugged. "Don't worry too much about it. Every choice we face always has those types of things. Like on a multiple choice test, you keep asking yourself which answer is the right one. There's always the possibility that something may go wrong but sometimes we have to take those risks in order to achieve our goals."
"Rika, what's that in your hand?" Rika replaced the crest in her pocket before answering Renamon. "Found it near the base. It's supposed to belong to that boy genius. But since he didn't activate the crest's power, I'm just going to have to keep it until its ready to go to him."
"They're sending me a message! 'Sorry to keep you waiting. The drive took a few hours and we dozed off. You can activate the Digiport. We're right by the river brook and nobody's watching. Yolei.' Hey, guys!! Let's go!!" Guilmon and Armadillomon slowly woke up while Calumon remained in dream land. "Digiport open!!!"
[Insert Digiport sequence, music, all that stuff]
"Whoa!!!" The group fell out of the computer. Calumon bounced off Guilmon's head and headed towards the water. "Hey!!!" Takato ran forward to make a diving catch. A huge splash followed, with the water droplets soaking the other tamers. "AAAUUUGGGHH!!!" When he surfaced, Calumon was laughing. "You humans are so funny!!"
He emerged from the river with Calumon in his arms. "The water is c-cold. AH-AH CHOO!!!" He let out a gigantic sneeze. TK backed off a bit. "Now we need to figure out who's staying with who. I can probably take somebody since it's just me and my mom."
"And there's nobody but me and dad at our place," added Matt. Henry thought about it. "I suppose I should stay at TK's place with Terriermon and Calumon. It will cause a little less trouble...but your mom knows about the Digimon. She was there before the original eight Digidestined traveled back to the digital world to fight the Dark Masters."
Blank looks were on the faces of the new Digidestined. TK noticed those looks. "Remind us to tell you that story sometime. As for mom, she would freak at first about the idea of Digimon again and me going out to fight. But I think she can handle it. She probably won't mind small Digimon like Patamon, Terriermon and Calumon. But Guilmon is another matter." Takato rubbed his head. "Maybe I should have made him smaller."
"Don't worry. Guilmon can crash at my place. Nobody's home during the day and dad's completely cool with the Digimon. Of course it will be a bit messy and the apartment has a special little smell that makes it home. But I'm sure you won't mind," said Matt. Takato gulped. "No, not at all."
Kari noticed that nobody had figured out what to do with Rika. "Rika can stay at our house. I just need to figure out an excuse while Tai can stay at Matt's apartment." Tai was about to argue. "Hey-" "Come on, Tai. They helped us out against Kimeramon," Kari pleaded.
Tai sighed. "All right, all right. You do have some guest bedrooms?" Matt took some time to think. "Yeah but they were converted to storage rooms. I'm going to need some help to turning them back." "Now the problem is how to hide Renamon," said Davis. Rika snorted. "Renamon can just stay out of sight. It's not that difficult." With everything settled, each tamer left with their respective hosts as the others went straight home.
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"We're doomed!! I just know it!!! Those new kids blab out everything and then the Digidestined stop us before we pull off anything!! Maybe we should quit while we're ahead!!" Mummymon kept on ranting about how everything is going to fall apart. A few moments later, he was lying on the ground unconscious. Arukenimon tossed away the now broken wooden chunk on to the ground. 'They seem to know what actions we were planning to take. We should start the attack early, before events go as they predict.' She began to make her plans.
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"This is absolutely ridiculous!! You expect me to go to school in this?!? Isn't there anything a little more dignifying?" Rika had denim shorts that reached the tops of her knees. She had a white and pink t-shirt with a pink heart in the centre of the shirt. Kari started to replace the clothes that Rika had tossed out of her closet. "You practically rejected everything else I had. Until we wash your other clothes, this is the best I can manage." Renamon appeared by the window to check up on Rika. The fox Digimon gave a small chuckle.
Rika placed her card pouch at the back pocket along with her Digivice. "Did I hear you chuckle?" Renamon put her hands up, signalling the innocent look. "I didn't do anything. Anyways I'll be right by the school in case you need me."
She went by the mirror to make sure her hair was in the right place. "We're going to be late, Rika!!" With that said, Kari left the room. Rika looked at herself one more time and gave a slight shudder of disgust. "Have a good day at school, Rika." She heard the fox Digimon chuckle lightly and mentally made a note to get back at Renamon.
"Man, I can't believe that you, me and Rika got in the same class as TK, Kari and Davis!! What are the odds?" Takato walked beside Henry as they moved to their morning physical education class. He had his goggles along with a black t-shirt with gray pants. His gym uniform was inside his bag. Henry shrugged. "I don't know. I guess there was enough room to squeeze us in. Geez, this sweatshirt is itchy!!" He wore a green sweatshirt and khakis.
An explosion occurred nearby. Takato and Henry raced over to investigate. It came from the chemistry room where Yolei had just blown up a chemistry experiment. Henry shook his head. "She should have factored in the possibility of a complete combustion!! With the other chemicals reacting to magnify the explosion, I'm surprised this place is still in one piece!!" Takato gave him a funny look. Henry chuckled sheepishly. "We better get going."
The boys had justed started their pre-game warm ups with the girls preparing for their dance lessons. TK gave a huge yawn. Davis practiced shooting a few baskets. "Hey, TI!! You look sleepy. What's up?" TK rubbed his eyes to keep focused. "It's nothing. Henry's snoring just kept me up half the night!!"
"I snore?" Henry and Takato had just emerged from the change rooms to join the warm up. TK nodded. "If you don't believe me, Calumon, Patamon and Terriermon can back me up." Before Henry could ask more questions, the coach had started to make teams. Henry went on TK's team while Takato went with Davis.
Patamon, Gatomon and Demiveemon were watching everything from near the ceiling. "Kari's really a graceful dancer," stated Patamon. Before Gatomon could boast about how she taught Kari to be graceful, Demiveemon made an observation. "What about the other girl? Uh...what's her name...Rika!!" The other two Digimon turned their attention to see Rika off in a corner, not doing anything. "She's not dancing. I wonder why?"
Renamon came out of nowhere to answer that question. "Obviously, this is a physical activity that she does not like. She probably wants to play basketball. After all, she thinks dancing is a foolish activity." Demiveemon looked at Renamon. 'It would be kind of cool to dance with Renamon. But I'm so short!! Even as Veemon, I'm still short!! Raidramon is on four legs. What about Flamedramon? Yeah...' He started daydreaming about Flamedramon and Renamon dancing together. His armored form spun Renamon around gently in the air...(AN: I wrote this while listening to a Linkin Park instrumental piece.)
"Where's everybody else?" asked Gatomon. He snapped out of his daydream. "Guilmon, Calumon and Terriermon are by a tree outside. Once the school day is over, we should let them come inside to the computer room." The others nodded before turning back to the basketball game. TK had the ball and was dribbling it down the court. "Here's TK!!" said Patamon. He made a bounce pass to a teammate but Takato intercepted it. A quick pass to Davis and a simple shot gave their team two points.
"Nothing but net!!" He gave Takato a high five before retreating back to his team's zone. Demiveemon leapt up with joy. "Isn't there anything that Davis can't do in the real world?" Gatomon crossed her arms. "I could name a few things." Henry took the ball and slowly began to dribble. "Did I miss anything?"
The Digimon gave a start as Terriermon appeared right behind them with Calumon. "What are you doing here?" hissed Renamon. Terriermon shot back an annoyed glare. "You go wait in a tree until the end of the school day!! After 20 minutes, things get quiet and boring!!" Patamon grinned. "We could raid the school cafeteria!!"
"Cool!! Whoa!!" Terriermon started to fall. Gatomon leapt out to grab him while her tail tried to hold onto something. Demiveemon tried to keep a hold of the tail but he started to slip. Patamon grabbed Demiveemon with his mouth and tried to keep them hidden. Finally Renamon had to step in. Had anybody looked up at that moment, they would see a line of Digimon struggling not to fall. "That looks fun!!" exclaimed Calumon.
"Over here!!" Henry's teammate had just lost the ball thanks to Takato. He quickly passed it to Davis who was about to shoot when Henry grabbed the ball from his hands. "Yoink!!" "Yoink?!?" Before Davis realized it, Henry was dribbling up the court. He went for a long pass to TK. The boy got the ball, made his way past the last defence man and did an easy lay up. "Alright!! Now that's teamwork!!"
"Go, TK!!!" Kari cheered from the other side. Davis felt his jaw drop. 'She's practically cheering for him! What does he have that I don't...of course!! His Digimon can digivolve to the champion level!! When we go to the digital world after school, I'll get Veemon to digivolve to the champion level as well. Then Kari will be the one cheering for me!!!'
The rest of the day went by slowly. Takato started to design Guilmon's mega form while he waited for the other Digidestined and the other tamers in the computer room. 'Samurai? Too predictable. Maybe a knight...yeah!! Knights are practically the same thing!! Now what is he going to look like?' He remained lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the others come in. "Takato! Are you listening?"
"I'm sorry, Miss. Asashi!! I promise that I will pay attention next...huh?" Takato found himself to be looking at Kari Kamiya rather than his teacher back at home. "Oh, sorry Kari. By the way you asked me whether I was listening, you sounded a lot like my teacher!! What's going on anyway?"
'I'm going to become a teacher and have Takato in my class?' Kari shook the thought away for the moment. "Rika and Henry have decided that it would be wise if us Digidestined went to the digital world by ourselves. It's just a clean up job anyway. It shouldn't take too long."
Takato took some time to think about the Digimon episode that corresponded with this event. 'Ah, the plan to get Veemon to digivolve. Since Arukenimon won't be making her move until the Digidestined start work on Primary Village, it should be alright.' "Yeah, that would be a good idea if we stay out of sight for a bit. After all, there has to be something else lurking around the digital world if you guys can still go in."
"He's right. The clean up job is completely voluntary. Something else is threatening the digital world. I don't suppose you can tell us...wait, Izzy would say stuff about the prime directive or whatever," mumbled Yolei. Cody gave a smile. "I'm sure we can handle it. If we need your help, we'll send a message through the D Terminal. Did we give you one?"
The tamers shrugged. Then one of Henry's pockets gave a slight glow. It was a D Terminal card. Rika looked at him with disbelief. "You actually take that card along?!?" Henry paid no attention as he slid the card through his Digivice. "Digi Modify!! D Terminal Activate!" From the Digivice's screen, a light came out and formed into a D Terminal. Takato took the card to get his D Terminal. Rika had to calm herself down before sliding the card.
"Well, we got that solved. By the way, Renamon told me of a little mishap that nearly got our Digimon in trouble. I suggest that when we're at school, our Digimon spar with each other. This way, they can be prepared for any unusual events that occur in the digital world," stated Rika.
"Since Flamedramon is the best fighter out of you weaklings, he's going to be my sparring partner. Any objections?" asked Renamon coldly. The room filled with silence. "Good. Now that's settled, you can be on your way." The Digidestined simply went through the Digiport, unsure of what just happened. Demiveemon and Davis were the most confused.
Takato sighed and went back to his work. 'He's going to be a mega, holy knight Digimon so he should have a cape. What about a sword? Nah...he'll be too much like Omnimon. Maybe if I stick one of those weird jousting spears on his right arm...not bad!! He will have a shield with the logo that has appeared on him on the other digivolutions. Now to sketch in his armor. What about a name? Dukemon? Sounds a bit weird and corny.'
"Did you read the part where the gallant knight saves the Empress from the dark dragon? It's sooooooo romantic!!" "Oh, do tell!!" Takato's ears perked up. 'A gallant knight? Maybe...Gallantmon? Hey, that sounds cool!!' Henry was the first to break the silence inside the computer room. "Are you sure we should leave them alone? I'm sure Arukenimon and Mummymon have put the pieces together about us and are altering their plans right now."
"They won't launch an attack today. This is the episode where Davis tries to trick Veemon into digivolving. He eventually does with the help of Tortomon. Don't worry about them, they'll be fine," said Takato as he kept drawing. Their D Terminals started to beep, signalling that they had mail.
Rika opened her D Teminal. "'A new Digimon, that looks exactly the same as Devimon except in color has appeared in the area and has frozen the other Digimon except for Exveemon. Just so you know, that's Veemon's champion level form. Right now, Exveemon's having trouble. We need help!! Kari.' You were saying, goggle head?"
Takato gave a groan. "Me and my big mouth. Guilmon!!" The red virus Digimon stopped admiring his reflection in the computer screen. Terriermon, Renamon and Calumon got inside the room and prepared to go through the portal. Henry started typing commands to the computer to open a gateway near the Digidestined.
"You actually know how to work it this time?" asked Rika. Henry finished setting up the portal. "Izzy showed me how to use the gate over the weekend. The principles weren't that hard. Everything's ready to go!! Digiport open!!" The Digiport read the code on their Digivices and opened up the gateway.
[Insert Digiport sequence, music, all that stuff]
When they arrived in the digital world, their clothes had reverted back to what they wore when they first came to a dimension that originally was nothing more than fiction to them. Takato looked around. "Okay, where are they being attacked?" Henry scratched his chin. "When Yolei assigned the clean up tasks, they were in a forest. That's where we should start."
"Vee Laser!!" The tamers heard Exveemon try his attack. They looked up to see an aerial battle between Exveemon and another Digimon. Rika pulled out her Digivice. "Icedevimon. A fallen angel Digimon. Champion level, virus type. If he gets you with his Frost Claw attack...needless to say, it's worse than getting hit by Frigimon's Subzero Ice Punch."
"How can it be worse? Frigimon practically freezes you solid," stated Henry. Rika kept reading the description. "If a Digimon stays frozen by Icedevimon's power for too long, it'll decompile into data and be absorbed." The other two tamers gave nervous looks. "Avalanche!!" Ice daggers came from Icedevimon's wings and hit Exveemon.
"I'll go after Icedevimon. You help free the other Digimon, okay?" Rika gave a scowl. "Why do you get to fight Icedevimon, goggle head?" Takato shot a fiery look at the female tamer. "We don't have the time to debate this!! Get going!!!" She gave an icy glare before speaking. "Very well. But the next one is mine, is that clear?" Takato nodded. Henry started running to the forest with Terriermon on his head with Rika and Renamon behind them.
"Why is that white thing up there so ugly?" asked Calumon. Takato shrugged as he took out a card. "Let's do this. Digi Modify!! Digivolution Activate!!" Calumon's red mark started to glow as well as Guilmon.
DIGIVOLUTION.... "Guilmon digivolved to...Growlmon!!"
"Just get Icedevimon away for the moment. Ask Exveemon what happened. Digi Modify!!! Dragon Wings Activate!!" Growlmon took off into the air and knocked Icedevimon off balance. Exveemon shook off the Avalanche attack that hit him a bit earlier. "Takatomon wants to know what happened."
"We got to the digital world. Yolei was trying to figure out who's doing what job when that Devimon look-alike came out of nowhere and froze Gatomon and Armadillomon. He knocked Hawkmon and Patamon out with those ice daggers. Davis was about to order me to armor-digivolve into Flamedramon when I got hit by one of those Frost Claws. I couldn't move but I could sense that Davis was in real danger and I just digivolved, breaking the ice prison." Icedevimon tried to regain his focus. "Frost Claw!!"
'Why does he attack so viciously? I don't suppose...maybe he's a control spire Digimon. After all, they usually just attack viciously and they don't even bother to talk except when they announce their attack.' "Dragon Slash!!" Takato snapped out of his train of thought and went back at observing the battle above. Icedevimon dodged the attack and delivered a punch to send Growlmon flying back. "Vee Laser!!"
The energy blast hit Icedevimon but it appeared that it didn't do much damage. Growlmon regained control and started flying up behind Icedevimon. "Time to finish this, Growlmon!! Digi Modify!! Viral Boost Chip Activate!!" Growlmon prepared to fire his attack. "Pyro..." Icedevimon turned around to see Growlmon unleashing his attack. "...Blaster!!" He became incinerated instantly.
The two champion level Digimon slowly made their way to the ground where Takato was waiting. It wasn't too long until the others made their way out of the forest. The frozen Digimon had been released from Icedevimon's power since Growlmon destroyed him. "Man, that was really something!! How does it feel to be a champ?" asked Davis.
While the Digidestined gathered around to talk to the new champion, Takato was telling Henry and Rika about his disturbing discovery. "It was all there. It appeared that the only thing on Icedevimon's mind was to destroy, destroy, destroy. The only conclusion I could come to was that Arukenimon made him."
Henry had a grim look on his face. "So she is altering her plans in order to throw us off. She initiated her attack early and tossed in Icedevimon instead of Thundermon. This complicates matters. Now, the possibility of Ken joining the team and the other Digimon attaining their champion levels has been altered with Arukenimon chaging events. And what about obtaining the DNA digivolutions?" Rika gave a smirk. "Well, at least we get new Digimon to fight. It won't be so predictable as it was last time."
We are under way for the second configuration. I planned out a lineup of control spire Digimon before introducing Blackwargrowlmon. Three more champions and an ultimate. Anyways, I've got some things to talk about before the trivia question. In typical novels and other works, a new paragraph begins when someone else is talking. I frankly don't care about that. I'm comfortable with the way I've been writing this and if I change my style, it may cause a bit of confusion for the readers. If you want me to change my style of writing to that of the typical literary work, just put it into your review. I don't plan on inventing a dark Digimon tamer. Although Blackwargrowlmon may be an ultimate Digimon, he'll upgrade to his mega form soon after I introduce him into the story. I haven't thought about Mummymon being a spy for the tamers but I'll write a little about it next segment. I won't kill him for a while so don't worry about it. Ken will be coming back so please be patient!!
Chinese zodiac trivia!! All you need to do is fill in the blank. This one should be super easy. The answer to this question will be revealed in the next installment.
From February 2000 to February 2001, it was the year of the (blank).
Remember to write which storyline you're voting for as well as your answer!!!!! That's it for now!!!
Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it. Star Trek belongs to Paramount. Don't sue!!!
Beyond The Other Side - V 2.1
"How much longer? I'm getting tired of standing around!!" Takato crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently. Armadillomon and Guilmon were sleeping quietly with Calumon snoozing on Guilmon's head. Cody kept an eye on his D Terminal. "They'll send us a message when it's all clear to go through the Digiport. This way, you guys don't have to make up some story about how you accidentally wandered into our camp group or something."
Takato started to pace again. "Henry, you look a little worried. What's up?" The other boy gave a little sigh. "I'm not exactly sure about how we're going to live a life in a world which we originally thought never existed except in the imaginations of the writers of the telelvision show."
"Well, it should be pretty much the same back home except there's no Suzie to terrorize me!!" exclaimed Terriermon. The worried look still remained on Henry's face. "Takato, back there at the battle...did I make the right choice? Did my actions seal the fate of the digital world?" Takato shrugged. "Don't worry too much about it. Every choice we face always has those types of things. Like on a multiple choice test, you keep asking yourself which answer is the right one. There's always the possibility that something may go wrong but sometimes we have to take those risks in order to achieve our goals."
"Rika, what's that in your hand?" Rika replaced the crest in her pocket before answering Renamon. "Found it near the base. It's supposed to belong to that boy genius. But since he didn't activate the crest's power, I'm just going to have to keep it until its ready to go to him."
"They're sending me a message! 'Sorry to keep you waiting. The drive took a few hours and we dozed off. You can activate the Digiport. We're right by the river brook and nobody's watching. Yolei.' Hey, guys!! Let's go!!" Guilmon and Armadillomon slowly woke up while Calumon remained in dream land. "Digiport open!!!"
[Insert Digiport sequence, music, all that stuff]
"Whoa!!!" The group fell out of the computer. Calumon bounced off Guilmon's head and headed towards the water. "Hey!!!" Takato ran forward to make a diving catch. A huge splash followed, with the water droplets soaking the other tamers. "AAAUUUGGGHH!!!" When he surfaced, Calumon was laughing. "You humans are so funny!!"
He emerged from the river with Calumon in his arms. "The water is c-cold. AH-AH CHOO!!!" He let out a gigantic sneeze. TK backed off a bit. "Now we need to figure out who's staying with who. I can probably take somebody since it's just me and my mom."
"And there's nobody but me and dad at our place," added Matt. Henry thought about it. "I suppose I should stay at TK's place with Terriermon and Calumon. It will cause a little less trouble...but your mom knows about the Digimon. She was there before the original eight Digidestined traveled back to the digital world to fight the Dark Masters."
Blank looks were on the faces of the new Digidestined. TK noticed those looks. "Remind us to tell you that story sometime. As for mom, she would freak at first about the idea of Digimon again and me going out to fight. But I think she can handle it. She probably won't mind small Digimon like Patamon, Terriermon and Calumon. But Guilmon is another matter." Takato rubbed his head. "Maybe I should have made him smaller."
"Don't worry. Guilmon can crash at my place. Nobody's home during the day and dad's completely cool with the Digimon. Of course it will be a bit messy and the apartment has a special little smell that makes it home. But I'm sure you won't mind," said Matt. Takato gulped. "No, not at all."
Kari noticed that nobody had figured out what to do with Rika. "Rika can stay at our house. I just need to figure out an excuse while Tai can stay at Matt's apartment." Tai was about to argue. "Hey-" "Come on, Tai. They helped us out against Kimeramon," Kari pleaded.
Tai sighed. "All right, all right. You do have some guest bedrooms?" Matt took some time to think. "Yeah but they were converted to storage rooms. I'm going to need some help to turning them back." "Now the problem is how to hide Renamon," said Davis. Rika snorted. "Renamon can just stay out of sight. It's not that difficult." With everything settled, each tamer left with their respective hosts as the others went straight home.
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"We're doomed!! I just know it!!! Those new kids blab out everything and then the Digidestined stop us before we pull off anything!! Maybe we should quit while we're ahead!!" Mummymon kept on ranting about how everything is going to fall apart. A few moments later, he was lying on the ground unconscious. Arukenimon tossed away the now broken wooden chunk on to the ground. 'They seem to know what actions we were planning to take. We should start the attack early, before events go as they predict.' She began to make her plans.
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"This is absolutely ridiculous!! You expect me to go to school in this?!? Isn't there anything a little more dignifying?" Rika had denim shorts that reached the tops of her knees. She had a white and pink t-shirt with a pink heart in the centre of the shirt. Kari started to replace the clothes that Rika had tossed out of her closet. "You practically rejected everything else I had. Until we wash your other clothes, this is the best I can manage." Renamon appeared by the window to check up on Rika. The fox Digimon gave a small chuckle.
Rika placed her card pouch at the back pocket along with her Digivice. "Did I hear you chuckle?" Renamon put her hands up, signalling the innocent look. "I didn't do anything. Anyways I'll be right by the school in case you need me."
She went by the mirror to make sure her hair was in the right place. "We're going to be late, Rika!!" With that said, Kari left the room. Rika looked at herself one more time and gave a slight shudder of disgust. "Have a good day at school, Rika." She heard the fox Digimon chuckle lightly and mentally made a note to get back at Renamon.
"Man, I can't believe that you, me and Rika got in the same class as TK, Kari and Davis!! What are the odds?" Takato walked beside Henry as they moved to their morning physical education class. He had his goggles along with a black t-shirt with gray pants. His gym uniform was inside his bag. Henry shrugged. "I don't know. I guess there was enough room to squeeze us in. Geez, this sweatshirt is itchy!!" He wore a green sweatshirt and khakis.
An explosion occurred nearby. Takato and Henry raced over to investigate. It came from the chemistry room where Yolei had just blown up a chemistry experiment. Henry shook his head. "She should have factored in the possibility of a complete combustion!! With the other chemicals reacting to magnify the explosion, I'm surprised this place is still in one piece!!" Takato gave him a funny look. Henry chuckled sheepishly. "We better get going."
The boys had justed started their pre-game warm ups with the girls preparing for their dance lessons. TK gave a huge yawn. Davis practiced shooting a few baskets. "Hey, TI!! You look sleepy. What's up?" TK rubbed his eyes to keep focused. "It's nothing. Henry's snoring just kept me up half the night!!"
"I snore?" Henry and Takato had just emerged from the change rooms to join the warm up. TK nodded. "If you don't believe me, Calumon, Patamon and Terriermon can back me up." Before Henry could ask more questions, the coach had started to make teams. Henry went on TK's team while Takato went with Davis.
Patamon, Gatomon and Demiveemon were watching everything from near the ceiling. "Kari's really a graceful dancer," stated Patamon. Before Gatomon could boast about how she taught Kari to be graceful, Demiveemon made an observation. "What about the other girl? Uh...what's her name...Rika!!" The other two Digimon turned their attention to see Rika off in a corner, not doing anything. "She's not dancing. I wonder why?"
Renamon came out of nowhere to answer that question. "Obviously, this is a physical activity that she does not like. She probably wants to play basketball. After all, she thinks dancing is a foolish activity." Demiveemon looked at Renamon. 'It would be kind of cool to dance with Renamon. But I'm so short!! Even as Veemon, I'm still short!! Raidramon is on four legs. What about Flamedramon? Yeah...' He started daydreaming about Flamedramon and Renamon dancing together. His armored form spun Renamon around gently in the air...(AN: I wrote this while listening to a Linkin Park instrumental piece.)
"Where's everybody else?" asked Gatomon. He snapped out of his daydream. "Guilmon, Calumon and Terriermon are by a tree outside. Once the school day is over, we should let them come inside to the computer room." The others nodded before turning back to the basketball game. TK had the ball and was dribbling it down the court. "Here's TK!!" said Patamon. He made a bounce pass to a teammate but Takato intercepted it. A quick pass to Davis and a simple shot gave their team two points.
"Nothing but net!!" He gave Takato a high five before retreating back to his team's zone. Demiveemon leapt up with joy. "Isn't there anything that Davis can't do in the real world?" Gatomon crossed her arms. "I could name a few things." Henry took the ball and slowly began to dribble. "Did I miss anything?"
The Digimon gave a start as Terriermon appeared right behind them with Calumon. "What are you doing here?" hissed Renamon. Terriermon shot back an annoyed glare. "You go wait in a tree until the end of the school day!! After 20 minutes, things get quiet and boring!!" Patamon grinned. "We could raid the school cafeteria!!"
"Cool!! Whoa!!" Terriermon started to fall. Gatomon leapt out to grab him while her tail tried to hold onto something. Demiveemon tried to keep a hold of the tail but he started to slip. Patamon grabbed Demiveemon with his mouth and tried to keep them hidden. Finally Renamon had to step in. Had anybody looked up at that moment, they would see a line of Digimon struggling not to fall. "That looks fun!!" exclaimed Calumon.
"Over here!!" Henry's teammate had just lost the ball thanks to Takato. He quickly passed it to Davis who was about to shoot when Henry grabbed the ball from his hands. "Yoink!!" "Yoink?!?" Before Davis realized it, Henry was dribbling up the court. He went for a long pass to TK. The boy got the ball, made his way past the last defence man and did an easy lay up. "Alright!! Now that's teamwork!!"
"Go, TK!!!" Kari cheered from the other side. Davis felt his jaw drop. 'She's practically cheering for him! What does he have that I don't...of course!! His Digimon can digivolve to the champion level!! When we go to the digital world after school, I'll get Veemon to digivolve to the champion level as well. Then Kari will be the one cheering for me!!!'
The rest of the day went by slowly. Takato started to design Guilmon's mega form while he waited for the other Digidestined and the other tamers in the computer room. 'Samurai? Too predictable. Maybe a knight...yeah!! Knights are practically the same thing!! Now what is he going to look like?' He remained lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the others come in. "Takato! Are you listening?"
"I'm sorry, Miss. Asashi!! I promise that I will pay attention next...huh?" Takato found himself to be looking at Kari Kamiya rather than his teacher back at home. "Oh, sorry Kari. By the way you asked me whether I was listening, you sounded a lot like my teacher!! What's going on anyway?"
'I'm going to become a teacher and have Takato in my class?' Kari shook the thought away for the moment. "Rika and Henry have decided that it would be wise if us Digidestined went to the digital world by ourselves. It's just a clean up job anyway. It shouldn't take too long."
Takato took some time to think about the Digimon episode that corresponded with this event. 'Ah, the plan to get Veemon to digivolve. Since Arukenimon won't be making her move until the Digidestined start work on Primary Village, it should be alright.' "Yeah, that would be a good idea if we stay out of sight for a bit. After all, there has to be something else lurking around the digital world if you guys can still go in."
"He's right. The clean up job is completely voluntary. Something else is threatening the digital world. I don't suppose you can tell us...wait, Izzy would say stuff about the prime directive or whatever," mumbled Yolei. Cody gave a smile. "I'm sure we can handle it. If we need your help, we'll send a message through the D Terminal. Did we give you one?"
The tamers shrugged. Then one of Henry's pockets gave a slight glow. It was a D Terminal card. Rika looked at him with disbelief. "You actually take that card along?!?" Henry paid no attention as he slid the card through his Digivice. "Digi Modify!! D Terminal Activate!" From the Digivice's screen, a light came out and formed into a D Terminal. Takato took the card to get his D Terminal. Rika had to calm herself down before sliding the card.
"Well, we got that solved. By the way, Renamon told me of a little mishap that nearly got our Digimon in trouble. I suggest that when we're at school, our Digimon spar with each other. This way, they can be prepared for any unusual events that occur in the digital world," stated Rika.
"Since Flamedramon is the best fighter out of you weaklings, he's going to be my sparring partner. Any objections?" asked Renamon coldly. The room filled with silence. "Good. Now that's settled, you can be on your way." The Digidestined simply went through the Digiport, unsure of what just happened. Demiveemon and Davis were the most confused.
Takato sighed and went back to his work. 'He's going to be a mega, holy knight Digimon so he should have a cape. What about a sword? Nah...he'll be too much like Omnimon. Maybe if I stick one of those weird jousting spears on his right arm...not bad!! He will have a shield with the logo that has appeared on him on the other digivolutions. Now to sketch in his armor. What about a name? Dukemon? Sounds a bit weird and corny.'
"Did you read the part where the gallant knight saves the Empress from the dark dragon? It's sooooooo romantic!!" "Oh, do tell!!" Takato's ears perked up. 'A gallant knight? Maybe...Gallantmon? Hey, that sounds cool!!' Henry was the first to break the silence inside the computer room. "Are you sure we should leave them alone? I'm sure Arukenimon and Mummymon have put the pieces together about us and are altering their plans right now."
"They won't launch an attack today. This is the episode where Davis tries to trick Veemon into digivolving. He eventually does with the help of Tortomon. Don't worry about them, they'll be fine," said Takato as he kept drawing. Their D Terminals started to beep, signalling that they had mail.
Rika opened her D Teminal. "'A new Digimon, that looks exactly the same as Devimon except in color has appeared in the area and has frozen the other Digimon except for Exveemon. Just so you know, that's Veemon's champion level form. Right now, Exveemon's having trouble. We need help!! Kari.' You were saying, goggle head?"
Takato gave a groan. "Me and my big mouth. Guilmon!!" The red virus Digimon stopped admiring his reflection in the computer screen. Terriermon, Renamon and Calumon got inside the room and prepared to go through the portal. Henry started typing commands to the computer to open a gateway near the Digidestined.
"You actually know how to work it this time?" asked Rika. Henry finished setting up the portal. "Izzy showed me how to use the gate over the weekend. The principles weren't that hard. Everything's ready to go!! Digiport open!!" The Digiport read the code on their Digivices and opened up the gateway.
[Insert Digiport sequence, music, all that stuff]
When they arrived in the digital world, their clothes had reverted back to what they wore when they first came to a dimension that originally was nothing more than fiction to them. Takato looked around. "Okay, where are they being attacked?" Henry scratched his chin. "When Yolei assigned the clean up tasks, they were in a forest. That's where we should start."
"Vee Laser!!" The tamers heard Exveemon try his attack. They looked up to see an aerial battle between Exveemon and another Digimon. Rika pulled out her Digivice. "Icedevimon. A fallen angel Digimon. Champion level, virus type. If he gets you with his Frost Claw attack...needless to say, it's worse than getting hit by Frigimon's Subzero Ice Punch."
"How can it be worse? Frigimon practically freezes you solid," stated Henry. Rika kept reading the description. "If a Digimon stays frozen by Icedevimon's power for too long, it'll decompile into data and be absorbed." The other two tamers gave nervous looks. "Avalanche!!" Ice daggers came from Icedevimon's wings and hit Exveemon.
"I'll go after Icedevimon. You help free the other Digimon, okay?" Rika gave a scowl. "Why do you get to fight Icedevimon, goggle head?" Takato shot a fiery look at the female tamer. "We don't have the time to debate this!! Get going!!!" She gave an icy glare before speaking. "Very well. But the next one is mine, is that clear?" Takato nodded. Henry started running to the forest with Terriermon on his head with Rika and Renamon behind them.
"Why is that white thing up there so ugly?" asked Calumon. Takato shrugged as he took out a card. "Let's do this. Digi Modify!! Digivolution Activate!!" Calumon's red mark started to glow as well as Guilmon.
DIGIVOLUTION.... "Guilmon digivolved to...Growlmon!!"
"Just get Icedevimon away for the moment. Ask Exveemon what happened. Digi Modify!!! Dragon Wings Activate!!" Growlmon took off into the air and knocked Icedevimon off balance. Exveemon shook off the Avalanche attack that hit him a bit earlier. "Takatomon wants to know what happened."
"We got to the digital world. Yolei was trying to figure out who's doing what job when that Devimon look-alike came out of nowhere and froze Gatomon and Armadillomon. He knocked Hawkmon and Patamon out with those ice daggers. Davis was about to order me to armor-digivolve into Flamedramon when I got hit by one of those Frost Claws. I couldn't move but I could sense that Davis was in real danger and I just digivolved, breaking the ice prison." Icedevimon tried to regain his focus. "Frost Claw!!"
'Why does he attack so viciously? I don't suppose...maybe he's a control spire Digimon. After all, they usually just attack viciously and they don't even bother to talk except when they announce their attack.' "Dragon Slash!!" Takato snapped out of his train of thought and went back at observing the battle above. Icedevimon dodged the attack and delivered a punch to send Growlmon flying back. "Vee Laser!!"
The energy blast hit Icedevimon but it appeared that it didn't do much damage. Growlmon regained control and started flying up behind Icedevimon. "Time to finish this, Growlmon!! Digi Modify!! Viral Boost Chip Activate!!" Growlmon prepared to fire his attack. "Pyro..." Icedevimon turned around to see Growlmon unleashing his attack. "...Blaster!!" He became incinerated instantly.
The two champion level Digimon slowly made their way to the ground where Takato was waiting. It wasn't too long until the others made their way out of the forest. The frozen Digimon had been released from Icedevimon's power since Growlmon destroyed him. "Man, that was really something!! How does it feel to be a champ?" asked Davis.
While the Digidestined gathered around to talk to the new champion, Takato was telling Henry and Rika about his disturbing discovery. "It was all there. It appeared that the only thing on Icedevimon's mind was to destroy, destroy, destroy. The only conclusion I could come to was that Arukenimon made him."
Henry had a grim look on his face. "So she is altering her plans in order to throw us off. She initiated her attack early and tossed in Icedevimon instead of Thundermon. This complicates matters. Now, the possibility of Ken joining the team and the other Digimon attaining their champion levels has been altered with Arukenimon chaging events. And what about obtaining the DNA digivolutions?" Rika gave a smirk. "Well, at least we get new Digimon to fight. It won't be so predictable as it was last time."
We are under way for the second configuration. I planned out a lineup of control spire Digimon before introducing Blackwargrowlmon. Three more champions and an ultimate. Anyways, I've got some things to talk about before the trivia question. In typical novels and other works, a new paragraph begins when someone else is talking. I frankly don't care about that. I'm comfortable with the way I've been writing this and if I change my style, it may cause a bit of confusion for the readers. If you want me to change my style of writing to that of the typical literary work, just put it into your review. I don't plan on inventing a dark Digimon tamer. Although Blackwargrowlmon may be an ultimate Digimon, he'll upgrade to his mega form soon after I introduce him into the story. I haven't thought about Mummymon being a spy for the tamers but I'll write a little about it next segment. I won't kill him for a while so don't worry about it. Ken will be coming back so please be patient!!
Chinese zodiac trivia!! All you need to do is fill in the blank. This one should be super easy. The answer to this question will be revealed in the next installment.
From February 2000 to February 2001, it was the year of the (blank).
Remember to write which storyline you're voting for as well as your answer!!!!! That's it for now!!!