Getting Used To It…
Chapter 12: The captured Digimon…
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Swamp Level.
Takato and Guilmon as Gallantmon and Rapidmon had hauled the strange boy and his BlackAgumon back to the cave where they were laid down near the fire. Once they were sure he and his partner were all right, they lay down and slowly nodded off back to sleep.
Yamaru opened his eyes slowly. Everything was blurry and didn't seem to be getting any clearer so he wearily raised his hand to his eyes and tried to rub the 'sleep' from them. He sat up and scanned his surroundings, expecting to see the destruction he caused as BlackWarGreymon, but instead he saw walls and a ceiling.
'How did I get into a cave? I thought I was outside and where's BlackAgumon?' He looked around for his partner and saw him lying on the other side of the smouldering embers that was once a fire that he was next to.
'So someone's found us and taken us here…Obviously…But who? No…It couldn't have been the Tamers, could it?' As if by magic, Henry happened to look over from where he was sitting on a rock, talking with others about where to go next, and noticed Yamaru sitting up. Henry grabbed some bread and made his way to the boy.
"Hey, do you want some food?" Henry asked as he made his way over.
'Damn it…' "Uh…Yes please." Yamaru answered, grabbing the bread from Henry. He broke it in half and sat a piece aside for BlackAgumon.
"I know we don't really need to eat in the Digital World, but it's good for healing wounds." Henry added.
"Huh, I didn't know that. I guess you really are resourceful." Yamaru noted.
"Pardon?" Henry questioned, confused at how he knew they were 'resourceful'. He always assumed it was just their luck.
"Oh, nothing…" Yamaru dismissed Henry.
"Why don't you come over to the rest of the group? I'll introduce you to the rest of us." Henry said offering a hand to the boy who gladly accepted.
The two boys walked over to the rest of the Tamers and Digimon who were all looking on with expecting and inquisitive eyes. They would surely have a few questions for him.
"Who are you?" Rika stood up and started tapping her foot impatiently.
"Relax Rika. Let's introduce ourselves first." Henry said, trying to calm the redhead.
"This is Rika and her partner Renamon, Takato and Guilmon, Impmon, Lopmon, MarineAngemon and I'm Henry." He said, gesturing to each person as he said their names.
"Hey! What about me?" Terriermon yelled from Henry's head which he had recently jumped onto.
"Momentai, I was getting to you. Anyways, this is Terriermon, my partner." He finished.
"Okay, okay, now who are you?" Rika asked again.
Yamaru mentally sighed before answering, "I'm Yamaru Tadanoka and my partner is the BlackAgumon over there but I assume you already knew that." He said after bowing, showing his respect.
"Nice to meet you Yamaru, I have to ask though, how'd you get to be partners with BlackAgumon?" Takato asked. Yamaru blushed and gave an embarrassed look towards the goggled Tamer.
"Well, uh…You see, I don't really know. One day I woke up and there was a Pagumon sleeping in my arms and we were in the middle of a forest. I soon found out that I was in the digital world," He started. "I found a D-Arc clipped onto my pants and then decided to hang it around my neck instead. It told me that Pagumon and I were partners so we travelled around, trying to find a way back home." He finished solemnly.
"And where exactly do you live?" Lopmon inquired.
"Oh, I live in the south of Shinjuku but my family is moving to the inner western area which means I'll have to change schools too." He answered.
"But the only school in the western area is ours." Takato said.
"I guess that means I'll be going to school with you guys then." He noted.
"Well, you can't be any worse than the Dimwit Duo." Rika sighed.
"Hey, Kazu and Kenta aren't that bad." Yamaru said.
"How did you know their names?" Terriermon asked. "What are you, some kind of stalker?"
"For once I agree with Terriermon." Henry glared at Yamaru.
"Woah, everybody sound the alarm and run for the hills! Here comes Apocalymon!" Terriermon yelled.
"Look, Azulongmon contacted me on my D-Arc one day and told me that you, the Tamers, would arrive in the Digital World soon. He somehow knew that you'd all come back to get your Digimon and told me where they all were. BlackAgumon and I trained for months until we were finally able to biomerge. Then we made our way back home with Azulongmon's help. Then after two months, he contacted me again and said that you had just left and that I should follow you and help if you need it." Yamaru looked at all the shocked expressions on their faces. Well, all except Renamon who had stood calmly and quietly throughout the whole ordeal.
BlackAgumon stirred and Yamaru walked over to him. "Hey bud, have some bread to freshen up." He handed the bread over to his partner who gladly wolfed it down.
"Now, I know that you are looking for Guardromon and Calumon. As you already know, Guardromon became the captain of the Guardro Guard. The Guardro Guard is stationed in Machine City. Machine City is in the Mechanised Level which is quite close to here actually." He said.
"Would you like to come with us?" Guilmon asked BlackAgumon.
"I guess it would be up to Yamaru." He answered, looking to his Tamer with a look that said 'please'.
"It's up to the Tamers bud." He said, looking at the three friends.
"I'd be nice to have someone new around." Rika said with a genuine smile.
'Oh well that's just great. Rika's hitting on the new guy. Is she hitting on him, or just opening up? I don't even know…' Takato thought. "Well we should get going then. Yamaru can you lead the way?" He asked.
"I'd be glad to."
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Mechanised Level
In an alleyway deep in the heart of a metallic city, a boy and a black dragon like creature appeared in a flash of light.
"Where are we Cyberdramon?" The young brown haired boy asked.
His partner, Cyberdramon, scanned their surroundings: the high rise buildings, the stalls, and the mechanical look to it all. "Machine City," He stated.
"I guess we should go look for the others then." He said, walking out of the alley, followed closely by Cyberdramon.
They walked around the market place for a while seeing Digimon of all kinds: from Gazimon to Gabumon, Andromon to Ankylomon. At one point, Ryo saw a DigiTamamon yelling at some Gommamon because they didn't pay for the ramen they had eaten.
Deciding that Takato and the others weren't in the market place, Ryo and Cyberdramon headed down a side street when Cyberdramon sensed a massive gathering of Digimon a street over. Ryo wanted to check it out so he jumped onto his partners back and he lept over the small, one story building between them and the gathering.
"Hey, can anyone tell me what this is all about?" Ryo asked a Guardromon that was standing in front of the group.
"Why, yes, I can. Three thieves were locked in the cells downstairs of the jail in front of you. A little Digimon was playing with the keys for some reason and dropped them near one of the cells. The thief grabbed the keys and unlocked his cage as well as his cohorts." He said in a monotonous, mechanical voice.
"So that's it? A few escaped Digimon?" Ryo asked.
"No, the two Guardromon on duty were overpowered and locked in a cell with the little Digimon." He finished.
"This little Digimon seems to be getting into a lot of trouble. Do you know what kind of Digimon he was?" He asked.
"I believe it was called a Calumon." The Guardromon replied.
"Hahah, I should've known. Only Calumon could cause such a ruckus. Tell ya' what, me and Cyberdramon will go in and deal with this." He said running off, not even bothering to wait for an answer.
He ran inside the building and found the staircase that lead downstairs to the cells by an iron desk. He moved down swiftly and came into a corridor with barred doors lining each side of the walls with another single cage at the end.
Cyberdramon snarled and ran ahead. Ryo quickly followed and as he got closer, "Ryo!" someone called his name.
"That wasn't Cyberdramon…" He noted.
"Of course not, it is I, Guardromon!"
Ryo ran forwards to the end of the corridor and sure enough, in the cell was two Guardromon and a sleeping Calumon.
"So you're the Guardromon that was locked up then huh?" He said with a smirk.
"We were outnumbered and cornered in here." He said glumly.
"No worries, Cyberdramon will get you out." He stated cheerfully.
"Cyber…" Cyberdramon started to call out his attack before he was hit from both sides of his body.
"Wolf Claw!"
"Garuru Kick!"
Cyberdramon roared in pain as the attacks connected with his body.
"You can't release our prisoners. You'll have to go through us and our leader!" One of the assailants roared.
"We are the ones who locked them in there and they cannot be released. They're our ticket outta here." Came a more husky voice from behind Ryo.
"Who are you guys anyway?" Ryo asked, trying to mask the nervousness in his voice.
"We are all WereGarurumon and again, if you want them, you'll have to delete us first!" Said the WereGarurumon on the left of Cyberdramon, who then lept at the dragon.
"Desolation Claw!" Cyberdramon yelled as his he backhanded the WereGarurumon and sent him flying into the cell door that held the three captives. The door crumbled under the force of the collision freeing the captives and waking a tired Calumon.
The WereGarurumon cried out as he dissipated into data that was absorbed by his leader. The deputy Guardromon ran out to attack the other WereGarurumon to try and even the odds.
However the champion level robot was dispatched and turned into data by the ultimate level wolf, which had kicked him in the head with a Garuru Kick. The wolf had decided to celebrate too soon, leaving himself open for an attack by Cyberdramon.
"Cyber Nail!" He roared as rammed his nail into the back of the wolf's head, turning him into data.
The leader ran in front of Cyberdramon and absorbed the data of both the Guardromon and his fellow WereGarurumon. A white light enveloped the WereGarurumon as he rose into air and his form changed.
"Uh-oh…" Calumon cowered, pulling his ears over his eyes.
"You can say that again." Guardromon agreed.
"WereGarurumon, digivolve to…
The wolf's form was covered in a data grid as it re-shaped into a mechanical quadruped. He was covered in blue armour and yellow wings sprouted from his shoulder blades. His tail went from being furry to being a sharp blade made of Chrome Digizoid.
MetalGarurumon!"
"Great, he digivolved to mega…" Ryo sighed.
"Finally! A worthy opponent!" Cyberdramon yelled as he lunged towards the cyborg-wolf.
"Garuru Tomahawk!" MetalGarurumon called as he reared up on his hind legs and a missile shot out of his chest compartment and hit Cyberdramon in the face, launching him and Ryo through the level above them and the roof as well.
They landed with a thud on the cold, hard ground as Digimon around them gasped at what they had just seen. MetalGarurumon flew out of the hole and waited in the sky for his enemies to get up and fight. A dull grey smoke billowed in the sky as the building below crumbled under the lack of support. Guardromon had grabbed Calumon and narrowly escaped the falling debris.
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Mechanised Level
"I'm sick of sand…" Terriermon grumbled as he and his friends walked through the desert towards Machine City, which they could see from their position atop a sand dune.
"I guess this is as good a time to rest as any." Takato said as Guilmon collapsed to the ground next to Lopmon and MarineAngemon.
"I wouldn't be taking that rest right now Takato." Yamaru said worriedly.
"Well why the hell not? Can't you see we're all tired?" Rika snapped.
"I can see that you're all tired and I am too but I just saw an explosion come from the city and now there's smoke coming from it. Your friends may be in trouble." He said.
"Well then let's go see what the trouble is!" Takato said valiantly.
"Alright! Something exciting!" Terriermon yelled, raising a tiny paw in the air.
Takato, Rika and Yamaru all raised their D-Arcs to their chests as Henry swiped a blue card through his D-Arc. Impmon didn't want to miss out on the action so he too, digivolved.
Digital World – Southern Quadrant – Mechanised Level – Machine City.
MetalGarurumon had been waiting patiently for his targets to get up for quite a while before movement came from the dragon.
"Ugh… Ryo?" Cyberdramon asked. "Looks like I'm on my own then…"
Cyberdramon stood up and flexed his crimson wings before flying up to meet the smug wolf.
"I didn't think you'd ever get back up." He mocked.
"Shut up and fight." Cyberdramon growled.
"So be it. Metal Wolf Claw!" He yelled as a thin blue beam of energy flew from his mouth as sent Cyberdramon barrelling towards the ground next to his Tamer.
The impact of Cyberdramon hitting the ground woke Ryo, who quickly remembered his situation.
"Cyberdramon! Take me up with you and we'll biomerge. We have a better chance as Justimon." He said.
"Climb on," Cyberdramon said, gesturing to his back.
Ryo climbed onto his partners back and they flew up to meet the wolf once again.
"LEAVE THEM ALONE! LIGHTENING JOUST!" Yelled a voice from far away as a shot of blue energy zoomed towards MetalGarurumon. The robotic wolf flew down a little bit to avoid the sneak attack.
"That's Gallantmon's attack…" Ryo said, surprised as he looked around for where it had been shot from.
"Ryo over here! Are you okay?" Gallantmon asked from atop a building. Standing next to him was Sakuyamon, Rika and Renamon's biomerged form, Rapidmon, Henry, Lopmon, Beelzemon, MarineAngemon and a BlackWarGreymon.
'Why is there a BlackWarGreymon?' He thought."Yeah, I'm fine now that I've got a little help!" He yelled back.
"Takato, you and Yamaru should go in and help while we stay back just in-case. I doubt we'd need more than one mega but it's better to be safe." Henry said.
Sakuyamon, Beelzemon and Rapidmon all nodded in response, seeing Henry's logic. BlackWarGreymon grabbed Gallantmon and they flew off towards Ryo and Cyberdramon to lend a hand.
"Ryo, you should biomerge with Cyberdramon!" Rika yelled from Sakuyamon.
Cyberdramon, Gallantmon and BlackWarGreymon all turned to look at Rika as Ryo nodded.
"Calm down princess, I was about to before you all showed up!" He called as he rose his D-Arc to his chest.
"Cyberdramon, bio…" He started to call.
"Oh, no you don't," MetalGarurumon growled. Everyone had apparently forgotten about him for the moment so he positioned himself right behind the shining light that was Ryo and Cyberdramon biomerging. "Metal Wolf Claw!"
The thin blue beam screamed through the air and hit Ryo and Cyberdramon in the back in the middle of the biomerging process. They screamed in unison and Cyberdramon turned into his rookie level, Monodramon. The blast sent them through the air onto the rooftop that the other Tamers and Digimon were standing on. Rapidmon managed to catch Monodramon and Beelzemon only barely caught Ryo.
MarineAngemon used his 'Kahuna Waves' attack to heal Monodramon as Ryo found his footing.
"I guess I shouldn't have taken my eyes off of him…" Ryo said.
"That was a dirty trick!" Gallantmon yelled. "How dare you hurt our friends. You'll pay!"
Crimson light came down from the sky and enveloped Gallantmon. BlackWarGreymon looked on in amazement while MetalGarurumon was lost for words.
"Is he?" Beelzemon asked.
"He's mode changing." Rika said happily.
"You seem happier than usual Rika." Renamon said to her Tamer privately from within their body.
"We haven't seen Gallantmon mode change since the D-Reaper. I thought it was a one-time thing but Gogglehead just keeps on finding new ways to amaze me." She replied.
"Gallantmon, mode change to….
Gallantmon's body was covered in crimson armour with bright yellow outlining around each piece of armour. White, angelic wings erupted from his back as a spear of energy materialised in his left hand while a sword of energy materialised in his right hand.
Gallantmon: Crimson Mode!"
"You, MetalGarurumon, are lucky that we can't hold this form for long, so your justice shall be served quick. Are you ready BlackWarGreymon?" He asked the stunned dragon man.
"Right, yeah!" He answered as he put his hands together and formed a small purple ball between them. He threw his hands above his head as he spread them apart, making the ball grow in size dramatically.
Out of nowhere, Gallantmon: Crimson Mode flew inside the ball of energy and through gritted teeth called out for him to launch the ball of destructive energy. MetalGarurumon was in shock and couldn't move a limb even if his life depended on it, and in this case, it did.
"TERRA DESTROYER!" BlackWarGreymon yelled as he threw his attack, along with Gallantmon, with all of his might.
Gallantmon could see MetalGarurumon getting closer and closer. Just as the attack collided with the wolf's body, Gallantmon flew forwards and launched his own attack.
"Invincible Sword!" He screamed as he slashed MetalGarurumon's stomach. The wolf screamed as he burst into data. Rapidmon picked up Monodramon and flew over to the data, letting the little purple and yellow dinosaur-dragon absorb it and heal himself.
Sakuyamon spotted Takato and Guilmon being carried back by BlackWarGreymon and as soon as they were let down onto the rooftop she and Renamon dedigivolved. Rika ran over to Takato and slapped him across the cheek, leaving a light red mark.
"What are you? Suicidal? That was by far the most stupidest thing you've ever done!" She yelled.
"Yeah, I guess it was pretty dumb…I just couldn't believe he pulled a fast one on Ryo like that so I mode changed somehow and without thinking I combined Yamaru's attack with my own…" He said, one hand rubbing his cheek, the other scratching the back of his head like he did in these kinds of situations.
'I'm just glad he's safe.' She thought.
"Eskimo Kisses!" Calumon called as he jumped up onto Rika's face and rubbed his face against hers.
"You're lucky you're cute Calumon…" Rika said, pulling the little Digimon off her face and holding him in her arms.
"Guardromon, it's good to see you again." Lopmon addressed to the rust coloured robot.
"It is good to see you too Lopmon and co." He replied. "I noticed Kazu isn't here…"
"Sorry pal, Kazu couldn't come with us so we came to get you and take you back to him. I promised him and it looks like that's another promise I can keep." Takato said. The mention of seeing his Tamer again made Guardromon extremely excited and he couldn't wait to go back to the human world.
"Now you've got just one more promise Takato." Rapidmon said as he dedigivolved back to Terriermon who smirked as he jumped onto Henry's head. Everyone gave looks of confusion to the goggled Tamer and the cream dog-bunny.
'Two actually…' He mused.
"What's he talking about Takato?" Rika asked while Terriermon giggled.
"I have no idea…" Takato lied.
"We should really rest for the night. Henry needs to e-mail Yamaki and tell him that we're ready for extraction anytime now." BlackAgumon noted after he and Yamaru and dedigivolved.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. You're a Tamer?!" Ryo asked the boy dressed in black.
"It also seems like we all have a few stories to tell," Yamaru said with a smile. He glanced at his D-Arc which displayed a detailed map of the city. "There's an apartment building just a block or so away. We can stay there." He said.
"Finally, I don't have to sleep on the ground." Terriermon cheered.
"All right then, let's go." Henry said as they all walked after Yamaru and BlackAgumon.
End Chapter 12.
