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New digidestined

Chapter 19: The rise of MetalGreymon

As Piximon brought Emiko back to the present day, Agumon was lying by Piximon's pool. The sun was beating down on to his skin, warming the senses. A Tapirmon was floating around getting him what he fancied. It was like back in the years after MaloMyotismon and he could rest. But every now and again, he couldn't help wonder how Emiko was getting on. There was the fear that the task could be too big for the young digidestined to cope with. If it was, the rest of the digidestined would be doomed and leave the digital world open to domination.

"Hurry back Emiko."

However, Agumon's peace was about to be interrupted. A Vilemon flew above the mansion and spotted Agumon lying at the pool side. Using a communication device attached to his body, he reported his discovery to his superior.

"My lord," He announced smugly, "I've tracked down Agumon."

"Where is he?"

"At a rather fancy mansion, I'm sending the co-ordinates to you sir."

"Excellent. Is there any sign of the girl?"

"No."

"Good. Stay where you are and make sure you don't loose Agumon. I'm sending reinforcements."

Vilemon switched off his device then perched some where discreet as he waited for the 'cavalry'.

Wisemon sat back in his throne and drummed his fingers on the arms. He pleased with having five of the digidestined captive and that the power of their crests was weakening. But he was concerned with the sudden disappearance of Emiko. If his goon had found Agumon, where was the Kamiya girl? Maybe she had given up or was planning something. It was hard to tell. He didn't think that Emiko would try and save her friends from Datamon but she did. This demonstrated her determination, courage and loyalty. It was all for her team so showed great leadership skills.

"I had better not under estimate the digidestined," He said to himself, "Too many digimon before me have made that mistake. I will not be next."

As he sat thinking, a Bakemon floated in and bowed.

"How are the five children?"

"The image stimulator is working at full power and each child is deep within their little fantasies."

"Excellent. Now send our old friend, Agumon, his new play mate."

The Bakemon bowed then floated out.

Meanwhile, Emiko and Piximon were on their way back to the present. As Emiko fell through a hole to get to the past, they couldn't go back the way she came. So now they were walking up a magical staircase. Whilst the hole was dark and scary, the stairway was bright, colourful and inviting. Swirls of red, pink, purple, yellow, orange and blue were helping Emiko's good mood get better. The experience of meeting her father as a young boy, saving him and getting her crest to glow had given her a new feeling of confidence. After a while of climbing the steps, the two travellers were joined by a group a very small, cute, flying digimon. They were brown with big, owl-like eyes. They were chatting and swirling around Emiko.

"Hey guys," She giggled, "Having fun?"

"They are Puwamon, a baby digimon." Piximon explained.

"Sweet!"

The little guys made giggling noises then flew away.

"Come on now, Emiko. It's time to focus."

"Yeah, you're right. My friends are still in trouble and need me."

With Emiko's mind refocused on her mission, they carried on up the staircase to find Agumon.

Back in the present time, and Vilemon was delighted to see the reinforcements he had been promised. The new digimon marched towards Piximon's mansion where Vilemon swooped down to greet him. Vilemon then explained what the purpose of the exercise was.

"A Digidestined digimon you say," He said, "Just the type that should be eliminated."

"Well the best of them all is inside," Vilemon replied, "Just destroy him and Lord Wisemon will reward you greatly."

"Give me fifteen minutes."

The attacking digimon warmed up then unleashed his attack.

By now, Agumon was sat at a table surrounded by beautifully cooked food. Everything from fruit and bread to meat and rice was there for his digi-appetite to get round. His big green eyes sparkled with delight. He hadn't had this much food to eat since when Luna was still alive. She always made big meals especially for him. Tai tried his best to replicate his late wife's cooking but didn't always have the time. However, thinking about Tai made Agumon stop eating for a minute. The original digidestined of courage was back on Earth without a clue about what was going on or where his daughter was.

"I hope Tai's Ok."

Suddenly, there was an explosion and the whole mansion shook. The servant digimon were flung in to walls and door, the food on the tables was chucked on to the floor and Agumon hurled off his chair. He scrambled to his feet and ran to the balcony, followed by the other digimon. When they got there, they were greeted by the sight of a large digimon that looked like a robot with a volcano coming out of his back. He was grinning arrogantly.

"It's Volcamon!" The Tapirmon screamed.

"Come out Agumon!" Volcamon shouted, "I want to see you!"

Reluctant but seeing no other option, Agumon stepped out to face Volcamon. The large ultimate digimon stared evilly at Agumon taking in the rookie digimon's appearance.

"I have to say, you are not what I expected. But I know you can digivolve."

"Yes, that's right."

"Well, get on with it. I want to fight you."

Agumon froze. Could he digivolve? Emiko wasn't with him. But he had digivolved in the past without a digivice being close by. However, that was in the days of Tai being his partner. He had to try.

"Very well."

At the staircase, Emiko's digivice started beeping. It took her by surprise but she knew what was happening. She then started running up the staircase as fast as she could.

"I'm coming Agumon!" She called.

But it wasn't just Emiko's digivice that was activated. Tai was at home, trying to sleep. As he lay with his arms over his head, his digivice started going mad. He sat up and picked it up off the bedside table.

"Agumon's digivolving," He said to himself, "But why is my digivice going off? He's Emiko's partner."

Then a horrible image entered. Maybe the reason his digivice was reacting was because Emiko's couldn't. The older digidestined had never found out what happened if one of them weren't alive any more. Maybe this was one effect. But surely, Emiko wasn't… This thought just panicked Tai more than ever. He couldn't loose his only child. Fearing the worse, he got up, went to his car and drove as quickly as possible to Izzy's home.

Meanwhile, back at Piximon's mansion,

"Agumon digivolve to… Greymon!"

"Excellent! Let's get down to it."

"Whenever you're ready"

"Big Bang Voice!"

"Nova Blast!"

The two fiery blasts collided and created a huge ball of flames. Then Volcamon sent out a jet of magma bases and used it to push the ball of flames towards Greymon. Seeing this plan, the orange dinosaur lowered his head and tried to push the ball back. It didn't move but it did fizzle out. However, Volcamon wasn't about to be out done.

"Oh no, you don't! Big Bang Tackle"

With phenomenal speed, Volcamon charged at Greymon and tackled him so hard, the dinosaur was thrown backwards.

That set the tone of the battle. With Volcamon being an ultimate, Greymon struggled to come back until finally he could barely stand.

"Prepare for deletion, Greymon," Volcamon smirked, "It's was fun, even if it was short, but the fun ends here. Magma Base!"

But before the attack hit,

"Pixie Bomb!"

"Greymon!"

The fighting digimon looked to the origin of the voice and saw Emiko running over.

"Emiko!" Greymon called, "It's about time!

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah now you're back."

"And I've got a weapon that's going to help us save our friends."

"Well, use it."

Emiko raised her digivice and it started bleeping loudly then a bright light emitted from it and from Emiko's crest. They were reacting together and Greymon could feel his data changing in reaction to it. Volcamon and Vilemon watched in horror as did Wisemon back at base.

"Greymon digivolve to… MetalGreymon!"

Emiko's eyes widened in awe as her dinosaur partner was much bigger, had metal armour over his body and was sported a pair of large wings. It was amazing. He turned to Emiko and held out his metal claw.

"Fancy a ride?" He said.

"You bet."

She climbed up his arm and sat on his head ready to fight by his side.

Volcamon stood stunned as he took in the shear size and strength of Agumon's re-found ultimate form. They faced each other with Emiko holding on to his horn.

"Well, this should be fun." Volcamon finally grinned evilly.

"Why don't you make the first move?" Emiko called.

"Ha, ha, big bang voice!"

As the balls of molten rock flew at them, MetalGreymon raised his metal claw and swiped at the blasts. This split them and made them fizzle out. Volcamon suddenly looked shocked and worried.

"Do it MetalGreymon!" Emiko shouted.

"Giga Blaster!"

The attack soared across the sky and hit Volcamon square in the chest. He glowed bright red as his data shattered.

"Curse you digidestined!" Volcamon's voice echoed.

Emiko had closed her eyes against the bright light. Once the light was gone she opened them again to see the Volcamon had vanished.

"He's been deleted, hasn't he?" She asked.

"Yes. But it had to be done."

"I know. It just can be hard."

Suddenly, MetalGreymon started glowing. He was starting de-digivolve. Emiko quickly scrabbled down his body until she was on the ground again. But she got a surprise. It had been a long time since Agumon had digivolved to ultimate so when he de-digivolved, instead of returning to rookie, Emiko was greeted by Koromon looking up at her with his big brown eyes.

"Sorry, going ultimate took a lot out of me." He whimpered.

"Don't worry; I'm just glad you're ok." Emiko replied lifting him up.

"Ok you two," Piximon said, "You now need to go and find your friends and save them. All six of you are important if the digital world it to be saved. Good luck."

"Thanks."

Emiko got her goggles back then she and Koromon set off to find their friends. It wasn't going to be easy but they knew that they had to do it.

Time for Emiko to start being a heroine and to find out what's happened to the others.