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Digimon: Illuminated Dusk
Chapter 17: Comrades
"I feel kind of bad about Lulu…" Akira said, looking down. "She really didn't deserve that…"
"Hmph." Eve muttered. "She made her choices, so she shouldn't be expecting any pity from me."
"Eve, what's wrong?" I asked, placing my hand on her shoulder.
"Lulu is an incredibly selfish girl, who probably had everything handed to her as a child." Eve said.
"So?" I asked.
"Akira, be quiet." Hiruko told me.
"Why?" I asked.
"Eve was orphaned as a little girl." Hiruko whispered to me. "So, she must be angry at people who are as selfish as Haruna is."
"I see…" I said, looking down. "And here I thought they were only being like girls."
"So, that's how girls are, huh, Akira?" Tashai asked, smiling.
"Oh, this is bad…" I said, backing up.
"Alright, so what do I do now?" Lulu asked herself, looking at the desert she was walking through. "I told Eve that I would find myself, but I don't know how to…"
"Hello, Lulu." A voice said, smiling.
"What?" Lulu asked, turning around to face the boy standing behind her. "Oh, Shadamon, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I came here to tell you something interesting." Shadamon said, smiling. "It turns out that Mephistomon has said that you're no longer necessary."
"What?" Lulu asked, taking a step back.
"Well, now that you no longer have a digimon, you're far too much of a liability." Shadamon said, licking his lips. "So, I'm going to consume you, and become stronger."
"What?" Lulu asked. "Why?"
"Because it will make me stronger, of course." Shadamon said, smiling. "But I wouldn't dream of fighting you myself."
"Why not?" Lulu asked.
"Because that's a job for DoruGoramon." Shadamon said, smiling.
"DoruGoramon will destroy you!" DoruGoramon said, raising his flaming claws.
"Lightning Blade!" A voice shouted, as a digimon jumped in from of DoruGoramon, blocking the claws with a blade of electricity.
"What?" Lulu asked, looking at the digimon in front of her.
"Great job, PunkAndromon." Kin said, walking up. "I'm glad we made it in time."
"How did you find me?" Lulu asked.
"Don't underestimate me." Kin said, smirking. "I can smell a pretty lady in trouble no matter how far away."
"Don't touch me, freak." Lulu said, staring at Kin.
"Freak…" Kin muttered, falling to the ground.
"Geez, what's wrong with you, weakling?" Eve asked, scoffing at Lulu. "Someone like you should be stronger, and stop being such a priss."
"I'm not a priss!" Lulu shouted.
"Then why is that the second time someone had to save you, weakling?" Eve asked, sneering.
"Eve, you could try to not be mean…" I said. But she just wouldn't listen, and kept cutting into her with harsh words and jibes.
"Alright, split up, you two." Hiruko said, stepping in between the two of them.
"Well, well, well." Shadamon said, glaring at us. "It looks like the cavalry has arrived."
"DoruGoramon will destroy!" DoruGoramon said, glaring at us.
"Easy, boy." Shadamon said, holding up his hand. "You'll get your chance. But first, I need to settle an old score."
"An old score?" I asked.
"You damaged my pride once before, human." Shadamon said, glaring at Elegon. "You were the first human to actually tie against me. ME! But now, I shall remove that blemish, and your head, at the same time!"
"Wait, are you talking to me?" Elegon asked, pointing at himself.
"Of course!" Shadamon shouted.
"Oh, sorry. Who are you again?"
"What?" Shadamon shouted. "How can you forget me? I nearly defeated you, if it hadn't been for that mans interference."
"Look, I don't know who you are." Elegon said, raising his arms. "But I'm very sorry if I offended you in any way."
"Sorry? You're sorry for damaging my pride?" Shadamon asked, laughing. "That's funny. You're going to be sorry, alright. You'll have plenty of time to be sorry in the other world."
"Look, I'm not in any shape to fight." Elegon said. "A while ago I fought this really strong guy, and he drained all my energy."
"Are you serious?" Tashai asked.
"Yeah, why?" Elegon asked.
"Never mind…" Tashai sighed.
"Alright, if you want a fight, I'll fight you!" Kin said, smiling.
"No thanks." Shadamon said. "You seem to be too weak to be a challenge to me."
"Really?" Kin asked, smiling. "I think I can prove you wrong."
"Listen, human." Shadamon said. "There is no way someone like you can defeat someone like me."
"Well, I don't need to beat you." Kin said, smiling. "I just need to stall you."
"You can twist it however you want." Shadamon said. "But you don't have a chance."
"Really?" Kin said, holding up his digivice.
"PunkAndromon digivolve to WarAndromon!" PunkAndromon shouted, growing larger, and turning into an armored digimon with large weapons.
"Gatling Barrage!" WarAndromon shouted, firing rounds out of his gatling guns, shooting straight at Shadamon.
"What, is that it?" Shadamon asked, as the bullets hit struck right through his body, which then reshaped back to his normal form.
"Trying to his this guy is like trying to smash water!" WarAndromon shouted. "I don't know what sort of crazy attack this guy's using, but I'm going to copy it!"
"Copy it?" Tashai asked.
"WarAndromon has a special attack called Copy-Paste!" Kin said, smiling. "He can copy any attack, and throw it right back at them!"
"Foolish." Shadamon said, transforming his arm into a blade, charging up and slicing into WarAndromon. "This is no attack. Now that I have achieved my new form, my body is a shapeless form which I can solidify into any shape I want. Trying to attack me with a physical thing like bullets would be a futile as you said."
"Well, if bullets don't work, then how about this?" WarAndromon shouted. "Atomic Ray!"
WarAndromon charged his hands with energy, and then fired a red and blue laser directly at Shadamon.
"Doru DJINN!" DoruGoramon shouted, firing a shockwave of energy at Shiguramon, who leapt out of the way at the last second.
"Attaco de Squalo!" Shiguramon shouted, slamming her sword into DoruGoramon, stunning it for a few seconds.
Why am I so weak? Lulu asked herself. Eve is fighting that monster DoruGoramon for me, while that Kin guy is fighting an even bigger monster, Shadamon. Why am I so weak? Why can't I just stand up and fight for myself?
Suddenly, Lulus' forgotten digivice began glowing. Then, the egg she was holding so tightly onto began glowing as well, settling down to reveal Dracomon.
"Draco...mon?" Lulu asked, looking at the small dragon in her arms.
"Of course!" Dracomon said, smiling.
"Alright, no more acting weak." Lulu said, standing up. "We need to fight for ourselves now!"
"Dracomon biomerge to Slayerdramon!" Dracomon shouted, fusing with Lulu to form an enormous dragon digimon.
"Whoa, what is this?" Lulu asked, looking at her new body. "But couldn't I at least have a female body, not a male body?"
"Oh, stop whining." Shiguramon said, smirking. "Let's see what that new form of yours can do."
"Well, if you insist!" Slayerdramon said, smiling. "First form: Tenryuzanha!" Slayerdramon began rotating at a high speed, before slamming the broadsword down into DoruGoramon.
"Second form: Shoryuzanpa!" Slayer dramon knocked DoruGoramon into the air, then charged energy into her sword, firing a wave of draconic energy into DoruGoramon.
"And for the finishing touch, third form: Koryuzanba!" Slayerdramon leapt into the air, then wrapped the flexible broadsword around DoruGoramon, charging the sword with energy. She then whipped the sword downwards, releasing DoruGoramon, who slammed into the ground, deleting on impact.
"Perfect." Slayerdramon said, landing on the ground lightly.
"Hm." Shadamon said, putting his hand to his chin. "DoruGoramon was a very strong digimon. It seems I should report to Mephistomon for now."
"Oh no you don't!" WarAndromon shouted, lunging at Shadamon, but Shadamon had already disappeared into the shadows.
"Well, I guess we can call that a victory then, right?" Hiruko said, smiling.
"I guess." I said, smiling.
"Well, it was fun to fight with you guys for once, but I'm afraid I have to be going!" Lulu said, as she and Dracomon separated.
"Wait, why are you leaving?" Ten asked. "Wouldn't it be safer with us?"
"Maybe, but I'm not one of you."
"Argh! Stop being so selfish!" Eve shouted, grabbing onto Lulu by the shoulders, spinning her around. "Why do you have to be like this? Aren't you just running away from your own weakness?"
"What…?" Lulu asked, completely blown away from Eves' rather rushed chastisement.
"Look, just because of what happened before, you shouldn't think you're an unfit digidestined!" Eve shouted, jabbing a finger into Lulus' face. "So you couldn't control your digimon. So you couldn't stop him from being deleted. So what? Are you just going to give up because of pathetic excuses like that? If you are, then you're an even bigger coward then I thought you were!"
"Look, you yelling at me is one thing." Lulu said, glaring at Eve. "But what right do you have to call me a coward?"
"Well, it looks like Eve was just the person to talk some sense into Lulu." I said, smiling.
"Yup." Hiruko said, smiling. "When I see the two of them like that, I think that everything will be okay between them. Now help me separate them before they kill eachother."
Mukuro: Okay, first off, let me say one thing. In the third season of digimon, Renamon said somewhere that digimon don't have genders. However, in other generations, they refer to digimon as "he" and "she" all the time. So, the creators are basically compromising their own words. I'm going to say digimon do have genders, because I'm sure we can come up with at least twenty that were supposed to be one gender only.
Jami: time, on Digimon: Brightly lit Dusk. So, Lulu is one of the digidestined now. And she can biomerge. I didn't biomerge until chapter what? 45? And she's able to in chapter eighteen? What's up with that? Well, anyways, what is up with Shadamon? Will Elegon ever remember someone he fought FIVE CHAPTER AGO? Will we ever learn what Omega Red is planning to do? What about Mephistomon? How will Akira defeat the two of them? And what is their relationship with eachother? Maybe you'll find out the answers next time in "Old Friends"