Digimon Frontier: Taming the Darkness
Chapter 20: The Volcanic Dragon Strikes! 9 Against 1, How Are They Losing?
Me: Hello, Readers! We apologize for the slow update. You see, I was sick with that stomach bug going around, my mom grounded me for a week, and I was out of school for three days. I've spent all my free time catching that up, AND I had a 600 page book to read by Friday, as in March 15th, 2013 Friday with my reading book being started at page 210 on the Wednesday the week before! Yeah, I was really busy…I lost my laptop usage until Monday, so… like March 18th.
Liollmon: Nice going, genius! You've had all marking period to read it, too! That's… what, about eight weeks?
Me: Don't rub it in…
Lunar: Would you just start the chapter!? We've been waiting in limbo since the 1st to see if we survived Volcdramon's Volcanic Fount attack!
Zmeyamon: It's not fair!
Me: Fine… Tsukai- I mean Tegamimon, do the disclaimer.
Tegamimon: Alright, Pandamoniam doesn't own Digimon. She does, however, own these Digimon: Tegamimon (me!), Zmeyamon, DeathLoupmon, Virus Gatomon, Nightmaremon, etc. And Neko as a character.
Me: Oh yeah! And also, I would like to thank the people that sent in the remaining OCs I needed for this story. The first is Jackpot 2, and the second hasn't finished sending me the details. Once they do, their name will come up.
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"Volcanic Fount!" the flaming dinosaur bellowed as lava spewed from his mouth. It rushed across the ground like a river, burning and coating all in its path.
"Now what!?" Tegamimon squeaked from his Tamer's arms, "We've got a lava flow coming at us at an incredibly fast rate! At the very least, a meter a second!"
"We're so dead," Tommy sighed pessimistically. Everyone stared at him. "What?"
"Well, you usually aren't so down in the dumps, buddy," Takuya pointed out. Dracomon moaned at his partner's stupidity.
"He's thinking low because our survival rate is low, doofus!" the turquoise dragon muttered crossly and folded his small arms. "Now why don't you use your apparent 'leader skills' to get us out of this jam!"
"R-right!" The brunette gulped under the pressure. He had to not only save his friends and his brother's lives, but the lives of nine Digimon as well. Yikes.
"Well, we need some wings," the goggle-head stated rapidly and looked around the group hysterically. "Does anyone have a Digimon Evolution with wings?"
Dracomon raised a claws hand. Takuya glared daggers at his partner but said nothing. Terriermon raised a small hand, as did Tegamimon and Boogeymon. Everyone else was unmoving.
"Well, you don't count because you can't Evolve with your amount of energy," Takuya sighed while looking at Tegamimon. The brunette passed over Boogeymon due to his smaller stature; he was no bigger than his Tamer. He turned his attention to Terriermon next. "How big does your flying form get?"
"Technically, Terriermon doesn't fly in his Champion form," Koji interrupted. "Terriermon glides in his Champion form. As for the size, he's about my height."
"Drat. Well, there goes that plan…" their leader trailed off. His mind was completely blank. He sneaked a glance up at the lava approaching. They had about a minute to spare.
"What are we going to do, Takuya?" Zoe inquired, sounding completely hopeless. "We can't just roast, the Digital World needs us, and we can't escape since no one can fly."
Takuya felt something click in his mind at the words she had just spoken. Dracomon could fly when he was Coredramon. He considered Dracomon's Evolutionary form and the size, not to mention his injured arm. The plan seemed like it could work.
"Got any bright ideas yet?" J.P asked in a panicky voice. He was looking at the molten rock oozing towards them, only seconds away.
"Actually, yes," Takuya grinned as he looked over at Zmeyamon perched on a thick branch. His eyes drifted to Boogeymon, then Terriermon. "Zmeyamon, get a good, thick vine."
"Got it, Takuya," the mock sorceress replied and leaped off hastily.
"Boogeymon, carry Koichi." The red devil nodded and picked up his partner to the best of his ability.
"Now Koji, Evolve your partner and have him carry you. But don't do it until I say so."
"Alright, Takuya."
"Lunar, revert to Viximon and stand on Zoe's shoulder."
"Okay, Papamon!"
"Neko, I… I heard about your Data thing. Can you get any wings?"
"Yep!" the humanoid chirped. A pair of grey wings with white insides erupted from the back of her dress in a single motion. "How's this?"
"Perfect, you're carrying Shinya."
"What?!" said boy objected as Neko grabbed him from underneath his arms. "Why am I stuck with her?"
"Stuck?" Neko appeared to be hurt by his choice of words.
"Err… Not stuck stuck… Just… Ugh!"
"Moving right along… Zmeyamon, do you have the vine yet!" Takuya glanced in the direction of the lava again. They barely had any time left.
"You betcha!" the female dragon grinned and leaped down in front of the group.
"Alright! Everyone, start running while I put the plan in action," Takuya commanded them. Boogeymon and Neko flew into the air, hovering in place as the others fled. Shinya thrashed about as the lava came up underneath his feet.
"WAH! I WANNA GO DOWN!" he cried in pure fear that he would be dropped in the liquid rock. Neko giggled in response.
"Silly Shinyou!"
"Phase two time!" Takuya announced and pulled out his D-Arc along with an Evolution card. Koji took this as his cue as well. "But first, Turuiemon, run Vicki ahead!"
"Got it!" the ninja rabbit confirmed and picked up her Tamer piggy-back style before hopping off.
"Great! Zmeyamon, keep that vine ready!" the brunette shouted to the purple dragon running ahead of them. She nodded briskly but kept moving.
"Now for the most important part." Takuya took a deep breath as he started the next phase of the plan. Koji mimicked his actions.
"Card Slash!" the exclaimed in unison as Terriermon jumped from his partner's shoulder and Dracomon took the lead. "Super Evolution Plug-In S!"
Cue: EVO from Digimon Tamers
"Terriermon Evolve!"
"Dracomon Evolve!"
Their skin Data melted away in unison, starting at both of their noses (or in Dracomon's case, snout). Terriermon's leftover core Data was green, while Dracomon's was blue. Their texture Data was laid back over it quickly; Terriermon's Evolution had black blasters pieced on over his hands.
The dragon Dracomon had Evolved into blew steam out of his nostrils like a teapot with his head lowered. The green rabbit that Terriermon had advanced to threw a round of ammunition attached to a belt around his shoulders and threw his arms out to the side.
"Gargomon!"
"Coredramon!"
Koji's partner, a large lime green and cream rabbit wearing denim shorts, allowed the teen to climb on his back before putting his blasters down to the ground. They charged up for a moment, then shot green energy out of them like rocket boosters.
"Dum Dum Upper!" Gargomon exclaimed as he launched himself into the air. Once he reached his highest point, he spread out his giant ears and hovered in place for a moment.
"And now, the vine!" Takuya yelled over the blasts from the rabbit's Vulcans. Zmeyamon threw it to him rapidly.
"Now Coredramon, help me up on your back!" the brunette commanded his dragon. The lumbering monster reached down and threw his Tamer up on his back with his massive hands. Takuya then proceeded to loop the vine around Coredramon's chest. "And take off!"
"You're gonna leave us here!?" J.P shouted as he and Liollmon stumbled across the root-filled earth.
"Of course not!" Takuya laughed, "I'm taking Zoe too!" He was given glares from Tommy and J.P in response, so he hastily commanded Coredramon to pick Zoe up and fly high enough off of the ground so the guys could grab on to the vine. Once they had done so, the hovered over the magma until it had all passed by safely.
The earth the lava had oozed over was now blackened and covered in solidified rock. Coredramon lighted down, jumping a bit once the still hot rock seared his feet.
"Oh, so you can catch a huge flaming sword, but you can't stand a heated rock?" the dragon's Tamer sneered with a grin on his face. Coredramon muttered something that had to do with a Matadormon and with a single movement, knocked Takuya off of his back and on to the steaming rocks.
Almost instantly, the brunette's pants caught on fire. Coredramon broke out in hysterical laughter while Takuya tried to put the flames out. Luckily, Zmeyamon was kind enough to put it out with a single swipe of her staff. She picked up the teen and carried him over to Coredramon, who had almost passed out from laughter.
"Remind me never to bring you along with me to go fishing. You'd probably push me in and laugh as a shark attacked me," Takuya grumbled from Zmeyamon's arms. He then realized how awkward he looked and squirmed free of her grasp. Unfortunately, the rocks were still hot, so his shoes caught on fire next.
After a few more minutes of Takuya setting almost every part of his body on fire trying to get to a nonflammable piece of ground, Volcdramon's heavy footsteps started to thunder across the ground, signifying he was arriving. Well, that and the fact that he was as tall as a mountain probably pointed him out as well.
Turuiemon bounded up to them after circling around the mass destruction, while Boogeymon, Gargomon, and Neko landed shortly afterwards. Shinya literally fell to the ground, despite it being steaming hot, and started kissing it. Tegamimon giggled to himself from atop his partner's head.
"Neko told you she wouldn't drop you!" the cat-girl hissed and crossed her arms. "Neko doesn't see the big deal!"
"He just hasn't earned his sky-legs yet, that's all!" Gargomon snickered and spun the barrels around in his Vulcans, causing Boogeymon to point his pitchfork at the rabbit.
"Watch where you aim those things," the red Digimon warned and eased his weapon down to his side. Gargomon sniggered and fired off a few rounds into the sky. The loud bangs caught Volcdramon's attention, and he started to rumble towards them.
"Nice job, Gargomutt, now Volcdramon's on to us!" Koji shouted at his partner, who giggled and pointed his guns at the volcano-like dinosaur.
"No problem, Koji-creep, we'll take him down!" Gargomon grinned enthusiastically. "I thought the name calling thing was cool; do you humans do that often?"
"Okay! I think we all need to focus on the brachiosaur attacking us!" Vicki interrupted Gargomon and Koji's... special conversation.
"It wasn't special!"
"Yeah! What he said!"
Okay, you two need to take a chill pill. Does impending doom mean nothing to you?
"She makes a good point..."
"Don't listen to her, Gargomon!"
"Would you both shut up!"
Thank you, Vicki. Now, back to our normally scheduled chapter.
"Looks like you kids have a few tricks up your sleeves," Volcdramon said in a booming voice. It lowered its large head with a toothy smirk plastered to his face. "However, you could only dream of having as much power as we do."
"Well we can still give it a go!" Coredramon roared back and blew more steam from his nostrils. "And I say you're going down, punk!"
"What he said!" Liollmon yowled from atop the huge dragon's head. Though in size comparison, he was pathetically hopeless, his ambition was just as massive as the giants surrounding him.
"Yeah! Don't think you can beat someone as awesome as me!" Lunar giggled and pointed a stubby foot at herself. Realizing that she appeared to be weak in her Viximon form, she jumped off of Zoe's head and Evolved into Renamon. "Now you can't beat me!"
"So on that note," Gargomon smiled and aimed his Vulcans at the Digimon's chest, "Gatling Attack!"
The green laser pellets bounced off of the brachiosaur's broad chest harmlessly. The pants clad rabbit flinched for the first time, seeing that his attack did nothing, and lowered his weapons. "Well, that's all I got."
"Well, maybe sometimes you've just gotta fight fire with fire!" Coredramon grinned as blue flames built up inside of his mouth. Small wisps of the attack licked his scaly maw. "Blue Flare Breath!"
The flames billowed from his jaws and crashed into Volcdramon's torso like seawater against a rock. Literally. The attack simply slid off of him much like that of water against a solid boulder. The monster chuckled at their attempts and lifted one of his giant feet off the ground. He slammed it on the earth, causing a small earthquake to occur.
While their Tamers tried to keep their balance, the Digimon rushed forward to meet the beast head on. The dinosaur didn't move an inch as they approached.
"Death Crush!" Boogeymon growled as he thrust his pitchfork into the fiery draconic creature's earthen neck. Surprisingly, this attack seemed to take effect on Volcdramon. He roared in pain and lunged for the red devil flying just out of reach of him.
"Strike Bomber!" Coredramon intercepted and slammed his spiked tail on Volcdramon's thick snout. The silver-haired dinosaur turned his head to face the dragon flying just out of reach of him. Magma bubbled from the corners of his mouth and he spit a large wad of lava from his jaws.
The brawny blue dragon hurriedly flapped his wings and barely dodged the attack. He then made a swift turn and flew in close to their opponents face. Liollmon, who was riding on his cranium, jumped off and used his claws to snag Volcdramon's hair and hitch a ride.
"Yikes!" the golden cub hissed and tucked himself into the white hair sitting on Volcdramon's scalp like a cluster of spikes. "It's higher than I remember it being!"
"Just find his weak point and tell us, got it?" Coredramon exclaimed while dodging various lunges and magma plumes being spit at him.
"I guess!" Liollmon yowled back and began shimmying down the rugged Digimon's neck. His tiny claws weren't doing him much good now; their size couldn't allow him to get a good grip in the rock coated skin.
"You can do it, Liollmon!" Shaomon cheered from atop Tommy's head. Volcdramon turned his head once more so that he faced the Tamers and the two In-Training Levels. His yellow eyes glowed for a second and more lava built up in his mouth which dripped through his teeth.
"Volcanic Fount!" he roared and spit up a large glob of magma, though it wasn't nearly as big as his first one. Their large group stiffened as the immense sphere of superheated rock was flung towards them.
Right before the attack could collide with them, Coredramon flew out in front of the bubbling comet and shielded his face with his arms. The lava coated his body and threw him to the earth. He bounced off the ground and devolved to Dracomon.
"Ugh… What just hit me?" the horned dragon moaned as he climbed up to his feet shakily. Takuya ran over to him and helped support his partner.
"I'm impressed," the goggle-head grinned, "You've already got taking a hit for the group down!"
Dracomon smiled and gave him a thumbs-up sign weakly. "Yeah, I've been working on it."
"Gatling Arm!" Gargomon exclaimed and fired more laser bullets at another incoming lava glob. "You guys are basically a fighting hazard! Why are you so useless?"
"Because we don't have Spirits!" Koji retorted back to his humanoid rabbit partner, who laughed in response.
"Can't you take a little bitty joke?"
"Would you just fight!" Turuiemon snapped and whacked her brother across the head. He shook his noggin a few times and pointed his Vulcans at Volcdramon once more.
"Right! Gatling Arm!"
Liollmon squeaked to himself and hugged the back of Volcdramon's neck as the dinosaur was pelted with attacks. In his mind, he began to wonder how he ended up in this strange position. It was probably Coredramon's idea… he thought to himself in spite.
After traveling farther down the towering beast, he arrived at a volcano protruding from his back. In the very center of this crater was a glowing orb coated in black-brown swirls.
"Jackpot!" Liollmon smiled as his eyes sparkled in an anime fashion. He lifted his head up from the hole and searched around for his posse. "Guys, I found it!"
When he didn't receive a reply, he scrambled to the edge of Volcdramon's platform-like back and peered off into the smoke filled sky surrounding them. Through the sulfur scented air, he could pick up what appeared to be Turuiemon and Gargomon kicking, punching, and blasting bits of lava being shot at them from the various volcanoes coated the dinosaur's body. Lunar, Zmeyamon, and Boogeymon weren't much better off, and everyone else was down and out.
"Well this can't be good…" the golden lion cub whimpered as he continued to watch the fighting. "Maybe I can figure out how to signal J.P…"
With that note, he started to climb gradually back to his starting point: Volcdramon's head.
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"We're winning! We're winning!" Dema cheered and jumped up and down. Boy was she excited!
"Go Volcdramon! Burn them to bits!" Dire added and waved his boney arms crazily. So crazily, in fact, that one flew off. He blushed and quickly ran off screen to retrieve it. Once he had found it, he ran back to his screen and pushed it back into place. "Sorry. Sometimes I forget I'm just bones…"
"How unprofessional…" Dema snickered. Her tongue flickered in and out of her mouth as if it was laughing as well. "My arms would never fall off in public!"
"Of course they wouldn't! Your texture Data wasn't burned off by AncientGreymon!" the living skeleton spat back. Dema continued with her laughter.
"Now children, please quiet down," Nightmaremon interrupted with a sigh. They both were immediately silent.
"Man, why is everyone so serious? Lighten up!" the newest member of their screen conversation exclaimed. Everyone laughed at this comment, minus Fairen, and took on a much less sober air.
"Thanks, BlackAgumon! You always know how to brighten the mood!" Dire chuckled and folded his arms merrily.
"Yep! You remind me of the good ol' days when we had Dark with us!" Dema inserted with a brief look of nostalgia on her countenance. "Sometimes I sure do miss the old furball…"
"Exactly the reason we're going to destroy the Ancient Ten to avenge him!" the boney child pointed out with a wicked grin on his face, "So sit back, and watch their puny kids get scrambled by our lava brute!"
"Couldn't have said it better myself!" the she-demon growled with her tail lashing back and forth.
"Alright you two, settle down," the creature seated on the throne chuckled darkly. Then, in a louder voice, it bellowed, "It brings me great joy to witness this great deed being done. For Lord Lucemon!"
"For Lord Lucemon!" the rest of the council exclaimed in an inharmonic choir, close to that of nails on a chalkboard.
"Fairen, you too," Virus Gatomon growled and turned to face the only screen that had yet to speak. The blue-eyes man glared daggers at her for a moment.
"For… For Lord Lucemon…"
"Now that wasn't too bad," Sabrina teased, "You're such a baby!"
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YUSS! I FINISHED IT! Okay, really quick author's note. I finished the Impmon icon, but it's not too fancy. It isn't up yet, so don't look for it.
Second, I'm going on spring break starting Friday, so I can't really update for a while. I may get one up this week, but we'll see!
Thanks!
Pandamoniam