Chapter 25: Goliath
With the news of Guilmon and Renamon's training received, Takato and the others made their way back to the desert area to continue to search for Rika.
And while all seemed worried for the loss of their friends, Takato seemed the most concerned for the red haired Tamer, which Agumon picked up on and asked. "Takato, is everything alright?"
"It's nothing." Takato lied, before admitting. "I was just thinking about Rika."
"Takato and Rika sitting in a tree..." Terriermon began to tease, only to stop when Henry gave him a stern look.
With Terriermon silence, Henry set his hand on Takato's shoulder.
"It'll be alright. Even without Renamon, Rika can handle herself. Besides, Biyomon is with her still." He assured, knowing Takato had romantic feelings for Rika and didn't want his best friend to worry.
"And she has Kazu and Kenta to keep her company." Agumon added, liking the pair for their adventurous and comical ways, while the others knew Rika saw them as pains in the neck.
But knowing there was truth in their words, Takato gave off a smile, feeling better to know Rika wasn't all alone and continued to head through the digital wastelands.
"Man it's getting hotter than ever." Terriermon then said, about to drop down and collapse on his stomach, the heat also getting to the others, before the sound of screeching filled their ears, where all looked up to see something in the distance.
"I think I might be seeing things because that bird is coming right towards us." Henry said, drawing his D-Power as he added. "It might be an enemy."
"No, it's Birdramon!" Agumon pointed out, smiling in joy as he made out the familiar scent of Rika's second partner, causing the others to look up and more clearly, seeing it was Birdramon.
"And if that is Birdramon, then... Rika!" Takato called, glad to see Rika a top Birdramon's back, while also noticing Kazu and Kenta, as well as another Tamer with a Cyberdramon by his side.
"There they are!" Rika called out, causing Birdramon to nod in reply as she then flew down and landed before the group.
"Hey, Chummley, looks like we finally found you." Kazu said with a grin.
And while happy to see their friends, curious, Jeri asked. "So how did Biyomon Digivolve without Calumon?"
"I reacted on Rika's feelings, and with her strength I Digivolved." Birdramon replied with a happiness in her tone.
"Good to know we can Digivolve if we run into any strange Digimon." Terriermon said, eyeing Ryo and Cyberdramon as he added. "Speaking of.
At this, Ryo leapt off of Birdramon and looked at Takato with a grin.
"So you are Takato huh? Rika told me about you." Ryo said, offering out his hand as a gesture of friendship.
"Then you are Ryo, as in Ryo Akiyama, the Digimon King?" Takato questioned in awe at the presence of such a powerful Digimon Tamer.
"I never thought you'd be here." Henry commented, before asking. "Why are you in the Digital World?"
"I am here to keep Cyberdramon under control. He has been grouchy ever since he lost to your Digimon, Guilmon" Ryo said in reply, the mention of the Hazard Digimon making Cyberdramon snarl.
And from Ryo bringing Guilmon up, takato questioned. "Wait. You ran into Guilmon before?"
"Yes, though Guilmon was being controlled by the Digital Hazard as he attacked a village when we first arrived here. Cyberdramon tried to fight him, but was defeated. He has a hatred for him ever since that day." Ryo said sadly.
"Oh no. Not another arch-rival for Guilmon." Terriermon groaned, knowing Impmon and the Devas were after him, now they had to keep an eye on the unstable rage driven cyborg Digimon.
"Cyberdramon, you must know that Guilmon isn't the same Guilmon you remember from before, he's a good Digimon now, who is trying to control his dark power and make up for his mistakes." Henry said, defending Guilmon, which made Cyberdramon snarl and say. "As if I care. I still detest him!"
Feeling uncomfortable from the conflict, Rika spoke up as she decided to try and change the atmosphere.
"That reminds me, where's Guilmon and Renamon?" She asked, looking around and noticing they were still several friends short.
"We have much to tell you." Leomon informed, starting to tell the others as to the whereabouts of those they had lost.
-Meanwhile-
Back at the temple, in the waterfall area, Renamon sat in the middle of the waterfall with Gatomon, focusing on their feelings and letting the water fall on their wet naked bodies.
"Now focus on your feelings more and don't let anything distract you." Mistress Gatomon said, which caused Renamon to give off a small nod, showing she was still in her hypnotic and suggestable state, evident as the feline Digimon teased Renamon and used her tail to give Renamon's butt a playful slap, getting no reaction from the mesmerized vixen.
"Just keep focusing. Focus on the light inside of you. Allow it to come out of you and take hold. You must balance the light within you." The feline Digimon instructed, causing Renamon to nod again, her mind focusing on her commands, while Gatomon continued to test and tease Renamon, slapping her butt several more times.
Deep in her trance, but achieving progress, Gatomon smiled, while looking over and saw that her beloved was handling Guilmon, to which the great teacher was sitting on a rock, watching as Guilmon walked up the mountain region, carrying a stick with ten buckets of water on his shoulders for weight to train his body, giving him the command as to focus on not dropping any water, not even a droplet.
"Good, Guilmon. Keeping balance within your soul and body will bring joy for others. Also, the water will help the thirstiest of Digimon here." Patamon said in a continued calm and wise voice, on Guilmon nodded to and respected.
"Of course, Master." Guilmon said, sweating as he slowly carried the water back to the temple while Patamon followed him back, knowing it would take more time than some of his students, but Patamon believe Guilmon had the potential to be a great warrior, one who could master his dark power and even use it for the greater good.
And while Guilmon trains, he smiled, knowing that as Gatomon was training Renamon, the feline Digimon he loved had a crafty little plan of her own for the Hazard Digimon.
-Back with the Tamers-
"So Guilmon and Renamon are with this Master Patamon and Mistress Gatomon and in some kind of training?" Rika asked after hearing the story from Takato and the others, causing Takato to nod.
"They hope that Renamon can master the Yin and Yang power inside of her, and also help Guilmon find some hidden light within the Digital Hazard." Jeri informed, believing in Guilmon and Renamon.
"Well as long as they're safe." Kenta said, glad to know their friends were in safe hands. "And while they're training, we can search continue our search for Calumon."
"Yeah. And maybe find Digimon to make us Tamers." Kazu added, wanting a powerful Digimon to fight by his side.
"Not so fast, human scum!" Came a familiar voice, where all turned to see Makuramon appear before them, only he was not alone, for he had a dragon-onic Digimon with them.
"You! The monkey from before!" Jeri called, before questioning with anger and concern. "Where's Calumon?!"
"I lost him, but Caturamon will track him down. So you followed us here huh? Well, Majiramon will soon see that you never leave here again!" Makuramon said in reply with a confident grin.
"Only the lot of you? Where is the Hazard one and the vixen?" Majiramon demanded, desiring to fight those two out of the Tamers.
From the question, Agumon was about to answer when Birdramon whispered to him. "Don't tell him anything. If they knew, they would track them down and harm them."
"Oh, ok. In that case, even if we did, we wouldn't tell you!" Agumon said to the Deva, making Birdramon smile.
"Better." The avian Digimon said, smiling at Agumon's obliviousness and his dedication to his friends.
"So be it. Defeating the lot of you will serve my Master well." Majiramon said, before he attacked, swirling around in light in the sky.
"Flaming Arrowheads!" he roared, releasing a barrage of fireballs down at the Tamers, showing no mercy.
"Get down!" Takato called as all dodged aside, while Birdramon took flight, ready to fight and protect her friends and loved ones.
"Terriermon, you've gotta Digivolve!" Henry called out, deciding to do what Rika did with Biyomon and focused on his feelings, where his D-Power reacted and began to give off a faint green glow.
"Agumon, you too!" Takato called, just as his D-Power shone brightly, allowing Agumon and Terriermon the power needed to achieve their Champion forms.
"Agumon digivolve to... Greymon!" Greymon roared.
"Terriermon digivolve to... Gargomon!" Gargomon followed up, strapping his bandolier around his shoulder and readied his Vulcan Arms.
But at seeing the three Champion Digimon, Majiramon didn't back down.
"Grow in size if you want, you'll never defeat me like that!" Majiramon declared.
"We'll see about that, dragonbreath!" Gargomon called back, before attacking. "Gargo Pellets!"
Attacking with a barrage of energy shots, his bullets did nothing to faze the dragon Deva.
"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon announced, casting out a wave of flame.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon followed up, adding his firepower to Birdramon's attack, where the set of flames became a great inferno.
But to their shock, the attack didn't faze Majiramon either.
"Is that all you've got?" Majiramon questioned, before he stated. "None of you are strong enough to defeat me!"
"Yes, Majiramon, crush them! Show them how weak they are!" Makuramon demanded, feeling joy at seeing his foes losing and feeling as though it was technically his victory since he had ordered Majiramon to do his bidding.
"Shut up you..." Leomon began to say, but Ryo cut across him and said with confidence. "Oh yeah? Well I have one trick up my sleeve which will quartnee our victory."
"And what's that?" Henry asked.
"Watch and learn" Ryo just said in reply, before he slashed a Digimon Card through his D-power and called. "Digi-Modify! Goliath activate!"
With the power of Ryo's Digimon Card, Cyberdramon then roared as he felt his strength increase, along with his size, growing until both Devas looked up in shock at how huge Cyberdramon was, now matching the size as Majiramon.
"Wow. He's even bigger than before." Birdramon said, amazed.
"Now, Cyberdramon, walk over him!" Ryo called out, making Rika scowl and mutter. "Show off."
From the command, Cyberdramon allowed his rage out as he then punched Majiramon, causing the Deva to groan as he fell to the ground.
And showing no mercy, Cyberdramon rose his right foot and squashed his head, deleting the Deva for good.
At seeing Majiramon defeated in one shot, Makuramon was in shock.
"Now it's your turn! Unless you wanna be crushed, you tell us where Calumon is!" Takato called, wanting answers.
"Never! You all will pay for this!" Makuramon called back as he then made his retreat and ran away.
"Hey, he's getting away!" Greymon called out.
"Wow. Some friend, leaving his own comrade to rot." Takato said, disgusted at the Deva's attitude to dismiss and use one another.
"Never mind him. Let him go. He'll be back." Ryo guessed, looking at Cyberdramon, who returned to his regular size.
"Ryo, let's leave. I don't want to be in the same area with the Tamer of that Digimon." Cyberdramon suddenly said as he glares at Takato, knowing his connection to Guilmon.
"You still hate him?" Ryo asked, which Cyberdramon just ignored, snarled and turned around.
"What's his deal?" Terriermon questioned at his rudeness, where he, Biyomon and Agumon reverted back to their Rookie forms.
"Sorry guys but I have to find some way of quieting Cyberdramon's hatred of Guilmon before we can join you for real. He has this agenda to Virus Digimon which makes him go out of control so I have to restrain him. Losing to Guilmon in the past made it almost more worse. I have to find some way to finding him find peace." Ryo informed, apologizing for Cyberdramon's actions
"Ok. Whenever you want to rejoin us again, you know to find us." Takato said with a smile, which Rika agreed to and said. "Good. We can find Calumon without him."
"Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it. Oh? And Takato, take care of red pumpkin for me will you?" Ryo asked with grin as he and Cyberdramon left, the nickname making Rika blush and question. "What did you say?"
"Hey, get back here!" Rika then demanded, continuing to blush while Ryo ignored her and vanished in the distance with his Digimon.
"Rika, let him go. We need to focus on getting Calumon back while waiting for Guilmon and Renamon to return." Biyomon said, trying to calm her Tamer down, managing to achieve her goal as Rika looked at her, sighed and nodded.
"Agumon hopes big brother's training paid fruit." Agumon said, which caused Terriermon to inform. "It's training bore fruit, but I do hope he's doing well."
'Guilmon...' Takato thought, hoping his partner could achieve a peacefulness against the chaos inside of him.
-Back at the Temple-
"Now focus your mind and don't let distraction ruin your thoughts." Patamon said as he was giving Guilmon a new way to control, where Guilmon was standing on a pole and holding his sword close to his face, focusing his mind, before he open his eyes and swung his blade, trying to not lose balance on the pole.
And seeing Guilmon's gracefulness, Patamon smiled, believing Guilmon's training was improving greater than expected.
As the Digital Hazard was slowly getting on, Gatomon watched as Renamon bathed herself in the water, training her to get used to her naked body.
"That's it, Renamon." Gatomon soothed.
"Relax your body, enjoy your body. It is a change in you, but one you must and will accept." The feline Digimon commanded, which made Renamon nod.
"Yes... enjoy my body... it is a change I must accept..." Renamon replied with a vacantness in her voice, too lost in her trance as Gatomon circled around the foxy Digimon, eyeing her body.
"Feel your body, allow yourself to know how good your body feels. Just relax and enjoy what you have." The feline Digimon then said, smiling as she watched as Renamon not only nodded to her commands, but acted on them, where she brought her right paw up and began to rub at her breasts.
Seeing Renamon touching herself, Guilmon was somewhat confused and had to ask. "Master, tell me. How is Renamon faring?"
"Don't worry, she's fine. My love kitten knows exactly what she is doing." Patamon assured, making sure to keep Guilmon from not asking too many questions as he ordered. "Now just focus on your training and do not worry about her."
Guilmon nodded as he resumed his training, swinging his sword in the air and balancing on the pole, determined to see it through and not allow the Digital Hazard to get the better of him once again.
-Back with Takato and gang-
Despite lacking Guilmon and Renamon, following the directions of some of the more friendlier Digimon, the Tamers continued to make their way through the Digital World.
"I think we've got a lead on where Calumon is so let's head over there." Henry said, where the others prepared to leave.
"Not so fast!" A booming voice commanded, where all turned to see Beelzemon on Behemoth return, drawing his shotguns at Takato.
Shocked at the devilish Digimon, Rika questioned. "Who are you?"
"None of your beeswax, brat. So tell me where Guilmon is and I'll may spare you!" Beelzemon said coldly, his power consuming him, not afraid to take down a few of the Tamers if it allowed him the knowledge he desired.
And while Takato was silent, part of him in fear at the Digimon, while remaining loyalty to his partner, Takato had to question himself. 'What does this guy want with Guilmon? Is he another Deva, or something worse?'