The victorious imagination! I can see it. Those five kids that we've been traveling with, they're about to hit their climax. Can you guys see it? Their victory against the evil darkness? I can. Well, even if you can't right now, you will. I am certain of it. So please enjoy today's program.
-X-
Silent Grove – 2:20 PM
"They disappeared?" WaruSeadramon blinked.
CannonBeemon hummed in disagreement. "Mihiramon is a master at surveying his surroundings, he must've taken refuge in a place we can't see or sense. As for Caturamon, the Dog Deva has the ability to become the wind, we wouldn't see him that way."
"Wow, you sure do know a lot!" the sea snake praised.
"Well, no, we learn about the twelve Deva in school."
"Really?" WaruSeadramon turned away with a thoughtful expression on his somehow un-fearsome face. "I never went to school before."
That explained a lot.
The two Chosen Digimon quickly stood back to back as they carefully observed the area, wondering where their foes were hiding and where they would attack first. It was almost nerve-wracking because even without having to learn the specifics of them, any citizen of the Digital World knows not to mess with these powerful Digimon.
So Apocalymon really was getting bolder if he was going to strike the personal servants of the Sovereigns. Before long, their world would turn forsaken, the cities and villages would be abandoned and overrun by the mindless. They couldn't have that, which was why they had to finish things up here as soon as possible and regroup with Robert and the others.
"Treasure Hammer!"
"From above?" CannonBeemon gasped.
The two Ultimate Digimon quickly pulled away from each other as a hammer landed in between them, cracking open the earth beneath them. Since both of them were hovering about a meter off the ground, they were safe, or so they believed.
From inside the fissure below, a tiger roared, and the second missing Deva leapt out, his armored tail striking into the stomachs of his enemies. "Samurai Tiger Tail!" It left them doubled over in pain, or at least, trying to in CannonBeemon's case.
"From above and below, our two blind spots," CannonBeemon grunted, a little bit impressed though not very surprised.
"Don't worry!" said WaruSeadramon. "I'll keep them still!"
The slithering behemoth coiled his long body around the two Deva, trying to bind them and constrict their movement but they refused to stand still for even a moment. It was no surprise that they were up against the most brilliant of the Sovereign servants, considering how in sync the two of them were. Not to mention, they'd probably spent years training together.
On the other hand, CannonBeemon and WaruSeadramon had never even seen each other's Ultimate forms until that day. There was no way that they would be able to know how the other liked to fight in their new bodies immediately.
WaruSeadramon finally got a hold of one of them which he seemed pretty excited about. "Okay, hit him with your best shot now, CannonBeemon!" The insect Digimon saw the problem immediately though, the serpent had wrapped up the wrong one.
"WaruSeadramon! Get away from him!" CannonBeemon ordered.
"Eh?" WaruSeadramon exclaimed.
Caturamon, the one tangled up by his form. Immediately became a whirlwind and slipped out of the serpent's grasp with ease. It was then realized that the Deva had simply been playing around with WaruSeadramon. They had moved him around in loops until he was a scaly pretzel and Caturamon getting captured was all part of the plan.
"Ack! I'm a knot!" WaruSeadramon gasped before tumbling onto the ground. As he was now, he couldn't float very easily.
"Tiger Wing Blades!" "Śwabhojana!"
Both Deva slammed into the ground with their Treasure weapons, creating another fissure which caused the tangled knot to fall in with a scream. Lucky for him, CannonBeemon reacted fast and was able to lift him back into the air before dropping him off on top of a tree.
"If they're going to do team attacks, then we should to," CannonBeemon urged.
"Huh? But I'm still stuck like this," WaruSeadramon struggled.
The android sighed but this wasn't the time to reprimand his comrade, they needed to work together like they used to. "Just use a long range attack. That horn probably acts the same way as a MegaSeadramon's would, right?"
"Uh-huh!" WaruSeadramon nodded before pointing his horn at the two Deva on the ground. "Thunder Javelin!"
CannonBeemon cocked his high-caliber laser cannon. "Nitro Stinger!"
The Deva used their new fissure to their advantage as they leapt inside, effectively avoiding the beam attacks that pelted the ground. The Chosen Digimon didn't know what to do by losing sight of their foes but the rustling of the leaves behind them was an indication to get out of there.
"Treasure Stick!" "Treasure Hammer!"
CannonBeemon quickly got in the way of the weapons, getting hit himself, but he didn't have a choice with his companion the way he was. "Gah!" the robotic bug grunted before pushing back. "WaruSeadramon, try to free yourself! I'll distract them!"
"A-Are you sure?" WaruSeadramon asked.
"No questions!" CannonBeemon shouted. "Sky Rocket Infinity!" The massive cargo that he carried opened up to reveal his extensive artillery before he opened fire. Unfortunately, at such close range, it was inevitable that he would do damage upon his own body. But he blasted the Deva away, back down onto the ground where CannonBeemon soon joined them and started firing his Nitro Stinger at them which they evaded.
All of this while WaruSeadramon was stuck at the top of a tree, tangled up like a ton of cords you left in the basement for a week. Hopefully, if he struggled enough, he would be able to get loose. But he felt pretty helpless when he squirmed about and then fell out of the tree and onto the ground.
"Owie…," he whined. He opened his eyes and looked up to see Turuiemon standing there, looking down on him. "Help?"
Turuiemon sighed and squatted down to wipe the tears that were brimming around his eyes. "You know, most WaruSeadramon and pirates are seen to be bad Digimon." She then started tugging on him to try and get him untangled. "There are stories about them terrorizing the innocent and being overall chōuchù."
WaruSeadramon tilted his head to the side. "What's a… cho-choo?"
"A jerk," Turuiemon translated before continuing. "Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that one of this world's saviors would be a pirate with a thought-to-be bad Digimon partner. But how am I supposed to think of you as bad when you're a mess in the dirt and crying like a hurt child?"
"Oh… Sorry."
"That's what I'm talking about," Turuiemon said. "You're way too innocent to be bad."
"You know… You're not as excitable as I thought you to be," WaruSeadramon stated when he was finally free.
Turuiemon shot up and dusted herself off. "Of course not!" she shouted in indignation. "I, sensei Turuiemon, am a master of a variety of martial arts and disciplines! I would never behave as a child would…" She trailed off as she stared at a tree to her left. "That… is a nice tree…"
WaruSeadramon's pupils darted around in slight confusion. "Um…"
"What was I saying again?"
"You were… telling me to help CannonBeemon."
"Yes! Of course!" said Turuiemon before pointing in a random direction. "Hop to it then!"
"He's…," WaruSeadramon used his tail and pointed in the opposite direction, "…actually over there."
As for CannonBeemon, he was in a rather tight pinch against the two Deva, firing his laser at them almost at random. Caturamon, with the ability to become a twister, gathered up his tiger comrade and they were able to avoid the lasers as if a toddler was trying to throw pebbles at a housefly.
When the Deva got close enough, they would use their Treasure weapons to beat up CannonBeemon, his metallic skin was already covered in bruises and dents. So after a going through this pattern a few times, CannonBeemon's only choice was to stay on the defensive. He started using his ability to move in every direction without having to turn to dodge their flurry of attacks but without occasionally firing at them, they would just continue their advances relentlessly.
"I can't do this by myself," CannonBeemon huffed, fatigue starting to get to him.
Suddenly, Caturamon stopped attacking and he flicked his tail to signal Mihiramon to halt from advancing as well. "Why don't you give up your human and that heathen Digimon comrade of yours?" the Dog Deva inquired. "Why would you go so far to protect him when he causes you so much trouble?"
"WaruSeadramon can be a little slow at times but he's a good friend!" CannonBeemon defended.
"Hmph," Mihiramon scoffed. "He is a Digimon twisted by darkness; they are known to terrorize the weak and defenseless. If you want further proof, look at the corrupted beast's partner, a pirate of all things! Have you not heard of those who pillage villages and steal their gold for their own selfish greed?"
"We speak to you only because you seem like you can be reasoned with," Caturamon continued. "Change your ways and cast away the barbarians that seek to put you on the wrong path. You will atone for your sins and be forgiven by the benevolent Sovereigns if you do."
CannonBeemon's pause made it look like he was hesitating to make a decision when in reality; he knew exactly what he wanted to say to them. "Sorry, but I think you guys are the ones on the wrong path between us."
"What?"
"I haven't seen Babel and WaruSeadramon for a long while, so they could've encountered a big bad pirate that's corrupted them into pillaging or whatever," admitted CannonBeemon. "But you guys are also badmouthing Janyu, who I know isn't what you say. And if you ask me, I trust Babel and his partner, way more than either of you as you are now."
"Then perish, fool!" Mihiramon snarled.
The two of them lunged forward, Treasure weapons ready to deliver the final blow just as CannonBeemon opened up his cargo. Before one could hit the other though, an eerie mist blew in and covered them, it was a debilitating fog that made everyone inside feel heavy.
A scaly tail whipped in and yanked CannonBeemon out and to the android's relief, it was just WaruSeadramon. Despite the implications in his retort to the Deva, he really did trust his life in the other Digimon, they were friends after all.
"I'm glad you're okay," CannonBeemon whispered.
"Same to you," WaruSeadramon nodded with a smile. "You know, you're acting a lot more mature in this form, then again, you're like that as Waspmon too. So I guess you're only more like me when you're a Rookie."
"Huh?"
Now that CannonBeemon thought about, his personality did alter somewhat when he evolved, but as FanBeemon, he was almost as childish as Betamon. But essential parts of his personality still remained, his protective nature, his bonds with the others, and the fact that he trusts each and every one of them so much. Could it be possible though, that when he evolves, new codes are added to his personality?
Dracomon changed too, didn't he? Whenever Shibumi's partner evolves, he became more wild and savage, like his ability to think for himself vanished. Well, no, a more accurate description would be if he was enslaved by one of Apocalymon's Dark Chains. Every other enslaved Digimon still retained essential parts of their personality but behaved as if almost everyone was their enemy. It made sense.
But the Dark Chains can't capture a Chosen Digimon. So what if they could be broken down into data and insidiously infect such a Digimon when they show an opening? For example, during their evolution.
That must be it.
"Roar of the Heavens!" The mist was blown away by Caturamon's attack which also leveled down part of the woods while he was at it.
CannonBeemon glanced over at WaruSeadramon. He would have to save that theory in his back pocket for now; they had to deal with this first. "WaruSeadramon, fight as if I'm in my Champion form and I'll fight as if you're in yours. Lucky for us, our current bodies aren't too different from them."
"Huh? Are you sure?" WaruSeadramon asked. "You're about eight times bigger than before."
CannonBeemon nodded as the Deva turned to face them. "It's fine. I was thinking about this when you said my personality changed but… We're still the same Digimon inside even if our outward appearance has changed. That's why I believe our fighting styles hasn't changed either. We just think they have because these are our new forms."
"Ah, I see."
"What are you blabbing on about?!" Mihiramon shouted.
Caturamon released another powerful supersonic howl. "Roar of the Heavens!"
The only way to dodge such an attack would be to fly up, which was exactly what they did. WaruSeadramon dropped an Evil Icicle down upon their foes but they were able to roll out of the way just as Mihiramon took flight.
"Samurai Tiger–!"
CannonBeemon, instead of flying out of the way, hovered forward, batting Mihiramon back down to the ground. "Nitro Stinger!"
Caturamon turned himself into a hammer and deflected the lasers for his fallen companion. But it was after he turned back to normal that they realized that WaruSeadramon was nowhere to be found. They didn't have any time to dwell on it as CannonBeemon released his signature Sky Rocket Infinity at them which was basically a copious amount of firearms opening fire on them.
As bullets and lasers pelted the round and they jumped around from side to side, avoiding the shots using their superior speed, they were unable to hear or feel the thing tunneling directly underground. WaruSeadramon had dived into one of their fissures and, by coating his horn in electricity, started digging his way until he was directly underneath their opponents. It was certainly difficult for a sea-native Digimon but he was able to succeed somehow.
"Darkstrom!" The earth under the quadrupeds' feet cracked open and they were engulfed in a swirling whirlpool of darkness, unable to escape. Of course, in the blackness, it would be difficult to see the Dark Chains which CannonBeemon was supposed to hit, so WaruSeadramon stopped spinning them after a while.
As the Deva were dropping to the ground, still disoriented from the unexpected rinse cycle, CannonBeemon had a clear visual of the Chains. "It's over! Nitro Stinger!"
The Chains broke and the two Deva returned to normal, but not before their heads hit the solid ground with a thud. Not to mention, being in the whirlpool left them feeling sick to the stomach. They looked pretty angry as they got themselves back up. Then again, they always looked that way.
"Are you two okay?" WaruSeadramon broached.
Caturamon nodded, he did seem a little woozy though. "Yes, thank you… Chosen Digimon."
"We said some hurtful things about you and your partner," Mihiramon added with a slight bow. They decided not to mention that he was about twenty degrees off from facing the sea serpent. "Please, forgive us for that."
WaruSeadramon frowned, cocking his head to the side. "Hm?" He hadn't heard any of it!
"Well, it doesn't matter anyway," CannonBeemon chuckled. "Knowing this guy, I'm sure he would've forgiven you two anyway."
The Dog and Tiger Deva looked to each other but seeing the innocent confusion on the aquatic Digimon's face convinced them to let it go for the moment. But now that they were seeing each other, they realized that there was one other missing.
"Khumbiramon!" Caturamon gasped.
"We must stop him from hurting your partners at once!" Mihiramon stated.
The two of them were about to start running back to the clearing when Turuiemon showed up in front of them. Before saying anything, she kneeled down low, palms and even her forehead touching the soil at their feet.
"Majestic Deva, I, master Turuiemon, am at your service," she said before hopping back to her feet in one fluid movement. "But I must correct you on something. The humans will be just fine, but your comrade may require counseling after being beaten by two young children."
"Ah, she went from sensei to master," WaruSeadramon noted.
CannonBeemon sighed. "As always, you notice all the wrong things."
Snake Road – 2:20 PM
"Terra Blades!" "Treasure Bow!"
Vajramon stabbed the ground with his twin swords, sending a quake pulsing towards their foes which had enough strength to start hurling jagged stones upwards. Pajiramon cocked her bow and fire a hailstorm of arrows in the same direction.
With attacks coming from every direction except behind them, their only choice was to start running in reverse. Mistymon wasn't fast enough to run away from the earthquake that was following him so Hippogriffomon used her front claws to latch onto him and throw him onto her back.
The magic warrior turned around to deflect the arrows coming at them, using his blade. But while they did a pretty decent job at deflecting the projectiles, it wasn't good enough as an arrow impaled his left shoulder and a rocket-like stone blasted through Hippgriffomon's right wing. This caused them to spin out of control and crash land into the ground.
"Mistymon, are you okay?" Hippgriffomon asked.
"I'm fine," Mistymon replied. "Let's try using a tag-team fire attack."
Hippgriffomon nodded in agreement. "Heat Wave!"
"Blast Fire!"
The two blazing attacks joined together in intense waves of flames that engulfed the Deva, or at least, that's what it looked like. In truth, the horned Deva had actually used their powerful hind legs to leap right over the attack.
"Thunder Stomp!" Pajiramon used her height above ground to her advantage when she landed, sending a small localized quake on the two Digimon that were now on the earth. They were stabbed by a myriad of rocks before getting sent into the air from the impact.
This was where their damaged bodies were coming up to meet the Ox Deva. "Treasure Swords!" He swung his blades out which were blocked by Mistymon's own and Hippogriffomon's claws. But it wasn't enough to protect them from the beams of energy that would shoot out at them from point blank. Once again, leaving them as immobile heaps as Vajramon landed.
"Hmph, this was much too easy," Vajramon scoffed.
"I concur," said Pajiramon. "This was truly pathetic for two Ultimate level Digimon. Let's put them out of their misery."
The two of them turned to face the Digimon of opposite gender to them, aiming their Treasure weapons at the throats of the near lifeless beings. But these two were trained warriors, hooves in the ground; they could feel that these beings were indeed lifeless. Despite that, they weren't dispersing into data so that meant…
"Core Darts!" "Sonic Voice!"
Vajramon sheathed his weapons at the same time he rolled out of the way of the pulse of air that blew up the pile of rocks behind him. Pajiramon changed the target of her Treasure Bow and fired, deflecting the flaming darts that were coming for her Dark Chain.
"I see, magical decoys," Vajramon chuckled. "As to be expected by a mage of your caliber, Mistymon."
Pajiramon examined the fake Hippgriffomon closer before it poofed into a pile of feathers at the same time the Mistymon fake turned into an empty suit of armor, resembling his own. But despite finding these false bodies, the Deva could not find the real ones.
"No vibrations," Pajiramon noted. "They must be airborne."
"The wizard must've also cast a spell on themselves to make them invisible," Vajramon added, swinging out one of his swords and stabbing the empty suit of armor in rage. "Such cowardly tactics do not befit a warrior! I will be sure to punish him for mocking the noble sport of combat."
The two them were cautious as they stepped around, glancing in every direction for any sign of their prey. For two Deva as anti-social as they were, they certainly worked well together, but then again, for their masters, they would probably throw away their independent pride to perform their duties.
Mistymon and Hippogriffomon, hovering just an inch off the ground, were both too nervous to even breathe since it was obvious that the Deva had received intense sensory training. Uttering a single syllable or even moving a millimeter against the wind would probably give away their location. But for just one moment they wished to be granted the ability to read minds, so they could discreetly formulate a plan. How else could they consult with each other without letting the Deva strike them down first?
They both became extra tense when Vajramon started sniffing the air and then looked straight at them. Was his sense of smell also beyond extraordinary? But after a whole ten seconds of looking through them, he turned back around. They couldn't even exhale in relief.
But then Vajramon held up his blade and dropped it, letting it fall to ground and having the blade point in their direction. Automatically, Pajramon turned in their direction with her crossbow raised and fired a flurry of arrows at them which caused them to split apart and roll out of the way. But the Deva were faster than they were, meeting them halfway and using their front hooves to knock them back into each other.
"Vhanijvala!" Pajiramon fired a special arrow at both of them, making them fall asleep. "Welcome to my nightmare world, there is no escape."
Vajramon crossed his arms as he approached their sleeping foes. "I do not approve of your tactics either."
"Complain about it after you've figured out a way to escape my nightmare world yourself," Pajiramon retorted. "Besides, our assignment was to destroy these two so let's get this over with and return to our masters already."
As the two hoofed Deva repeated what they did before, pulling out their Treasure weapons, the two opponents suddenly woke up. Hippogriffomon used his two claws and swiped the Treasure Swords out of Vajramon's hands before using her Sonic Voice attack to destroy the Chain on his chest. Mistymon hooked his blade between the pulled back string and the bow of the Treasure Bow, slipping it out of Pajiramon's grasp before firing a few Core Darts at her Dark Chain.
"Uh… Huh?" Pajiramon blinked, looking around. "I was… enslaved?"
Vajramon fell to his knees as the Chosen Digimon heaved sighs of relief. But their worries weren't over yet as the Ox Deva picked up one of his weapons and pointed it at his stomach. It caused both Hippogriffomon and Mistymon to freak out, trying to stop him from committing suicide.
"I have shamed my master's name! I must atone for my sins!" Vajramon shouted as they tried to stop him.
Pajiramon sighed and placed a hand on her forehead. "You're as high maintenance as ever. Remember that our masters are the only ones who can punish us. You don't need to go so…" She trailed off when she realized that the weapon that never leaves her side was no longer by her side. "My Treasure Bow! I never let go of it! Where'd it go?!"
Once the Deva had calmed down, they asked for the forgiveness of their saviors which was given to them pretty easily. The one question they had on their minds though, how had they escaped the nightmare world so easily and beaten them just like that?
"My blade has the ability to break through barriers between worlds," Mistymon answered. "And you two aren't the only ones who received sensory training."
Hippgriffomon nodded. "We knew that it was your Treasure weapons that gave you an advantage over us. So inside that world, we spend a minute to think of a plan, which was, to spend a second using our ears, nose, and touch to figure out your locations and how to disarm you."
"As expected of the Chosen Digimon," Vajramon nodded in approval
"Yes, I can see why the Sovereigns told us to leave Apocalymon to the Chosen Children," Pajiramon agreed. She then got this annoyed expression on her face when she remembered something. "Ugh, we have to retrieve Makuramon before returning though."
"That monkey is more high maintenance than you are," Vajramon sighed.
"Are you making a mockery of me?" Pajiramon snapped.
"They can work like the perfect team in combat," said Mistymon once they started bickering.
"But they act like bitter siblings when it comes to anything else," Hippogriffomon added. "Well, we should probably check on our partners. By now, they should've already taken care of Makuramon. Do you agree, Mistymon?"
Mistymon chuckled. "One hundred percent."
Silent Grove – 2:20 PM
"I will now feint left and go right ~chu!" Kumbhiramon snickered.
His narration of his own movements gave away his actions and Janyu was able to follow them with ease. But every time he did, the Rat Deva would look so shocked, as if his attack was supposed to be a secret.
Janyu sent a quick left hook at Kumbhiramon who dodged it, as well as the following three spiral kicks and a right rolling knuckle. Despite revealing his actions through his oblivious narration, he also had the uncanny ability to know exactly what Janyu was going to do before he even did it. The encyclopedia did mention that he had near telepathic abilities.
But it seemed like Khumbiramon only had the ability to read one mind at a time. It was either that or it depended on how close his foe was because Babel stood back several meters, firing his pistol with killer accuracy. As a matter of fact, it was like Babel was telepathic as well because no matter how close, the bullets never struck anywhere close to Janyu but it almost always hit close to Kumbhiramon.
"Tch, he's pretty fast for something so round," the pirate trainee muttered.
Janyu tried low sweeping the Rat, making him announce that he would jump upwards. "Does that thing ever need to reload?"
"It runs on data streams in the air," Babel answered as he fired three bullets at the airborne rat, hoping that he wouldn't be able to dodge them in midair. "So long as the Digital World is alive, my pistol won't ever run out of bullets."
"Treasure Pestle! This will counter those pesky bullets ~chu!" Kumbhiramon announced, and he did exactly that.
But unfortunately for him, he still could not avoid the next attack which came from below. Janyu, still crouched down low, performed an uppercut at the bottom of the round Digimon, sending him flying into the sky. Babel removed an iron ball from his shoulder sash and pitched it like a baseball, aimed right for Kumbhiramon's Dark Chain.
Janyu was more than impressed by the other human. Babel not only had quick eyes and the accuracy of an expert assassin, but he had the strength to lift one of those iron balls and even carry an entire harness of them on his shoulder. Just what kind of training did the American child go through?
They looked up at Kumbhiramon who was starting to freak out over the approaching projectile, which might as well have been a cannonball in comparison to his own size. The Rat was oblivious as to how his foes could predict his every move but he was still the most cunning of the twelve Deva, so he shouldn't be underestimated.
"Deva Clone!"
Where there was one, there was now six Kumbhiramon. The one in the way of the ball exploded into bits of data while the other five landed back on the ground, looking ready to fight back. They all charged for the boys, each of them announcing something different which muddled together and made it difficult for either one of the boys to figure out what to do.
"I will–." "Treasure–." "…pretend to…" "Feint right–." "…left flank ~chu!"
Janyu cart wheeled in the opposite direction of the rats coming in from almost every forward direction while Babel fired at them. But two of them, the ones that used the words 'pretend' and 'feint' supposedly, changed direction and fired bullets of energy at Babel from their Treasure Pestle.
"Whoa!" Babel tucked and rolled out of the way as two clones hopped towards him.
"You're a firearm user ~chu!" one of them smirked.
"And the best way to beat one of those is…" the other continued.
"Close quarters combat ~chu!" they shouted together.
Janyu, distracted by this, got flanked by the remaining three clones that left scratch marks all over him. But he didn't even care so long as his friend was in trouble. "Babel!"
"Idiot!" Babel snapped at him before unhooking the sash with all the iron balls. He swung it like a whip and smacked both Kumbhiramon away before firing his pistol at them about twenty times, leaving nothing but data particles behind. "Don't focus on me! Deal with those three!"
Janyu nodded, trying to shake off the remaining three but they clung onto him like their lives depended on it. At least they didn't scratch him up and drew blood when he struggled. But in the blink of an eye, Babel was beside him, kicking off one of the clones and shooting another in the face, causing the third one, and the only one wearing a Dark Chain, to jump off.
"Sorry," Janyu huffed. He spent so long learning how to fuse different martial arts styles all together but he was still being protected.
"Don't worry about me or yourself," Babel suddenly stated as the Rat Deva regrouped. "I'll do that for both of us. After all, I am the oldest."
Janyu objected to this train of thought. "Babel, that's not fair to me."
"Why do you think I learned how to use a firearm?" Babel winked. "It's so I can cover you guys while you take on the baddies at close quarters. So don't worry about what will happen if you accidentally miss because I won't. And the reason why you shouldn't worry about me…"
"Deva Clone!"
Kumbhiramon was once again, six, which surrounded the two kids and created a hexagon-shaped barrier around them. Babel tapped the center of his chest and Janyu realized that the older boy wasn't wearing the harness anymore. Where the pirate had left it, the object had left a giant dent and it made the ground it was on, look like it was sinking.
"You just don't worry about a pirate," Babel finished as the rats lunged at them from all angles.
Too fast for Janyu to catch, Babel pushed him down and using his back, swung his legs around while shooting wildly, blasting away all six of the Kumbhiramon. When Babel finished his maneuver and landed back on his feet, the bespectacled boy understood. Don't worry about anything, just go wild.
The six foes quickly gathered together, announcing what they were going to do next, but none of them were able to finish their statements when Janyu was upon them. While the Chinese boy tumbled and attacked, he realized the secret brilliance to Kumbhiramon shouting his next move. It made the opponent think about their own next move, which in turn, told Kumbhiramon what to do next. It might be considered a little counter-productive but the Rat was undeniably strong so it was a method that worked or at least, he was used to.
Janyu flipped onto his hands and did a split kick, knocking two approaching opponents away. "The simplest way to beat him," Janyu muttered to himself as he got back onto his feet. "…is to not think at all." He backhanded a Kumbhiramon from behind before tumbling forward and in between two more which were knocked away by his perfectly performed butterfly kick.
Obviously, one hit each from Janyu wouldn't be enough to destroy them but Babel was prepared every time Janyu finished up one, leaving them stunned for two seconds. But two seconds were plenty for Babel to aim and shoot, breaking them down to nothing but data particles.
"Uh-oh ~chu," the last Kumbhiramon muttered. "W-Well, you still can't win ~chu!"
"We'll see about that," Janyu smirked before charging forward.
Babel spun his gun around before firing about fifty bullets, creating an outline around Janyu's body. That way, no matter which way Kumbhiramon went to dodge, he would still get hit by a bullet. So he thought up of an idea.
"I will now leap up to the boy's height and when he gets here, I will claws his eyes out ~chu!" Kumbhiramon declared as he did exactly that. Only realizing too late that Janyu was thinking again and the boy had thought of the perfect counter. "Oh no ~chu!"
Janyu slid across the dirt, the same way a baseball player would try to reach a base without getting out, the same way Babel once demonstrated to him when they were playing their own game of mini-baseball. The boy slid right under Kumbhiramon as the bullets hit blank targets, and he stood up, grabbing Kumbhiramon by his Treasure Pestle.
"Now Babel!" Janyu shouted.
Babel nodded with a wide grin on his face before pointing the barrel of his gun right at the Dark Chain. "It's like I said, it's the plank for guys I don't like." With one more bullet, the Chain was gone and Kumbhiramon was set free.
Snake Road – 2:20 PM
Musyamon knew that she had taught Daisy pretty well in the ways of the sword, but the samurai never believed that her pupil would have to face up against one of the Deva. It was only minimal relief to know that Rai was with her. And it was only minimal because she had no idea what the wizard-in-training was capable of.
The girls started out by trying to hit the Monkey Deva using physical attacks, but the creature was harder to catch than a slippery eel. He wasn't just avoiding their attacks like a normal Digimon either, no. When he jumped over Daisy's blade, he tumbled a few feet before landing with his legs spread out and his hands raised in the air like he had done a cheerleader trick. When he spun around Rai's staff, he did a pirouette topped with the Egyptian as the finishing pose.
"This guy is treating our battle like a joke," Daisy complained.
Rai nodded in agreement before jumping back. "Let's try a different tactic. Daisy, get out of the way!" She flipped a switch on her staff before swinging it out in an arc, releasing some sort of yellow powder into the air.
"What's this?" Daisy questioned but didn't dare walk into it.
"A stun powder," Rai answered. "If it gets into your skin, you'll be paralyzed."
"Wow, that's a neat trick!" Daisy grinned before they turned their eyes back on their foe.
Makuramon didn't get caught up in the dust though, rather, he used his Treasure Orb to suck it all up where it wouldn't touch him, leaving the two girls confounded. It seemed Rai wasn't the only one with an extraordinary weapon.
"New plan," said Daisy. "We disarm him first."
Makuramon tilted his head to the side when he heard that so he squeezed his hand shut, causing the orb to shatter with the dust inside. He then raised his other palm and a new orb appeared which he then shattered again. He repeated this process until Daisy shouted at him that they got it.
"The encyclopedia made it sound like he only had one of those things," Rai sighed. "But it looks like he can keep on reproducing them when he breaks one."
Daisy's eyes widened when she heard that and Rai seemed to understand the meaning behind her own words as well. They had a brand new plan now, but it was only going to work if they worked together, so they lunged forward, weapons ready.
Daisy put together the teachings she received from both Darcmon and Musyamon, displaying a graceful dance combined with the samurai sword style of iaido. Rai was not as skilled in combat as her comrade, so she focused more on swinging her staff from the endpoint, keeping her distance. But both of them were no longer put off by Makuramon's over-the-top poses and ridiculous stances, they were taking this seriously even when it looked like their foe was not.
The only problem was, Makuramon's gloves were much stronger than they looked, acting as excellent guards for him as he deflected the sharp parts of their weapons. He was even able to grab Daisy's sword before she could sheathe it with one of his gloved hands, without even getting cut. He pulled it down and stepped on the flat side, throwing the girl off balance before he used his free foot to kick her chest, knocking her back.
Daisy was grateful that her chest plate dulled the impact of the blow but it was of little relief because Rai was now facing off against the Monkey Deva on her own, even if it was for a few moments. "Watch out!"
Makuramon fell onto his back, avoiding a stab from Rai's staff. But then he raised his legs and clapped them over the weapon, rolling backwards and yanking the young girl forward. Not only was she now disarmed but she was too close to her foe to avoid the flurry of punches that he threw at her, knocking her back several meters.
The primate Digimon wasn't done just yet though, as he created a new orb. "Primal Orb!"
The projectile was sent flying at the fallen girl. Rai crossed her arms over her face in a vain attempt to shield herself but it was Daisy who saved her in the end. The older girl removed her sheathe from her waist and used it as a lever to catapult a large clump of dirt in the way, which got sucked into the orb rather than the human girl.
Makuramon was stunned for a moment but it was enough time for Rai to stand and get out of the way before the orb crashed into the dirt. While the orb was still intact, before it could break, Daisy ran forward, picking up her blade and the staff, tossing the latter weapon to Rai's feet.
Daisy's job was to keep Makuramon occupied so that he couldn't shatter the orb while Rai prepared another powder. But once Daisy was an inch away from slashing Makuramon, the Monkey Deva flicked his wrist and the orb came flying back towards them. Daisy was forced to jump backwards unless she wanted to be sucked into the Primal Orb.
Makuramon squeezed his hand shut again and the orb shattered once more, sending shrapnel at Daisy but her armor protected her from most of it. There was only a scratch on her left cheek and a maybe a few shards in her hair. But so long as her hands and feet were okay, she could still fight back. But for now, she had to retreat to Rai.
"Are you okay?" Daisy asked. The older girl was fretting over Rai's bruises and the younger girl was trying to get her to stop. "Let me handle this. You should stay back."
"Daisy, I'm fine! I can still fight!" Rai objected.
"No, you can't. You'll get hurt or worse, I'm not going to lose another friend," Daisy argued.
"Who? Cherrymon?" Rai snapped, causing Daisy to freeze up. "I'm not him; I don't need your protection. Don't forget that you weren't the only one asked to defend the Digital World from destruction. I'm here too… remember?"
Daisy stared at Rai's distressed face before thinking about the moments before they had split up, the times when they trained together and fought together. It's true that they hadn't been together for a long time, but that didn't mean that Daisy got super strong while Rai lagged behind. The other girl probably thought the same thing that Daisy had during training, they couldn't be left behind.
"Yeah… you're right…" Daisy breathed before giving Rai an earnest look. "What do we do, Rai? You're the brains of this operation."
Rai took a moment to think about it, examining the posing Makuramon and looking at the determined Daisy. "I think I have an idea…"
Makuramon didn't like being unable to hear their plans, so he created another Primal Orb which was sent flying towards them. The girls quickly split up which was fine by them since Rai already finished whispering their plans.
Daisy ran forward but got caught up by the Primal Orb that was chasing her. So the blonde had to pause and take care of that situation first and foremost. While Makuramon waved his arm around to control the ball, he looked around for the other girl only to notice that she was gone.
"Ha! Hyah!"
Not only was one human missing, but the other was shouting awfully loudly. Could it be that she was trying to cover the sound of something else? Like perhaps a switch from above? Well, that was exactly what Makuramon heard thanks to his heightened senses, and it indeed came from above.
A pink powder came raining down towards the Deva and as a reflex; he flicked his arm towards his body, bringing the Primal Orb back to protect him from this dust. But that was a mistake because he made an opening for Daisy. But he couldn't use one of his arms or else the orb would move!
He used his foot to try and kick her but his head automatically pivoted away when he heard something land on the grass on the other side. Rai had used her mantle to turn invisible and to hover above the ground enough to be above him, now that she didn't need either of those effects, she was beside him and swinging her staff.
Makuramon used his free hand to block the staff and his foot to kick away the sword. But the poor Deva was focusing on too many things at once, he hadn't even realized that when Rai landed, Daisy switched her blade with her sheathe. So Makuramon only kicked the scabbard out of the way as Daisy spun around and with a swift swing of her actual blade, effectively shattering the Dark Chain.
"We did it!" the girls cheered as Makuramon stumbled backwards, causing the ball to move as well. The humans froze up as the pink powder fell around them.
"So yellow paralyzes… What does pink do?" Daisy inquired as she felt her eyelids get heavier.
"It's sleep powder," Rai answered before both girls and the Deva fell to the ground, fast asleep.
Musyamon slowly moved out of her hiding spot and approached them, glad to know it was over even if it was not the ending she was quite expecting. Still, this fight proved what the humans were capable of together, one could only imagine how strong they would be once they reunited with the rest of their friends.
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It looks like everyone was able to finish up their battles with the brainwashed Deva, some did better than others but they all succeeded in the end! Now the question remains, how will Robert and Hisyaryumon do against Shibumi and Groundramon? The latter may not be a Groundramon for very long though. We can only find out what happens next by staying tuned to Digimon: Children of the Past!
Man, writing original fight scenes is hard work. Now I get why I don't read many good ones. I've got to give some of those people credit for doing the best that they can. How do you guys think I did? You can tell me in the form of a review or tell me something else in the form of a review. The point is, I like seeing reviews from you guys. Hope you enjoyed, until next time!
