CaveCat, will you please stop giving suggestions? I have ideas of my own. I'm sorry but, I'm not taking any suggestions.
Second, to SKnight. Lopmon has two alternate Digivolution line. One of them is the Virus ones which was shown during Digimon the Movie while the other line is the Data one, belonging to Susie's Lopmon. That's answers your question.
Lastly, to Jeremy. I'm sorry to inform you that Return to Silesia was the last Frontier special. And no future Frontier ideas have yet to come. If you have Frontier ideas, then type it yourself!
Anyway, more info at the end. On with the chapter.
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"Hello, everybody! This Trini Monoko! I am here to announce the first four finalists of the Shinjuku Battle City! First up is local boy and known Digimon Tamer that is partnered with Guilmon, Takato Matsuki! Next up is Seto Kaiba, the CEO of Kaiba Corporation and the master of the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon!
Our third entry belongs to Yugi Muto, the Champion of Domino Battle City and Duelist Kingdom! Finally, the forth slot has Joey Wheeler in it, he is known as Yugi Muto's best friend as well as second runner-up in Duelist Kingdom and is in 4th place in Domino Battle City!
Right now, four out of eight slots to enter the Shinjuku Battle City finals have been taken! With four remaining, who will take them?! It is up to you, Duelists, to battle and claim your position in the finals! Only four slots left, remember that! And also, remember that in order to gain your position in the final 8, you'll need SIX Locator Cards! I'm Trini Monoko, signing off!"
Sighing, Mai sat down and placed her portable radio away. She only has TWO Locator cards and haven't duel someone for a few Battle City days now. She knows why... after the Team Rocket attack a few days ago, she had this funny feeling that Marik is back. She remembered her previous experience with Marik, or in other case... MARIKU! She lost the Duel in the Domino Battle City finals and she fought against Mariku in the Shadow Realm. Even though she got Mariku's Winged Dragon of Ra, she still lost and had her soul locked away in the Shadow Realm while leaving her body in a coma.
She came back after Yami defeated Mariku in the final Battle City battle. She felt scared even though she was known as a tough woman. And now, with this dreaded feeling of Mariku returning, she can concentrate on the Duel. If she duels and can't concentrate, she'll lose!
After a few moments of silence, Mai lifted her head and lowered her eyes.
"I'll get into the finals and claim the title as Shinjuku Battle City Champion to myself! Tomorrow, I'll get rid of these silly fears and concentrate on my battles! Soon, Yugi... You and I will meet each other and battle someday! That is a promise!"
With that, she got up and walked away to her hotel...
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Walking through a different area of Shinjuku were Tristan and Inumon. Tristan and Inumon had just watched a TV through a television shop and witness Trini Monoko, a teenage Asian girl with black hair that looks really hyper, announcing the finalists. When it was over, Tristan and Inumon started to head back to their hotel.
"She is hyper, isn't she?" Inumon muttered.
Tristan laughed. "Yeah... she is... She looks cute though..."
"Forget it, Tristan... You can't ask her out on a date..." Inumon said.
"Why not?!" Tristan asked.
"Two reasons... One, she just reported from the main Kaiba building back at Domino. And second of all, what about Serenity?" Inumon asked.
Sighing, Tristan nodded. "Oh yeah... OK, Inumon... you made your point. By the way, have YOU ever fallen in love?"
Blushing, Inumon shook his head. "Nope."
Grinning at Inumon's blushing, Tristan decided to keep on pressuring his Digimon. "Are you sure? Come on, tell me. You have a sweetheart?"
"Well... funnily enough..." Inumon started. "There is this one girl... Her name was..."
"INUMON!!!"
Inumon stopped when he felt a furry creature on his back. Now, seeing as he is a fierce dog, Inumon would tear this thing to shreads. But, since he is caught of guard...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
...he happens to run off in terror, leaving Tristan behind to pick up a small furry creature.
Sweatdropping, Tristan looked at the small creature. "Oh, brother... Scared of this little guy It's a puppy...?"
"I'm not a guy, I'm a girl!" Said the small creature, which is a small white puppy.
Blinking, Tristan smirked. "And not any puppy, a Digimon! What is your name?"
"The name is Furrymon!" Said the small puppy Digimon.
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"Hi, mom. I'm home!" Takato said, entering the bakery shop where he and Guilmon lives with Takato's parents.
Takato's mother, Yoshie, ran over to her son and grabbed him in a bear hug. "Oh, Takato! My son! I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank....you....mum....Please...let...me....breath....air..." Takato choked.
Guilmon was amazed. "Wow... never knew Takatomon's face can go blue..."
"Oh... Sorry, Takato." Yoshie said, releasing her son from her grasp.
Takato took some deep breaths before he looked at his mother, confused. "What are you happy about me anyway?"
Takehiro, Takato's father, walked up with a smile. "A few minutes ago, a girl gave us the report about you being the first one to enter the Battle City finals, you really made your mother proud."
Blushing, Takato scratched the back of his head. "Th...Thanks... Any others reaching the finals?"
"To tell you the truth, Takato... I was so proud of you, I didn't listen to the rest..." Yoshie said, blushing.
"Don't worry, I heard it all. The other three are Seto Kaiba, Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler." Takehiro said.
Gulping, Takato looked nervous. "Ah, nuts... They are hugh-ranking Duelists! I might get creamed in a matter of seconds if I battle against them!"
Yoshie kneeled beside her son. "Don't worry, Takato... No matter what you do, I'm proud of you."
Blinking, Takehiro kneeled beside Guilmon and looked at the back of his neck. "Did... something happen to Guilmon...?"
"You can see that puncture wound?" Takato asked, looked amazed.
"Well... Guilmon WAS scratching his neck a lot when you came in..." Takehiro said.
And he is right as Guilmon scratched the back of his neck. "It still itches, Takatomon..."
"What happened, Takato?" Yoshie asked.
Takato sighed. "Well... some weird Digimon called ShadowRanamon stuck something in the back of his neck that was attached to a small yellow card. She left us with this syring like thing and took off with the yellow card."
Takehiro blinked. "So, is there anything wrong with Guilmon after that, apart from the scratching?"
"I took him to HYPNOS for a check up but, nothing is wrong... except his data is at 95 per cent..." Takato said. "ShadowRanamon has 5 per cent of Guilmon's data in that yellow data disk. In other words, she took data samples of my Digimon."
"Data samples?" Yoshie repeated, looked confused.
Takato nodded. "It's like blood samples except, the data is Digimon blood... Dad, do you have anything to stop Guilmon from scratching?"
Takehiro smiled and took Guilmon by his arm. "Come on, Guilmon... I'll get you some cream to stop that itching."
Guilmon giggled. "Thank you, Takatomon's dad..."
Groaning, Takato shook his head. "Oh brother..."
Yoshie giggled as she turned and walked to the kitchen. "I'll make you and Guilmon something to eat. You'll just pack your stuff away."
"OK! Thanks, mom!" Takato called out as he ran upstairs and into his room. He unzipped his backpack to put away his Duel Disk and Duel Monster cards while smiling. 'I never thought I would arrive at the finals... Wonder who will be the final four...?'
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Rika got home as soon as possible and she was already back in her room. She sat in front of her table to lay out three different objects. The letter she recived from a mysterious Duelist that wants to challange her tomorrow, her Duel Monsters deck that she will use in her duel tomorrow and her deck filled with Digimon Cards. It wasn't long until Renamon appeared behind Rika.
"Where were you?" Rika asked, without turning to her Digimon.
Renamon bowed. "I'm sorry, Rika... The part about the rumour of you and Ryo as a couple, I never mentioned it..."
Rika smiled slightly. "If your lying, your in big trouble..." She giggled. "I'm sorry as well, Renamon... Still haven't gotten over about that newspaper I ready last night but, I'm over it now..."
"That's what you said last night and you still screamed at the part you missed in the paper." Renamon said.
"I know, I know..." Rika said before she took the letter and handed it to Renamon. "Read this."
Reading the paper, Renamon smiled. "A challange, hmm? Rika, your talented skills are wonderful... Both as a Duelist and as a Tamer."
"Thank you, Renamon... It's located at the aqua centre so, I might bring Misty along." Rika said.
Renamon smirked. "Of course... The infamous trainer that specialises in Water Pokemon. She says she is the Water Pokemon Master which I don't think is true..."
"And why is that Renamon?" Rika asked, turning to her partner.
"Her team isn't strong, Rika... In order to be a good trainer, she needs to balance her team out..." Renamon explained. "Togepi, Psyduck, Corsola, Goldeen, Staryu and Poliwhirl wouldn't last her against a Gyarados."
Rika smirked. "I know... Which she proved it against the Whirl Cup thing..." She then, turned to Renamon again with a confused expression. "Hold on, Renamon... Since when did you ever watch the Pokemon show?" She smirked. "Trying to see some cute male Ninetales for you to fall in love with seeing as they have nine-tails like your Kyubimon form?"
"Rika... Please stop or else..." Renamon said.
"Or else what?" Rika asked.
Renamon sighed. "Or else, I might as well start calling you 'Ruki'."
"DON'T! CALL! ME! BY! THAT! NAME!" Rika yelled, slamming her fist on the table. She took a sigh and laughed. "All right, all right... I'll stop."
"You've changed, Rika ever since you became close friends with Takato and Henry during the Deva attack." Renamon said.
Smiling, Rika drew a Digimon card out which was Renamon. "That's right, Renamon... and I'm gonna like it..." She lifted her head and sighed. "Tomorrow, I'll claim my place in the final 8 before anyone else does! This next Duel will be important, so please come and cheer for me, Renamon!"
"Rika... I'm ALWAYS at your side." Renamon said.
"Thank you, Renamon... Thank you..." Rika whispered.
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Tristan walked into the hotel bedroom, carrying Furrymon in his arms, where he saw Joey standing near a cupboard. "Hey, Joey... Have you seen Inumon?"
"Yeah... he is hiding in there..." Joey said, pointing to the cupboard. He then pointed to the door, which was slammed against the wall. "And close that door will ya?"
"Sure..." Tristan muttered. When Tristan pulled the door, he blinked when he saw a minature Red Eyes Black Dragon, flatten against the wall. "What in the...?"
Red Eyes had only one thing to say. "Ow..."
"What happened?!" Tristan asked.
"Inumon happened! He ran in here, screaming his head off! When he threw that door open, he slammed Red Eyes against the wall!" Joey said. He blinked at the small Furrymon in Tristan's arms. "What in the...? Tristan, what the heck is that?!"
Smirking, Tristan walked over to the cupboard and opened the door slightly. "An old friend of Inumon's..." He tossed her into the cupboard. A few seconds later...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M BEING ATTACKED!!!!!!!!"
Red Eyes, whom was able to peel himself off the wall, grumbled when he heard Inumon's scream. "I tell yer, if he is known to be the bravest Digimon of all, I'll wack the twit who thought that up, I promise yer!"
"INUMON!!!"
"FURRYMON?!?!"
Joey blinked. "Furrymon?! A Digimon?!"
"Well, I did say she is an old friend of Inumon..." Tristan said, smirking. "And get this... she has three older sisters known as the Husky Sisters. Huskymon, BelleHuskymon and ShadowHuskymon. And it just so happen that Inumon is dating BelleHuskymon!"
A huge evil grin appeared on Red Eyes. "Oh really...?"
Bursting out of the cupboard, Inumon held Furrymon in his paws. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
"Looking for you... We were looking for you." Furrymon said, repeating her words for no reason.
Inumon sweatdropped. "I see... Where you on your own before you pounced and scared me?"
"As well as making me flat as a kite?!" Red Eyes yelled.
Furrymon shook her head. "Nope... Huskymon, BelleHuskymon and ShadowHuskymon are here as well... Course, they never leave me behind... I was asleep in Huskymon's backpack when BelleHuskymon and ShadowHuskymon fought against each other..."
"Again? They are always fight over me..." Inumon muttered.
"Why would anyone fight over you?! Better question is, why would women fall over you, unless you trip them up." Red Eyes said.
Inumon growled. "Shut up!"
"So, I fell asleep... waiting for those two to continue our journey to find you... When I woke up... I was alone... They were gone!" Furrymon said.
"They are WHAT?!" Inumon yelled out, in shock. "WHY?! THEY NEVER LEAVE YOU BEHIND!!!"
"I know... it's weird..." Furrymon muttered.
"Am I missing something?" Said a voice. Everyone turned around to see Yugi standing in the doorwar, blinking.
Joey just grinned. "Nothin' much, Yug. Just learning that Inumon has a girlfriend as well as Red Eyes starting to look for revenge, AGAIN!"
"Got that right!" Red Eyes said, searching around the room for the teddy bear and blanket.
Yugi sighed. "Listen... There is something you gotta know, you guys... I know who the bad guys are... and you won't like it..."
"Come on, Yug! How bad can it be?" Joey asked.
"Well..." Yugi started.
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Night was peaceful upon Shinjuku, except for Joey's traditional...
"WWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?????????!!!!!!!!!!"
"Seems to me that Yugi gave Joey the message that Mariku is back..." Henry muttered.
"Gee, what gave you that idea?" Terriermon asked in his sarcastic way.
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Inside HYPNOS, Izzy finally confronted Knuckles about the idea he had. If Izzy can upload the energy of the Chaos Emeralds into the D-3s that belongs to Davis, Ken, Cody and Yolei, Chaotic Digivolve will happen a lot.
Course, Knuckles didn't took it too well...
"YOU WANNA WHAT?!" Knuckles yelled out.
Izzy sighed. "I wanna upload some of the Chaos Emerald energy into the D-3s." He brought out a D3 which was yellow. "I borrowed this from Cody, the kid with Armadilliomon."
Knuckles took the D3 and looked at it. "I can understand why... You showed me that clip of this Chaotic Digivolve upon ExVeemon."
"I tell ya, it was amazing! And the reason I think only Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken can harness the Chaotic Digivolve power because the Chaos Emerald reacted to their Digivices." Izzy explained. "I don't know what Aquilamon, Stingmon or Ankylomon will become when they go through Chaotic Digivolve but, if we upload the energy from an emerald into their partner's Digivices, I'm sure we'll find out."
"And what makes you so sure that these devices of yours can survive the amount of energy..." Knuckles muttered. "Only a super-brain scientist can create a machine that can survive the Chaos Emerald's massive energy... like Dr Eggman and his grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik."
Izzy sighed. "Come on, Knuckles... I need your help... You seem to know a lot about the Chaos Emeralds! Tell me, I need your help!"
Knuckles groaned. "You don't have to repeat your help, you know! OK, OK... we'll just transfer some of the energy and see how it goes... but, don't blame me if they explode!"
"I won't! Davis, Yolei, Cody, Ken and I are willing to take the chances! If we wanna beat our enemy, then Chaotic Digivolve seems to be our only way out!" Izzy said.
Knuckles sighed. "Fine... Just get the equipment ready! I'm going to bed..."
Izzy nodded and took Cody's D3 back. "All right... I'll speak with Yamaki before he leaves..." He walks away. "I'll see you tomorrow, Knuckles."
"What have I gotten myself into?" Knuckles muttered. "With only three Chaos Emeralds found... how long is it until we get home...?"
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In another part of HYPNOS, Matt walked up to his best friend, Tai. "All right, Tai... Let's hear it!"
Tai blinked. "Hear what, Matt?"
"You know what I mean! You and Sora! Aren't you asked her on a date yet?!" Matt asked.
"Y...Yeah, actually... SHE asked me!" Tai said.
Matt groaned. "I know that! You told me that day! Doesn't matter if it is you or her! Come on, Tai! When did she asked you?"
Sighing, Tai leaned against the wall. "The day before the first day of Shinjuku Battle City..."
"WHAT?! Tai, that is days ago! Come on!!!" Matt yelled, grabbing Tai by the shirt. "For someone who has the Crest of Courage sure isn't couragous enough to ask a girl out on a date!"
Sweatdropping, Tai smiled sheepishly. "Yeah... good point..."
Sighing, Matt let Tai go and rubbed his forehead. "Sora asked you and it was the day before the first day of Battle City... Wonder why she forgot..."
"Hello, Matt... We did ran into some trouble throughout these days..." Tai said.
"I know, Tai... Listen, you gotta tell Sora how you feel! If you don't make your move, you'll lose her! I mean, you almost lost her to me but, you can't lose her a second time!" Matt said.
Tai sighed. "All right, Matt... What shall I do...?"
That was when Matt grinned. "I already talked to Sora about this..." He brought his mobile phone out and started to text someone. "I'm gonna text Sora a message to give you a call!"
"On my mobile? Then what?" Tai asked.
"Well... talk to Sora and maybe tell her how you feel..." Matt said.
Tai gulped. "Yo...You sure?"
"Guess your not the Digidestined of Courage after all..." Matt mocked.
Tai fumed and whipped his phone out. "Say that again, Matt! I'll show you courage! Just watch me!"
'He has taken the bait...' Matt smirked in his head.
After a few moments, Tai's phone started to ring. With a deep breath, Tai pressed the button and talked straight to the phone. "Don't say anything! Because I have something to say to you! I LOVE YOU AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! MY HEART IS FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHAT!"
Matt sweatdropped. "Yeesh... didn't hesitated, did he?"
Then, to Matt's shock, Tai handed him his phone. "Here... you take over..."
"Wha...What?" Matt asked, completly taken aback.
"I'm off for a cold shower..." Tai muttered, walking away. "A REALLY cold shower..."
Blinking for a few moments, Matt decided to find out why Tai walked away and talked on Tai's phone. "Hello...?"
"MATT!!! WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED HERE?!?!" Yelled a voice. A familiar voice... A familiar MALE voice.
Matt just bit his lip from laughing. "I...Izzy?"
"MATT! TAI IS LOSING IT! HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME!!!" Izzy screamed through the phone.
"Izzy, calm down... Tai said that because he thought SORA was on the phone." Matt said.
A huge sigh of relief came from Izzy's side. "Thank goodness. For Sora... For a moment, I thought..."
"Nope... Tai is not like that!" Matt quickly said, still trying not to laugh.
"Where is Tai?" Izzy asked.
Matt sighed. "Well, he went off to have a cold shower... What did you phone him up for?"
"I was about to tell him that I've made an impact about Chaotic Digivolve! But, after what has happened, I will save it tomorrow... Right now, I need a cold shower to!" Izzy said.
"Make sure you don't run into Tai in the shower..." Matt said, suddenly burst out into laughter.
Izzy didn't find that funny. "MMMMMAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Quickly, switching Tai's phone off, Matt fell to the ground in a laughing heap. When he finally calmed down, Matt got up and gave off a few hiccups. "I might as well try tomorrow... WITHOUT the use of phones!"
Nearby, Sora was listening to this and she also laughed of what happened. She shook her head and smiled. "Stupid Tai..."
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In a huge room stood Mariku, LadyDevimon, MarineDevimon, SkullSatamon and ShadowGrumblemon. They were looking at a row of brainwashed slaves, mindless and willing to obey Mariku.
Ishizu, Huskymon, BelleHuskymon, ShadowHuskymon, Suicune and Raikou. What Mariku did to them has destroyed their free will and no choice but, to obey the madman's orders.
"You six will now follow LadyDevimon's orders to create the roboticizer! I want this machine complete and have no mistakes!" Mariku said, pacing in front of his zombie servants.
"Yes, master Mariku..." Said the six hypnotized victims in a robotic tone.
Mariku laughed before he turned to MarineDevimon. "Go and get Lugia's soulless body! When it is completed, I shall release his soul that I have claimed yesterday... AFTER he has been transformed into a robot as a test subject!"
"At once!" MarineDevimon said, smirking.
"All right, LadyDevimon. Go for it!" Mariku said, walking away with ShadowGrumblemon and SkullSatamon.
Nodding, LadyDevimon turned to her new slaves and grinned. "All right, you weaklings. Here is your orders..."
Watching nearby, ShadowRanamon stood in the doorway and shook her head. "I still don't understand..." She turned and walked furthur into the room. "What is Mariku's plan to take over this planet?"
Lucemon Chaos Mode was in the same room, standing over a huge shell. "His plan is to create a huge army to overcome our common foes... The hypnotized victims like Ishizu and Suicune will remain under his command, their minds fully locked in his grasp. He can hypnotize warriors to join our side and battle for us... If the roboticizer works, not only we have enslaved warriors but, also enslaved robots as well!"
"Sounds good but, takes too long..." ShadowRanamon muttered. "What about your plan, my lord? Do you have one?"
"Of course... and it lies inside that data card." Lucemon said, grinning.
ShadowRanamon blinked. "What...? What are you exactly planning with that data card containing Guilmon's data?"
"I tell you once and I'll tell you again... you'll find out in the mere future... Right now, we might as well go along with Mariku's plan. Who knows... it might work... And right now, before us, a new chapter of our invasion has begun!" Lucemon said, motioning his head to the huge shell.
Gasping, ShadowRanamon saw that the huge shell belonged to Blastoise. The head of the Pokemon itself popped out, sweating as he brought his arms, legs and tail out. He stood up and started to bellow. "No way, suga... He... He is finally... He is finally Digivolving!!!"
Smirking, Lucemon watched as the evil Blastoise was fully covered of Digi-Code. "At long last..."
"Blastoise Shinka....."
Inside the cocoon of Digi-Code, Blastoise went through transformation. Lightening stuck the heavy tortoise, creating its metallic armor on its chest, making it look like a muscular front. Its legs became robotic, protected by bronze steal plates to protect it from water. Only its feet remained organic. Over its front legs, its shoulders were metal shoulder pads that spanned from its upper back shell to its chest. Its forehead gained a blue gem grafted into it, which look aqua, and it formed a metal beak. It received a pair of large humps on its brown shell, formed in each side, but then it opened to reveal long aqua cannons, that reached up to its head, and on the back of them, above the tail seemed to be exhaust parts for the cannons. This turtle, with his long pointy ears, has now been enhanced with advanced technology.
".....CANNTOISEMON!!!"
Squealing, ShadowRanamon jumped up and down, happily. "He did it! He did it!"
"I agree... It is mighty impressive! How are you?" Lucemon asked.
Canntoisemon turned and bowed to Lucemon. "I feel great! At last, I can talk human language! I'm ready to regain myself against those acursed forces of good!"
"I guess you are now a personal enemy of Tamer Jeri's Digimon, Leomon. Hmm?" ShadowRanamon asked.
Nodding, Canntoisemon cracked his knuckles. "He'll play for turning me from MechBlastoisemon into a tiny Squirtle! I promise you, he'll pay!"
Lucemon walked over to a counter and picked up a small device. "Let's see how special you really are, Canntoisemon... This Digimon Information Dex shall explain it all..."
000DIGITAL INFO000
Name: Canntoisemon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Virus
Aquatic Weapon Digimon
Attacks: Hydro Explodia, Rocket Bulldozer
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"Just like the last time before I became MechBlastoisemon and work for Daemon!" Said Canntoisemon, flexing his muscles. "All right, what is the plan?"
Lucemon sniggered. "Here is the plan... ShadowRanamon, you know your orders?"
"Of course, my lord." ShadowRanamon said, grinning. "It is time to bring back the good ol' DarkKnightmon! Already, I am creating two huge and strong DarkKnightmon that will follow our orders, better then those weak and mindless drones we had back at Daemon's castle."
"They sound wonderful. Course, one metallic turtle and two powerful knights won't be enough to enter a base full of humans and Pokemon." Lucemon said.
ShadowRanamon grinned. "I know... that is why I have taken the time to give Canntoisemon four normal DarkKnightmon... One turtle, two strong knights and four normal knights seems enough."
Canntoisemon nodded as he laughed. "Yes! I agree! This will be a wonderful moment!"
"Yes... I totally agree..." Lucemon said, chuckling under his breath.
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Next day has arrived and the next Shinjuku Battle City has started. Takato, Yugi, Seto and Joey won't be competing as they are already in the finals.
Course, a couple of Duelists are nearer to their final dreams and one of them was Rika. She walked with Renamon and Water Pokemon trainer, Misty, to the Shinjuku Aqua Centre where Rika will face her final Duelist for two locator cards!
'This is it! I can't wait!' Rika said in her mind. She turned to Misty. "Hurry up, slowpoke! I can't miss this duel!"
"OK, OK... So, why are you taking me?" Misty asked.
Rika grinned. "Like I said before, it is located at Shinjuku Aqua Centre. And you are known as the biggest fan in Water creatures."
"I know..." Misty smirked. She pointed to the building. "Is that it?"
Nodding, Rika led Misty and Renamon towards the Aqua Building. It was like the aquarium centre back in Domino, a building that surrounds a huge swimming pool.
Renamon stopped and placed her paw onto Rika's shoulder. "Rika..."
"What is it, Renamon?" Rika asked.
"Look..." Renamon whispered, pointing.
Rika and Misty followed Renamon's pointing and saw a muscular fisherman standing near the open pool. He had a Duel Disk on his arm and held a fisherman's spear in the other.
Misty gasped. "Do you... think that is him...?"
"Yeah... Should have known it was him..." Rika muttered.
"You met him before?" Misty asked.
Shaking her head, Rika smiled. "No... but, I have heard about him. His name is Mako Tsunami, he is known as the Master of Duel Monsters based upon the sea. I've heard that he lost his father in a storm during their fishing trip and instead of believing he is dead, he said that he is still alive somewhere as a life-boat was missing... I tell ya, this is gonna be one great duel."
"I hope so..." Misty muttered.
Rika nodded and turned to Renamon. "You go and set yourself somewhere else, Renamon. I'll be right back, ok?"
"OK, Rika..." Renamon said, leaping away onto the building.
"Come on, Misty." Rika said, leading Misty towards Mako.
'I hope today, I can enter the finals with grace or lost with my head held up high...' Mako muttered in his mind. He turned and saw Rika walking towards him with her Duel Disk out. Behind her was Misty. "Ah, you come!"
"I knew it, it was you! I should have figured it was you seeing as you love the sea so much! Why else would you choose the Aqua Centre as your arena?" Rika said, laughing.
"Am I that obvious?" Mako asked, smiling. "At long last, Rika Nonaka! I'm finally going to Duel you, one on one! For the finals!"
Rika nodded. "Two Locator cards each? And the rare cards...?"
Mako bowed. "The winner shall decide which two rare cards from the loser's deck, sounds fair?"
"Yeah... why not? You ready?" Rika asked.
"Ready and willing!" Mako said, activiating his Duel Disk.
Smiling, Rika activated her Duel Disk as well. "OK, here we go!"
"Good luck, Rika!" Misty called out.
On top of the building as both Rika and Mako drew 5 cards from their decks, Renamon nodded. "You can do it, Rika. Show him your the best..."
/RIKA: 4000/
/MAKO: 4000/
"I shall go first!" Mako said, drawing a card from his deck. He slammed a monster onto the field. "I bring forth the almighty Seadramon in ATK position!"
A long sea dragon appeared onto Mako's side of the field. /Seadramon. ATK: 1300 DEF: 1000/
Drawing a card from his hand, Mako slipped a card into the Field slot. "And I'm also activating the Field Magic card, Umi! This will increase an Sea-type creatures by 200 ATK points! It can also lower any Machine and Pyro monsters by 200 ATK points!"
/Seadramon. ATK: 1300 V 1500 DEF: 1000 V 1200/
"And with that, I end my turn!" Mako said.
Rika smirked. "Not bad... Allow me to start..." She placed a card down. "I summon my favourite card, Renamon in ATK position!"
The holographic image of Rika's partner, Renamon, appeared onto her field, looking ready to battle. /Renamon. ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200/
"Why play her?" Mako asked.
Again, Rika smirked. "Oh, you'll soon see... I end my turn."
"Hmph, very well! Let's see how you can counter this move!" Mako said, drawing a card. He looked at it and smiled. "Ah, a good draw! I activate Magic card, Polymerization! The allows me to fuse two or more monsters onto the field! I fuse my two Seadramons into the almighty MegaSeadramon!"
Another Seadramon appeared beside the first one before they started to merge into one powerful MegaSeadramon and thanks to Umi, he gains an extra ATK boost. /MegaSeadramon. ATK: 2800 V 3000 DEF: 2300 V 2500/
Rika laughed. "Perfect! And now, to activate Renamon's special ability!" To Mako's and Misty's surprise, Rika's Renamon started to split into TWO! Mako wasn't dealing with one Renamon now, but now TWO Renamons. "What do you think?"
Mako blinked. "Amazing... What is your plan?"
"My plan is this... You have to decide which Renamon is the real deal. Attack the real one and I lose the amount of life points that differs from the ATK powers. Get the wrong one and the copy shall create a powerful counter attack that will have you lose the amount that I'm suppose to lose! So, if you attack... either you or me will lose 1700 life points. Not good, hmm?" Rika explained, not worried at all.
"It's no problem at all!" Mako said, calling to his monster. "MegaSeadramon, attack the Renamon on the left now!!!"
The massive sea snake roared and unleashed a powerful lightning bolt from his horn. It struck the Renamon on the left but, instead of destroying it... it actually punched the thunderbolt and sended it straight back, hitting Mako.
Misty cheered. "All right! He got the fake one!"
"And I lost a lot of life points in a couple of turns..." Mako whispered, holding his chest.
/MAKO: 2300/
"Ready to give up?" Rika asked as her two Renamon stood in battle poses.
Mako smirked. "Not yet..." He drew a card from his hand and placed it down. "One monster in face-down, DEF position!"
"All right..." Rika muttered, drawing a card from her hand and smiled. "I summon Angemon in ATK position, giving ME the edge I need!"
Frowning, Mako saw a tall humanoid angel with a staff in his hand, hovering in front of Rika and beside the two Renamons. But, to his surprise, the clone Renamon vanished. "What just..."
"Renamon's ability is only activated when she is the only monster on the field. Seeing as Angemon is here, Renamon's ability is deactivated." Rika explained.
/Angemon. ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500/
"But, why play that? It is stronger then Renamon but..." Mako started.
Rika smirked. "Angemon has something in common with the Spirit Ryu..."
"Spirit Ryu? That monster only has 1000 ATK points! He gains an extra 1000 ATK points for each Dragon monster you discard from your hands." Mako said before he gasped. "Wait... you mean that Angemon can gain an extra 1000 ATK points?!"
Rika nodded as she held up two cards from her hand. "That's right, Angemon gains a 1000 ATK power when I discard many Light type monsters from my hand. I have two Light creatures so, his ATK power goes up to 3500!"
When Rika discarded two cards from her hand, Angemon started to glow as he gained more energy in his power. /Angemon. ATK: 1500 V 3500/
"All right, Angemon! Hand of Fate!" Rika called out.
Drawing his fist back, Angemon unleashed a powerful holy energy from his fist that struck MegaSeadramon, destroying the sea dragon to pieces of data.
Misty smiled. "All right!" She frowned in her thoughts. 'I may love Water Pokemon but, I always cheer on my friends, old and new... That is why I cheer on Rika, because she is my new friend. Even though she is battling against Water creatures doesn't mean I can't cheer on her...'
/MAKO: 1800/
Clicking her fingers, Rika turned to Renamon. "1800 and I'm still at 4000... Pathetic, hmm? Renamon, attack his face-down card!"
With a jump and a twirl, Renamon fired off a barrage of Diamond Storm that destroys the face down card. But, to Rika's shock, what it flipped up was a flying-squirrel like thing. /Nimble Momonga. ATK: 1000 DEF: 100/
"Oh no... Nimble Momonga!" Rika gasped.
Mako grinned. "That's right! When this creature gets destroyed in battle, I regain a thousand in my life points! Plus, with any monsters that have the same name, I special summon them onto the field in face-down DEF position! And it just so happens that both of them are in my deck!"
/MAKO: 2800/
Rika watched as Mako took his deck out, placed two Nimble Momonga face down in DEF position before shuffling his deck and putting it back. "OK... I end my turn..."
"All right!" Mako said, drawing a card. He grinned. "Excellent! Rika, prepare to meet my new and powerful rare card! I sacrafice both Nimble Momonga to summon... LEVIA-DRAGON - DAEDALUS!!!"
Gasping, Rika watches as both of Mako's monsters vanished and a long, mean looking blue sea serpent appeared onto the field. "What in the...?"
/Levia-Dragon - Daedalus. ATK: 2600 V 2800 DEF: 1500 V 1700/
"And now, to activate Levia's special ability!" Mako announced, grinning. "When I send Umi to the graveyard, every monster except for Levia... will be destroyed!!!"
"WHAT?!" Rika yelled.
Misty and Renamon watched as Mako destroyed his own Umi card before both Angemon and the Renamon card on Rika's side were both destroyed, leaving Levia's ATK power to be normal and Rika's life points wide open.
"Rika..." Renamon muttered, worriness in her voice.
"Oh no..." Misty added.
Mako threw his fist into the air. "All right, Levia! Attack Rika's life points now!!!"
With a hissing sound, Levia lerched forward and attacked Rika. With Umi no longer in effect, Levia's attack points were back to 2600 but, still gave Rika a total lose of life points.
/RIKA: 1400/
/MAKO: 2800/
"Rika... Are you okay...?" Misty asked, slowly.
Slowly getting up, Rika smiled. "It's okay, Misty... It's okay..."
"Ready to give up?" Mako asked.
Rika shook her head. "Nope! This duel is just the beggining!"
"Then, bring it on!" Mako called out.
Standing on top, Renamon sighed. "I believe in you, Rika... You can do this... Don't give up..."
Although, the question does stand in front... Who will win...?
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TO BE CONTINUED...
In the next chapter, the Duel between Rika and Mako continues! Who will win?! Meanwhile, Phillipe faces his opponent, the psychic way! And Canntoisemon attacks the second Team Rocket base! And other things happens! Stay tune to find out what happens next!
Special announcement! Even though I've just started this story again, I have decided that after five chapters (the first two included, as well as this chapter), I will be taking a break again for a Xmas crossoverhumour story special. Once that is out of the way, Chapter 41 will be in progress. So, remember... when I hit Chapter 40, this story will stop for a while. No complaints, please!
Also, Canntoisemon is a Digivolved Pokemon created by AnT.
Until next time, see ya!