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The Four Seasons
Fourth Arc/ Symphony of Thirteen/02
Not Your Average Summer Repeat: Part 13
Hikari Yagami smiled nervously at a Bakemon as it served her some food. As soon as it finished Hikari bowed and thanked the ghost digimon (who responded with a rather toothy smile and a 'thank you') before heading towards the cafeteria. She had to admit that she wasn't at all to certain what to make of everything that had happened to her so far, especially after that fiasco with the mark II Kimeramon. That last had disturbed her greatly. When the Kimeramon had held her captive she had literally felt something reaching through her mind, brushing aside her attempts to resist the intruding entity with almost contemptuous ease, and begin rewriting her character's script and design for…well, who knows what exactly. All she knew was that what that digimon had tried to do to her had left a rather bad taste in her mouth in regards to fan fiction and authors in general. None of them, as far as she remembered, had done something like that to her, or at least to such an extent. True, she knew that there were some authors out there who were capable of such an act, but usually they were made to operate with shadow, OOC doubles. Before the Fanfic Domain had been firmly established and a set of rules created, authors pretty much had free reign to do what they wanted but the earliest ones tended to be the most respectable towards the characters and backed off when things made the character's uncomfortable. That sort of attitude didn't come easy at first of course. Finding out that your favorite characters had gained a level of reality on a fan fiction site had certainly come as a shock to everyone, especially when the characters awoke to that knowledge while in a compromising position. Hikari remembered what had happened the first time that she had awoken in fan fiction. It certainly hadn't been the most pleasant of experiences and the author had been utterly surprised when it had happened. After those early days, dealing with newly arrived fictional characters in the Fanfic Domain had become common practice, and in fact was now a law of the web…especially after Ruki had arrived.
No one wanted to have a repeat of the Digimon Queen's awakening. That day was marked (more like branded) in everyone's mind quite well, and it was called, with a touch of dry humor and horror, the Day of Wrath.
There were of course other names, but that one pretty much sums it up quite nicely.
Memories from her conversations with her dub twin, Kari Kamiya, about her experiences during the Fable War came to mind, and the brunette shuddered. Though she knew better than her translated self the experiences of being manipulated in this manner (having been created first, and well before the laws of the Fanfic Domain had been established), nothing had prepared her for this kind of attack. Kari had claimed that she had heard her older brother Tai describe it as something akin to rape. Looking back on it Hikari could see his point. It wasn't at all good to feel, and something in her, some vital part of her, was shaken, perhaps even broken because of the act. Would she be able to face another author when she and her friends returned to the Fanfic Domain? Could she even participate in another story? How did the others feel as a result of this?
Hikari's eyes scanned the length of the cafeteria, and finally fell upon Davis Motomiya, the dub equivalent to Daisuke Motomiya, calmly eating what looked like Ramen from a Styrofoam cup with his partner Veemon.
Davis… thought Hikari as her expression softened. She had to admit, she felt kind of bad for Davis right now. He certainly had been in something of a bad way ever since the Fable War ended, but he seemed to have been coping better then some of the other characters such as Tai and Sora, but to have to go through the same thing for a second time had to have been a little too much for him to take right now. For as far as the 02 series had run Davis had had a crush on her dub counterpart (one that Kari didn't seem to reciprocate, but instead used to her advantage to have a little fun at poor Davis's expense), and to have that crush granted with the loss of free will and canon memories, only to lose it by being reawakened. From the way Kari had described things between them, things had become rather awkward. Not that their friendship had been changed or anything, but it was just a matter of having to adjust to what had gone on between them before they could even begin to move on and accept things for what they were. Of course, given the type of fics that they all had worked in at one time or another one would think that they would be able to recover rather rapidly, but for some reason they hadn't.
Relationships and emotions are much more complex outside of the story, thought Hikari as she began to approach Davis and Veemon's table, setting down her tray and pulling back a chair and promptly sitting down in it.
Davis looked over at the brown haired girl, blinking in surprise as he slurped up a noodle, and then gave a crazy, slightly nervous grin.
"Hey Hikari. What's going on?"
Hikari shrugged as she looked down at her tray.
"Nothing much. I was… hoping that we could talk."
"About what?" Asked Davis in between mouthfuls of ramen. Hikari sighed as she collected herself.
"About…what happened between us Davis. I mean we've done stories before but this…"
"Hikari," interrupted Davis as he swallowed. "I don't know why this is such a big deal. We go through this all the time when we're in a story. I still remember you telling me what happened to you when you first awoke here when you and Taichi were giving us dubs our orientation, and who can forget what happened to Ruki when she first awoke. I swear… I didn't think my ears would ever stop bleeding from her screams of anger. I hear that her echoes are hanging in space somewhere over Northern Indiana…"
"That's besides the point though Davis!" Exclaimed Hikari, feeling just a little bit frustrated with the goggle-wearing boy in front of her, causing him to look at her, stunned by the girl's outburst. Hikari took a moment to compose herself. "What I'm trying to say, Davis is… after what has happened to us…well, I want to make sure that everything is fine between us. That you're fine. I mean this is the second time that this has happened to you, and only in a period of three weeks too…"
"Yeah, I can get that Hikari, but why bother worrying about it? For one thing constantly thinking about that sort of thing is only going to hurt the friendship that we have with everyone, and it's not going to help us get out of here any faster…"
Hikari regarded Davis with a scrutinizing gaze, letting everything that he said sink in.
"…Plus it kinda makes my head hurt…"
Okay, everything except that. Hikari sweatdropped as she looked at Davis bemusedly.
"You know Davis, even though you're thinking has always been portrayed as being rather simpleminded at times in the show, you did show signs of a depth of thought that sometimes none of the others, like Ken or Izzy, even had. I know you, and I don't think that you would so casually dismiss what's happened to you. Can you look me in the eye and honestly tell me that this doesn't affect you in some way?"
"Of course it affects me!" Exclaimed Davis a little fiercely before blushing lightly at his outburst. Yolie, Cody, and Takeru were just entering the cafeteria at it, and all three of them, partner's included (Gatomon included, having been in an argument with the Bakemon for a dash of Catnip in her meal). "It's just…"
Whatever it was that Davis was going to say next he didn't get a chance to finish as all around the Digidestined alarms blared loudly, causing them all to look around them in surprise, half expecting, by reflex, to be surrounded by a swarm of Bakemon. Above them, a loudspeaker came to life and Ken Ichijouji's voice soon joined the throng of noise.
"Guys! The base's sensors have picked up a massive group of control spires merging together!"
Takeru looked around the room quickly and then ran up to an intercom installed into the cafeteria's wall and hit the button.
"Ken! What's going on!? Control Spires merging…?" Takeru paused for a moment as he quickly thought things through. "Does that mean that Arukenimon's out there? Is she trying to create BlackWarGreymon!?"
"It looks like that's what's happening," responded Ken from over the intercom. "The sensors have counted a hundred Control Spires being within our vicinity before a virus infiltrated their security and activated their leftover programs. Their data is starting to merge now! We'll be looking at complete data cohesion and formation in three minutes!"
Everyone's eyes widened at that as memories from their time in the television show, and an uncountable score of fan fics played through their minds. A second later they were all rushing towards the exit, trays of food crashing to the ground as their feet hit the ground.
Ken went back to his command center to check up on the progress of the data before leaving to join the others. He frowned as he went over the incoming information, cursing the author that had put them in this highly precarious position, as well as limiting their ability to affectively combat their enemies. Even though Chris's and Kaio's digivices had been able to restore all of their memories, for some reason they didn't have the same affect on their ability to digivolve, so for now they were pretty much stuck at Armor and whoever could already digivolve to Champion and Ultimate.
Say three… four Armor's and maybe two Champions…provided that Wormmon can digivolve to Stingmon…plus the two OC's Kaio and Chris who's partner's can already evolve much higher than us up against what is most likely going to be BlackWarGreymon, an incredibly powerful Virus type, Mega level digimon. I do not count that as good odds. Of course, Chris has a digivice that seems capable of emitting power from the digi-egg of Miracles so it's quite possible that we can all Golden Armor digivolve…that will certainly give us quite an advantage. Problem with that is Chris isn't sure how he was able to pull it off. He had to tap into a very deep well of faith in order to activate that card's power and he doesn't even know if he can do it again.
Ken looked over his instruments one more time.
He'll have to find out quickly. That data anomaly is formatting at a very rapid pace. He either has to get it right the first time or we're all going to be…hold on! What's this?
Ken's brow furrowed in confusion as he read the incoming information.
Another data anomaly? It looks like it's… a portal?
"I have to say," said Metal Dracaramon as the Digidestined plus two OC's gathered at the roof of the Digimon Emperor's mobile base. Ahead of them the whirlwind of data was starting to collapse onto itself and take an all too familiar shape. "It looks like we're pretty much boned here."
"Well, tidings of comfort and joy to you too, buddy," muttered Chris sarcastically as he rapped his partner on the top of his armor encased skull and immediately regretted it. Wincing Chris shook his hand and glared at his partner. Metal Dracaramon chuckled.
"Can't you just use that digivice of yours to Golden Armor digivolve us?" Asked Davis as next to him, the dark haired OC, Kaio Griffen glared at him before flicking his ear in irritation.
"I was going to say that," the girl grumbled, while on her shoulder, Arbomon sweatdropped.
"I've been trying," said Chris as he poked at the buttons on his gold plated digivice. "But I haven't been able to figure out how to make this thing work beyond the usual digivolution methods. Sure wish that this thing came with an owner's manual. It's kinda confusing."
Chris frowned as he pressed a button.
" 'Press any key to continue…' Oookay… Which one's the any key?"
"You never were any good with computers," growled Metal Dracaramon.
Behind him Takeru sighed.
"All right. It looks like we're just going to have to do without Golden Armor digivolving and just focus on how to handle this. Kaio, do you think that you're up for biomerging?"
"Dunno," said Kaio with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "But if you give me a second I'm sure that I can fake it."
"Oh boy…"
"Knock it off, Arbomon. You know that I was kidding. Anway, let's do this! We're the one-line defense against whatever big nasty is going to be heading our way so…"
"Can we have less talk and more oomph here? Actually, on second thought, less oomph. I don't want to end up in traction again…"
"You know, I hate to interrupt you two in your moment," said Yolie trying to summon up as much patience as she could. "But we do have a situation on our hands here."
Kaio and Arbomon both looked at each other, and then said at exactly the same time:
"That's just what I was saying."
There were blank stares from all around. If the situation weren't so dire Kaio and Arbomon's conversation would actually have been rather comical.
"This is hardly befitting a story fit for the Digidestined," muttered Chris as he turned to look back at the scene in front of them, the familiar form of BlackWarGreymon finally taking shape.
"Eh. What the heck," said Metal Dracaramon as he shrugged his shoulders. "It's just a fan fic."
"True…"
A second later the familiar, purple scaled, dragonic form of the Mega known as Krodromon lifted off from the top of the Digimon Emperor's base, letting loose a triumphant roar as both Kaio and Arbomon relished in the feel of being made one through the power of biomerging. Ahead of them, the cold, unfeeling eyes of BlackWarGreymon, decked out in the dark armor and claws that had given him his namesake, watched them passively for a moment.
But only for a moment.
BlackWarGreymon suddenly leapt forth, his great speed taking him towards the Mega level dragon at a rate so swift that all but the sharpest of eyes could follow him. Krodromon unfortunately wasn't one who's eyes were sharp enough to track the viral Mega, but having seen the episode where BlackWarGreymon appeared she was more than ready to counter this familiar move. Her wings beating upon the air, Krodromon halted in her flight path and drastically altered course, surging upwards towards the sky in an attempt to dodge the incoming enemy…
She almost made it.
In her data sphere, Kaio gave a yelp of surprise as she felt the steely gauntlets of BlackWarGreymon grab hold of her tail and start pulling, attempting to swing her around so as to hurl her to the ground. Not to be perturbed however, Krodromon pulled upwards with her tail, the movement of the dragon's strong tail muscles surprising the dragon warrior as she pulled him up. Blue flames licked at the edges of her mouth just before she unleashed a torrent of azure fireballs on her assailant.
"Cosmic Flame!"
Reacting purely on what could be called fighter's instinct, BlackWarGreymon released Krodromon and reached over his shoulders, throwing up his jet colored split shield, successfully blocking each of the fireballs as they came at him. Giving an enraged roar at the effectiveness of the defense, Krodromon's claws began to glow with blue flames as she dove towards him. Oddly enough, BlackWarGreymon threw open his split shield, practically inviting Krodromon to take the fight to him…
It's a trap! Kaio screamed in her mind, the sudden realization coming just a second too late. She was already too close…!
WHAM!
BlackWarGreymon slammed the segmented pieces of his shield together, smashing them on Krodromon's skull, causing the mighty dragon to cry in pain before swiftly being silenced by a kick to the chin.
This really has not been my kind of adventure… Bemoaned Kaio as she felt her wings suddenly grow limp, the force of the blows stunning her bodies instinctive reaction to resist the pull of gravity. Cracking open one reptilian eye Kaio looked down towards the ground. First it was there… and a second later it really was there!
CRASH!
Digi-Dragon's going to be upset if I go home with a bruise, thought Kaio deliriously as she coughed and sputtered, trying to draw oxygen into her lungs. Above her BlackWarGreymon, having replaced his split shield behind his back once more, was now drawing together crimson energy and focusing it between his clawed gauntlets.
"Terra Destroyer!"
"Arsenal Barrage!"
"Rosetta Stone!"
"Shooting Star!"
"Gold Rush!"
"Eagle Eye!"
"Thunder Blast!"
As one the digimon attacked, throwing everything they had in an attempt to stop BlackWarGreymon from throwing the full fury of his power on a currently disabled Krodromon. Pegasusmon and Nephirtimon were already going for their Golden Noose combination, while at the same time Metal Dracaramon had launched himself into the air after his own missiles. It didn't look like they were going to make it in time. They were too far from the battle! Too little, too late…
And that was when the air in front of the dark Mega began to warp, causing BlackWarGreymon to pause in making his attack to see what the cause of the sudden and unexpected phenomena was.
That pause was all it took for all the launched attacks to cross the remaining distance and strike their target dead on, sending the Mega careening towards the ground, only to catch himself a second before impact. No one took any notice however, as all their attention was now focused on the center of the warp. As everyone watched, Digidestined, digimon, BlackWarGreymon, a far off Arukenimon and Mummymon, as well as a certain author and his creampuff of a muse, the warp began to glow and then suddenly burst into a blinding light that forced everyone to look away and cover their eyes. When the light died down, and the gathered characters were once again able to see what was going on, eyes went wide in surprise. Before them stood what looked like Arc vessel from the third season that was responsible for bringing the Tamers back to the real world from the digital world. And in front of it stood…
"BLACKWARGREYMON!?!?" Exclaimed the Digidestined incredulously, unable to hide their surprise at finding another version of the dark Mega. And by another version, they were referring to the alterations in color on his armor. The armor that was on this BlackWarGreymon was similar to that of his regular form, and much of it remained dark in color. The only real difference was the change in coloring on the viruses shoulder guards, faceplate, shin guards, and chest plates, with the chest pate taking on a golden luster while the rest changed to white. The rest of his body though remained black.
"ChaosBlackWarGreymon. Virus type. Megal level. Special attacks are Giga Blaster and Terra Force," said Chris as he read the stats off of his digivice before looking back over at the scene. "Whoa…this…If he's here to fight then…Metal Dracaramon's right. We're screwed. Holy crap…"
"Don't be such a pessimist…" said Yolie, thought the shake in her voice told everyone that she was just barely hanging onto reality at this moment. And who could blame her? One BlackWarGreymon had been bad enough, but if they had to face off against another, supped up version?
ChaosBlackWarGreymon looked carefully around, his cool gaze missing nothing. He noticed the Digidestined standing atop of the floating base that he immediately recognized as belonging to the Digimon Emperor, but his eyes didn't stay on them for long. He sensed danger was afoot right now, and he had to remove it as quickly as possible. He tried to get an estimation of what episode they were on. Was this where Kimeramon had come in? Or…
ChaosBlackWarGreymon made a contemptuous laugh as he saw his dark twin surging towards him.
So this is the source of the danger. How appropriate…
ChaosBlackWarGreymon raised a clawed gauntlet and blocked an incoming slash before summoning all the strength of the D-Leter code that was in him and stabbed outwards. The next sound that could be heard was that of tortured metal shrieking. Black colored fluid flew through the air along with shards of data and armor. BlackWarGreymon grunted in pain and surprise as he looked up at his clone, eyes wide, trying to comprehend how this had happened. ChaosBlackWarGreymon simply grunted and looked BlackWarGreymon in the eye.
"There is no need for two BlackWarGreymons in this world," the dark Mega said calmly. "Either you go… or I go!"
And with that, ChaosBlackWarGreymon jerked back his clawed gauntlet from the wound that he had inflicted, his counterpart grunting in pain as he did so before falling towards the ground. BlackWarGreymon's body disintegrated into so much data shards before it even landed.
Up on the roof of the Digimon Emperor's base, the Digidestined stood aghast, watching, waiting to see what would happen next. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity the Arc opened up and out stepped an author that they all knew well. Digital-Dragon-Master.
Digi-Dragon glanced up at ChaosBlackWarGreymon, nodding as she saw the shards of data before taking a look around. Finally her gaze settled on the battered form of Krodromon as she was starting to sit up, recovering from her battle with BlackWarGreymon.
"Honestly," began Digi-Dragon, placing her hands on her hips and shaking her head. "I can't let you two go anywhere can I?"
Within her data sphere, Kaio groaned, a groan that was matched by her partner Arbomon as well.
Blade of Cloud stood stock still as he watched all this. A group of authors had just arrived in the realm of the trinity, though how they were able to do that he did not know, and now they were talking to the characters, loading them onto what looked like the Arc from the third season. His mouth worked, opening and closing as he tried to find an appropriate way of expressing what he was feeling.
A second later he had it.
"F-BLEEP!"
A/N: And thus ends the 02 arc of the story. The next chapter will feature a brief interaction between the recently rescued characters and the authors, and then we'll proceed directly to the Tamer's Arc! Please forgive the delay but as you know I was pretty busy with other stories. Hopefully now I'll update this fic much more regularly. Anway, 'till next time. Later.
-Crazyeight
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