(Opening Fly-away by back on)
Ash and Dorumon were looking at the sky from a cliff when the wind blow his hat with his goggles attached to it and ran to get it.
saa ryoute hiroge ano kumo o koete
Ash and Dorumon were trying together to get it and 9 other humans and Digimon join them.
niji no aachi kugutte mezasu basho e fly away
Ash, Dorumon and everyone ran through some trees before bursting out with the title going 'The Digital Adventure'!
(mukaikaze datte dekai kabe datte
oikaze matotte mezasu basho e)
Ash and Dorumon land and turned to see everyone looking ready for what's to come.
kimi ga soba ni iru kara
Ash and Dorumon were up top on a tree looking to the distance looking for his hat and goggles, the camera moved to Paul leading on a tree with his hands in his pockets and looking to the sky while BlackGabumon was right next to him.
I held you hand cuz you said
"Take you to the shining place from a maze"
Ritchie walking as Patamon flew next to him and Serena and Salamon walked with them while Barry was helping Falcomon pull an apple off a tree and when it came out it made both of them fall to the ground while Zoey catch it with Lalamon floating next to her and she laughed.
kimi o shinjite tsukanda sono te atatakakute
mitsumeru sono me ni kumori wa nakute
Gary was speaking with Gaomon with a small portable laptop in his hands while Dawn was watching Lunamon play in the water.
kodoku o tsumikasaneta omoi ga kareta daichi ni otoshita namida
hitotsubu no shizuku ga hirogatte iro toridori no hana o sakashite'ku
Red was laying down on the ground with Bearmon while Leaf was looking down on him with FanBeemon flying next to her.
tsuyogari no naifu o furimawashite
Suddenly the sky darkened making everyone get together as several Digimon surround them and a devil like figure float down and grins evilly.
kizutsukete kizutsuite kurayami de sakende'ta
The humans pulled out their Digivices and they glowed and so did the Digimon as their forms changed and flashed.
ima hikari terasu ano sora no hate e
Ash was flying on Dorugamon who fired his Iron ball, Paul riding on top of BlackGarurumon who fires blue fire, Barry riding on Peckmon who shoots kunai shaped feathers, Lekismon jumps over Dawn and fires a beautiful ice arrow.
kimi no te o tsukande hanasanai you ni
Gary rides on Gaogamon and he unleashes a spiral blow, Red rides on Grizzmon with Leaf behind him and Grizzmon jumps and it's paw glows and slashes down, Waspmon flies past Leaf and fires from it's stinger, Sunflowmon shoots a beam of light from it's head with Zoey watching and Serena next to her with Gatomon jumping up and punches at an enemy.
fly away
Ritchie looks on as Angemon flies down in front of him and Fires a beam of holy energy at the screen making the scene change to everyone falling into a dark place with the Digimon back in their child forms.
(mukaikaze datte dekai kabe datte
oikaze matotte mezasu basho e)
The dark place changes into light, and you see a human wearing a robe with the hood covering his face and only had one eye showing and with him was a Cyberdramon, Paul's older Brother Reggie with Wizardmon, May with Kudamon and Max with Terriermon, Gankoomon with Hackmon and the three Sistermon as the group reaching down.
boku ga soba ni iru kara
Ash picks up his hat and puts it on and looks at the screen with Dorumon, The team and the other mentionables.
(Opening Fly-away by back on ends)
Burning Dragon! Strikedramon! Shows Strikedramon on screen.
"Man am I glad we found this RV. It makes going through the desert soo much easier," Dawn grinned as she and Lunamon watched the landscape go by. On a whim she'd put her hand out a little...and was met with the arid desert wind, so she pulled it back in and closed the window quickly, enjoying the cool airconditioning. Though, Ash purposely didn't set it to full blast, saying that if it was too cold, they'd be hit extra hard by the heat if/when they had to get out of the RV.
"Yeah, the heat's real bad for some of us." Lunamon said with a nod, knowing that she was a water based Digimon.
"Not me." Dorumon said as he walked past them towards the forth, having evolved back from Dorimon rather quickly after they left the colosseum a day ago.
"I still don't know how you're unaffected!" Falcomon complained from his spot in a small tub of ice water to keep hydrated.
"You know complaining will just make you warmer right?" Barry said with a raised eyebrow as he ate a sandwich.
"I have every right to complain." Falcomon muttered as he crossed his arms.
When he didn't get a reply from Barry, he looked up, and noticed him staring elsewhere, following his eyesight to see him looking at Leaf who had just stepped out of the bathroom with her clothes obviously back on, though she hadn't put her hat back on.
He raised an eyebrow, before looking back at Barry in confusion. "Why are you staring at her?"
"Oh, uh...no reason," Barry quickly said, realizing he was staring. He knew it was going to be very awkward for him if he ever gets a girlfriend. On the side, Red hid a knowing grin at the little moment, knowing how Barry is, one Ash had as well, though he was more focused on driving since it was his turn.
"Still...its great that we have this vehicle, but without a direction to go, we're not going to make any real progress..." Gary frowned as he was fiddling with his laptop again.
"Gary does have a point. Where do we go from here?" Gaomon asked.
"Well...we know we need to find the Crests...and that the Tags light up when we're near them...though that doesn't really help us much for directions," Ritchie sighed as he sat next to one of the windows, Patamon resting on the cushion next to him.
"We can't forget about Etemon's Dark Network either," Leaf added. "We don't know how far it stretches. For all we know, its spanning all over Server."
"Then that means he'd be able to find us no matter where we go," Zoey frowned.
"Then we'd better beat him as soon as we can," FanBeemon frowned.
"On the bright side, we've got 3 of the Crests already. Not to mention how strong Dorugamon's evolution was. If that was it when it was incomplete, I can just imagine how freaking strong he'd be when he's got the complete version," Red encouraged.
"That's true," Lalamon nodded, before out of curiosity floating to the cockpit. "Hey, what's that?" she asked, pointing at something in the distance.
"Huh?" Dorumon blinked, looking where she was pointing and... "Is that a giant cactus?"
"I...think it is..." Ash blinked, not sure what to say.
"Can we see?" Lalamon asked, looking at it with a bit of wonder, to which Ash couldn't help but chuckle a little, remembering that Lalamon was a plant like Digimon.
"Sure," he nodded, and set a course for the cactus.
"Hey, what's going on up here?" Zoey asked as she poked her head into the cockpit.
"There's a giant cactus over there." Dorumon pointed ahead.
Zoey blinked a few times, before squinting as she looked ahead "Huh, well what do you know?" she muttered, before sitting on the empty passenger side seat.
"Any particular reason you came up to the front?" Ash asked curious.
"Just wanted to ask you, what was it like when you had that weird aura from before?" Zoey asked as Ash chuckled.
"It felt weird to be honest but at the same time, I felt some much stronger, like that aura was a part of me that I never knew I had." Ash told as he continued driving as good as any 12 year old could in this time.
"So it was like an impulse or something else?" Zoey asked as Ash nodded.
"Yeah, exactly, why do you want to know?" Ash asked with a raised eyebrow, not really looking straight at her as he had to concentrate on the road, so he missed the smile as she glanced at him.
"...reasons." she eventually said as she looked back to the front, and Ash guessed that her questioning was for a secret reason but couldn't tell what.
The drive to the cactus was quick, the RV covering ground no problem...until they noticed something. "Huh...there's no shadow," Dorumon blinked.
"Guess we were driving to a mirage..." Ash blinked.
"Aww..." Lalamon deflated as the cactus vanished into think air, while Zoey patted her on the head. However, as that happened, their Digivices began to react.
"Huh?" Zoey blinked, and checked. "Guys...why is there a white dot on our radar?"
"These things just keep showing more and more don't they?" Ash said as he looked at his own, seeing that there was a white dot not too far from their current location, turning the RV towards where the dot was as he slowed down a bit since it wasn't too far, till it showed that whatever it was, it was just a few feet in front of them.
Leaning out the windows to get a better view, they didn't see anything of note at first... until they looked at the ground, and saw a projector, just like back on File.
"Oh, that's cool. I'll go tell the others." Zoey said as she walked back into the main portion of the RV while Ash, Dorumon and Lalamon got off and went towards the the projector, soon being joined by the others.
"Chosen Children...Chosen Children..." came Gennai's voice from the projector as the crowded around it, and before long, the projection appeared.
"Good to see you again Gennai." Ash said with a small grin and a wave as the man appeared before them in the projection.
"It's good to see you as well. And I'm glad you've made it to Server." Gennai greeted with a nod as he smiled.
"So, how's the reception here? Have enough time to explain everything?" Red asked with his hands behind his head.
"It's better." Gennai said, before grimacing "But Etemon's Dark Network causes a lot of connection errors, so it's likely I don't have much time to talk to you."
"It's fine, we'll wait until we meet you in person then." Paul said with a shrug.
"Buuut, if it's something I can explain quickly, I can definitely help. I STILL have more time to talk than on File since the signal is stronger," Gennai quickly added.
"In that case, we've found 3 crests so far, and I think I was able to activate mine halfway, because Dorugamon was surrounded by an aura of what we think his Perfect Level is." Ash explained.
"That's good news, and yes," Gennai nodded. "You see, each Crest represents a virtue/concept. To activate your Crests, you need to show what the Crest represents, in the way that shows its nature," Gennai explained. "The Semi-Evolution you triggered means that while you were on the right track, you were still off on the kind virtue/concept you needed to show."
"I see," Ash nodded. "So...what virtue WAS I suppose to show?"
"About that..." Gennai scratched the back of his head. "I'm not sure..."
At that, everyone face faulted. "How can you not be sure?!" Barry asked incredulously. "Didn't your group make them?!"
"Well, yes, but, that was another division. I was part of the one in charge of overseeing the Digieggs." Gennai explained with an embarrassed shrug.
"Well...I guess that's a good reason." Bearmon said with a sigh.
"Okay, next question," Gary sighed. "Etemon made us fight another Dorugamon earlier, and in the fight it evolved into a dark dragon experiment gone wrong. DexDoruGreymon, he called it. How in the world is something like THAT possible?" he asked in disgust, remembering the monster.
"Well...Digimon have multiple Evolution paths, which is why they are so varied," Gennai started. "While evolution itself isn't inherently good or evil, what triggers it can have a strong impact as well," he sighed, "What you saw is what we often term 'Dark Evolution'. Unlike the average evolutions, Dark Evolution is often time caused by negative stimuli and/or emotions, which 9 out of 10, will result in a berserk Digimon that is unable to tell friend from foe..."
"Okay...that's bad..." Serena gulped. "How do we avoid that?"
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure you're all on your way. You need simply to raise your Digimon well," Gennai said with a smile. "Only with a good upbringing can Digimon evolve in the way that best suits them."
"Well...I'd like to think we're doing a good job so far." Dawn said with a smile as she patted Lunamon's head.
"They're definitely doing a good job of that." Gaomon agreed.
"Still though," Gary frowned. "If there's ever any problems, don't be afraid to tell us, okay?" he said to all the Digimon.
"Of course." the Digimon all nodded.
"I have a question, Ash had an aura around him too and he was able to clock DexDoruGreymon enough to make him feel pain, what was it?" Barry asked.
Gennai smiled at the sight and question...but soon frowned when his projection started to waver. "I'm afraid I'm almost out of time. I've have to answer that later. Good luck, Chosen Children!" he managed to say, before the projector went dead.
"And there he goes." Leaf said, scratching the back of her head, knowing they didn't get an answer to the last question.
"Well, we got some helpful information out of him at least." Ash said with a shrug as they all walked back into the RV, with Ash flipping a switch above himself after getting seated, which turned on a set of two way speakers, letting him talk with the others without having to shout.
"S, basically now all we gotta do is keep doing a good job at taking care of the Digimon, and figure out what each virtue was assigned to us." Barry summed up the important part of the conversation.
"Pretty much, yeah." Ritchie nodded.
"Speaking of virtues though..." Leaf suddenly said, before pulling out her Tag. It was glowing.
"Whelp, when you see a glowing Tag," Dawn chuckled. "Ash, we're gonna go Crest hunting again."
"Right. Leaf, please come to the front. We'll use your tag as a dowsing rod," Ash nodded.
"Okay...this is weird..." Leaf frowned as her Tag stopped glowing, but soon started glowing again.
"Yeah...I'm starting to think wherever your crest is...its not stationary," Ash said with a frown.
"That's...very possible," Leaf admitted.
"So...what? We're looking for a slab of rock on wheels?" Bearmon joked.
Ash was about to respond to that...but suddenly stopped.
"...what? Did I guess right?" Bearmon blinked from the back.
"Well...more like a slab of rock...possibly on a cruise liner..." Ash said.
A very long silence went through the RV at that "...I'm sorry, what?" Gary eventually said.
"A slab of rock... on a cruise liner... I wish he was joking." Leaf answered, seeing the same thing was, their partners staring with wide eyes.
"We're in the middle of the desert." Ritchie tried to counter.
"Ritchie... when has this world ever made sense?" Serena asked, making them all remember what important fact...this world was crazy and had no logic.
As if to further hammer it in, the sound of a horn/vent that would normally be present on large ships was heard, and no longer being able to resist, everyone in the back stuck their heads out of any available window...and beheld the massive cruise liner passing passing by...through the sand.
"Dear God, what's next, an upside down pyramid?" Dawn said incredulously.
"Let's not even consider it," Patamon said, shaking his head at the idea.
"Still though...if Leaf's Crest IS in there...how are we suppose to get aboard?" Paul asked...and in response, the ship stopped, and a doorway opened with a platform extending, welcoming them into the interior.
"...obvious trap?" Red deadpanned.
"Obvious trap is obvious," everyone, humans and Digimon, all nodded in agreement.
"Right, so, most of us should try and keep as much attention as possible while Leaf looks for her crest... Serena, go with her, she will need the back up if this goes south." Ash said, adding the last part quickly, earning a nod from the girl.
"What kind of distraction would we need?" Zoey asked.
"Dawn, pull out the charm, Red, help out!" Ash said, grinning a bit.
"Can do." Dawn said as she and Red high fived.
"Maybe Ritchie and Gary should head for any room that contains documents or books, not only would that mean they need to keep an eye out on them, we can learn more stuff as well." Barry suggested.
"Good call. Besides, I'm not saying to be rude, but I'm pretty sure Ritchie and I have the best memory retention skills out of all of us." Gary said.
"Not even gonna disagree on that Gare Bear." Dawn said, and the grin was audible as a Gary groaned.
"One of these days, Hikari, I'm going to get rid of that nickname." Gary muttered with a sigh.
"But not today," Ash sighed. "We'd better do this as fast as we can," he said, before driving up the platform and into the liner.
When they got in, the place seemed almost deserted...saved for what appeared to be a few Numemon milling about, wearing sailor uniforms.
Ash hummed in thought, thinking of a way to grab their attention, before having to stop himself from laughing at a rather funny one. "Ok, question, Dawn, how good is your acting?"
"I've been in practice with the Drama club before, why?" she asked wondering where this was going.
"And how many people in that club have you met that were total jerks?" Ash added, his chuckles starting to spill out.
Dawn blinked at the question, before understanding what he was getting at "oooohhh... I think I can do that. Given the proper preparation of course."
"Here, you'll want these." Serena said as she held out her sunglasses to the blue hair girl.
"This too." Red added as he lend her his jacket.
"Feels like something's missing." Lunamon said as she looked at her partner.
"Oh! A scarf!" Lalamon said as she realised what was missing.
Dawn hummed as she looked around, before looking down and grabbing a scarf out of her bag and moving it to her neck, placing it where it needed to be.
"Yeah but now something's missing from the legs," Barry said with a contemplative frown.
"Oh! I got this one, I made it for the drama clue for one of it's plays!" Zoey said as she took out a cloak out of her bag and passed it to Dawn, who tied it around her waist, making it look somewhat like a long skirt.
"And voila, one stereotype celebrity, order up!" Ash laughed.
"Right," Dawn nodded. "Now for the character..." she started, coughing a little to clear her throat. "Out of my way, can't you tell that I'm in a hurry? Honestly, children these days..." she said, punctuated it with upturning her nose a little.
"Snobbish... but how do you do with angry? Say your hot chocolate isn't made the right way?" Red asked.
"This isn't what I asked for! Do it again right this instant or I'll speak to your manager!" Dawn said, adding a scowl into the mix.
"I don't think I like it when you're acting that way..." Lunamon grimaced despite knowing it was all an act.
"That just means it's good," Red snickered.
"Besides, it's only going to be for an hour at most, so you won't be seeing her like this for long." Ash said as he, Leaf and their partners stepped into the main part of the RV.
"Personally I do feel a bit uncomfortable doing this role." Dawn admitted as she broke character, frowning a bit.
"Well, we know you won't be meaning anything you say, so you don't have to worry about insulting anyone." Barry said, earning a nod and a small smile from her.
"Alright, we'd better not take any longer than needed. Let's go," Leaf said, to which everyone nodded, and making sure all their weapons were at the ready.
"Hey, wait, I think we can make this better." Bearmon said as he went into another room in the RV, before coming back and carrying a rolled up red carpet over his head.
"Ok, this is going to be a lot of fun." Gomamon snickered.
"Stay out of sight you guys." Ash said to Leaf, Serena and their partners opening the door and rolling out the carpet at the same time.
The Numemon inside blinked at the sight, before 7 of the remaining 8 humans and their Digimon got out, and stood in two lines on opposite sides of the carpet. "Presenting, her Royalness herself, Queen Dawn!" Red practically shouted out as his face was turned away from the Numemon, because if one looked he was on the verge of cracking up just from saying that as Dawn stepped out and looked as important as she could, with Lunamon following behind her stiffly, trying to get into a role, which one though, even she couldn't tell.
"Eh? We were getting someone THAT important?!" The Numemon gasped, and suddenly they were scrambling to try and get together a proper welcome, somehow tripping themselves despite not actually having legs.
What followed was a fight greater than fighting Etemon. Namely a fight to NOT laugh at how the Numemon had fallen for this hook, line, and sinker. Eventually, the Numemon were now escorting Dawn (and Lunamon, who she said was her loyal right hand) to what was apparently the 'royal suite'. "Oh, and do attend to the rest of my entourage. I will have need for them later," Dawn added before leaving the room.
It wasn't long before the others were being escorted out by the Numemon, leaving the area all clear for Leaf and Serena, along with FanBeemon and Salamon to get out unnoticed. "Wow...Numemon are DUMB," was the only Salamon could say to what they'd just seen...and nobody could deny what she said.
Slowly, everyone reached their destinations as they made sure that some of the Numemon were kept occupied with them, with Gary and Ritchie finding a small library, and Gaomon and Patamon were 'accidentally' making books up high fall down by acting absent-minded.
"Huh, that's interesting," Ritchie mused as he read some supposed history books. Seemed the Digital World had quite a bit of lore and symbolism, as well as borderline legends, including the legend regarding them.
"Glad you found something useful," Gary grumbled in distaste.
"Why?" Ritchie blinked.
"Let's just say Etemon has an ego bigger than King Arthur's Castle if this 'autobiography' is anything to go by," Gary said, tossing the offending book aside.
"Well...this place is...lavish..." Ash mused, while Dorumon and Lalamon were salivating at the spread of food before them, he and Zoey having found the dining room.
"Well...this is a fancy cruise ship so...I guess it makes sense," Zoey blinked. "So...should we?"
"Let me check," Ash said, before turning to the Numemon. "Hey, mind if we help ourselves?"
"Go right ahead!" one of the Numemon quickly said, though the frantic tone implied it was more not wanting to incure the 'Queen's' wrath."
"...well, that's good enough for us," Dorumon shrugged before he and Lalamon started digging in, much to Ash and Zoey's amusement.
The biggest distraction on the ship though would have to be attributed to Red and Paul.
The two of them were in swimming outfits, the ship has clothes in all sizes honestly, with Paul wearing a pair of black swimming trunks with white stripes and Red wearing a pair of red swimming trunks with an orange sun on them, showing off their six packs from all that working out with their P.E. teacher at school, while both had their Digivices (Red had his attached to the waist of his trunks to his right, and Paul has his attached to the left of his trunks) and Tags (and Crest in Red's case) with them, just in case, as they relaxed on top of two floating seats in the pool.
"I know we're just being a distraction, but this is actually pretty good for once." Paul muttered from his floating seat with his arms at the back of his head.
"Yeah, at least we found some sunscreen." Red said as he stretched his arms before putting his arms at the back of his head.
Not far away, Bearmon and BlackGabumon were floating with a pair of swim rings, the two mon clearly having more fun playing in the water, though they did glance at their partners. "Paul and Red are showing that they're friends but not by much huh?" BlackGabumon commented.
"Yeah, I asked about it Red once, he said he and Paul are more rivals than friends." Bearmon mused.
"I guess so, Paul did say he has pride, so I guess this has something to down that." BlackGabumon shrugged as they watched the two humans turned away from each other, before resuming their fun in the water.
"Cannonball!" Falcomon suddenly shouted as he jumped into the water, splashing his fellow mon.
Bearmon sputtered a bit as water got into his mouth while Falcomon resurfaced. "The heck was that for?"
"I'm being the biggest distraction possible for the Numemon while Barry is making sure Dawn is fine... plus they said it's more believable if she has one of her entourage with her." Falcomon explained, grinning a bit.
At that, Bearmon and BlackGabumon looked to the said, seeing a group of tired Numemon in paint for some reason, joining the ones who looked just as tired.
"What did you do?" BlackGabumon asked slowly.
Falcomon's grin was one of pure mischief "A lot of stuff."
"Okay...seems we're getting closer," Leaf mused as they walked through the ship as quietly as possible, careful to avoid any crew members they happened to see.
"Where are we anyway? Serena wondered as she looked around.
"Near the engine room." Fanbeemon answered idly.
"How can you tell?" Salamon asked with a raised eyebrow, in response, FanBeemon pointed with one of her claws... and they saw sign with an arrow pointing ahead that read 'Engine Room'. "Oh..."
"Seems my Crest is in the engine room then..." Leaf said as true enough, the Tag was glowing brighter the closer they got to the Engine Room.
"Betcha it's powering the whole boat somehow." Serena said with a grin.
"Honestly? I wouldn't be surprised if they managed that." Leaf said, shaking her head with a sigh as they continued on, eventually entering the engine room, her tag glowing brighter by the second as they stepped past many moving parts.
"This place is pretty big." Salamon said in awe.
"Looks like we're going to be at it for a while." FanBeemon said with a sigh.
Meanwhile, up on the deck, a pair of eyes watched various security feeds...as well as the humans and Digimon playing around in the pool. "Hm...so the Chosen Children have boarded my ship," the one watching mused. "But then...how is it they've made all the Numemon think they're VIPs?!" he crowed to himself, before groaning. "I guess this is what I get for hiring Numemon for part time help...
"Still though, I should probably contact Lord Etemon first just to make sure I know what he wants me to do," the figure said, before moving to another room with a monitor, and trying to patch through to Etemon. However... "Strange...I'm not getting any reception." he frowned.
"Come on you idiots! Work faster! My Dark Network isn't going to fix itself if you all work at a snail's pace!" Etemon shouted at a trio of Gazimon who were working at his console.
"We're trying sir but we can't figure out what's going on." one of the Gazimon's said, before receiving a fist to the head.
"I don't care for any excuses, just get it fixed!" Etemon practically roared at them.
"Yes Sir!" the trio said together before starting to work faster.
"There, that should put the Network out of commission in this area for a while," the black robed figure said as he finished bombarding one of the Dark Network terminals with light from his Digivice.
"It is a shame that the network is more resilient than the gears," Monodramon frowned. "However, it DOES have its uses..."
"Yes, it does," the robe nodded. "We must hurry, Monodramon. The Chosen Children may be in danger, especially if they're on HIS ship."
"Understood," Monodramon nodded, before grabbing hold of him and they both vanished.
"Hmm... oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter, after all, if I capture them, he's sure to reward me." the figure cackled... before suddenly squawking like a bird when his attention shifted to another screen "That... that little... he dares make a mess out of MY room?!" finally having enough, the figure jumped off his look out, aiming straight for the pool area.
Down below... "Hey...did anyone hear something sound like a big chicken?" Red couldn't help but ask as he and Paul sat up.
"Huh...I thought it was just my imagination," Bearmon frowned.
"I think I see where that came from though." Falcomon said, pointing upwards.
The figure landed at the edge of the pool, revealing a large white bird that looked a bit like a chicken, with a row of black feathers like a mohawk on the back of his head... though the fact his already sharp looking beak had razor sharp teeth in it was somewhat concerning, even if the large peacock spread of feathers behind him made him look somewhat silly.
"Oookay...who's the big chicken?" Paul blinked.
"Chicken? Chicken?!" the Digimon roared. "I am NOT a chicken!"
In response, the three mon in the pool jumped out. "Careful! That's Kokatorimon!" BlackGabumon warned.
Digimon Analyzer: Kokatorimon
Kokatorimon. Data Type. An Adult Level Giant Bird Digimon. An oddity among bird Digimon, Kokatorimon evolved in a way that made him lose the ability to fly, his legs being the most developed part of his body. He prefers to end his battles quickly rather than waste his energy. His special attack is Petrifier, turning Digimon to stone with a laser like gaze.
"Glad someone knows who I am, and as a reward...Petrifier!" Kokatorimon shouted, firing a beam from his eyes, which hit the three mon dead on, and when it was over, the three had been turned into stone statues, frozen in time.
"Ah, now I get what his name is." Red said a bit nervously as he and Paul quickly got out of the water.
"And what would it be?" Paul asked him, regretting that they'd left their weapons in their bags, which were on the other side of the pool.
"A Cockatrice, it's a type of bird that can turn people into stone, usually you need a golden needle or something to change them back." he explained.
Kokatorimon blinked. "Wait, how do you know about the golden needle thing?"
Red looked at him for a moment "Huh, didn't think that was the same thing here."
"Well, it's ONE way of changing them back." Kokatorimon explained with a shrug, his eyes closed, and when he opened them, Red and Paul were gone "... I hate these kids."
"I hate that we had to leave them behind." Paul said with gritted teeth as he and Red ran through the ship.
"We didn't have much choice, we didn't have enough time to grab all three of them and run, beside, I hate to say it, but they would have slowed us down." Red said with a frown. "At least, Kokatorimon won't hurt them, he'll probably hold the as hostages until he's caught all of us."
"Yeah, hate to say it, but you're right. We need to find the others and warn them before-" Paul started, but never got to finish, as the walls in the hallway they were in suddenly came to life, and before the two surprised humans could do anything, they'd grabbed hold of them and pulled them towards the walls, both of them slamming against the walls, before their limbs were absorbed into the walls, embedding them and leaving them helpless, as both of them were trapped in an X-like spread position, both struggling to escape, but all that did was tire them out more as they strained against the solid metal.
"Oh, good, you didn't get too far." Kokatorimon said with a sigh as he found them a minute later as they still tried to struggle free.
"What the hell is wrong with your ship?" Red couldn't help but ask because this was anything but natural.
Kokatorimon chuckled. "Let's just say I have a really good right hand mon."
The two continued to struggle, to which Kokatorimon just laughed. "You two can stop trying. This ship may not be Chrome Digizoid, but its still strong enough to hold a pair of humans. All you're doing is tiring yourself out." he laughed, before grabbing Red's crest with a smirk and walking off as the two started being moved away by the wall.
Meanwhile, Dawn sighed as the Numemon had FINALLY left her alone. "Glad they're gone. I was afraid I'd have to keep up with the act for longer," she sighed as Lunamon and Barry sat on nearby chairs.
"Well, they're gone now," Lunamon said, also glad she could drop the act.
"Well, gotta admit, you were really good at acting," Barry complimented...before he noticed something strange from his Digivice that was on the table.
"Something wrong?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah...two of us aren't where they're suppose to be," Barry said with a frown. "If I'm reading this right, its Paul and Red."
"Think something might have happened to them?" Dawn asked in worry.
"Almost definitely, but the signal is still there, so I think they should be okay," Barry frowned, before taking out his phone and texting everyone else. 'Something happened to Paul and Red. Be on guard.'
At that same time, Ash received the text, making him frown as he hoped his friend and rival would okay. "Let's be careful, we don't know what this ship has in store."
"Right, we should probably by regrouping." Zoey said, having seen the text as well.
However, they soon got a reply text from Leaf. 'Still searching for Crest'
"Well...that complicates things a little..." Ash frowned. 'Alright, we'll be careful while maintaining distractions. You two keep searching for the Crest.'
"So, what do we do?" Dorumon asked curious.
Ash hummed in thought as he started pacing around the room, trying to come up with a decent plan... but sighed as he couldn't think of anything "I guess let's just look around for now."
"We'll probably figure something out along the way." Lalamon said.
Ash sighed again, nodding a bit. "Yeah, I guess so."
Using the Digivice as a guide, they made their way through the ship, trying to locate Paul and Red...starting from the pool. However, when they got there...
"Oh my god...!" Ash gasped, while Zoey had to bite back a scream, and Dorumon and Lalamon were shaking in fear at the sight of the petrified Digimon. "Guys...we got a BIG problem..." Ash said through his phone, before taking a photo of the sight.
To say everyone was horrified would be a understatement. Leaf and Serena quickly redoubled their efforts to find the Crest, while the others were all but ready to regroup and prepared for a counter attack...especially Barry who...well...Ash was pretty sure that he looked like somebody had just killed his puppy...and he couldn't blame him at all.
However, before they could agree on a plan...
"Well well well, looks like you saw something you weren't suppose to," came a new voice, as they all turned to see Kokatorimon...and he had Red's Crest in his wing.
"I'm guessing you're the one in charge of this ship," Ash started cautiously, body tense, same with Zoey, Dorumon and Lalamon. The Digimon before them may have looked silly, but they already saw what he might be able to do.
"That'd be me, yeah," Kokatorimon smirked. "I'm feeling in a good mood today, so how about this. Hand over the Crests, and I won't send you to the stone age. Literally." he squawked.
"That's...very generous of you," Zoey said slowly, though her tone made it clear she wasn't buying it anymore than Ash was.
"Careful, that's Kokatorimon," Lalamon said slowly.
"Kokatori? Shit, he's a cockatrice. Careful for the eyes. That's how he petrifies," Ash said, just low enough for the others to hear.
"Right." everyone nodded, looking ready to bolt.
"So...will it be the easy way? Or the har-" Kokatorimon didn't get to finish, as he was suddenly tackled from the side by a figure letting out an angry war cry...and he was soon squawking in pain as the figure started stabbing him.
"Holy shit..." Ash breathed in awe as he looked at Barry going ballistic on Kokatorimon, having the mind to cover Zoey's eye while he started spouting some REALLY hateful things.
"You killed them...you killed them!" Barry roared. "I'm gonna turn you into a fillet you bastard!" he roared as he started swinging at Kokatorimon like a mad man using his katana.
"I ain't going down...THAT easily!" Kokatorimon growled despite the pain, and looked straight at Barry. "Petrifier!"
"Barry!" the others shouted at him in alarm...before a blur shot through the deck, and snatched Barry out of the way, the Petrifier hitting a random pool umbrella, turning it to stone.
"You got guts, kid, but that wasn't a very smart move," came a familiar voice, as Barry was leaning next to Monodramon who held him down.
"Let me go! I'm gonna kill him!" Barry was still on a rage high that he barely registered his near petrification.
"Stop! Your anger, while understandable is misplaced. We need only defeat him to restore those petrified," he said firmly, causing Barry to stop.
"T-they're...Falcomon is alive?" Barry asked, hope returning to his voice.
"Not if I have something to say about it!" Kokatorimon crowed angrily. "Get them!"
At his words, the ship started to shift, and suddenly the metal walls seemed to stretch and grow arms, grasping for them. "Okay...this is pushing it..." Ash gulped at the sight of the metalic arms growing out of the seemingly suddenly alive ship...though he also noticed only metal was doing this. The wooden boards around the pool were unaffected.
"Should we run?" Dorumon gulped.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Ash nodded. "Zoey, let's go."
Zoey immediately grabbed her partner, before they both ran off quickly, while Monodramon vanished in a flash of light with Barry.
"Tch! They got away..." Kokatorimon growled, before pulling himself to his feet. The injuries hurt, but nothing he wouldn't recover from eventually. "No matter, they've got no where to run, not as long as I have these five," he laughed, looking at the three petrified mon and the tag in his wing.
"Okay...seems like we got away...for now..." Zoey sighed, before looking at Ash and Barry. "But what about Paul and Red? They must still be somewhere on this ship," she said, while the boys were busy warning everyone else not just about Kokatorimon, but about how the ship was apparently alive. Despite the dangers, they'd agreed to stop to regroup, though Leaf and Serena were now being a lot more...rushed...in their search, knowing that they couldn't leaving the ship without the Crest.
"You won't have to worry about them, my partner is taking care of freeing them as we speak." Monodramon said, easing their worries somewhat.
"Ok, that's good, I'm guessing your partner is the one who shot at Etemon the other day?" Barry said with a relieved sigh.
"That is correct. However, he won't be able to do it unless we keep Kokatorimon busy. While Kokatorimon IS the captain of this ship, he's not the one who really controls things. That would be the REAL owner of this ship," Monodramon said. "Where he is though, I do not know. He could be controlling the ship from anywhere..."
"Right, so we gotta fight him...AND keep the owner's attention..." Ash frowned...before brightening up when he heard some footsteps. "And it looks like we'll be having help," he said, as he turned to see that everyone else had found them...and he also noticed a few knocked out Numemon.
"Sorry about the wait. We tried to hurry, but...there were some distractions..." Ritchie said.
"Hey, no problem. We'll get you all up to speed first," Zoey said, before recounting what happened so far.
"Where is it? Where is it?" Serena frowned as she started pulling off some parts of the ship. For some reason, they STILL hadn't found the Crest, even with Leaf's Tag which should have pointed them in the right direction.
"I just don't get it," FanBeemon frowned.
"I know what you mean, we should have found it by now," Salamon agreed.
Leaf didn't say anything as once again the Tag that had been glowing brightly...dimmed. "But we're in here, the Crest is definitely in this room, but..." she frowned...before a thought crossed her mind. "Maybe...maybe someone already has it."
"Huh?" Serena blinked.
"Maybe the reason why we can't find my Crest is because somebody already did and is actively moving it around," Leaf suggested.
"But if that's the case...what do we do?" Salamon asked.
Leaf thought about it...she SERIOUSLY thought about it, but looking at the situation...she had only one option. "Serena...let's break everything."
The two Digimon paled at the words, especially when Serena grinned.
"Got it sister!"
Back with the main group, they were looking for a good place to prepare for a fight...when Dawn (now having removed her disguise) opened her phone...and the ship shook. "Oh dear..." she blinked. "Guys...I think stealth is out of the question now."
"I'm afraid to ask, but why?" Gaomon sighed, to which Dawn showed them her phone.
"...well...look at it this way," Ash said lamely. "If Kokatorimon wasn't going to be distracted before, he sure will be now..." Right as he said that ANOTHER explosion shook the ship.
"...so...wanna just go 'screw it' and make as much noise as possible?" Zoey suggested.
"...yeah, I think that might be just what we need right now," Patamon nodded.
"Are you going to be okay, though?" Lunamon asked Monodramon.
"Oh don't worry, I'll be able to keep up when the time comes," he smirked.
"Okay then, let's bring this ship down," Ash said, as their Digivices glowed.
Kokatorimon was NOT having a good day...okay, it STARTED as a good day, but it was now going to hell. "Tch, I knew I should have killed you all when I had the chance," he growled down at his two hostages, currently tied to what appeared to be a steel drying net.
"Yeah? Well...your mistake..." Red managed to say, albeit rather tiredly. the two of them had been stuck like this for a while now, and the heat beating down on them was sapping their strength. If they were stuck here for too long, they'd be in trouble.
Kokatorimon growled...but soon stopped when he heard something exploded on the upper deck. "I'll deal with you two later," he growled, before turning around and going after the source of the explosion.
"Well...at least we know the others are giving him hell...too bad they don't know where we are," Red sighed.
Paul gritted his teeth as he tried to struggle free again, but nothing. "You know, when I said I wanted to work on my tan eventually...this isn't what I had in mind." he said weakly, though he was starting to lose focus. He'd been stubbornly trying to break free, but as things were, all he did was tire himself even more.
"Paul, stay with me man! You're stronger than this! We'll get out of this, okay?" Red said in alarm. If he passed out now...
"That, I will make certain of," came a new voice, or rather one they HAD heard once. Looking up, they saw a figure wearing a black robe looking down at them, a sword in hand, though they recognized it as a type of sword you would see a knight using.
"You...you're the one who was helping Monodramon the other day..." Red managed to say.
"That would be me yes, glad you figured that out quickly." the man said, a smile barely visible in the shadows of his hood.
"Who...are you though?" Paul asked, shaking his head as he tried to stay conscious.
"Can't say, not yet at least." he answered, before starting to use his sword to cut the ropes.
"An special reason?" Red asked as one of his arms were freed, rotating it slowly to limber it up.
"Too many questions would be asked, and you kids, and you kids are on a tight schedule at the moment. One day you won't be so hard pressed for time though." he said, finishing up on him and moving to free Paul.
It wasn't long before both were freed, and were soon back on deck, though Red was supporting Paul as he was still a little out of it. "Here," the robed figure said as he gave them canteens, to which they drunk greedily. They'd gotten quite parched thanks to their little 'tanning session'. "Now then, your friends are no doubt keeping Kokatorimon busy, but as long as HE is in control of the ship, they'll find the fight to be a little harder than expected. Don't worry though, Monodramon should be able to help them, though..." he pulled out his Digivice and a holographic screen appeared, revealing a bunch of metal limbs, as well as Kokatorimon firing his Petrifier almost wildly...though it seemed everyone was doing a good job of evading it, so that was encouraging. But as they watched, the ship shook.
"What was that?" Red asked.
"If you mean the screen, that's just a special feature of my Digivice Ark, or D-Ark as we like to call it for short. It lets me see and hear what Monodramon sees and hears," the robed figure said. "If you mean the ship shaking, that would be your friends destroying the Engine Room to find the Crest they're searching for.," he said as if talking about the weather.
"Digivice Ark,? So, is that like an evolution of the ones we have?" Paul asked, looking at his own which was still on his trunks.
"It's one of the possible evolutions for it, yours is called a Digivice Core, or a D-Core for short. They're the most basic form of Digivices on can possess. Mine started out as one too," the figure explained. "But enough about that, I think now is the time to stop playing around, Monodramon." At his words, the D-Ark began to glow.
At the fight, Monodramon smirked as he evaded another attack. "Understood."
(EVO)
"Evolution," the voice of the D-Ark declared, before the wireframe egg was formed and out came purple waves of energy. Monodramon had a confident smirk as he was cocooned in the energy.
"Monodramon, Evolution!" he called out as his skin peeled off, revealing a wireframe of his body, before his form began to shift, going from short to as tall as a full grown man and gaining some armor. Eventually the cocoon couldn't take it anymore, and burst apart, revealing his evolved formed. He was wearing green pants on his legs and red fingerless gloves, while he had various pieces of armor all over him on his shoulders, his hands, his waist, and his ankles, his feet, his biceps, the tip of his tail, and a helmet on top of his head that held a sharp horn, his eyes completely by the helmet while long, shaggy orange hair spilled out the back of it, a red tattoo on his white torso. "Strikedramon!"
The battle field was suddenly swathed in flames, the various limbs trying to grab and/or hold them down destroyed in an instant, while Kokatorimon was left frantically backing away from the flames that tried to reach at him. All combatants stopped in a mix of surprise and awe as the new Digimon landed in their midst in those flames.
Digimon Analyzer: Strikedramon
Strikedramon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Dragon Man Digimon. Known as the Commando Dragon, Strikedramon is a Virus Buster in soul and mind, exterminating enemy Virus Digimon till not even a scrap of data remains. Naturally a kind hearted Digimon, once he enters battle, he focuses solely on his opponent and becomes a ruthless fighter. His special attack is Strike Fang, heating up the many metal pieces on his body till they burst into flames, ramming into the opponent while on fire.
"This farce has gone on quite long enough," Strikedramon said as he stalked towards Kokatorimon, his flames burning away any metal trying to grasp at him.
"S-stay back! I...I still got the hostages!" Kokatorimon said.
"You mean THESE 'hostages'?" came an amused smirk, as the hooded figure suddenly teleported in...with Paul and Red, along with the stone statues of BlackGabumon, Bearmon and Falcomon.
"Paul!" Zoey tackled her boyfriend.
"You alright, Red?" Ash said in worry.
"Yeah, we're fine," Paul couldn't help but smile as Zoey hugged him.
"Definitely way better than HE'S gonna be real soon," Red added, glaring at Kokatorimon.
"Uh...I still got one card to play!" he started...before the floor exploded under them...and out crawled out Leaf, Fanbeemon, and Salamon looking a bit...charred...and Serena who was laughing as she got out. Then something else came down and hit Kokatorimon on the head (making him lose his grip on Red's Crest, with Zoey quickly running over to catch it and give it back to Red), revealing a Hagurumon who looked dazed, dizzy and a little dented.
"The ship won't be fighting us anymore," Leaf coughed, before holding up her Tag which now contained a Crest, honey yellow in color, and ironically had a craving of a leaf.
Kokatorimon swallowed nervously as he recovered from the hit to his head, looking around at the 6 Adult Level Digimon surrounding him "Um... Parlay?"
"You lured us here with one of the Crest, you tried to dry me and Paul like fish, you had this creepy ass ship to try to and catch us, and most of all, you LITERALLY stoned Bearmon, BlackGabumon and Falcomon...and guess what, the only way to turn them back is to kicked your ass. What do you think?" Red said, his grin looking ready to split his face at the imminent payback.
"Eeep..." Kokatorimon gulped, as Strikedramon stepped forward.
"Allow us," he said with a smirk.
"Make it painful," Barry said dangerously.
"Done," Strikedramon said, the metals on his body heating up, before bursting into blue flames. "Strike Fang!" he rushed out and slammed hard into Kokatorimon, the bird screaming as he was pulled off the ground while on fire, and was soon thrown into one of the smoke stacks where one of the furnaces were. What followed was a huge explosion as the smoke stack exploded with a spectral flame and soot, as data flakes were thrown out...though some of them flew towards the group, and was seemingly absorbed by Strikedramon. Likewise the figure took out his D-Ark, and the holographic screen appeared once more, the data gathering and forming a card, which solidfied and landed right in his hand.
"Huh...that's new," Serena blinked, while nearby, Bearmon, BlackGabumon and Falcomon soon returned to normal...and were promptly tackled hugged by their respective partners.
(EVO ends)
"Well that was a really...stressful day..." Red sighed as they were once more in the RV (he and Paul having stopped to get their clothes back), and were now driving away from the ship.
"I can imagine. Kokatorimon isn't the strongest, but on that ship he had a signification advantage. Still, you all did well," the figure nodded as he and Monodramon were sitting on the roof of the RV, the roof window open so the Chosen Children could talk to him still.
"Still though...was that Hagurumon REALLY that strong? I mean, Serena and Leaf took him out easily enough," Lunamon asked.
"Well...Hagurumon can control machines, so yes, he had a signification advantage there...though to be fair, we never tried blowing everything up before," Monodramon admitted, earning a laugh from Serena and Leaf inside.
"Well...let's just be glad the worst is behind us," Ash sighed. "Speaking of which, why are we heading this way again?"
"You'll see right about...now," the figure said, as on cue, Zoey's Tag started to glow. "You're not the only ones looking for the Crests. Our group has been looking for them too. We happened to find a Crest here, and due to its hiding spot, we decided to leave it be," he explained.
"Why are YOU looking for them though?" Gary asked, a bit suspicious despite the earlier help.
"For you kids obviously, these things are useless to us, and they were made specifically for you anyway, so we were looking for them so that we could keep them safe until you came to claim them." the figure said in amusement.
"That's very kind of you." Gaomon said while Gary blushed in embarrassment.
"Not then, get ready kid, just a little more and we'll..." the figure started but was stopped when a loud horn blared.
"Uh...guys? Why is the cruise ship chasing us?" Falcomon gulped.
At the sight, Monodramon looked at the ship in surprise...before his eyes widened in realization...and his eyes soon shrinking into pinprinks. "We...never DID deal with Hagurumon, did we?" he gulped.
"...oh dear..." the figure gulped as well, before looking into the RV. "FLOOR IT!"
"Flooring it!" Ash called back as he pushed the gas pedal down completely, Dorumon looking out the window at the ship that was rapidly gaining on them.
"Ash..." he said worriedly.
"I noticed!" Ash quickly said, before noticing something in the corner of his eyesight "Let's hope this one's real!" he said, turning the RV so it went in the direction of another giant cactus, the ship slowly turning to stay on their tail.
When the RV got close enough, Ash cheered when he saw the large shadow being cast by the cactus, before veering tightly around it, stopping just behind it.
What followed as the ship crashed into it was, honestly, rather comical, as the ship flipped onto its back while leaning on the cactus, before the large vegetation righted itself, sending the ship flying into the air, as it stopped short due to the Dark Network cable attached at the end... which was starting to tear and was sparking rather intensely, before finally, both it and the ship went up in a blaze.
"Ok... this would go really well with some popcorn," Falcomon said as he watched the flaming wreck fall back down into the desert sand, everyone having stepped out while Monodramon and the figure stood on top of the RV.
"I can't deny that." Ritchie agreed with the idea.
"Huh, my tag is glowing even more." Zoey noticed, before it floated out of her hands as, surprisingly, a large flower bloomed at the top of the cactus, and out of it came a stone slab with a marking like a flower on it, before glowing green as it floated down towards them and shrunk, until it inserted itself into Zoey's tag.
"Well, guess that's your Crest then." Paul said, looking back at the figure on the RV, about to ask him something, before noticing he, along with Monodramon, were gone "Ah, darn it."
The others followed where she was looking, noticing the same thing "Well, I'm sure we'll meet them again soon enough, he did tell you that he'd explain things one day." Ash said with a shrug.
"At least he told us a bit more on the Digivices." Leaf said as she looked her own.
"Anyway, five down, five to go, let's keep it up!" Red said with a grin as everyone got back in the RV.
They drove off wondering who the figure under the hood was.
Hey guys, DragonForceAsh aka zenotai123 here with another update for ya.
Well the group enjoyed the trip so far, with the new RV.
But with Leaf's Crest nearby, they get on travelling cruise ship through the desert.
Knowing it could be a trap the kids proceed with caution.
They were right to do so as Kokatorimon had them where he wanted them by turning three of the Digimon to turn.
But they gain help from the robed figure and Monodramon.
Thanks to Monodramon evolving into Strikedramon, they beat Kokatorimon and Hagurumon with Leaf getting her Crest.
Though they were chased after by the cruise ship, it was destroyed by a giant cactus which was a good sight to the kids.
Which in fact, held Zoey's Crest!
But the figure and Monodramon disappear afterwards.
Who is the mysterious figure helping them?
Will the Chosen Children find all the Crests before Etemon finds them.
You'll have to find out on the next chapter of the Digital Adventure!
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