History of a Royal Knight

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Thoughts

"Talking"

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Chapter 1

He watches as Azulongmon hovers in place, mediating over the news he brought from his meeting with the other Royal Knights. The war going on against the D-Reaper had oddly enough, became a stalemate since the humans managed to send in Yggdrasil and that program in turn began to help stabilize the Digital world by creating three different worlds for the Digimon to inhabit and gathered a number of Digimon to form the order of the Royal Knights under the leadership of Alphamon, a Digimon that contains a line of code that allows the mega knight to survive physical encounters with the red globe that makes up the D-Reaper.

At the time when Yggdrasil arrived in the Digital world, he had been searching for a way to help out, even if at the time he didn't remember much about his past and for some reason, he didn't trust the Sovereigns. So when Yggdrasil was looking for member to join his order, he was more then a little eager to sign up. At the time, the order was being lead by Imperialdramon Fighter mode, who had fallen in the battle covering the retreat of a herd of Jagamon to the forest plane that Yggdrasil constructed, complete with a village of rebirth where fallen Digimon data gets reformatted, well, the lines of data that the D-Reaper hadn't managed to delete at any rate.

He blinks as he notices a screen opens before the great dragon Sovereign, he's startled to see a human face before the computer. At the arrival of the com screen, Azulongmon comes out of his meditative state. He can't believe that they managed to set up a link to the real world, he thought it impossible since Yggdrasil can't seem to contact his creators that such a link can no longer be established.

"Shibumi, it's been a while since I've seen you. How are you, my friend?" Azulongmon says which causes him to glance at the dragon, more then a little surprised at how calmly the fellow mega Digimon seems to be about this event. But then, it's about time we finally get some help on this side, though I wonder what's happening on their end of their battle. He wonders as he watches the two exchange pleasantries.

As he begins to head out of the chamber, Azulongmon calls out to him. "Gallantmon, would you mind remaining a few moments more?" He looks back and then replies, "If you have need of my services, then I shall gladly remain." Azulongmon nods slightly before refocusing on the com link window.

"We haven't had much time to monitor the effects of the Yggdrasil program that we launched four years ago. Has it helped any on your end?" Shibumi asks, someone on his end mentioned a time limit, though it's too muffled for him to hear it clearly.

He frowns behind his helmet, he has a sinking feeling that the fight on their end wasn't working out too well. His heart goes out to the Tamers that must be having a hard time battling the D-Reaper since they're few in number. He also knows that they only have one mega on their side, Beelzemon, though he's still confused how that happened.

"Yggdrasil has become a valued ally and has managed to stabilize much of what remains of our world as well as providing us three safe planes. He as also founded an order of Digimon knights called the Royal Knight, of which Gallantmon is a member of." Azulongmon says, he blushes slightly at the praise that Azulongmon is giving him and to the one he's come to call his lord.

The screen moves slightly, causing him to jerk slightly since he hadn't expected that to happen. He can't help but notice how old looking Shibumi is. He nods, glad that he's covering his chest with his arms, hiding the symbol on his white breast plate. He doesn't want to cause any unnecessary harm with that symbol on his breast plate.

He lets go of the breath that he was unknowingly holding. "A noble looking knight if I say so." Shibumi says and he sighs, though blushing a bit at the praise that he received from Shibumi.

"Any way, we need your help…" Shibumi begins and he leans slightly forward, more then a little interested in what kind of trouble they're in.

-/-/-

"Are you sure this is safe?" Magnamon asks, out of the thirteen Royal Knights, the golden armour Digimon was not just the only non-mega of the Knights but also the youngest. "Of course this is safe, Magnamon, Digimon have traveled to the Real world before you know." Duftmon replies, ignoring the dirty look the golden armour Digimon sent his way.

"But that was before the D-Reaper existed in the two primary planes, the Digital one and the Real one." Magnamon points out. "The Tamers and their partners made it back in one piece." Duftmon counters and before the two can launch into another argument, Alforce V-dramon pipes in, "They've settled on sending Dobermon and they've made contact with the ark, so if anything goes wrong, the ark should be able to merge with the ship and finish the journey through to the Real world."

"Good to know that there's a safe guard in place." He admits as he moves to stand on the ramp leading into the ship. Within minutes Dobermon arrives with Alphamon as his escort. He smiles on seeing the black knight Digimon that took over leadership of the Royal Knights from him when he was the third Digimon to fill that position, when Omnimon, the second leader, was thought to be dead.

He can still recall when Alphamon had been a rookie called Dorumon, a purple furred beast dragon and still considers the mega to be a younger brother. Dorumon appeared about two weeks after Imperialdramon FM had been deleted and Omnimon had been chosen to take over as commander of the order that Yggdrasil founded. There's plenty of rumours going around that Dorumon was Imperialdramon reformatted or some mad experiment that Yggdrasil had created, that he's not a real Digimon. But those rumours kind of died off once Dorumon managed to warp Digivolve into Alphamon to defend those injured Digimon at the make shift hospital that was pretty close to the front line.

As Dobermon and Alphamon approach the knights back away, though Druftmon and Magnamon were glaring at each other. He shakes his head slightly, feeling sorry for Alforce V-dramon for having to put up with those two on his own. He looks away from the threesome, kind of missing the chance to say good bye to the rest of the Royal Knights.

As Dobermon walks pass him, he claps arms with Alphamon. "Good bye, bro. I'm going to miss you." Alphamon says softly. "I'll miss you too, little bro. Hopefully we'll be back by the end of the month." He says as they shake. "Maybe, maybe not since this is the D-Reaper that we're dealing with after all, you won't be dealing with it on this plane where Yggdrasil is always finding ways of counteracting its deletion touch. Even if they did manage to free its 'brain,' it's still ruling large parts of the Real world." Alphamon says softly.

He sighs but nods in agreement with what Alphamon is trying to say. "Well, the sooner we get there, the sooner we get to deal with the problem." He says and within moments they've unclamp their arms and he's heading up the ramp with Alphamon stepping off of the ramp. He closes the ramp, already missing his little brother and those Digimon he's become to consider close friends and comrades.

"I hadn't known you two were that close." Dobermon says once he's on what's considered the bridge of the ship. "I can still recall when he was just a rookie, you know? Sure it's been about three years since he warped Digivolved, but it doesn't really matter if he's a champion, ultimate, or even a mega, I'll forever imagine him to be that little rookie that loved his cup cakes." He admits and Dobermon nods in agreement.

"Yes, it's hard to imagine them to be anything other then a rookie, let alone as an adult Digimon. It's sad to be a rookie now a days, sure Digimon would fight and load each other's data but they at least had some kind of fighting chance. Just one touch from a glob of D-Reaper and then … instant deletion." Dobermon says and he nods, he's seen that happen a lot during the beginning of this whole mess.

The ship jerks as it enters into the upper layers of the Digital world. He studies what's going on outside of the ship viva the window screen. It's about now that they're encountering friction as they attempt to enter into the Digital world. He notices the image of a cream coloured and mellow yellow ship that's likely the ark that took the Tamers back to the Real world.

He's not the only one to shudder on seeing the towering red mass been a landmark for the last four years, it's the link that connect the Real world D-Reaper operations to the Digital world operations. He recalls what Shibumi had told Azulongmon, how the Real world D-Reaper seems to have quiet down and seems to pulling out of certain areas of the Real world, which signals that the D-Reaper's altering its strategy, likely for the worst.

To their relief, they only had a rough time breaking through the barriers between the two worlds. They sigh about the same time as the image alters to reveal a park, a familiar park though he can't help but notice the area affected by the D-Reaper.

"Can't they hurry up already? It's not like we have all the time in the world here." He hears someone say. He notices that already Dobermon had headed down to the ramp and he follows, frowning slightly as he tries to place where he's hear that voice before.

He walks down the ramp and as he clears the top, allowing him to glance about him, he pauses when he notices a red head teen standing next to a yellow fox Digimon known as Renamon. Rika… He thinks as he observes the Tamer.

He recovers and walks all the way down the ramp; the ship was programmed to return to the Digital world once nobody's onboard. He notices that the pair give him the once over before turning around. Rika sticks her hands into her pocket jeans, already walking away. "Come on already, oh and by the way, I'm Rika and this is Renamon, my partner." Rika says and he follows the ill tempered teen and the silent rookie, he hears Dobermon following close on his heels.

Funny that he, a mega level Digimon, a battle harden warrior under the command of Yggdrasil could feel nervous just by being in Rika's presence. I just know this is going to be a long mission. Oh well, it's not like this changes anything. He tells himself as they walk towards an armed escort, he notices the nervous looks thrown towards Dobermon and himself.

Though it's been years since a Digimon has Bio Emerged to cause havoc, it seems that they're still distrustful of Digimon. Unlike Dobermon, he's ride was a dump truck. He's slightly amused about that but then knew that he's too large to fit inside of the van that Rika and Renamon had entered. He's just glad that they didn't close the doors, which means they might be expecting an attack.

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"Rika?" Renamon asks her, they're currently on the roof of the Dojo. "I'm ok, Renamon, I just thinking about what happened to him is all. Seeing that knight Digimon with Guilmon's symbol on his chest… it kind of brought it all up again, you know?" She says to her partner without taking her eyes off of the night sky.

"It's hard to think that just when we thought we had Dino boy back to normal that we'd lose both of them as that light engulfed them. Beelzemon's attack disrupted them, I can still recall how Takato cried out in pain and how it just vanished a second later… Sorry, I'm just rambling again." She says softly.

"We lost three good friends that day; it was hard on all of us and I highly doubt that Impmon will ever forgive himself for what he did that day. Though you have to admit, seeing Beelzemon attempt to taken on Zhuqiamon had been slightly heart warming." Renamon says and she smiles slightly, remembering how arrogant Beelzemon had been when he thought he could take on the Sovereign Digimon that sent out the Devas. It had only been luck that Terriermon's skill at insulting the mega, telling him that Zhuqiamon was the Digimon more powerful then him that saved them from sharing Leomon, Guilmon, and Takato's fate.

It was later did they find Impmon had become a highly disillusioned rookie that seemed to be highly suicidal and in the end, it the thought of being there for Ai and Mako that caused Impmon to continue on living, especially when they found out that the D-Reaper's brain was Jeri who was depressed over not just the lost of Leomon but also feeling guilty over the last words she said to Takato was that he was a monster, words that while true at the time, will never likely to ever taken back. There wasn't a Takato around for Jeri to ask forgiveness from.

The hardest time of their lives was then they had to tell Takato's parents about why their son isn't coming home…

She brushes the tears away with the back of her hand as she remembers how Takato's mom broke down, of how Takato's dad was trying to put on a brave front for his wife when it's clear that he's breaking within.

They're still around though, even if they sold the store and had opened up in a different district. They still want to be close to their son's friends. She reflects about how the Tamers and herself, which includes Ryo, often find themselves volunteering at their bakery when ever they can get away from their duties as Tamers.

"I wonder how things would have played out if Takato and Guilmon hadn't been deleted." She muses out loud and Renamon doesn't reply to that since they both know that it doesn't really matter since they had been and they're still living with the fall out of what happened.

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He sits cross legged as he attempts to mediate in order to find some peace of mind in the mist of his tormented and guilt ridden feelings. He can't help but feel more then a little responsible for what the Tamers and his parents were going through since the day he was 'deleted' by Beelzemon. In the end, Guilmon was the one that was likely deleted that day since he's alone within this body, without hearing Guilmon's child like voice asking naïve questions or calling him Takatomon.

At the beginning, it was easier since I hadn't known my past; I was just Gallantmon, a mega level knight Digimon wandering around, looking to aid in the fight against the D-Reaper. Then about the time Omnimon was thought deleted and I then found myself in the role of leader did the emptiness within me began giving up bits and pieces of my past, I was so glad when Yggdrasil decided to promote Alphamon as the leader of the Royal Knights as it gave me time to worry about the odd images of me living a life that was clearly not a life a Digimon would lead. He muses to himself, smiling slightly as he remembers just how confused and slightly horrified when he finally figured out that in those memories he had been a human named Gogglehead, the bits at that time didn't often include dialog so when a memory of Rika calling him Gogglehead showed up, he thought that was his name for the longest time.

He chuckles as he recalls that, about four months after he glimpsed that memory did his memories return in full, it was during the time he had been in a mild coma after getting stumped on by an experimental agent of the D-Reaper. He sighs and opens his eyes, knowing that he won't be able to clear his mind now. He glances at the clock and then out of the window, looking out onto the city from the highest floor of the building.

They hadn't have much time to modify the top floor that was to house someone of his size, they even had to use a helicopter to get him to this floor, they had to remove the glass so he can fit through. Then they began on the ceiling, removing what they can so he didn't have to crawl around the room. He knows that they're going to a lot of trouble to accommodate him and if he knew how to grow smaller, he would have done it in a heart beat if only to stop them from dividing their time making the floor the right size so he can move about.

He looks away from the window as the door opens and in steps Henry and Terriermon. He hadn't seen much of the Tamers yesterday other then Rika and Renamon, so he studies the changes that these two had undergone. Much like Rika, Henry moves like an experienced fighter and his eyes told tales of hardship and one too many defeats.

"I'm Henry Wong and this is Terriermon." Where in Terriermon says, "Hey." Henry continues, "And we're here to ask you questions concerning Yggdrasil." He nods and motions for Henry to take a seat.

"Where do you wish to start?" He asks and Terriermon pipes in, "How about telling us what kind of polish you use on your armour?" "Terriermon…." Henry says and Terriermon just grins and replies in his typical fashion, "Momentai, Henry, Momentai!"

He couldn't help himself, he chuckled at that.