I don't own digimon or any other franchise referenced here.
Characters: Marcus/Glaive
Universe: Data Squad/Kirakira
Notes: Takes place a couple years after the end of Savers and between episodes 33 and 34 of Kirakira Precure.
Chapter 68
What you created
He still remembered that day.
It had been a thursday in May. The weather had been bright and sunny, with not a cloud in sight. For Marcus Damon, things were looking up for him. He had just gotten his first job and was ready to start another day of work. If he had the knowledge of events of this particular day, maybe he would've called in sick or not shown up at all. But hindsight is twenty-twenty sometimes.
The job in question had been at a local grocery store, where he stocked shelves and helped the occasional old lady find something.
"You there!"
The teenager turned around, finding a much larger man standing before him. The man had chosen a crimson red suit for this occasion and boots of some sort
"Uh… me?" Marcus had responded and felt a swift kick to the groin, only to kneel down to the ground.
"Yes, you." the man announced and allowed Marcus to get up, only to grab hold of his neck. From that particular vantage point, "What a pity. I was actually hoping for an actual fight after destroying that supermarket."
He then slammed Marcus into the ground and walked away, unaware of the fire burning within his battered opponent. It was the sort that set their sights on something and worked their hardest to reach that goal, no matter the odds or the circumstances.
And in this particular case, he found himself within grasp of an answer.
"Is this the place, boss?" his partner, Agumon inquired while Marcus gave the picture one more glance. Currently, the two found themselves in the middle of some unnamed desert. Against the dunes and the blinding at time winds, a phone booth had been left by an unknown entity.
"Yep." Marcus answered and took a deep breath. He had been waiting for this day for some time, his training culminating in this one moment.
He pulled the door of the booth opened and carefully dialed the number, only to have his partner squeeze himself in. Bright light then engulfed the two, emptying the booth out in the process.
.
On the other side, the two found themselves in a place unlike anything they had ever seen before.
Everything had been stained a weird shade of whitish purple. While there was some variance within the color, it was quite disorienting to some extent.
"Not exactly what I expected." Marcus remarked and took a deep breath, fishing a pocket telescope out of his pocket and gazed in.
Most of the terrain out in the distance consisted of ovalish hills and flat ground. The only real landmark of sorts appeared to be a weird-looking house that was the same color as everything else here.
"What do we have here?" a familiar voice called out as a large figure approached. While he was no longer dressed in the red business suit, he had chosen a red and yellow t-shirt with a torn black pair of jeans. Finishing off the look was a pair of black boots and the man's signature spiky blond hair. "Wait. I remember you. Never did ask for your name."
"Marcus Damon." the ultimate fighter announced as Agumon walked up. "And that's my partner, Agumon."
"Hi there!" the dino digimon greeted. "What's your name?"
"Glaive." their opponent announced and cracked his knuckles. "And it'll be the last thing you'll ever hear."
He then charged right at Marcus, who stepped to the right and responded with a punch to the back. Orange sparkles formed around it, which Marcus deposited into his digivice.
Agumon warp burst digivolve too… ShineGreymon Burst Mode!
Gone was the orange dino, having been replaced with a larged armored titan.
"Well, color me impressed." Glaive taunted and was served a kick to the groin by Marcus. "Two can play this game! Nendos!"
A trio of weird-looking clay figures galloped forth, only to be stomped to pieces by ShineGreymon.
"Uh… Was I supposed to be impressed by that?" ShineGreymon announced and got a shrug from Marcus. "That's what I thought too, boss."
Of course, Glaive used this moment in order to grab hold of Marcus and fling him towards the ground. Marcus responded with a kick and followed it up with a punch to the face.
"Diable, Elisio, help me with this intruder!" Glaive screamed and watched Elisio pull out a lawnchair along some popcorn.
"Deal with it, you big baby." Elisio responded as he sat down, only for Diable to lay down beside him.
"How cute." Diable added as he was offered some popcorn. "I hope your ass gets kicked!"
"Truly helpful associates I have here." Glaive responded, getting a shrug from Marcus in return. "What do you even know? It's not like you're some big hero with all sorts of friends…"
Marcus didn't answer, choosing instead to climb his way up onto his partner's head. Outside of the handful of stories he had heard about Glaive, the ultimate fighter suspected that his opponent still had a couple tricks up his sleeve. That, and it would probably be rude to compare his own friends to Elisio and Diable.
"Is that really the best you got?!" he taunted and jumped, somehow managing to land himself on Glaive. What followed was a cross between a bullfight and a brawl, with Marcus wailing on Glaive's back as he hung on for dear life.
"Get off of me!" Glaive screamed and tucked his head in, only to do a roll. "Phew. Much better."
His gaze refocused on Marcus and ShineGreymon, who were still standing in his view.
"In all seriousness, what do you people even do here?" Marcus responded and watched Elisio open his mouth. "Outside of being evil and taking over multiple worlds."
"Wait, other worlds exist?"
Silence fell over the area as both Marcus and Elisio shook their heads. For the moment, it was probably best to let Glaive believe that misconception for the moment.
"Yeah." Marcus responded as he swung at Glaive. "How did you think I got here?"
"Magic. Lots and lots of stupid magic."
After saying that, Glaive knocked Marcus's hand away and grabbed hold of the ultimate fighter's neck.
"I should've completed the job of humiliating you when I had a chance." Glaive snarled as his grip tightened. "It's people like you that our my most dangerous competition."
Shine Hammer!
For some reason, this resulted in a kick instead of the usual punch, not that Marcus would really complain in this particular moment. He had gotten what he had wanted to some extent. Glaive had technically given him a reason for what he did.
Instead, he made a quick glance around for a way back. Out in the distance, a telephone booth awaited use.
"Thanks for the brawl!" Marcus shouted and made his escape as agumon reverted back. Elisio and Diable just sat there, somehow using their authority to keep Glaive from continuing this petty arguement for better or for worse.
A quick number dialing later, everything went black for the ultimate fighter and his dino. When their vision did finally return, the two found themselves hurtling towards the earth. Which as a way to go, didn't rank too high on Marcus's list.
"Boss, grab hold of me!" Agumon shouted and Marcus complied, clinging to his partner as best as he could.
"Kira Patissiere, open!" a voice announced and a large rectangular building appeared. Of course, this was then followed by a loud crash of the duo landing into the building. "Uh, are you alright?"
"Yeah." Marcus announced and poked his head out, giving his audience a wave. "This is happens sometimes."
He turned his attention to his partner, which he pulled up with a light tug,
"Sorry about the building damage." Agumon added and the two jumped down.
.
Yoshi Fujieda wasn't entirely sure what to make of this.
On one hand, it was nice to know that her former teammate was at least alive. But on the other hand, that didn't explain why the ultimate fighter and his digimon had managed to get themselves into a magical girl cartoon of all things.
"Thomas, are you there?" she shouted into her phone and listened
"What is it, Yoshi?" Thomas responded, seeming quite confused by Yoshi's sudden call. "This is impossible…"
"What do you mean, impossible?"
"This is a cartoon made by Toei Animation. One would think that their animators would notice such an element and just remove it."
"So what's our plan then?"
Silence fell over both adults as they pondered what they should do next. For the moment, it was possibly best to get together for one last adventure…
Notes:
This has been on my tumblr for a while. Thought it would be good to have this on FFnet. Will this ever get a proper sequel? Maybe. Can't really promise anything though.