Chapter 3: Fighting together
"Humm…" Izuku slowly opened his eyes. Blinking the sleepiness out of his vision, he looked around and saw where he was.
Izuku, along with Terriermon, was in his mother's bedroom. Last night she insisted that the boys sleep with her after discovering the dangers they faced.
That led to the current situation, with Inko hugging Izuku and Terriermon as they peacefully slept. Izuku looked at the clock and saw more than just the red numbers.
He could see the programing of the clock, including the alarm set to 8 a.m, five minutes away. Izuku, still tired from the last day and enjoying the warmth of his mother, he didn't want to wake up just yet.
Focusing on the clock Izuku altered the alarm to 9 a.m. He didn't know how he did that, it simply felt natural.
Seeing that his sleep time was secure, he blissfully drifted back to sleep. If Izuku was still awake, he would have seen his Digivice giving a soft green glow and projecting a small screen.
{ADAPTATION COMPLETE}
{Vessel successfully adapted to current core capabilities}
"Izuku, I know you were tired, but you can't just change the alarm like that," Inko gently scolded while serving breakfast.
"Sorry mom, I already changed it back" Izuku said while tilting his head down.
"Don't be like that little bro, you already apologized, and now you know you can do more stuff with your powers!" Terriermon said between bites. He really loved Inko's pancakes, in a minute he had already devoured his portion, much to Inko's joy and amusement.
"Hum?" Izuku looked at his mother's phone and saw a stream of data entering it, before being checked by the device's system, "Mom you got a message, it's from Mirei-nee."
"What?" Inko was about to question her son when her phone buzzed, she glanced at Izuku, who was happily eating his pancakes, and her confusion grew when she saw that he was right.
"Izuku, sweetie, how did you know that I would receive a text from Mirei-san?" Inko asked worriedly, she knew her son was facing changes with his new powers and was both happy and concerned. Every parent got nervous when their children first manifested their quirk, so with a power that, if she understood that right, came from a god? She was understandably freaking out.
"I just saw the data entering your phone, so I thought that I could let you know it was from Mirei-nee instead of that propaganda that usually comes with the data stream" Izuku said all that like if he was talking about the weather.
Inko took a minute to understand, believing that she got the main idea, she nodded, "Okay, just one more thing, you are not reading my messages are you?" Inko asked, the last thing she wanted is for her baby boy to see the language that her friend Mitsuki used in her texts.
"No, I thought it would be rude to read your things, so I just saw the IP of the sender," Izuku said, a little sheepish. Inko reassured her son that it was fine while thinking that she would have to look at all the technical terms Izuku was using later.
"So what did Mirei send you?" Terriermon asked after finishing his second portion and licking the plate clean, much to the amusement of the others.
"She asked for you two to meet her in a place called Server Plains, that's if you want to go to the Digital World again today." Inko explained, secretly hoping for them to stay home, but seeing how the two expressions lit up she already knew their answer.
A couple minutes later, Inko watched in both amazement and worry as her son and his partner entered a green portal. Both had smiles in their faces and while she prayed for their safety, she couldn't help but feel happy as her boys joyfully embarked in another adventure.
Izuku and Terriermon walked out of the portal and found themselves in grassy plains, the tall vegetation going all the way to Izuku's knees, while servers littered the terrain, creating a maze. The shear data stored there made Izuku's skin tingle
"Are you going to glow every time we come here?"
Terriermon's joking question brought Izuku back to his senses, looking at himself made him realize that he was in fact glowing once again.
"I think that this will be a fairly recurring event," Mirei's voice was gentle, with a hint of amusement, unfortunately it scared the daylights out of them. They turned around and saw the woman leaning on a server, giggling slightly at the two boys' reactions.
"Thanks for the heart attack" Terriermon said annoyed, Izuku pat his back trying to calm him, "Hi Mirei-nee, what is this place?" Izuku asked happily, looking around at the weird and interesting place around him.
"I just hope that we don't have to solve another mess here." the moment the sound of Terriermon's words died down, a pained cry filled the air.
Izuku turned in the direction of the cries origin and without even realizing started to run, his body moved before his mind could and in a second he was bolting to help whoever needed it.
Terriermon groaned, "Really?!" He complained to the sky before bolting after his brother.
Mirei looked in a seemingly random direction, "It looks like Izuku inherited his father's luck." She said in exasperation, walking after her charges.
Izuku blitzed between servers, moving faster than should be possible, but he didn't have time to think about it, taking a last turn, he saw a small blue and white Digimon being held by the neck by another.
He was a gray canine Digimon with long, lapine ears, large, black claws on his forelimbs, and a long, feline tail, wrapped with three belts. Izuku's Digivice slightly vibrated, sending the information directly to his mind.
{Gazimon: Level Rookie, is a Mammal Digimon. It is a Digimon with large, sharp claws. It is bipedal, which is rare amongst Mammal types; the claws on its forelegs likely evolved to allow its forelegs to be used as arms, therefore resulting in its bipedalism. It has an extremely aggressive temperament despite its small size, and it never warms up to humans. Although the claws on its forelegs are very effective at attacking, they are also surprisingly suited to digging holes, which it always does as it enjoys watching other Digimon fall into its pitfalls due to its mischievous personality.}
"Leave him alone!" Izuku shouted, if the entry was anything to go by, then Gazimon was the villain of the situation. Noticing his presence, Gazimon turned to Izuku and snarled.
"And what are you going to do if I don't?" Gazimon said with disdain, but the reply came from behind him, "Him? Probably nothing. Me? I'm gonna enjoy this".
Gazimon turned and came face to face with Terriermon, who didn't waste time with more talking, "Terrier Punch!" The attack connected with Gazimon face and sent him flying to one of the servers, freeing the small Digimon.
Izuku ran to the rescued hostage's side, and now had time to properly look at him. He was a small bipedal Digimon, with a white face and belly while the stubby arms, legs, tail and ears, along with the back, were blue. He had big amber colored eyes and a tiny fang poking from the left side of his mouth.
{DemiVeemon: Level In-Training, is a Baby Dragon Digimon. It digivolved from Chibomon. Unusually for an In-Training Digimon, it possesses a body, hands, and feet, and is able to grip objects with both of its small hands, and move while hopping about with both feet. As it is very voracious, it especially likes sweet foods. Also, as it is very fond of sleeping, if you take your eyes off of it, it will instantly fall asleep.}
"Are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?" Izuku asked worriedly, helping DemiVeemon to stand, "Yeah I'm fi-" His answer stopped when he saw Izuku, eyes widening. "The Prince!" He screamed.
Izuku scratched the back of his head embarrassed, having someone he did not know recognizing him was still something weird for him, especially when they act like they were meeting a hero. A loud sound caught their attention in time to see Terriermon throwing Gazimon away. "Good riddance!".
They watched as Gazimon flew through the air and disappeared behind the servers.
"Good to see that you already took care of the situation," Mirei said, finally arriving, "I would prefer if you two didn't rush ahead, but I see you had a valid reason to." She nodded at DemiVeemon with a gentle smile.
"Yup, a hero's job never ends." Terriermon said smugly while crossing his arms, "Now that we finish dealing with that punk, what are we doing here?" He tilted his head to the side.
"We are here to fix that." Mirei said while pointing at one server, it was covered in claw marks and dents. Izuku saw it, and the data that looked like it was bleeding from it, the colored particles oozing out of the openings and floating away in the air.
"Who did this?" Izuku asked not understanding why someone would destroy something for seemingly no reason, "Gazimon, he breaks the servers here to attract Digimons to the leaking data. Only new Digimon would benefit from it, so he terrorizes them for being weaker than him." DemiVeemon said with a defeated tone.
"So he's just a bully, when I get my hands on him again, I'll show him to not throw his weight around like that!" Terriermon was almost growling, he already had to deal with the pricks in Izuku's school, so his patience was already thin. Terriermon promised himself to knock some decency in every two bit thug he encountered from now on.
"Don't worry DemiVeemon, we are going to make Gazimon stop attacking others. Helping others is a hero's job!" Izuku excitement was contagious, making DemiVeemon and Terriermon cheer.
"I can see you decided to deal with the cause of the problem, but first, we should fix the immediate problem." Izuku nodded at Mirei's words
"How can I help?" He asked.
Mirei instructed Izuku to take his Digivice and execute one of the many programs he had at his disposal.
{ACTIVATING PROGRAM}
{REPAIR}
Four lime green disks appeared floating around the server one above the other, they glowed and a pillar of light connected them. The disks disappeared, leaving the server looking brand new.
"Remember this one the next time we break something." Terriermon said with a chuckle, he eyed the repaired frame and saw that there wasn't even a scratch left. Turning to Izuku he asked, "What now?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"You are the boss, so you give the shots." Terriermon said with a shrug, the last time they were on the Digital World made him realize that letting Izuku take the lead was for the best.
"Okay, that way." Izuku said while pointing at the direction he saw Terriermon throwing Gazimon. DemiVeemon rushed to his side. "I want to go too!" He said.
Izuku couldn't say no to the determined face of the blue Digimon, so he gave him a nod and a thumbs up.
The Prince and his Digimon companions began to navigate the maze that the countless servers created. While they walked, Izuku and Terriermon started to talk with DemiVeemon, getting to know their new friend.
Mirei didn't count two minutes and the three were already joking and laughing, 'Look like he got both Hizashi's luck and charisma, that will definitely make things… interesting.' She sighed, both fondly and exasperated.
"Look who came, the twerps that don't know when to quit!" A rude voice said. The group looked around, and saw Gazimon standing on top of a server.
"Now how about we teach them a lesson!" Another voice called, and from their left another Gazimon appeared.
"Got the words out of my mouth." A third one came from the right, baring his fangs.
"Okay, someone needs to learn how to count, because either the punk learned how to multiply, or he wasn't alone from the beginning!" Terriermon said annoyed, he couldn't stand the mug of one, but the three identical nasty faces looking at them really made him want to punch something, or someone.
"Yeah little bro, it's time to make that lesson of how to throw a punch count!" Terriermon said while getting ready for a fight.
"What?!"
"It's three on three, and you are stronger than you think, so let's send these fur balls packing!" Izuku was still unsure, but he wasn't about to let his partner fight alone. Steeling his resolve, Izuku did his best to remember what Terriermon told him of how to fight.
Terriermon taught him some basics since he was always running into trouble, and now was time to put it to the test.
"Hey! You don't expect me to handle one of them on my own, I'm not strong enough!" DemiVeemon cried in a panic, seeing the three aggressors closing in like predators. Izuku knew that, but after analyzing tens of hero fights, he knew how he could overcome it, "You are smaller, making you harder to hit, and you are faster, or are going to be now!"
Izuku took his Digivice and activated the program he wanted.
{ACTIVATING PROGRAM}
{SPEED UP}
DemiVeemon glowed for a second, feeling light as a feather after it. The blue Digimon turned to the Prince, both gave each other a last nod and got ready.
Terriermon saw the other two were ready and dashed at the Gazimon coming at them from the right with a shout.
The fight was on!
DemiVeemon followed Terriermon's lead and ran at his opponent, feeling like he was almost flying from how fast he was going.
Izuku kept his eyes locked on the Gazimon on top of the server ahead of him. When the boy's enemy lunged at him, he threw his fist forward, shouting one of the special move names from his favorite hero in a childish hope of making it as strong as the original.
"Detroit Smash!" Izuku fist moved faster than a four year old should be capable. Striking Gazimon on his shin with the force of a sledgehammer, the Digimon was sent flying through the air and crashing in one of the servers.
The impact left a dent on the metallic frame. Izuku looked at it with wide eyes, and then directed his gaze to his still outstretched fist. "I did that? Wow I did that!" The boy cheered and turned to his companions, forgetting the situation he was in on his excitement.
He was quickly reminded when he saw that Terriermon was on top of a downed Gazimon, giving him a headlock while the canine Digimon flayed his arms in panic. DemiVeemon in turn was jumping from the side of a server to another, raining punches and kicks on his enemy in between.
"Your damn brat!" The downed Gazimon lunged at the distracted boy, tackling him to the ground. Izuku struggled against the aggressor, and by luck or desperation landed a kick on his midsection, launching him in the air and crashing down on the ground.
The hostile Digimon tried to get up a second time, but Terriermon had other plans, "Special delivery!" He shouted before throwing the Gazimon he was facing on the other.
"Why are you throwing people around so much today?" Izuku asked while getting back on his feet. Terriermon only shrugged after helping him up.
"It's fun."
"Look out!" They heard DemiVeemon cry, before the blue Digimon skidded in front of them.
"DemiVeemon! You okay?!" Izuku asked in panic. DemiVeemon pushed himself up with a pained grunt. "Yeah, but that is gonna leave a bruise."
"Guys, I think we have a problem." Terriermon said to them. Ahead of the trio, the last Gazimon ran at his two downed companions, before emitting light, and with a last shout, they transformed.
"Gazimon digivolved into… Deltamon!"
"Izuku, now would be a nice time for some info!" Terriermon's voice was more than a little desperate, but with a three headed dinosaur in front of him, it couldn't be helped.
Izuku fumbled with his Digivice for a second before getting the scanner running.
{Deltamon: Level Champion. is a Composition Digimon. It was fused from three Digimon, and although each of them had existed as separate Digimon, due to a computer running wild after it was struck by a storm's electromagnetic waves, they were forced to fuse by a computer bug. It is said that since this Digimon, which possesses three heads and two tails, specializes in tripartite attacks that capitalize on its body's traits, it is even able to fight against three Digimon as if they were one. However, because each of them was a fiendish Digimon, they are only of one mind on destruction, and are usually on bad terms with no spirit of cooperation.}
"I think that might be a problem." Terriermon gulped. The new enemy started to approach, giving them a good look at his new and intimidating figure.
He was now a blue bipedal dinosaur-like Digimon with red eyes, two tails, blue scales on his back, blue skin on most of his body, and white skin on his belly and nose. He has four toes on each foot, with one toe on the back of the feet, and a black claw on his toes. His right tail has metal armor on its tip, and his left tail has the bones of its tip exposed.
Deltamon had two reptilian heads on its arms, the right head having its top covered in metal armor, and the left head being a dinosaur skull. He also had a delta-shaped mark on his belly.
The Champion started to growl at them, "You damn brats got me really angry now, so get ready to die! Serpent Bite!" He lunged at them with his left arm first.
"Run!" Izuku shouted and got out of the way. Deltamon missed the three, and as he was now bigger than even the servers littering the terrain, he had a hard time moving around.
"What do we do now?!" DemiVeemon asked Izuku, his panic bleeding on his voice. Izuku was feeling the same way, but he couldn't let it take control. Heroes always saved everyone with a smile, so putting the best 'All Might' smile he could he said, "Now we beat him again, so he doesn't hurt anyone again!"
"All right! Let's go get him!" Terriermon said excitedly, Izuku little speech getting him fired up for another fight.
DemiVeemon didn't know how Izuku and Terriermon could still be willing to fight against someone that was stronger than them, but he couldn't help be amazed.
'They still want to fight, they are so brave, can I be like that?'.
Deltamon finally turned back to them, leaving some wrecked servers around him, "You won't be so lucky next time!" He roared.
DemiVeemon stood at Izuku's side, "You are the one that won't be lucky, because we will stop you!" He said, even with his legs shaking, even with his voice cracking, he would fight too!.
Izuku was on the same boat, even with his new found strength, he was scared, terribly so. But heroes fight against villains even when they are scared, so he would too!
{SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETE}
{EVOLUTION}
"DemiVeemon digivolve to… Veemon!"
Izuku covered his eyes when DemiVeemon started to glow, and when he looked at him again, a new Digimon was at his side.
He was a bipedal dragon Digimon with blue skin and red eyes. He had white coloration in his belly and snout, a small horn on the nose, two ear-like appendages on his head, a yellow "V"-shaped mark on the forehead, and two yellow upside-down triangle marks under his eyes.
He had five fingers on his hands and three toes on each foot, and a claw on each finger and toe.
{Veemon: Level Rookie, is a Dragon Digimon. It is a new species of Digimon that was discovered recently. As a survivor of a species that flourished in the Genesis of the Digital World, it is able to perform "Armor Digivolution", a "pseudo-digivolution" using the Digi-Eggs. Among others, Veemon is an excellent Combat Species, as it possesses hidden power, and demonstrates tremendous abilities by Armor Digivolving. Although it has a mischievous, prank-loving personality, it has another side with a strong sense of justice.}
Izuku just got more questions from the brief information he got, but now was not the time for it. Deltamon, dashed at them, this time in a more sedated pace.
Terriermon nodded at Veemon and both dashed at the enemy. Izuku knew he wasn't of much help in the fight now, so he did the best thing he could now.
{ACTIVATING PROGRAM}
{POWER UP}
Izuku almost fell on the ground from having his energy drained so suddenly, but it was worth it for the result he got.
Using their smaller size to their advantage, they ran up the arms of the bigger Digimon. Terriermon and Veemon both jumped on one of the heads of Deltamon each, preparing their attacks.
"Terrier Punch!"
"Vee Punch!"
The strikes connected and left Deltamon crying in pain. Both Digimon fell behind Deltamon, and with a shout, shoulder tackled the back of the larger Digimon knees.
Deltamon ended falling on the ground faces first. Terriermon and Veemon traded a high five before turning back at their enemy.
"Want to do the honors?" Terriermon asked, seeing that Deltamon was slowly raising.
"You don't have to ask me twice!" Veemon pumped one fist against the other before running at Deltamon.
"Well then let's finish this, Petit Twister!" Terriermon's tornado enveloped Veemon as he jumped on it.
Spinning along the wind, Veemon shouted as he was sent flying like a bullet. "Vee Headbutt!"
Veemon collided against the delta symbol of Deltamon belly, making the dinosaur Digimon fold in pain. The combination of the Rookies powers while being amplified by the Prince making even a Champion crumble.
Deltamon fell on his back, unconscious. Veemon stood proudly on top of the limp form of his adversary. Looking at his friends he gave them a peace sign, that was by itself a declaration of victory.
The two Digimon then helped Izuku back to his feet, the boy leaning on them for support.
"I don't think I can fix all this." Izuku's line of sight was full of piles of scrap metal that were functional servers a minute ago.
"Don't worry about it." Mirei's voice once again made him jump with a startled yelp. Terriermon turned to her.
"Again? Really? Again?!" His indignation only further amused the woman.
"I can see you have a penchant to collateral damage like your father. You have to fix that before it becomes a habit, but for now let me handle the repairs, and the troublemaker that was causing them." Mirei's voice was leveled and she had a small smile on her face, but the menacing aura she gave broke the kind image.
The three boys took a step back, fearing the wrath of the annoyed woman. She noticed and fixed her demeanor, "But you don't have to worry about this, now you three should go back home already."
"Three?" They asked in unison. Mirei nodded and explained, "Your new partner surely would like to see his new home."
Before Izuku could ask, his Digivice vibrated. Taking it, he saw a new screen, it had a picture of him inside a circular area in the center, and connected to it, at each side, was a picture of Terriermon and Veemon, each with their names and general data. On the top of the screen was written 'Team' in white bold letters.
"Wow, so Veemon is my partner now too?" Mirei nodded at Izuku's question, what made him beam with happiness. The three then turned at each other, held their hands and started to jump in circles while laughing.
"Inko sure will have an exciting time taking care of those three." Mirei softly chuckled before sending the boys back through a portal.
Turning back to the mess left by the battle, she sighed, "Time to get to work. And you can go now, looks like Izuku is more capable than we give him credit."
A voice came from behind her, "It sure does, who knows, my disciple could learn a thing or two from him." The voice then hummed, "You know, that actually gives me an idea."
"Gankoomon, I swear-" Mirei started, only for the voice of Gankoomon to start to fade while he laughed.
Mirei sighed again, "When it's not one, it's the other. Looks like Izuku's life is only going to get more interesting."
Mirei didn't know just how right she was.
I know that it took a while, but life happens, and I was focusing more in my KH fic (Kingdom Hearts: Shattered Memories, go check it too)
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