A/N-- Hey-hey! I loved reading the reviews of the last one of these! Thank all of you sooo much! Now, I just wanted to clear up some of the questions regarding the appearance of the Rookie stages of each of the first digimon. Any of you ever read 'Silver Gryphon' by Mercedes Lackey? Good. Remember the picture near the end, of the wyrsa pack? That's basically what Pokumon looks like. Just green, and bigger teeth. Hydromon's basically a Vaporeon. Vaporeons are cool. ^_^ And Sylphmon...Think stork with no legs, green body, and a blue head. There ya go.
On with da show.
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It had been about half an hour since the fight with Skulldramon. DemiLeomon said they were far enough away from his hunting grounds that they could afford to sit down and rest for a bit. Ryuu seized the opportunity to talk to him.
"DemiLeomon?"
"Yes, Ryuu?"
"What are you? Where are we?"
"A good question, Ryuu. We-Pokumon, Sylphmon, Hydromon, Nekomon, and myself-are Digital Monsters or Digimon. This is the digital world."
"Was that dragon thing a Digimon?"
` Nekomon chimed in with "Yep. Us digimon come in all shapes and sizes."
"And as for you, Pokumon, you said you were a virus digimon. What does that mean?"
Pokumon looked embarrased. That is, as much as any greyhound-snake crossbreed can look embarrased. "Well...Digimon come in a number of shapes and sizes, like Nekomon said, but we can all be put into one of three different categorys. Data, Virus, and Vaccine."
Pokumon faltered at this point. When he stopped talking, DemiLeomon took up the tale. "Basically, Data digimon are neutral, Vaccine good, and Virus...evil."
"Evil?!"
Pokumon hurriedly started talking. "Not me, though! I'm a benign virus! Really! It means I'm not evil, but I do have a nasty temper."
"All right. Now, what was it you did when Skulldramon attacked us?"
"We digivolved!"
"Di...gi...volve..? What's that mean?"
"It's the way we digimon grow stronger."
Ryuu noted, "You sure did! You whooped that stupid dragon!"
"Erm...Yes...But normally, we just don't digivolve like that."
"Huh?"
"It's supposed to take time. But something about you gave us the strength to digivolve prematurely."
"I wonder what that is?"
"So do I, Ryuu."
Mark interrupted, "I hate to break up the learning, but where do we go now?"
Pokumon said, "This is *my* turf. We go this way."
"What's there?"
"A fresh water lake with lots of fish. Good place to get some food."
They all followed the reptilian dog. Along the way, Rei struck up a conversation with Saishi.
"Saishi?"
"Mmm?"
"What's in that bag?"
"You really wanna know..?"
"Yes."
Saishi paused, sat down, and opened his bag. The others all gathered around, also wanting to know what was in there.
Saishi reached into the bag and drew out several objects. He began to give a running litany on each object.
"These are tablets for purifying water, but I don't think we'll need them here. Collapsible cup, swiss army knife with multiple uses, machete, compass, five months emergency army rations, so they'll only last *us* a month or less, clothing for winter climates, collapsible tent, half a dozen throwing knives, two dozen smoke bombs, tranquilizers, two flash grenades, fishing rod and lures, a complete guide to survival in the forest-"
He broke off from his litany to see that everyone was staring at him. "What? Do I have something in my teeth?"
The only comment was Mark's "Holy Mary, Mother Of God..."
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"Saishi, *where* did you get all that stuff?" asked Ryuu.
"I was going to a survival camp. I like this place better. Not so many people."
"For god's sake, Saishi, you have a machete? What kind of survival camp is like *that*?"
Saishi simply said, "The best." and refused to speak again.
The conversation after that was decidely awkward. After a while, it simply died out altogether. Eventually, Pokumon nosed some bushes aside and stopped.
"We're here!" he announced grandly.
They stared in awe. The lake was at least a mile across, crystal clear and placid in the shallows, deep blue and gently rippling in the deep parts. Slender, shadowy shapes could be seen darting about, confirming Pokumon's claim about fish.
"Shweet..."
A while later, Saishi was fisihing while the others were using his book to set up a small camp. DemiLeomon and Ryuu were tending a small fire, Rei and Sylphmon were getting fruit from the trees, Hydromon was swimming while Mitsukai watched him, Pokumon and Mark were setting up the tent, and Nekomon was feasting on the guts from one of Saishi's fish. Cats.
Saishi's rod suddenly bent. "Hey guys! I got a big one!"
Before he could start to reel it in, whatever he had hooked soared into the air.
It was a gigantic fish-like digimon. It was a bilious green in color, and it had six small talon-tipped feet. Jutting out of its forehead was long, thin stalk with a glowing bulb on the end.
"What the smeg is *that*?!"
"That's Wakibimon! He uses the light on his head to gather in solar energy for his Lure Light attack!"
The fish landed on the shore and faced the small group. The stalk on his head started to twirl around, finally stopping, pointing straight at them. "LURE LIGHT!"
A beam of sickly green enrgy shot out of the stalk, striking the ground in front of them.
There was a muffled *WHUMP* and dirt flew up, blinding them.
"Lion Spikes!"
"DarkFang Shot!"
"Pure Hurricane!"
"Salvation Flood!"
"Kitty Power!"
The attacks had no effect.
"He's just too strong!"
Nekomon tried to charge Wakibimon, but the giant fish sent him flying with a flick of his light stalk. He flew through the air and landed with a thump against a tree. "Sorry, Saishi...I failed..."
"NO! NEKOMON!"
Saishi turned to face Wakibimon, fire in his eyes. "You bastard..." he hissed softly, venom in his voice.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" he roared, rushing towards the giant digimon. "NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS!!!!"
He was holding his machete in his hands, intent on the fish.
Whatever sanity in him had been extinguished by the red fires of rage and hate.
Wakibimon extended his stalk, smashing it into Saishi. His machete went flying, and Wakibimon picked him up and slowly squeezed him.
As Saishi screamed in pain, a light began to glow on his belt. A light that was matched by the glow of Nekomon.
Eldritch power coursed through Nekomon's body, changing him, ever-so-slowly.
"Nekomon digivolve to...Sutenekomon!"
Sutenekomon was a mastiff-sized version of Nekomon. His eyes glowed with an eerie, purple light.
"NEKO RYOKU!"
Red energy flew from his body, slamming into Wakibimon with stunning force. The giant fish dropped Saishi and faced the new threat.
Sutenekomon spoke softly, but his voice was filled with hate. "You attack my friends. You almost kill me. And you have the audacity to hurt my Saishi. Die. NEKO RYOKU!"
The red energy slammed into Wakibimon, sending him flying. Before he got too far, Sutenekomon fired off two more Neko Ryokus in rapid succesion. When they smashed into the fish, there was a huge explosion. When the explosion cleared, Wakibimon was gone. Just...vanished.
Sutenekomon glowed yellow for a second and shrunk. When the light left his body, he was once again Nekomon.
Nekomon looked at the others, whose jaws had dropped in shock.
"Don't ask.", he said, "Just...Don't ask."
A/N-- There. Sorry this took me so long. I tweaked the ending and fight scenes a little bit. How did you like them?
On with da show.
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It had been about half an hour since the fight with Skulldramon. DemiLeomon said they were far enough away from his hunting grounds that they could afford to sit down and rest for a bit. Ryuu seized the opportunity to talk to him.
"DemiLeomon?"
"Yes, Ryuu?"
"What are you? Where are we?"
"A good question, Ryuu. We-Pokumon, Sylphmon, Hydromon, Nekomon, and myself-are Digital Monsters or Digimon. This is the digital world."
"Was that dragon thing a Digimon?"
` Nekomon chimed in with "Yep. Us digimon come in all shapes and sizes."
"And as for you, Pokumon, you said you were a virus digimon. What does that mean?"
Pokumon looked embarrased. That is, as much as any greyhound-snake crossbreed can look embarrased. "Well...Digimon come in a number of shapes and sizes, like Nekomon said, but we can all be put into one of three different categorys. Data, Virus, and Vaccine."
Pokumon faltered at this point. When he stopped talking, DemiLeomon took up the tale. "Basically, Data digimon are neutral, Vaccine good, and Virus...evil."
"Evil?!"
Pokumon hurriedly started talking. "Not me, though! I'm a benign virus! Really! It means I'm not evil, but I do have a nasty temper."
"All right. Now, what was it you did when Skulldramon attacked us?"
"We digivolved!"
"Di...gi...volve..? What's that mean?"
"It's the way we digimon grow stronger."
Ryuu noted, "You sure did! You whooped that stupid dragon!"
"Erm...Yes...But normally, we just don't digivolve like that."
"Huh?"
"It's supposed to take time. But something about you gave us the strength to digivolve prematurely."
"I wonder what that is?"
"So do I, Ryuu."
Mark interrupted, "I hate to break up the learning, but where do we go now?"
Pokumon said, "This is *my* turf. We go this way."
"What's there?"
"A fresh water lake with lots of fish. Good place to get some food."
They all followed the reptilian dog. Along the way, Rei struck up a conversation with Saishi.
"Saishi?"
"Mmm?"
"What's in that bag?"
"You really wanna know..?"
"Yes."
Saishi paused, sat down, and opened his bag. The others all gathered around, also wanting to know what was in there.
Saishi reached into the bag and drew out several objects. He began to give a running litany on each object.
"These are tablets for purifying water, but I don't think we'll need them here. Collapsible cup, swiss army knife with multiple uses, machete, compass, five months emergency army rations, so they'll only last *us* a month or less, clothing for winter climates, collapsible tent, half a dozen throwing knives, two dozen smoke bombs, tranquilizers, two flash grenades, fishing rod and lures, a complete guide to survival in the forest-"
He broke off from his litany to see that everyone was staring at him. "What? Do I have something in my teeth?"
The only comment was Mark's "Holy Mary, Mother Of God..."
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"Saishi, *where* did you get all that stuff?" asked Ryuu.
"I was going to a survival camp. I like this place better. Not so many people."
"For god's sake, Saishi, you have a machete? What kind of survival camp is like *that*?"
Saishi simply said, "The best." and refused to speak again.
The conversation after that was decidely awkward. After a while, it simply died out altogether. Eventually, Pokumon nosed some bushes aside and stopped.
"We're here!" he announced grandly.
They stared in awe. The lake was at least a mile across, crystal clear and placid in the shallows, deep blue and gently rippling in the deep parts. Slender, shadowy shapes could be seen darting about, confirming Pokumon's claim about fish.
"Shweet..."
A while later, Saishi was fisihing while the others were using his book to set up a small camp. DemiLeomon and Ryuu were tending a small fire, Rei and Sylphmon were getting fruit from the trees, Hydromon was swimming while Mitsukai watched him, Pokumon and Mark were setting up the tent, and Nekomon was feasting on the guts from one of Saishi's fish. Cats.
Saishi's rod suddenly bent. "Hey guys! I got a big one!"
Before he could start to reel it in, whatever he had hooked soared into the air.
It was a gigantic fish-like digimon. It was a bilious green in color, and it had six small talon-tipped feet. Jutting out of its forehead was long, thin stalk with a glowing bulb on the end.
"What the smeg is *that*?!"
"That's Wakibimon! He uses the light on his head to gather in solar energy for his Lure Light attack!"
The fish landed on the shore and faced the small group. The stalk on his head started to twirl around, finally stopping, pointing straight at them. "LURE LIGHT!"
A beam of sickly green enrgy shot out of the stalk, striking the ground in front of them.
There was a muffled *WHUMP* and dirt flew up, blinding them.
"Lion Spikes!"
"DarkFang Shot!"
"Pure Hurricane!"
"Salvation Flood!"
"Kitty Power!"
The attacks had no effect.
"He's just too strong!"
Nekomon tried to charge Wakibimon, but the giant fish sent him flying with a flick of his light stalk. He flew through the air and landed with a thump against a tree. "Sorry, Saishi...I failed..."
"NO! NEKOMON!"
Saishi turned to face Wakibimon, fire in his eyes. "You bastard..." he hissed softly, venom in his voice.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" he roared, rushing towards the giant digimon. "NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS!!!!"
He was holding his machete in his hands, intent on the fish.
Whatever sanity in him had been extinguished by the red fires of rage and hate.
Wakibimon extended his stalk, smashing it into Saishi. His machete went flying, and Wakibimon picked him up and slowly squeezed him.
As Saishi screamed in pain, a light began to glow on his belt. A light that was matched by the glow of Nekomon.
Eldritch power coursed through Nekomon's body, changing him, ever-so-slowly.
"Nekomon digivolve to...Sutenekomon!"
Sutenekomon was a mastiff-sized version of Nekomon. His eyes glowed with an eerie, purple light.
"NEKO RYOKU!"
Red energy flew from his body, slamming into Wakibimon with stunning force. The giant fish dropped Saishi and faced the new threat.
Sutenekomon spoke softly, but his voice was filled with hate. "You attack my friends. You almost kill me. And you have the audacity to hurt my Saishi. Die. NEKO RYOKU!"
The red energy slammed into Wakibimon, sending him flying. Before he got too far, Sutenekomon fired off two more Neko Ryokus in rapid succesion. When they smashed into the fish, there was a huge explosion. When the explosion cleared, Wakibimon was gone. Just...vanished.
Sutenekomon glowed yellow for a second and shrunk. When the light left his body, he was once again Nekomon.
Nekomon looked at the others, whose jaws had dropped in shock.
"Don't ask.", he said, "Just...Don't ask."
A/N-- There. Sorry this took me so long. I tweaked the ending and fight scenes a little bit. How did you like them?