Digital Powers:
The New
"Izzy?" Tai asked into his phone. "Yo Iz!" he impatiently tapped on the receiver. "Are you still examining those DigiGem thingamabobs?"
"Uh…yeah." Izzy said in a distracted tone. "Hey Tai? Can you and Sora come over to my house? I'd like to clear up a few things."
"Sure." Tai replied, "I was going to call Sora anyway. We should be right over."
"Prodigious! Thanks Tai. Bye."
"See ya." Tai spun around in his chair and hung the phone up, then dialed Sora's number.
"Hello, Takenouchi residence."
"Hi Mrs. Takenouchi."
"Oh hi Tai. I'll go get Sora for you." Tai heard her put the phone down and walk into the other room, calling for Sora.
Tai smiled as he heard Sora run up to the phone. "Tai!" she shouted.
"Hi Angel." Tai cooed. He sometimes called Sora 'Angel'; because of the song that Mimi convinced Matt to write and sing in his band. One of Matt's concerts was coming up, and Matt was planning on dedicating the song to Sora and Tai on its debut. But Tai mainly called her that because he believed she was his angel; she did save his life a few times after all. Besides, Sora didn't know about the song, and he wasn't supposed to tell her. "Can you meet me over at Izzy's house ASAP?"
"Sure Tai," Sora replied, "but what for?"
"Izzy wants to 'clear up a few things'." Tai replied. "At least that's what he told me." Same old Tai.
"Oh, alright." Sora responded. "I'll meet you there. Bye!"
"Bye Angel!" Tai hung up the phone with a grin on his face. Walking into the kitchen, he spotted his mom making brownies with what looked like potatoes. "Hey mom, I'll be over Izzy's for a while. I should be back before dinner."
"Alright Tai!" his mother called. "I'll save some of my potato brownies for you." She looked around; noticing that he was already gone. "Tai…? Wow, he left awfully fast. I didn't get to tell him that I was making tofu surprise for dinner. Oh well, I guess it will be more of a surprise then ever."
~~~
Tai had just arrived at Izzy's house when Sora knocked at the door. "Sorry I'm late." She said, "I just had to help with a few things at the flower shop."
"That's fine," Izzy said, leading them into a room with a nameplate that read Koushiro by the door. "Sora, I hope you don't mind that I've invited Ken over also."
"No, its okay," Sora shrugged, "they're all gonna have to find out sooner or later. Might as well be sooner." She and Tai seated themselves on Izzy's bed when there was a knock at the at the bedroom door.
"Come in!" Izzy shouted.
Ken opened the door, Minomon in his arms. "Your mother told me that you'd be in your room." He turned to Sora and Tai. "Hi Tai, Sora."
"Ken, come in, sit down." Izzy said, offering an extra chair to ken. He turned to Sora and Tai. "Can you guys tell us what happened in the pyramid?"
Tai looked over at Sora, who nodded for him to start. "Okay…where do I start?"
"The beginning." Sora prompted.
Tai smiled. "The beginning, hmm…sounds like as good as place as any." Sora playfully elbowed him in the side. "Oww…" he rubbed his side, then clutched Sora's hand and held it in his own. "Okay." He grinned. "It started when Sora and I went into the pyramid…"
Sora grinned. "I think they've gotten that much already."
"As I was saying… Sora and I went into the pyramid…" Izzy and Ken looked at each other and sweatdropped. "…you guys were probably gone by then." Tai said, motioning towards Izzy. "OK, seriously. Sora and I were walking along the paths of the pyramid, heading towards our destination. As we were walking, I wasn't paying proper attention and I fell into a pit in the floor…"
Izzy and Ken started laughing. "Tai, I knew you were reckless, but falling into a pit in the floor?" Ken joked.
Izzy wiped his eyes of the laughter-tears. "I always get a good laugh at that part - because I know that Tai's perfectly alright, of course."
Tai mock glared at the two geniuses. "Yeah well, I'm glad you're having a good laugh about it. I didn't think it was too funny…"
"Neither did I," Sora added in, "…when it happened." She covered her giggles with her free hand.
"Thanks Sora." Tai whispered sarcastically, squeezing Sora's other hand.
Sora grinned. "Anytime."
Izzy cleared his throat loudly. "You can continue whenever."
Tai looked over at Izzy, a blush creeping up his cheeks. "Your face is as red as my wings." Sora mused.
"Speaking of your wings," Tai said, shaking off his blush, "When I was falling down I could see something coming after me. But my vision was blurry, so all I could make out was a pair of red wings. I thought they were Garudamon's wings, but then I reminded myself that Biyomon wasn't there. Then I blacked out."
Ken studied Tai's face for a moment. "When you say that Sora has wings; what do you mean by that?" he looked questioningly at Sora.
"When I say that Sora has wings, that's what I mean, Sora has wings." Tai replied. He turned to Sora. "Care to show him Angel?"
Sora stood up in front of them, and to Ken's amazement, a pair of crimson-red wings slowly appeared from Sora's back. Ken hesitantly stood up and stared at the elegantly curved wings. Sora extended her left wingtip towards Ken.
"Go on Ken." Izzy urged. "Touch the feathers. They're real. I've already examined them myself."
Ken glanced up at Sora, who smiled warmly to him. Tai stood up behind her and stroked the feathers of her relaxed wing. Ken looked back over at the golden-yellow tipped fore-feathers of Sora's wing. He reached forward, gently touching the gold and crimson feather. To his surprise, he found that the feather was truly a real feather. It was silky soft to his touch. He drew his hand away. "How…?"
Tai pulled Sora down beside him on the bed, her right wing curving around him. "I'll tell you more if you sit down and stop gawking at Sora.
Needless to say, Ken sat down. "I wasn't gawking."
Tai waved off Ken's denial. "I know what gawking is…"
Izzy grinned. "That's only because you do it every day. Otherwise…"
"Hey!" Tai shouted. "I do not gawk!"
"Sure Tai." Izzy rolled his eyes.
Sora sighed. "This is ridiculous…"
"I do not gawk!"
"Whatever…" Izzy snickered.
"Back to my original question." Ken interrupted. "Sora, how did you get your wings?"
"Save your questions for later." Tai cut in. "By the time we're done telling you what happened, you'll have plenty more to ask."
Ken grinned. "At this rate I'll be 50 and losing my memory when Tai's done…" he whispered to Izzy.
Tai ignored the remark, moving back to his original story telling position. "When I came to, I saw Sora sitting in front of me with her beautiful wings." He glanced at Sora, who smiled at the compliment.
"I never asked you, Sora," Izzy stated, "what did you do the whole time Tai was unconscious?"
"At first I tried to wake Tai up. But he just wouldn't wake up. So I did the only thing I could do at the time, I sat down with my back to him, crying." Sora replied.
"Crying?"
"Yeah. I was worried about Tai, and I was afraid of what he'd think of… you know…my wings."
Realization dawned on Tai's face. "When I woke up I felt a small breeze. I thought it was just a draft, but now I know what it was."
Ken looked confused. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"When I get worried or upset a wind arises. Sometimes I can control it and sometimes I can't." Sora answered, gazing up at the ceiling.
"Your emotions control it…" Ken wondered out loud, brushing back his dark blue hair.
"Yeah, I was wondering about that too. " Izzy said. "We can discuss theories later Ken. Lets just have Tai and Sora finish their story."
"Okay…" Ken replied softly, still contemplating the ideas running wildly through his mind.
"After coming to, Sora told me about her wings. About how she first realized she had them after Datamon kidnapped her and when I was sucked back into the real world. We talked for a while until we decided that we should go find Datamon.
"After passing through the firewall we came face to face with Datamon, except that he wasn't Datamon anymore. He was CompuDatamon." Tai continued with a growl.
"Digivice." Izzy commanded. Tai snatched his off his belt and handed it to Izzy, who placed it onto the slot on his laptop. "The analyzer says that CompuDatamon is a data type Digimon with part of the virus attribute. That's strange…two attributes. Hmm…his attacks are Melt Down and Viral Blast." He typed a few keys. "It also says that for Datamon to digivolve into this digimon, he needed to use the digital power from another creature or thing." Izzy looked up. "That's probably why he was trying to get yours Sora. I wonder who…or what, Datamon used to gain that power."
"I don't know," Ken replied. "What do you mean that Datamon needed to use the digital energy of something else to digivolve into CompuDatamon? Is it some new type of digivolving - like DNA or armor digivolving?"
"DNA and armor digivolving aren't new, Digimon have been doing it forever. We, as the older digidestined kids, just didn't have the ability to do so with our Digimon. I think it's the same as this, except that it isn't really a form of digivolution, at least that's my theory." Izzy replied. He pressed a few buttons on his computer. "Mmmh…Tai, do you remember Myotismon?"
"How could I forget."
"I believe that he did the same type of thing as Datamon to digivolve into Venommyotismon, except at a higher level."
"What do you mean, Iz?"
"Well, Myotismon's bats flew around, taking the energy - or what we now know as the digital power - from all of Myotismon's former henchmen. My speculation is that Myotismon used their digital power to digivolve into his Mega form."
"Even though I wasn't there," Ken began, "that sounds like a plausible theory." He looked around. "But what exactly is this digital power you've been talking about Izzy?"
Izzy folded his laptop and placed it on his desk. "The digital power is the make up of all the digimon…"
"Huh…" Tai replied. "I never knew that Digimon wore make up…"
Sora giggled. "Not make up as in cosmetics, Tai!" she replied, giving him a sideways hug. "It's their mix of DNA."
Tai blushed. "I knew that…"
"So when Digimon DNA digivolve, like Stingmon and Exveemon, they're combining their digital power?" Ken asked.
"Sort of like that, but I don't know if combining is the right word." Izzy replied. "But every time a Digimon digivolves, its digital power fluctuates to match that Digimon's level, attribute, and skill; and also the species of Digimon that it is, like Veemon for example. That's why there are alternate evolutions, like the fact that Veemon can digivolve into Exveemon, and as I have just discovered, he can also digivolve into Veedramon. The digital power is configured as the different aspects of the Digimon, from its eye color to its attack power."
"Like when Greymon digivolved to SkullGreymon instead of Metalgreymon?" Tai asked.
"That's another good example, I didn't think of that." Izzy replied. "Greymon's power fluctuated differently so he became the Virus-type SkullGreymon."
Tai glanced up at Izzy's clock, standing up as he realized what time it was. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I really have to go. Dinner'll be waiting for me!"
Sora took Tai's vague hint and stood up also. "Yeah, I have to go too." She replied.
Izzy nodded as they walked towards his door. "Call us if you discover anything." Tai shouted, shutting the door behind him.
Ken looked over at Izzy with a grin on his thin face. "They really left in a hurry, didn't they?"
Izzy laughed, stretching his arms behind his head. "I wouldn't expect any less. Sora probably had to work at the flower shop; and Tai's not one to miss dinner unless it's something really important, like the world being attacked by Myotismon again." His grin shrank as he pulled his arms from behind his head, his red and black shirt pulling forward with his movements. He leaned towards Ken, facing his inquisitive eyes towards the boy. "I heard you say something about emotions controlling Sora's power. What's your idea on that?"
"My emotions were a major factor as to why I went to the digital world and claimed to be the Digimon emperor. I believe that the digital power ties in there. Maybe the digital power is related to emotions. We each have some digital power because we're the digidestined. And you said that I became the Digimon emperor because I wished it subconsciously; like Yolei, Davis, and Cody's different attire. That could be related too."
"You're right," Izzy replied. "Maybe Sora wished something and the digital power within her was configured as her wings."
"But does that mean that everyone else could have that added effect - even you?"
"Maybe," Izzy sighed, "but when told me their adventure before, he mentioned that CompuDatamon has said that Sora had more digital power within her then us, and that's one reason why he kidnapped her."
"That's when Sora got her crest, right? Maybe her digital power is related to her crest. Or maybe the virtue of it."
"Well, Sora's crest is the Crest of Love. Hmmm…maybe you're right. Maybe the digital power has something to do with our crests' virtues." He glanced at his clock. "We'll have to talk more about this later. Thanks for your input Ken."
Ken smiled, "Anytime," he turned to walk towards the door, holding Minomon in the crook of his arm. "Us geniuses have to stick together."
Izzy grinned, "Exactly."
~~~
Tai looked down at his half-eaten plate of tofu surprise, his stomach grumbling in revolt to the dinner. "Uh, can I be excused?"
His mother smiled, "Sure honey. But don't you want to finish your dinner?"
Tai's stomach growled again. "No…I'm pretty full as it is."
"Well alright dear."
Tai quickly got up from the table, carrying his plate to the sink and rinsing it off. 'Maybe I should've invited Izzy over,' he thought to himself, glancing at the pot of tofu surprise on the stove, 'he'd eat this stuff.'
He ran down the hall to his room, skidding to a stop at his bedroom door.
"Tai, what have I told you about running in the house?!" his mom shouted from the other end of the hall.
Tai grimaced. "Sorry!" he shouted back. Swiftly he darted into his room, shutting the door behind him. He plopped himself down on his bed, wrinkling the midnight blue covers. Turning on his side, he sighed contentedly, reaching for his nearby phone.
Holding the receiver up to his ear with his hand, his other hand dialed an all too familiar number. "Please be home." He mumbled to himself, listening intently for an answer.
"Hello?"
"Sora! I'm so glad you're home." Tai grinned, visualizing his smiling angel.
"Oh Tai! I'm glad you called. I've been so busy today working at the flower shop since before and after I went to Izzy's. I needed a break." She sighed.
Tai's grin widened. "How about we go to Matt's concert tonight? That should give you some relaxation. Plus everyone will be there: Matt, of course, T.K., Kari, Mimi, Joe, Izzy, Ken, Yolei, Cody, and I think Davis is coming too."
"Yeah, I'd be happy to go! It can kinda be a digidestined reunion - except with a few hundred of Matt's screaming fans." Sora replied with a giggle.
"Sounds good to me." Tai replied. "The concert starts at 7:30, so I'll pick you up at 7?"
"Alright Tai. I'll see you at 7 then." Sora replied, her voice radiating with excitement.
"By Angel." Tai grinned, clicking the receiver back into its stand. What a great concert this will be, Matt was dedicating his new song to Sora and Tai. A song that Matt had written especially for Sora from Tai, with a little help and prompting from Mimi. And Sora didn't even know…
"What are you grinning about?" Kari giggled, her light frame positioned at Tai's bedroom doorway. Tai shot out of his daze. "About tonight…"
"Yeah…" Tai replied dreamily. He looked up at Kari, who came and sat beside him on his bed.
Kari smiled, "it's a beautiful song. Fits Sora perfectly."
"You've heard it?"
Kari looked over at her brother sheepishly. "Yeah, when I went over to T.K.'s, Matt was there practicing, and he played it for us."
Tai grinned slyly. "You and T.K…" he chuckled, "you remind me so much of Sora and I when we were younger."
Kari playfully ruffled her brother's wild hair. "I'm glad I get to be Sora." She smirked. "I feel bad for T.K. though, if he has to be you." She giggled at the thought.
Tai grinned. "Very funny sis," he replied.
Kari stood up and patted her brother on the head. "I gotta go and get ready for Matt's concert. Don't worry about bringing me, T.K.'s dad is bringing T.K. and I."
Tai's face contorted into a satisfied smile. "You and T.K. again…"
Kari smiled innocently and began to walk out of the room. "It's 6:30 you know," she called over her shoulder as she walked out and shut the door behind her.
"6:30…yeah I know." Tai replied sleepily, draping himself lazily on his bed. "Gah!…6:30!"
~~~
"…You can't take nothin' for granted
You've gotta live life today
I turn around
And I can see what's behind me
I turn back around
And I can see what's ahead
I turn around
I can see what's behind me
…I turn around…"
Matt grinned as he finished his band's hit song, 'Turn Around' and as his fans screamed wildly. It was a relatively small crowd, considering that he had tried his hardest to limit the number of attendees so he so he could personalize this more to the digidestined - and Sora and Tai. It was important that there were others there too, since he was debuting a new song. His grin widened when he spotted his group of friends lined up close to the front and center. Taking the microphone, he motioned to his band mates that he was going to introduce the new song. Receiving their nods he stepped forward on the stage, his guitar hanging limply around his neck. He winked to Tai as he lifted the mike to his lips. Cheers rose from the dominantly female audience. "This next song is a new one I just wrote - with some incentive from my friend Mimi Tachikawa…" more cheers erupted and Mimi took a sweeping bow from her place in the audience by her boyfriend Joe. "For two of my very best friends, Tai Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi!" Tai grinned from Sora's side and Sora looked from Matt to Tai with a puzzled smile. "Sora, Tai; T.K. and Kari made me promise not to embarrass you too badly, so I won't call you up here." Matt grinned at Tai and Sora's reddening faces, and T.K. and Kari's triumphant ones. Laughs and cheers echoed through the room. "So lets get this party rollin'. From Tai to Sora, this is 'Crimson Angel'.
More screams resounded as Matt stepped back into his original position and began to play a sweet melody on his guitar.
"My words may try to explain
But they only cause more pain
I need to have you by my side
Watching from shadows I saw you fly
Upon crimson wings to match your eyes
I knew then that you had to know
My love for you longed to show
I had to let it go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
With our love I know
I can fly
The red-winged angel
When you sing your song I can tell
Love's not love without you
When you smile I see the sun
And I know that you're the one
I knew then that you had to know
My love for you longed to show
I had to let it go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
With our love I know
I can fly
And I know now you have to know
My love for you still longs to show
I could never let you go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
In the fire of our lives
On red wings of love we fly
Crimson Angel
My Crimson Angel…"
Matt grinned down at Tai as he finished the song. Tai was holding a smiling Sora tightly in his arms, her head resting just below his chin, facing forwards toward the stage. Tai looked up at Matt and winked, then returned his attention to the angel in his arms. Girls swooned as Matt finished singing, his hand lightly striking a few last notes.
Matt closed his eyes to hear the last chord die away. But instead of hearing the familiar loud cheers, he heard only a few confused voices…
His sapphire eyes shot open. In front of the stage stood his 11digidestined friends, each one looking just as confused as he felt. Not a single screaming fan in sight, not even Jun. Quickly he looked to his left, then his right - his other band members weren't there, all of their equipment, but no humans to hold them up. All of the instruments lay strewed on the floor. Matt laid his guitar gently down in its case, and jumped down from the stage to join the others in their bewilderment.
"What…happened?" Davis asked as Matt jumped down from the stage. "I didn't think your music was that bad…"
"No, indeed it wasn't." A shadowed figure spoke from the entrance into the room. It walked forward to reveal the younger aged Gennai. "In fact, it was very beautiful." He reached the awed teens.
"Gennai…! But then…where are we?" Izzy stuttered. "The digital world?"
Gennai laughed. "Yes and no," he replied.
"This guy's no help," Davis mumbled, "Where's that Benjamin guy?"
Gennai turned to Izzy. "Izzy, do you have the DigiGems?"
Izzy reached for his bag. "Um…yeah. Hold on a nano." He dug his hand into the bag and pulled out the two crystals, which were both pulsating with warm energy.
"Good," Gennai stated, taking the gems from the boy.
"You brought those things to the concert, Iz?" Matt sighed, annoyed.
"What's this all about?" Cody asked, his emerald eyes glinting curiously.
"Are our Digimon here?" Yolei added quickly.
Gennai held up his hand. "Wait a minute! I'll explain if you all stop talking." He motioned for them to come closer as their volume level died down tremendously. In one hand he held the scarlet red DigiGem, then he handed it to Sora. "Take this." He said.
As soon as Sora's fingers touched the glowing red gem, a bright red light flashed and enveloped her, and a strong breeze swirled around her. The radiant light died down to reveal Sora with her wings, the crimson feathers quivering in the dying wind.
"Wha…!" Cody, Yolei, Davis, T.K., and Kari mumbled in surprise.
"Sora! You have wings!" T.K. exclaimed.
Sora smiled, "I know," her fuchsia colored 3-quarter sleeve sweater and her long black skirt also seemed to catch the remaining breeze. Her light brown hair whipped around her face.
Izzy turned to Gennai, his dark eyes full of wonder. He hurriedly pushed back a loose strand of red hair. "But why did that happen when Sora touched the DigiGem? It never happened before when she touched it."
"Right now we are in what I know as the Shadow Digiworld - a time and place that is the Digiworld we know, but a dream version of it. Things occurring here may spread onto the digital world. This world is almost like a dream, but it's real. The DigiGems are more powerful here, because this world is composed of stronger digital power." Gennai replied.
"That was about as clear as mud." Davis muttered.
Gennai turned to face him. "That is why we are going to take this one step at a time. Even I don't know everything about this place. But if you try to figure it all out at once, its only going to lead you in circles and you'll never get back."
Mimi brushed back her pink hair with her hand, "You mean you didn't bring us here?"
"No."
"So then where do we start?" Matt asked.
Gennai pulled four gems like the fiery orange one in his hand and the red one in Sora's, out of nowhere. "With these." He stated.
"More DigiGems!" Ken exclaimed.
"These DigiGems are made of pure digital power, but they are stronger here in the shadow dimension then in the digital world or in your world." Gennai replied.
Izzy gazed at the rainbow assortment of gems. "Since DigiGems are made of pure digital energy, they must be used for digivolving." He analyzed.
"They can be." Gennai further explained, "as an added boost of power to alter the digivolution. But for this mission they will have a better effect on you."
"On us?" Joe quipped worriedly.
"Like Sora's wings." Gennai continued, "and her power for the wind. Here in the shadow world the DigiGems will enhance the digital power within you. But in the Digiworld and in your own world you won't have the power - only Sora will, because she had the strongest digital power. But only the original Digidestioned's power will be enhanced, with the exclusion of T.K. and Kari. You newer digidestined will have your true Digimon." As if on cue, Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Gatomon, and Patamon all ran into the room, each one hopping into their human friends' arms.
Mimi turned to Gennai. "What about us?" she asked.
Gennai lifted up the vibrating orange crystal, then handed to Tai. As Tai touched the DigiGem a flaming orange light engulfed him, his navy blue shirt shimmering with the orange light. When the light faded, no one could see a dramatic physical change, but Tai could feel a distinct difference. "Tai, you control fire. When you get angry or if you don't keep your emotions in check, your power may get out of hand."
Tai nodded as Gennai passed a green gem to Mimi, the green light flashing through the room. Within the green light there was a flash of purple light, flaring up as Izzy touched the purple gem handed to him. Matt received an icy blue gem, the azure blue light shimmering around his surprised features. A gray light filtered through the room as a misty gem was handed to Joe. "Mimi, you control plant growth. Izzy, you control electricity. Joe, you have the power of healing. And Matt, you control the power of ice." He looked at the assembled digidestined. "I could only manage to bring some of the Digimon here with me. So for you six I have recruited some creatures from this world. But you probably won't need them to protect you. They'll be more of a guide to you." Into the room came 5 Digimon, each one more familiar to the teens then they expected.
"A-Agumon?" Tai shouted, running up to a dinosaur-like Digimon.
The Digimon grinned an Agumon grin. "I'm Sapphimon. I'm the DigiNeo of Agumon. Some call me blue Agumon." Sapphimon responded, his light frosty blue body stood up in front of Tai. He looked like Agumon, same size, shape, and even the same voice; but he was blue. His eyes were a bright lemon yellow, and his claws were a shimmering black.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Sapphimon, despite his small size, is a tough little Digimon. Always ready to help his friends out of a problem, he uses his 'Pepper Frost' attack to cool his enemies temper.*
"DigiNeo?" Izzy wondered aloud.
A Tentomon-like Digimon hovered towards the surprised Izzy. "That's right." It replied in an insect-like voice very much like Tentomon's, "We're the DigiNeos, or the New." The insectiod Digimon landed in front of Izzy, closing it's curved pale yellow shell over its wings. "You can call me Betulomon. I'm the DigiNeo of Tentomon." The Neo-Tentomon lifted his green and blue head, shifting his small multicolored body. His bright orange eyes glinted up like jewels to Izzy.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Betulomon is a very knowledgeable Digimon who uses his intellect to make up for his lack in brawn. Using his 'Static Air' he shocks his opponents so that they can't attack back while he puts a plan of escape into action.*
"We've been told that the DigiNeos forms are more superior than the original Digimon forms." The DigiNeo form of Gabumon spoke, his gray and red fur shuddering over his lime green lizard body, "But we," he encompassed all of the Neo-Digimon with a swipe of his purple claws, "don't believe it. We want to live in harmony with the Reu-Digimon, or the Originals." He walked up to Matt and bent his head in a bow. "I am Fuirrmon, DigiNeo of Gabumon."
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Loyal through and through, Fuirrmon is often known as the Noble Digimon. Guarding small villages of Emermon and Tsandmon with his 'Emerald Shadow', Fuirrmon doesn't tolerate the works of evil.*
Neo-Palmon walked up to Mimi; her dark violet plant-like body glistened with shimmering lavender sparkles. She stopped in front of Mimi, lifting up her wide leaf-like palms to her. "As you can probably tell, I am the DigiNeo of Palmon. You can call me Petallimon!" the deep pink eyes of the Digimon showed Mimi as much innocence as her best friend, the original Palmon had.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Don't mess with Petallimon's 'Toxic Vines'! She may look like a sweet little plant, but her appearance can be deceiving. Friends are much more important to her then anything else.*
"Hey, don't forget about me!" said a familiar voice that unsurprisingly jumped Joe. It was DigiNeo Gomamon, and he had just walked up to find Joe wide-eyed.
Joe smiled and kneeled down in front of the navy blue and aqua Digimon. "You must be the DigiNeo of my old pal Gomamon."
The DigiNeo grinned. "You've got that right! Now you guys are catching on!!" he placed hid wide flipper-paw on Joe's outstretched hand. "My name is Swavemon!"
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Swavemon always has a joke to lighten the darkest mood. He calls on his fish friends for help, using his 'Aquatic Swarm' attack.*
Joe looked down at the creature grinning up at him with reddish-orange eyes. "Swavemon? Like 'wave' with an 's'?"
Davis jumped up. "No Joe! 'Swave' as in that shampoo stuff!"
"Uh Davis…" Yolei spoke up. "That's Suave…"
Davis rubbed the back of his neck. "That's what I meant…"
Gennai looked around. "Sapphimon, where is Lilamon?" he asked.
The blue dinosaur turned his head from Tai. "You know Lilamon, she went to find Petitemon. She thought that maybe he could help. She should be back…" he replied. "But just in case, I'll go look for her." He turned his light blue body, prepared to run out after his friend.
"No need Sapphimon!" a voice called, the warm tone echoing off the room's walls. Sapphimon grinned fondly as suddenly a light-purple colored Biyomon flew into the room, followed by a small silver Digimon. The lavender bird flew deftly over the group, then dropped lightly beside the winged Sora, the small silver Digimon tagging slowly behind. Lilamon looked up at Sora with the same love-filled eyes as Biyomon, but in a much darker shade of purple. "I'm Lilamon, as Sapphimon has probably told you. And I'm proud to be the DigiNeo of Biyomon." The lilac colored bird smiled warmly, inclining her feathered head towards Sora.
At the mention of her best friend, tears welled in Sora's eyes; she dropped down to her knees and flung her arms around the Digimon. Her crimson wings shook limply as she embraced the small creature, Lilamon's downy feathers softly tickling her neck and arms. As Sora opened her watery eyes, her gaze fell upon the small silver Digimon that had come in with Lilamon. It was Patamon! No, it was Petitemon. Sora slowly reached for the curled up Petitemon, gently resting its soft silver body in the crook of her arm. Petitemon looked up at her with eyes of molten gold; "I'm Petitemon…"
"…the DigiNeo of Patamon." Sora finished with a grin. His golden eyes glinted like molten jewels as he smiled a Patamon smile. He shook his graceful bat-like ears, catching a glint of sunlight from the nearby window in their shiny starlight silver.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Lilamon is the always-caring, ever-loving best friend of Sapphimon. Along with Sapphimon she watches over smaller Digimon, such as the ever patient Petitemon. Her 'Helix Tempest' is a powerful attack that she only uses to reassure her friends' safety.*
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: The small silver Digimon known as Petitemon may be cute and innocent, but when angered you'd better watch out! He is many times accompanied with Lilamon, Sapphimon, and many times Fuirrmon, he adds in his 'Petite Bubble' to help them out.*
Tai turned to face Sora just as she stood up with the energetic Petitemon in her arms, and Lilamon standing faithfully by her side. He looked down quickly at his new friend, whose bright saffron yellow eyes glinted with anticipation for the upcoming adventure. Together, Tai and Sapphimon walked up to Sora and Sapphimon's best friend, Lilamon. Petitemon grinned at Tai, spreading out his long, thin wings and gliding out of Sora's arms, landing on Tai's head, flattening his mop of chestnut brown hair. Sora grinned, glancing down at the conversing Sapphimon and Lilamon, then back up to Tai's caring smile and Petitemon resting on the boy's hair-covered head. "It looks like we made some new friends."
The New
"Izzy?" Tai asked into his phone. "Yo Iz!" he impatiently tapped on the receiver. "Are you still examining those DigiGem thingamabobs?"
"Uh…yeah." Izzy said in a distracted tone. "Hey Tai? Can you and Sora come over to my house? I'd like to clear up a few things."
"Sure." Tai replied, "I was going to call Sora anyway. We should be right over."
"Prodigious! Thanks Tai. Bye."
"See ya." Tai spun around in his chair and hung the phone up, then dialed Sora's number.
"Hello, Takenouchi residence."
"Hi Mrs. Takenouchi."
"Oh hi Tai. I'll go get Sora for you." Tai heard her put the phone down and walk into the other room, calling for Sora.
Tai smiled as he heard Sora run up to the phone. "Tai!" she shouted.
"Hi Angel." Tai cooed. He sometimes called Sora 'Angel'; because of the song that Mimi convinced Matt to write and sing in his band. One of Matt's concerts was coming up, and Matt was planning on dedicating the song to Sora and Tai on its debut. But Tai mainly called her that because he believed she was his angel; she did save his life a few times after all. Besides, Sora didn't know about the song, and he wasn't supposed to tell her. "Can you meet me over at Izzy's house ASAP?"
"Sure Tai," Sora replied, "but what for?"
"Izzy wants to 'clear up a few things'." Tai replied. "At least that's what he told me." Same old Tai.
"Oh, alright." Sora responded. "I'll meet you there. Bye!"
"Bye Angel!" Tai hung up the phone with a grin on his face. Walking into the kitchen, he spotted his mom making brownies with what looked like potatoes. "Hey mom, I'll be over Izzy's for a while. I should be back before dinner."
"Alright Tai!" his mother called. "I'll save some of my potato brownies for you." She looked around; noticing that he was already gone. "Tai…? Wow, he left awfully fast. I didn't get to tell him that I was making tofu surprise for dinner. Oh well, I guess it will be more of a surprise then ever."
~~~
Tai had just arrived at Izzy's house when Sora knocked at the door. "Sorry I'm late." She said, "I just had to help with a few things at the flower shop."
"That's fine," Izzy said, leading them into a room with a nameplate that read Koushiro by the door. "Sora, I hope you don't mind that I've invited Ken over also."
"No, its okay," Sora shrugged, "they're all gonna have to find out sooner or later. Might as well be sooner." She and Tai seated themselves on Izzy's bed when there was a knock at the at the bedroom door.
"Come in!" Izzy shouted.
Ken opened the door, Minomon in his arms. "Your mother told me that you'd be in your room." He turned to Sora and Tai. "Hi Tai, Sora."
"Ken, come in, sit down." Izzy said, offering an extra chair to ken. He turned to Sora and Tai. "Can you guys tell us what happened in the pyramid?"
Tai looked over at Sora, who nodded for him to start. "Okay…where do I start?"
"The beginning." Sora prompted.
Tai smiled. "The beginning, hmm…sounds like as good as place as any." Sora playfully elbowed him in the side. "Oww…" he rubbed his side, then clutched Sora's hand and held it in his own. "Okay." He grinned. "It started when Sora and I went into the pyramid…"
Sora grinned. "I think they've gotten that much already."
"As I was saying… Sora and I went into the pyramid…" Izzy and Ken looked at each other and sweatdropped. "…you guys were probably gone by then." Tai said, motioning towards Izzy. "OK, seriously. Sora and I were walking along the paths of the pyramid, heading towards our destination. As we were walking, I wasn't paying proper attention and I fell into a pit in the floor…"
Izzy and Ken started laughing. "Tai, I knew you were reckless, but falling into a pit in the floor?" Ken joked.
Izzy wiped his eyes of the laughter-tears. "I always get a good laugh at that part - because I know that Tai's perfectly alright, of course."
Tai mock glared at the two geniuses. "Yeah well, I'm glad you're having a good laugh about it. I didn't think it was too funny…"
"Neither did I," Sora added in, "…when it happened." She covered her giggles with her free hand.
"Thanks Sora." Tai whispered sarcastically, squeezing Sora's other hand.
Sora grinned. "Anytime."
Izzy cleared his throat loudly. "You can continue whenever."
Tai looked over at Izzy, a blush creeping up his cheeks. "Your face is as red as my wings." Sora mused.
"Speaking of your wings," Tai said, shaking off his blush, "When I was falling down I could see something coming after me. But my vision was blurry, so all I could make out was a pair of red wings. I thought they were Garudamon's wings, but then I reminded myself that Biyomon wasn't there. Then I blacked out."
Ken studied Tai's face for a moment. "When you say that Sora has wings; what do you mean by that?" he looked questioningly at Sora.
"When I say that Sora has wings, that's what I mean, Sora has wings." Tai replied. He turned to Sora. "Care to show him Angel?"
Sora stood up in front of them, and to Ken's amazement, a pair of crimson-red wings slowly appeared from Sora's back. Ken hesitantly stood up and stared at the elegantly curved wings. Sora extended her left wingtip towards Ken.
"Go on Ken." Izzy urged. "Touch the feathers. They're real. I've already examined them myself."
Ken glanced up at Sora, who smiled warmly to him. Tai stood up behind her and stroked the feathers of her relaxed wing. Ken looked back over at the golden-yellow tipped fore-feathers of Sora's wing. He reached forward, gently touching the gold and crimson feather. To his surprise, he found that the feather was truly a real feather. It was silky soft to his touch. He drew his hand away. "How…?"
Tai pulled Sora down beside him on the bed, her right wing curving around him. "I'll tell you more if you sit down and stop gawking at Sora.
Needless to say, Ken sat down. "I wasn't gawking."
Tai waved off Ken's denial. "I know what gawking is…"
Izzy grinned. "That's only because you do it every day. Otherwise…"
"Hey!" Tai shouted. "I do not gawk!"
"Sure Tai." Izzy rolled his eyes.
Sora sighed. "This is ridiculous…"
"I do not gawk!"
"Whatever…" Izzy snickered.
"Back to my original question." Ken interrupted. "Sora, how did you get your wings?"
"Save your questions for later." Tai cut in. "By the time we're done telling you what happened, you'll have plenty more to ask."
Ken grinned. "At this rate I'll be 50 and losing my memory when Tai's done…" he whispered to Izzy.
Tai ignored the remark, moving back to his original story telling position. "When I came to, I saw Sora sitting in front of me with her beautiful wings." He glanced at Sora, who smiled at the compliment.
"I never asked you, Sora," Izzy stated, "what did you do the whole time Tai was unconscious?"
"At first I tried to wake Tai up. But he just wouldn't wake up. So I did the only thing I could do at the time, I sat down with my back to him, crying." Sora replied.
"Crying?"
"Yeah. I was worried about Tai, and I was afraid of what he'd think of… you know…my wings."
Realization dawned on Tai's face. "When I woke up I felt a small breeze. I thought it was just a draft, but now I know what it was."
Ken looked confused. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"When I get worried or upset a wind arises. Sometimes I can control it and sometimes I can't." Sora answered, gazing up at the ceiling.
"Your emotions control it…" Ken wondered out loud, brushing back his dark blue hair.
"Yeah, I was wondering about that too. " Izzy said. "We can discuss theories later Ken. Lets just have Tai and Sora finish their story."
"Okay…" Ken replied softly, still contemplating the ideas running wildly through his mind.
"After coming to, Sora told me about her wings. About how she first realized she had them after Datamon kidnapped her and when I was sucked back into the real world. We talked for a while until we decided that we should go find Datamon.
"After passing through the firewall we came face to face with Datamon, except that he wasn't Datamon anymore. He was CompuDatamon." Tai continued with a growl.
"Digivice." Izzy commanded. Tai snatched his off his belt and handed it to Izzy, who placed it onto the slot on his laptop. "The analyzer says that CompuDatamon is a data type Digimon with part of the virus attribute. That's strange…two attributes. Hmm…his attacks are Melt Down and Viral Blast." He typed a few keys. "It also says that for Datamon to digivolve into this digimon, he needed to use the digital power from another creature or thing." Izzy looked up. "That's probably why he was trying to get yours Sora. I wonder who…or what, Datamon used to gain that power."
"I don't know," Ken replied. "What do you mean that Datamon needed to use the digital energy of something else to digivolve into CompuDatamon? Is it some new type of digivolving - like DNA or armor digivolving?"
"DNA and armor digivolving aren't new, Digimon have been doing it forever. We, as the older digidestined kids, just didn't have the ability to do so with our Digimon. I think it's the same as this, except that it isn't really a form of digivolution, at least that's my theory." Izzy replied. He pressed a few buttons on his computer. "Mmmh…Tai, do you remember Myotismon?"
"How could I forget."
"I believe that he did the same type of thing as Datamon to digivolve into Venommyotismon, except at a higher level."
"What do you mean, Iz?"
"Well, Myotismon's bats flew around, taking the energy - or what we now know as the digital power - from all of Myotismon's former henchmen. My speculation is that Myotismon used their digital power to digivolve into his Mega form."
"Even though I wasn't there," Ken began, "that sounds like a plausible theory." He looked around. "But what exactly is this digital power you've been talking about Izzy?"
Izzy folded his laptop and placed it on his desk. "The digital power is the make up of all the digimon…"
"Huh…" Tai replied. "I never knew that Digimon wore make up…"
Sora giggled. "Not make up as in cosmetics, Tai!" she replied, giving him a sideways hug. "It's their mix of DNA."
Tai blushed. "I knew that…"
"So when Digimon DNA digivolve, like Stingmon and Exveemon, they're combining their digital power?" Ken asked.
"Sort of like that, but I don't know if combining is the right word." Izzy replied. "But every time a Digimon digivolves, its digital power fluctuates to match that Digimon's level, attribute, and skill; and also the species of Digimon that it is, like Veemon for example. That's why there are alternate evolutions, like the fact that Veemon can digivolve into Exveemon, and as I have just discovered, he can also digivolve into Veedramon. The digital power is configured as the different aspects of the Digimon, from its eye color to its attack power."
"Like when Greymon digivolved to SkullGreymon instead of Metalgreymon?" Tai asked.
"That's another good example, I didn't think of that." Izzy replied. "Greymon's power fluctuated differently so he became the Virus-type SkullGreymon."
Tai glanced up at Izzy's clock, standing up as he realized what time it was. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I really have to go. Dinner'll be waiting for me!"
Sora took Tai's vague hint and stood up also. "Yeah, I have to go too." She replied.
Izzy nodded as they walked towards his door. "Call us if you discover anything." Tai shouted, shutting the door behind him.
Ken looked over at Izzy with a grin on his thin face. "They really left in a hurry, didn't they?"
Izzy laughed, stretching his arms behind his head. "I wouldn't expect any less. Sora probably had to work at the flower shop; and Tai's not one to miss dinner unless it's something really important, like the world being attacked by Myotismon again." His grin shrank as he pulled his arms from behind his head, his red and black shirt pulling forward with his movements. He leaned towards Ken, facing his inquisitive eyes towards the boy. "I heard you say something about emotions controlling Sora's power. What's your idea on that?"
"My emotions were a major factor as to why I went to the digital world and claimed to be the Digimon emperor. I believe that the digital power ties in there. Maybe the digital power is related to emotions. We each have some digital power because we're the digidestined. And you said that I became the Digimon emperor because I wished it subconsciously; like Yolei, Davis, and Cody's different attire. That could be related too."
"You're right," Izzy replied. "Maybe Sora wished something and the digital power within her was configured as her wings."
"But does that mean that everyone else could have that added effect - even you?"
"Maybe," Izzy sighed, "but when told me their adventure before, he mentioned that CompuDatamon has said that Sora had more digital power within her then us, and that's one reason why he kidnapped her."
"That's when Sora got her crest, right? Maybe her digital power is related to her crest. Or maybe the virtue of it."
"Well, Sora's crest is the Crest of Love. Hmmm…maybe you're right. Maybe the digital power has something to do with our crests' virtues." He glanced at his clock. "We'll have to talk more about this later. Thanks for your input Ken."
Ken smiled, "Anytime," he turned to walk towards the door, holding Minomon in the crook of his arm. "Us geniuses have to stick together."
Izzy grinned, "Exactly."
~~~
Tai looked down at his half-eaten plate of tofu surprise, his stomach grumbling in revolt to the dinner. "Uh, can I be excused?"
His mother smiled, "Sure honey. But don't you want to finish your dinner?"
Tai's stomach growled again. "No…I'm pretty full as it is."
"Well alright dear."
Tai quickly got up from the table, carrying his plate to the sink and rinsing it off. 'Maybe I should've invited Izzy over,' he thought to himself, glancing at the pot of tofu surprise on the stove, 'he'd eat this stuff.'
He ran down the hall to his room, skidding to a stop at his bedroom door.
"Tai, what have I told you about running in the house?!" his mom shouted from the other end of the hall.
Tai grimaced. "Sorry!" he shouted back. Swiftly he darted into his room, shutting the door behind him. He plopped himself down on his bed, wrinkling the midnight blue covers. Turning on his side, he sighed contentedly, reaching for his nearby phone.
Holding the receiver up to his ear with his hand, his other hand dialed an all too familiar number. "Please be home." He mumbled to himself, listening intently for an answer.
"Hello?"
"Sora! I'm so glad you're home." Tai grinned, visualizing his smiling angel.
"Oh Tai! I'm glad you called. I've been so busy today working at the flower shop since before and after I went to Izzy's. I needed a break." She sighed.
Tai's grin widened. "How about we go to Matt's concert tonight? That should give you some relaxation. Plus everyone will be there: Matt, of course, T.K., Kari, Mimi, Joe, Izzy, Ken, Yolei, Cody, and I think Davis is coming too."
"Yeah, I'd be happy to go! It can kinda be a digidestined reunion - except with a few hundred of Matt's screaming fans." Sora replied with a giggle.
"Sounds good to me." Tai replied. "The concert starts at 7:30, so I'll pick you up at 7?"
"Alright Tai. I'll see you at 7 then." Sora replied, her voice radiating with excitement.
"By Angel." Tai grinned, clicking the receiver back into its stand. What a great concert this will be, Matt was dedicating his new song to Sora and Tai. A song that Matt had written especially for Sora from Tai, with a little help and prompting from Mimi. And Sora didn't even know…
"What are you grinning about?" Kari giggled, her light frame positioned at Tai's bedroom doorway. Tai shot out of his daze. "About tonight…"
"Yeah…" Tai replied dreamily. He looked up at Kari, who came and sat beside him on his bed.
Kari smiled, "it's a beautiful song. Fits Sora perfectly."
"You've heard it?"
Kari looked over at her brother sheepishly. "Yeah, when I went over to T.K.'s, Matt was there practicing, and he played it for us."
Tai grinned slyly. "You and T.K…" he chuckled, "you remind me so much of Sora and I when we were younger."
Kari playfully ruffled her brother's wild hair. "I'm glad I get to be Sora." She smirked. "I feel bad for T.K. though, if he has to be you." She giggled at the thought.
Tai grinned. "Very funny sis," he replied.
Kari stood up and patted her brother on the head. "I gotta go and get ready for Matt's concert. Don't worry about bringing me, T.K.'s dad is bringing T.K. and I."
Tai's face contorted into a satisfied smile. "You and T.K. again…"
Kari smiled innocently and began to walk out of the room. "It's 6:30 you know," she called over her shoulder as she walked out and shut the door behind her.
"6:30…yeah I know." Tai replied sleepily, draping himself lazily on his bed. "Gah!…6:30!"
~~~
"…You can't take nothin' for granted
You've gotta live life today
I turn around
And I can see what's behind me
I turn back around
And I can see what's ahead
I turn around
I can see what's behind me
…I turn around…"
Matt grinned as he finished his band's hit song, 'Turn Around' and as his fans screamed wildly. It was a relatively small crowd, considering that he had tried his hardest to limit the number of attendees so he so he could personalize this more to the digidestined - and Sora and Tai. It was important that there were others there too, since he was debuting a new song. His grin widened when he spotted his group of friends lined up close to the front and center. Taking the microphone, he motioned to his band mates that he was going to introduce the new song. Receiving their nods he stepped forward on the stage, his guitar hanging limply around his neck. He winked to Tai as he lifted the mike to his lips. Cheers rose from the dominantly female audience. "This next song is a new one I just wrote - with some incentive from my friend Mimi Tachikawa…" more cheers erupted and Mimi took a sweeping bow from her place in the audience by her boyfriend Joe. "For two of my very best friends, Tai Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi!" Tai grinned from Sora's side and Sora looked from Matt to Tai with a puzzled smile. "Sora, Tai; T.K. and Kari made me promise not to embarrass you too badly, so I won't call you up here." Matt grinned at Tai and Sora's reddening faces, and T.K. and Kari's triumphant ones. Laughs and cheers echoed through the room. "So lets get this party rollin'. From Tai to Sora, this is 'Crimson Angel'.
More screams resounded as Matt stepped back into his original position and began to play a sweet melody on his guitar.
"My words may try to explain
But they only cause more pain
I need to have you by my side
Watching from shadows I saw you fly
Upon crimson wings to match your eyes
I knew then that you had to know
My love for you longed to show
I had to let it go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
With our love I know
I can fly
The red-winged angel
When you sing your song I can tell
Love's not love without you
When you smile I see the sun
And I know that you're the one
I knew then that you had to know
My love for you longed to show
I had to let it go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
With our love I know
I can fly
And I know now you have to know
My love for you still longs to show
I could never let you go
Crimson Angel
In the fire of life
On red wings of love you fly
My Crimson Angel
In the fire of our lives
On red wings of love we fly
Crimson Angel
My Crimson Angel…"
Matt grinned down at Tai as he finished the song. Tai was holding a smiling Sora tightly in his arms, her head resting just below his chin, facing forwards toward the stage. Tai looked up at Matt and winked, then returned his attention to the angel in his arms. Girls swooned as Matt finished singing, his hand lightly striking a few last notes.
Matt closed his eyes to hear the last chord die away. But instead of hearing the familiar loud cheers, he heard only a few confused voices…
His sapphire eyes shot open. In front of the stage stood his 11digidestined friends, each one looking just as confused as he felt. Not a single screaming fan in sight, not even Jun. Quickly he looked to his left, then his right - his other band members weren't there, all of their equipment, but no humans to hold them up. All of the instruments lay strewed on the floor. Matt laid his guitar gently down in its case, and jumped down from the stage to join the others in their bewilderment.
"What…happened?" Davis asked as Matt jumped down from the stage. "I didn't think your music was that bad…"
"No, indeed it wasn't." A shadowed figure spoke from the entrance into the room. It walked forward to reveal the younger aged Gennai. "In fact, it was very beautiful." He reached the awed teens.
"Gennai…! But then…where are we?" Izzy stuttered. "The digital world?"
Gennai laughed. "Yes and no," he replied.
"This guy's no help," Davis mumbled, "Where's that Benjamin guy?"
Gennai turned to Izzy. "Izzy, do you have the DigiGems?"
Izzy reached for his bag. "Um…yeah. Hold on a nano." He dug his hand into the bag and pulled out the two crystals, which were both pulsating with warm energy.
"Good," Gennai stated, taking the gems from the boy.
"You brought those things to the concert, Iz?" Matt sighed, annoyed.
"What's this all about?" Cody asked, his emerald eyes glinting curiously.
"Are our Digimon here?" Yolei added quickly.
Gennai held up his hand. "Wait a minute! I'll explain if you all stop talking." He motioned for them to come closer as their volume level died down tremendously. In one hand he held the scarlet red DigiGem, then he handed it to Sora. "Take this." He said.
As soon as Sora's fingers touched the glowing red gem, a bright red light flashed and enveloped her, and a strong breeze swirled around her. The radiant light died down to reveal Sora with her wings, the crimson feathers quivering in the dying wind.
"Wha…!" Cody, Yolei, Davis, T.K., and Kari mumbled in surprise.
"Sora! You have wings!" T.K. exclaimed.
Sora smiled, "I know," her fuchsia colored 3-quarter sleeve sweater and her long black skirt also seemed to catch the remaining breeze. Her light brown hair whipped around her face.
Izzy turned to Gennai, his dark eyes full of wonder. He hurriedly pushed back a loose strand of red hair. "But why did that happen when Sora touched the DigiGem? It never happened before when she touched it."
"Right now we are in what I know as the Shadow Digiworld - a time and place that is the Digiworld we know, but a dream version of it. Things occurring here may spread onto the digital world. This world is almost like a dream, but it's real. The DigiGems are more powerful here, because this world is composed of stronger digital power." Gennai replied.
"That was about as clear as mud." Davis muttered.
Gennai turned to face him. "That is why we are going to take this one step at a time. Even I don't know everything about this place. But if you try to figure it all out at once, its only going to lead you in circles and you'll never get back."
Mimi brushed back her pink hair with her hand, "You mean you didn't bring us here?"
"No."
"So then where do we start?" Matt asked.
Gennai pulled four gems like the fiery orange one in his hand and the red one in Sora's, out of nowhere. "With these." He stated.
"More DigiGems!" Ken exclaimed.
"These DigiGems are made of pure digital power, but they are stronger here in the shadow dimension then in the digital world or in your world." Gennai replied.
Izzy gazed at the rainbow assortment of gems. "Since DigiGems are made of pure digital energy, they must be used for digivolving." He analyzed.
"They can be." Gennai further explained, "as an added boost of power to alter the digivolution. But for this mission they will have a better effect on you."
"On us?" Joe quipped worriedly.
"Like Sora's wings." Gennai continued, "and her power for the wind. Here in the shadow world the DigiGems will enhance the digital power within you. But in the Digiworld and in your own world you won't have the power - only Sora will, because she had the strongest digital power. But only the original Digidestioned's power will be enhanced, with the exclusion of T.K. and Kari. You newer digidestined will have your true Digimon." As if on cue, Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Gatomon, and Patamon all ran into the room, each one hopping into their human friends' arms.
Mimi turned to Gennai. "What about us?" she asked.
Gennai lifted up the vibrating orange crystal, then handed to Tai. As Tai touched the DigiGem a flaming orange light engulfed him, his navy blue shirt shimmering with the orange light. When the light faded, no one could see a dramatic physical change, but Tai could feel a distinct difference. "Tai, you control fire. When you get angry or if you don't keep your emotions in check, your power may get out of hand."
Tai nodded as Gennai passed a green gem to Mimi, the green light flashing through the room. Within the green light there was a flash of purple light, flaring up as Izzy touched the purple gem handed to him. Matt received an icy blue gem, the azure blue light shimmering around his surprised features. A gray light filtered through the room as a misty gem was handed to Joe. "Mimi, you control plant growth. Izzy, you control electricity. Joe, you have the power of healing. And Matt, you control the power of ice." He looked at the assembled digidestined. "I could only manage to bring some of the Digimon here with me. So for you six I have recruited some creatures from this world. But you probably won't need them to protect you. They'll be more of a guide to you." Into the room came 5 Digimon, each one more familiar to the teens then they expected.
"A-Agumon?" Tai shouted, running up to a dinosaur-like Digimon.
The Digimon grinned an Agumon grin. "I'm Sapphimon. I'm the DigiNeo of Agumon. Some call me blue Agumon." Sapphimon responded, his light frosty blue body stood up in front of Tai. He looked like Agumon, same size, shape, and even the same voice; but he was blue. His eyes were a bright lemon yellow, and his claws were a shimmering black.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Sapphimon, despite his small size, is a tough little Digimon. Always ready to help his friends out of a problem, he uses his 'Pepper Frost' attack to cool his enemies temper.*
"DigiNeo?" Izzy wondered aloud.
A Tentomon-like Digimon hovered towards the surprised Izzy. "That's right." It replied in an insect-like voice very much like Tentomon's, "We're the DigiNeos, or the New." The insectiod Digimon landed in front of Izzy, closing it's curved pale yellow shell over its wings. "You can call me Betulomon. I'm the DigiNeo of Tentomon." The Neo-Tentomon lifted his green and blue head, shifting his small multicolored body. His bright orange eyes glinted up like jewels to Izzy.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Betulomon is a very knowledgeable Digimon who uses his intellect to make up for his lack in brawn. Using his 'Static Air' he shocks his opponents so that they can't attack back while he puts a plan of escape into action.*
"We've been told that the DigiNeos forms are more superior than the original Digimon forms." The DigiNeo form of Gabumon spoke, his gray and red fur shuddering over his lime green lizard body, "But we," he encompassed all of the Neo-Digimon with a swipe of his purple claws, "don't believe it. We want to live in harmony with the Reu-Digimon, or the Originals." He walked up to Matt and bent his head in a bow. "I am Fuirrmon, DigiNeo of Gabumon."
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Loyal through and through, Fuirrmon is often known as the Noble Digimon. Guarding small villages of Emermon and Tsandmon with his 'Emerald Shadow', Fuirrmon doesn't tolerate the works of evil.*
Neo-Palmon walked up to Mimi; her dark violet plant-like body glistened with shimmering lavender sparkles. She stopped in front of Mimi, lifting up her wide leaf-like palms to her. "As you can probably tell, I am the DigiNeo of Palmon. You can call me Petallimon!" the deep pink eyes of the Digimon showed Mimi as much innocence as her best friend, the original Palmon had.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Don't mess with Petallimon's 'Toxic Vines'! She may look like a sweet little plant, but her appearance can be deceiving. Friends are much more important to her then anything else.*
"Hey, don't forget about me!" said a familiar voice that unsurprisingly jumped Joe. It was DigiNeo Gomamon, and he had just walked up to find Joe wide-eyed.
Joe smiled and kneeled down in front of the navy blue and aqua Digimon. "You must be the DigiNeo of my old pal Gomamon."
The DigiNeo grinned. "You've got that right! Now you guys are catching on!!" he placed hid wide flipper-paw on Joe's outstretched hand. "My name is Swavemon!"
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Swavemon always has a joke to lighten the darkest mood. He calls on his fish friends for help, using his 'Aquatic Swarm' attack.*
Joe looked down at the creature grinning up at him with reddish-orange eyes. "Swavemon? Like 'wave' with an 's'?"
Davis jumped up. "No Joe! 'Swave' as in that shampoo stuff!"
"Uh Davis…" Yolei spoke up. "That's Suave…"
Davis rubbed the back of his neck. "That's what I meant…"
Gennai looked around. "Sapphimon, where is Lilamon?" he asked.
The blue dinosaur turned his head from Tai. "You know Lilamon, she went to find Petitemon. She thought that maybe he could help. She should be back…" he replied. "But just in case, I'll go look for her." He turned his light blue body, prepared to run out after his friend.
"No need Sapphimon!" a voice called, the warm tone echoing off the room's walls. Sapphimon grinned fondly as suddenly a light-purple colored Biyomon flew into the room, followed by a small silver Digimon. The lavender bird flew deftly over the group, then dropped lightly beside the winged Sora, the small silver Digimon tagging slowly behind. Lilamon looked up at Sora with the same love-filled eyes as Biyomon, but in a much darker shade of purple. "I'm Lilamon, as Sapphimon has probably told you. And I'm proud to be the DigiNeo of Biyomon." The lilac colored bird smiled warmly, inclining her feathered head towards Sora.
At the mention of her best friend, tears welled in Sora's eyes; she dropped down to her knees and flung her arms around the Digimon. Her crimson wings shook limply as she embraced the small creature, Lilamon's downy feathers softly tickling her neck and arms. As Sora opened her watery eyes, her gaze fell upon the small silver Digimon that had come in with Lilamon. It was Patamon! No, it was Petitemon. Sora slowly reached for the curled up Petitemon, gently resting its soft silver body in the crook of her arm. Petitemon looked up at her with eyes of molten gold; "I'm Petitemon…"
"…the DigiNeo of Patamon." Sora finished with a grin. His golden eyes glinted like molten jewels as he smiled a Patamon smile. He shook his graceful bat-like ears, catching a glint of sunlight from the nearby window in their shiny starlight silver.
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: Lilamon is the always-caring, ever-loving best friend of Sapphimon. Along with Sapphimon she watches over smaller Digimon, such as the ever patient Petitemon. Her 'Helix Tempest' is a powerful attack that she only uses to reassure her friends' safety.*
*DIGIMON ANALYZER: The small silver Digimon known as Petitemon may be cute and innocent, but when angered you'd better watch out! He is many times accompanied with Lilamon, Sapphimon, and many times Fuirrmon, he adds in his 'Petite Bubble' to help them out.*
Tai turned to face Sora just as she stood up with the energetic Petitemon in her arms, and Lilamon standing faithfully by her side. He looked down quickly at his new friend, whose bright saffron yellow eyes glinted with anticipation for the upcoming adventure. Together, Tai and Sapphimon walked up to Sora and Sapphimon's best friend, Lilamon. Petitemon grinned at Tai, spreading out his long, thin wings and gliding out of Sora's arms, landing on Tai's head, flattening his mop of chestnut brown hair. Sora grinned, glancing down at the conversing Sapphimon and Lilamon, then back up to Tai's caring smile and Petitemon resting on the boy's hair-covered head. "It looks like we made some new friends."
