Take it to the Next Level
By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung
Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!
Tiberius once more discarded his bag beside his desk, exhausted from another day of school. The 15-year-old removed his glasses and wiped them clean, before replacing them on his face. Lepumon laid on his bed, sleeping peacefully.
The teenager's main concern right now was an e-mail he received from a friend.
Hey G
I got some interesting information for you, my Digi-Destined friend. Yes, I know you're a Digi-Destined. In fact, I must inform you that I am one as well.
Man, I sound way too serious for this e-mail.
Anyway, as I continue, between, you, me, Blitz, and Prism(Shastina), that makes four Digi-Destined. I'm not sure if there are anymore, maybe you could shine some light on the matter.
I've discovered two things about the Digital World and Digimon. The first is Digital Evolution, or Digivolve. I'm not sure what it actually is, but when a Digimon Digivolves, they sort of increase in level. You know, like those RPG games, except it's not permanent. The Digimon revert back to their original form. Has your Digimon done that yet?
Also, I'd like to note that Digital World time seems faster then Real World time. Something along the lines of a 2:1 ratio, 2 minutes Digital for 1 minute Real. I'm not sure if that is a natural occurrence or not.
Signing off
~K.H. 'Nobie' Lai
Tiberius opened his Digivice, ready to respond to the e-mail which he read during lunch period at school. Quickly, the teen typed in his response.
Digi-Destined, I see Nobie.
Digivolve? That's an interesting concept. My Digimon hasn't Digivolved yet. Maybe it was just luck of the draw. Maybe there's a trigger. I don't know. Hard to say. We'll have to analyze some more.
Digital World time? Hmm…DWT on my watch. Tentomon informed me that Digital World time and Real World time is supposed to be synchronized. If it is off right now, it might be one of the causes why Digi-Ports have been opening. A reason why we were chosen.
Third note, there is a fifth Digi-Destined. His name is Marc, a friend of Blitz (Tao, if you please). The three of us met yesterday, though not in the best of circumstances. Heh, maybe we'll see each other in the Digital World… Never know.
~Tiberius 'GTK' Hartz
Satisfied with his letter, Tiberius pushed the send button. The faint beep of confirmation arose, followed with the teenager closing his Digivice.
"If it is a 2:1 ratio, it would explain how long visits always seemed so short," Tiberius thought, sitting down at his computer. "I wonder how Blitz would react when I tell him this new turn of events," Tiberius thought, still used to calling his Internet Chat buddy by his ICQ nickname. He also told Blitz that he should inform Marc about the situation, since he didn't have Marc's e-mail address. Finally, the teenager from U.K. mailed Prism as well.
"Well, now that I got that done…" Tiberius thought, taking out a large textbook from his bag. "Homework beckons…" he added, sighing as he began to flip through the book.
* * * * * *
Marc sighed, typing in random gibberish on the computer he was sitting at in the library. He glanced to his right, where Tao was diligently typing away at his English assignment. In Marc's case, the teen had already finished the assignment.
Marc turned to face his left where another student was checking his e-mail. Despite the bad grammar, the e-mail was still readable
"What's that, Ioji?" Marc asked the part Japanese student. The classmate turned to Marc, taking a few seconds to realize Marc was asking about the e-mail.
"Oh, it's just a letter from a cousin in Japan," Ioji replied, beginning to compile a response. "She's going to come over next week, and since both my parents work, chances are, she'll be coming to DMCI."
"Oh? How long is she staying for?" Marc questioned, curious. He remembered on the news hearing about a monster attack in Japan at least 6 years ago, but he was young then. It was hard for the teenager to recall the events.
"About a week or two," Ioji responded, typing quickly. "Her English isn't very good, so she may have a hard time to adapt. Well, I'm going to try to teach her as much as possible when she gets here."
"Well, good luck then," Marc told the English student, taking his books. The bell rang promptly, allowing marc to head for his locker. Tao quickly collected his stuff and ran to catch up with his friend and Digi-Destined comrade.
"Japan? What did I hear about Japan?" he asked, turning the dial on his combination lock quickly.
"Ioji's cousin is coming from Japan in about a week, and will probably end up coming to school as well," Marc informed, replacing books in his locker.
"How coincidental," Tao mused, placing his Math textbook into his bag. "Shastina is going to Japan next Monday."
"She is?" Marc questioned, shutting his locker.
"Yeah. She told me over AIM last night," Tao answered, slamming his locker shut and zipping up his school bag. "She also pointed out the fact of Digivolving, as well as the fact that Tigramon followed her out of the Digital World."
"You're kidding me," Marc muttered, heading towards the front door, hoping to catch the bus before the line up got too big. "And what's this…Digivolving?"
"Something along the lines of the Digimon getting bigger, changing, getting stronger," Tao informed, getting his bus ticket ready. "It's weird, and the effects don't seem to be permanent either."
"Makes you wonder if our Digimon could do the same thing," Marc observed, the bus pulling up to the curb.
"Yeah…" Tao agreed, following his friend onto the bus.
* * * * * *
The time read 9:00 P.M. on Tiberius' watch. However, it didn't concern him, as he was studying for a test tomorrow.
"Y equals A bracket X minus P close bracket square plus Q," Lepumon read out loud, hanging from Tibbs shoulder. "What does that mean?" he asked, confused with the words and numbers and signs.
"It's the formula for a Parabola," Tiberius replied, turning the page. Lepumon was still confused, though he decided to let it go. He would never understand Human education.
"Hey, Tibbs, is your computer supposed to do that?" Lepumon asked next, turning to face the computer screen.
"Do what?" Tiberius asked, not removing his gaze from the textbook.
"Show the Digital World," Lepumon replied calmly.
"What?!" he exclaimed, dropping the math book and sliding over to the computer. As Lepumon said, the two familiar windows that represented the Digi-Port were on his computer.
"Told ya," Lepumon spoke cheerfully.
"Hmm…a beach…" Tiberius mused, examining the location the gate was opening to.
The waves splashed in and out with the sun glowing brightly above the land. A small cliff was facing the waves and beach, though untouched by the splashing water,
"Are we going?!" Lepumon asked excitedly. Tiberius nodded, taking his Digivice from his pocket.
"Then let's get to it," he spoke, the Digivice gathering energy yet again for another trip to the Digital World.
* * * * * *
Marc discarded his school bag, removing a few items from the bag beforehand. The DMCI student inserted a floppy into his disk drive once his computer passed the boot up sequence. In the meantime, he checked his e-mail using his Digivice, finding out he had none to read.
"Oh well, no one liked sending me e-mail anyway," he thought, closing the Digivice and clipping it to his belt. Marc moved his mouse around, copying the files from his floppy onto his hard drive. The disk drive blared loudly as it read the floppy. Marc sighed, turning around for a second and stretching his limbs. Once he completed that, he turned back around to face the computer.
On the screen was another Digi-Port waiting for him. He quickly examined the scene.
"At least I finished Bronze Cross," he told himself, taking his Digivice and placing it near the screen. "Let's go!"
* * * * * *
"You know…there's got to be a reason why Digi-Ports are opening," Tiberius spoke out loud. He sat down in the sand, waiting for something to happen. However, nothing was moving except for the waves, echoed by the splashing sound they made.
"The world is going to end?" Lepumon suggested, still perched on his partner's shoulder. There was a short giggle from Tiberius when he heard the answer.
"If the world was going to end, don't you think there would be a sign?" Tiberius asked, smiling. Lepumon smiled back, leaping off his shoulder.
"Well, the Digi-Destined are needed for something, we just need to figure what!" Lepumon continued, lying down on the sand. "But for now, let's just lie down and do nothing!" Tiberius grinned again, tickling the Digimon in the stomach. He got a very loud laugh as a reaction. "Stop…that!!" Lepumon protested, unable to contain his mad laughter.
"Are you two enjoying yourselves?" the voice asked. Both turned to face the source of the voice, relived to see only a dragon like Digimon speaking with them.
"How's it going Xemon?" Tiberius asked, standing up and wiping sand off his bottom.
"Just waiting for Marc…who should be appearing…now," Xemon replied. On cue, the teenager appeared in the Digital World, sort of molded by the air to fit a certain image before he was whole.
"Hey, you're right," Lepumon observed, surprised at the accuracy of the prediction. Marc quickly assessed the environment, noticing the other three occupants of the area.
"Um…did I miss something?" he asked, taking a step away from the water, nearly getting his boots soaked.
Tiberius examined Marc again. He didn't get a good look at him before. Now, there was plenty of time to do that.
The teenager wore black pants with a dark brown belt, and a blue shirt. He also was equipped with brown boots and white gloves.
"Sunny…isn't it…" Marc commented. He patted his pockets for something, before coming upon a pair of reflective shades. He put on the glasses, grinning. "Man, if I can get all this stuff in the Real world, that would be cool." Both Digimon giggled at the remark. "What?!"
"Nothing," both replied simultaneously. Tiberius shrugged.
"Did Tao tell you about the e-mail I sent him?" he asked. Marc blinked a few times in confusion, unsure what the other Digi-Destined meant.
"What e-mail?" he asked curiously.
"I guess not then…" Tiberius responded, explaining to the other teen everything he wrote in his e-mail.
"Well…that's an interesting turn of events…" Marc commented, leaning against the cliff side to avoid getting his bottom sandy.
"Think they can do it?" Tiberius asked, nudging his head towards their two Digimon who were playing like kids in the sand.
"We won't know until it happens, right?" Marc asked rhetorically, pushing off the cliff side. "Speaking of which, what do you think the purpose of this trip was?"
"Well, we haven't figured out the purpose of any of our trips so far," Tiberius assessed. "The only thing that's in common for each of our first visits was to get a Digivice and our Digimon. I don't think anyone knows what the purpose of these subsequent trips will be."
"Yeah, exce—?" Marc responded, cut off by the fact that the cliff wall beside him just exploded outwards, boulders flying everywhere, mostly landing in the water. Both teens jumped back in utter shock, their two Digimon stopping their play and rushing over to their partner's side.
"WHAT IS THAT?!" both teens shouted out. A centipede like Digimon shot out of the wall, however, there was a large drill implanted on his head, probably used to dig to the current location in the first place. Tiberius' Digivice started to go off, prompting the teen to grab the item. On the screen was a picture of the Digimon, his name, description, attack(s), and some sort of rank.
Pedemon: Insect like Digimon who drills holes through the ground to search for food. Main attack: Drill Crush. A Champion level Digimon.
"So…is this what this Digimon is?" Tiberius asked, comparing the picture to the Digimon right in front of them. "Sure looks like it…" The teenager quickly scanned Lepumon.
Lepumon: Rabbit like Digimon. Easily distinguished able with the large floppy like ears they have. Main attack: Solar Sparkler. A Rookie level Digimon.
"Um…Tiberius…whatever you got there…I suggest you hold it off for later, we got company," Marc suggested, stepping back a few feet. Pedemon advanced forward menacingly, reeling back for an attack.
"DRILL CRUSH!" The Digimon, like a slingshot, slammed into the ground, drill first, aiming directly for Xemon. The dragon like Digimon hardly had time to avoid, falling flat on his face when he leaped away.
"SOLAR SPARKLER!" Lepumon unleashed his attack onto the centipede. However, the beam of golden energy did little more then irritate the Digimon. Pedemon unleashed another Drill Crush attack, this time directed at the bunny.
"CYCLIC PUNCH!" The noxious gas smacked the centipede around, halting the attack and allowing for Lepumon to escape. Again, the attack did little more then irritate the Digimon, leading it to become even angrier. Pedemon stretched out of the hole he made, revealing his full body form to them. Both Rookie Digimon put themselves between the insect and their partners, poised to attack.
"SOLAR SPARKLER!" "CYCLIC PUNCH!"
Both Digimon unleashed their respective attacks, hitting the centipede dead on the body. Nevertheless, the attacks only humored the insect, before he fiercely whipped both of them out of his path with his long tail.
"Lepumon!" Tiberius shouted in, catching his flying companion in his arms. Lepumon cringed in pain, unfamiliar with absorbing such force for such a frail body.
Marc, on the other hand, was completely shocked with the events. Xemon skid to a halt in by his feet, as if he were a mere fly batted away by a fly swatter. The teenager knelt down, picking up the Digimon as if he were a wilted rose.
"Xemon…talk to me…" Marc whispered, getting a small groan as a response.
"I tried…" Xemon muttered, never feeling so much pain in one battle before. All from one hit. He glanced up, seeing the centipede ready to operate on Marc's brain. "Marc…get DOWN!" he shouted, with renewed energy. Both Digivice each teenager carried let loose a surge of energy, recharging both Digimon to their full potential and even more.
"Lepumon…" "Xemon…"
"Digivolve to…" both cried out, their forms changing quickly and rapidly. Pedemon wasn't concerned, his drill almost upon the Digi-Destined.
"Vormon!" Pedemon was stopped in his tracks, two large claws wrapped around the centipede's neck. Marc gaze went higher and higher until it finally met what he believed to be Xemon, except he looked nothing like Xemon.
The new Digimon had translucent light blue scales. You could make out the crimson veins that the scales revealed. Two majestic dragon wings stretched out of his back. The Digimon resembled something out of a medieval fantasy storybook, though the size of human. Nevertheless, he held the centipede in place quite nicely.
"Bukkomon!" Lepumon also transformed, revealing his dazzling new form. He stood on two legs, with two large red claws appearing from his front paws. Blue stripes were on his face and back. His two massive hind feet could potentially devastate the foe with a strong kick. Even the tail was fluffier then his previous form.
Vormon took the first attack his tail liquefying for some unknown reason.
"TYPOON PUNCH!" Though not really a punch, as the tail lashed out at the Centipede, knocking him to the ground in one blow. Pedemon growled in pain, quickly recovering from the attack.
"DRILL CRUSH!" He rushed for Bukkomon, outraged with the insult against him.
"ROCKET FLARE!" Bukkomon opened his mouth, golden energy flying out of it in the form of a rocket. Pedemon was knocked back by the attack, taken by surprise. If he could curse, he probably would curse for letting such an attack through. However, the barrage wasn't stopped.
"BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!" Vormon unleashed a spiral beam of fire and ice at Pedemon. Even if the two elements conflict, they still proved to be painful for the insect, as he cried out in pain from the combined attacks. Not wanting to feel anymore pain, the insect retreated back into the hole it made faster then it actually appeared.
"Phew…now that's over…" Vormon whispered, a blinding light engulfing him. In a matter of a few seconds, he was back to his previous form, as was Bukkomon, now Lepumon. Both partners lifted their respective Digimon, finally understanding the process known as Digivolving
"Well, I guess that explains that," Marc spoke, patting the Digimon lightly as he slept in his arms.
"I had a chance to analyze both Digimon before they changed back," Tiberius informed, Lepumon sleeping in his arms. "Both were classified as Champions."
"Well, don't that just beat all," Marc commented, taking his Digivice. His device began to react, as did the one Tiberius carried. "I guess…we're gone again, right?" he asked, though not getting an answer. Both disappeared in a puff of light.
* * * * * *
Tiberius, not surprised by the trips anymore, quickly placed Lepumon on the bed. The bunny snored lightly, sleeping peacefully after an exhausting battle.
"I guess I better report this to the other three," Tiberius thought, opening his Digivice once again. He began to compile another e-mail for the others to read.
* * * * * *
Marc held Xemon in his left arm, while taking some bandages from his first aid kit that he stashed away in his room. He was always prepared for occasions like this, and was grateful he could help Xemon's wounds.
"Marc…" Xemon whispered, still tired from his previous battle.
"Shh…don't talk…just rest a bit…you'll feel better," Marc told his Digimon. He was actually happy Xemon followed him out of the Digital World this time. He wouldn't be able to stand it if some evil Digimon attacked Xemon in the weakened state he was in.
Xemon was about to protest, but didn't have the strength to. He only nodded, closing his eyes.
"So…another journey completed, right?" Marc thought, facing his computer. "If the battles can get this deadly, what would the next ones be like?"
Fin
Completed: 11/23/00
