New Knowledge, Old Sincerity

New Knowledge, Old Sincerity

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

Theoleung@sprint.ca

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!

Greetings my Digi-Destined companions

These Crests we got are interesting, to say the least. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but my Crest is 'half complete'. The left side is fully coloured, but the right is faded, as if non-existent. I'm not sure if this is for the Crests of Tao and Shastina. Wonder what it means though? Can child genius Izzy help? Oh, Shas, give the file attached to Izzy. Maybe he can shed some light on this Crest. Neither Mimi nor Michael (other Digi-Destined I met) seem to know what the Crest represents.

Three attacks in three days at three different locations revealing three Crests. Marc, Tibbs, watch your back.

~K.H. 'Nobie' Lai

Tiberius closed his Digivice after reading through the e-mail twice. He placed the item on the table. K.H.'s last two sentences kept revolving in his mind.

"Three attacks…three days…three Crests…" Tiberius repeated under his breath.

"Tibbs, don't let it get to you," Lepumon reassured him. The rabbit like Digimon hopped onto the table, staring at the Digivice before turning to face Tiberius. "I'll protect you." Tiberius smiled lightly, patting the bunny.

"As long as we get a Crest, right?" he asked, taking the Digimon into his arms.

"A Crest would be nice, but I have faith in my own abilities," Lepumon commented, cuddling up against his partner. Tiberius smiled lightly, allowing the Digimon to get comfortable.

* * * * * *

"What did the e-mail say?" Sora asked Tao during third period: the period both had lunch. Marc had Physics class at the moment.

"Crests…attacks…unknowns…" Tao was trying to find the right words to summarise the e-mail. "K.H. found Mimi and Michael…got his Crest…what the Crest represents is still a mystery…He also stated something about half Crests…" Tao trailed off, closing the e-mail and his Digivice and loaded his Crest onto the screen. As K.H. said, only half was revealed, or coloured. The right half was faded.

"Well…he was right…" Sora commented, getting a closer look at the Crest. Tao held the Digivice underneath the table to make sure no one else in the Cafeteria saw the device. "Maybe Izzy can figure it out…"

"That's what K.H. recommended," Tao informed, placing the device back into his pocket so as not to attract anymore attention. He sighed, placing his head in his hands, thinking.

"Why you?" Sora asked suddenly.

"Wha?" Tao answered, unsure what she was asking.

"Why were you chosen to be the Digi-Destined?" she repeated in a more understandable sentence.

"Yeah…" Tao muttered. "That question has popped up more than once in my mind." Sora smiled, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"The answer will come when you least expect it," she answered. "And you'll know why you were chosen, no matter what, you'll go on with what was placed before you." Tao blinked once, trying to decipher the meaning behind those words. Sora saw the confusion in his eyes; then stood up, deciding to leave him to think by himself.

* * * * * *

"This is a very interesting Digivice…" Izzy mused. It was late night or early morning at his apartment. Shastina wasn't very tired, getting a short nap before coming to this location.

"What's so interesting about it?" Shastina asked, peering over his shoulder and facing the computer screen. Tigramon slept on his bed, curled up and snoring lightly.

"The new Digivice acts as a D-Terminal as well as share features found on the D3 that the third generation has…and even a small hard drive to hold data…but there is another feature which intrigues me…"

"What would that be?" Shastina asked next, curious about the Digivice.

"It also acts as a universal translator…" Izzy mused. "Hence your ability to understand and speak with us." A soft beeping on the Digivice caught both Digi-Destineds' attention. "You got an e-mail," he told Shastina after checking the cause. She nodded, taking the Digivice from the table to check her mailbox. The female read the contents of the e-mail from K.H. aloud.

"Hmm…may I?" Izzy asked. Shastina nodded, handing him the Digivice. With a transfer cable that he somehow had, he connected his laptop to the Digivice, and downloaded the attachment to the letter. Quickly, he analysed the Crest that was given. During that time, Shastina wanted to confirm K.H.'s suspicion, checking the 'condition' of her Crest. She unhooked the cable once Izzy had the file, and accessed her Crest. Much to her dismay, the right half of her Crest was faded.

"Ah ha!" Izzy exclaimed, finding what he was looking for in his database of the Digital World. "This is the Crest of Logic…representing how one can get the best idea to do, even under the sheer pressure of the moment. The element is represents: ground. Hmm…and this time I though Knowledge represented both Electricity and Ground, since Digmon is obviously a ground element…"

"Izzy…the Crest is faded…" Shastina informed him. Izzy leaned back on his chair and turned to face Shastina, who showed him the image.

"Well…that's something new…" he commented, pulling the Digivice closer. "I have no idea what this means…but let's hope it doesn't stop an the Champion Digimon from Digivolving to Ultimate." Shastina nodded in agreement, opening her Digivice to write to the group about the news.

* * * * * *

Thursday afternoon rolled along, and Tiberius was leaving his last period class. The e-mail he read from Shastina the morning before he departed for school told him a lot of interesting facts.

A sharp but light kick against his back made him. He carefully removed his backpack from his shoulders, lifted it, and unzipped the bag partially.

"It's suffocating in here!" Lepumon protested, kicking the bag again, getting the attention of more than one pair of eyes in the hallway.

"Hey…calm down!" Tiberius hissed, making sure very few, if no people, could hear him. "People will start getting suspicious!"

"Yeah, alright," Lepumon muttered. "Need I remind you that your mom requested you pick up something on your way home? You know, that present your mom wanted to give to her friend's daughter?"

"Oh…crap…" Tiberius cursed, mentally slapping himself for his incompetence. "Thanks for reminding me pal," he told the Digimon, quickly strapping the backpack over his shoulder and running off.

"No…problem…" Lepumon muttered inside the bag, bouncing around.

* * * * * *

Tiberius glanced nervously around, wondering if this was the right store or not. His mom told him the location and said that the place was small. The place was small, but also bustling with activity, much more activity then Tiberius expected from a 'small' store.

"Is this right?" Tiberius asked himself mentally, checking the address he wrote down again. "Yeah…it is…" he murmured, crumpling the paper and stuffing it into his pocket. He inhaled, mustering his courage and entered the store. Left and right, customers were admiring the dresses and such around the store. Most were whispering to each other how well 'Yasmine' tailored her designs. Others were just silent, possibly awe struck by the how glamorous they were.

As for Tiberius, he wasn't sure what was going on, but he approached the counter, where a young Japanese woman just finished assisting a patron. She nodded at the patron, before he waved and left, obviously satisfied with the purchase.

"Um…hello…" Tiberius greeted shyly. The clerk looked at, giving a bright cheery smile at Tiberius.

"Hello," she replied. She wore pink bell-bottom pants with a black belt. The clerk also wore a white sleeveless top and Tiberius saw a pair of white platform shoes she wore under the counter. She had shoulder length brown hair, with a multicolour hair wrap around some strands. Her sapphire blue eyes also examined the new patron that just entered. "Ah…you must be Tiberius…Tibbs, right?"

"Uh…yeah…" Tiberius answered weakly. He just felt incredibly nervous being in this store.

"Hey, don't be shy," she told Tiberius. "My name is Yuriko Yashida, but everyone calls me Yasmine. Your mom told me to watch out for you today, and by the way she described her son, it seems to be you." Yasmine smiled briefly. "I'll get your mom's order." She turned around and walked towards the door leading to the storeroom.

"Thank you Ms. Yashida," Tiberius spoke out politely. She returned carrying a small package.

"Please, don't be so formal," Yasmine said, placing the package on the counter. "Yuriko or Yasmine is fine."

"Alright Ms. Yas…er…I mean Yuriko," Tiberius corrected. Even if he shouldn't call her 'Ms.', he still wanted to use her true name.

"You know…very few people pronounce my name right…" Yuriko commented, leaning against the desk. "You study Japanese in school?"

"Well…sort of…" Tiberius stammered. Another sharp kick to his back made him pause.

"Is something wrong?" Yuriko asked, her tone changing. "Is there something in your bag?"

"Oh…no no no no…it's nothing…" Tiberius quickly spoke, denying the truth. He was kicked in the back again, this making him groan.

"Are you sure about that, young man?" Yuriko asked, smiling. She reached over to unzip the bag, but was interrupted by screaming outside. "What the…what's wrong?" she asked out loud.

"What's wrong?" Tiberius repeated, trying to think up an answer. "Three days…three attacks…" he thought, before the idea dawned to him.

"Digimon attack!" he exclaimed, rushing out the door. Yuriko was initially dumb found by those two words. After putting the sentence together, she chased after Tiberius, not willing to let him face the threat alone.

* * * * * *

Much to no one's surprise, there was a Digimon attack on the city. Tiberius quickly unzipped his backpack, letting Lepumon out, who literally sucked up air.

"Next time, you're in the bag, I'll walk!" Lepumon exclaimed, before turning to face the attacking Digimon. "Alright, let's kick some mon!"

"Wait!" Tiberius exclaimed, holding Lepumon back. "There are two Digimon fighting each other…" Lepumon halted completely now, wondering which Digimon was the threat. Tiberius got his Digivice in his hand, scanning the two Digimon. He pointed the device towards the first and small plant like Digimon who had vines as hair and leaf like feet. She had four claws and a long tail.

Botanimon: Plant like Digimon who will fight to protect their friends and allies. Main attack: Aloe Barrage. A Rookie level Digimon.

Tiberius then turned his Digivice to the other, larger Digimon. He was a large, blue snake like dragon with large green wings allowing the Digimon to fly.

Jindramon: Dragon like Digimon who soars the skies and attacks does who dare defiles his territory. Main attack: Jinn Breath. An Ultimate level Digimon.

"Oh man…Botanimon is going to get massacred by Jindramon!" Tiberius exclaimed. He pointed his Digivice towards Lepumon. "Alright, just follow your instincts friend, because I still don't have a clue who's the good mon and who's the bad mon!" Lepumon nodded, the Digivice surging with energy.

"Lepumon…Digivolve to…Bukkomon!"

"ROCKET FLARE!"

Bukkomon quickly fired off a blast of golden energy from his mouth, impacting against Jindramon's chest and making him very angry.

"Yeah, that who I would've attacked to," Tiberius told Bukkomon. The rabbit smiled, hopping into fray.

"ALOE BARRAGE!"

Botanimon's tail extended forward, wrapping around the neck of Jindramon, who promptly used the new attachment to throw the plant into the nearby building.

"Botanimon!" Yuriko shouted out from behind Tiberius. He turned to face her wondering how she knew about Digimon, but the answer was clear: she held a Digivice in her hand. "Digivolve!" The Digivice collected energy on command.

"Botanimon…Digivolve to…Lushellemon!"

Lushellemon: A plant like Digimon who uses her vines to constrict the foe. Attacks: Jungle Radiance, Constricting Dance. A Champion level Digimon.

Lushellemon stood tall, with multiple vines as her legs and a 'leaf' dress. Her arms were plant like with two long vines stretching out from the elbow. She had pupil-less eyes. Her 'hair' was tied back in a knot.

"JUNGLE RADIANCE!" "ROCKET FLARE!"

Both Digimon combined their attacks now, golden energy from Bukkomon's mouth and emerald energy from both Lushellemon's eyes and mouth scorched the Digimon, but he continued to fly.

"JINN BREATH!"

Dark blue fire blasted out of the dragon's mouth, burning the ground and knocking both Digimon away, neither able to withstand the heat. Lushellemon, however, recovered quickly and resumed her attack.

"CONSTRICTING DANCE!"

Lushellemon's vines reached out and wrapped around the dragon. This time, the plant pulled herself towards the dragon and hung off for her dear life, hoping the dragon couldn't dislodge her from the position. Bukkomon was slowly regaining his senses after they were broiled.

"Stay up there!" Tiberius shouted to Lushellemon, rushing over to Bukkomon. "He can't knock you off without arms!" The plant didn't need to be told, as she was hanging on as best as a rodeo rider would hold onto a mad bull. Yuriko watched silently, praying her Digimon would remain safe.

"Get an ice pack please…" Bukkomon requested once Tiberius was close enough to him. He smiled, kneeling down beside the rabbit.

"Come on…we still need you out there pal…" Tiberius pleaded softly, helping the rabbit to his feet.

"I'll try…" Bukkomon responded weakly. A cry of pain echoed through the air. Both Digimon and Human looked up, seeing that Jindramon finally got the planet of his head by ramming himself into a nearby building. Lushellemon crashed onto the ground below. Yuriko cried out Lushellemon's name.

Jindramon then turned his attention towards Tiberius and significantly weakened Digimon.

The ground in front of them imploded for some unknown reason.

* * * * * *

Izzy slept peacefully in his bed, though his laptop was slowly downloading something in the process. If the teenager were awake however, he would've noticed the purple radiance from his Digivice, before it streaked out of his window.

* * * * * *

Cody twisted and turned in his sleep, having a nightmare that he wouldn't wake from.

The boy's Digivice began to react with something unknown, also collecting a purple glow, before the beam of energy streaked out the window.

Cody stopped his erratic movement in his dream, most likely calming down.

* * * * * *

Both beams of light travelled side by side at a speed that would have been impossible. The two beams slowly became one, twisting together before merging. Their destination was a small tile that floated in the air a feet away from Tiberius and Bukkomon.

The three items merged together, the tile now surrounded in a screen of purple light, and showing a symbol unfamiliar to Tiberius. With that, the tile entered his Digivice, the symbol shining brightly on the screen.

Yuriko could see the confusion on Tiberius' face while she was helping Lushellemon.

"It's the Crest of Knowledge!" she shouted out. With that new information in hand, Tiberius knew what to do. Bukkomon was ready for some more action. The boy regarded his Digivice for one more second, then pointed it towards his Digimon. The Digivice began to react, surging with power.

"Bukkomon…Digivolve to…"

Bukkomon seemed to grow, changing into a black like colour. In a glow of light, two blue bladed wings formed on his back, his ears turning more like horns in the process. His arms got larger and more muscular, as his crimson claws extended forward. Metal armour formed on his chest, head, and lower parts of all his limbs.

"Kagepumon!"

Jindramon was surprised by the sudden change, flying back a few meters and deciding whether to attack or not.

Kagepumon made the decision for him.

"TECTONIC THUNDER!"

Kagepumon slammed his feet into the ground, causing a large earthquake that surprisingly did not topple anything. Golden energy began to ripple from the ground, before golden pillars of light shot out from under the earth, slicing through the dragon and deleting him instantly.

Kagepumon quickly returned to his Rookie form, as did Lushellemon. Both humans cradled their Digimon in their arms, though the two humans knew there was a lot of explaining to do.

Fin

Completed: 12/06/00

Additional Notes:

Thanks to Howard Chu for creating Yuriko and her Digimon for me. =) They do belong to him, so, if you want permission to use Yuriko/Yasmine and her Digimon, ask me, and I'll ask him. Thank you.