Dragon Friend

Dragon Friend

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!

Tiberius sat down at the chair provided to him by Yasmine. Lepumon lay in Tiberius' arms, resting after a battle well fought. He glanced around the storeroom, again back in the nervous state he was in when he first entered the store.

"Well…I never thought I'd see the day when I met another Digi-Destined," Yasmine spoke, setting a chair down and sitting on it. Botanimon was on her partner's back, hanging own. The plant like Digimon was happy to be with her partner yet again after so many long years.

"Well…I'm guessing you are Digi-Destined as well," Tiberius started. "With the Digivice and a Digimon…but what is your relation to the Digital World? Did you just get a Digivice, or is there more?" Yasmine smiled, retrieving her Digivice from her pocket.

"Seventeen years ago, before your time, I got this item," she told Tiberius and his Digimon. "It was a dream at first, where I was being chased by another Digimon, though I didn't know they were Digimon at the time. I got a Digivice in the dream, and then Botanimon appeared, Digivolving right in front of my eyes. She defeated the other Digimon before I awoke from my slumber, drenched in sweat."

"I tried to shake the thought away from my mind, but there was a startling revelation: a Digivice was on my night table."

"Wait a minute…" Tiberius interrupted, analyzing the information. "Seventeen years ago…you were the first generation of Digi-Destined?" Yasmine nodded, replacing the Digivice in her pocket.

"An old man called Gennai provided us information during our journey in the Digital World," Yasmine continued. "With that, we battled through evil Digimon after evil Digimon, until we reached the ultimate enemy: Apocalymon."

"It took everything we had and more to defeat this menace…but in the end, we emerged victorious." Yasmine sighed, running a hand through Botanimon's vine like hair. "When we left the Digital World, it was clear our Digimon couldn't come with us. We bid our farewells, and hoped that the Digi-Portal would open again."

"And the portals have opened again…" Tiberius concluded. "Well…at least for you, it has." Yasmine nodded her agreement, smiling lightly. She held Botanimon tightly in her arms sighing reminiscently about the past memories.

"Yeah…those were the days…before I moved from Japan…" she spoke softly, pressing her Digimon closer to her chest. "Seventeen years ago…am I really 28 now?"

Tiberius remained silent, before remembering something K.H. told him, and that Shastina and Tao confirmed. Still, the boy wanted to know for himself if it was true, and promptly got his Digivice out. Yasmine blinked, curious with the younger boy's activity and leaned over to see.

"The Crest of Knowledge…is faded?" she spoke aloud, wondering if this was natural in this time and age.

"Yeah…the Crest for each of the other Digi-Destined is also faded," Tiberius told her. "We're not sure why…and we hope even with 'half-Crests' that the Digimon will still be able to Digivolve to the Ultimate level."

"Well…you'll never know until it happens, right?" Yasmine spoke, smiling lightly. "Speaking of which…how is your Digital Journey so far?" Tiberius wasn't sure where to begin, but decided in the end to proceed from the beginning, when Tao entered the Digital World for the first time…or at least, what the other Digi-Destined told him through e-mails and ICQ messages.

* * * * * *

Shastina smiled for the camera. With a brief flash, she knew the picture was taken, and walked over to Kari and T.K..

"It's nice to know that both your school and my program decided to cancel for today," Shastina commented. Kari nodded in agreement, as did T.K.

"Well…with the monster attacks, they probably were preoccupied," T.K. spoke. "Besides, it's a nice break from school." Kari smiled, leaning against T.K.'s arm.

"You two look cute together," Shastina told them, making both blush bright red.

"Ahh…heheh…" T.K. stammered, tongue tied with the prior remark.

"And how about YOU," Kari spoke, emphasizing the last word and hoping to get away from the topic he other girl brought up. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Uh…yeah…" Shastina admitted, lowering her head sheepishly. Kari grinned ear to ear.

"What Crest does he have? Or he isn't Digi-Destined?" Kari continued, leaning over, still with the grin on her face.

"Oh…um…he's got the Crest of Love…" Shastina answered, looking away, embarrassed.

"Love? Heh…seems fitting," T.K joked.

"Maybe Hope would've been better," Kari commented.

"Hope?" Shastina asked. "Why is that?" T.K side eyed Kari, who in turn giggled lightly.

"It's nothing…inside joke," the boy told Shastina, checking his watch. "Hmm…Davis, Yolei, and Cody must be waiting for us." Both females nodded, calling out in the distance for their Digimon. Both came on command, leaping into the arms of their partner.

"Well, let's go then," Kari spoke, beginning to lead the trio towards the meeting point until Shastina's Digivice began to go off. T.K and Kari exchanged glances, wondering what was going on.

"What's the matter with your Digivice?" T.K. finally spoke.

"I…don't know…" Shastina remarked, taking her white Digivice from her pocket. "Is it…trying to open a portal to the Digital World?" In a matter of seconds, blinding light surrounded the trio of Humans and duo of Digimon. Then…Shastina and Tigramon disappeared…

* * * * * *

Biyomon patted the bandages that was wrapped around Harriermon's chest, making sure they were secure.

"There…all set," she spoke, the other bird Digimon sitting up.

"Thanks Biyo," Harriermon told her, smiling lightly. Biyomon smiled back.

"No problem Harrier," she responded casually. The two had grown to calling each other by a shortened name, making it easier to communicate.

Both bird type Digimon stared at each other, continuing to smile, but remaining silent.

"So…um…what do you want to do?" Harriermon asked, breaking the atmosphere of silence.

"I dunno…" Biyomon replied softly, turning her sight away from Harriermon, as if it was a welcome relief. "Just…do nothing?"

"I guess…" Harriermon responded blankly. The two continued to remain silent, neither moving from their position.

* * * * * *

"I think they like each other…" Sora whispered to Tao as the two continued to watch what their Digimon were doing. Neither Digimon had noticed the two Humans gazing in through a partially open door.

"You think so?" Tao asked in an equally low voice. "I'm not so sure about that…"

"Well…they sure are pretty close to each other…" Sora commented, stepping away from the door.

"Then again…it's not our business to spy on them," Tao told her, also stepping back. "Besides…I'm more concerned about that e-mail Tibbs sent me a while back…"

"Oh yeah," the female spoke, remembering the original intention of coming to Tao's house. "You wanted to tell me about that e-mail."

"Tiberius met a first generation Digi-Destined…" Tao informed the other, walking down the stairs.

"What?!" Sora said loudly. She quickly lowered her voice afterwards. "You mean…one of the group members that beat Apocalymon the first time?" Tao nodded the answer.

"Her name is Yuriko Yashida, but most people call her Yasmine," the boy informed. "Been about 17 years since she went into the Digital World…she was 11 when she went."

"That's nine years prior to our visit…" Sora calculated. "Hey, you weren't even born yet when she went."

"Yeah, I noticed that too," Tao spoke in a sarcastic tone. "That's a pretty big gap…I believe there's only a four or five year difference between my generation and previous one."

"Something along those lines…" the other teenager answered. She gazed up at the moonlit night sky through the window. "It's a beautiful night…" she commented, smiling lightly.

* * * * * *

Under the same night sky, Xemon was gazing out the window. He stood on Marc's bed, blinking occasionally, but clearly zoned out with the external environment.

"Earth to Xemon…you there? Marc asked, waving his hand in front of the Digimon. Xemon snapped out of his trance, turning to face Marc quickly.

"Oh…sorry…" Xemon apologized, bowing his head. "Was just thinking?"

"Thinking? About what?" Marc asked, sitting down on the bedside.

"The moon…" the dragon Digimon answered. "How we're so similar."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"The moon is nothing like the sun, in size and luminescence," Xemon explained. "However…the moon is always trying to be like the sun…coming up at night to shed his light. It knows it can never be like the sun, but keeps on trying…turning round and round for others to see his light, even if it is very little."

"And…how does this relate to you?" Marc asked next, unsure with what the Digimon meant.

"It's like Digivolving…I'm afraid…I won't be able to Digivolve to the Ultimate level…my light won't get brighter…I'll stay like the moon…"

"Hey!" Marc exclaimed, sitting up. "Don't talk like that. You'll be all right! Your time will come to take it a step up!" Xemon slowly turned his gaze to his companion.

"Do you really believe that?" Xemon asked softly.

"Of course!" Xemon smiled lightly, exiting his depressed mood.

"Thanks Marc…" the Digimon told his partner, hopping into his arms.

"No problem. What do you think friends are for?" Xemon nodded in agreement, curling up in the human's arms. Suddenly, Marc's Digivice began to go off.

"A Digital Portal is open?!" he asked, turning to face the computer screen in his room. The program for the Digi-Portal on his computer did not activate, but his Digivice was still reacting.

"What's wrong?" Xemon asked, leaning over and getting a look at the Digivice still clipped to the boy's belt. He quickly covered his eyes as bright light was emitted.

They were gone…no evidence of them being in the room whatsoever.

* * * * * *

"Alright…that was the strangest time to enter the Digital World…" Shastina commented, still holding Tigramon in her arms.

"Considering we weren't even close to a computer, this is strange…" Tigramon agreed, leaping down from her partner's arms.

"Very," Shastina spoke, concurring with the previous sentence. A short surge of energy alerted her of another presence. Both humans yelped in surprise when they met face-to-face.

"Geeze Shas…where did YOU come from?!" Marc exclaimed.

"I could ask YOU the same thing!" Shastina shouted back. Their Digimon swapped dubious glances, wondering if their partner's exchange of words will get them anywhere.

"I suggest we should concentrate on doing something," Xemon told the other three. "Especially since now that we are back in the Digital World, we can ask Serangmon if he's activated the Merger or not."

"It won't do the Digi-Destined any good if the Real World is utterly crushed by rampaging Digimon," Tigramon added to the argument. "We should find him and demand some answers while there is still a Real World to merge with!"

"Alright then…" Shastina spoke, seeing the logic in both Digimon's words. "Let's move out then!"

"You won't be moving anywhere…" the new voice hissed. Both humans and their Digimon quickly turned towards that direction. Shastina cringed at the sight, retreating a step, though no one noticing.

"Drowsmon!" Tigramon exclaimed, entering a battle pose. Even if he was friendly with them before, the feline's gut instinct told her something else.

"So…you've finally returned…" he spoke, gazing towards the opposite direction. "And with a lot of questions too I see…" The Digi-Destined and their Digimon remained silent, unsure if it was safe to provoke the other Digimon.

"I'll just answer your question for you then," Drowsmon continued, slowly turning his head to face the Digi-Destined. "Serangmon ordered the activation of the Merger program shortly after you left the mansion."

"This was only to show you what the program could do…Of course it seems like you've seen more wrong done then good."

"Got that right…" Xemon muttered sarcastically. Drowsmon ignored the comment.

"I guess all of the Digi-Destined are opposed to the idea…" the Digimon spoke, disappointed. "If so, then you're going to need to defeat all of us to stop the Merger." Again, the Digi-Destined remained silent, until Marc spoke.

"Well…I was hoping it wouldn't come to this…" the 15 year old spoke, slowly raising his Digivice. Shastina followed his lead.

"Don't hold back…" Drowsmon advised them. "In battle…there is no remorse…" Marc sighed, also thinking about that. Both Digivices surged with energy.

"Tigramon…" "Xemon…"

"Digivolve to…"

"Toramon!" "Vormon!"

The two Champion level Digimon growled at the human-like Digimon, ready for battle. Drowsmon, however, only stood his ground, unmoving.

"I give you one free attack…" he offered. "Don't waste it." Both Digimon as did their partners exchanged confused looks.

"Alright, then just let him have it!" Shastina shouted.

"SHUURAI!" "BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!"

Fire, ice, and lightning lashed out towards the stationary Digimon. To some unknown reason, he wasn't fazed by the attack. In fact, the attacks seemed to have been stopped by an invisible wall a few feet in front of the Digimon.

All four were surprised by this turn of events, though Toramon took the initiative, rushing forward.

"DENKOU CLAW!"

The tiger leaped towards Drowsmon with lightning charged claw. Her paw, however, impacted against the invisible wall. The resulting feedback knocked the tiger back, though she landed on her feet.

"Alright, this isn't working…" Shastina spoke, accessing a file on her Digivice. The Crest of Light, though faded, appeared on her screen. "Let's hope it will be a full powered Ultimate…" she thought, raising the Digivice. The Crest glowed brightly, surrounding the Digivice in a shield of white light.

"Toramon…Digivolve to…Siberimon!"

The angel-tiger Digimon bathed in a radiant glow of holy energy, now making the dark armour human-like Digimon be alert.

"Ah, so the Crests have been revealed to you," he spoke, grinning. "This won't be as simple as I thought, especially with the Crest of Light."

"HOLY DAGEKI!"

Siberimon hurled the attack so quickly at Drowsmon that he hardly had time to evade, melting part of his left arm armour on impact. He grit his teeth, unwilling to make a peep of sound with pain.

"I should've known my AE field couldn't protect me from holy…" he muttered, leaping back an incredible distance. "Flairmon, they are yours!" Siberimon was about to chase after the retreating Digimon, before she was stopped by a very large mass of fire.

If anything could describe this mass of fire, it would generally be a large collection of flames, accumulated over decades of destruction.

"TORCH!"

A pillar of fire blasted from the flaming mass, directed towards the Angel. She narrowly dodged the attack, scorching some of her robes in the process.

"HOLY DAGEKI!"

The sphere of holy energy flew towards the fire, however, proving ineffectual. The attack was stopped similar to how Drowsmon stopped the attacks from the Champion.

"It was completely ineffectual…" Shastina spoke, wondering how they would be able to defeat the other 'Digimon'.

"Vormon, try something!" Marc shouted out to the dragon Digimon, who was only watching the battle unfold. The dragon, wasn't sure how, but stepped forward.

"BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!"

The spiral beam of fire and ice soared towards the flaming Digimon. The fire element of the attack nullified against the invisible barrier. The ice half, however, was able to penetrate, breaking apart the flames for a short second before it reconstructed.

"It worked!" Vormon thought, surprised at the effect of his attack. "But…this will still take forever…if only I was able to Digivolve…maybe…just maybe…"

"Come on Vormon…keep going at it…" Marc thought, clutching his Digivice tightly. "You can do it pal…just keep attacking…"

* * * * * *

"What do you mean they disappeared?!" David exclaimed, slamming his fist on the table. T.K. shrugged, unsure of how else to explain the events.

"Davis…I'm sure there's a good reason for this event…" Kari told the hotheaded boy.

"Yeah…I guess…" he responded, quickly calming down upon hearing Kari's voice.

"Would it be possible for a Digital Portal to open?" Cody asked, though not looking up.

"Without a computer?" Yolei spoke next. "Unlikely…"

"Hey, what the?!" Davis shouted, dropping his Digivice onto the table. A light blue aura surrounded the device, before a blue beam of energy shot out and into the morning sky.

* * * * * *

Matt tapped his pencil against his head, trying to solve the next question in his textbook.

"If I keep this up…I'll never have time to practice with my band…" he spoke to no one in particular. He checked the time on his Digivice, before it began to glow in a similar light blue aura. He blinked once, trying to figure out what was wrong, before the light blue streak of energy blasted out of the device and out the window.

* * * * * *

The battle halted for a minute, as two beams of light blue energy spiraled together, becoming one and stopping a few feet away from Marc. The energy slowly formed a sphere, which in turn became a new item.

"It's a Crest…" Shastina spoke, admiring the light blue aura. The Crest entered Marc's Digivice, registering.

"Alright Vormon, let's take it a notch!" Marc shouted, raising the Digivice with the new Crest shining on it. Light blue energy engulfed the device, allowing for another Digivolve.

"Vormon…Digivolve to…"

Bright light engulfed the Digimon, as he slowly got bigger: legs, arms, body, wings, all of it slowly grew in size.

"Crysdramon!"

The new Digimon was dragon like still. He was however twice as large as his previous form, with a crystalline structure body. One could be blinded by refracted light in the Digimon's crystal form. Spikes trailed down his back, obviously a lethal weapon if used properly.

Flairmon was not impressed with the new form however, 'stepping' menacingly towards the new foe.

"TORCH!"

"SONIC SHIELD!"

An energy field appeared in front of Crysdramon, absorbing some of the blast. Crysdramon took the rest, though remained standing, his crystalline slightly scorched from the experience.

"CRYSTAL BURST!"

Crysdramon unleashed a full blast of ice shrapnel towards the flame. Each piece of attack penetrated the barrier. Flairmon had no defense against the storm of ice, slowly deforming, flames losing its power before disappearing. In a matter of seconds, the hunk of flames was reduced to a small core of light red energy, which then disappeared into bits of data, unable to withstand the ice storm.

Crysdramon exhaled, reverting back to his original form. Tigramon applauded her admiration for the dragon, as did Shastina and Marc. Xemon smiled, taking a bow.

Fin

Completed: 12/12/00

Additional Notes:

Um…incase you haven't noticed…I might have hinted in two certain Digimon liking each other. I guess I should do that. Flame if you must for doing that…