Earthshaking Logic

Earthshaking Logic

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!

This is where it begins.

Alright, that sounded lame, corny, and clichéd all at once.

It's hard to believe how much the Digital World has affected us. For once, in possibly all of us, we fight for something more important then anything else we ever knew. The fate of two worlds is now in our hands.

We've all had our experiences now with emotions we would have only felt later in our life: love, loss, companionship. If anything, the two that were hit most were Tao and Shas.

Those two, heh, lovebirds at heart. Being separated is not doing good to their health.

Come on Tao, you need to get back soon. She's counting on you.

~Diary of K.H. 'Nobie' Lai, fourth generation Digi-Destined.

* * * * * *

K.H. re-read the monstrous e-mail Tiberius sent each and every member of the group, Tao included.

"You think you absorbed all the information yet?" Kinoumon asked, leaning over K.H.'s shoulder.

"Doubtful," K.H. answered. "He wrote enough information here to fill a small handbook. This will take me a bit to study..."

"Eh, we got plenty of time," Kinoumon chirped happily.

"Maybe not..." K.H. answered softly. Kinoumon stopped moving, glancing at the e-mail.

"A month is still plenty of time," Kinoumon reasoned. "And Tiberius even said that it should not be possible for the Merger to be completed in that period."

"I don't know," K.H. answered. "I jut got a strange feeling both of them are wrong..."

"What...do you mean?" inquired his Digimon.

"It's going to happen...happen a lot sooner then they expected..." K.H. spoke softly. "Just call it a guy instinct," K.H. answered his Digimon before the Digimon could ask how the teenager knew. Quickly, Kinoumon fell silent.

"Or maybe I'm just talking junk," K.H. offered as the other alternative, though there wasn't much belief in his tone.

"We'll have to hope you are talking junk," Kinoumon offered. "Because if it is not junk, we're in a lot of trouble..."

With those final words, both Digimon and Digi-Destined fell silent.

* * * * * *

Tao dashed forward, swinging with his blade. Celeaglemon blocked the blow, grunting under the strain of the attack.

"Man...Tiberius is right..." Celeaglemon mentally complained. "Tao is fighting like an Ultimate..." Closing his eyes, the Ultimate level Digimon pressed against his blade, pushing Tao's weapon away before giving his partner a good punch in the face.

Tao staggered backwards a few steps, holding the side of his face. He coughed, shook his head quickly, and raised the weapon again.

"Geeze, you act like you didn't feel that," Celeaglemon remarked.

"I didn't," was Tao's reply. He stood in his place, waiting.

"Even I would've felt that, let alone you," Celeaglemon retorted.

"Is this talking or fighting?!" Tao hissed bitterly, running up once more. With another hard slash, Celeaglemon was forced to block, his right arm beginning to go numb just from the force of that last attack alone.

"Something is bothering him..." Celeaglemon thought, still holding his position at blocking the weapon. "He's never been so...brutal before..."

With deliberation, Tao leaped back, breaking from the blade lock the two were previously in. An emerald shimmer formed over Tao's weapon, and then, Celeaglemon knew to get out of the way.

The Sonic Sword attack erupted from the blade, sailing across the ground with deadly intent. The Digimon leapt into the sky, spearing his wings out and taking to the sky.

"And I don't think he's practised with lethal intent before either..." Celeaglemon muttered. If anything, it was all too clear now that something as bothering Tao.

"Would you stop trying to kill me?!" Celeaglemon shouted out, emphasising the 'stop' part of the sentence. Tao remained silent, but the Digimon knew he must've struck a chord somewhere in the boy's mind.

"Yes, please stop trying to kill him," a voice agreed. Two pairs of eyes fell onto the source of the voice. "It's not nice to kill your partner," Serangmon spoke.

"YOU!" Tao shouted, rushing forward and swinging with his blade. The angel Digimon quickly raised a weapon to block the blow, though his sword arm was temporarily numb just from the force of the attack.

"Does he have a bionic arm or WHAT?" Serangmon thought, not showing his pain though. He quickly regained feeling in his arm, pushing Tao away. "That last time I felt that kind of numbness was a long time ago..." the Digimon spoke to himself. "Much too long ago...I am not used to the sensation of...pain..."

Tao slid to halt, panting, though holding his blade ready at all times.

"Why is he so intent on killing?" both Celeaglemon and Serangmon thought at the same time. Their eyes met for a minute, Serangmon nodding. Celeaglemon didn't agree with what should be done, but there was little choice in the matter.

"DIE!" Tao screamed out, lunging forward once more at Serangmon. Celeaglemon shook his head, quickly swooping down, the back of his sword handle impacting against Tao's head and knocking him out. The boy fell over, though his weapon remained firmly gripped.

Celeaglemon sighed, landing onto the ground.

"I don't think he's ever been that murderous before," Serangmon commented, sheathing his weapon.

"If you were here since we started training, I wouldn't be surprised," Celeaglemon growled. "But since you weren't, it's clear something is bothering my partner." Once more, he sighed, turning to face the other Angel. "Now what do you want?"

Serangmon remained silent, walking up and kneeling down beside Tao. Celeaglemon was about to protest, but Serangmon made no threatening gestures or actions of sorts.

"There's a disturbance in Light..." Serangmon spoke softly, almost sadly. "It would explain Tao's irrational behaviour, being one to hold part of the Crest of Light." Serangmon looked up at a fellow Angel. "You should be able to feel it to," Serangmon told Celeaglemon. "You are a Digivolve with the Crest of Light after all."

"Yeah, I've felt it," Celeaglemon thought. "But I thought it was something else."

"Wait, how would you..." Celeaglemon questioned, quickly being interrupted.

"...would I know?" Serangmon concluded. "I'm one from the Crest of Hope. The two are linked in many ways. It shouldn't be a surprise to you that I can sense this disturbance."

"No...I guess not..." Celeaglemon thought, walking up and kneeling down beside Tao as well. The gut feeling of dread suddenly left his mind and body.

"It just passed..." Serangmon spoke softly, standing back up again. He exhaled, stretching out his wings. "Take care of him," the Angel told Celeaglemon before taking off into the afternoon sky. Celeaglemon remained on his knee, looking up. He placed a hand against Tao's back, sighing.

"I'll take care of him, don't you worry," Celeaglemon spoke, reverting back into Harriermon.

"But who will look after you?" Harriermon asked Serangmon, though knowing fell well the Angel won't hear him. The bird Digimon glanced back at the unconscious Tao. "Then again, who'll take care of me?" he spoke next, unsure what came over Tao.

* * * * * *

Hope will shine, but not before Darkness takes that of Light away...

Shastina read the words once more, trying to see through the fog of the riddle.

"I don't get it..." Tigramon spoke, leaning over Shastina's shoulder. The Digimon also read over the words again. "Any ideas on how to solve this riddle?" Shastina shook her head lightly, tempted to close her Digivice, thus closing the e-mail she just received.

"Maybe it isn't a riddle at all," Shastina spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"If it isn't a riddle, then what is it?" her Digimon asked.

"A prediction of the future..." Shastina responded softly. She closed the e-mail and loaded her Crest of Light that was only shared with Tao.

"Will...Darkness consume us...?" Tigramon asked, getting frightened. The Digimon understood the implications Shastina brought forth with her words.

"I don't know..." Shastina muttered. "But if it helps Tao get his Crest of Hope back, then...I'm willing to be consumed..." The Digi-Destined sighed, pocketing her Digivice and looking around the Digital World before turning her attention back to Tigramon. "And you?"

"I'll be with you, no matter what path you take," the Digimon answered without fault. Shastina smiled lightly, glad to have such a faithful and loyal companion.

"Shall we depart then?" Shastina asked, standing up. Tigramon nodded, leaping onto the ground and awaiting her partner to take the lead.

* * * * * *

K.H. stepped into the Digital World, Kinoumon following him through the portal. Just as quickly as the portal send them to the Digital World, the portal closed behind them.

"And explain this trip to me again?" Kinoumon asked, still a bit sceptical on their objectives.

"Just to question Serangmon on his intentions with the Merger," K.H. stated once more.

"And I reintegrate, you must have a death wish to do that!" the Digimon shouted. K.H. shook his head, though he understood his Digimon's concern.

"Sometimes the direct approach is the best approach," K.H. reasoned, standing still.

"And sometimes the direct approach gets you killed!" Kinoumon exclaimed. Either way, it was quite clear neither could convince the other otherwise of their beliefs.

"How else do you propose we get the information on the Merger?" K.H. questioned. Kinoumon was about to respond, until he realised he had nothing to respond with. "Didn't think you had an alternative," K.H. spoke softly.

"Haven't you learned enough about the Merger from Tiberius' e-mail though?" Kinoumon asked his partner, trying to counterattack.

"There was a lot there, but no solid evidence...just lots of theories..." K.H. answered. "We can't do anything until we get the facts. It's logical that we find out what those facts are."

"Getting ourselves killed at the same time..." Kinoumon muttered. K.H. didn't hear, but the teenager sort of figured what the Digimon spoke.

"And again I ask if you have any bet-" K.H. spoke, but was interrupted by his Digimon.

"No, not at all," Kinoumon answered, knowing the question. "But I don't like the concept of getting deleted either." K.H. sighed, also not liking that feeling.

* * * * * *

Tao groaned loudly, signalling to Harriermon that his partner was awake.

"How do you feel?" Harriermon quickly asked, standing up and helping Tao get to his feet despite the Digimon's small frame.

"Get me an aspirin..." Tao complained. "I must have the biggest migraine ever known to human history..." he spoke softly, holding head. Harriermon's heart sunk, knowing he caused that pain to his partner.

"Sorry Tao, I didn't mean to hit you so hard..." Harriermon apologised. Tao shook the diziness from his head.

"Don't be sorry," Tao answered softly, standing up slowly. "I understand why you did it..."

"You...do...?" Harriermon asked, surprised. He was expecting his companion to be in some murderous mood still. Tao nodded slowly, tossing his weapon away from both himself and his Digimon.

"I don't know...but something...I just needed to kill something..." Tao spoke softly, clenching his fists. "I don't know to explain it...I'm sorry..." Harriermon remained silent, watching his companion closely.

* * * * * *

Serangmon landed onto the balcony of his home, the home where he hosted the Digi-Destined once. The Angel Digimon slowly opened the door to his abode and entered, downed from the recent events dealing with Tao.

"Is he turning?" a voice asked from the dark shadows within Serangmon's room. The Angel would've been surprised if this visit was a few weeks ago, but now, he knew what to expect.

"He is," was the reply from the Angel. "If only there was a way not to change him."

"Let him be," replied the figure from the shadows. Serangmon spat out disgust with the sudden change.

"You can not be serious, to let him turn sides?!" Serangmon protested. The Angel could 'see' the figure shake his head.

"It may be better if he is consumed..." was the response.

"I can't believe you are saying that!" Serangmon shouted out. The Angel exhaled, calming down quickly. It didn't matter what he did, the Digimon knew he couldn't change the will of the person he was talking to.

* * * * * *

"Just our luck to run into the same Digimon that wanted to kill us the first time I was here..." K.H. commented, backing up slowly. The rocky terrain provided it hard for the Digi-Destined and his Digimon to run from the current threat.

Tymanstamon popped up from the ground, baring fangs. If anything, the Ultimate level Digimon was much wider then his Champion level form. The 'wings' of the manta ray Digimon were clearly metal in nature, each wing holding a cannon underneath.

"Yeah, well, it must've tracked pretty far," Kinoumon spoke. "It's a quite a distance away from where we first met to this location."

"Quite..." K.H. agreed, stepping back to make a bit more distance between the Digimon and himself.

"You know, we should stop being for satirical," Kinoumon spoke. "Especially when I can't Digivolve and that thing is going to blast holes into us anytime now..."

"I don't think satirical is the right word, but you got a point..." K.H. corrected. He kept his eyes on the sand manta ray, awaiting an attack at any time.

"BLAST STORM!"

Tymanstamon flew backwards with the recoil of the blast. Twin balls of sapphire energy rocketed towards the Digi-Destined and his partner.

"Down!" Kinoumon shouted, somehow toppling his partner with his light frame. Both bolts of energy sailed overhead and against a far wall in the rocky terrain. Rock shrapnel blasted out from the points of detonation.

"Thanks..." K.H. grunted, slowly getting to his feet. Tymanstamon quickly returned to his previous position, annoyed that he didn't destroy his target as he originally intended with the first barrage.

Tymanstamon glided forward, using his momentum to hopefully do more then topple the Human.

"Out of the way!" Tigramon screamed out, leaping from an insane height and landing on top of Tymanstamon. The force of weight plus gravity forced the Digimon into the ground, Tigramon rolling off the back on the hardly flat ground. She groaned in pain, slowly getting to her feet.

"Next time I want to do that, tell me not to..." the feline Digimon complained, watching Shastina dash towards her. The Digimon glanced up at K.H., who was directly behind her, then at Kinoumon, beside his partner. Shastina skid to a halt in front of the trio, panting from her run.

"Normally, I would greet you, but in a time like this, I think we need to work out an Ainoko plan," K.H. spoke, taking his Digivice.

"Well...so far, Ainoko Digivolve results in same Crest combinations...so...Logic power?" Shastina asked. K.H. nodded, glad to know that Shastina also knew what he was talking about. "It makes sense."

"What's why you got Logic as a Crest," K.H. commented, raising his Digivice towards Shastina's Digivice. A brown glow of energy blasted from both Digivices, clashes in the centre and forming the complete Crest of Logic. Two tendrils of energy engulfed both Digimon, absorbing them into the Crest.

"Kinoumon..." "Tigramon..."

"Ainoko Digivolve to..."

A petrified figure emerged from the Crest, though petrified for not much longer. The read end of the statue became life, revealing lavender skin with an anchor like apparatus at the tip of the tail. The petrifaction was soon removed over the main body, the four-legged beast standing tall. The hind legs were bent forward, the forelegs bent backwards. Soon, the head was revealed, a reptilian like form with no mouth and a semi long snout. The hair of the beast was formed with energy, converted into tentacles. With more energy, shoulder blades formed on the forelegs, curving back in a 90-degree arc at the midsection.

"Ofunaitsumon!"

The Ultimate level Digimon reared up onto the two legs, stamping the ground afterwards. It was all to clear Ofunaitsumon was ready for battle. Of course, with Tymanstamon still buried underground, it would be impossible to attack.

"Any ideas?" Shastina inquired, the question all too obvious.

"Wait for it to attack, then counterattack..." K.H. answered as if it were so simple.

To agree with the point, Tymanstamon did emerge from the ground, diving towards Ofunaitsumon with all its might. The attack came from behind, giving the Digimon almost no time to react, but just enough to evade the attack. Tymanstamon dived back into the ground again.

"You intend to counterattack something that fast?" Shastina inquired, pointing towards where Tymanstamon sunk back into the ground. K.H. remained silent, analysing the battle.

Tymanstamon appeared again, blasting straight into the sky and diving back down.

"BLAST STORM!"

The Digimon let loose a barrage of energy shells towards Ofunaitsumon with inaccuracy. The beast Digimon was able to dodge with ease, but there was no window to attack back as the manta ray dived back into the ground.

The battle went on for several minutes in this same fashion, neither gaining an edge over the other. Both Shastina and K.H. watched with intensity, and both noticed the same thing at the exact same time.

"Behind you!" both shouted out at once. Ofunaitsumon quickly turned around, Tymanstamon just bursting out from his protective layer. The two Humans saw the pattern of attack, their Digimon grateful for their assistance. The opening for an attack was blatantly clear.

"CROSS BLADE!"

Both shoulder blades on the Digimon enlarged nearly two fold. Standing on its hind legs, the Digimon crossed its arms quickly, the two enlarged blades catapulting forward. Two more shoulder blades grew out of the skin, the other two directed towards the manta ray.

There was no way Tymanstamon could have avoided the attack. Both blades cut into the metal plating of the Digimon, cutting into and through it like cheese. The manta ray collapsed onto the rocky surface, squirming, though each movement only gave it more pain. Slowly, it died, turning into bits of data for reconfiguration.

Ofunaitsumon exhaled, tired from all the dodging. The Digimon slowly formed into two beams of energy, which were then converted into two separate Rookie level Digimon. The two were grinning wildly, glad of their achievements.

K.H. let out a sigh of relief, glad that was all over. Shastina was just happy everything came out okay. Tigramon still had a wound on her leg with the previous pounce on the manta ray, resulting in her crashing down harshly.

Nevertheless, all four were glad that was all over.

Fin

Completed: 03/28/01