Mean while Rei had settled down around a fire from Guil's Fireball, and was sleeping. A little way off was Shini and Rena around a fire from Kyuubimon's Demon fireball. All slept peacefully until morning. A bright flashing D-3 can be a very effective alarm clock. So each boy set off, and reached opposite ends of a huge, wet, full of insects, humid, hot jungle. Rei was on the right side, with Growlmon slashing quickly through the vines, and Shini was climbing with Lynxmon through the canopy. They both covered ground at about the same rate.
Anteiramon stood up gracefully and ordered one of his troop to get of the Airdramon. Stop those children from reaching the digimental, and our master will reward you greatly, fail, and it'll be the last thing you do. That goes for all of you. The champions shivered, and looked pitifully at the Digimon down below, climbing through the jungle. The Airdramon flew away on command.
"It's so hot! And all these bugs, I can't take it," complained Shini. "Neither can I," complained Lynxmon, and she de-evolved. "I have to conserve my energy for any battles. Before we continue, I'll get some of those fruits I saw in the trees." Shini agreed and slumped next to a tree. Rena bounded on top his head and climbed up the tree and threw down a few fruits, which Shini gobbled up, since they had cool moist insides. Rena worriedly called down from above.
"I think we should be very quiet when we proceed, cause Ogremon is prowling around. I wonder why he's here? Shush! Don't make a sound, maybe he'll head off in the opposite direction." In the distance, Ogremon came closer, and closer, and than stopped. After a while, he headed off in the opposite direction, which was where Rei was. Shini and Rena cautiously proceeded on their way.
Rei on the other hand was also walking with Guil, who de-evolved because of the heat. They were unaware of the impending danger. Ogremon sprang from the bushes.
"You want that egg, you have to beat my bone club first. BONE CLUB!" Ogremon threw his club at Guil, slamming him into a tree trunk. "Fire Ball!" Ogremon merely waved the fire away with his hand. "Supreme King Fist!" yelled Ogremon, but Guil luckily rolled out of the way, the tree was smashed flat though.
"Digivolve to Growmon!" Rei held up his D-3 and Growmon used Exhaust Flame. "No fair, no fair!" whined Ogremon, "Bone club!" Growmon ducked and caught it as it spun through the air, and sent it back at Ogremon, who got slammed into a tree. A barrage of over-ripe fruit fell on him. "I think I'll take care of the other one first," Ogremon said shakily, and he ran off fast. Growlmon turned back to Guil, and the two resumed course.
Ogremon ran and ran and he tripped. He fell headlong down a slope, and crashed into a huge rock. He lay there for a moment, and then perked up when Shini and Rena walked into the clearing where the rock was. He crept behind them. "You won't get that egg as long as I'm here, Bone Club!" Shini spun around quick enough to see Rena get knocked over. But she sprang up and retaliated. "Fox-Leaf Arrowhead!" Ogremon jumped out of the way, and used his club again. Rena jumped high in the air, and shini yelled, "Let's do it! Renamon digivolve to Kyuubimon!" "Demon Fireball!" Ogremon spun his club and knocked most of the fireballs out of the way, but more came and hit him hard; he used his bone club yet again, and it hit Kyuubimon hard. He moved in for the finish. "Supreme King Fist!" Kyuubimon dodged the first one, but the second one landed him in a tree. From there Kyuubimon used Fox Flame Dragon. The flames raced towards Ogremon, but a bone club went right through them and knocked Kyuubimon out of the tree. Shini and Kyuubimon regrouped and said, "We'll get you," Shini jumped on her back, "LATER!" Both of them headed of towards the egg at top speed with Ogremon fast on their trail.
Rei and Growmon finally reached a clearing where a huge mayan-like vine covered temple stood. He started to ascend the many steps when in comes Kyuubimon, Shini, and Ogremon burst in from the opposite end of the clearing. "Bone Club!" The bone knocked Rei and Growmon off the steps, and then swung back to knock Shini off Kyuubimon. Ogremon leapt onto the steps and barred the way of the boys. He threw his bone club at Growmon, who knocked it away with a Plasma Blade. Kyuubimon fired fireballs at Ogremon who dove for his club and slammed it into Growmon and who in turn slammed into Kyuubimon, accidentally crushing her. She de-evolved into Rena. Growmon also turned back to Guil. But Guil did not stir.
"Come on Rena, let's cream this creep! Renamon armor digivolve to Lynxmon!" "Thermal Mane!" Fire blasted Ogremon in the chest and he fell over. But he sprang up again and threw his club. But Lynxmon batted it away, and flamed him again. Ogremon ran in and hit him repeatedly with his supreme king fists, but the flames enveloping Lynxmon protected him from any physichal harm. "Wild Nail Rush!" Hundreds of tiny fiery-stinging nails rained down on Ogremon and after that really weakened him, one swat of a paw knocked Ogremon unconscious into a tree. "Yeah we did it!" Renamon de-evolved into Rena and in the process gave some of her energy to Guil, who them recovered and stood up. Then all four raced up the steps after a moments' hesitation.
There at the top of the temple in a small stone room, was nothing! But in a flash of light Valkyrimon appeared and greeted the weary travelers. "Congrats on your safe arrival," all four glowered at him. "Hey, I was sleeping, I don't know anything, any way, instead of transporting you away somewhere, I'll just give you a test of your knowledge. Here is the Digimental of Knowledge." He whisked out of the air and placed it in a stone box. "You can only open the box by putting these 10 cards into these nine slots, you both try." Both boys got the same ten cards, and there were slots for the cards on two sides of the box. "You have half and hour, go!" Valkyrimon vanished. The cards were Terriermon, Metalgreymon, Woodmon, Blossomon, VenomMyotismon, Shellmon, Palmon, Cockatrimon, Gazimon, and Mummymon.
Now, thought Shini What's the relation, heck, their isn't any, um, maybe it's alphabecital . . .
Obviously these Digimon have different levels of power, reasoned Rei but which are what? These look the least, he grouped Terriermon, Gazimon, and Palmon. These look a little bit stronger Rei then grouped Shellmon, Woodmon, and Cockatrimon. This one looks the strongest. He placed VemonMyotismon on the side. That leaves, these,
Um, there are two m's, and MetalGreymon comes before Mummymon, so then I'll leave out that one, Shini then placed the cards in the slots on the box alphabetically, "Done." Rei had placed them according to level, top to bottom, leaving the strongest out. "Done." He said smirking.
The box glowed, than sucked the cards in. After a while, the box opened up to Rei's side. Valkyrimon came back, "Good job, Rei wins because the order was of level, rookie, champion, ultimate, excluding the mega. Not alphabetical. I would give it to you fir creativity, but no. Rei, you have six Digimon to choose from, they are: Setmon, Honeybeemon, Digmon, Mothmon, Flybeemon, and Butterflymon." He again showed flash cards.
"Flybeemon, that's the one." said Rei confidently. "That's great, now whenever you digivolve with the digimental of knowledge, Guilmon will armor digivolve to Flybeemon. Now go on your mighty quest!" Valkyrimon flashed away, and the four were transported outside the jungle. Guil turned into Flybeemon and he and Rei zoomed off, and Kyuubimon and Shini rode off elsewhere; the sun set.
A few miles away and about a hundred meters up in the air, a Kuwagamon flew in carrying a weak Ogremon. Anteiramon stood up from his chair and walked to the landing pad and the other seven champions filed in after him. Anteiramon addressed the others as the Kuwagamon set Ogremon down and flew off, This is what happens to failures, watch closely, Meditation Cure! Ogremon was deleted, Anteiramon absorbed his data. Move out everyone, but you are in charge, don't fail, or you'll join Ogremon. Move now, we have to secure the next area. The new mon jumped off and caught an updraft and soared towards the mountains.
Rei was riding Flybeemon and they flew over the plain. The foliage grew thinner and thinner, thill there was none at all, nothing but rocks. Then the terrain got more uneven and hillier. Rei looked ahead, scanning the area, the digivice pointed the way, but there wasn't anything ahead. He looked at the sky suddenly, but there were only gray clouds, and a black form. He looked back to the plains ahead, but snapped back quickly to the black form, it came closer and faster until it knocked Flybeemon to the ground. The last thing the two heard before they blacked out was, "RED EYE!"
The next day,
Kyuubimon and Shini were on the move and Shini began to get sick, "Do you have to leap from her to there all the time? bleeeh"
"Well excuse me if there are nothing but rocks but I have an idea," Kyuubimon de-evolved to Rena and said, "Lynxmon can travel better here than I," Shini let Rena digivolve to Lynxmon. So Shini and Lynxmon resumed their path and went faster too, but they stopped when they heard a loud, insect-like buzzing. Shini turned,
"Hey Rei! You wouldn't want to give us a lift would you?" There was no response they just kept on coming.
"Hello? Can you hear me? I said, *pause* what? *pause* Fly Spark? *pause* Oh boy, run Lynxmon!" Lynxmon bounded to another rock, and just where she stood a moment before, three electric bolts hit the rock. Now Rei and Flybeemon were close enough for a frontal attack.
"Thermal Mane!" Flybeemon dodged the wave of fire, and shot Fly Sparks at her, who also dodged them. Lynxmon leapt to a large rock and jumped on top of Flybeemon, knocking him to the ground. They both slammed into a rock.
Shini ran to Rei yelling "What are you doing?" but Rei pulled out a knife and threw it at him, Shini barely escaped it. "Are you insane?" Shini tackled Rei to the ground and looked him in the eyes, but his eyes were red.
"Wild Nail Rush!" The rain of nails shot Flybeemon out of the sky again, but he yelled after that, "Poison Stinger!" A huge stinger came like a torpedo at Lynxmon, and it hit her hard. But after some struggling, she got up again, and used Wild nail rush again. After that, both Digimon de-evolved to rookie. The red faded from Rei's and Guil's eyes.
"Where am I?" groaned Rei, shoving Shini off of him. "You don't know, you freak? Don't you remember you atta-" started Shini.
"Of course he doesn't remember, because he was in my control," A dark shape flew down from the sky, "I am Devidramon, ruler of these mountains, and I will not let you stay in my territory, and now I have you exactly where I want you, small and weak, CRIMSON NAIL!" Devidramon swiped at Rena and Guil, blasting them into a rock. He then flew high into the air, and prepared for another attack.
"Shini, I need some of your energy so that Flybeemon can fly up there and get him! You need to run and get better!" Rei pleaded with Shini. Shini thought, and then quickly made his decision as the Crimson attack came rishing from the sky.
"Do it Rena!" Rena de-evolved into Viximon, and then bounded into Shini's arms, they ran off into a rock tunnel. Part of Rena's energy went into Guil, who ran out of the way of the crimson attack. Rei yelled, "Guilmon armor digivolve to Flybeemon!" Rei jumped onto Flybeemon's back and held tightly as FlyBeemon powered after Devidramon. "Remember not to look in his eyes," whispered Rei. "FLY SPARK!!"
Shini ran down the tunnel for a long time, and finally came out the other side. There was no sign of anyone or anything. Suddenly Shini and viximon were grabbed back into the tunnel.
"Careful you guys! Don't go out there, Devidramon's spies are everywhere! It's a miracle they don't know about this tunnel!" Shini spun around to see three Gotsumon, after Viximon told him what they were.
"What do you mean? There is noone out there?" Shini said.
"Well if you didn't see us, what makes you think you could see them? Come inside and we'll nurish you." The Gotsumon lead the two inside and gave them each a glass of some bubbly water, "You don't need food since all the minerals and nutrients wash of the rocks in the rain, and that's why it's so good for you!" Shini had half his glass, and gave the rest to Viximon, who digivolved into Rena. "Yay, good to see you again!" yelled Shini. "SSSHHHHH! What are you doing here any way? Have you lost your way?" asked the Gotsumon
"No, me and another boy have to defeat Devidramon, cause I think he's guarding the egg." Said Shini.
"Well, that makes sense, since there have been reports of virus Digimon flying everywhere securing areas, I guess some guy wants to stop you from reaching these 'eggs'. Anyway, no-one here can defeat him since he flies out of the way of attacks. And he chased most of the flying Digimon out of here! But we know of a few that remain," replied one of the Gotsumon.
"Well my friend has a flying Digimon, and he's out there right now fighting him. I was supposed to look for help. Since my Digimon can't fly, I guess I need someone to carry us up there." Said Shini.
"Well there is a Kuwagamon, but some say he's in cahoots with Devidramon, um Cockatrimon left a while ago, so I guess that leaves Airdramon, but he's a ways from here. You'll have to take a Golemon." So two of the Gotsumon ran out and came back with a Golemon. They boosted Shini and Rena on top of it, and gave the Golemon directions, and they set off at quite a fast and bumpy pace.
"Fly Spark!" Devidramon flew out of the way of the sparks and slammed Flybeemon. He tumbled for a bit, and Rei clung desperately, but he regained control and shot his poison stinger at him. Devidramon dodged again but the stinger just turned around and hit him in the back. "Crimson Nail!" Flybeemon flew out of the way, but got a little cuff. "Red eye!" Rei and Flybeemon looked away, but he dove straight down on Devidramon and slammed him to the ground. Devidramon was caught in a crack, so Flybeemon got some altitude and rained sparks on him. A little Gotsumon happened to be in the crack with Devidramon so he used Red eye on him. The Gotsumon crawled out, unnoticed by Rei and Flybeemon. "Madcap!" A large rock formed from the Gotsumon's head and the rock flew and knocked Rei off Flybeemon. Flybeemon dove after him in surprise, catching him barely before Rei smashed into the ground. Then he swung around and kicked the Gotsumon into the horizon. By that time Devidramon had freed himself.
Shini settled back on the Golemon's spike, not a really comfortable position. Rena was sleeping, to conserve energy. The Golemon had reached a sheer wall, with a cove opening near the top. There was no way to climb up. The Golemon punched the rock, and held the newly formed handhold. This nearly knocked Rena off, and she woke up and Shini and her held on tight. The Golemon repeated this till they reached the top, and they climbed in the hole. After a little walking, they reached the sleeping form of an Airdramon. The Golemon woke it up by knocking on its head. Then Rena said, "Ask for the favor, and Golemon will translate, don't forget to say that the Gotsumon sent us." So Shini asked and the Golemon translated. After some consideration, the Airdramon lowered itself so Rena and Shini could climb on. Before they could leave, the Golemon handed them a few water skins to drink and recharge. Then the Airdramon flew out screaming its presence.
"Poison Stinger!" There were now five stingers tracking Devidramon, who was twisting and turning and dodging and whirling out of their way. He dove to the ground and skimmed it, flying only a few feet above it. Than he turned sharply as they were on his tail. The first three exploded into the rocks, but the next two exploded on him. "Crimson Nail!" The attack flayed Flybeemon to the ground. Rei jumped off him, and took cover. Flybeemon zoomed up with a newfound speed and rammed Devidramon with his spiked shoulder armor. Devidramon grabbed him and turned his face to his. "Red -"
"Thermal Mane!" Devidramon was washed in flames, and he let go off Flybeemon. Shini threw Flybeemon and Rei a water skin, and yelled "Drink it, it'll revitalize you!" So they did and now both Digimon were completely energized. Rei whispered to Shini, who jumped down next to him, "Nice ride,"
"Wild Nail Rush!" "Poison Stinger!" Devidramon screamed in pain from the torrents of stinging nails, and got knocked out of the air when hit by the stinger. But he got up again, only to be jumped on by a screaming clawing biting Lynxmon. "Crimson Nail!" The blast hit Lynxmon into the air and she slammed into Flybeemon and they crumpled to the ground. Rei and Shini ran to them with water. Devidramon smirked in glee as he went in for the finish.
Now Airdramon normally had other things to do, but he didn't like these strangers enslaving his brothers so hit retaliated. "Spining Needle!" A stream of needles once again hit Devdramon and he shied away, but Aridramon whirled around him and tied him up and dropped him in front of the two Digimon. "Poison Stinger!" "Wild Nail Rush!" Devidramon was knocked unconscious into the air, and he landed in a rocky pit. The Digimon de-evolved into rookie form.
Airdramon scooped up the four, and they directed him to the way the Digivice was pointing. They finally reached a floating fortress. Airdramon dropped them off and flew away. They walked in, from the landing pad, and reached a chamber room. There they sat and drank a lot of water. Finally, Valkyrimon flashed in.
"Now, after much thought, I have finally come up with a test for love, it's nothing to dangerous, or drastic, nor is it to simple. You will each be transported to your own home, and the test will commence. Good-luck!" With a flash he was gone, and Shini and Rei found themselves at their homes.
Shini's home:
"Shini! Come here and hug your poor sister." Shini jerked and ran to the voice. There was his little sister! But, her foot was in a cast. "What happened sis?" he asked.
"Oh, I twisted it, it's ok, don't worry, could you do me a few favors though?" she said.
"Oh, sure anything."
"Great, can you make me soup, vacuum the living room, dust the book shelves, wash the tub, and take dad's suit to the cleaners? Mom doesn't know about the foot, and she really needs the cleaning done." His sister looked pleadingly. Shini's head reeled, but he realized he really needed to do this. So he set of to work.
Rei's home:
"Rei! Come here and hug your poor sister." Rei jerked and ran to the voice. There was his big sister! But, her foot was in a cast. "What happened sis?" he asked.
"Oh, I twisted it, it's ok, don't worry, could you do me a few favors though?" she said.
"It'll cost you."
"Fine, here's a ten, now, can you make me soup, vacuum the living room, dust the book shelves, wash the tub, and take dad's suit to the cleaners? Mom doesn't know about the foot, and she really needs the cleaning done." His sister looked pleadingly. Rei bargained "Make it twenty and I'll do it."
"But I only have fifteen, and I'm hurt," she said shocked.
"Fine, you explain to mom how careless you are," Rei said.
"Okok, I do your chores for a week and pay you fifteen. Now go!"
Shini's home:
Shini went to the kitchen, and stared. The room was empty except for a table, a fire with a pot over it, a hand pump and a pile of vegetables and dried meat. So Shini filled the pot with water, set it over the fire, and while it boiled, he chopped the vegetables and meat with an ax and he put them in. Then he walked to the bathroom, only to find it not there, only a door. He opened it, and it lead outside, where a huge tub was. So he took the hose that was near it, and watered it down. After he was finally down, he heard a fizzing, and ran to the kitchen and put out the fire. He scooped some of the soup in a cup and gave it to his sister. He than took out the vacuum cleaner and went to the living room, it was huge! Like ten times it's original size. So he took a deep breath, turned on the vacuum, and ran around the room, sort of cleaning it. When he finished it, he had reached the bookshelves, which had three inches of dust. So he vacuumed that up too. He dumped the vacuum in the corner and ran to his dad's closet, praying it would be ok. He opened the door and a thick heavy suit flopped out. It weighed a ton! So Shini dragged it out, nearly cutting the circulation from his fingers. He dragged it out the door and to the cleaners, where he told the cleaner the specific ways to clean it. He finally ran back to his sister and told her he was done. Shini was flashed away.
Rei's home:
Rei walked to his dad's closet, whistling happily. He opened the door, and the suit crushed him. Rei thought 'No, there's no way.' And he stuffed the suit back inside. He walked quickly to the kitchen. He was met with a similar scene as Shini, except that he took a carrot and a spot of meat to his sister. "Hey, that's all that was there." He took the vacuum to the living room, and gasped. He turned it on, and vacuumed only the part where he was walking, and the part in front of him as he walked to the bookshelves. He looked at the shelves, and covered his nose, but it was too late. "AAACCHHHOOO!!" When he opened his eye, all the dust was gone. "Well, that's good." He looked out the window and saw the tub. He held his head. After a while, he thought 'Well the rain can take care of that.' He walked back to his sister and announced that he was done, and he was flashed away.
"Well that was very interesting on both your parts." said Valkyrimon. "Shini beat Rei by far in love. I know you love your sister Rei, but you mistreat her. Too much. But you did get one job done, by accident. Any way Shini you win, and that means that you get to choose from the six Digimon of love. They are: Owlmon, Setmon, Pipismon, Swanmon, Pteranomon, and Halsemon."
"I think I'll choose this time," said Rena. "Hm, Swanmon is very pretty, I can be vain can't I?" she said sweetly. The others rolled their eyes.
"Yes you can, and you deserve it. So now, every time Renamon armor digivolves with the digimental of love, she'll turn into Swanmon. Goodbye." He flashed away and the four were set on the ground. Rena tried out Swanmon and Shini climbed on and they flew off, lightly dropping feathers. Rei waited a bit, and then shadowed them with Flybeemon.
Valkyrimon settled back into his chair and sipped his drink. Saberleomon had just left, with Jijimon actually. Piedmon was such a nuisance, so it was no wonder why they left; him and Puppetmon were the worst. But no harm was done, because that was not allowed. Valkyrimon always enjoyed this haven, for vaccine, data, and virus alike. Always the best nectar was served.
Diaboromon flashed in. Valkyrimon flashed the drink away, and stood up. "Diaboromon, you can try and try to stop them, but they will beat you, and will beat you even more badly with every new digimental." He glared at him.
"You are ssssso blind. I will not even bother to lisssten to you. If you really wanted to sssstop me, you would use the resssourcesss right under your nosssee, like I am. You won't know what happened. I shall continue my little anticssss. Now will you exsssscussse me, I have other busssssinesss to attend." Diaboromon waved a cup of black nectar into his hand, and crawled to Puppetmon and Piedmon. After a little talking and laughter, Puppetmon flashed away. Valkyrimon flashed away in a huff.
In the middle of an ocean, on a group of Ebidramon,
Anteiramon was feeling stronger from Devidramon's data, and he addressed he remaining champions. Get off you Anteiramon pointed, and a splash followed. Use the elements to your best advantage, separate the two, it worked once, it can work again. They can't swim and it'll be awhile before they try to learn. So attack when their weak, that's the way. We have to be going, you, call the Airdramon. Lets move you lobsters! The Ebidramon carried the mons off quickly. The one left behind dove beneath the waves.
Anteiramon stood up gracefully and ordered one of his troop to get of the Airdramon. Stop those children from reaching the digimental, and our master will reward you greatly, fail, and it'll be the last thing you do. That goes for all of you. The champions shivered, and looked pitifully at the Digimon down below, climbing through the jungle. The Airdramon flew away on command.
"It's so hot! And all these bugs, I can't take it," complained Shini. "Neither can I," complained Lynxmon, and she de-evolved. "I have to conserve my energy for any battles. Before we continue, I'll get some of those fruits I saw in the trees." Shini agreed and slumped next to a tree. Rena bounded on top his head and climbed up the tree and threw down a few fruits, which Shini gobbled up, since they had cool moist insides. Rena worriedly called down from above.
"I think we should be very quiet when we proceed, cause Ogremon is prowling around. I wonder why he's here? Shush! Don't make a sound, maybe he'll head off in the opposite direction." In the distance, Ogremon came closer, and closer, and than stopped. After a while, he headed off in the opposite direction, which was where Rei was. Shini and Rena cautiously proceeded on their way.
Rei on the other hand was also walking with Guil, who de-evolved because of the heat. They were unaware of the impending danger. Ogremon sprang from the bushes.
"You want that egg, you have to beat my bone club first. BONE CLUB!" Ogremon threw his club at Guil, slamming him into a tree trunk. "Fire Ball!" Ogremon merely waved the fire away with his hand. "Supreme King Fist!" yelled Ogremon, but Guil luckily rolled out of the way, the tree was smashed flat though.
"Digivolve to Growmon!" Rei held up his D-3 and Growmon used Exhaust Flame. "No fair, no fair!" whined Ogremon, "Bone club!" Growmon ducked and caught it as it spun through the air, and sent it back at Ogremon, who got slammed into a tree. A barrage of over-ripe fruit fell on him. "I think I'll take care of the other one first," Ogremon said shakily, and he ran off fast. Growlmon turned back to Guil, and the two resumed course.
Ogremon ran and ran and he tripped. He fell headlong down a slope, and crashed into a huge rock. He lay there for a moment, and then perked up when Shini and Rena walked into the clearing where the rock was. He crept behind them. "You won't get that egg as long as I'm here, Bone Club!" Shini spun around quick enough to see Rena get knocked over. But she sprang up and retaliated. "Fox-Leaf Arrowhead!" Ogremon jumped out of the way, and used his club again. Rena jumped high in the air, and shini yelled, "Let's do it! Renamon digivolve to Kyuubimon!" "Demon Fireball!" Ogremon spun his club and knocked most of the fireballs out of the way, but more came and hit him hard; he used his bone club yet again, and it hit Kyuubimon hard. He moved in for the finish. "Supreme King Fist!" Kyuubimon dodged the first one, but the second one landed him in a tree. From there Kyuubimon used Fox Flame Dragon. The flames raced towards Ogremon, but a bone club went right through them and knocked Kyuubimon out of the tree. Shini and Kyuubimon regrouped and said, "We'll get you," Shini jumped on her back, "LATER!" Both of them headed of towards the egg at top speed with Ogremon fast on their trail.
Rei and Growmon finally reached a clearing where a huge mayan-like vine covered temple stood. He started to ascend the many steps when in comes Kyuubimon, Shini, and Ogremon burst in from the opposite end of the clearing. "Bone Club!" The bone knocked Rei and Growmon off the steps, and then swung back to knock Shini off Kyuubimon. Ogremon leapt onto the steps and barred the way of the boys. He threw his bone club at Growmon, who knocked it away with a Plasma Blade. Kyuubimon fired fireballs at Ogremon who dove for his club and slammed it into Growmon and who in turn slammed into Kyuubimon, accidentally crushing her. She de-evolved into Rena. Growmon also turned back to Guil. But Guil did not stir.
"Come on Rena, let's cream this creep! Renamon armor digivolve to Lynxmon!" "Thermal Mane!" Fire blasted Ogremon in the chest and he fell over. But he sprang up again and threw his club. But Lynxmon batted it away, and flamed him again. Ogremon ran in and hit him repeatedly with his supreme king fists, but the flames enveloping Lynxmon protected him from any physichal harm. "Wild Nail Rush!" Hundreds of tiny fiery-stinging nails rained down on Ogremon and after that really weakened him, one swat of a paw knocked Ogremon unconscious into a tree. "Yeah we did it!" Renamon de-evolved into Rena and in the process gave some of her energy to Guil, who them recovered and stood up. Then all four raced up the steps after a moments' hesitation.
There at the top of the temple in a small stone room, was nothing! But in a flash of light Valkyrimon appeared and greeted the weary travelers. "Congrats on your safe arrival," all four glowered at him. "Hey, I was sleeping, I don't know anything, any way, instead of transporting you away somewhere, I'll just give you a test of your knowledge. Here is the Digimental of Knowledge." He whisked out of the air and placed it in a stone box. "You can only open the box by putting these 10 cards into these nine slots, you both try." Both boys got the same ten cards, and there were slots for the cards on two sides of the box. "You have half and hour, go!" Valkyrimon vanished. The cards were Terriermon, Metalgreymon, Woodmon, Blossomon, VenomMyotismon, Shellmon, Palmon, Cockatrimon, Gazimon, and Mummymon.
Now, thought Shini What's the relation, heck, their isn't any, um, maybe it's alphabecital . . .
Obviously these Digimon have different levels of power, reasoned Rei but which are what? These look the least, he grouped Terriermon, Gazimon, and Palmon. These look a little bit stronger Rei then grouped Shellmon, Woodmon, and Cockatrimon. This one looks the strongest. He placed VemonMyotismon on the side. That leaves, these,
Um, there are two m's, and MetalGreymon comes before Mummymon, so then I'll leave out that one, Shini then placed the cards in the slots on the box alphabetically, "Done." Rei had placed them according to level, top to bottom, leaving the strongest out. "Done." He said smirking.
The box glowed, than sucked the cards in. After a while, the box opened up to Rei's side. Valkyrimon came back, "Good job, Rei wins because the order was of level, rookie, champion, ultimate, excluding the mega. Not alphabetical. I would give it to you fir creativity, but no. Rei, you have six Digimon to choose from, they are: Setmon, Honeybeemon, Digmon, Mothmon, Flybeemon, and Butterflymon." He again showed flash cards.
"Flybeemon, that's the one." said Rei confidently. "That's great, now whenever you digivolve with the digimental of knowledge, Guilmon will armor digivolve to Flybeemon. Now go on your mighty quest!" Valkyrimon flashed away, and the four were transported outside the jungle. Guil turned into Flybeemon and he and Rei zoomed off, and Kyuubimon and Shini rode off elsewhere; the sun set.
A few miles away and about a hundred meters up in the air, a Kuwagamon flew in carrying a weak Ogremon. Anteiramon stood up from his chair and walked to the landing pad and the other seven champions filed in after him. Anteiramon addressed the others as the Kuwagamon set Ogremon down and flew off, This is what happens to failures, watch closely, Meditation Cure! Ogremon was deleted, Anteiramon absorbed his data. Move out everyone, but you are in charge, don't fail, or you'll join Ogremon. Move now, we have to secure the next area. The new mon jumped off and caught an updraft and soared towards the mountains.
Rei was riding Flybeemon and they flew over the plain. The foliage grew thinner and thinner, thill there was none at all, nothing but rocks. Then the terrain got more uneven and hillier. Rei looked ahead, scanning the area, the digivice pointed the way, but there wasn't anything ahead. He looked at the sky suddenly, but there were only gray clouds, and a black form. He looked back to the plains ahead, but snapped back quickly to the black form, it came closer and faster until it knocked Flybeemon to the ground. The last thing the two heard before they blacked out was, "RED EYE!"
The next day,
Kyuubimon and Shini were on the move and Shini began to get sick, "Do you have to leap from her to there all the time? bleeeh"
"Well excuse me if there are nothing but rocks but I have an idea," Kyuubimon de-evolved to Rena and said, "Lynxmon can travel better here than I," Shini let Rena digivolve to Lynxmon. So Shini and Lynxmon resumed their path and went faster too, but they stopped when they heard a loud, insect-like buzzing. Shini turned,
"Hey Rei! You wouldn't want to give us a lift would you?" There was no response they just kept on coming.
"Hello? Can you hear me? I said, *pause* what? *pause* Fly Spark? *pause* Oh boy, run Lynxmon!" Lynxmon bounded to another rock, and just where she stood a moment before, three electric bolts hit the rock. Now Rei and Flybeemon were close enough for a frontal attack.
"Thermal Mane!" Flybeemon dodged the wave of fire, and shot Fly Sparks at her, who also dodged them. Lynxmon leapt to a large rock and jumped on top of Flybeemon, knocking him to the ground. They both slammed into a rock.
Shini ran to Rei yelling "What are you doing?" but Rei pulled out a knife and threw it at him, Shini barely escaped it. "Are you insane?" Shini tackled Rei to the ground and looked him in the eyes, but his eyes were red.
"Wild Nail Rush!" The rain of nails shot Flybeemon out of the sky again, but he yelled after that, "Poison Stinger!" A huge stinger came like a torpedo at Lynxmon, and it hit her hard. But after some struggling, she got up again, and used Wild nail rush again. After that, both Digimon de-evolved to rookie. The red faded from Rei's and Guil's eyes.
"Where am I?" groaned Rei, shoving Shini off of him. "You don't know, you freak? Don't you remember you atta-" started Shini.
"Of course he doesn't remember, because he was in my control," A dark shape flew down from the sky, "I am Devidramon, ruler of these mountains, and I will not let you stay in my territory, and now I have you exactly where I want you, small and weak, CRIMSON NAIL!" Devidramon swiped at Rena and Guil, blasting them into a rock. He then flew high into the air, and prepared for another attack.
"Shini, I need some of your energy so that Flybeemon can fly up there and get him! You need to run and get better!" Rei pleaded with Shini. Shini thought, and then quickly made his decision as the Crimson attack came rishing from the sky.
"Do it Rena!" Rena de-evolved into Viximon, and then bounded into Shini's arms, they ran off into a rock tunnel. Part of Rena's energy went into Guil, who ran out of the way of the crimson attack. Rei yelled, "Guilmon armor digivolve to Flybeemon!" Rei jumped onto Flybeemon's back and held tightly as FlyBeemon powered after Devidramon. "Remember not to look in his eyes," whispered Rei. "FLY SPARK!!"
Shini ran down the tunnel for a long time, and finally came out the other side. There was no sign of anyone or anything. Suddenly Shini and viximon were grabbed back into the tunnel.
"Careful you guys! Don't go out there, Devidramon's spies are everywhere! It's a miracle they don't know about this tunnel!" Shini spun around to see three Gotsumon, after Viximon told him what they were.
"What do you mean? There is noone out there?" Shini said.
"Well if you didn't see us, what makes you think you could see them? Come inside and we'll nurish you." The Gotsumon lead the two inside and gave them each a glass of some bubbly water, "You don't need food since all the minerals and nutrients wash of the rocks in the rain, and that's why it's so good for you!" Shini had half his glass, and gave the rest to Viximon, who digivolved into Rena. "Yay, good to see you again!" yelled Shini. "SSSHHHHH! What are you doing here any way? Have you lost your way?" asked the Gotsumon
"No, me and another boy have to defeat Devidramon, cause I think he's guarding the egg." Said Shini.
"Well, that makes sense, since there have been reports of virus Digimon flying everywhere securing areas, I guess some guy wants to stop you from reaching these 'eggs'. Anyway, no-one here can defeat him since he flies out of the way of attacks. And he chased most of the flying Digimon out of here! But we know of a few that remain," replied one of the Gotsumon.
"Well my friend has a flying Digimon, and he's out there right now fighting him. I was supposed to look for help. Since my Digimon can't fly, I guess I need someone to carry us up there." Said Shini.
"Well there is a Kuwagamon, but some say he's in cahoots with Devidramon, um Cockatrimon left a while ago, so I guess that leaves Airdramon, but he's a ways from here. You'll have to take a Golemon." So two of the Gotsumon ran out and came back with a Golemon. They boosted Shini and Rena on top of it, and gave the Golemon directions, and they set off at quite a fast and bumpy pace.
"Fly Spark!" Devidramon flew out of the way of the sparks and slammed Flybeemon. He tumbled for a bit, and Rei clung desperately, but he regained control and shot his poison stinger at him. Devidramon dodged again but the stinger just turned around and hit him in the back. "Crimson Nail!" Flybeemon flew out of the way, but got a little cuff. "Red eye!" Rei and Flybeemon looked away, but he dove straight down on Devidramon and slammed him to the ground. Devidramon was caught in a crack, so Flybeemon got some altitude and rained sparks on him. A little Gotsumon happened to be in the crack with Devidramon so he used Red eye on him. The Gotsumon crawled out, unnoticed by Rei and Flybeemon. "Madcap!" A large rock formed from the Gotsumon's head and the rock flew and knocked Rei off Flybeemon. Flybeemon dove after him in surprise, catching him barely before Rei smashed into the ground. Then he swung around and kicked the Gotsumon into the horizon. By that time Devidramon had freed himself.
Shini settled back on the Golemon's spike, not a really comfortable position. Rena was sleeping, to conserve energy. The Golemon had reached a sheer wall, with a cove opening near the top. There was no way to climb up. The Golemon punched the rock, and held the newly formed handhold. This nearly knocked Rena off, and she woke up and Shini and her held on tight. The Golemon repeated this till they reached the top, and they climbed in the hole. After a little walking, they reached the sleeping form of an Airdramon. The Golemon woke it up by knocking on its head. Then Rena said, "Ask for the favor, and Golemon will translate, don't forget to say that the Gotsumon sent us." So Shini asked and the Golemon translated. After some consideration, the Airdramon lowered itself so Rena and Shini could climb on. Before they could leave, the Golemon handed them a few water skins to drink and recharge. Then the Airdramon flew out screaming its presence.
"Poison Stinger!" There were now five stingers tracking Devidramon, who was twisting and turning and dodging and whirling out of their way. He dove to the ground and skimmed it, flying only a few feet above it. Than he turned sharply as they were on his tail. The first three exploded into the rocks, but the next two exploded on him. "Crimson Nail!" The attack flayed Flybeemon to the ground. Rei jumped off him, and took cover. Flybeemon zoomed up with a newfound speed and rammed Devidramon with his spiked shoulder armor. Devidramon grabbed him and turned his face to his. "Red -"
"Thermal Mane!" Devidramon was washed in flames, and he let go off Flybeemon. Shini threw Flybeemon and Rei a water skin, and yelled "Drink it, it'll revitalize you!" So they did and now both Digimon were completely energized. Rei whispered to Shini, who jumped down next to him, "Nice ride,"
"Wild Nail Rush!" "Poison Stinger!" Devidramon screamed in pain from the torrents of stinging nails, and got knocked out of the air when hit by the stinger. But he got up again, only to be jumped on by a screaming clawing biting Lynxmon. "Crimson Nail!" The blast hit Lynxmon into the air and she slammed into Flybeemon and they crumpled to the ground. Rei and Shini ran to them with water. Devidramon smirked in glee as he went in for the finish.
Now Airdramon normally had other things to do, but he didn't like these strangers enslaving his brothers so hit retaliated. "Spining Needle!" A stream of needles once again hit Devdramon and he shied away, but Aridramon whirled around him and tied him up and dropped him in front of the two Digimon. "Poison Stinger!" "Wild Nail Rush!" Devidramon was knocked unconscious into the air, and he landed in a rocky pit. The Digimon de-evolved into rookie form.
Airdramon scooped up the four, and they directed him to the way the Digivice was pointing. They finally reached a floating fortress. Airdramon dropped them off and flew away. They walked in, from the landing pad, and reached a chamber room. There they sat and drank a lot of water. Finally, Valkyrimon flashed in.
"Now, after much thought, I have finally come up with a test for love, it's nothing to dangerous, or drastic, nor is it to simple. You will each be transported to your own home, and the test will commence. Good-luck!" With a flash he was gone, and Shini and Rei found themselves at their homes.
Shini's home:
"Shini! Come here and hug your poor sister." Shini jerked and ran to the voice. There was his little sister! But, her foot was in a cast. "What happened sis?" he asked.
"Oh, I twisted it, it's ok, don't worry, could you do me a few favors though?" she said.
"Oh, sure anything."
"Great, can you make me soup, vacuum the living room, dust the book shelves, wash the tub, and take dad's suit to the cleaners? Mom doesn't know about the foot, and she really needs the cleaning done." His sister looked pleadingly. Shini's head reeled, but he realized he really needed to do this. So he set of to work.
Rei's home:
"Rei! Come here and hug your poor sister." Rei jerked and ran to the voice. There was his big sister! But, her foot was in a cast. "What happened sis?" he asked.
"Oh, I twisted it, it's ok, don't worry, could you do me a few favors though?" she said.
"It'll cost you."
"Fine, here's a ten, now, can you make me soup, vacuum the living room, dust the book shelves, wash the tub, and take dad's suit to the cleaners? Mom doesn't know about the foot, and she really needs the cleaning done." His sister looked pleadingly. Rei bargained "Make it twenty and I'll do it."
"But I only have fifteen, and I'm hurt," she said shocked.
"Fine, you explain to mom how careless you are," Rei said.
"Okok, I do your chores for a week and pay you fifteen. Now go!"
Shini's home:
Shini went to the kitchen, and stared. The room was empty except for a table, a fire with a pot over it, a hand pump and a pile of vegetables and dried meat. So Shini filled the pot with water, set it over the fire, and while it boiled, he chopped the vegetables and meat with an ax and he put them in. Then he walked to the bathroom, only to find it not there, only a door. He opened it, and it lead outside, where a huge tub was. So he took the hose that was near it, and watered it down. After he was finally down, he heard a fizzing, and ran to the kitchen and put out the fire. He scooped some of the soup in a cup and gave it to his sister. He than took out the vacuum cleaner and went to the living room, it was huge! Like ten times it's original size. So he took a deep breath, turned on the vacuum, and ran around the room, sort of cleaning it. When he finished it, he had reached the bookshelves, which had three inches of dust. So he vacuumed that up too. He dumped the vacuum in the corner and ran to his dad's closet, praying it would be ok. He opened the door and a thick heavy suit flopped out. It weighed a ton! So Shini dragged it out, nearly cutting the circulation from his fingers. He dragged it out the door and to the cleaners, where he told the cleaner the specific ways to clean it. He finally ran back to his sister and told her he was done. Shini was flashed away.
Rei's home:
Rei walked to his dad's closet, whistling happily. He opened the door, and the suit crushed him. Rei thought 'No, there's no way.' And he stuffed the suit back inside. He walked quickly to the kitchen. He was met with a similar scene as Shini, except that he took a carrot and a spot of meat to his sister. "Hey, that's all that was there." He took the vacuum to the living room, and gasped. He turned it on, and vacuumed only the part where he was walking, and the part in front of him as he walked to the bookshelves. He looked at the shelves, and covered his nose, but it was too late. "AAACCHHHOOO!!" When he opened his eye, all the dust was gone. "Well, that's good." He looked out the window and saw the tub. He held his head. After a while, he thought 'Well the rain can take care of that.' He walked back to his sister and announced that he was done, and he was flashed away.
"Well that was very interesting on both your parts." said Valkyrimon. "Shini beat Rei by far in love. I know you love your sister Rei, but you mistreat her. Too much. But you did get one job done, by accident. Any way Shini you win, and that means that you get to choose from the six Digimon of love. They are: Owlmon, Setmon, Pipismon, Swanmon, Pteranomon, and Halsemon."
"I think I'll choose this time," said Rena. "Hm, Swanmon is very pretty, I can be vain can't I?" she said sweetly. The others rolled their eyes.
"Yes you can, and you deserve it. So now, every time Renamon armor digivolves with the digimental of love, she'll turn into Swanmon. Goodbye." He flashed away and the four were set on the ground. Rena tried out Swanmon and Shini climbed on and they flew off, lightly dropping feathers. Rei waited a bit, and then shadowed them with Flybeemon.
Valkyrimon settled back into his chair and sipped his drink. Saberleomon had just left, with Jijimon actually. Piedmon was such a nuisance, so it was no wonder why they left; him and Puppetmon were the worst. But no harm was done, because that was not allowed. Valkyrimon always enjoyed this haven, for vaccine, data, and virus alike. Always the best nectar was served.
Diaboromon flashed in. Valkyrimon flashed the drink away, and stood up. "Diaboromon, you can try and try to stop them, but they will beat you, and will beat you even more badly with every new digimental." He glared at him.
"You are ssssso blind. I will not even bother to lisssten to you. If you really wanted to sssstop me, you would use the resssourcesss right under your nosssee, like I am. You won't know what happened. I shall continue my little anticssss. Now will you exsssscussse me, I have other busssssinesss to attend." Diaboromon waved a cup of black nectar into his hand, and crawled to Puppetmon and Piedmon. After a little talking and laughter, Puppetmon flashed away. Valkyrimon flashed away in a huff.
In the middle of an ocean, on a group of Ebidramon,
Anteiramon was feeling stronger from Devidramon's data, and he addressed he remaining champions. Get off you Anteiramon pointed, and a splash followed. Use the elements to your best advantage, separate the two, it worked once, it can work again. They can't swim and it'll be awhile before they try to learn. So attack when their weak, that's the way. We have to be going, you, call the Airdramon. Lets move you lobsters! The Ebidramon carried the mons off quickly. The one left behind dove beneath the waves.