Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 7
"Beachside Blast"
Narrated by Nick
Our gangly group continued down the beach on the look out for the next challenge. So far there was nothing out of the ordinary. Until a nearby palm tree began to shake.
"What is that?" Sandmon asked.
As if to answer his question four coconuts fell from the tree. Then they sprouted arms and legs and turned around to reveal evil, glaring faces.
"We're Coconutmon," the lead digimon said. "Who said you could walk on our beach?"
"Who says this is your beach?" Hornmon demanded.
"We do! Tropical Blast!"
Their arms and legs sunk back into their bodies and they fired off the ground coming straight at us very fast.
"Podmon digivolve to…Catermon!"
She quickly shot out a string of thread that molded into a shield. The digimon hit it and bounced back.
"Sandmon digivolve to…Crustmon!"
My digimon scuttled over to the Coconutmon and picked up two in his pincers. Then he slammed them together and they exploded.
"NO!" the other two yelled. "Milk Cannon!"
A powerful burst of milk shot at Brandon and JT.
"Tadpolemon digivolve to…Betamon!"
"Hornmon digivolve to…Spikemon!"
"Thunder Horn!"
The lightning hit the jet of milk and it heated up and evaporated.
"Beta Slugger!"
With a powerful tail whack the remaining Coconutmon flew out into the ocean.
"That was pretty easy," JT said.
"That was just the beginning."
The palm tree that the Coconutmon had fallen from suddenly turned around showing its face. Two leaves lowered to make arms and its roots sprung from the ground and acted as tiny legs.
"I am Palmmon. You may have beaten my henchmen but you will never defeat me."
"Bring it," I said.
And he did.
"Coconut Cannon!"
More coconuts then I could count darted at us and our digimon. We all jumped, ducked, and moved back and forth to dodge them. I looked over and saw a big one hit Faith in the side of the head. She instantly fell to the ground.
"No!" Brandon yelled.
"Spikemon digivolve to…Rhinomon!"
Barreling through the coconuts, Rhinomon finally reached Palmmon and rammed into him with his horn. But Palmmon's bark was so tough that Rhinomon bounced off.
"This isn't your battle," Palmmon snapped.
What did he mean not Brandon's battle? What kind of digimon was this?
"Vine Bond!"
Five thick vines erupted from the ground around Rhinomon and strapped onto him holding him down.
"Rhinomon!" Brandon yelled.
More vines shot from the ground and pulled down Brandon. Then Mya, Catermon, JT, Betamon, and Faith were all tied down too.
"Stop that! Let my friends go!"
"So sorry…no wait, I'm not. But this is our fight. Mine and yours, one-on-one, do I have to spell it out for you?"
"Get him Crustmon."
My digimon hopped into the air and fired his attack. The jet of water darted at Palmmon and slammed into his face.
"You will die my little crabcake. Palm Smack!"
Palmmon whacked Crustmon away with its leaves.
"Crustmon you know the drill."
"Crustmon digivolve to…Lobstremon!"
The huge lobster leapt onto Palmmon's back and held on tightly as the tree whipped around.
"Get off of me!"
Lobstremon took a large claw and snapped onto the bark of the evil digimon. I heard a soft crack as the bark began to break.
"Palm Smack!"
The large leaves on Palmmon's head smacked Lobstremon off his back. But he recovered quickly.
"Tidal Twister!"
Palmmon was hit in the back and barreled forward.
"Now's your chance!" I yelled.
Lobstremon ran at Palmmon and started slamming his oversized claws down on him. Hit after hit after hit. Palmmon's bark was flying everywhere, he was reducing to nothing but a toothpick.
The sand near me began to shake. Out of it sprang an altar like the one Brandon had told us about. But instead of a yellow orb there was a blue one. It was glowing radiantly and then it shot out at me and Lobstremon.
The light wrapped around my waist and when it vanished there was a belt in its place. And on that belt was a bunch of ninja weapons. Ninja stars, daggers, nunchuks, and smoke bombs.
Thousands of images flew through my mind. Karate moves, kicks, punches, flips, jumps, blocking, everything. I suddenly knew everything there was to know about being a ninja.
"Uh, Nick…a little help."
It was JT. I forgot the others were tied up.
"Oh yeah. Hold on."
I picked out one of my ninja stars and with expert precision I flung it at JT cutting through the tough vines setting him free.
"Lobstremon, I could use a little help here."
Lobstremon grabbed onto one of the vines but couldn't break through them. Even though his claws were very powerful they weren't very sharp.
"You need more power. Let's try out that orb."
"Right."
He began to glow a brilliant blue.
"Lobstremon digivolve to…Pearlmon!"
Pearlmon was awesome! He was human shaped now, no more big pinchers. And his body was coated in shiny, tough pearl. Strapped to his back was a huge katana, also coated in pearl. I could tell he was a ninja too.
He grabbed onto his katana and raised it high in the air.
"Pearl Katana Strike!"
Faster than the eye could see the katana sliced through the air over and over. When it stopped it appeared that nothing had happened. But suddenly the vines all fell. They were shredded into a million pieces.
"Way to go Pearlmon! You're the coolest," I congratulated.
Everyone cheered in agreement. Then the blue light shot from Pearlmon into my digivice and he turned back into Sandmon.
"Alright guys," Brandon started, "we have two digimon that can achieve ultimate. We're off to a good start. We just need you two to get your orbs and I think we can take on this Darkmon."
Is Brandon right? Can they handle Darkmon? Will Mya and JT find their orbs? And what about Faith? Will she ever get her own digimon?