Myotismon, with
DemiDevimon fluttering in the background, leered at the Digi-Destined over the
monitor. "How are we doing, my little houseguests?"
Matt gave him a
dull look. "Swell," he drawled. "It'd be a lot nicer if, y'know,
you weren't holding us prisoner and torturing us and stuff."
"Nobody's
perfect," the vampire shrugged.
"At any rate, I've been giving your previous suggestion a fair bit of
thought, and I believe I may have come up with a highly effective means of
breaking your pathetic wills."
The children waited
in an expectant and dreadful silence.
"Well?" Sora
demanded, finally. "What is it?"
"That's part of the
torture!" Myotismon replied gleefully.
"I shan't tell you until you've returned from your next round of
punishment, which means you'll have to fret and stew over it in the meantime."
"You're a
psychological artist, boss," DemiDevimon said admiringly, his golden eyes
shimmering.
"Indeed," the
vampire agreed smugly. "Now push the
button and let the torment begin anew!
Muahahahaha!"
Snickering, the
batlike creature jabbed at the button with one talon, and chaos reigned in the
main chamber once more.
"We've got FANFIC
SIIIIGN!" Izzy shouted, following Tai and the others into the theatre.
_____________________________________________________________________________
(The kids file
back into the theatre and take their seats.)
Tai: So he
wants us to worry about his stupid little form of punishment, huh? Well, we'll show him. I'm not worrying. Are you worrying, Sora?
Sora:
Absolutely not. What about you,
Matt?
Matt:
No worries on my part. Izzy?
Izzy:
Nothing short of another AOL merger will make me lose my composure. How are you doing, Joe?
Joe:
It's going to involve cheese graters and lemon juice, I just know
it. Or he just might force us to
swallow Pop-Rocks and Coke. Or maybe
he'll apply hot curling irons to our bodies while forcing us to watch endless
reruns of "Who's the Boss".
Tai:
(disgusted) Way to stay cool, Joe.
TK:
(whimpering) Matt, Tony Danza scares me.
Digimon: The
Tsunonrimon Saga—Part II: Spirit of the Dragon
Chapter One
Mimi: Wait - I thought last time was Chapter One.
Sora: That was Part One, Chapter One. This
is Part *Two*, Chapter One. It makes the story seem all impressive and epic-y.
Things looked
bad for the Digidestined. They were squaring off against the mighty Cybermon, a
Mega Digimon. The gigantic robot had already demonstrated his power, by
annihilating a section of forest with his Pulse Cannon—and nearly annihilating
Sora as well.
Izzy: And worst of all, they were out of Cheerios.
"T.K.,
Kari!" hissed Matt.
Mimi: (alarmed) Eeeek! Matt's turned into a
snake!
Joe:
If he tells Kari to eat some forbidden fruit and then give it to TK, I'm
going to be disturbed.
"Get out of
here! Quickly! We can hold him off!"
These words
brought a dismayed expression to the two youngest Digidestined's faces.
"But what about you guys?" protested Kari. "We can't just leave
you here to get killed!"
Tai: Sure you can! It's easy! Er - I mean...
"That
doesn't matter! As long as we're here, we're responsible for you!" yelled
Tai. "Now GO!"
TK: Pikachu, GO!
All: NOOOOOOOO! He has invoked the name of
the Evil One!
The two little
kids looked ready to protest again, but fortunately Patamon and Gatomon saw the
wisdom in that situation.
Kari: In what, protesting?
Sora: No more nukes! Ban the bomb! Down
with the establishment!
Izzy: Fuzzy puppies for everyone!
"Good
luck, everyone!" said Patamon. "We'll see you after you beat
him!" He didn't look too confident of those odds, however.
Matt: So he called his bookie and re-placed all his
bets.
"Patamon
digivolve to…ANGEMON!" The angel Digimon appeared where Patamon had been
standing in a burst of light.
"Gatomon
digivolve to…ANGEWOMON!" The holy beauty materialized where the cat Digimon
had been a moment before.
Izzy: Digimon - quick change artists extrodinaire.
The two angels
picked up their respective Digidestined, and took to the sky.
Tai: (Angemon) "Heh heh, now let's take
'em to thirty thousand feet and drop 'em!"
Cybermon noticed
this, however, and diverted his attention to track them. Twin ports opened near
his shoulders. "CLUSTER MISSILE!" he roared. Each of the launchers
spat fire three times, and six missiles were speeding towards the retreating
Digimon. A moment before they impacted,
All: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww.
each of the
missiles separated into seven parts. A gigantic red flower blossomed out of the
sky into the angels' paths.
Mimi: It's the Deadly Pretty Missile! Run for your
lives!
Nanoseconds later,
the singed warriors flew out of the chaos created by the explosion, burnt but
otherwise appearing unharmed. T.K. opened his eyes slightly and looked at
Angemon.
Sora: (TK) "You've got two noses!"
"Yeah! We
did it!" When Angemon failed to respond, T.K. looked closer at his partner
and friend. Angemon was tired; T.K. could feel it more than see it. A quick
glance over at Angewomon showed that she was in much the same condition. He
gulped. They would have to land soon or they would crash.
Tai: (imitates sound of airplane falling from
sky)
Matt exhaled in
relief. He had thought that the cluster missile would have hurt T.K., but
apparently it had not affected any of them. His mind turned to the task at
hand. Cybermon was still distracted by Angemon and Angewomon! Now was the time
to attack. He looked at Gabumon. "Let's go!"
Joe: - Ghostbusters!
"Gabumon
digivolve to…GARURUMON!"
Tai: How can a reptile evolve into a giant
wolf-tiger thing?
Matt: How can a talking pink head evolve
into a tyrannosaurus?
Tai: Point.
"Agumon
digivolve to…GREYMON!"
Izzy: I've never really understood why he's called
Greymon. He's actually more of a burnt orange colour.
"Tentomon
digivolve to…KABUTERIMON!"
"Palmon
digivolve to…TOGEMON!"
All: Chika chika ban ban! (giggle)
Mimi: Ahhh, that's fun to say.
"Gomamon
digivolve to…IKKAKUMON!"
"Biyomon
digivolve to…BIRDRAMON!"
Tai: I think Birdramon's a he just pretending to be
a she.
Sora: (thwacks him) Shut up, you.
The six
Champion-Stage Digimon prepared for battle. Birdramon especially seemed to want
revenge on Cybermon.
Matt: (Spanish accent) This robot...did he
have six fingers on one hand?
She flew high
into the air. "Meteor Wing!" she screeched, sending huge jets of fire
at Cybermon's back. They splashed off harmlessly.
Joe: - but set fire to the surrounding forest,
torching everyone within a five-mile radius. The end.
Mimi: There's no need to be grim, Joe.
Greymon charged
through the forest to try and get a better chance of scoring
Tai: Whoa! I didn't know Digimon even had hormones.
a critical hit
on Cybermon. The large Digimon finally saw his chance, as Cybermon turned to
deal with the threat posed by Birdramon. "Nova Blast!" The huge
fireball hit the android in one of the areas where it was unprotected by armor
plating.
Guys: (wince)
Sora: Sheesh, you boys are always thinking
of *that* area.
Cybermon turned
more quickly than Greymon would have thought possible, and raised its Pulse
Cannon. The blue light spewed
Tai: (laughing) Like Joe was at the end of
the last part!
Joe: Oh, bite me.
and
Greymon felt himself being lifted back into and hurled back to the ground
again.
Kari: Spewing, hurling...what's with all the vomit
euphemisms in this part of the story?
"Howling
Blaster!" Garurumon was following a different tactic than Greymon or
Birdramon.
Sora: He was using his Rook to trap the opponent's
Queen!
Izzy: Would that actually work?
Sora: I dunno. I've never played.
He was going to hopefully knock out
Cybermon's motor systems. If the robot was made immobile, they could attack him
without fear of retaliation.
Matt: Attacking an unarmed Digimon...that doesn't
seem very honourable of us.
A twinge of fear
went through Garurumon's mind as he saw Cybermon fire his pulse cannon and he
knew that one of their force was either in trouble or already downed.
Kari felt
Angewomon dip even lower in the air.
Izzy: She'd brought her Lou Bega CD and wanted to
practice her swing dancing.
She peeked at
the face of her partner, who was clearly quite tired.
Joe: She'd been up for three weeks studying for her
physics final.
Kari scanned the
ground below them frantically, trying to find a good place to land. Suddenly
she saw it. That cave looked awfully familiar… "Quick, Angewomon! Down
there!" Kari pointed to the clearing below. Angewomon dove downward, a bit
too rapidly than Kari would have liked,
Tai: (Kari) "I'm gonna hurl!"
but
they were still under control. T.K. and Angemon followed Angewomon's lead.
Sora: They're dancin' fools!
The group
touched down safely.
Matt: And proceeded to spike TK and Kari in victory.
The angels let
T.K. and Kari to the ground, then immediately deDigivolved to Gatomon and
Patamon. They lay there panting, too tired to even move.
Tai: I'm not even gonna touch this one.
TK: Huh? What do you mean?
Matt: (quickly) Nothing. Nothing at
all...
Kari was sure
this was the place. "Jake!" she hollered. "Jake where are you?
Come out, please!
Mimi: (Jake) "Not until you count to a
hundred and come looking for me!"
We need your help! Jake!"
she almost screamed herself hoarse until she stopped. This wasn't the place
after all. Now what could they do? Their Digimon were tired and they needed to
get help for the others. Kari had all but given up when a voice spoke from
behind her.
Matt: Booga booga booga!
"What do
you need now?" Jake sounded faintly exasperated.
Joe: (Jake) "Darn kids! Can't you read
the 'No Soliciting' sign?"
"Please,
Mr. Jake!" pleaded T.K., running over. "Everyone else is in a fight
against Cybermon, and they need your help!"
Tai: Just mail your generous cash donations to the
address at the bottom of your screen...
Jake's ran his
hand through his hair.
Izzy: Jake's? There's more than one of him?
Joe: Just like I said last time - clones.
"Cybermon,
eh? I've heard of him. They don't stand a chance against him."
Matt: (Jake) "Poor jerks. Who's up for
some pie?"
T.K. looked
hopeful. "So you'll help us?"
"Nope."
Kari looked at
him in disbelief. "What? But why not?" It wasn't fair. She had
thought Jake would have had jumped on the chance to help the Digidestined.
He sighed.
"I warned them, and they chose to ignore my warning. I'm sorry, but I
won't risk my own neck because they thought they knew more about the Digiworld
than me."
Tai: Yeah, the heck with 'em! If they can't pay
attention to a simple warning, then let 'em rot!
Matt: Tai, that's us he's talking about.
Tai: Oh yeah. Well, Jake's just a big
poophead then!
Izzy: (sighs)
T.K. started to
cry. "He already got Sora…and he's going to get Matt too…and Tai, and
Mimi, and Joe, and Izzy, and Agumon, and Gomamon…"
Izzy: ...and Chief...
Joe: ...and McCloud...
Jake's face
flickered for a second, but in moments he was indifference itself.
TK: He Digivolved! Cool!
"Why should I care about them? I
only met them yesterday?"
Kari pointed an
accusing finger at him.
Sora: She'd picked up some *awfully* crude gestures
watching all that American television.
"You! I
don't believe you! I can't believe I even thought that you would have ever been
nice! I hate you! Do you hear me? I HATE YOU!" she started to sob
uncontrollably, which caused T.K. to follow suit.
Mimi: (Kari, blubbering) "S-stop copying
me, y-you big copy-c-cat!"
"Calm down!
Stop crying!" Jake's attempts to quiet the two were unsuccessful. He
looked at them, sighed, looked at them again, and sighed again.
Tai: Then, he looked at them again and sighed once
more for good measure.
"Okay,
fine, I'll help." The two little kids immediately stopped bawling.
Joe: (TK) "Wow, that was easy! Now let's
see if we can get him to give us candy!"
"The
trouble is, how can we get there in time?" He pointed to the fatigued
Gatomon and Patamon. "They're too tired to get us anywhere and I don't
think we can run in time."
"Ahem."
Zegimon was perched, unnoticed, on a tree branch. "I can get you there in
time."
Jake grew
puzzled. "You can? How?"
Matt: (Zegimon) "I've got a bus
pass."
"It's
simple. By Digivolving!" said Zegimon.
T.K. looked at
Jake in amazement. "You mean you've been here for FOUR YEARS and Zegimon
still hasn't digivolved to his Champion form yet?"
Sora: Jake just flunked 'Being a Digi-Destined 101'.
Jake suddenly
became very interested in a rock on the ground. "Eh…heh heh…well we
haven't had much reason to fight here.
Tai: Since he just sat there in his cave night after
night while we were out fighting evil...big pansy.
But
anyway, Zegimon, can you do it?"
The lizard
nodded. "I think so, Jake." Jake's Digivice started to glow.
"Zegimon
digivolve to…KAMOMON!" Gone was the smallish lizard. In his place was
another lizard, but this one of immense size. His wingspan was easily many
times Jake's height. Inch-long, razor sharp teeth
Izzy: A huge lizard with inch-long teeth? That
doesn't seem very intimidating.
Joe: Well, it's the claws you've got to
watch out for.
gnashed
as the former Zegimon checked out his new form. "This
seems…powerful."
Matt: (Kamomon) "I'M HUGE!"
Kari looked at
Kamomon in amazement. "It looks powerful! We don't have any time to waste,
though! Let's go!" She ran over to the tired Gatomon and scooped her up,
as T.K. did with Patamon. Still holding Gatomon, she climbed onto Kamomon's
back. His skin felt smooth, yet not slippery. It was a really cool feeling, she
finally decided.
Kari: I gave it two thumbs up.
Jake climbed
onto Kamomon's back in front of Kari. "Okay, let's see what you can do,
Kamomon!" The winged giant flew into the air and towards the battle.
Mimi: Without TK?
Tai: (TK) "Hey, guys, wait for
meeeeeee!"
Jake murmured to
himself. "Those kids are probably going to kill me someday."
MegaKabuterimon's
two-pronged horn sparked with energy. "HORN BUSTER!" He dove at
Cybermon, but the electrical discharge barely dented the giant. Things were
really looking bad. Cybermon had forced all of the Digimon to digivolve to
their Ultimate stages,
Kari: - thereby cueing up the "Hey
Digimon" song.
All: NOOOOOOOOO!!!
and
yet they were still being defeated. Garudamon was out of the fight
already—knocked out of the air by a barrage of Cluster Missiles—as was
MetalGreymon.
Cybermon looked
straight at MegaKabuterimon. The Pulse Cannon flashed again, and the Ultimate
felt the blow nearly hit him directly. "HORN BUSTER!" Again, Cybermon
didn't even feel the hit. This was definitely not good.
Tai: (Rain Man) Not good. Deff'nitely,
deff'nitely not good.
"So how is
she, Izzy?" Tai bent over Sora's comatose body. The two of them were
staying with Sora to check out what was wrong with her and see if they could do
anything. Since everything in the Digital World was made up of digital code,
Izzy was using his computer to find any errors in the code regarding Sora—that
is, to see what had happened to her.
Izzy: And why all her links led to '404 - File Not
Found' messages.
"Well, the
damage is mostly superficial.
Tai: We can stitch that missing leg back on in no
time. And as for her internal organs, well we'll just stuff those back inside
and glue 'er together.
Sora: Now *I* feel ill.
There
is little to no internal bleeding, and all her bones seem to be in decent
shape. However, she did suffer one major laceration here," he traced his
finger over Sora's left side.
Matt: Watch those hands, Izumi.
"From the initial Pulse Cannon blast.
The bleeding has stopped, but the loss of blood prior to that has caused her
body to go into shock." Izzy glanced once more at his computer screen.
Joe: (Izzy) "Her prognosis looks grim,
but - oh geez, more get-rich-quick spam!"
"Also, she
suffered some tissue damage in her right leg. After we get through this,"
Tai could hear the unspoken 'if' in Izzy's voice. "It might be a while
before she can walk as well as she did before."
Sora: Forget all that - will I ever play the piano
again?
"So what
can we do?" Asked Tai, concerned.
"We can't
do anything about the tissue damage, but we can help the shock. Get me a
blanket out of Joe's medical bag, would you?" Tai obeyed, and the two of
them spread it out over Sora. "Now we just have to protect her from
anything that might…"
Matt: Kill her?
He never got to
finish that sentence. There was a flash of all-too-familiar azure
Joe: Ooooo, thesaurus word! (writes it down)
light and
MegaKabuterimon crashed through several trees and to the ground, skidding to a
stop several feet away from the group.
"MegaKabuterimon!"
Shouted Izzy.
Izzy: You know, I'm starting to think we really
should adopt shorter nicknames for our digimon. Like Stan, or Fred, or Bob.
He looked up to
see Cybermon leveling the Pulse Cannon at the giant beetle, intending to finish
him off.
Mimi: He'd loaded his Pulse Cannon with
industrial-strength Raid.
Izzy cringed. They
were too close to MegaKabuterimon. A Pulse blast would hit them all, and he
seriously doubted Sora could survive another one.
Matt: (Izzy) "We should move her and
jostle her spine around."
He didn't
even know if he or Tai could survive it. This was the proverbial
Joe: (scribbles in his notepad)
'it'. Izzy
closed his eyes and waited for the blast.
There was a
whine as Cybermon charged up.
Tai: That was probably Mimi.
Mimi: I heard that, too!
Tai: D'oh!
The
whine built and built…
Joe: Definitely Mimi.
Mimi: (punches him in the arm) I'll
kill you both, so help me!
Joe: Owie.
"FLAME
CLAW!" yelled someone. Izzy opened his eyes in surprise to see a gigantic
flying lizard Digimon fly overhead, with several children riding on his back.
Sora: Onward, Mnemeth!
Several children
that looked very familiar, somehow…The Digimon opened his mouth and launched a
huge jet of flame at Cybermon.
Matt: Somebody needs a shot of antacid.
The fire formed
itself into a giant claw, which raked Cybermon across the face. For the first
time, the gigantic robot stumbled backwards. Izzy saw two more Digimon leap off
of the lizard; and these were two Digimon that he definitely knew. But how
could they be here? Matt had told them to go to safety.
"Gatomon
digivolve to…ANGEWOMON!"
"Patamon
digivolve to…ANGEMON!"
Kari: Patamon went Champion twice in, what, fifteen
minutes? Has he been using steroids or something?
Both of the
fresh Digimon
Tai: Pipin' hot, right out of the oven!
winged towards
the battle, as the lizard turned back to where Izzy and Tai were. He landed
with barely a thump, although he looked as if he weighed quite a bit due to his
size.
Tai: He'd been porkin' down on Ho-Ho's and
Ding-Dongs.
It was then that
Tai recognized the third child on the back of the behemoth. "Jake?"
he asked, confused. "I thought you were going to stay in your cave; you
didn't want anything to do with us!"
Jake nodded.
"That was my plan, but then T.K. and Kari showed up and they told me what
was happening to you.
Izzy: (Jake, disgusted) "They
*whined*."
So I
came." He walked to Tai. "You should be proud of your sister, she's
quite a persuasive speaker."
Izzy: Persuasive whiner.
Tai: (mutters) Don't I know it...
Kari: Hey!
He grinned, but
the expression faded as he saw what had happened to Sora. "Cybermon's
handiwork?" he asked.
Joe: (Jake) "I'd know that delicate
style of macrame anywhere!"
Izzy nodded.
Jake clenched his teeth. "Well, I guess that's one more reason to fight
this guy off."
Tai turned his
attention to the Digimon that had brought T.K., Kari, and Jake to them.
"Since you're Jake, that means you're…"
Tai: Wait - the digimon is Jake?
Sora: No, we know that Jake's the human.
Matt: But who is the walrus?
Tai: Huh?
Matt: Beatles reference. Never mind.
"Kamomon."
The Digimon supplied. "I am Zegimon's Champion stage. Now if you'll excuse
me, I've got a battle to fight."
Mimi: ("Him") "Now if you'll
excuse me, I must TAKE OVER THE WORLD! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Joe: Now *that* was spooky.
Kamomon
sprang into the air and hurtled towards Cybermon. "FLAME CLAW!"
TK: It's THE CRAW!
Matt: What is the sound of one craw
crapping?
Sora: Thank you, Matt, for referencing a
joke that only three people on the planet will understand.
Matt: No problem.
Matt, Mimi, and
Joe watched the fight unfold from higher up on the mountainside. Joe looked at
the new Digimon entering the fight. "Oh great," he muttered.
"With our luck, those are probably some of Cybermon's friends come to help
finish us off."
Matt grabbed his
arm.
Tai: - and proceeded to beat the melancholy right
out of him.
Matt: I only wish.
Joe: HEY!!!
"No,
wait!" he said. "They're Angemon and Angewomon! That means Kari and
T.K. are back!" He looked at the other one. "But who is that?"
The lizard seemed very familiar to him, but why?
Sora: He'd pulled a thorn from its paw when it was
only a pup.
As far as Matt
could remember, he had never encountered that particular Digimon before.
Tai: But the way Matt was hittin' the bottle, he was
lucky to remember his own name.
Matt: Can't blame me, having to take
orders from someone like you.
Tai: Watch it, pretty boy.
As the lizard flew
closely overhead, dodging from side to side to avoid getting blasted out of the
sky,
Sora: Weave! Weave! Serpentine!
Matt saw a
glimmer of emerald in the lizard's eyes. It suddenly clicked.
Joe: (Matt) "Bruce Wayne *is*
Batman!"
"Jake's
here!"
Mimi looked
hopeful. "Maybe now we can beat Cybermon! Look! We're starting to
win!" It was true. With the addition of three new Digimon,
Izzy: - the cast was becoming sorely overcrowded.
the tide of the
battle was turning. Cybermon was showing serious damage at various parts of his
mechanical body. This inspired some of the fallen Digimon to have an extra
boost of energy.
Tai: That and the sports drinks the guys in catering
brought in.
The telltale
glow of MetalGreymon's Giga Blaster missiles impacted at the base of Cybermon's
neck, and Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon appeared from the forest, ready to
fight.
Cybermon,
although battered, was not about to succumb
Joe: (scribbles)
that easily. As
Kamomon was making another run, the android suddenly turned its torso around
180 degrees to face the lizard Digimon. Its hand came up and around, slamming
into Kamomon's face.
Matt: Whoa! Hey! That can't be legal!
Sora: Where's the referee? Is he blind?!
The Digimon
started to fall to earth. In the same fluid motion, Cybermon brought its Pulse
Cannon around, targeting WereGarurumon. Bolts of sapphire energy flashed and
the Ultimate-stage Digimon collapsed. Cluster Missiles spewed from the
launching ports, and the flying Digimon were tossed around like toys in the
resulting explosions.
Tai: Well, that's because they use models for all
the big action sequences. Saves a ton on stunt doubles and CGI.
"Oh,
no." Jake and the others watched what, moments before, had been a winning
battle turn into absolute chaos. There was a bone-jarring thud, and Jake saw
his partner fall into the forest not 100 feet away. "No! Kamomon!" He
sprinted to the spot where the Digimon lay, gasping for breath. "Are you
hurt?" Jake asked, concerned.
Matt: (Kamomon) "I just got pimp-slapped
by a giant robot and knocked a hundred feet to the ground. Whaddya
think?!"
Kamomon shook
his head slowly. "No…" he breathed. "Just very…tired."
Kari: SLEEEEEEEEEEEP!
"Hey
Jake!" Tai ran over, a serious expression on his face. "We're getting
crushed by this guy! We've decided to get out of here while we still have our
legs!"
Jake looked at
him, infinite sadness tainting his voice. "That won't work." He
sighed. "If even half the stories I've heard about him are true, he'll
keep following you until one of two things happens."
"And what
would those two things be?" interrogated Tai.
Sora: Heck freezes over or Nimpy writes us a decent
script, whichever comes last.
"The two
things?" Jake turned back to Kamomon. "Either you destroy him, or he destroys
you. So running away is about the equivalent of laying your head out on the
chopping block."
Tai was visibly
horrified. "So you mean either he dies or we do?" Jake nodded.
"Well we aren't going to die! At least, I hope not."
Matt: And with a few simple words, Tai dooms the
group to -
Tai: Enough already!
There was a
faintly audible 'whoosh' sound, and Jake looked up, startled. Suddenly, he dove
at Tai. "Get down!" he yelled.
Sora: Get funky!
The
Cluster Missile Jake
Matt: Is that like Tailgunner Jo?
Joe: Hm?
Matt: Never mind.
had spotted
burst into the smaller missiles, and a hail of destruction rained down upon
them. When the smoke cleared, Tai was unharmed, and Jake was singed. "I'll
be…all right." Coughed Jake. "But that really does a number on your
back."
Izzy: (Jake) "I've got to...call my
masseuse."
He rolled over
and closed his eyes to rest.
Kamomon saw all
of this, his mind not really understanding this until he saw Jake lying,
obviously hurt, on the ground. His brain started to focus on that one thought.
Tai: (Kamomon) "Mmmmmmmmm...peanut
butter..."
Jake was hurt.
Jake was hurt protecting a friend. Jake was hurt. And out of the corner of his
foggy vision, he saw Jake's crest beginning to glow.
Izzy: And cue the CGI sequence!
Sora: (somewhat bitterly) No, that
was just for Matt and Tai's digimon. They're *special.*
Matt: Well, why fight the truth.
"Kamomon
digivolve to…" Kamomon stood up. Metal armor appeared covering much of his
large wings. His right arm glinted with chrome as the metallic shielding spread
across his torso, and half of his head. A glowing red sensor replaced the eye
covered by metal, and circuitry spread across the steel like a patchwork quilt.
TK: He turned into The Terminator.
Kamomon's mighty
jaws were coated in the metal, and energy flowed from steel tooth to steel
tooth. Power flowed across his entire body as the transformation was completed.
"…METAL KAMOMON!" MetalKamomon took to the sky to resume the fight.
Kari: (singing) Hey Digimon, hey Digimon,
monster friends to the boys and girls...
All: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Lillymon looked
into the sky. The last thing she remembered was fire all around her. What had
happened? Why was she now on her back lying on the ground, pain wracking her
body?
Tai: Then she remembered that she'd been in the mosh
pit at a KoRn concert.
The answer
came to her. She had been defeated by Cybermon. She had failed. What use was
there in continuing the battle against an enemy who she couldn't beat?
Joe: (Lillymon) "Guess I'd better just
give up, go home and drink myself into a stupor."
Suddenly, she
saw a glimmer of steel flash over her. If her mind wasn't playing tricks on
her, she had just seen Kamomon pass, but he was covered in metal. Maybe he had
Digivolved!
TK: Or maybe it was a robotic clone! That'd be so
cool!
Tai: Ummm...yeah, okay.
So perhaps there
was reason to fight on! With great effort, she picked herself up off the
ground. It was time to see if the Digidestined could really triumph over this
evil creature.
Jake staggered
back to the others, Tai helping him stand. He saw that Mimi, Matt, and Joe had
all rejoined the group. He felt hands helping him to lie down by Sora. A
roaring battle cry pierced the air,
Matt: SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRGE!
and everyone
turned to watch MetalKamomon fly overhead, followed by Lillymon, Angemon and
Angewomon, Garudamon, and MegaKabuterimon. MetalGreymon, Zudomon, and
WereGarurumon sped past on foot. Jake smiled. "Go, MetalKamomon…you can do
it." He whispered.
"Shock Jaw!"
MetalKamomon snapped his jaws shut. Ripples of energy emanated from the clash
and added to the growing collection of holes in Cybermon's armor.
Mimi: (Cybermon) "I got this one at a
flea market in Guam...this one I picked up at an antique show in Delaware...oh,
and this one here was a garage sale find!"
Lillymon and
Angemon were right behind him. "Flower Cannon!" Lillymon charged up
and shot three bursts out of her weapon.
Angemon's hand
grew a bright gold. "Hand of Fate!" A red and white beam of power
tore through the air in front of the Holy Warrior. The Flower Cannon and Hand
of Fate both hit Cybermon exactly where MetalKamomon had punctured the armor.
The giant robot screamed an electronic-sounding roar of pain.
Joe: (Cybermon, whiny) "Ouchie ouchie
ouchie! Why do you guys hate me?!"
MetalKamomon
turned back for the coup de grace. He created a ball of blue energy between his
hands. The sphere grew larger and started to spark as excess power couldn't be
contained. "ARMAGGEDON BLAST!" yelled the Ultimate, tossing the
energy. It hit, and a gigantic explosion knocked Cybermon to the ground.
TK: FOOM!
However, the
shock waves could not tell the difference between friend or foe, and so they
sent all of the friendly Digimon for a serious loop.
Izzy: D'oh!
MetalKamomon,
being the closest to Cybermon at the time, was thrown back into the air, out of
control.
Tai: (MetalKamomon) "Mayday...mayday!
I'm going down! She's in a flat spin! I can't control her!"
Matt: Goose! NOOOOOO!
Sora: You're really haulin' with the 80's
movie references.
MetalKamomon
glowed, and suddenly he was MetalKamomon no longer. He had reverted back to
Zegimon. The Rookie-stage Digimon fell to the ground right in front of the
recovering Jake.
Mimi: Hallelujah, it's raining Digimon!
Jake sat
upright, ignoring his condition. "Zegimon! What happened, Zegimon? Are you
okay? Can you fight?"
Matt: Geez! What is it with this guy? His digimon's
close to dying and all he can do is tell it to fight? (stands up in his seat
and shakes his fist at Jake) Have you no *empathy*, man?!
TK: Matt, calm down! You're scaring me!
Weakly, Zegimon
shook his head no. "No…energy left…can't fight…" he hissed.
"It's over…"
Jake looked at
Zegimon in disbelief, then to the battle. Although Cybermon was badly damaged,
without MetalKamomon to assist, they started to lose once again. Right before
Jake's eyes, Angewomon was knocked into MegaKabuterimon by a Pulse Cannon, and
the two of them crashed to the ground together. "Do you see them, Zegimon?
They need your help! They're counting on you! The Digidestined are counting on
you!" Jake looked into Zegimon's eyes. "And I'm counting on you. Can
you do it?"
Sora: Jake has the Crest of Guilt Trip.
Zegimon lacked
the strength to move. "No…I cannot…I cannot fight any longer…must
rest…" The small lizard closed its eyes.
Jake stood up,
then doubled over and coughed uncontrollably. When the fit was over, he looked
at the resting Zegimon. "If you can't help them, I will." And he ran
off.
Mimi ran to
where they had left Sora and Jake. When she arrived, she immediately knew
something was wrong.
Joe: (Mimi) "Let's see...oh, yes. One of
our dead is missing."
Sora was right
where they had left her, yet Jake was missing—and Zegimon was in his place.
Mimi rushed to Zegimon, and shook him awake.
Tai: (Mimi) "Jake! Did you and Zegimon
switch bodies? Oh, I just knew this would happen!"
"What
happened to Jake? Where is he?"
Zegimon opened
his eyes. "Jake…went to help others…fight Cybermon." Then he went
back to sleep.
"What?"
Jake had gone to fight Cybermon, in his condition? That wasn't good. That was
absolutely downright bad.
Matt: How bad was it?
Others: Really super-duper ultra bad!
Jake ran as fast
as he could to where the battle was taking place. With luck, Cybermon wouldn't
notice him. With luck, he could find a way to hinder the robot's massacre of
his friends. With luck, they could defeat Cybermon. And with luck, Jake could
become the ruler of the world.
Mimi: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Joe: Yaaaahh! Don't *do* that!
Cybermon was
turned away from Jake at the moment, firing at Zudomon, who retaliated with
multiple strikes from his Vulcan's Hammer, but who was really no match for the
Pulse Cannon; and Jake knew that the moment wouldn't last. He would have to act
now.
Kari: - if he wanted to take advantage of the
special limited-time offer.
Jake reached to
the ground and picked up a large splinter of rock, which had apparently been
dislodged by a missed attack. Holding the natural dagger in front of him, Jake
charged to Cybermon's foot.
MetalGreymon had
luckily opened a hole right within Jake's reach, exposing the circuitry inside.
Izzy: How conveeeeeeeeeenient.
If Jake could damage
that, it could possibly disengage some of Cybermon's functions. Jake began to
slash.
Tai: With who?
Sora: Ick.
Sparks flew as
the rock blade sliced deep into the core of Cybermon's leg.
A feeling told
Jake to look up.
Matt: (singing) What a feelin'! Bein's
believin'!
Mimi: That really didn't make any sense.
Matt: That's the 80's for you.
He obeyed the
urge, and saw a gray blur driving forward to slam into his body, and knock him
back about 50 feet into the forest.
Cybermon's face
twitched—a smirk, perhaps?—
Izzy: Oh, maybe. I don't know.
as it brought its
foot down again from kicking Jake. Jake found himself looking right into the
cavernous maw of the Pulse Cannon, unable to move. He managed to get one deep
breath. "ZEGIMON!!!!!!!" he screamed.
Matt: (high-pitched, girly) HELP, SUPERMAN!
Zegimon's eyes
opened in an instant. Jake needed him. Jake was in trouble. He suddenly felt
new life spurt into his muscles, his nerves, his brain. Jake needed him, now.
Zegimon began to glow.
Tai: Seconds later, he exploded.
"Zegimon
Warp Digivolve to…" Kamomon's bulk flashed in a golden light, and his
mighty jaws snapped together. Suddenly, Kamomon was gone, and light gleamed off
the polished surface of MetalKamomon's chrome-plated body. And now, the Digimon
was beginning to grow, to get larger.
Matt: Say it with me, everyone!
All: I'M HUGE!!!
His
neck elongated to over twice his previous body length, and every inch of it was
covered in gleaming metal scales.
TK: Oooooh, shiny.
MetalKamomon's
whiplike tail grew until it was almost the same length as the new neck. His
wings were entirely covered in steel, and they, too, increased in size. They
were no longer the stubby, finlike wings that the previous Digivolutions had
possessed, but these were more elegant, larger.
Joe: And monogrammed.
His head
accumulated twin ridges along the sides, and the snout stretched to become
thin, yet powerful. What parts of the body weren't covered entirely in the
metal scales grew scales that were a fiery red color. The new Digimon shot a
jet of flame from its mouth, as befitting its name. "…DRAGOMON!!!"
Tai: Zegimon's been taking some of Patamon's
steroids.
Dragomon covered
the ground between his original spot and the battlefield in mere seconds.
Interposing himself between Cybermon and the downed Jake, his wings were
surrounded in a bright golden aura. "Wing Shield!" Dragomon used his
wings as a cape, covering both of them completely. Cybermon's Pulse Cannon spat
energy multiple times,
Sora: Ptu! Ptu!
but
each time it dissipated harmlessly on Dragomon's shield.
Dragomon got up
from the crouch in a springing tackle, which knocked Cybermon completely off
balance. This was his chance.
Storm clouds
suddenly gathered overhead, with no warning. Lightning struck down from the
clouds, yet did not flash in random spots. Each bolt hit exactly in the same
spot, between Dragomon's wings.
Matt: Uh, Dragomon, you might wanna move, buddy...
Likewise,
the rain funneled to that spot, and no other. However, this didn't seem to
bother Dragomon at all.
Mimi: (Dragomon, singing) I'm siiiiiiiiingin'
in the rain...
On the contrary,
he seemed to be gathering energy. It wasn't long before a ball of energy
started to appear there. The winds started to pick up speed. A virtual tornado
surrounded Dragomon, and yet he was only focused on Cybermon, in front of him.
The winds started to shape the ball into a glowing rod of storm energy.
TK: (imitates sound of a drumroll)
All of a sudden,
all was calm again. The rain no longer fell, the wind was not blowing anymore,
and no more lightning strikes came down. Dragomon braced himself.
"HURRICANE BEAM!!!" The rod shot out into a beam of tremendous force,
which sparked with lightning as it sped towards Cybermon. The beam collided
with Cybermon's chest, and ripped its way through, coming out the other end.
Electricity
started to play all over Cybermon's body,
Joe: - frolicking devil-may-care on the monkeybars
and slides...
and then
something exploded. Cybermon fell to its knees.
Izzy: (Cybermon) "My heart!"
It
shimmered, and then dissolved.
A cheer went up
from the Digidestined. They had won. Against all odds, they had survived the
battle.
All: Huzza!
Dragomon seemed
to sigh, and then he shrank back into a small ball covered in fur with a little
tail and two tiny forepaws.
Mimi: Awwwww, isn't he kyooooooote?
Matt: Whatever.
Jake, who was
still carrying the worn-out Liquamon, looked at the group. "I've changed
my mind. I have decided to come with you guys after all. I mean, I now know
that I have the courage to take on supremely powerful evil Digimon, and
besides, you need Zegimon and I to help you out."
Tai: Nope, you made your decision and we're holding
you to it. Go back to your cave, young man!
T.K. smiled.
"Yay! Jake's coming with us!" he said, jumping into the air.
Mimi: Boingy boingy boingy!
Jake cracked a
grin at this. "Oh, and Sora's doing much better!" he mentioned.
"There are some herbs in this forest that make wounds heal much faster.
However, she's asleep right now, so I wouldn't go talk to her. I left Tai with
her to keep an eye out for anything…"
All (except Tai and Sora): Oooooooooooohh!
(Tai and Sora merely blush, looking a
bit annoyed.)
Tai looked at
Sora lying there on the ground. It was good that she was getting better.
"You had me very worried, Sora." He confided in her. Not that she
could hear it, but it made him feel better to talk about it. "I thought
for a second that I had lost you. Please don't ever make me worry like that
again." He didn't know why he did this, but he bent over, and ever so
gently kissed her.
Matt: Whoa-HO! Tai shoots, he scores!
Tai: Shut up, Matt! I mean it!
Matt: And what if I don't?
(In response Tai leaps at Matt and
wrestles him to the floor. The two scuffle, growling and saying not-nice
things.)
Sora: (sighs) Sure, just give the fans some
more Taito fodder, you guys.
Tai and Matt: WHAT?!
(In the blink of an eye, they return to
their seats, looking highly indignant.)
Sora: Heh heh...nothing breaks up a fight
faster than the T-word.
He sat back
against the wall and watched her beautiful face. Was that his imagination, or
did she smile in her sleep?
Joe: Or was it gas?
Two days later,
the Digidestined, now with Jake and Zegimon added to the team, continued their
journey. It was a very rare moment, when, Tai and Sora found themselves being
the only ones awake. Sora looked up at all the stars.
Izzy: And she was really out of it, since it was
only two in the afternoon.
"I wonder
if our parents in the Real World are seeing these stars too." Tai just
shrugged. "You know, Tai, when I was asleep after the battle, I dreamt
about our parents. They were really worried about us, yet at the same time,
they knew that they had done the right thing by letting us go back to the
Digital World, and they are very proud of us. Do you think that's true?"
Matt: (Tai) "Nah, my parents disowned me
a long time ago."
Tai: Heh heh...hey!
Tai nodded.
"I know it's true. Our parents love us. They would have realized, then, that
we had to do this, at no matter the cost. We have to save them, and they know
that we have a big enough responsibility already. They wouldn't want to add to
that."
Sora: Either that or they just wanted us out of
their hair for another couple of days while they took some personal time.
"And
Tai?" ventured Sora.
"Mmm?"
"Also, when
I was asleep, I dreamt that you kissed me. I know it sounds stupid and
everything, but it seemed really real and…" she broke off as she saw Tai's
face glowing a bright crimson. "You DID kiss me!" She said. "You
did do it, didn't you?"
All: (except Tai and Sora, singing)
Looooooooooove is a many-splendored thing...
(Tai and Sora merely fume silently.)
"Look Sora,
I didn't think. I'm really sorry--" He was cut off as Sora flung her arms
around his neck and kissed him. Out of surprise, he resisted, then when he
realized what was happening, kissed back.
Matt: Whoo-hoo! Snootchie-nootchie!
Joe: (elbows Tai) You wild thang,
you!
Tai: (very calmly) Sora, would it
be okay if I beat up Joe?
Sora: Hmmm...well, maybe just a little.
Tai: Good. Thank you. (He pounces on
Joe and the sounds of a hearty pummeling are heard, interspersed with protests
and yelps of pain from Joe.)
After she broke
off the kiss, Sora looked at him. "I was going to say that I enjoyed the
dream."
"Oh."
A muffled laugh
came from behind them.
Izzy: Muahaha.
They both spun
around, and Tai pulled out a flashlight. He turned it on to reveal Jake
crouched on the ground a few feet away. He had been listening to the entire
conversation. "Why you…" Tai got up and started to walk over to Jake,
who looked incredibly dismayed.
Sora: Okay, Tai, I think that's enough fighting for
one day.
Tai: Awww, nuts...
(He climbs back
into his seat. A few minutes later, Joe follows suit, looking thoroughly
dishevelled.)
Tai: (to Joe) That made me feel
better. Thanks, buddy.
Joe: ...no problem...
Neither of them
noticed the black hawk Digimon circling overhead, watching the two scuffle,
with Sora trying to break it up.
Matt: What would you call JakexTai?
Tai: Don't. Even. Go there.
The hawk
suddenly flew off into the horizon.
A lone figure
shrouded totally in black stood alone in a castle room.
Izzy: It was one of the local "Vampire: The
Masquerade" LARPers.
Footsteps echoed
through the hallway and a large creature, which looked strangely like a more
powerful and built up Ogremon stood at the doorway. After a long time, a
woman's voice spoke from under her ebony cloak. "Yes, Goblinmon?"
Goblinmon sank
to one knee
Sora: (deep voice) Bow to meeee!
and
presented her a parchment. "The latest reports from the spies,
highness."
A slender hand
somehow appeared from in the many folds of the robe and took the parchment. The
woman read the document. "So Cybermon failed, the fool. I knew he was
worthless.
Izzy: (Evil Person) "He only had
Windows95 and 8K of RAM. Bah!"
And, apparently, the
Digidestined have added another to their number. This news is not good,
Goblinmon, do you understand?"
"I do, your
highness." Goblinmon understood all too well that he could be killed for
bringing her this bad news.
Matt: (Goblinmon) "Hey, I'm just the
messenger, lady."
"Have the
miners found the Crystal of Power yet?"
He shook his
head. "No, they have not found it. Your highness…may I ask why finding
that crystal is so important to you?" This was thin ice he was treading
on. Not only could he be killed for bringing her even more bad news, but daring
to ask such a personal question of her highness would be like asking her to
kill him.
Izzy: Goblinmon, whatever you do, don't ask her age!
Apparently,
however, the woman was in a good mood. She laughed coldly.
TK: Brrrrr!
"Because,
Goblinmon, the ancient legends say that the Crystal of Power is the one thing
which can defeat me. So if I can find it and destroy it before the Digidestined
get a hold of it, I will be invulnerable!"
Kari: And we have "Villain Reveals Evil
Plot" scene.
Izzy: It's about time.
she
laughed again, but stopped as
Sora: - she realised she hadn't gotten to the punchline
of her joke yet.
a plan occurred
to her suddenly. Goblinmon waited for a long time as the woman worked out the
details. Finally she spoke again.
"Goblinmon,
get a squad of your fiercest warriors and have them report here. Tell them I
will have special orders for them once they arrive. You are dismissed."
Tai: (Evil Person) "Oh, and bring me
some pudding."
Goblinmon nodded
and bowed again before walking out the door.
The woman waited
until the footsteps faded into the distance. Then she smiled and threw back the
hood of her cloak, revealing an exquisitely beautiful face yet bearing glowing
red eyes, and fangs poking from her mouth. "When my plan is set into
motion, the Digidestined will be doomed. For they shall pay for what they have
done to Lord Devimon. And right before they die, they will know that all hope
is lost, for nothing shall survive the wrath of the Dark Queen
Tsunonrimon!"
Tai: And cue the evil laughter!
Mimi: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Tai: G'ah!
Mimi: Tee-hee. It's a girl thing.
(The Blinky
Light Thingy ™ begins blinking again. The kids stand up and file out of the
theatre.)
Matt: Time to go see what Fang-Face has in
store for us.
Joe: (sounding completely out of it)
I hope it doesn't involve turtles...or pomegranates...or sporks.
Matt: I don't even wanna know.
PART THREE COMING
SOON!
I don't own Digimon
or anything associated with them. If I did, I probably wouldn't be sitting here
in the college computer lab writing (and MiSTing) fanfics. "The
Tsunonrimon Saga" belongs to 7 of 11, to whom I owe my thanks for being
such a good sport about this.
Thanks to all the
folks at FanFiction.Net who reviewed the first part and clamored for Part II!
Hope you enjoy this and all other future installments as much as you did the
first one! Please R&R!
stinger
He sat back
against the wall and watched her beautiful face.
/stinger
