Chapter 4:

First Bull Run

Melissa woke up the next morning wondering if it had all been a dream. However, her question was answered when she turned over and saw Ringermon in bed with her, and her D-3 on her nightstand.

Ringermon rolled over, opened her eyes, and blinked a few times. "Smght nugug pork chop…?" She asked sleepily. Then, her stomach rumbled.

Melissa stroked her fur gently. "You must be hungry. I don't blame you, after that Digivolving."

Ringermon nodded. "Well, yea, I guess I could use some breakfast."

Melissa hopped out of bed. "In that case, I'll go get you something. I could use some food, too." She was halfway to the door, when a thought struck her. "By-the-by…What do Digimon eat?"

Ringermon giggled. "I'll eat anything except Brussels Sprouts."

Melissa nodded, and then walked downstairs.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Good Morning, Dear." Her mother greeted her.

"Morning, Mom…" She answered. She sat down at the kitchen table.

Almost instantly, the cook walked over to her. "Good morning, Miss Melissa. What would you like this morning?"

Melissa yawned. "I guess I'll have some pancakes. With bacon, please."

The cook nodded, and went back to the kitchen. In a few minutes, she emerged with a plate of pancakes and bacon.

Melissa ate slowly, pondering over ways to get the food upstairs without her Mom and/or the cook noticing.

Suddenly, there was a noise from upstairs…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! A ZIT! WHAT AM I GONNA DO????!!!!"

Her mother looked at the stairs. "Oh dear. Looks like Obin's having skin problems again…"

Melissa rolled her eyes. Teenager girls are so pathetic…No, wait, change that. Obin is so pathetic…

However, Obin's whining did create a diversion, giving Melissa a chance to sneak some of that food up to her room…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Mmmmmm! Delicious!" Complemented Ringermon. "What are these called again?"

"Pancakes." Answered Melissa. "When you're done eating, we'll go meet Kai, Coyotemon, and Akira."

Ringermon nodded. "The sooner we get rid of those Digi-brats, the better!"

Melissa looked at her Digivice. "Hey Ringermon…" She started. "Who are we?"

"Hua?"

"I mean, we're not Digidestined. We don't kill Digimon. So, what are we?"

Ringermon shrugged. "Well, we have two choices: Use the sickly, wholesome, goody two-shoes name, or we can think like the bad guys."

Melissa thought. "What's the sickly, wholesome, goody two-shoes name?"

"The pure Digidestined, the Light Digidestined, the good Digidestined…"

"STOP! What do you mean by, think by the bad guys?"

"We can call ourselves what they think of us."

"Like…?"

"The Pathetic Digidestined, the sickly, wholesome, goody two-shoes Digidestined, the bad Digidestined, the meddling Digidestined, the Dark Digidestined-"

"THAT'S IT!"

"What?"

"The Dark Digidestined! It's perfect!"

Ringermon wrinkled up her nose. "…Are you sure?"

Melissa nodded. "I'm sure. We're the Dark Digidestined."

"What if Kai objects?"

"He won't. Believe me, he's eating out of my hand."

The Digimon shrugged. "Whatever you say, Melissa…"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

When Melissa started to walk out the door, her Mother asked where she was going.

"Oh, I'm going to hang out with some friends." (It wasn't a lie, when you think about it.)

Melissa's mother blinked. "Do you need a ride?"

"No." Melissa answered immediately.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Mom."

"Ok then…"

Melissa walked out the door, and stepped out on to the porch. But then, she walked around the side of the house to below her room.

There, she looked up at a giant tree in her yard. The tree's branches extended toward her window, giving her the ability to get out of her room in a hurry.

There was a pause, and then a rustling in the trees as Melissa scurried up the thick trunk, dashed across the branches, and slid in to her room.

She did all of this in less than five seconds.

Ringermon looked up at her. "…Tell me again why we have to do this?"

Melissa sighed. "I told my Mom I was going somewhere, so she won't be concerned if I'm gone. The thing is, the only way I can be sure that no one knows is if I use my computer. But, it would be weird if I said I was going somewhere, and went straight back to my room, wouldn't it? So, basically, I had to sneak in to my own room."

Ringermon blinked. "Whatever…" She hopped off of Melissa's bed, and then sat next to the computer.

Melissa held her Digivice in front of her. "Digi-port, open!" She ordered. There was a flash, and she was gone.

(N/A: Please sing, Here we go and picture Melissa and Ringermon going through the whole, "Digi-Port" sequence.)

Melissa was in a field again. Out of instinct, she started walking. She had no idea where she was going, but she knew she had to find Kai before they could do anything…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Davis squinted at his D-3. "What's going on?" He asked curiously. There was a strange marking on the map portion of it. Instead of being a black or white square, it was a gray triangle.

Davis shrugged. "I might as well go to the Digital World."

"I'm with you, Davis!" Cheered Demiveemon.

He held his D-3 to his computer, and he was gone.

(N/A: Please sing, Here we go and picture Davis and Veemon going through the whole, "Digi-Port" sequence.)

When he got to the Digital World, he was surprised at how close he was to the same mysterious spot. He started walking toward it.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"MELISSA! OVER HERE!"

Melissa and Ringermon looked up. On top of a hill, Kai and Coyotemon were waving to them. Melissa dashed up the hill. "Hey guys!" She greeted them.

"What's up?" Kai asked happily. "By-the-by, did anyone tell you how radiant you look this morning?"

Melissa narrowed her eyes. "Don't push it, Kai. Is Akira here yet?"

"Nope. I'm not sure she's coming." Kai answered sadly.

Melissa shrugged. "Whatever. We don't need her to kick some Digi-butt. Anyway, Kai, I had an idea."

"What is it?"

"Well, we need a name. I think we should be the Dark Digidestined, don't you?" She smiled cutely at him, to make sure he would say yes.

Kai got all starry-eyed. "Whatever you say…" He said dreamily.

Melissa nodded. "Ok then. Now, how do we find those Digi-brats?"

Kai shrugged. "I think we should stake this place out. They're bound to come around here sometime…"

She blinked. "I guess we could do that…Of course, what if they don't-"

Suddenly, there was a big gust of wind. They looked up, and saw a black and blue Digimon flying above them. But there was something that caught both of their eyes.

The rider was a human.

"HE'S A DIGDESTINED! C'mon, Kai! Get ready for battle!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Davis looked at his Digivice. He was getting closer…and closer…and closer…

He right on top of it. He frowned. "What's going on? I should be able to-"

"METEOR SHOWER!"

There was a loud crash as dozens of Meteors fell out of the sky, hurtling toward Davis and Raidramon.

The Digimon swerved, trying to avoid them. "Davis, I gotta land!" He cried. He slipped through the trees, and in to a path in the woods.

Davis hopped off of him. "What was that?!"

Raidramon shrugged. "A Digimon. Some just take pride in tormenting others."

"You're probably right…"

"METEOR SHOWER!"

This time, when the meteors hit, and Davis and Raidramon franticly jumped around, a Digimon snickered.

They looked up. There was a strange Digimon on top of a hill that was next to them.

"That's Coyotemon." Explained Raidramon. "He's a rookie level mammal Digimon. He's pretty slick."

"Right." Said a completely new voice.

Davis gasped.

It was another human. Another boy. He was athletic looking, with spiky red hair and dark green eyes. He was wearing a leather jacket, a white shirt, and jeans.

"Who…are you…?" Asked a bewildered Davis.

The boy narrowed his eyes. "That's not important. What's important is that I get rid of you before you hurt anymore innocent Digimon!"

"Hua…?" Davis was baffled. He had never hurt an innocent Digimon in his life!

"Enough chit-chat. Sic 'em, Coyotemon!" The boy ordered.

Coyotemon grinned. "My pleasure." He charged at Davis.

However, Raidramon swatted him away as if he were a fly.

Coyotemon started growling, trying to regain his dignity.

Suddenly, Davis laughed hollowly. "Hey, bad news! Your rookie Digimon won't work on my armor Digimon!"

The boy blinked his eyes. Then, he shouted, "RUN!" Which is what he and Coyotemon did.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Melissa had been watching all of this. When Kai and Coyotemon ran, she groaned, and buried her face in her hands. How Embarrassing! Kai's an insult to everyone!

She looked up, and groaned. "Ringermon, looks like we're gonna have to do this ourselves."

Ringermon nodded. "Let's go."

Melissa was just about to charge in to battle, when her D-3 started beeping. She squinted at it. "What's going on…?" The screen had a red spot on it that wasn't very far from her location. She knew she had to fight that Digidestined, but she also had to find out what it was.

She motioned for Ringermon to follow her, and they slipped through the woods.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Well, here we are…" Stated Melissa. They were in front of a cave.

Ringemon shrugged. "Let's go check it out."

Near the end of the cave, there were two strange objects.

One looked like something you would see at a Mardi Gras. It basically shaped like a jester's hat and was colored purple, yellow and green. In the middle of the egg, a shape resembling another Jester's hat was engraved in purple.

The other looked much different. Unlike the other thing, this one was pretty much the same shape an egg. It had a spike in it that looked like the blade of a sword. The rest of the thing was solid gold, except in the middle of the egg, (engraved in orange) there was a symbol of a sword with two ribbons to its sides.

Ringermon looked dumbfounded. "Could these really be…Digieggs?"

Melissa looked at her. "What's a Digiegg?"

"Well, there are two kinds of Digieggs:" Explained Ringermon. "Digitamas and Digimetals. Both however, are called Digieggs for simplicity's sake."

"What's the difference between a Digitama and a Digimetal?"

"I was getting to that. Digitamas are where baby Digimon come from. They hatch from those."

"Oh. I was wondering that…"

"Digimetals are totally different. A long time ago, ancient Digimon Digivolved to a level called, 'Armor,' with the help of Digimetals. Nowadays, most Digimon don't have the power inside needed to armor Digivolve, and even if they did, they need a human to open Digimetal for them. Oh, and finding a Digimetal that isn't broken is almost impossible."

Melissa nodded. Then, an idea popped in to her head. "Hey, I bet I could open one of these Digieggs! If I did, do you think you could armor Digivolve?"

Ringermon shrugged. "Maybe. It's worth a shot…"

Melissa nodded, and then swallowed. She chose the brightly colored one, because she loved the way it looked.

She walked over to it, planted her feet firmly on the ground, and pulled on the egg.

It came off with a loud, "POP!"

Suddenly, the whole room seemed to be purple light. Through the haze, Melissa could hear Ringermon cry, "Melissa, you did it! Now, yell, 'Digi-armor energize!' "

"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"

The purple light swirled around Ringermon, completely engulfing her. Melissa would've panicked, if she hadn't heard her friend's voice:

"RINGERMON, ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TO…KABUKIMON: PERSEVERING JOY!"

Melissa stared in amazement. Ringermon had turned in to something that looked like a cross between a dog, giant warrior, and a jester, with shards of the Digiegg for armor. There were bells on her tail, and spikes on the armor covering her shoulders.

"R-R…Ringermon…?" Melissa stammered.

The new Digimon looked her and smiled. "It's me, Melissa. I used the power of your Digiegg of Joy and Armor-Digivolved in to Kabukimon! Now, are you ready to beat a certain Digidestined?!"

"YEA!" Melissa cheered. She hopped on Kabukimon's back, and they ran off.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Davis was getting tired of searching for that boy. He had lost him a few minutes ago, but he knew that if he let him go, he would escape. Davis wasn't going to hurt him, he just had a few questions.

"Davis, this is boring!" Groaned Raidramon. "I say we just let him go!"

"Co'mon, Raidramon! Just a few more minutes!" I think we're getting closer!" Pleaded Davis.

Suddenly, Raidramon stopped. "Davis…there's a powerful Digimon coming right toward us…I can feel it…"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Melissa found Kai and Coyotemon cowering behind a giant log.

"Well, Shounen Kai, fancy meeting you here." She snapped.

He looked up at her, and was relieved. "Jeez, thank goodness it's you, Melissa-Chan! I thought it was that Digidestined! He's really powerful, you know."

Melissa rolled her eyes. "Yes, Kai. That's what I assumed when you ran away like a coward. AND DON'T CALL ME MELISSA-CHAN!"

Kai pouted, and then he noticed Kabukimon. "WOA! IS THAT RINGERMON?! WHAT-"

"SHHH!" Melissa clapped her hand over his mouth. "Do you want to away our position?! Yea, that is Ringermon."

Kabukimon nodded. "Yes. As Ringermon, I used the Digiegg of Joy to Armor-Digivolve (N/A: Sorry, but I just didn't feel right not putting that in there. Apparently, they have to say something along that line whenever they Armor-Digivolve). My full tittle is, 'Kabukimon: Persevering Joy.' "

Coyotemon's eyes grew wide. "Wow. Do you think I can armor Digivolve?"

Melissa nodded. "Yea, there was an extra Digiegg back there. I think it's yours, Kai.

"Go back a little ways, and you should come to a cave. Go to the very back, and you should see a gold egg with a blade sticking out of it. Pick it up, and yell, 'Digi-Armor energize.' If the Digiegg was meant for you, Coyotemon should Armor-Digivolve. Ok?"

Kai nodded. "I get it."

Melissa looked around. "I'll hold him of while you get your Digiegg. Now, go!"

Kai nodded again. Then, he and Coyotemon ran off in the direction of the cave.

Melissa turned to Kabukimon. "Kai is such an idiot…I feel so sorry for Coyotemon sometimes. I'd go crazy if I was his partner Digimon."

Kabukimon shrugged. "There's someone you can't stand in every bunch."

Melissa nodded. "I suppose you're right. Even though I sometimes feel like a…Hua?" She was reaching in to her pocket, when she found a pair of goggles. The lenses were Dark purple, so she could see out of them, but someone couldn't see where she was looking. Attached to them was a note:

Melissa,

I thought you might like these. Knock those Digidestined dead!

Akira

"Gee, thanks, Akira…" Muttered Melissa.

"Melissa, what is it?" Kabukimon asked curiously.

Melissa jumped off her back. "Check it out!" She proudly showed them off.

"Ooh!" Kabukimon admired them. "Where'd you get 'em?"

"Akira must have stuck them in my pocket last night." She tucked the strap behind her hair and pulled the goggles over her eyes. "Ta-da! How do I look?"

"Awesome. Can we go kick some Digi-butt now?"

"That's gotta be the best idea I've heard all day!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Whaddya mean, Raidramon?" Asked Davis.

Raidramon faced him. "I'm serious, Davis. I sense a really powerful Digimon near us."

Davis shrugged. "Ah, can't be much more powerful than that weird kid's Coyotemon."

"SHOUT OF JOY!" The silent air was shattered with this battle cry, and a laughing missile that seemed to be made of yellow light flew toward them.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Davis screamed as Raidramon barely dodged the attack.

Raidramon turned in the direction of the attack, and yelled, "BLUE THUNDER!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Melissa and Kabukimon barely had time to celebrate Kabukimon's attack, when another one came toward them. A giant lightning bolt careened toward them, and they barely had time to dodge it.

"Ooh, now I'm mad!" Sneered Kabukimon.

"So, they're going to fight like cornered rats, hua?!" Snarled Melissa. "Well then, let's show 'em whose boss!"

"My thoughts exactly!" Kabukimon flew in to the air, Melissa on her back.

Melissa's purple goggles glittered in the sunlight, and her hair flowed loosely behind her. "FIRE!" She yelled when they were in range.

"ST. PAUL'S STAFF!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"THAT'S IT!" Davis yelled as Raidramon flew upward to avoid the wooden spear that almost hit them. "IF IT'S WAR THEY WANT, THEN IT'S WAR THEY'RE GONNA GET!"

As Raidramon was gaining altitude, Davis pulled on his goggles. He need the eye protection…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

As Melissa and Kabukimon flew in to the sky, they saw the Digidestined pull up, too.

He also had goggles.

Melissa gritted her teeth. "He's copying me! I hate it when people copy me!"

"Well, we'll have to teach him a lesson, won't we?! SHOUT OF JOY!" She crossed her front anklets, her feet lit up, and a missile soared toward the Digidestined and his Raidramon.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Davis wasn't sure what made him angrier: That girl had shot another one of those missiles at him, or that she was copying the "Goggle-Boy" look.

Davis scowled. "Not only has she insulted me, but she's insulted Tai, and unborn generations of Goggle-boys!"

"I'm with you, Davis!"

Davis studied the new Digimon carefully. "…Hey, Raidramon, what is that thing?"

"I think that might be Kabukimon, a legendary armor-Digimon!"

Davis thought for a minute. "Do you think you could Digivolve to a champion and beat her?"

Raidramon shook his head. "I might, Davis, but I'm afraid to take my eyes off her too long…"

"13 BLADES!" A new voice yelled. 13 ghost-like sword blades whizzed through air.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Melissa watched in amazement as most of the blades smacked in to Raidramon, forcing him to crash-land.

Melissa turned. Coming toward her was a knight Digimon covered from head to toe in gold armor. It had to be the Digiegg, because his helmet had a sword's blade sticking out of it. There was another sword at his side.

It flew up next to her, and she realized Kai was sitting on one of his shoulders. "Howdy." He greeted her. "Whaddya think of my new pal?"

The Digimon chuckled, then introduced himself. "I'm Arkmon: the sword of honesty!"

Melissa grinned. "Well, the more the merrier! Let's finish him off!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Raidramon are you ok?" Davis asked his wounded friend.

Raidramon coughed, and De-Digivolved back into Veemon. "Davis…" He moaned. "I'm too weak to Digivolve!"

Davis nodded. "We gotta get out of here."

"ST. PAUL'S STAFF!"

"ARTHUR'S WRATH!"

The two Digimon's attacks hit Davis, and he flew backwards. Though he was injured, he picked up Veemon, and carried him to a TV he had noticed seconds before. Weakly, he held out his D-3, and left.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kabukimon and Arkmon descended downward, and Melissa and Kai jumped off them.

Kai looked around furiously. "Where is he?!" He demanded.

Melissa groaned. "He got away…" Then, she looked at the sky. "…This time…"

~ Digimon Analyzer ~

Name: Kabukimon

Level: Armor

Type: Vaccine

Attack(s): Shout of Joy

St. Paul's Staff

Data: A legendary Digimon that's full of Persevering Joy! Nonetheless, she can be ruthless in battle!

Name origin: Japanese. "Kabuki" is a traditional kind of Japanese Drama.

Name: Arkmon

Level: Armor

Type: Data

Attack(s): 13 Blades

Arthur's Wrath

Data: A fierce warrior, he defeats his enemies with his deadly sword!

Name origin: French. He was named after Joan of Ark.