The New Digimon Return
Chapter 3: Friendships Bond
"This is Kari. So that the older digi-destined could get to the Digital World to find the other 5 digimon, we all split up into 5 groups. Tai, Sora, Pyromon, Gatomon, and myself went to find Purrmon, and found the cave that she was sleeping in, which was marked with the symbol of the Crest of Love over it. Sora went inside to find Purrmon, while the rest of us waited. During that time, The Digimon Emperor found us, and sent Greymon and Birdramon to attack us. Gatomon and Pyromon both digivolved to Nefertimon and Dragimon, and were able to hold them off until Birdramon knocked Nefertimon and me out of the sky and sent us crashing to the earth. Tigramon showed up just in time to save us, and Ken had Greymon and Birdramon digivolve to Metalgreymon and Garudamon. Dragimon and Tigramon both digivolved to Ultradragimon and Sabertoothedtigramon, in order to fight them. Sora then noticed the Control Spire sticking up over the trees, and Sabertoothedtigramon destroyed it, allowing Gatomon to digivolve to Angewomon. With Angewomon's help, the digimon were able to fight back Ken and the other digimon. I hope that the others are have this much luck find their digimon."
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It sat alone out in the middle of nowhere. There was no real purpose for it to be there, but that was the nature of the Digital World, a place were a TV could set out in the middle of nowhere and not be noticed by anyone that passed by it. However this time instead of just sitting there taking up space, the monitor on it suddenly emitted a strange light, and out of it came three individuals. One of them was a digimon, but the other two were something that the Digital World had not seen many off, people, and neither of them were strangers to it either. The taller of the two humans stood up, and brushed the dust off of the green suit that he was wearing. The other one also stood up, and brushed off the jacket that he wore, and then reached up, and adjusted a set of goggles on top of his head. The digimon also stood up, and watched the two humans brush themselves off. "Come on you two," Veemon said, "we don't know how long we have till the Digimon Emperor finds out that we are here."
"Give us a sec Veemon." Davis said.
Matt the older member of the team looked at Davis and then Veemon, and almost let out a small smile, as he thought about how much they reminded him of Tai and Agumon. He reached into the pocket on his jacket, and pulled out his digivice. To his surprise, he was already picking up a signal. "I have something." He told the other two.
"Is it Noblemon Matt?" Davis asked, as he pulled out his D-3 and held it up.
"It has to be," Matt said, "he would be the only one that could set it off."
"Then lets get moving." Veemon said.
All three of them moved off, following the signal from Matt's digivice. Suddenly, Davis's D-3 began to go off as well. Matt turned to him, "What is that all about?" he asked.
Davis held up his D-3, and looked at it, "I think that it is telling us that it has picked up another digiegg."
Matt walked around Davis and Veemon, and looked at his D-3, sure enough it was picking up something. He then held up his digivice, and looked at it, "That's interesting." He said.
"What?" Veemon asked.
"It looks like the new digiegg and Noblemon are both in the same direction." Matt answered. Matt then looked up ahead, and then back at his digivice. "That way." He pointed, and all three of them headed off.
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Gabumon watched as Matt, Davis, and Veemon headed off. He then turned to his companion, "All is as the Master thought," he said, "soon those three digi-destined will be just a memory."
"Excellent," the digimon said, "the Master will be pleased with us for this one." The digimon then began to laugh.
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It didn't take Matt, Davis, and Veemon long to reach their location. It was a cave with the Crest of Friendship carved over top of it. "Ok," Davis said, "lets head in."
As he and Veemon began to enter the cave, Matt stepped in front of them, and put both of his arms out to block their way in. "Hey what gives?" Veemon asked.
"Sorry," Matt said, "but at this time, I think that I should be the only one to enter the cave."
"But Matt," Davis began holding up his D-3, "according to my D-3, the new digiegg is in there as well."
"I know Davis," Matt said, "but think about it this way, Noblemon is sleeping in there, and the fist person that he expects to see, is me." Matt looked at Davis, and realized that he had not gotten through to him, so he decided to shift gears and try a different approach. "Besides, until Noblemon is awake we need you and Veemon to stand guard out here incase the Digimon Emperor finds out that we are here, and attacks."
This got Davis's attention, "Ok Matt, go and find Noblemon, Veemon and I will stand guard out here."
"Then when you both rejoin us, we can all go looking for the new digiegg together." Veemon finished.
Matt began to open his mouth to respond to that, when out of nowhere, and stream of blue energy lashed out and hit just off to the side of the cave entrance. Matt, Davis, and Veemon all dove for cover, as another blast struck, this time just over the cave entrance. All three of them looked up, and saw were the blasts were coming from, it was Gabumon. "By order of the Digimon Emperor you are ordered to leave this world now, and had over any and all methods of getting here."
"Gabumon NO!" Matt shouted, as he tried to get up and go to his friend.
"No Matt," Davis shouted as he grabbed Matt, and held him back, "you have to find Noblemon and the new digiegg, Veemon and I will hold off Gabumon."
Realizing that Davis was right, Matt stopped struggling. Davis let him go, and he turned to face the younger man, "Your right Davis." Matt said a little surprised by the words that just came out of his mouth, "I will be right back with Noblemon, and hopefully the new digiegg." He then took off for the cave entrance, and disappeared in the darkness.
"Good," came a voice from behind Gabumon, "now he won't be able to help you."
"What the?" Davis asked as a digimon that looked more like a walking garbage dump than anything else came into view from behind Gabumon. "Veemon, who is that?" Davis asked as the digimons smell hit him.
"Oh no," Veemon said placing his hand over his nose, "that is Raremon. He is the worse of all of the digimon, and I am not just talking about his appearance and smell."
"And it gets worse to Veemon," Gabumon said as a small device that resembled a D-3 began to go off, "Gabumon dark digivolve to…Garurumon!"
"Ok two can play at that game," Davis said as he held up his D-3, "are you ready Veemon?"
"Always." Veemon said.
"Then lets do it." Davis said as his D-3 began to glow, "Digiarmor energize!"
"Veemon armor digivolve to…Flamedramon, The Fire of Courage!"
"Now," Flamedramon said, "Lets dance."
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As he walked through the cave, Matt could hear the battle starting outside. 'I hope that Flamdramon and Davis don't get carried away in their battle with Gabumon.' He thought as he held his digivice up and checked it for the hundredth time in the last few minutes. 'Our only hope,' he continued to think, 'is to find Noblemon and the new digiegg, and hope that it belongs to Davis.' Just before he had entered the cave, the wind has shifted slightly, and he had caught an odor that was unmistakable. Even though he had not encountered it since the day that he had first met Noblemon, he knew who the digimon was right away, Raremon, the only digimon that Matt knew that could be classified by his smell more than his appearance.
As Matt entered another chamber in the cave, his digivice began to go haywire. 'This must be were Noblemon is sleeping.' He thought. A bluish glow suddenly filled the chamber, and Matt spun around thinking that he would see Noblemon emerging form his stone cocoon like Tai had said that Pyromon did when he had found him. With a small amount of dismay, he saw that it was not Noblemon that was emitting the glow, but something else. Matt walked over to the area that the glow was coming from, and found the next best thing setting there. It was all black, except for both sides and what Matt had classified as the front of it, only because of the spike that was there, which looked like a mouth with plenty of teeth in it. On the top of it, the object was stamped with the symbol of the Crest of Friendship. Matt leaned over, and grasped the Digiegg of Friendship on both sides, and tried to lift it. As with the other three digieggs that Tai, Izzy, and Sora had encountered, it didn't budge an inch.
"Well," Matt said as he sat down on a nearby ledge, "I guess that this digiegg is not meant for me." He began to lean back against a large stone, when suddenly his digivice began to go off, and the stone that he was leaning against began to glow as well. Matt jumped up, and smiled when he realized what was happening.
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"Breath of Decay!" Raremon shouted, as a wad of toxic ooze shot out from his mouth.
Flamedramon was able to dodge the ooze, but just barely, "Fire Rockets!" she shouted, as he shot out several small fireballs back at Raremon.
Raremon was not fast enough to dodge the attack, but just before the balls hit him, a blast of blue energy hit them, and the 2 attacks canceled each other out with an explosion that knocked Flamedramon off balance. Garurumon then pounced on the armor digimon and held him in place, "Now Flamdramon we finish this battle."
Blue energy began to crackle in Garurumon's mouth, "Laser Horns!" was shouted just in time, and two beams of energy hit Garurumon knocking him off of Flamdramon.
"Davis!" Matt shouted, as he and a digimon that resembled Gabumon, only his fur was not a blue and white color, but a gold and silver color, and instead of one horn on top of his head, he had a horn on either side, ran out of the cave entrance. They both stopped just before Davis, and before the younger digi-destined could say anything, Matt turned to Noblemon, "Ok Noblemon it's time for these digimon to meet your Champion form."
"I couldn't agree more with you Matt." Noblemon said as he began to glow, "Noblemon digivolve to…Griffimon!"
Once again before Davis could say anything, Matt grabbed his arm, and began to pull him to the cave. "Griffimon," he shouted, "can you and Flamdramon handle these two until we get back?"
"Go Matt!" Griffimon shouted.
"We will be fine until you get back." Flamdramon finished.
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Matt and Davis ran through the cave, as fast as they could, until Davis tripped over a small stone that was sticking out of the ground, and fell down with enough force to get the wind knocked out of him. Matt stopped, and turned around to see what had happened. With a sigh, he went over to Davis and helped him up. "Thanks Matt." Davis said, just a little out of breath.
"Don't mention it." Matt said, "But we have to hurry, before Garurumon digivolves to his Ultimate level."
"Ultimate level?" Davis asked, as the two of them began to move through the cave, at a slower pace this time.
"Weregarurumon." Matt said, as he stopped to try and remember which passage he had taken before, "Based on what I have heard about your battle with Metalgreymon, it sounds like Flamdramon could use all of the help that he could get."
Davis looked at Matt, a little confused, and then realization hit him, "The Digiegg." Davis said.
"Right," Matt said as started down one of the passages, "I found it just before I found Noblemon."
"So why didn't you bring it out with you?" Davis asked trying to keep up with the older digi-destined.
"Because like with the Digieggs of Courage, Love, and Knowledge, I could not lift the Digiegg of Friendship, but I think that you can."
Davis was about to ask why Matt thought he could lift it, when they suddenly entered a chamber of the cave, and a strange blue light filled the room. Davis looked around, and saw that Matt was headed for a small ledge that came out of the cave wall. Davis followed him to the ledge, and saw that the new digiegg was indeed sitting there waiting for the digi-destined that it belonged to pick it up, and use it to help save the Digital World. "Go ahead and try to pick it up Davis." Matt urged.
"But how are you sure that it is mine Matt, after all, I already have the Digiegg of Courage." Davis asked
"Because," Matt started, "I remember when Veemon was trying to fight Redveggiemon, and how you tried to keep him from getting hurt, only a true friend would do that." Matt thought for a second, and then continued, "I also remember TK telling me how you were willing to surrender when Ken tried to trick you into thinking that he had captured everyone, and only a true friend and leader would do that."
Matt was about to go on, but before he could, bits and pieces of the caves ceiling began to fall in. Not wasting another moment, Davis moved over to the digiegg, and placed his hands on both sides of it, and pulled. He remembered the time that he first pulled the Digiegg of Courage up, which in turn released Veemon. Like with that time, this digiegg resisted a little, and then came free, sending Davis stumbling backwards, right into Matt, knocking them both over. "You were right Matt, it is mine."
Matt stood up, just as another piece of the ceiling fell down in front of them, "Ok then, lets get out of here."
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Raremon's attack missed Flamdramon again, as he jumped up into the air, and then landed on Garurumon's back. The wold digimon bucked around like a bull in a rodeo, and finally succeeded in throwing Flamdramon off, sending him slamming into a big rock with enough force to put cracks all over it. Flamedramon began to glow a reddish orange color, and then reverted back to Veemon, sending the Digiegg of Courage back to Davis's D-Terminal just as he and Matt emerged from the cave. "Veemon!" Davis shouted, as he ran over to his fallen friend.
"Stay back Davis." Veemon said in a weak voice.
Ignoring what Veemon had told him, Davis knelt down next to his friend. Matt ran over next to him, just as Garurumon and Raremon began to move on them. "Feather Launcher!" came a shout from above, and suddenly several feather shaped missiles hit both digimon, knocking them back a little. Griffimon then landed in front of Matt, "How is Veemon?" he asked.
"He's a bit shaken up Griffimon," Matt said, "but I think that he will be fine.
"Good, because you won't be." Garurumon said as he stood up. The small device attached to his dark spiral began to glow again, "Garurumon dark digivolve to…Weregarurumon!" Matt looked in horror as he saw that this was not the Weregarurumon that he had once known. This Weregarurumon had a darker more menacing look to him. Instead of blue, his fur was a dark gray, the fangs in his mouth were much larger, and far more scary looking, and unless he was mistaken, Matt could have sworn that he was at least a foot or two taller than the last time he had seen this form of Gabumon.
Matt heard Davis stand up, and turned to see that Veemon was also up, and looked like he was ready for more action. Matt also noticed that Davis was clenching the digiegg in his hand, ready to use it. With a smile on his face, Matt turned to look at Weregarurumon and Raremon, "Ok Griffimon, time to take it up a level."
"And it is time for a new armor digimon to be born." Davis added.
"Lets do it." Veemon said.
"I am ready." Griffimon said, as he began to glow, "Griffimon digivolve to…" Griffimon stood up straight, his wings disappeared, and his snout grew into his face. Electrical energy started at his head, and moved down his body, covering him with armor. A sword appeared on his back, and a shield with the symbol of the Crest of Friendship formed on his arm, "Knightmon!" He then drew his sword, and swung it around, bringing it into a position right in front of him, with the point sticking in the ground.
"Wow," Davis said, and then held up the digiegg, "Lets do it Veemon, Digiarmor Energize!" The digiegg flew over to Veemon and he began to glow blue.
"Veemon armor digivolve to…Raidramon, The Storm of Friendship!"
"Is thou ready to fight by my side Raidramon?" Knightmon asked.
"You bet I am Knightmon. I will handle Raremon you take Weregarurumon." Raidramon said, and then turned to Davis, "Hop on Davis, we will do it together."
"All right Raidramon lets go." Davis said as he hopped onto Raidramon's back
Both Knightmon and Raidramon charged at Raremon and Weregarurumon. "Blue Thunder!" Raidramon shouted, as a blast of powerful electricity shot out at Raremon, frying the dark ring that was controlling him. Raremon looked around, and then ran off into the woods.
Meanwhile, Knightmon charged at Weregarurumon with his sword drawn out, and ready to defend himself with. Weregarurumon drew back both arms, "Wolfs Claw!" and a blast of rainbow colored energy shot out at Knightmon.
"Shield Protector!" Knightmon shouted, and the image of the Crest of Friendship leapt off of his and stopped just in front of him. The blast from Weregarurumon hit it, and it was reflected right back at him. The symbol then returned to the shield, and Knightmon raised his sword up, "Forgive me Weregarurumon, but I must do this to thou, Laser Sword Slash!" the blade of his sword began to glow, and he brought it down on Weregarurumon. The Ultimate digimon stumbled back, and then fell over, reverting back to Gabumon.
Matt began to run over to his friend, but just before he could get to him, Unimon landed right in front of him, and grabbed Gabumon, throwing him onto his back, and then taking off again. Tears began to run down Matt's face, as the image of the Crest of Friendship began to glow brightly on his chest.
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As they walked back to the TV, Davis had his d-terminal out, and was looking at the two digieggs that registered on it. "You did good today Davis," Matt said, "both you and Veemon."
"Indeed," Noblemon said, "I thought that we were finished when I saw Flamdramon revert back to you Veemon, but I should have known that everything would have been ok. You digi-destined are very resourceful humans."
Davis and Veemon moved up next to Matt and Noblemon, "Don't worry Matt, I am sure that we will get Gabumon and the others back safe and sound."
"I am to Davis," Matt said with a smile on his face, "I am to."
(Narrator) "Will the other digi-destined find the other 3 digimon, and will they be able to rescue their friends? Find out the answer to these questions in the next chapter of The New Digimon Return."
To be Continued in Chapter 4: A Little Knowledge
