The New Digimon Return
Chapter 5: Sincere to the End
"This is TK. Gazimon attacked Izzy, Patamon, and me when we emerged from the digiport. Patamon armor digivolved to Pegasusmon and destroyed the dark rings controlling them. We then went on to find the stadium were Izzy had first met Torusmon in ruins. Inside we met Giantmon, who was Torusmon's partner, and who led us to the cave where he was sleeping. When we got there, we were attacked by Tentomon and Centarumon who knocked Giantmon out. Izzy made a break for the cave, and Pegasusmon was able to destroy the dark ring that was controlling Centarumon. Tentomon digivolved to Kabuterimon, and was able to get a dark spiral onto Giantmon before we could stop him. Kabuterimon and Giantmon were able to overwhelm Pegasusmon, and he reverted back to Patamon. Toromon then showed up with Izzy, and we found the dark spire that was keeping Patamon from digivolving. Kabuterimon digivolved to Megakabuterimon, and it was obvious that we needed more help, so Toromon digivolved to Minitarmon. Centarumon then woke up, and helped us to destroy the spire, and allow Patamon to digivolve to Angemon and then to Magnaangemon. And together with Centarumon and Minitarmon, they were able to defeat Megakabuterimon, and save Giantmon."
After emerging from the TV, Mimi, Yolie, and Hawkmon all stood up, and began to look around. "So were do we go from here Mimi?" asked Yolie.
Mimi looked back at the younger digi-destined, and remembered the first time that she met Yolie and her digimon Hawkmon. From the beginning, there was a connection between the two of them, and she knew that Yolie was completely aware of it. Push her thoughts aside, Mimi returned to the matter at hand, and pulled out her digivice. The digivice immediately got not just a lock on one signal, but o two signals. "That's strange." Mimi said.
"What is?" asked Hawkmon.
Mimi held up her digivice so that both Yolie and Hawkmon could see it, "It is picking up two signals, not just the one that is coming from Ivymon."
Yolie immediately pulled out her D-3, which, from what Mimi could understand was an advanced version of her own digivice, and quickly picked up a signal on it as well. "I got something to," Yolie said, "but it is only one signal." She looked at her D-3 a little more, and then snapped her fingers together, "I know what it is." She said, "It must be a new digiegg."
"Then it is my job to see that you do not get it." Came a voice form behind them.
Both girls and Hawkmon turned around to see were the voice had come from. Behind them stood a huge digimon that looked like a lion, holding a large sword. "Leomon!" Mimi exclaimed.
"Leomon?" Yolie and Hawkmon asked at the same time.
"Yeah," Mimi said, "Leomon is an old friend of the original digi-destined." Mimi began to move closer to her friend, when Yolie grabber her.
"Look at his arm Mimi," Yolie said, and pointed to it, "he is being controlled by a dark ring."
"It is by the order of the Digimon Emperor that you be destroyed." Leomon said as he brought one of his fists up, "Fist of the Beast King!"
Acting quickly, Hawkmon knocked both Mimi and Yolie out of the way of the blast, "I believe that it is time for me to get to work." Hawkmon said to Yolie.
Yolie nodded, "Right Hawkmon," she then held her D-3 up, "Digiarmor energize!"
A streak of red light left the D-3, and hit Hawkmon, "Hawkmon armor digivolve to…Halsemon, The Wings of Love!" Halsemon looked at Leomon, "Let us end this now Leomon, before this turns into a big fight."
"Never Halsemon," Leomon said, "I have my orders to destroy them, and that is what I intend to do." Leomon then raised his hand up once again, "Fist of the Beast King!" and sent a blast out at Halsemon.
Halsemon quickly jumped up into the air, dodging the blast completely, and his eyes began to glow, "Then you leave me no choice Leomon, Eagle Eye!" two beams leapt out of Halsemon's eyes, and went right at Leomon. The other digimon raised his sword up, and deflected the shots away from him.
"Halsemon," Mimi shouted, "you can't beat Leomon without help. Get down here and pick us up so that we can get Ivymon."
Halsemon nodded, and circled around, landing next to Yolie and Mimi. When they were both on, he took off again, and flew in the direction that both Mimi and Yolie had indicated earlier.
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Leomon watched as Halsemon disappeared out of sight, and turned to see another digimon approaching him. "They got away." He said to the other digimon.
"I know," Palmon said, "But we know the direction that they are going in, and when we get there, it will all be over for the those two digi-destined." An Airdramon then came in and landed next to the 2 of them, and they both climbed onto it.
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Halsemon flew as far as he could before landing. Mimi and Yolie both got off of the digimon and he reverted back to Hawkmon, sending the digiegg of Love that he had used to digivolve back to Yolie's D-Terminal. "So now were do we go?" Hawkmon asked.
Both Yolie and Mimi held up their digivices, and looked at them. "According to my digivice, it looks like we go in this direction." Mimi said, pointing in one direction.
Yolie nodded, "That is what my D-3 is saying as well, and it does not look like much of a walk to get there either." As the three of them began to walk toward the signal, that both Ivymon and the new digiegg were sending, Yolie looked over at Mimi, and saw that she was deep in thought. "What is it Mimi?" Yolie asked out of genuine concern.
Mimi looked at Yolie, "Oh, I was just thinking about the last time that I saw Leomon." Mimi said.
"It may be a long walk, you may want to tell us about it." Hawkmon said.
Mimi smiled at the digimon, and nodded, "Ok I guess that it might pass the time a little better." Mimi began to search for the right words to begin the story, "Well, it all began right after we stopped Rexmon, and defeated Rocketemon, Venommyotismon, and Metaldevimon. We found out that while we were back home trying to find Kari and Gatomon that the Digital World had begun to warp into a giant mountain called Spiral Mountain. It was created by the evil Dark Masters, who were all Mega level digimon."
"Mega digimon?" Yolie asked.
"The next level after Ultimate." Mimi explained. "Well, anyway, each of the Dark Masters controlled one of each of the four sections that formed the Mountain. Metalseadramon controlled the oceans, Puppetmon controlled the forests, Machindramon controlled the cities, and Piedmon, the leader of the Dark Masters, controlled the dark colorless section." Mimi thought back, and a tear came to her eyes, "Several digimon sacrificed themselves so that we could have a chance to defeat the Masters. And thanks to their sacrifice we were able to defeat Metalseadramon right away. Puppetmon was the next Dark Master on our list. But before we could even get to him, one his henchman, Cherrymon, tricked Matt into thinking that he had to fight Tai. Gabumon went along with it, but reluctantly. Thankfully before any real damage could be done, one of who we have come to call the Caretakers, found Kari, and used her body to tell us about how we had actually became the digi-destined. After she had finished, we all were returned to were we had last been when Matt and Tai fought, and it was there that Matt went off on his own with Gabumon, and Joe, Gomamon, Palmon, and myself went off as well. During that time, we found another old enemy of ours Ogremon hurt. We fixed him up, and then were attacked by Metaletemon, who was another Mega form of our old enemy Etemon. Thankfully, we were all saved by another Mega digimon, Saberleomon."
"Saberleomon." Yolie said, "I take it that he was Leomon."
Mimi nodded, "And still was in a way. You see during the battle with Devimon, Leomon was exposed to the powers of our digivices several times, and as a result of that he was given the power to digivolve straight to his Mega form."
"So what happened?" Hawkmon asked.
"Well, Metaletemon found us, and Leomon digivolved to Saberleomon. However he was badly hurt when he tried to save me. Ikkakumon digivolved to his Ultimate form of Zudomon, and used his attack to weaken Metaletemon enough so that Saberleomon could defeat him." Tears began to form in Mimi's eyes once again, "After the battle, Saberleomon changed back into Leomon, and he was reconfigured right before our eyes." Mimi stopped walking, and wiped the tears from her eyes. "I have never forgotten what he did, and how he paid for it either."
Yolie walked over to Mimi, and took her hands in her own, "Don't worry Mimi," she said, "we will get Leomon back, no matter what it takes."
"Thank Yolie." Mimi said as the two girls embraced.
"I would hate to interrupt this touchy scene," Hawkmon began, "but I think that it would be wise of me to let you know that we have arrived at the cave." Both Mimi and Yolie broke their hug, and looked at the entrance to a cave, and then up to see the symbol of the Crest of Sincerity above it.
"And so have we." Came a familiar voice from behind them. Mimi was the first one to turn around, and see that Palmon and Leomon had followed them to the cave. "Now surrender to the Digimon Emperor."
Hawkmon looked up at Yolie, "Now Yolie?" he asked.
"Now Hawkmon." Yolie said as she pulled out her D-3, "Digiarmor Energize!"
Once again a red streak of light emerged form the D-3, and flew right at Hawkmon. "Hawkmon armor digivolve to…Halsemon, The Wings of Love!"
"Two can play at that game." Palmon said a small device attached to the Dark Spiral began to glow as well, "Palmon dark digivolve to…Togemon!"
Togemon and Leomon began to close in on Halsemon, when a voice suddenly called out "Pummel Whack!" and a purple blast of energy hit Leomon sending him flying hard into a large rock behind him. A large green digimon then jumped down from above, and landed right in front of Halsemon. "I guess that he didn't see that one coming did he?" Ogremon said as he looked back at Mimi and Yolie.
"Ogremon!" Mimi shouted as she ran over a hugged the digimon, "What are you doing here?"
Ogremon looked down at Mimi, and indicated Halsemon, "I spotted Leomon and your old friend coming this way, so I followed them here, and it was a good thing that I did to."
"Well, that is one mistake that you will never make again Ogremon, Light Speed Jabbing!" Togemon shouted as she came in and hit Ogremon hard enough to send him flying past the group, into the side of the cliff that the cave was bore into. Togemon looked at Mimi, "And now it is your turn."
Halsemon moved fast, and jumped in front of Togemon, "If you want her you will have to get through me first, Tempest Wing!" two blasts shot out form either side of Halsemon's helmet, and hit Togemon hard. "Now Mimi, go and get Ivymon so that she can help us in this battle."
"But!" Mimi began, but she did not have any time to finish as Ogremon, who had obviously recovered from Togemon's attack, grabbed her and rushed he to the cave entrance.
"He is right," the digimon said as he dropped her off, "if Togemon digivolves, we will be outgunned." Ogremon looked back at Leomon who was just now recovering from his attack, and then back at Mimi, "we can hold things until you get back." Before Mimi could say another word, Ogremon turned around, and charged at Leomon. That was also the last thing that Mimi saw as she turned around, and ran into the cave.
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Mimi followed the signal that her digivice was letting out as best she could, wishing the entire time that she had listened to the others when they had explained how to follow a signal years ago. Finally, she came up to a large chamber, and found a place to sit down and try to get her barrings. She leaned against the chamber wall, and closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them back up, Mimi saw to he amazement a green light coming form the other side of the chamber. She walked over to it, and saw what looked like a yellow shell sitting on top of one of those throwing stars that she remembered Ninjimon using when they had found Leathermon for the first time. 'What is that?' Mimi thought to herself when she saw a symbol on the side of it. She leaned closer, and saw the familiar tear drop image that she knew so well "The Crest of Sincerity." She said. "Maybe I can get this to Yolie, and Hawkmon can armor digivolve to a new form." Mimi grabbed both sides of the digiegg, and tried to lift it up, but it would not budge. She then remembered that Tai, Izzy, and Sora could not pick up the digieggs with their Crests on them either. "The best thing that I can do now, is to find Ivymon, and then get Yolie in here to try and lift this digiegg." She said as she turned around a leaned against the wall of the chamber.
Suddenly, her digivice began to go off. Mimi held it up, and saw that it was emitting a greenish light. She then spotted a nearby rock formation begin to glow green as well. She walked over, and saw that the formation was beginning to take a familiar shape.
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Ogremon brought the heavy end of his bone club down at Leomon, but he deflected it away with his sword. Leomon then brought his fist up, "Fist of the Beast King!" and blasted Ogremon.
Meanwhile, Halsemon used his advantage of flight to constantly fly past Togemon at high speeds. "Give it up Togemon," Halsemon said as he made another pass, "you can not stop me while I'm in the air."
"We will see about that Halsemon, Needle Spray!" Togemon shouted as needles began to shoot out at Halsemon.
The armor digimon did his best to dodge the attack, but several of them hit him, and he fell hard to the ground. He was about to get up again, when he was hit by a blast from Leomon, and was thrown against the side of the cliff. He then began to glow red, and the Digiegg of Love left him as he reverted back to Hawkmon. "Hawkmon no!" Yolie shouted, as she ran over to her fallen friend.
"Prepare to be destroyed." Leomon said as he raised his fist up to attack.
Hawkmon got up, and placed himself between Leomon and Yolie, "Pauline Spray!" came a shout from the cave entrance, and a mist of some sort flew over and covered Leomon. The Champion digimon screamed in pain, and fell down trying to get the stuff off of him. Yolie and Hawkmon looked over, and saw Mimi standing there with a plant digimon standing next to her. "That got him out of the fight for a few minutes." Ivymon said.
"Now lets get that dark ring off of him so that he can help us in this fight." Mimi said as her digivice began to go off.
Ivymon nodded, and then began to glow, "Ivymon digivolve to…Rosemon!" Rosemon moved in on Leomon, "Now Leomon it is time to free you of that dark ring."
"I don't think so." Togemon said as she moved in fast and hard, decking Rosemon with a powerful right hook.
Rosemon fell back a little, "Sorry to do this Togemon, but Leaf Blade!" several razor sharp leaves flew out at Togemon and hit her. Togemon fell hard to the ground, "Have you had enough?"
"I am just getting started." Togemon said as once again the device attached to her dark spiral began to glow, "Togemon dark digivolve to…Lillymon!" Lillymon floated before them all, but this Lillymon was a much darker one than the one that had save Mimi so many times before.
Quickly Mimi ran over to Yolie, and grabbed both her and Hawkmon, "Come on, you two have to come with me." Mimi said as she began to pull them both to the cave. "Rosemon," She shouted, "Quick digivolve before we go inside."
"You got it Mimi." Rosemon said as she began to glow. "Rosemon digivolve to…" Rosemon's pink pedals turned into a bright shade of red, and all of her leaves turned into thorns, her arms and legs doubled in size, as well as the rest of her body. "Thornedrosemon!"
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Mimi, Yolie, and Hawkmon ran into the cave, "What is this about Mimi?" Yolie asked as they ran though the cave as fast as they could.
"You will see." Mimi said as they ran around a corner, heading for the chamber that she had found Ivymon, and one other item in. They all tuned another corner, and entered the chamber. Mimi stopped, and looked around a little, and then spotted it right were it had been when she and Ivymon had rushed out.
All three of them walked up to the digiegg, "It's a digiegg." Hawkmon said.
"Right," Mimi said, "and I bet that it belongs to you Yolie."
"Why do you say that Mimi?" Yolie asked.
Mimi pointed to the image on the digiegg, "That is the Crest of Sincerity," Mimi began, "and I don't know of any of the other new digi-destined that are as sincere as you are, now try to pick it up."
Yolie nodded, and stepped up to the digiegg, "Ok, here goes." She said as she gripped the digiegg, and lifted it right up.
"I knew it." Mimi said.
"Now I say lets use it to try and free Leomon and Lillymon." Hawkmon said.
Yolie nodded, and held the digiegg up, "Digiarmor Energize!"
The digiegg began to glow a bright green, then changed into energy, and flew right at Hawkmon, joining with him, "Hawkmon armor digivolve to…Surimon, The Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon shouted as she shot a blast from her cannon.
"Fist of the Beast King!" A now fully recovered Leomon shouted.
Both attacks hit Thornedrosemon and Ogremon. "We can't keep this up for much longer Thornedrosemon." Ogremon said.
"We won't have to, because we are getting to the root of the problem," Thornedrosemon said, "Root Whip!" she shouted as both of her arms grew down into the ground, and dug their way to Leomon, wrapping him up in them. "Now Ogremon use your attack to free him from the ring."
"Right," Ogremon said as he brought his fist up, "Pummel Whack!" he shouted as a purple blast shot out at Leomon's arm.
"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon shouted, and her attack hit Ogremon's before it had a chance to get near to Leomon. Lillymon shot again, this time breaking Thornedrosemon's grip on Leomon. "Now this ends." Lillymon said, as she got ready to shoot again.
"Double Star!" came a shout, and a giant star flew past Lillymon. Surimon then landed in front of Thornedrosemon and Ogremon.
Lillymon laughed, "You missed whoever you are."
"No he didn't!" Came a shout from below. Lillymon looked down to see that Leomon was now free of dark ring, a scratch on his arm and the giant star in the ground next to him showed why. "Now, give a message to the Emperor for me, Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shouted as blasted Lillymon.
"Go for the dark spiral everyone." Yolie shouted.
"Right, Double Star!" Surimon shouted as his arms extended out at Lillymon.
"Pummel Whack!" Ogremon added.
"Thorn Missiles!" Thornedrosemon finished.
All three attacks hit Lillymon, and she fell to the ground hard, reverting back to Palmon. But before anyone could make a move to try and help her, and Airdramon flew down, and grabbed her, flying away back to the Emperors base.
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After the battle, Ogremon had left, and Leomon decided to walked back to the portal with Mimi, Ivymon, Yolie, and Hawkmon. "Thank you for saving me Mimi." Leomon said as they arrived at the portal.
"Actually," Mimi said, "it was Hawkmon that saved you by destroying that dark ring."
"But," Hawkmon began, "it was you that found the Digiegg of Sincerity that allowed me to become Surimon, so it was you that truly saved Leomon."
"But it is to bad that we could not get Palmon back as well." Yolie said.
"Don't worry Yolie," Mimi said, "I know that we will get Palmon and the others back in as soon as we find out if the others had gotten the other 4 digimon."
Leomon nodded, "And with the added power of the armor digimon, you should not have much of a problem getting Palmon and the others back. Until then I wish you all the best of luck, and hope that we will meet again soon." Leomon then turned and walked away.
All 4 of them waved, and then turned back to the portal, "Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I am ready to get back home."
"And then tomorrow we will come back to the Digital World and get Palmon and the others back." Ivymon said. Everyone smiled, as Yolie opened the digiport, and they all went through it.
(Narrator) Now that five of the new digimon have been found, will Joe and Cody be able to find Leathermon before they must fight their friend Gomamon? Find out in the next chapter of The New Digimon Return.
To be continued in Chapter 6: Old Reliable
