Digimon: Elementals
By: ArtikGato
Disclaimer: For the minuscule portion of you who are BRAINDEAD IDIOTS, I DON'T own Digimon. Not that I wouldn't like to, but I don't Toei Animation, Saban, Fox Kids, and those Japanese people own Digimon, not me. There are lots of Digimon that I've created for the sole purpose of putting them in this story, so if you see a name you don't recognize, it's probably one of my creations. There will be a list at the end of the fic, and in the Author's Note at the beginning of every chapter, I'll put the names of my creations for that particular chapter, as well as the origin of some Digimon you may not recognize.
Author's Note: Comments, suggestions, and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism welcome. Flames will be answered by a multitude of things from my army of faithful and loyal (and powerful) Digimon. I haven't created any new Digimon for this chapter, although I did tweak Unimon around a little, so in this chapter, Unimon is a girl. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Eighteen: A Well Kept Secret
"Poor Mamemon," I said, solemnly. We were in a grove of trees, just outside of Tecno Savanna.
"Don't feel bad, he wasn't killed, remember? Cherrymon said that Digimon don't die, they just get reconfigured and reborn as Digieggs," Tapirmon said, trying to make us feel better.
"But he should have never been reconfigured in the first place, we made a mistake, and Mamemon had to pay for it," Nick said, tearing up.
"Listen to me, Digidestined, you shouldn't feel like it is your fault," Airdramon said.
"What do you mean, not our fault? We could have done something to stop Toranmon before he Digivolved, but we didn't," April said.
"This isn't your fault! Toranmon was evil, but you showed compassion by not destroying him in the beginning of the fight," Airdramon argued.
"But Mamemon was destroyed..." Randy said, and Flamemon interrupted him.
"It wasn't your fault! If anything it was ours, we stood by and watched as Numerimon destroyed Mamemon! If we were stronger, we could have stopped him!" Flamemon yelled, stunning us. The other Rookies nodded in agreement, guiltily.
"Flamemon, it's not your fault. Even if you weren't wounded and tired, which you were, you still wouldn't have stood any kind of a chance against an Ultimate Digimon. You still couldn't have helped, don't blame yourself," Randy said. Flamemon looked downcast.
"We'll never be able to defeat Numerimon like this, I feel so weak and powerless..." Voltomon said, with tears in her eyes.
"Voltomon..." I said, unsure of what to say, and about to cry myself. A sound came from the fusion computer, which Hagurumon was plugged up to.
"Digidestined, you have an incoming message," Hagurumon said. We turned, surprised, to see who was emailing us.
"Greetings, Digidestined. I heard the bad news," Gennai said, from the computer.
"You heard about Numerimon and Mamemon?" I asked.
"Yes, and I know that you all are probably feeling weak and helpless right now. Well, I have some good news for you," Gennai continued.
"Hmmm?" Wendy asked, drying her eyes.
"I know of a way that you can Digivolve your Digimon to the Ultimate level. I have some information about some ancient devices called Elementals. Elementals have the power to cause a Digimon that matches them to Digivolve into the Ultimate level through a process called Element Digivolving. There are six Elementals that I know of, each of them belonging to one of you six Digidestined children," Gennai explained.
"Really?" Nick and Randy asked, excited.
"Where are they?" Will asked.
"That, I do not know. I do know that to find them you must not search the plausible world, you must...." Gennai started, but his picture started to fuzz up, and static came through.
"Wait a minute!" April yelled, but it was too late. His picture disappeared from the screen.
"Great, well, now we know that there's hope, it's finding it that is the problem," Voltomon said, downcast.
"Cheer up, we'll find them," Sparrowmon said.
"Gennai really needs to get better reception," Will grumbled, and we turned back to the campfire. Hagurumon continued sifting through the data on the fusion computer.
"What are we supposed to do now?" I asked. Wendy returned to the cooking pot, stirring in a few more ingredients.
"Eat and rest for tonight, but tomorrow, I'll take you to a couple of friends of mine. They may know the answer to this mystery," Airdramon said.
After dinner, we settled down and tried to rest. After a few hours of restless sleep, we got up, ate breakfast, and took off on Airdramon's back.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"To the Mythica Forest. It's just East of here," Airdramon said, flying across the grove of trees, which was quickly turning into forests. North of the forest was a place we remembered well; Cherrymon's forest of mist. We continued heading East, until Airdramon finally landed in a clearing.
"Why are we here, again?" April asked.
"I have a couple of friends here who may have some information for you," Airdramon said, and took to the air.
"Stay here, I'll be back," he said, and flew off across the trees. We sat down in the grass, and waited. Hagurumon had long since stopped searching the computer files.
"Here he comes!" Sparrowmon said, a few minutes later. Airdramon flew over the top of some trees, and landed in the middle of the clearing.
"So, where are your friends?" I asked.
"We're right here," a female voice said, from the direction Airdramon had come from. From the trees at the edge of the clearing, two horse-like Digimon emerged. One had a metal helmet on its head, a horn sticking out of the helmet, and wings. The other had a mechanical hand, and was covered in purple dots of some sort.
"Who are they?" Wendy asked. I pressed a few keys on the computer, and called up their profiles.
"One is Unimon, a mythical animal Digimon. Unimon's attacks are Horn Blaster and Aerial Gallop. The other one is Centarumon, another mythical animal Digimon. Centarumon attacks with Solar Ray." I said, calling up their profiles.
"Welcome to Mythica Forest, home to the mythical Digimon of the Digital World," the Unimon, who had the female voice, said.
"These two are old friends of mine. They might have some information you would find interesting," Airdramon said, formally introducing them.
"Well, this guy, Gennai, told us about these things called Elementals..." Nick started, but was interrupted by Centarumon.
"Elementals, huh? That seems to ring a bell," he said.
"I think the Elementals are six ancient relics that contain the power of one of the elements that guards the Digital World. When the Digital World first came to be, there were four ancient guardian Digimon appointed to guard it. They created the elements to help them guard it: wind, water, fire, earth, lighting, nature, and holy. The Elementals Gennai spoke of may have to do with the power of each of these seven," Unimon said.
"Yes, and I think I know about the Elementals themselves. They are modified Digivices, which are designed to harness the power of an Element, and use that power to Digivolve a Digimon into the Ultimate level. Not only that, but the Elemental must match both the Digidestined it belongs to, and his or her Digimon partner in some way. Each of your Digimon has a specific power it commands, right?" Centarumon asked.
"Yeah, I guess. Meramon used the power of Fire to attack," Randy said.
"And I use the power of Lightning!" Voltomon said, proudly.
"I'd be nature," Floramon said.
"And you're water," Nick said, to Syakomon.
"I'd be Wind," Sparrowmon added.
"And my specialty is probably earth," Tapirmon said.
"Exactly, each of you do command one of the element powers!" April said.
"Well, now we know which Elemental belongs to which of us, how do we find them?" Will asked.
"Gennai said something about not searching the plausible world, whatever that means," Wendy commented.
"What he means, is that the power of the Elementals can be harnessed by you only if you truly believe in the power," Unimon said.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Unimon means that you can't find the Elementals by searching all over in the world. She means that you must search deep inside your hearts and souls to find them. When you find what you are searching for, the Elemental will come to you, and you will be able to activate it," Centarumon explained.
"What are we searching for, then?" Randy asked.
"Only you know that," Unimon said. After a few seconds of silence, someone finally spoke up.
"You'll find the answer, guys, I'm sure of it," Airdramon said.
"I'm sorry we can't be of more help," Centarumon began to apologize, but I interrupted him.
"No need to apologize, your help is greatly appreciated," I said.
"Good luck finding the Elementals," Unimon said.
"Yeah, we're probably going to need it," April said.
"So, where to next?" Randy asked, as we got on Airdramon's back and were about to take off.
"Back to Tecno," Nick replied.
"Huh?" the rest of us asked.
"Back to Tecno? Why?" Wendy asked.
"We have no where else to go, and besides, we owe Mamemon," Nick replied.
"But still... Numerimon is way to strong for us," Voltomon reminded us.
"Hey, did we give up when we were fighting Deltamon, and we almost lost? No! Did we give up when we were split up by the Polarmon brothers? No! This is just another challenge, guys, are we gonna give up?" Nick asked.
"No!" the rest of us replied, and raised our fists, or claws, into the air.
"Good, then Airdramon, take us back to Tecno!" Flamemon said.
"Your spirit is heartwarming, Digidestined, but I just can't. I can't put you all in that kind of danger," Airdramon replied.
"But..." Will said.
"Voltomon was right, Numerimon is too strong for you guys," Airdramon said.
"Well if you're not taking us, we're going any way," Floramon said.
"Wha?" Airdramon asked.
"Floramon is right, we can do it. We just have to believe in our power!" Tapirmon said. Voltomon, Syakomon and Flamemon nodded.
"This isn't going to be easy, but nobody ever said it would be," Sparrowmon said.
"Right, this is just another test, and if we believe we can ace it, we'll pass with flying colors," Voltomon joined.
"Just as long as it isn't a math test," I joked.
"Ok, I'll let you off near the city gates," Airdramon said.
"All right, we're ready!" Flamemon said. Airdramon flew through the sky, and dipped down to where the forest surrounding the city began.
"Good luck, Digidestined. I'll be waiting here for you," Airdramon said, and we started off in the other direction, along with Hagurumon.
"It's a good thing you guys have me along, you're going to need my experience with the Digicode," Hagurumon said. We trekked through the forest, and came out near the gates.
"Ok, here's the map that Numemon gave us," I said, unrolling the map. We were standing behind a row of trees, trying to figure out how to open the gate without tapping into the gate's computer. Randy and April tried to plot a route through the city.
"Maybe we could open it with Digicode..." I suggested.
"No, that won't be able to open it. Looks like you're going to have to open it using the computer," Hagurumon said.
"If I do that, Numerimon will know we're here," I replied.
"Maybe you could try masking the computer signal," Will said.
"That might work! Problem is, we don't know what to use to mask it," I replied.
"Digidestined!" something yelled from near the city gates. We turned to look, and a Numemon crawled up from under the gate. He quickly darted over to where we were.
"Numemon, aren't you out early? I thought you hated sunlight!" I said.
"I do, but this is urgent. A Platinumsukamon from Numerimon's army told me where Numerimon is keeping Metalmamemon," Numemon said.
"Really?!" Randy exclaimed.
"Where?" I asked.
"You've been inside Tecno Palace, right?" Numemon asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"And you've been to the Dining Room, correct?" Numemon asked.
"Yeah," April said.
"There are three doors. The one on the left leads to Tecno's main control room. Metalmamemon is being held in there," Numemon said.
"That's great!" Randy replied. We gave Numemon a piece of food, and he snuck back into the sewers of Tecno. Then we returned our attention to the gate.
"How are we going to get this open?" I asked.
"We could always go over it," Voltomon suggested.
"Worth a try, but there's one problem, we'll probably be spotted," April said.
"And, not all of us can fly," Flamemon added. I stared thoughtfully at the wall in front of us, and got an idea.
"What about if we short circuit the lights tonight, and sneak in while it's still dark?" I asked.
Next Chapter: Against all odds, the Digidestined storm Tecno and make it through into the Palace. But, against the new Ultimate level Numerimon, do they even stand a chance?