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. The following Digimon are 100% my creations. If there are actual Digimon with those names, oops, and sorry to whoever created them. Here they are: Demonfloramon, Waruwizardmon and Shellsnimon. Weedmon are gray versions of Vegiemon, and they come from Digimon World. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Enchanted Forest
"Are you sure that we have to pass through a deep forest to get to Circuit Desert?" April asked.
"Yup. Remember, this is Digiworld, all kinds of crazy stuff can happen here," I replied. We were standing at the edge of a deep, dark forest.
"Isn't there an old saying, 'everything bad happens in the woods'?" Will asked.
"The forest is way too big for us to go around, and besides, it's just some woods," Randy pointed out.
"Yeah, it's nothing to get scared about. After all, we've got the Digimon and Digivices to back us up in case anything happens," Nick said.
"I don't like the feeling those woods are giving off," Floramon said, and shivered. This stunned all of us, for it was hot out. Plus, Floramon is a plant. You'd think she'd like to go into woods and get out of the sun.
"Floramon? Are you all right?" April asked, concerned.
"There's something strange about those woods. I don't like them," she said, and shivered again.
"Maybe she's just paranoid," Randy said.
"No Floramon's a plant Digimon, if she senses something is wrong in a place like a forest, then there's something wrong," Syakomon replied.
"But we HAVE to go through. There are tall mountains to the North of the forest and the ocean to the South, and this is a REALLY big forest, it would take FOREVER to go around it, and I don't think anyone here would be too thrilled at climbing tall mountains or hiking all that way to the ocean. The quickest way is through the forest," I stated, simply. Everyone nodded in agreement. Somehow, through no fault of my own, I had become the leader of this group of Digidestined.
"Ok, we'll go through, but there's still something wrong in that forest. I just hope we don't run into it," Floramon said, shaking away her paranoia, and walking with the rest of us into the forest. As we walked, the trees became more and more dense, making the forest cooler and darker the deeper in it we got. It was cool and relaxing, to say the least. The forest was around 60 or 70 degrees, really cool, and it was almost completely shade because of the thick canopy. Little specks of light managed to make their way through the canopy and onto the ground, which made the forest floor kind of glow wherever the sunlight sifted through. This made the walk through the forest seem peaceful, magical even. Little did we know, we were being watched. Floramon had long since shook off that strange feeling she got from the woods, and was laughing and talking along with the rest of us.
"So, those are the Digidestined brats that Skullgreymon told me to watch out for?" a strange Digimon mumbled to herself. She was watching the group of twelve walk past from a large bush. Her cold, green eyes were the only thing about her that could be seen. As soon as the Digidestined were far enough ahead, she stepped out from behind the bush, and grinned an evil grin. She looked like Floramon, only her skin was a darker shade of green. Her hands were such a dark purple that they almost seemed black, same with the shade of red that was on her red flower on her head. She had stripes of dark, dark green across her body.
"Those children don't seem so tough, the way the Master put it they were horrible beasts with the strength of the mighty Digi-Gods. Oh well, I'll still have to report this," she said, and with that, disappeared into the undergrowth.
"The Digidestined are WHERE???" Skullgreymon bellowed.
"The Enchanted Forest, master," the creature which resembled Floramon said, cringing. Skullgreymon was shaking his head, either in outrage or fear, she couldn't tell.
"How far have they gotten?" he asked.
"Not far, they are only about 1/8 of the way through," she replied.
"Good," he said, and turned to a control panel. He pushed a button, and spoke into an intercom. "Waruwizardmon! Get up here NOW, I've got an assignment for you!" he bellowed into the speaker. Within 30 seconds, a creature burst through the doors into the door. He looked like Wizardmon, as his name implied, but different, in an evil way. His cloak and hat were completely black. On his hat was a skull and crossbones, instead of just a skull. His shirt and pants were dark gray, almost charcoal colored. His hair was dark black colored. The staff Wizardmon normally carried was now a grim reaper's scythe.
"Yes, oh evil one?" Waruwizardmon asked.
"Assemble your troops, and take them to the Enchanted Forest. Your orders are to eliminate the Digidestined, by any means necessary," Skullgreymon said, and gestured to the dark Floramon-like creature, "Demonfloramon will lead you to them,"
"Yes master. We will leave right away," Waruwizardmon replied.
"Oh, and you know the price of failure, don't you?" Skullgreymon asked.
"Yes, master," Waruwizardmon said, and gulped.
"Good. If you do fail, you'd better hope those Digidestined get you before I do, because they'll likely give you a more merciful death," Skullgreymon said, and waved his skeleton hand, motioning them to leave. Waruwizardmon and Demonfloramon left.
"This forest doesn't seem all that bad. So far, the worst thing that has happened was that strange bug almost stinging Randy, after he stepped on its nest," I commented.
"I can't help it if I stepped on its nest! It shouldn't build it in the middle of the path!" Randy exclaimed. Suddenly, Floramon stopped. The rest of us stopped, and turned to her.
"Floramon, what's the matter?" April asked.
"I'm getting that strange feeling again," Floramon said.
"Again?" Randy asked, a little annoyed. Suddenly, he wasn't annoyed any more. We suddenly realized that there were several pairs of red eyes staring at us from the darkness surrounding where we were. We looked around, nervously.
"I guess Floramon was right!" Flamemon said. The eyes got progressively closer, and we suddenly were able to make out the creatures they belonged to.
"Uh oh! We're surrounded!" Syakomon exclaimed. There were strange creatures surrounding us. I glanced around, and noticed a familiar looking one.
"Guys, look at that!" I said, and pointed toward it. They all turned to look, and gasped. Floramon stepped forward.
"Just who are you?" she asked, bravely.
"Why Floramon, don't you recognize me?" the strange new Digimon said, and extended one of her arms forward toward us. "I'm your evil twin!"
"What?" April asked.
"The name's Demonfloramon," she said, with an evil grin. Floramon glared at her, recognizing the name, obviously. I took out the Fusion Computer, and began looking up the Digimon surrounding us.
"That's Demonfloramon, all right. She's a rookie level Digimon who attacks with Dark Rain of Pollen. She has a bad nature and a worse temper. The Digimon standing next to her is called Waruwizardmon, an Ultimate Digimon. His attacks are Magical Illusion and Dark Power. The one behind us is Shellsnimon, an Ultimate Digimon as well. His attack is Sickle Scythe and Shell Strike. The rest of the Digimon are Weedmon, Champion Digimon who resemble Vegiemon as does Redvegiemon. Weedmon attack with Poison Sphere and Green Trap," I said.
"Well, now that we're done with introductions," Waruwizardmon said, stepping forward, "Time to get down to business,"
"If you want a battle, we'll give you one," April said, glaring at him.
"Oh, it's not that simple. You see, we know that you are more than a match for us, so we're not just going to battle you..." Waruwizardmon started, and raised his sickle into the air. We were suddenly frozen in place. The Digimon attempted to Digivolve, but were stopped somehow.
"What's going on?" Voltomon asked.
"Under orders from master Skullgreymon..." Waruwizardmon began... "I command the power of magic to spread the Digidestined! Magical Illusion!" A blinding flash lit up the area for a second, and we were all gone from that spot!
Voltomon and I reappeared on a canyon floor. I shook my head, to clear out the cobwebs, and looked around.
"Whoa, where are we?" I asked.
"I don't know," Voltomon answered. I pulled out the Digivice and checked it, but there weren't any dots near me at all.
"Either we've been spread out a lot larger distance than I thought, or somehow the Digivice isn't reacting in this area," I said. I looked up.
"We're still in the forest, because there are all the trees," Voltomon said. I looked around, and noticed that the only way out was to fly out. The canyon walls were way to steep to climb up.
"Looks like we're gonna have to fly out," I said, to Voltomon.
"No problem, but... I'm kind of hungry," Voltomon answered. I sighed, and took of my backpack. I rummaged around in it for a second, and pulled out a Xarian Fruit. I handed it to Voltomon, and she gulped it down.
"Full now?"
"No, but that'll have to do. After all, April's the one carrying most of the food this time," Voltomon replied, and glowed.
"Voltomon Digivolve to.... Shockmon!"
"That's more like it!" I said, and climbed onto her back. She took off, and flew up toward the top of the canyon. As we were flying up, a blast of energy hit us, and blew Shockmon backwards a little. She regained her balance in the air, and turned to face the attacker. It was a Weedmon! Behind it, six other Weedmon assembled.
"Shock beam!" Shockmon attacked them, blasting them backwards. She flew faster, toward the edge of the canyon so I could get off her back and out of the line of fire. Suddenly, a blast of fire hit the canyon wall. Shockmon turned around, and we found that the attackers were Sabredramon! A flock of six or seven Sabredramon hovered in the air behind us. They all had red eyes, as if they were brainwashed.
"Poison Sphere!" "Meteor Glide!" both groups of Digimon shot their attacks at us. Shockmon flew up, and the attacks collided in the air. She zoomed toward a canyon wall, but the Sabredramon flew after her, and surrounded her. She tagged one with a Shock beam, but was hit from the front by a Meteor Glide. She went into a Spiral Dive, and I was thrown off her back.
"Lightning Armor Energize!" I yelled, and held up the Digivice, as I fell.
"Shockmon Element Digivolve to... Electramon!" Electramon fell, grabbed a hold of me, and landed gracefully on the canyon's bottom. The Sabredramon and Weedmon came after us.
"Careful, they're brainwashed, not evil," I warned her. She nodded, and jumped up, into the air. The Weedmon landed in a circle around me. She held out her hands, and glowed with a fierce yellow light.
"Electromagnetic Pulse!" she hit all the Sabredramon with a ring of yellow light, sending them crashing into the canyon walls. The Weedmon held up their vines to attack.
"Poison Spheres!" they exclaimed, and suddenly, a whip of light wrapped around my stomach, and pulled me up, and out of harm's way. The Poison Spheres hit the Weedmon, and they fell over backwards, trying to scrape the toxic goop off their faces. Electramon pulled me up, and we both landed gracefully. The Weedmon, as soon as they could see, ran off in shame. The Sabredramon were still unconscious.
"Come on, we'd better go find the others," Electramon said, and extended her whip of static to around a large rock halfway up the canyon wall. I grabbed onto her paw, and she pulled us both up to the canyon top.
"Roaring Flames!" Meramon exclaimed, and sent a column of fire into a Darkrizamon. It fell backwards, but another took it's place.
"There are too many of them!" Randy exclaimed, as Meramon tagged another. All of a sudden, they all began to attack.
"Dark Strike!" they all shouted, and blasted their attacks toward Meramon and Randy. Meramon grabbed Randy and jumped into the air. Below them, the attacks hit each other, and caused a huge explosion. Meramon landed, and jumped over a few blinded Darkrizamon. He let go of Randy when they landed. The Darkrizamon turned toward them, and fired on them.
"Fire Wall!" the attacks hit the wall, and were reflected back, at the attacking Darkrizamon. The Darkrizamon stopped attacking. The Fire Wall disappeared.
"Poison Spheres!" came from behind them. Randy ducked, but Meramon was hit from behind with six or seven blasts of energy. He fell to the ground for a second, but then got right back up.
"Weedmon!" Randy exclaimed. The Darkrizamon and Weedmon had now formed a circle around the two.
"There are too many of them!" Randy exclaimed. They all took a menacing step toward Meramon and Randy, and prepared to attack. Meramon and Randy exchanged a glance, and nodded.
"Flaming Armor Energize!" Randy yelled, and pointed his Digivice straight at Meramon.
"Meramon Element Digivolve to.... Tyremeramon!"
"Flaming Laser!" Tyremeramon yelled. Randy ducked as a bright red light radiated from Tyremeramon's body and hit all the Weedmon and Darkrizamon, knocking them out cold.
"Nice," Randy said, standing up.
"Now, shall we continue?" Tyremeramon said, and suddenly got an idea. He jumped, landed on a tree, and used it as a springboard, shooting himself high into the air. He looked around, and spotted something.
"That way," he said, landing, and they both took off into the woods.
Next Chapter: Nick and April are both attacked by powerful Ultimate Level Digimon when they land elsewhere in the huge Enchanted Forest. Will they be able to hold the powerful Digimon off, or will they be forced to surrender? And what about Wendy and Will?