Here is chapter Twenty. Someone may be digivolving to Ultimate soon.
"So it's decided?" Brian says, "we're going to get the Crest Weapons."
"Since my Crest Weapon is so far from here, do you think we should split up?" James asks.
"Absolutely not," Jesse says, "there is better safety in numbers. Plus, I'm still responsible for the four of you. I'm not letting you guys out of my sight if I can help it."
"And what was that trip to what you and Heromon call the Dark Ocean?" Samantha demands.
"That was unavoidable," Gennai says, "he did what he had to do to keep you safe."
"By nearly getting himself killed?" Samantha asks skeptically.
"If it meant your safety, then I would readily sacrifice my life," Jesse says.
"How noble," Samantha says dryly, voice full of sarcasm.
"Please be nice sis," Daniel begs.
"We can go back the way we came and get Samantha's Crest Weapon first," Brian says.
"How did you get here?" Jesse asks.
"There is a tunnel that leads from Pixiemon's home to this place," Brian explains.
"This place is in the same desert that we went through to get to my home," Pixiemon says, "but it probably would be safer to got through the tunnel. That way we wouldn't be in the sun."
Jesse shivers.
"Whats wrong Jesse?" James asks.
"I'm somewhat claustrophobic," Jesse says.
"Don't worry," Daniel says, "the tunnel is really big. You won't feel closed in at all."
"Easy for you to say," Samantha says, smirking, "you're half his size. He might feel closed in in the tunnel."
"It's not funny," Jesse mumbles, "closed in spaces, heights, and spiders frighten me."
"Anything else?" Samantha says, trying not to laugh.
"Hamsters," Jesse mumbles, too low for anyone to hear or notice.
"Wait a minute, my Crest Weapon is supposed to be in a nearby Temple!" Daniel exclaims. Jesse looks at him.
"He's right," Brian says, "Seraphimon said that Daniel's Crest Weapon, the Crest Weapon of Faith, is in a nearby Temple."
"And I know where he was talking about," Gennai says. He goes to a nearby computer monitor and brings up a map n the screen.
"According to what Seraphimon said, these are the locations of the other 4 Crest weapons that you are to wield in battle," Gennai says. 4 blinking dots where on the screen. He enlarges the images around each one. One showed a quaint little village filled with pink balls with long ears. They looked even more ridiculous than Pixiemon.
"These are Koromon," Gennai explains, "In Training level Digimon. But within them contains the potential for a digivlution line that rivals even Seraphimon's. They are cute, but they are very brave. No wonder they guard the Crest weapon of Courage."
He pulls up another screen.
"Here is the offshore Oil Refinery," he says, "it houses the crest Weapon of Perseverence. The place has recently come under the watchful eye of a Mega Seadramon. He may be one of the minions that Gennai was talking about. His strength is too great for a previously unknown Ultimate level Digimon."
He pulls up a third screen.
"Here is the area where Samantha's Crest Weapon is supposed to be," he explains, "a Etemon has recently been sighted here. He is quite strong, but he cannot take out 5 Champions. Especially when one of those Champions is Warriormon. Not to mention the fact that Pixiemon will be with you."
He pulls up a fourth screen, It showed a humble temple. Jesse could tell just by looking at it that it radiated power.
"And here is the Temple where Daniel's Crest Weapon of Faith is supposed to be held," Gennai says, "it is guarded by one of the minion's of the Beast of Darkness. A Ultimate level Digimon by the name of SkullGreymon. He is mad and loves to fight."
Gennai pulls up an image of a dinosaur-looking creature that appeared to be nothing more than a skeleton. It has a rocket attached to its back.
"This is SkullGreymon," he says, "a possible digivolution of Koromon. He is an Ultimate level Digimon. He roams across the Digital World looking for fights. His strength is incredible, but 5 Champions plus Pixiemon should be able to handle him. But be careful of his Dark Shot attack. It's destructive force is almost without equal."
"I sure hope so," Jesse says, "lets pack some food and go."
As the group heads for the Temple, Brian notices that Jesse and Heromon's eyes were constantly darting everywhere. When they had stepped out of the hidden place and into the sunlight, they had shielded their eyes. Even now they were wincing as if in pain from the sunlight. He walks closer to them.
"Is there anything wrong, you two?" he asks softly so they wouldn't be overheard by the others.
"No," Jesse and Heromon say in one voice.
"You're lying," Brian says casually.
"Listen, we'll be okay," Jesse begins, "it's just that we just spent several days in a dimension that was totally devoid of light, yet we could still see. Then, when we do get back, we spend some time seeing under artificial light. We're still getting used to natural sunlight."
"I see," Brian says, nodding, "I hope you adjust soon. We'll more than likely need everyone at their fullest before this is all said and done."
Before long the Temple was in sight.
"Okay everyone, be careful," James warns, "SkullGreymon could be anywhere."
As if on cue, SkullGreymon appears, looming over them. The Skeleton Digimon laughs evilly before firing off his dark Shot attack.
The rocket on its back launches, flying high up into the air, only to come zooming in, zeroing in on their location.
"Hero Beam!" Heromon calls out, sending his attack to counter SkullGreymon's. The attack manages to equally counter SkullGreymon's Dark Shot.
"Everyone! Digivolve!" Brian calls out, grabbing ahold of his Digivice.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!" Tapirmon calls out.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdrmon!" Biyomon calls out.
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!" Eggmon calls out.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!" Heromon calls out.
The five Champion level Digimon attack SkullGreymon, shortly ahead of Pixiemon.
"Magical Game!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Burning Syndrome!"
"Metallic Fur!"
"Warrior Beam!"
"Pit Bomb!"
The six attacks collide with SkullGreymon's chest, legs, arms, and head. His left armw as severely damaged where Warriormon's Warrior Beam and Pixiemon's Pit Bomb had damaged him. The other four attacks only scratched him up a bit and did not do any worthwhile damage.
"Warrior Beam!" "Magical Game!" Warriormon and Wizardmon, standing side by side, launch their attacks at the same time. The two attack fuse on their way to SkullGreymon and hit him with enough force to move him back a bit.
"Meteor Wing!" The fireballs merely bounce off of SkullGreymon.
"Burning Syndrome!" The attacks just slides right over SkullGreymon. He reaches for Tamamon, but his claw is knocked out of the way by Apemon's Mega Bone Stick.
"Pit bomb!" The attack hits Pixiemon in the head, but it only knocks him aside a bit.
"He's too strong, we can't beat him," Samantha says.
"No, we can beat him," Daniel says, "we just have to believe and have faith in ourselves. After all, we did defeat Vilemon and really only Warriormon defeated him. Now all 5 of us are working together and Pixiemon is helping. There's no way we can lose."
"Daniel, you and I are going to go get your Crest Weapon while the others hold off SkullGreymon," Jesse says, "we can get your Crest Weapon and then make a tactical retreat."
"Okay," Daniel says, "it's best not to fight if we don't have to, huh?"
"It's always best to try and find ways to solve problems without fighting," Jesse says, a hint of sadness in his voice, "but thee are times when it is unavoidable." He begins heading for the Temple.
"Such as the Beast of Darkness?" Daniel asks as he follows Jesse quickly.
Jesse's eyes harden, suddenly devoid of all emotion. "If Dragomon is nothing compared to the Beast, then the Beast of Darkness has no right to exist," Jesse says, his voice matching the emotionless ness in his eyes."
Daniel shivers at the sound of Jesse's voice and the coldness in his eyes. But as soon as they appeared, the warmth in Jesse's eyes and voice returned.
As they reach the Temple, they find it to be guarded by a strange looking Digimon. He was mostly white, with four pointed throwing stars for hands and feet. He also had a huge four pointed throwing star on its back. It had glowing red eyes.
"I am Shurimon," the strange Digimon says, introducing itself, "I am an Armor Digimon of the Warrior class. My Double Stars attack will cut you down and destroy you."
Jesse draws his sword. "And I am Jesse Plunk, bearer of the Crest of Life and the wielder of the Crest Weapon of Honor," he says, pointing his sword at Shurimon, "I challenge you to a duel. You and me, one on one." Jesse turns his head to look at Daniel.
"When Shurimon and I start fighting, you run up those steps and find your Crest Weapon," he says, "I'll hold Shurimon off for as long as I can if I cannot beat him."
"You are nothing more than a mere human," Shurimon scoffs, "there's no way you can defeat me."
"Okay," Daniel says, nodding his head.
Jesse turns to face Shurimon. "I must warn you, I am a match for most Rookie and Champion level Digimon and even an ultimate or two," he says.
"I am an Armor level Digimon," Shurimon scoffs, "my power can range from that of a Champion to that of a Mega. I have the power of an Ultimate."
"Talk is cheap," Jesse says, before charging Shurimon.
"Double Stars!" Shurimon calls out, launching his hands at Jesse, who blocks the spinning blades with the Crest Weapon of Honor.
Daniel runs up the stairs.
Warriormon, Wizarmdon, Birdramon, Apemon, Tamamon, and Pixiemon were all taking a beating at the hands of SkullGreymon. They were able to fight him to a basic standstill, but they were beginning to run low on energy and he appearing to be full of it.
"Warrior Sword!" Warriormon calls out, slashing his charged sword at SkullGreymon. SkullGreymon bellows with pain as the attack connects.
"Pit Bomb!" "Magical Game!" The two attacks converge on the point where they had all been concentrating their attacks: SkullGreymon's spine. It was beginning to show some faint signs of stress. Unfortunately, neither Apemon or Warriormon were able to get close enough to do some close range damage.
Jesse had his hands totally full with Shurimon. Not only was he able to attack with his razor sharp "hands", but with his "feet" as well. Jesse had been unable to block all of Shurimon's attacks and he had a few cuts.
"Double Stars!" Shurimon calls out, launching the large star on his back at Jesse once again. Jesse skillfully blocks the attack, but is unable to block the strike by Shurimon's other "hand".
Jesse leaps at Shurimon, cutting into his cape, but misses scoring a critical hit.
"I must admit, you are good," Shurimon says, "it is a pity that you reject my master, the Beast of Darkness. You and I could spar every day like this, becoming more and more skilled and getting stronger and stronger if you would serve him."
"Never," Jesse says, panting. The battle was beginning to wear on him. 'Come on Daniel, hurry up,' he thinks.
Daniel was trying to hurry, but he had no idea how to open up the Temple. He had already tried throwing rocks at it, as well as kicking it. But nothing worked. Finally, he was about to go and help Jesse when the door opened.
Daniel peers inside, seeing a small dagger on a pedestal with a bright light shining on it. Daniel slowly walks up to the pedestal. When he gets to the pedestal, he sees that the dagger had the same symbol on it that made up the Crest of Faith: a small star like object over what appeared to be a ray (the crests of Hope and Light merged, duh) shining down.
Daniel carefully reaches for the dagger. The moment he touches it, both his crest and the dagger glow a metallic blue. Daniel carefully picks up the Crest Weapon of Faith. Skipping for joy, Daniel rushes out of the Temple and to where Jesse and Shurimon were fighting. When he gets there, he gasps in shock. Jesse was cut and bleeding from several places. He was one his knees, gasping for breath with Shurimon about to finish him off.
Doing the first thing that came to his mind, Daniel draws the Crest Weapon of Faith and throws it at Shurimon. He imbeds itself into his back. A metallic blue flash occurs and Shurimon disintegrates, the Crest Weapon of Faith dropping to the ground.
Daniel rushes over and picks up the Crest Weapon of Faith and returns it to its sheathe. He then turns to Jesse.
"Was that cool or what?" he asks.
"That was cool," Jesse says, "now lets go help the others." Jesse wipes as much blood off of him as he could. None of the cuts had been serious and only one or two were still bleeding. After he had cleaned himself up as best as he could, Jesse and Daniel run to where the others were battling SkullGreymon.
SkullGreymon was giving them a terrible pounding. Even Warriormon and Pixiemon were overwhelmed by his awesome might. And before long they would no longer be able to block his Dark Shot attacks.
"Hey guys, we got it!" Daniel calls out. The group turns to see Jesse and Daniel running towards them. They gasp to see Jesse severely cut up and bleeding in a few places.
"It's about time," Samantha says crossly, "we were beginning to wonder if something else got you."
"Something else did almost get Jesse," Daniel says, "but he distracted the bad Digimon long enough for me to go and find my Crest Weapon. I used it to destroy the bad Digimon." He proudly shows his big sister the crest Weapon of Faith.
"I doubt that puny little thing will be able to help us against SkullGreymon," Samantha says, turning her eyes back to the battle.
"It can, because I know it can," Daniel says, "like my Crest and Crest Weapon represent, we just gotta have Faith." The moment he utters those words, his Crest begins to glow a metallic blue.
Apemon, who had all but been knocked out of the battle, begins to get back to his feet.
"I feel strange," he says, "stronger. Much, much stronger. Now I know we can win!"
With that, he lets out war cry as a light shoots out of Daniel's Digivice, through his Crest, and into Apemon.
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!" Apemon calls out.
When the light fades, a giant wooly mammoth is standing where Apemon once stood.
"I am Mammothmon," the Digimon says, "I am the Ultimate form of Apemon. I am an Ancient Animal Digimon of great power. My Tusk Crusher is nothing to take lightly."
Mammothmon turns to face the giant SkullGreymon. "SkullGreymon, you don't stand a chance now!" Mammothmon yells, "Tusk Crusher!"
The tips of Mammothmon's horns shoot out and ram into SkullGreymon, hitting him in the stressed part and breaking him in half. But instead of disintegrating, SkullGreymon begins to glow and reforms into a pair of Digi Eggs. Gennai steps out from behind a tree.
"I am responsible for him reformatting into a Digi Egg this soon," he explains, "it appears we may be in need of this little guy. There are two of them because you broke him in half. The neither half will be totally complete until one of them Digivolves to the Mega level. The Digimon that comes into being that was made from his upper half will be strong and digivolve fast, but it will be almost out of control. The other will be sweet and caring, but it won't be too bright."
Gennai picks up the two Digi Eggs and disappears.
"Well, shall we go and see about finding Samantha's Crest Weapon?" Jesse asks with a smile.
"Sure, why not?" Brian says. All of the Digimon de-digivolve to their Rookie forms, even Wizardmon.
"That fight really took a lot out of me," Magimon admits, "but it was worth it to gain a possible ally in the future."
"You said it!" Mokumon says. Instead of de-digivolving to his Rookie level, he de-digivolved all of the way back to his In Training form.
"That fight and digivolving to Ultimate really took a lot out of me," he says sleepily.
Daniel picks his friend up. "I'll carry you until you Digivolve into Tapirmon again.
"Thanks buddy," Mokumon says before going to sleep.
"Actually, we all need a little rest," Jesse says, "why not rest here and eat? It'll probably be safer here to restore our strength than while traveling to an unknown place."
"I agree," Brian says, "think you're up to cooking again Jesse?"
"Just you watch me," Jesse says, scowling.
The group eats a fairly large meal, enough to feed 20 In Training Digimon.(and there are only 11 of them there, though one actually is an in Training Digimon.)
Well, what do you think? Both the Agumon that fights Parrotmon and Tai's Agumon came from that SkullGreymon. My opinion on why Agumon felt a bit of a familiarity when meeting Tai was through the link he has with his other half. If any of you think that I am going to have that Greymon return, then think again. I don't wanna deal with that. I just want to focus on my main story here. Hope you liked this chapter and please review!
"So it's decided?" Brian says, "we're going to get the Crest Weapons."
"Since my Crest Weapon is so far from here, do you think we should split up?" James asks.
"Absolutely not," Jesse says, "there is better safety in numbers. Plus, I'm still responsible for the four of you. I'm not letting you guys out of my sight if I can help it."
"And what was that trip to what you and Heromon call the Dark Ocean?" Samantha demands.
"That was unavoidable," Gennai says, "he did what he had to do to keep you safe."
"By nearly getting himself killed?" Samantha asks skeptically.
"If it meant your safety, then I would readily sacrifice my life," Jesse says.
"How noble," Samantha says dryly, voice full of sarcasm.
"Please be nice sis," Daniel begs.
"We can go back the way we came and get Samantha's Crest Weapon first," Brian says.
"How did you get here?" Jesse asks.
"There is a tunnel that leads from Pixiemon's home to this place," Brian explains.
"This place is in the same desert that we went through to get to my home," Pixiemon says, "but it probably would be safer to got through the tunnel. That way we wouldn't be in the sun."
Jesse shivers.
"Whats wrong Jesse?" James asks.
"I'm somewhat claustrophobic," Jesse says.
"Don't worry," Daniel says, "the tunnel is really big. You won't feel closed in at all."
"Easy for you to say," Samantha says, smirking, "you're half his size. He might feel closed in in the tunnel."
"It's not funny," Jesse mumbles, "closed in spaces, heights, and spiders frighten me."
"Anything else?" Samantha says, trying not to laugh.
"Hamsters," Jesse mumbles, too low for anyone to hear or notice.
"Wait a minute, my Crest Weapon is supposed to be in a nearby Temple!" Daniel exclaims. Jesse looks at him.
"He's right," Brian says, "Seraphimon said that Daniel's Crest Weapon, the Crest Weapon of Faith, is in a nearby Temple."
"And I know where he was talking about," Gennai says. He goes to a nearby computer monitor and brings up a map n the screen.
"According to what Seraphimon said, these are the locations of the other 4 Crest weapons that you are to wield in battle," Gennai says. 4 blinking dots where on the screen. He enlarges the images around each one. One showed a quaint little village filled with pink balls with long ears. They looked even more ridiculous than Pixiemon.
"These are Koromon," Gennai explains, "In Training level Digimon. But within them contains the potential for a digivlution line that rivals even Seraphimon's. They are cute, but they are very brave. No wonder they guard the Crest weapon of Courage."
He pulls up another screen.
"Here is the offshore Oil Refinery," he says, "it houses the crest Weapon of Perseverence. The place has recently come under the watchful eye of a Mega Seadramon. He may be one of the minions that Gennai was talking about. His strength is too great for a previously unknown Ultimate level Digimon."
He pulls up a third screen.
"Here is the area where Samantha's Crest Weapon is supposed to be," he explains, "a Etemon has recently been sighted here. He is quite strong, but he cannot take out 5 Champions. Especially when one of those Champions is Warriormon. Not to mention the fact that Pixiemon will be with you."
He pulls up a fourth screen, It showed a humble temple. Jesse could tell just by looking at it that it radiated power.
"And here is the Temple where Daniel's Crest Weapon of Faith is supposed to be held," Gennai says, "it is guarded by one of the minion's of the Beast of Darkness. A Ultimate level Digimon by the name of SkullGreymon. He is mad and loves to fight."
Gennai pulls up an image of a dinosaur-looking creature that appeared to be nothing more than a skeleton. It has a rocket attached to its back.
"This is SkullGreymon," he says, "a possible digivolution of Koromon. He is an Ultimate level Digimon. He roams across the Digital World looking for fights. His strength is incredible, but 5 Champions plus Pixiemon should be able to handle him. But be careful of his Dark Shot attack. It's destructive force is almost without equal."
"I sure hope so," Jesse says, "lets pack some food and go."
As the group heads for the Temple, Brian notices that Jesse and Heromon's eyes were constantly darting everywhere. When they had stepped out of the hidden place and into the sunlight, they had shielded their eyes. Even now they were wincing as if in pain from the sunlight. He walks closer to them.
"Is there anything wrong, you two?" he asks softly so they wouldn't be overheard by the others.
"No," Jesse and Heromon say in one voice.
"You're lying," Brian says casually.
"Listen, we'll be okay," Jesse begins, "it's just that we just spent several days in a dimension that was totally devoid of light, yet we could still see. Then, when we do get back, we spend some time seeing under artificial light. We're still getting used to natural sunlight."
"I see," Brian says, nodding, "I hope you adjust soon. We'll more than likely need everyone at their fullest before this is all said and done."
Before long the Temple was in sight.
"Okay everyone, be careful," James warns, "SkullGreymon could be anywhere."
As if on cue, SkullGreymon appears, looming over them. The Skeleton Digimon laughs evilly before firing off his dark Shot attack.
The rocket on its back launches, flying high up into the air, only to come zooming in, zeroing in on their location.
"Hero Beam!" Heromon calls out, sending his attack to counter SkullGreymon's. The attack manages to equally counter SkullGreymon's Dark Shot.
"Everyone! Digivolve!" Brian calls out, grabbing ahold of his Digivice.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!" Tapirmon calls out.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdrmon!" Biyomon calls out.
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!" Eggmon calls out.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!" Heromon calls out.
The five Champion level Digimon attack SkullGreymon, shortly ahead of Pixiemon.
"Magical Game!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Burning Syndrome!"
"Metallic Fur!"
"Warrior Beam!"
"Pit Bomb!"
The six attacks collide with SkullGreymon's chest, legs, arms, and head. His left armw as severely damaged where Warriormon's Warrior Beam and Pixiemon's Pit Bomb had damaged him. The other four attacks only scratched him up a bit and did not do any worthwhile damage.
"Warrior Beam!" "Magical Game!" Warriormon and Wizardmon, standing side by side, launch their attacks at the same time. The two attack fuse on their way to SkullGreymon and hit him with enough force to move him back a bit.
"Meteor Wing!" The fireballs merely bounce off of SkullGreymon.
"Burning Syndrome!" The attacks just slides right over SkullGreymon. He reaches for Tamamon, but his claw is knocked out of the way by Apemon's Mega Bone Stick.
"Pit bomb!" The attack hits Pixiemon in the head, but it only knocks him aside a bit.
"He's too strong, we can't beat him," Samantha says.
"No, we can beat him," Daniel says, "we just have to believe and have faith in ourselves. After all, we did defeat Vilemon and really only Warriormon defeated him. Now all 5 of us are working together and Pixiemon is helping. There's no way we can lose."
"Daniel, you and I are going to go get your Crest Weapon while the others hold off SkullGreymon," Jesse says, "we can get your Crest Weapon and then make a tactical retreat."
"Okay," Daniel says, "it's best not to fight if we don't have to, huh?"
"It's always best to try and find ways to solve problems without fighting," Jesse says, a hint of sadness in his voice, "but thee are times when it is unavoidable." He begins heading for the Temple.
"Such as the Beast of Darkness?" Daniel asks as he follows Jesse quickly.
Jesse's eyes harden, suddenly devoid of all emotion. "If Dragomon is nothing compared to the Beast, then the Beast of Darkness has no right to exist," Jesse says, his voice matching the emotionless ness in his eyes."
Daniel shivers at the sound of Jesse's voice and the coldness in his eyes. But as soon as they appeared, the warmth in Jesse's eyes and voice returned.
As they reach the Temple, they find it to be guarded by a strange looking Digimon. He was mostly white, with four pointed throwing stars for hands and feet. He also had a huge four pointed throwing star on its back. It had glowing red eyes.
"I am Shurimon," the strange Digimon says, introducing itself, "I am an Armor Digimon of the Warrior class. My Double Stars attack will cut you down and destroy you."
Jesse draws his sword. "And I am Jesse Plunk, bearer of the Crest of Life and the wielder of the Crest Weapon of Honor," he says, pointing his sword at Shurimon, "I challenge you to a duel. You and me, one on one." Jesse turns his head to look at Daniel.
"When Shurimon and I start fighting, you run up those steps and find your Crest Weapon," he says, "I'll hold Shurimon off for as long as I can if I cannot beat him."
"You are nothing more than a mere human," Shurimon scoffs, "there's no way you can defeat me."
"Okay," Daniel says, nodding his head.
Jesse turns to face Shurimon. "I must warn you, I am a match for most Rookie and Champion level Digimon and even an ultimate or two," he says.
"I am an Armor level Digimon," Shurimon scoffs, "my power can range from that of a Champion to that of a Mega. I have the power of an Ultimate."
"Talk is cheap," Jesse says, before charging Shurimon.
"Double Stars!" Shurimon calls out, launching his hands at Jesse, who blocks the spinning blades with the Crest Weapon of Honor.
Daniel runs up the stairs.
Warriormon, Wizarmdon, Birdramon, Apemon, Tamamon, and Pixiemon were all taking a beating at the hands of SkullGreymon. They were able to fight him to a basic standstill, but they were beginning to run low on energy and he appearing to be full of it.
"Warrior Sword!" Warriormon calls out, slashing his charged sword at SkullGreymon. SkullGreymon bellows with pain as the attack connects.
"Pit Bomb!" "Magical Game!" The two attacks converge on the point where they had all been concentrating their attacks: SkullGreymon's spine. It was beginning to show some faint signs of stress. Unfortunately, neither Apemon or Warriormon were able to get close enough to do some close range damage.
Jesse had his hands totally full with Shurimon. Not only was he able to attack with his razor sharp "hands", but with his "feet" as well. Jesse had been unable to block all of Shurimon's attacks and he had a few cuts.
"Double Stars!" Shurimon calls out, launching the large star on his back at Jesse once again. Jesse skillfully blocks the attack, but is unable to block the strike by Shurimon's other "hand".
Jesse leaps at Shurimon, cutting into his cape, but misses scoring a critical hit.
"I must admit, you are good," Shurimon says, "it is a pity that you reject my master, the Beast of Darkness. You and I could spar every day like this, becoming more and more skilled and getting stronger and stronger if you would serve him."
"Never," Jesse says, panting. The battle was beginning to wear on him. 'Come on Daniel, hurry up,' he thinks.
Daniel was trying to hurry, but he had no idea how to open up the Temple. He had already tried throwing rocks at it, as well as kicking it. But nothing worked. Finally, he was about to go and help Jesse when the door opened.
Daniel peers inside, seeing a small dagger on a pedestal with a bright light shining on it. Daniel slowly walks up to the pedestal. When he gets to the pedestal, he sees that the dagger had the same symbol on it that made up the Crest of Faith: a small star like object over what appeared to be a ray (the crests of Hope and Light merged, duh) shining down.
Daniel carefully reaches for the dagger. The moment he touches it, both his crest and the dagger glow a metallic blue. Daniel carefully picks up the Crest Weapon of Faith. Skipping for joy, Daniel rushes out of the Temple and to where Jesse and Shurimon were fighting. When he gets there, he gasps in shock. Jesse was cut and bleeding from several places. He was one his knees, gasping for breath with Shurimon about to finish him off.
Doing the first thing that came to his mind, Daniel draws the Crest Weapon of Faith and throws it at Shurimon. He imbeds itself into his back. A metallic blue flash occurs and Shurimon disintegrates, the Crest Weapon of Faith dropping to the ground.
Daniel rushes over and picks up the Crest Weapon of Faith and returns it to its sheathe. He then turns to Jesse.
"Was that cool or what?" he asks.
"That was cool," Jesse says, "now lets go help the others." Jesse wipes as much blood off of him as he could. None of the cuts had been serious and only one or two were still bleeding. After he had cleaned himself up as best as he could, Jesse and Daniel run to where the others were battling SkullGreymon.
SkullGreymon was giving them a terrible pounding. Even Warriormon and Pixiemon were overwhelmed by his awesome might. And before long they would no longer be able to block his Dark Shot attacks.
"Hey guys, we got it!" Daniel calls out. The group turns to see Jesse and Daniel running towards them. They gasp to see Jesse severely cut up and bleeding in a few places.
"It's about time," Samantha says crossly, "we were beginning to wonder if something else got you."
"Something else did almost get Jesse," Daniel says, "but he distracted the bad Digimon long enough for me to go and find my Crest Weapon. I used it to destroy the bad Digimon." He proudly shows his big sister the crest Weapon of Faith.
"I doubt that puny little thing will be able to help us against SkullGreymon," Samantha says, turning her eyes back to the battle.
"It can, because I know it can," Daniel says, "like my Crest and Crest Weapon represent, we just gotta have Faith." The moment he utters those words, his Crest begins to glow a metallic blue.
Apemon, who had all but been knocked out of the battle, begins to get back to his feet.
"I feel strange," he says, "stronger. Much, much stronger. Now I know we can win!"
With that, he lets out war cry as a light shoots out of Daniel's Digivice, through his Crest, and into Apemon.
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!" Apemon calls out.
When the light fades, a giant wooly mammoth is standing where Apemon once stood.
"I am Mammothmon," the Digimon says, "I am the Ultimate form of Apemon. I am an Ancient Animal Digimon of great power. My Tusk Crusher is nothing to take lightly."
Mammothmon turns to face the giant SkullGreymon. "SkullGreymon, you don't stand a chance now!" Mammothmon yells, "Tusk Crusher!"
The tips of Mammothmon's horns shoot out and ram into SkullGreymon, hitting him in the stressed part and breaking him in half. But instead of disintegrating, SkullGreymon begins to glow and reforms into a pair of Digi Eggs. Gennai steps out from behind a tree.
"I am responsible for him reformatting into a Digi Egg this soon," he explains, "it appears we may be in need of this little guy. There are two of them because you broke him in half. The neither half will be totally complete until one of them Digivolves to the Mega level. The Digimon that comes into being that was made from his upper half will be strong and digivolve fast, but it will be almost out of control. The other will be sweet and caring, but it won't be too bright."
Gennai picks up the two Digi Eggs and disappears.
"Well, shall we go and see about finding Samantha's Crest Weapon?" Jesse asks with a smile.
"Sure, why not?" Brian says. All of the Digimon de-digivolve to their Rookie forms, even Wizardmon.
"That fight really took a lot out of me," Magimon admits, "but it was worth it to gain a possible ally in the future."
"You said it!" Mokumon says. Instead of de-digivolving to his Rookie level, he de-digivolved all of the way back to his In Training form.
"That fight and digivolving to Ultimate really took a lot out of me," he says sleepily.
Daniel picks his friend up. "I'll carry you until you Digivolve into Tapirmon again.
"Thanks buddy," Mokumon says before going to sleep.
"Actually, we all need a little rest," Jesse says, "why not rest here and eat? It'll probably be safer here to restore our strength than while traveling to an unknown place."
"I agree," Brian says, "think you're up to cooking again Jesse?"
"Just you watch me," Jesse says, scowling.
The group eats a fairly large meal, enough to feed 20 In Training Digimon.(and there are only 11 of them there, though one actually is an in Training Digimon.)
Well, what do you think? Both the Agumon that fights Parrotmon and Tai's Agumon came from that SkullGreymon. My opinion on why Agumon felt a bit of a familiarity when meeting Tai was through the link he has with his other half. If any of you think that I am going to have that Greymon return, then think again. I don't wanna deal with that. I just want to focus on my main story here. Hope you liked this chapter and please review!