Chapter seven's been leavened.
I was truly fearful. The last time I went head-to-head with a champion was two and a half years ago, when Kaz disappeared. I tried to climb higher up the tree, but I bumped into Kei. I forgot - I was a champion, too!
"Allow me to field this match, then. .. I am, after all, a master fighter," I bragged.
"Yeah, a master fighter, just like Link, with his pansy outfits and swords of which he would be unable to succeed without. Wimp," Ebizo retorted.
"Ebizo, now would not be a good time to make the strongest one here mad. .." A nearly transparent beetle next to him urged with a scared voice, as though he was afraid of rejection.
"Aw, c'mon, no biggee. He's over THERE, on THAT branch. WE'RE over HERE, on THIS branch. Clumsy oaf couldn't get over here if he tried!" Ebizo laughed.
"Hey, quiet, fatso! I could take you on, anytime, anywhere!" I challenged.
"I'd like to see you try, you stupid ba-" His witty repartee was cut short when he stood up. He forgot that he was in a tree and fell to the ground. Right in front of the Meramon. RubyTentomon was following closely behind.
"Ha, ha. Serves him right," I taunted victoriously.
"Ubeekimon, this isn't good," Kei disciplined, knocking me on the head.
"Kei, my name's GlaciVulpemon," I mimicked, knocking Kei on the head.
"Grr. .." Kei growled as he bashed me across my skull.
"Grr. .." Once again I mimicked as I mashed the side of his face in.
"Guys, shut up! Ebizo needs help down there!" Mayuko, who apparently wasn't a vampire after all, ordered.
"Weren't you a vampire?" Kei wondered.
"I was? Oh yeah. .." She trailed off.
At that point, I de-digivolved back to Ubeekimon. Maybe it was because I ran out of energy during the teleportation, maybe I was calming down, or maybe my brain would have exploded with all of that confusingness, who knows? I just knew that I was pretty -taco- mad at shrinking.
"Okay, you guys won't help, I guess I've got to help 'im. I can't believe I'm actually on your side here," Zenko complained, starting onto the battlefield, but losing his nerve upon sight of the distance from the ground. Ebizo had landed much lower in the underbrush, possibly due to his weight. Samurmon leapt helplessly to the side as well. Ebizo had landed much lower in the underbrush, possibly due to his weight
"I guess it's all up to them now. .." Triggamon whispered ominously.
Rubytentomon, gathering up all his strength and courage, attacked, "Crystal Wave!" as a beam of hydrogen and oxygen centered through Meramon's chest.
"Heheh. .. A nice bath of lightning before I FINISH YOU OFF! BURNING FLAME!!!" He attacked, causing Ebizo's jacket to catch fire.
"YIYIYIYIYI!!! IT BURNS!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!" Ebizo screamed, apparently unaware of the elementary flame law to stop, drop, and roll.
"I didn't mean to hit you, I was aiming for your partner. .." Meramon admitted, and then continued, "BURNING FLAME!!!"
"Not again!" RubyTentomon yelled, flying into its path and blocking the attack with super-thick, metallic, forearm guards. I could see singe marks, though. ..
"Yaaaay! You can do it, RubyTentomon! I won't even have to physically exert myself and get tired!" Ebizo jubilantly exclaimed!
Of course, that sureness of victory only made the Meramon more intent on fighting.
"Fireball!" He yelled, summoning a huge flaming ball of flames. It was flamey, and knocked RubyTentomon to the ground on impact.
"Aw, -taco-! RubyTentomon, get up! This sports jacket wasn't cheap!" Ebizo urged, ever protective over his twenty-dollar "Mets" jacket.
"Urgh. .. I'm sorry. .. sir. .." RubyTentomon whispered as it crumpled to the ground, twitching. I never realized how powerful fireballs were.
"Heheh. .. Now. .. Maybe the next challenger could prove to be my match. Or at least take more than three minutes to beat. Whichever comes first," The Meramon offered, willing to compromise.
That said he burned the branch we were standing on, causing us to fall to the ground with much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I began stepping out, when Kei pulled me back.
"You idiot, you CAN'T hurt him! All your attacks will melt before they get near him!" Kei lectured, obviously unaware that I had been volunteering Triggamon.
"I'll go. I've got to help my friend. Zenko?" Samurmon valiantly proposed.
"Sure. Flamingsword.exe, activate!" Zenko yelled, holding up his watch to Samurmon's now fiery blade.
"Bushido Dance!" Samurmon attacked, with many a swift motion, jump, and slash at Meramon.
"Ha! You think that can harm me? Pathetic," Meramon began, "FIREBALL!!" Focusing this time, he unleashed a humongous flame and crashed Samurmon into a tree.
"What did I say about challenges?" Meramon taunted, "I doubt any of you can win!"
"Don't be so sure! Bubble crash!" RubyTentomon, who had regained consciousness, attacked, send a giant bubble down to pop and lightly splatter Meramon with. .. Water.
"Ha! You might as well give me little turkeys for dinner, or temporarily invert the world's palette of colors!" Meramon bragged.
"That sounds strangely familiar. .." I wondered. If you don't remember, re-read chapter 4.
"Crystal Wave!" RubyTentomon attacked, with a bit more success than his previous attempt.
Meramon, having a brilliant idea that I would have tried earlier had I not been watching the fight, powered up a Burning Flame and launched it not at RubyTentomon, but at a tree. The tree, shocked by the blast, began falling on top of RubyTentomon and Ebizo.
RubyTentomon had no time to think, rather, he digivolved. Spectacularly, too. His head grew first, gaining a forked horn. Wings came next, nearly tripling in size. Then, his limbs thickened to the rough size of tree trunks. All that was very out of place, considering his upper body size. It exploded into a buff chest, like new porcupine on the block. All the wilderness, with the ruggedness. And the use of lyrics from Marlon Saunders's song.
He stood a good eight feet tall, and, with a deft movement, grabbed the tree. He took it and bashed Meramon's ugly face in. Calmly waving to him, the newly made CrystalKabuterimon created a wave of high-quality H2O and doused Meramon's very data. It dissolved and floated away.
The next part is what I complain about: the cheering. After CrystalKabuterimon de-digivolved, which was very soon, the humans and Triggamon lifted RubyTentomon of the ground, singing about how jolly good he was. Well, Zenko was trying to revive Samurmon, but oh well. Why couldn't I have been cheered for? I saved them from a vampire! Jeez, humans.
Then, a bone chilling reunion from an unseen acquaintance: "So, I see you've got some power. Maybe it would be interesting to destroy you. .." It was Toni! She finally got through the many vines and braches previously separating us, and was ready to bite, when, from her watch, a voice was heard. She was a Hunter too!
"Toni! Warp us in! I command you!" It said. "Partners. .." she muttered, as she beamed up to the real world.
"Well, how's that for Deus Ex Machina?" A newly awakened Samurmon asked, rejoining the group.
"Heh. Listen, I got some errands to run in a nearby city. I'm sure all you digimon have heard of Music City, right? Could we go there?" I asked, hoping democracy would work best when I was the smallest.
What were those errands? To find my REAL partner, of course! If he weren't there, there'd be a hint as to his location. Or the new Ted Poley release. Whichever came first.
I was truly fearful. The last time I went head-to-head with a champion was two and a half years ago, when Kaz disappeared. I tried to climb higher up the tree, but I bumped into Kei. I forgot - I was a champion, too!
"Allow me to field this match, then. .. I am, after all, a master fighter," I bragged.
"Yeah, a master fighter, just like Link, with his pansy outfits and swords of which he would be unable to succeed without. Wimp," Ebizo retorted.
"Ebizo, now would not be a good time to make the strongest one here mad. .." A nearly transparent beetle next to him urged with a scared voice, as though he was afraid of rejection.
"Aw, c'mon, no biggee. He's over THERE, on THAT branch. WE'RE over HERE, on THIS branch. Clumsy oaf couldn't get over here if he tried!" Ebizo laughed.
"Hey, quiet, fatso! I could take you on, anytime, anywhere!" I challenged.
"I'd like to see you try, you stupid ba-" His witty repartee was cut short when he stood up. He forgot that he was in a tree and fell to the ground. Right in front of the Meramon. RubyTentomon was following closely behind.
"Ha, ha. Serves him right," I taunted victoriously.
"Ubeekimon, this isn't good," Kei disciplined, knocking me on the head.
"Kei, my name's GlaciVulpemon," I mimicked, knocking Kei on the head.
"Grr. .." Kei growled as he bashed me across my skull.
"Grr. .." Once again I mimicked as I mashed the side of his face in.
"Guys, shut up! Ebizo needs help down there!" Mayuko, who apparently wasn't a vampire after all, ordered.
"Weren't you a vampire?" Kei wondered.
"I was? Oh yeah. .." She trailed off.
At that point, I de-digivolved back to Ubeekimon. Maybe it was because I ran out of energy during the teleportation, maybe I was calming down, or maybe my brain would have exploded with all of that confusingness, who knows? I just knew that I was pretty -taco- mad at shrinking.
"Okay, you guys won't help, I guess I've got to help 'im. I can't believe I'm actually on your side here," Zenko complained, starting onto the battlefield, but losing his nerve upon sight of the distance from the ground. Ebizo had landed much lower in the underbrush, possibly due to his weight. Samurmon leapt helplessly to the side as well. Ebizo had landed much lower in the underbrush, possibly due to his weight
"I guess it's all up to them now. .." Triggamon whispered ominously.
Rubytentomon, gathering up all his strength and courage, attacked, "Crystal Wave!" as a beam of hydrogen and oxygen centered through Meramon's chest.
"Heheh. .. A nice bath of lightning before I FINISH YOU OFF! BURNING FLAME!!!" He attacked, causing Ebizo's jacket to catch fire.
"YIYIYIYIYI!!! IT BURNS!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!" Ebizo screamed, apparently unaware of the elementary flame law to stop, drop, and roll.
"I didn't mean to hit you, I was aiming for your partner. .." Meramon admitted, and then continued, "BURNING FLAME!!!"
"Not again!" RubyTentomon yelled, flying into its path and blocking the attack with super-thick, metallic, forearm guards. I could see singe marks, though. ..
"Yaaaay! You can do it, RubyTentomon! I won't even have to physically exert myself and get tired!" Ebizo jubilantly exclaimed!
Of course, that sureness of victory only made the Meramon more intent on fighting.
"Fireball!" He yelled, summoning a huge flaming ball of flames. It was flamey, and knocked RubyTentomon to the ground on impact.
"Aw, -taco-! RubyTentomon, get up! This sports jacket wasn't cheap!" Ebizo urged, ever protective over his twenty-dollar "Mets" jacket.
"Urgh. .. I'm sorry. .. sir. .." RubyTentomon whispered as it crumpled to the ground, twitching. I never realized how powerful fireballs were.
"Heheh. .. Now. .. Maybe the next challenger could prove to be my match. Or at least take more than three minutes to beat. Whichever comes first," The Meramon offered, willing to compromise.
That said he burned the branch we were standing on, causing us to fall to the ground with much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I began stepping out, when Kei pulled me back.
"You idiot, you CAN'T hurt him! All your attacks will melt before they get near him!" Kei lectured, obviously unaware that I had been volunteering Triggamon.
"I'll go. I've got to help my friend. Zenko?" Samurmon valiantly proposed.
"Sure. Flamingsword.exe, activate!" Zenko yelled, holding up his watch to Samurmon's now fiery blade.
"Bushido Dance!" Samurmon attacked, with many a swift motion, jump, and slash at Meramon.
"Ha! You think that can harm me? Pathetic," Meramon began, "FIREBALL!!" Focusing this time, he unleashed a humongous flame and crashed Samurmon into a tree.
"What did I say about challenges?" Meramon taunted, "I doubt any of you can win!"
"Don't be so sure! Bubble crash!" RubyTentomon, who had regained consciousness, attacked, send a giant bubble down to pop and lightly splatter Meramon with. .. Water.
"Ha! You might as well give me little turkeys for dinner, or temporarily invert the world's palette of colors!" Meramon bragged.
"That sounds strangely familiar. .." I wondered. If you don't remember, re-read chapter 4.
"Crystal Wave!" RubyTentomon attacked, with a bit more success than his previous attempt.
Meramon, having a brilliant idea that I would have tried earlier had I not been watching the fight, powered up a Burning Flame and launched it not at RubyTentomon, but at a tree. The tree, shocked by the blast, began falling on top of RubyTentomon and Ebizo.
RubyTentomon had no time to think, rather, he digivolved. Spectacularly, too. His head grew first, gaining a forked horn. Wings came next, nearly tripling in size. Then, his limbs thickened to the rough size of tree trunks. All that was very out of place, considering his upper body size. It exploded into a buff chest, like new porcupine on the block. All the wilderness, with the ruggedness. And the use of lyrics from Marlon Saunders's song.
He stood a good eight feet tall, and, with a deft movement, grabbed the tree. He took it and bashed Meramon's ugly face in. Calmly waving to him, the newly made CrystalKabuterimon created a wave of high-quality H2O and doused Meramon's very data. It dissolved and floated away.
The next part is what I complain about: the cheering. After CrystalKabuterimon de-digivolved, which was very soon, the humans and Triggamon lifted RubyTentomon of the ground, singing about how jolly good he was. Well, Zenko was trying to revive Samurmon, but oh well. Why couldn't I have been cheered for? I saved them from a vampire! Jeez, humans.
Then, a bone chilling reunion from an unseen acquaintance: "So, I see you've got some power. Maybe it would be interesting to destroy you. .." It was Toni! She finally got through the many vines and braches previously separating us, and was ready to bite, when, from her watch, a voice was heard. She was a Hunter too!
"Toni! Warp us in! I command you!" It said. "Partners. .." she muttered, as she beamed up to the real world.
"Well, how's that for Deus Ex Machina?" A newly awakened Samurmon asked, rejoining the group.
"Heh. Listen, I got some errands to run in a nearby city. I'm sure all you digimon have heard of Music City, right? Could we go there?" I asked, hoping democracy would work best when I was the smallest.
What were those errands? To find my REAL partner, of course! If he weren't there, there'd be a hint as to his location. Or the new Ted Poley release. Whichever came first.
