Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Rick or Sacchi or their Digimon or any other Digimon I did not create…

Kei: She owns Keshi and me though.

Shaulamon: And us! And the Holy Dragon and SkullDesdemon and Furiamon and Mystmon…umph!!!

Kangamon: (with her paw over Shaulamon's mouth) Now for the story.

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*Word* - thoughts

Digimon: Legend of the Holy Dragon

Chapter 10

"Here we are! The valley!" Rick announced.

The valley was spectacular. It had steep sides with all sorts of wildflowers growing on them. At the bottom was a swift flowing river that disappeared into the forest. Further up the river was a magnificent waterfall with a rainbow arcing over it. Below the waterfall were raging rapids.

Takeshi's D-gadget beeped and produced a holographic map with a blue cross on it.

"Looks like the next DigiEgg is yours, Keshi." Kei said quietly, thinking of their conversation the night before. Takeshi nodded and headed into the valley.

After a while, they reached the bottom of the waterfall. The cross on the map lead right into it.

"What now?" Kei asked. Wordlessly, Takeshi pointed to a set of caves just beside the waterfall and led them in.

After lots of twists and turns in the wet caves, the group reached a large open-aired cavern. In the middle of the cavern was a large stalagmite with a flat top. On top of it was the Lunar DigiEgg.

It was a dark blue upright egg with a metal facemask in the front. The facemask was framed by silver 'flames' and had a circular symbol on it.

Takeshi walked towards it, Shaulamon at his side. He hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to touch it.

As his hand went closer, it started glowing with a blue light reminiscent of the colour of water. Shaulamon, too, started glowing.

Just then, Takeshi's hand made contact.

A wave of blue light washed out of the DigiEgg and splashed on the floor. A mini whirlpool of light formed on the floor. As the Digimon and DigiTamers watched, the middle of the whirlpool started to bubble and a Digimon rose out of it.

It was a deep blue vaguely humanoid Digimon. It stood on two legs and had two arms and a beaked head on a snake-like neck. It had a long tail which acted as a third leg. On its head and all its limbs were foot-long metal blades.

The Digimon stretched its muscular limbs and spoke in a hoarse, growling voice.

"I am Runemon. I have protected the Lunar DigiEgg for centuries. Finally, you have come, chosen owner of the DigiEgg. Do you accept the test to prove your worth?"

Takeshi thought for a moment before nodding. "Yes." He said.

Runemon nodded and attacked. It was surprisingly fast and agile despite its clumsy appearance.

In a split second, Takeshi pulled out three chips and slotted them.

"Chip Activate! Digivolve! Agility Increase! Attack Boost!"

_DIGIVOLUTION_

In a flash of green light, Shaulamon digivolved into Arachnimon. Snappng his claws, he attacked.

"Sting Strike!"

Arachnimon lunged at Runemon and snapped his tail forwards. As soon as he hit, he twisted away and attacked from another angle. In this wsy, he got four or five hits in before Runemon managed to attack successfully.

"Indigo Blades!"

Runemon dashed forward and slashed with blades on both arms. Arachnimon evaded it and slipped behind it. Unexpectedly—

Without turning around, Runemon swiped its tail and slashed with its tail blades. Arachnimon saw the attack just in time and jumped up above Runemon.

"Arachnimon! Look out!" Kangamon suddenly shouted.

A split second later, Runemon jumped up a little itself and slashed with its head and neck blades.

Arachnimon, being halfway in the air, could not do anything. Runemon's blades slashed and hit, leaving a gash in Arachnimon's underside.

Arachnimon fell on to the floor, curling up at the last minute to avoid landing on his wound. 

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As Arachnimon and Runemon fought,  two other Digimon appeared at the open rim of the cavern. One of them jumped down into the cavern.

It was a large spider with a humanoid head and six 'wiry' legs. It had a red body with small gold spikes across its back and a gold stinger.

"The Dark Lord has sent me to destroy you. Who would like to be killed first?" It cackled. Rick scanned it.

"Infermon. Virus type ultimate. Attacks: Network Grenade, Spider Shooter."

"Another ultimate?" Sacchi asked.

"What pathetic creatures humans are. You can't even defeat that weakling. Not even you, Vipermon."

The DigiTamers and Digimon looked up and saw the second Digimon standing up on the rim of the cavern. It was a large blue robot similar to the small robot they saw the other day.

"Have you come to destroy us too, Gearamon? Never thought you would serve under the Dark Lord." Vipermon hissed.

"I don't serve anyone! And yes, I have come to challenge you." Gearamon replied.

"All right," Kei said suddenly. "Kangamon and I will take the spider. You guys take care of the robot. Don't let anyone disrupt Keshi's battle." Without waiting for an answer, Kei headed off towards Infermon.

"But Kei! That's an ultimate!" Sacchi yelled. Kei turned slightly and gave a slight reassuring smile.

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Kei stepped in front of Infermon with Kangamon beside her.

"Can we fight outside? I won't allow anyone to disturb his battle."

"All the better. I prefer killing outside." Infermon cackled.

Kei smiled in thanks and jumped out assisted by Kangamon. Infermon followed with a cackle.

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Rick and Sacchi looked at Kei worriedly, then at each other. In unison, they exited the cavern with help from their Digimon.

Gearamon was waiting at the top. Seeing Vipermon with Rick, he smirked.

"Look at the cute little pet snake. You're pathetic, Vipermon!"

"Well, I would rather be pathetic than be you.Gearamon." Vipermon retorted.

"You asked for it, snake!" Gearamon growled and attacked.

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"Thank you." Kei said.

Infermon cackled and twitched its legs. Then, it attacked.

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Below, Takeshi was so focused on his battle that he was totally unaware of the newcomers. Arachnimon was sending wave after wave of Toxic Balls at Runemon. The purple orbs burst on Runemon, making it howl in pain.

"Arachnimon! Sting Strike now!" Takeshi yelled.

TBC…

Author's notes: Ok, that took a long time… Anyway, how was this chapter? This is the biggest battle that has happened yet! Three simultaneous battles! As I have to concentrate on all three at the same time, the battles might span up to three chapters.

Up next: What will happen next in their battles? Stay tuned to find out!