FROM THE DEPTHS
Part 13: The Teeny-Destined
"Come
here, Minotaurmon!" Armaggedamon commanded, who was sitting on
his throne. The Digimon standing in the dark hallway quickly moved
out of the way of the huge bull-type Digimon as he walked towards
Armaggedamon's throne.
"You wish to speak to me, Armaggedamon?" Minotaurmon asked as he knelt down and bowed to Armaggedamon.
"Despite the valiant effort by the Mamemon Brothers to separate the Digi-Destined, those bothersome children are starting to find each other," Armaggedamon muttered angrily. "Cloakmon recently reported to me that six of the children are back together, including that pesky girl with the Digi-Sight!"
"You mean the one described in the prophecy? The one who will defeat Houdinimon?" Minotaurmon asked curiously.
"Unfortunately, yes," Armaggedamon reluctantly revealed. The other Digimon in the room gasped loudly out of shock when they heard this unexpected news. "Fortunately, according to Cloakmon, this girl isn't aware of the prophecy at all. This will give us the opportunity to finish her off before she gets the chance to take out my most valued servant."
"What do you want me to do for you, Armaggedamon?" Minotaurmon asked.
"According to my sources, two of the Digi-Destined will soon reunite with each other: the girl with the Biyomon and the boy with the Nanmimon," Armaggedamon explained. "I want you to capture them for me, Minotaurmon, and put all four of them under glass."
"Not to offend you, Armaggedamon, but that sounds impossible," Minotaurmon hesitantly pointed out. "The Digi-Destined and their Digimon are not small enough to fit under glass."
"They will be when you use this," Armaggedamon explained as he tossed a small black pouch to Minotaurmon. The Digimon caught the pouch in his large paw and opened it up, pulling out a pair of long crystals. One crystal was pale yellow in color, while the other crystal was tinted aqua blue.
"What are these for, Armaggedamon?" Minotaurmon asked curiously.
"Those rare crystals have special powers," Armaggedamon explained. "The yellow crystal has the power to shrink anything, and the blue crystal can reverse the effects of the yellow crystal, but that only happens when the rays of the sun are reflected through them."
"But what about the other Digi-Destined, Armaggedamon?" Minotaurmon asked.
"There is no need to worry about them, Minotaurmon. Cloakmon is still watching the six Digi-Destined that have already gotten back together, and I have several of my hench-mon searching for the other children as we speak," Armaggedamon explained.
Minotaurmon looked at the crystals in his paw before he put them back in the black pouch. "I will not let you down, Armaggedamon!" Minotaurmon vowed as he attached the pouch to his belt.
"You better not fail me, Minotaurmon, or you'll be spending some time in the dungeon!" Armaggedamon reminded Minotaurmon…
"Have you picked up anything on your digivice yet, Sora?" Birdramon asked her human partner. The bird-type Digimon was flying over a seemingly endless forest. Sora was riding on one of Birdramon's clawed feet, staring intensely at her digivice for any sign of her friends.
"Nothing yet, Birdramon," Sora reluctantly admitted with a frustrated sigh. "There's got to be someone nearby. I could have sworn I saw another bubble pass us a few days ago." She gasped slightly when a red dot suddenly appeared on the digivice.
"Birdramon, I found someone!" Sora exclaimed happily.
"That's great, Sora. Which way?" Birdramon asked curiously.
"That way!" Sora shouted, pointing straight ahead…
Not too far away from where Sora and Birdramon were, Yuuchi and Nanmimon were walking along a dirt path in the forest.
"It's so quiet out here, Nanmimon. I don't like it," Yuuchi muttered out loud. Nanmimon grinned at his partner and shook his head.
"I feel sorry for whoever we meet first. You'll probably talk their head off!" Nanmimon joked teasingly.
"Knock it off, Nanmimon!" Yuuchi muttered through clenched teeth as he glared down at the pony-type Digimon. Just then, the two friends were suddenly blanketed in a dark shadow.
"What is this, an eclipse?" Yuuchi asked curiously as he looked up.
"I'm not sure, Yuuchi. What's an eclipse?" Nanmimon asked curiously.
Yuuchi and Nanmimon watched the dark figure as it flew high above them.
"Hey! That's not an eclipse! It looks more like a Digimon!" Yuuchi realized.
"That's not just any Digimon, Yuuchi. It looks like Birdramon," Nanmimon pointed out.
"It is Birdramon! And there's Sora! Hey, guys, down here!" Yuuchi shouted as he ran after Birdramon, frantically waving his arms to get their attention.
"Over here, Sora! Birdramon!" Nanmimon shouted.
"Look, Birdramon! It's Yuuchi and Nanmimon!" Sora shouted, recognizing the blonde-haired, green-eyed boy and his pony-type Digimon running after them.
"Hold on, Sora!" Birdramon instructed as she started to descend into the forest.
Yuuchi and Nanmimon stopped running and watched as Birdramon circled around a clearing not too far away from them and landed on the bare ground. After Sora climbed off of her foot, Birdramon de-digivolved back to Biyomon.
"I knew there had to be someone down here," Sora boasted proudly as she watched Yuuchi and Nanmimon walk over to her and Biyomon.
"That was so close! I thought you guys wouldn't hear us. I am so glad to see you again, Sora!" Yuuchi openly confessed with a relieved grin on his face.
"I'll warn you now, Sora, he'll probably talk your head off!" Nanmimon warned Sora with a small smirk.
"Nanmimon..." Yuuchi warned Nanmimon as he glared at him once again.
Sora giggled a little bit at the two boys' antics. "Well, I guess you guys haven't found anyone, have you?"
Yuuchi shook his head no in response. "Nope, sorry. You're the first one I've seen since we got separated by those Mamemon Brothers. What about you, Sora? Have you seen anyone?"
"No, we haven't seen anyone else either, Yuuchi," Biyomon replied as Sora shook her head no.
Yuuchi frowned a bit out of disappointment. "What should we do next? We should probably find the others first, huh?"
Sora nodded her head in approval. "That's a good idea, Yuuchi. But where do we start looking?"
"Sorry to disappoint you, but you'll never get the chance to find your friends!" a deep voice boasted from somewhere in the forest, followed by a sinister chuckle. Sora, Yuuchi, Biyomon, and Nanmimon were startled to hear the strange voice.
"W-Who was that?" Nanmimon asked nervously.
"I don't know, Nanmimon, but I doubt it's someone we know!" Yuuchi remarked.
"Maybe you don't know me, but I'm sure some of your friends would recognize me!" the deep voice announced. Sora, Biyomon, Yuuchi, and Nanmimon gasped when they saw the tall bull-type Digimon heading towards them.
"Uh-oh! It's Minotaurmon!" Biyomon gasped.
"That's the same Digimon that Matt and Marisa ran into underground when we first arrived at Server!" Sora realized.
"Congratulations! Here's your prize!" Minotaurmon retorted sarcastically as he reached for the black pouch attached to his belt.
"Come on, Nanmimon! We gotta stop him!" Biyomon announced.
"I'm right behind you, Biyomon!" Nanmimon shouted as he and Biyomon charged towards Minotaurmon.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted.
"Psybeam!" Nanmimon shouted. The two attacks struck Minotaurmon in the stomach, pushing him back a few feet.
"That was pathetic! I'll show you a real attack! Blind Rage!" Minotaurmon shouted as he quickly pulled out his ax and swung it at the Digimon, creating a boomerang of yellow energy. Biyomon and Nanmimon screamed out of pain as the boomerang of yellow energy struck them both simultaneously, sending them sailing further into the forest.
"Biyomon, no!" Sora shouted.
"Nanmimon!" Yuuchi shouted.
"Now, to take care of you two," Minotaurmon muttered out loud as he removed the yellow crystal from the black pouch and held it high above his head. The sunlight shone through the crystal, forming a beam of white light.
Yuuchi turned around and gasped when he saw the strange white light. "Sora, look out!" Before the two kids could even move, the white light suddenly engulfed both of them.
"I feel kinda weird," Sora mumbled weakly as she held her head in her hand.
"Yeah, me, too," Yuuchi muttered out loud as he looked around at Minotaurmon and the surrounding forest through squinted eyes. "Everything's...growing? Totally freaky!"
"Umm, Yuuchi, I think you got it backwards!" Sora stuttered out of shock.
Yuuchi looked around once again, his green eyes widening out of surprise when he realized what was really happening to him and Sora. "Oh, no! We're shrinking!"
Sora and Yuuchi watched helplessly as they quickly shrunk down to the point where even the grass was taller than them. The two Digi-Destined kids soon stopped shrinking, now barely an inch tall.
"I can't believe this is happening! How did Minotaurmon do this to us?" Sora asked in a high-pitched voice.
"I'll bet it had something to do with that weird crystal he had, Sora," Yuuchi muttered thoughtfully, whose voice had also become high-pitched from the shrinking process. Suddenly, the two kids were knocked down to the ground by what felt like a powerful wind.
"What was that?" Sora asked as she and Yuuchi slowly lifted their heads. The two Digi-Destined kids saw an enormous pink bird and a peach-colored pony towering over them.
"It's Biyomon and Nanmimon!" Yuuchi exclaimed.
"BIYOMON! DOWN HERE!" Sora shouted at the top of her lungs while frantically waving her arms in the air. To her surprise, Biyomon didn't respond to her at all.
"I don't think this is gonna work, Sora. We're too small for them to hear us," Yuuchi reluctantly admitted.
"SORA! WHERE ARE YOU?" Biyomon shouted, which was almost deafening to Sora and Yuuchi.
"Keep it down, Biyomon!" Sora shouted as she and Yuuchi covered their ears.
"Sora, we're too small! She can't hear you!" Yuuchi reminded Sora.
"What did you do with our friends, Minotaurmon?" Nanmimon demanded.
"That's for me to know, and you'll never find out!" Minotaurmon retorted with an evil laugh.
"Yuuchi, run!" Sora shouted when she saw Nanmimon lift his massive hoof up in the air. Sora and Yuuchi ran as fast as they could out of the way of the descending hoof, which was just inches away from crushing them.
"Man, I never thought I'd be running away from my own Digimon!" Yuuchi remarked.
"This way, Yuuchi!" Sora shouted as she ran towards a huge gnarled tree root sticking out of the ground a few yards away from them. Yuuchi nodded as he followed Sora to the tree root, getting out of the way of Nanmimon as fast as he could.
"Psybeam!" Nanmimon shouted as he continued charging at Minotaurmon.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted. Minotaurmon simply blocked the Digimon's attacks with his ax.
"I don't have time to waste with you two weaklings!" Minotaurmon retorted.
"Weaklings? I'll show you who's a weakling! Psybeam!" Nanmimon shouted. The beam of energy struck Minotaurmon's belt, cutting off the black pouch with the two crystals inside.
"Now look what you did!" Minotaurmon shouted angrily. He quickly bent down and picked up the black pouch. "See you weaklings later!" Minotaurmon let out a sinister laugh as he left Biyomon and Nanmimon in the forest.
"We gotta hurry and find him, Biyomon, so we can find out what happened to our friends," Nanmimon revealed as he started to head in the same direction Minotaurmon went.
"No, wait a minute, Nanmimon!" Biyomon shouted.
"What is it, Biyomon?" Nanmimon asked as he turned around.
"Look at this. I think Minotaurmon dropped it," Biyomon replied as she showed Nanmimon the yellow crystal that was lying on the ground where Minotaurmon was standing earlier.
"What's it for?" Nanmimon asked curiously as Biyomon picked up the crystal with her paw.
"I'm not sure, Nanmimon," Biyomon replied as she held it up in the sunlight to see it better.
Suddenly, a beam of white light came out of the crystal and struck a large boulder. To Biyomon and Nanmimon's surprise, the boulder rapidly shrunk down to the size of a pebble.
"I think I know what happened to Yuuchi and Sora," Nanmimon realized as he blinked a bit out of astonishment. Biyomon slowly nodded her head in agreement.
"Come on, we better follow Minotaurmon," Biyomon suggested.
"But what about our friends, Biyomon?" Nanmimon asked.
"Minotaurmon probably has them already. We better hurry or we're gonna lose them. Come on!" Biyomon shouted as she flew off in the same direction that Minotaurmon went. Nanmimon frowned a bit as he followed Biyomon deeper into the forest.
"Look, Yuuchi, they're leaving. Let's try to follow them," Sora suggested.
"All right, Sora," Yuuchi reluctantly agreed, although he knew it wasn't going to be easy. "This is weird. Nothing normal ever happens around here, does it?" he asked as he followed Sora.
"Not really, Yuuchi. Don't forget: anything can happen in the Digiworld," Sora reminded Yuuchi.
"Tell me about it!" Yuuchi retorted. Sora giggled a little bit at Yuuchi's remark as they continued making their way through the forest of tall grass.
"What the heck is that?" Yuuchi asked, pointing at a thick green stalk that was much taller than the surrounding grass. "It's as big as a tree!"
"It looks like a flower, but to us, it might as well be a tree," Sora replied as she and Yuuchi approached the thick, tall flower stalk.
"I'm gonna climb up there and see if I can see our Digimon," Yuuchi announced as he stepped closer to the huge flower, wrapped his arms around the thick green stalk, and started to climb up the flower stalk.
"Be careful, Yuuchi!" Sora shouted as she watched Yuuchi make his way up the flower stalk. Yuuchi didn't even get halfway up the stalk when it suddenly started to sway back and forth from the excess weight.
"Maybe this wasn't such a hot idea!" Yuuchi shouted as he tightly wrapped his arms and legs around the stalk as it started to bend towards the ground below.
"Hang on, Yuuchi!" Sora shouted as she ran after the teetering stalk. Suddenly, the stalk stopped just inches away from the ground.
"You can let go now, Yuuchi," Sora told Yuuchi, who had his eyes closed tightly. Yuuchi slowly opened his eyes and realized that Sora was right.
"I knew that," Yuuchi lied as he carefully unwrapped his legs from the stalk and slowly placed his feet on the ground. As soon as Yuuchi let go of the stalk, it rapidly swung back and forth like a catapult.
"I guess that wasn't such a good idea after all," Yuuchi reluctantly admitted.
"You got that right, Yuuchi," Sora agreed. Suddenly, Sora and Yuuchi found themselves encased in a huge column of thick glass.
"What's going on?" Yuuchi asked as he banged on the glass with his fists.
"Yuuchi, look!" Sora gasped loudly as she pointed up. Yuuchi looked up to see what Sora was pointing at and gasped when he saw Minotaurmon grinning sinisterly at them.
"Minotaurmon!" Yuuchi exclaimed loudly.
"Did you think I forgot about you Teeny-Destined?" Minotaurmon asked sarcastically with a sinister chuckle as he lifted the thick glass column, which turned out to be a glass jar. Minotaurmon quickly grabbed Sora and Yuuchi with his paw and dropped them into the glass jar.
"Ahh!" Sora and Yuuchi screamed as they plummeted into the giant glass jar until they hit the bottom. Minotaurmon snickered evilly to himself as he screwed the metal lid onto the jar, which had a few air holes poked into it.
"Hey, let us outta here!" Yuuchi shouted loudly as he banged his fists against the glass wall of the jar that he and Sora were now imprisoned in.
"I don't think that's gonna work, Yuuchi," Sora reluctantly admitted.
"Armaggedamon will be pleased when I bring him two Digi-Destined children under glass!" Minotaurmon boasted as he started to head deep into the forest.
"Did you hear that, Biyomon?" Nanmimon whispered, who was concealed behind a nearby bush with Sora's Digimon.
"We better follow him so we can get our friends back!" Biyomon announced.
"But how do we unshrink them, Biyomon?" Nanmimon asked. "I didn't exactly see a reverse switch on that crystal that Minotaurmon dropped!"
"We'll have to worry about that later, Nanmimon. Right now, we have to get our friends back from Minotaurmon!" Biyomon pointed out.
"You're right, Biyomon. We'll find a way to return our friends to normal, but for now, let's get them out of Minotaurmon's clutches!" Nanmimon announced.
"Come on! Let's go before we lose them!" Biyomon shouted as she flew into the forest after Minotaurmon, followed by Nanmimon...
"Armaggedamon, come in," Minotaurmon spoke into his black walkie-talkie. It was nighttime, and Minotaurmon was sitting in front of a campfire in a small clearing. Right next to him was the glass jar that held Sora and Yuuchi prisoner.
"What is it, Minotaurmon?" Armaggedamon asked through the walkie-talkie.
"I have the two Digi-Destined children under glass, Armaggedamon, just as you asked for," Minotaurmon revealed.
"Excellent. What about their Digimon?" Armaggedamon asked.
"I'm afraid I lost them," Minotaurmon reluctantly admitted.
"No need to worry about them, Minotaurmon. With the children as little as they are, their digivices are too small to allow their Digimon to digivolve," Armaggedamon explained.
"I shall be heading back to headquarters in the morning. Minotaurmon out," Minotaurmon reported before turning off the walkie-talkie. He lifted the glass jar and stared at Sora and Yuuchi, who were sitting on the bottom of the jar, with his huge brown eyes. "You two should be honored. You will be the first among your friends to be destroyed by Armaggedamon."
"Gee, thanks a lot for the good news!" Yuuchi retorted. Minotaurmon sneered a bit as he placed the jar back down and reached for the black pouch resting next to the jar.
"Uh-oh!" Minotaurmon muttered to himself when he felt only one crystal in the pouch. "If Armaggedamon finds out that I lost one of these rare crystals, I'll never hear the end of it! I better find it now before I leave for Armaggedamon's headquarters tomorrow."
Minotaurmon opened the black pouch and peaked inside for a moment. "I'm missing that yellow crystal, the one that does the shrinking. I still have the one that reverses the shrinking, but Armaggedamon will kill me if I only bring back one crystal," he muttered to himself. Minotaurmon glanced down at the glass jar as he stood up.
"They should be fine here. It's not like they can break out of that jar on their own!" Minotaurmon chuckled sinisterly to himself as he left the small campsite, leaving the black pouch next to the glass jar.
"He's gone, Sora. Now's our chance to escape," Yuuchi announced as he stood up.
"But how are we going to get out of here, Yuuchi?" Sora asked curiously.
"I got an idea. Help me push," Yuuchi requested as he started to push as hard as he could against the glass wall of the jar. Sora quickly stood up and helped Yuuchi push against the glass wall. Unfortunately, the two Digi-Destined kids only succeeded in knocking the glass jar on its side.
"Well, that was a great plan, Yuuchi!" Sora retorted under her breath as she struggled to stand on the slippery curved glass underneath her.
"I never said it was a perfect plan, Sora!" Yuuchi confessed as he slowly walked to the metal lid, with his arms stretched out to help keep his balance.
"Whoa!" Yuuchi shouted as he slipped on the glass and fell on his back. "Yuuchi! Are you okay?" Sora asked as she crawled over to where Yuuchi was.
"Yeah, I think so," Yuuchi muttered out loud as he sat up and rubbed the back of his head.
"Look, there they are!" Sora and Yuuchi heard a familiar voice whisper loudly.
"That sounds like Biyomon!" Sora whispered a bit excitedly as she and Yuuchi carefully stood up.
"Yuuchi! Sora!" Nanmimon whispered happily as he and Biyomon approached the glass jar holding their human partners.
"Wow, Sora. You're so...tiny!" Biyomon confessed in awe as she carefully picked up the jar and peered through the glass at Sora and Yuuchi.
"Enough small talk, Biyomon! You gotta unshrink us before Minotaurmon comes back!" Yuuchi shouted.
"But how do we do that, Yuuchi?" Nanmimon asked curiously.
"The pouch, over there on the ground!" Sora shouted as she pointed at the black pouch lying on the ground. "There's another crystal in there that reverses shrinking!"
"Are you sure, Sora?" Biyomon asked curiously.
"Yeah, we overheard Minotaurmon talking about it," Yuuchi revealed.
"I'll get it," Nanmimon announced as he picked up the pouch with his teeth and shook it, causing the aqua blue crystal to fall out of the pouch and land on the ground.
"Hurry and use it on us!" Sora shouted as Biyomon picked up the crystal with her free paw.
"Nothing's happening, Sora," Biyomon reluctantly admitted as she shook the crystal.
"Maybe it only works with sunlight," Yuuchi suggested.
"You're right, Yuuchi!" Sora admitted. "It was pretty bold of Minotaurmon to go after us in broad daylight. He would probably prefer to go after us at night, when we're sleeping, but since these crystals only work in sunlight, he didn't have a choice."
"But the sun won't come out for another hour!" Nanmimon announced as he looked up at the night sky, which was starting to get lighter.
"We better get away from here, Nanmimon," Biyomon suggested as she opened the jar and let Sora and Yuuchi climb out of the jar onto her paw. "Minotaurmon might come back any minute!"
"He already has," a familiar voice retorted from behind Biyomon and Nanmimon.
"Uh-oh!" Biyomon and Nanmimon muttered nervously as they slowly turned around. The two Digimon gasped loudly when they saw Minotaurmon towering above them.
"It would be wise, little Digimon, if you gave me back the crystals and your little friends before I clobber you!" Minotaurmon demanded as he glared sinisterly at Biyomon and Nanmimon.
"No way! Let's get out of here!" Biyomon shouted as she ran away from Minotaurmon, while carrying Sora, Yuuchi, and the aqua blue crystal in one paw.
"Wait for me, Biyomon!" Nanmimon shouted as he galloped after Biyomon.
"Quick, behind here!" Biyomon instructed as she ran behind a nearby tree. Nanmimon quickly joined Biyomon behind the large tree. In the distance, Biyomon, Nanmimon, Sora, and Yuuchi could hear Minotaurmon shouting threateningly while he searched for them.
"Nanmimon, you take Sora, Yuuchi, and the crystal, and make a run for it. I'll distract Minotaurmon," Biyomon whispered as she watched Minotaurmon come into view.
"And leave you to fight that big bull all by yourself?" Nanmimon asked with a worried glance. "I don't know about this, Biyomon."
"It's all right, Nanmimon. Don't worry about me, just get them out of here," Biyomon whispered. Nanmimon hesitantly nodded his head with a reluctant sigh. "All right, Biyomon, I'll do it."
"There you go, Sora," Biyomon whispered as she gently placed Sora and Yuuchi on Nanmimon's back.
"I'll be back soon, Biyomon," Nanmimon promised as he started to turn around.
"Wait a minute, Nanmimon. Don't forget this," Biyomon whispered as she held out the blue crystal. Nanmimon quickly picked up the crystal from Biyomon's paw with his mouth.
"Hold on, guys!" Nanmimon instructed in a muffled voice. Yuuchi and Sora both grabbed tufts of Nanmimon's thick hair before he ran off into the forest.
Biyomon waited for Nanmimon to disappear in the thicket of trees before she finally came out of hiding. "Hey, Minotaurmon!" Minotaurmon turned around and glared at the pink bird-type Digimon.
"There's no way I'm going to let you get my friends! Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted...
Meanwhile, Nanmimon was still running through the forest with his two tiny passengers on his back.
"Hey, Nanmimon, look! The sun's starting to come up! You can return us back to normal size!" Yuuchi shouted as he pointed at the sun, which was barely poking up above the trees.
"Okay, I'll try, Yuuchi. You'll have to get off of my back first," Nanmimon mumbled loudly with the crystal still in his mouth.
Nanmimon bent down on all fours so Yuuchi and Sora could slide off. Once the two Digi-Destined kids were on the ground, Nanmimon held up the aqua blue-tinted crystal in the air with his mouth. The rays of the rising sun struck the crystal, creating a beam of pale blue light. The pale blue light struck both Sora and Yuuchi, and gradually returned them back to their normal sizes.
"Yeah! Way to go, Nanmimon!" Yuuchi admitted gratefully.
"There's no time to waste, guys. Biyomon is still by herself with Minotaurmon," Sora announced.
"You better digivolve, Nanmimon," Yuuchi told his Digimon.
"Right," Nanmimon agreed as he stepped back. "Nanmimon digivolve to...Neo Nanmimon!"
As soon as he finished digivolving, Neo Nanmimon knelt down once again and announced, "Sora, Yuuchi, get on my back!" Yuuchi quickly hoisted himself onto Neo Nanmimon's back with both hands.
"Here, Sora, take my hand," Yuuchi offered as he helped pull Sora up on Neo Nanmimon's back.
"Hang on, you two!" Neo Nanmimon warned his two passengers as he turned around and galloped through the forest back to where they left Biyomon and Minotaurmon.
"Hi-ho, Silver, away!" Yuuchi shouted loudly as he, Sora, and Neo Nanmimon made their way through the forest
"What are you talking about, Yuuchi?" Neo Nanmimon asked curiously. "My name's not 'Hi-ho, Silver.' It's Neo Nanmimon." Yuuchi groaned a bit as he shook his head out of disappointment.
"Look, there they are!" Sora shouted as she pointed at Biyomon and Minotaurmon fighting in the distance.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted, firing another spiral of green energy at Minotaurmon. The bull-type Digimon used his ax to block the attack.
"Blind Rage!" Minotaurmon shouted. Biyomon gasped when she saw the boomerang of yellow energy heading towards her. She quickly flapped her wings and flew up in the air, barely avoiding Minotaurmon's attack.
"Hang on, Biyomon! We're coming!" Sora shouted. Biyomon turned her head and gasped slightly out of relief when she saw Sora back to her normal size, along with Yuuchi, both riding on Neo Nanmimon.
"Sora! You're big again!" Biyomon exclaimed a bit happily. With her attention focused on her friends, Minotaurmon took this opportunity to do a sneak attack.
"Grappling Chain!" Minotaurmon shouted.
"Biyomon, look out!" Sora shouted when she saw the long length of chain sailing towards her Digimon. Biyomon turned back around to face Minotaurmon, but it was too late.
"Ahh!" Biyomon screamed as the chain wrapped tightly around her body and wings, causing her to crash down to the ground.
"You gotta help her, Neo Nanmimon!" Yuuchi announced.
"I'm on it, Yuuchi! Psychic Blast!" Neo Nanmimon shouted. The blast of psychic energy from Neo Nanmimon's eyes struck the middle of the long chain, breaking it in half.
"You guys better get off now!" Neo Nanmimon instructed.
"Biyomon!" Sora cried out as she jumped off of Neo Nanmimon's back and ran to her Digimon's side, along with Yuuchi, while Neo Nanmimon ran off to fight Minotaurmon.
"Are you okay, Biyomon?" Sora asked curiously as she and Yuuchi quickly removed the chains from Sora's Digimon.
"I think so," Biyomon mumbled a bit weakly as she sat up with Sora's help.
"Go, Neo Nanmimon!" Yuuchi cheered on his Digimon, who managed to leap out of the way of Minotaurmon's Grappling Chain attack.
"Psychic Blast!" Neo Nanmimon shouted as he released another blast of psychic energy at the bull-type Digimon. The attack struck Minotaurmon hard in the stomach, causing him to fall to one knee.
"Have you had enough, Minotaurmon, or do you want some more?" Neo Nanmimon asked as he took a step towards the fallen bull-type Digimon.
"Actually, I was about to ask you the same thing," Minotaurmon retorted as he stood back up with his ax clenched tightly in his paw. "Blind Rage!"
"Neo Nanmimon, no!" Yuuchi shouted as he helplessly watched the boomerang of yellow energy strike his Digimon right in the head, knocking him down on all fours.
"Hang on, Neo Nanmimon! I'm coming!" Biyomon announced as she slowly stood up on her own.
"Are you sure you can fight now, Biyomon?" Sora asked a bit worriedly.
"Don't worry about me, Sora. I can handle it," Biyomon reassured Sora as she flew towards Minotaurmon and Neo Nanmimon. "Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon!"
"So, Birdramon, you're back for more?" Minotaurmon asked sarcastically as the large fiery bird-type Digimon landed next to Yuuchi's Digimon. Birdramon apparently ignored Minotaurmon's question as she glanced down at Neo Nanmimon.
"Are you all right, Neo Nanmimon?" Birdramon asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Neo Nanmimon replied as he slowly got back up.
"Then let's take care of this overgrown bull!" Birdramon announced as she flew up in the air. "Meteor Wing!"
"Psychic Blast!" Neo Nanmimon shouted. The two combined attacks struck Minotaurmon simultaneously, forcing Minotaurmon into a large tree. Minotaurmon groaned out of pain as he struggled to stand up.
"Now, are you ready to give up?" Neo Nanmimon demanded as he and Birdramon edged closer to the fallen bull-type Digimon.
Minotaurmon slowly lifted his head, narrowed his eyes, and muttered, "I'll never give up to the likes of you!" With that, Minotaurmon quickly got up and made a run for it.
"Not so fast, Minotaurmon!" Birdramon shouted as she and Neo Nanmimon started to give chase.
"No, guys, wait!" Sora shouted. Upon hearing Sora, the two Digimon stopped pursuing the retreating Minotaurmon.
"What for?" Neo Nanmimon asked curiously as he and Birdramon turned around to face their human partners.
"Minotaurmon gave up, so there's no need to go after him," Sora explained. "Besides, I'm sure we'll run into him again sooner or later."
"In Minotaurmon's case, I'd prefer later over sooner any day!" Yuuchi retorted.
"Oh, Yuuchi!" Sora replied with a slight laugh...
"Minotaurmon, how dare you show your face here!" Armaggedamon shouted angrily, his red eyes glowing like fire. He was glaring down at the bull-type Digimon, who was kneeling down in front of his throne with his head bowed down.
"Please forgive me, Lord Armaggedamon," Minotaurmon pleaded, who was too afraid to look up at Armaggedamon's glowing red eyes.
"Not only have you failed to retrieve the two Digi-Destined children you were assigned, but you also lost those rare crystals! They're irreplaceable!" Armaggedamon shouted, his voice growing angrier with every word he spoke.
"I'm sorry, Lord Armaggedamon," Minotaurmon apologized.
"I warned you about what would happen if you failed me, Minotaurmon!" Armaggedamon announced as he snapped his fingers. Instantly, two Bakemon appeared on either side of Armaggedamon's throne.
"Bakemon, escort Minotaurmon to the dungeon!" Armaggedamon ordered the Bakemon.
The two ghost-type Digimon silently nodded their heads as they floated towards Minotaurmon. The bull-type Digimon immediately stood up, turned around, and headed back down the hall, with the Bakemon floating on either side of him. Armageddon then turned his attention to the other Digimon standing in the shadows of the hallway.
"The time has come to double our efforts! I want those Digi-Destined brats captured now!" Armaggedamon ordered his evil Digimon army...TO BE CONTINUED