Chapter 2
"Fighting Fire with Fire"
"Chosen?" asked Yumi, "Chosen for what?"
"Mikemon told us that we have all been chosen to save the Digital World", said Drake.
"You again!" roared Hannah, "And what are you doing with Holly!? Holly, get away from that weirdo!"
"It's okay, Hannah!" said Holly, "This is Drake! He's really nice!"
"So what exactly is this Digital World, Mikemon… isn't it?" asked Jaime.
"The Digital World is a universe parallel to your own", explained Mikemon, "It's inhabited by creatures like myself called Digimon. Now, take your Digivices and come through the Digital field with me."
"Digivice? What's a Digivice?" asked Duncan.
"These things!" said Holly enthusiastically, showing everyone one of the digital devices they had received moments earlier.
"Now, hurry up! Please! The Digiport won't stay open forever!" said Mikemon impatiently.
Hannah followed Mikemon into the fog.
"Come on, you people! What are you so afraid of?" asked Hannah.
"Riiiiiiight…" commented Duncan sceptically, "A talking cat told us to walk into a thick blanket of fog, and we're all just gonna do it? This is crazy!"
"Crazy, yes. But, who are we to complain? At least we'll miss out on Math!" joked Dan.
"Whatever…" grunted Duncan irritably.
One by one, the rest slowly followed Hannah, Drake, Holly and Mikemon.
The first thing that everyone noticed as they entered the Digiport, is that it was like being charged up with static electricity. As everyone's hair stood on end, their Digivices lit up and the fog faded away, being replaced with what looked like a long tunnel made of a water- like substance.
As they all flew down the tunnel, Mikemon said, "Be sure to focus on a place called Fire City! If you don't concentrate very hard on this place, we'll all be separated and I'll have to waste valuable time looking for you!"
"Right!" replied Yumi, "Gotcha! Fire City!"
Everyone else looked at each other and nodded in agreement. As they all started to concentrate, their Digivices lit up again and their bodies started to glow.
"Man, all this water has made me thirsty! I could do with a drink!" commented Patrick.
"Oh dear." said Mikemon, as Patrick disappeared.
"Hey, where'd Patty go?" asked Dan.
"I don't know, Dan, but I think he's gone a bit off course", replied Mikemon.
Dan then disappeared, followed by Mikemon, Duncan, Jaime, Yuki, Hannah, Yumi, Drake and Holly.
With an explosion of fog, Dan, Jaime, Yumi, Yuki, Duncan, Hannah, Holly, Drake and Mikemon tumbled out of the sky, landing on top of a very large, purple, Dinosaur Digimon, Sleeping in a garden of odd plants with meat growing on them.
"Hey! What's going on?" said the Digimon sleepily, "Is anyone there?"
"Uh, Sorry about that!" apologised Mikemon, "Kids, this is Mastertyrannomon. He's an Ultimate level, Vaccine- Type Digimon. His attacks are Master Fire, Zen Recovery and Master Claw. Again, I'm very sorry, sir!"
Mastertyrannomon bowed and then turned to Mikemon.
"All is forgiven. Are these the chosen children, Mikemon?" he asked.
"I think so. The Digignomes have granted them Digivices, so Master Huanglongmon is confident they are the ones." Mikemon replied.
"Hmm", muttered Mastertyrannomon as he examined Drake, "They haven't found their partners yet, I see… although I am sure at least two of them are nearby."
"Really? Do you know who they are?" asked Mikemon.
"Um, I hate to seem rude or anything", interrupted Yuki, "But what on Earth is going on?"
"This is not Earth my friends", laughed Mastertyrannomon, "This is the Digital World! Welcome to Fire City! Oh, and we were just discussing the location of your Digimon partners- It appears that they have not awoken yet."
"Partners, you say?" asked Hannah, "What do you mean?"
"Hannah, Mikemon told me before that there are Digimon that we have to find to help Digivolve so that we can save the Digital World and our own world!" said Holly.
"Huh. Is that so?" replied Hannah.
Dan and Duncan looked around them. Outside the garden, existed some sort of marketplace, with many Digimon wandering around, buying all sorts of unusual objects. At one stall, a Piximon was selling trading cards to a group of Bearmon, and at another stall, a Wizardmon was selling bottles of pungent- smelling liquids to a Veemon who was holding his nose, and a Gekomon who seemed more interested in a passing Ranamon. But the thing that caught Duncan's attention was a large Colosseum, where he could hear the roars of an excited crowd as some sort of battle could be heard.
"Hey, Dan!" he said, "Check that out! Wanna go take a closer look?"
"Cool! Yeah, let's go!" Dan replied.
The two of them ran off, Dan bumping into a large, orange Guilmon.
"Sorry, dude!" apologised Dan.
"Hey! Dan! Duncan! Come back!" yelled Jaime, as she noticed them running towards the Colosseum.
"Let them go", said Mastertyrannomon, "Their destiny awaits."
"Their destiny?" asked Drake, "What's that supposed to mean?"
As Dan and Duncan approached the Colosseum, they encountered a Nanimon, scalping tickets.
"Oh my! Humans!" gasped Nanimon.
"Huh? Who are you?" asked Dan.
"Um, just a humble ticket salesmon! Say, could I interest such handsome humans such as yourselves some tickets to the battle? Amazing seats, I assure you!"
"How much do they cost?" asked Duncan.
"Cost? Nothing! Free, they are! Take them!" replied Nanimon as he handed Dan the tickets.
"Wanna go check it out?" Dan asked.
"Why not?" Duncan replied.
As they approached their seats, Dan took a look around. "Reminds me of the roman gladiators… cool!" he said.
"Hey watch it!" an angry Dorumon yelled, as Duncan accidentally sat on his Nacho hat.
"Whoops, sorry, man!" replied Duncan.
"Oh, go stuff your sorries in a sack, mister! Do you know how tasty those nachos were? File Island Digi Peppers, Human!" Dorumon argued.
"Look, I… I didn't mean to! It's just, this is my seat and I didn't realise you were using it to store your snacks." Apologised Duncan.
"Wait just one minute! You're… a HUMAN?" Dorumon exclaimed
"Last time we checked, yeah." Dan replied.
"Wow! This is amazing! This is incredible! This is…"
"… Weird! My Digivice is glowing!" interrupted Duncan.
As Duncan said this, Duncan's digivice turned Blue, and Dorumon also started to glow briefly, after which he said, "Duncan… That's your name right? I… I think you're my partner!"
"Partner?" Duncan replied confusedly.
Dorumon grabbed Duncan's hands, and the two started to do a little celebration dance.
But this celebration was cut short, as an explosion erupted from the arena.
"Huh? What's going on down there?" asked Dan.
"Just a battle. My buddy Bakumon is fighting some guy called Meramon." Replied Dorumon.
"Bakumon? Is he that little pig guy, or the… the… Fire man. It's him!" asked Dan, getting more and more frightened as he got a better view of Meramon.
"What? No! He's the, Pig Guy, as you put it, Dan. The other guy is Meramon. He's a Data- Type Flame Digimon, with the special attacks, Burning Fist, and Red Flames."
"You Digimon love describing yourselves like that, don't you?" asked Dan sceptically.
"Dude! It's that guy we saw outside the comic shop!" said Duncan, stunned by the events that were unfolding before him.
"Bakumon can't win! Someone's gotta help him! I'm going down there!" said Dan.
"Wait! You can't interrupt a battle once it's started! It's against the rules!" panicked Dorumon.
"Who says I'm gonna interrupt the fight?" grinned Dan.
Dan jumped down into the arena, and ran over to Bakumon.
"Bakumon! Get out of the way!" he screamed, "you can't win on your own! That guy's way too strong!"
"Huh?" said Bakumon, "A human?"
"Heh. Another victim for the master! Very well, Human! You shall perish along with this insolent fool! Bwa-hahahahaha!!! Burning fist!" Meramon launched his fist right towards Dan. Bakumon, seemingly possessed, jumped in front of Meramon.
"Out of my way!" screamed Meramon.
"Not likely! Waking Dream!" a purple-ish mist blew towards Meramon, temporarily blinding him. Dan's digivice also lit up, turning Green, and Bakumon said, "You're name's Dan, right? I've been looking for you for a very long time! I must protect my partner!"
A shaft of light shone on Bakumon, distorting his appearance, as he seemed to grow taller, while yelling, "Bakumon! Digivolve to… Flawizardmon!" the light faded, and the once tiny Bakumon was now a six-foot wizard wearing red robes and holding two large matchsticks.
" Huh? Are you Bakumon?" asked Dan.
"Not anymore, Dan!" grinned Flawizardmon, "You made me Digivolve! I'm now Flawizardmon! Champion level virus-type! I use my special attack, Magic Ignition, to incinerate my enemies!"
"Cool", commented Dan. Flawizardmon grinned.
"Yes I am, Dan! But this is hardly the time or place to discuss the extent of my coolness. I have a Meramon to extinguish!"
Flawizardmon pounced at Meramon, blue flames forming in his hand. "Magic Ignition!" roared Flawizardmon, sending the flames at Meramon, engulfing him in a tornado of blue fire.
"Yaaaaaaarrrgh! Red flames!" roared Meramon, jumping out of the inferno and sending fireballs of his own hurtling at Flawizardmon, but at the last moment, Flawizardmon jumped into the air, and punched Meramon right in the jaw. As Meramon fell, Flawizardmon threw one of his matchsticks at Meramon, impaling him in the chest and vaporising him. The crowd went absolutely wild, and Flawizardmon De-digivolved back into Bakumon.
"And the winner of this match is… Bakumon!" roared Etemon, as confetti rained on Dan and Bakumon, seemingly coming out of nowhere.
A Gatomon came towards Dan and Bakumon, with a trophy in hand. She gave the trophy to Dan, and kissed Bakumon on the cheek, making him faint.
As the sun began to set, Jaime, who was playing chess with Mastertyrannomon said,
"Ha! You can't beat me! I'm in the chess club back on earth!"
"Big deal!" complained Mastertyrannomon, "how about best out of six thousand and eighty seven?"
"Nah, I'm too exhausted to play any more."
"Hey, Mastertyrannomon! I'll play you!" laughed Dorumon.
"Huh?" said Holly, who was hugging Mikemon like a doll.
"Help… me…." moaned Mikemon.
"It is we!" said Duncan confidently, "Oh, and May we introduce our new partners, Dorumon and Bakumon!"
"Partners, huh?" asked Drake, "Well good for you."
"Oh, that's great!" said Jaime as she hugged Dan and Duncan, "You found your Digimon partners!"
"Well, what do you know? There are more of you humans!" said Bakumon, "I just assumed it was just Dan and Duncan!"
"Well, now that you have found your partners, we should continue the search for the others south. If I am correct, that's also where we'll find your friend Patrick!"
"Well it's settled!" Dan said in a southern accent, "We're all goin' down south, then, we are!"
"So, Dorumon?" asked Duncan, "Why was Meramon attacking everyone?"
"I dunno, maybe someone sat on his Nacho hat!" Dorumon said with a tear in his eye, "I miss you nachos…"
"Aw, you're not still mad about that, are you?" complained Duncan.
"Hey, give it a rest over there before I find my partner, and make her use her 'Shut Up Duncan' attack!" Yelled Yumi.
Everyone laughed, as Dan, Duncan, Bakumon, Dorumon, Mikemon, Holly, Mastertyrannomon, Jaime and the others disappeared into the sunset.
