Disclaimer:
Knight of the Staff: Hey!, what do you know, it's that time again where I say the disclaimer. But since I'm basically lazy, I'll have my new muse do it for me. (Pinmon comes in the door carrying a pizza box.)
Pinmon: Here I am, ready, willing, and able.
Knight of the Staff: I'm not talking about you Pinmon, I'm talking about the newest addition to our little group. Would everybody please give a warm welcome to Guilmon!
Guilmon: (Guilmon comes out of my closet, and looks around confusedly), Takatomon?
Knight of the Staff: Um, Takatos' not here right now Guilmon, now be a good digimon and say the disclaimer.
Guilmon: (Guilmon blinks confusedly), "Who you?"
Knight of the Staff: I'll show you my true self (trumpets blare, and a bright light flashes, Ooooo~ooo special effects are nice) Behold mortal beings, for I am The Knight of the Staff. Possessor of the Staff of Power, now say the disclaimer and I'll give you the pizza!
Guilmon: (Guilmon grins), Okie dokie, I likes pizza. This author does not own digimon, yay!, now it's time for pizza!
Pinmon: (Pinmon watches in dismay as Guilmon starts scarfing down the pizza), Hey, that was mine!
Knight of the Staff: Next time, be back quicker when I give you money to get a pizza..., hey, wait a minute, I paid for that!
Pinmon: (shrugs), Well, I think it's time the readers got on with the story, and since my partner is busy wrestling for the last slice, I'll use his line, enjoy the chapter, and BOO HA HA!
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"It's party time baby, uh-huh." shouted Etemon as he ran off toward the buffet line. I laughed and was surprised when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and saw a Tapirmon floating behind me.
"Excuse me gentlemon, but if you would please follow me, then I'll show you to your seats. Since you're the guests of honor, you get your food served to you." it said.
Pinmon laughed and said "Alright, that means no having to get up for seconds!"
I rolled my eyes and followed the Tapirmon. It led us to a table that was set on a raised portion of the floor, so we had to step up to our seats. The Tapirmon indicated that we should seat ourselves at the two middle chairs, then bowed, and left us to ourselves.
Pinmon and I sat down, and waited for our waiter/waitress. While we waited, the crowd of digimon from the ceremony started returning to their respective seats, while carrying their plates of food. Let me tell you, some of those digimon were carrying some big plates! A thought occurred to me as I watched the crowd of humans and digimon share a meal.
"Pinmon?"
"Huh, what is it Ben?"
"I was just wondering, ummm, earlier, I saw some large digimon watching the ceremony through the windows. Aren't they invited to this party?"
Pinmon laughed and said, "Of course they are, they're just dining on the lawn."
"Oh..., makes sense." I said. "Mind if we join you?" said a familiar voice from beside me.
I looked up and found Angemon and Andromon standing there. "Uh, uh...., sure, I mean, of course you can." I stammered, surprised that these two would want to sit with me. Andromon sat on Pinmons' right, and Angemon sat to my left. I notice that they didn't have any food either.
"Excuse me, Angemon?"
"Yes?" he replied looking directly at me, at least, I think he was, it was hard to tell with his helmet on.
"Why don't you or Andromon have any food?"
Angemon smiled and said, "Because, anyone who sits at this table is considered to be friends of the one being celebrated, and they get served as well."
"Oh..., but, aren't you a person in charge or something? Shouldn't you be served anyways?" I said, hoping that I wasn't being rude.
Angemon nodded and said, "We three, Andromon, Etemon, and I are all head knights. It's just that Beelzemon is the head knight of this region. We aren't automatically catered upon because this party is in honor of you and Pinmon. You two are DigiKnights now, and this is a celebration for you two."
Pinmon spoke up then, "Oh good, the waiter's here."
I turned from Angemon to see that Pinmon was right. In front of our table floated the Tapirmon from earlier, at least I thought it was the same.
"Good evening gentlemon, my name is Tapirmon, and I will be your waiter. Now here are the menus, take your time, and I'll be back to take your orders." Then the Tapirmon floated off to a pair of doors on the other side of the room, I guessed that it was the kitchen.
I looked at the menu and found that the food was what you would expect to order at a regular restaurant. I didn't know what I wanted, so I asked Pinmon. "Pinmon, what are you gonna get?"
Pinmon looked up from his menu and smirked, "That's easy, I'm going to get the double cheeseburger, with a side of onion rings, and a soda."
I looked at him in surprise, for that sounded like something I'd usually get. I looked back at my menu, and decided that I'd get the same.
Angemon and Andromon seemed to be ready as well, and we waited for our waiter.
It wasn't before he came back from the kitchen. "Are you ready to order?" he asked, holding a pad and pencil.
Pinmon and I gave him our orders, which were the same. Angemon ordered a salad with extra broccoli, I shuddered visibly at that statement, and Andromon ordered a tuna sandwich. After the waiter left I looked around the large room at all who were gathered there. The mixture of humans and digimon sat together, eating, drinking, laughing, and having a good time. I smiled, and decided that I was very glad I had chosen to stay.
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I looked up from the menu, deciding what I wanted for dessert, and found Ben staring at the gathering before us. He was leaning back in his chair and smiling to himself. I smiled at the sight, for it seemed that he was over that Fridgimon incident and back to normal. Well..., as normal as Ben can be.
I leaned back, and smiled as well. Not because of the sight before me, but because of what Beelzemon had said, "I'll be seein you both later tonight, count on it." I had been wondering what he had meant by that, and only one thing came to mind.
"So, Ben is finally gonna get what's coming to him, hmmm, won't he be surprised!" I thought to myself, and then saw the Tapirmon returning.
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I was so engrossed with watching the others enjoy themselves, that I nearly fell off my chair when the Tapirmon came back.
"Here you go," it said as it set our food before us, "and if there is anything else, don't hesitate to ask." The Tapirmon then floated off back toward the kitchen.
I picked up my burger and looked at it. It seemed like a regular hamburger, I took a bite, and fell in love. This had to be the greatest burger that I had ever tasted. I looked at Pinmon, and it seemed that he felt the same way I did, since half his burger was already gone. I had to keep myself from laughing, for fear of choking, at the way Pinmons' cheeks bulged like a chipmunks.
During our meal, I received a surprise. It seemed that there was to be musical entertainment to this gathering. I watched as a curtain was drawn back from the other wall, to reveal a whole stage. The instruments were already set up, and all that was needed were the players.
I had a sudden bad feeling as I realized I hadn't seen Etemon in a while. "Oh God, no, anything but him!" I thought as we waited for the band to show.
I turned to Pinmon and whispered, "Pinmon, uh..., do the bands that play here usually have singers?"
Pinmon gave me a look like I was crazy, "Yes Ben, most bands do."
"Do you know who's going to be singing for this one?" I whispered again.
Pinmon shook his head, "Sorry, but the band is different for every celebration. Why do you ask?"
I was really nervous now, I remembered what the Etemon from the show had sounded like, and I really didn't want to experience a live performance. "Um..., you haven't noticed where Etemon has gone have you?"
Pinmon looked puzzled for a second, and then looked as freaked out as I did, "By the Sovereigns!" he whispered, "you don't think...?" He trailed off as the band went on stage.
My fear was realized right then as Etemon himself led the band on stage. I heard a quick gasp of surprise and looked to see Angemon shaking his head.
Andromon on the other hand had only one thing to say, "Standby mode activate." He then closed his eyes and seemed to be sleeping.
"Well, that's convenient for him." I thought to myself.
Pinmon seemed to be searching for an exit with his eyes, but by then it was to late.
"Listen up boys and girls, cause ya all got a surprise coming to you, uh-huh." said Etemon, speaking into the microphone while holding his electric guitar. "You all get to be the first to listen to my new song, dedicated to the man, and mon, of the hour, Ben and Pinmon!"
The crowd started to clap and I waved nervously.
"I wrote this last night, so you better enjoy it baby, uh-huh!"
The other band members just stared at Etemon, while the human drummer behind him, looked like he was ready to throw something.
"Here it goes, ready, 1...2, 1, 2, 3, 4..." and then Etemon started to play.
I had no idea what song he was playing, but it was actually pretty good. Then Etemon started to sing, and that was also surprisingly good. I was shocked, and according to the look on Pinmons', Angemons', and almost everyone's face, they were too. I couldn't really understand what Etemon was singing, but it didn't matter anyways.
I enjoyed the music, and so did everyone else. Well, except Andromon, but that was because he had put himself on standby. We ate as we listened to the band. As I ate, I watched with interest as a space was cleared in front of the stage. "Pinmon," I said, "what are they doing?"
Pinmon glanced up, "Clearing the dance floor."
I got nervous, "Um...I'm not expected to dance or anything, am I?" I said.
Pinmon grinned, "Well, a lot of the girls around here try to be first to dance with the newly initiated, lucky us huh?"
I gulped and looked around nervously, so far they were still moving a couple tables. "Pinmon, I can't dance!" I whispered to him.
"Don't worry Ben," he said, "I'm sure you'll do fine."
I could see that he didn't understand. I grabbed his shoulder to get his attention, "Pinmon, I seriously can't dance. Every time I have..., well, it's ended in disaster."
Pinmon smirked, "Oh come on, it can't be that bad."
I decided tell him just how bad it could be. "Look, the last time I was at a dance, I stepped on the girls' toes..., about 500 times. Then at a dance before that I couldn't find the rhythm at all, and hit the guy behind me."
Pinmon had tried not to laugh at my first example, but the second one confused him. "So what? If it was an accident the guy shouldn't have cared right?"
I looked down, "Well, you see, I had moved my arm back, and I kinda, um..., my fist swung and, well..., he was on the floor in pain."
Pinmon stared at me openmouthed, "Ouch..., well, I can see why you wouldn't want to dance."
"Yeah, well..., I just don't want to end up a laughingstock again. I'd just wind up embarrassing my dance partner and myself."
We finished our meal in silence, and then the music stopped.
"Okay fellas," said Etemon, "now's the time to grab a partner and dance!"
Then the music started up again. Soon the dance floor started filling up with dancers. It didn't seem to matter if you were a digimon, or a human. Everyone on the dance floor seemed to be having a good time. I watched the dancers, and watched out for anyone who'd ask me to dance. So far, nobody had even come close to me, except for an Angewomon, but she was there to ask Angemon.
After a couple of songs were played, I figured I was safe. I sat there with Pinmon, and watched the others dance. I didn't mind just watching, I liked seeing others have a good time. Then things started going wrong. Pinmon was restless and kept fidgeting in his seat.
I turned to him, "You know, just because I don't dance, doesn't mean you shouldn't."
Pinmon looked at me, "You sure, I mean, I don't want you to feel left out, or abandoned, or anything."
I grinned, "Nah, go on, I'm sure some girl is just waiting for you to ask her."
Pinmon smiled, "Alright, as long as you'll be fine by yourself."
Then he jumped up from his chair, and I swear he ran to one of the other tables. I watched as he went up to a human girl, and they joined the other dancers. I sighed as I watched the others dance. Then I started to feel sleepy, I yawned and thought, "Guess I'm still a little tired." I leaned back in my chair and just closed my eyes when it happened.
"Well, do you want to dance?"
I opened my eyes and looked around for the speaker. "Excuse me?" I said.
"Hmph, I said do you wanna dance?"
I looked behind me and almost fell out of my chair. There staring at me in a superior way, was a BlackGatomon.
"Uhhhh..." was all I that seemed to be able to say.
The BlackGatomon crossed her arms and stared at me, "Well?"
I couldn't respond, all I could do was just stare right back at her. I was frozen like a deer in the headlights.
She sighed and snapped her fingers in my face, "You could at least answer me you know," she said, "you humans, always think you're so much better."
I finally regained my voice, "Hey!, I don't think that I'm better than others."
She smirked, "Oh, so that got your attention. Maybe now you could answer my question."
"Oh," I said, seeing that she was intent on getting an answer, "well, um..., you see, the thing is..."
She didn't even let me say no, "I'll take that as a yes." she said, and then grabbed my hand and proceeded to pull me along behind her.
I was speechless, not because of her strength, I mean she was a Champion, but because she only came up to my kneecaps, so I was being pulled along while bending over. I tried to get her to stop, but she kept up a speed where if I stopped, I'd fall flat on my face. I didn't have any doubt that she'd just drag me along behind her either.
"But, but.., I can't dance!" I said, as we reached the dance floor.
She seemed to hiss, "Oh, stop your whining and dance." She then let go of my hand and turned to face me. I stood up suddenly and froze, for it was as if though I was the center of attention. A group of the other dancers around us had stopped and were watching us. I noticed Pinmon in the crowd and silently mouthed "Help!" He grinned mischievously and nodded. I immediately felt sorry I had asked him. The music had stopped and the next song was about to be played.
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I made my way up to the stage as the song ended. I was going to help Ben, but probably not in the way he wanted. I saw that he was nervous, and decided that I'd try to help him get over it.
I jumped up on the stage as Etemon was signaling to the band members what song he wanted to play next. I walked up to him and put my hand over the microphone. "Etemon, can you do me a favor?"
"Are you crazy?," he asked, "we're in the middle of somethin here."
"Come on," I said, "it's to help out Ben, and get him to enjoy the party."
Etemon looked hurt and then angry, "What, he doesn't like the music or somethin?, Ya know this party's for you two, uh-huh."
I sighed and carefully explained to him what was wrong, his laughing afterwards didn't help any.
"So what do you want the king to do about it?" he said after he had calmed down.
I smiled and whispered into his ear. Etemons' face broke into a grin, and he nodded enthusiastically.
"Sure baby, the king will do it, uh-huh."
I jumped down off the stage, as Etemon talked over things with the band.
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I watched as Pinmon jumped down off the stage, and wondered what he could be up too. BlackGatomon was waiting for the next song to dance, and staring up at me. I was still frozen where I was, when Etemon started to play.
I realized then what Pinmon had done, "Thanks a lot bro..." I thought sarcastically.
The band was playing a slow dance and the couples around us were holding each other and dancing slowly. I looked down at BlackGatomon, and saw that she looked angry about something.
"Well, start leading." she said as she held out her arms. I saw a problem with this arrangement even if she didn't.
"Uh, how exactly do we do this? I mean, do I squat down, or lift you up?" I hoped she didn't think I was being rude, but I had to know because of the height difference.
She sighed and said, "Hmph, you got a point, don't worry though, I can remedy this problem."
I watched as she seemed to glow darker, if that even makes sense. Then I had to look away for a second, as the darkness hurt my eyes. When I looked back I could only say one thing, "Wow."
LadyDevimon stood there with hands on hips, "Is this better?" she asked with a smirk.
I could only nod as I stared at this beauty before me. She was really quite breathtaking, with her pale skin, snow-white hair, and leather clad body. I stepped up to her and bowed. She smirked, and held out her arm. I stood up and took it, pulling her close as I encircled my arms around her waist. She then grabbed me and we proceeded to dance.
She took over the lead as it became obvious that I didn't know what I was doing when I stepped on her foot. I had to look up to look her in the face, as she was quite a bit taller than me. I blushed as I realized what I had been looking at when I stared straight ahead. I was surprised at myself, I was dancing and nothing had gone horribly wrong yet. I smiled at LadyDevimon and thought to myself, "This isn't so bad." I should have known better.
As we continued to dance I decided to try making some small talk with LadyDevimon.
"So," I said, "how do you like being a DigiKnight?" It was just a simple question, since Pinmon had told me that all the guests were digiknights.
LadyDevimon froze in her tracks, "I...I, I'm not a DigiKnight." she said quietly.
"Oh," I said, thinking she was a guest of someone's, "okay, uh, can I ask you another question then?"
LadyDevimon looked shocked, "You mean you don't care that I'm not a DigiKnight?"
I was confused, "No, why should I?"
LadyDevimon started dancing again, "It's just that, well..., never mind. What were you going to ask?"
I dismissed her skipping the topic, "Um, I was just wondering, I haven't met you before have I?"
"What do you mean?" she asked with a smirk.
"Well you see, when I first got here there was this BlackGatomon, and I offered her a drink. She then ran away and fell into the river. It was kind of funny really."
LadyDevimon frowned, "It wasn't that funny, that river was cold!"
"So it was you!" I said with a smile.
"..." LadyDevimon glanced upwards worriedly, and then smirked at me, "Well, looks like I'll be seeing you later, and thanks for the dance."
She leaned down and kissed me on the cheek. I think my face became the reddest it's ever been after that. She then started to glow again, and when I opened my eyes, there was BlackGatomon. She winked at me and ran off into the crowd. I stood there among the dancers, still blushing from her kiss.
I returned to my seat in a daze. A couple minutes later Pinmon returned and sat down next to me.
"So, how was the dance?"
I turned toward him, "You asked Etemon to play that, didn't you?"
Pinmon grinned, "Maybe..., it helped you out didn't it?"
I nodded "Thanks for doing that."
"No problem Ben, I saw that you were nervous, so I...." He didn't get a chance to finish as a loud cracking sound was heard from above us.
We looked up only to find the ceiling starting to fall inward.
"Ben, get down!" yelled Pinmon, as he grabbed me and forced me under the table with him.
I guess that the table was sturdier that I thought, for it prevented the plaster and beams from smashing us. I covered my face to keep out the dust. Pinmon seemed to look me over for any injuries.
"Are you okay Ben?"
I nodded, "I'm fine, but, what about the others?"
We listened for cries of help, and heard nothing.
Then a voice rang out, "Pinmon, Ben, are you alright?!?"
It was Angemon. "We're fine!," yelled Pinmon "but could someone get us out of here!?!"
We heard the sounds of grunting and objects being moved. Suddenly a pile of rubble slid away from the table. I looked up into the eyes of a Ex-Veemon.
"You two okay?"
I nodded and crawled out of the hole. I stood up and helped Pinmon to his feet.
"What happened?" I asked Angemon, who stood a few feet away.
"I don't know, suddenly the ceiling caved in. It is strange though, it only fell in where you two were seated."
"Nightmare Shocker!" called out a voice, and Angemon was hit from behind with a burst of dark energy.
"Aaahhhhh!" he cried out as he fell to the ground, twitching in obvious pain.
Everyone looked up to see who had attacked Angemon. There floating before the hole in the ceiling were three digimon that I recognized. "Vilemon" I said, suddenly getting very angry.
Etemon walked out of the crowd and shouted at the Vilemon, "Who do you think you are ruining my performance!?!"
The Vilemon laughed at him, and I think one flipped him off. Then before anyone could react, two of them flew down, grabbed Angemon, and flew back up to their companion.
Everyone started yelling at them, and some digimon were even preparing to fire their attacks. Then the Vilemon who wasn't holding Angemon spoke out, "Silence fools, if anyone here dares attack, it will be Angemon who gets hurt understand?"
Everyone fell silent and stared at the creatures that had dared kidnap one of the head knights.
The Vilemon laughed, "That's better, now were here for one thing, and one thing only. Where are the newest members to you little club, hmmm?"
"We're right here you scum!" shouted Pinmon, grabbing my shoulder to indicate me.
The Vilemon laughed and said, "You two are to fight me, if you don't then your precious little angel here will pay the price."
I didn't know what to say. I'd never fought anyone in my life, except of course the Fridgimon, but nobody else.
"Bring it on!" shouted Pinmon.
"Are yo crazy?" I asked him, "first of all, it's three against two, and second of all, I don't even have a weapon."
Etemon was his helpful self, "Here ya go baby, now get in there and kick some butt, uh-huh."
I grabbed what he had tossed me, it was Angemons' angel rod. I sighed, I didn't want Angemon to get hurt. I nodded to Pinmon and people started backing away from us.
The Vilemon laughed and took Angemon from the other two, "Rip them apart." it said and laughed maniacally. The two Vilemon nodded and flew toward us.
I watched Pinmon from the corner of my eye to see what he would do. I should've been paying closer attention to the Vilemon.
"Oooofff" I cried out as the Vilemon slammed into my stomach, and then flew off again.
"You okay Ben?"
"I'm fine Pinmon" I said as I pushed myself back up onto my feet. I looked for the Vilemon again, to find it diving at my head. I swung the rod around like a baseball bat, and nailed the Vilemon in the face. It crashed into the ground screaming in rage.
I looked over to Pinmon to see that he was just standing there. The Vilemon was circling him, and then dived. "Nightmare Shocker!" it cried as the beam of energy fired from it's mouth.
Pinmon rolled to the side and the attack hit the floor, causing the air to be filled with dust. As it started to settle I could see the Vilemon standing there, looking for Pinmon.
"Quill Ball!" shouted a voice.
I watched as Pinmon jumped into the air from behind the Vilemon. Then he curled into a ball like an armadillo, except that all his quills stood straight out, and looked very sharp. He slammed into the Vilemon, his quills going through its back, and out its chest. It screamed once before it burst into data.
Pinmon unrolled and stood up, "Ben, behind you!"
I turned as quick as I could, and found the other Vilemon flying straight at me. Before I could even think of what to do, a feeling overcame me. It was almost like before with the Fridgimon, but this time I wasn't in a blind rage. Just before the Vilemon slammed into me, I thrust the angel rod into its mouth. It couldn't stop in time and was forced along the length of the staff, its eyes wide in pain as the rod tore through its insides. It still managed to knock me down and fell on top of me. I looked it in the eyes and saw that it was already dead, then it too burst into data, leaving me and a slimy angel rod.
The remaining Vilemon gulped and looked around at all the angry DigiKnights. "Well, looks like I gotta be goin now, see ya later." Then it threw down Angemon, and raced into the sky, with flying digimon giving chase.
Etemon leapt up and caught Angemon in the air. Pinmon ran over to me to see if I was alright, meanwhile all around us the other DigiKnights were cheering.
"You okay Ben?"
I smiled at Pinmon, "Yeah, but there's a couple things I need to tell you Pinmon."
"What?"
"One, I don't think Angemon is going to like his rod with that slime all over it."
Pinmon laughed, "You're right, but what's the second thing?"
I closed my eyes and grabbed his arm, "I think I need to lay down now."
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I caught Ben as he fell forward into my arms. I checked his pulse, and sighed in relief. He was okay, he just passed out. I frowned as I wondered why he was so tired. I mean sure he fought a Champion, but that Vilemon practically deleted itself! I wondered, and told myself to ignore it. I'd ask Ben about it later.
I looked around and saw that the others were starting to clear out as well. The party was definitely over. I sighed because that meant I wouldn't be getting dessert. I picked Ben up and started back toward our room. On the way there, I couldn't help but think that I was forgetting something.
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Down in the dining hall, it was now empty, and the room had been sealed off for repairs. The pile of rubble still covered most of the tables and chairs. Suddenly one of the piles moved and broke apart. Andromon stood up and looked around, "What happened?" he asked aloud to the empty room.
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Knight of the Staff: So, what'd you think? Liked it? Hated it? Review and tell me your thoughts!
Pinmon: Hey where'd Guilmon go?
Knight of the Staff: He kept whining about 'Guilmon Bread', so I told him there was bread in the kitchen.
Pinmon: But didn't hide you digimon tapes in the pantry with the bread?
Knight of the Staff: (eyes widen, and sweat appears on forehead) "Oh Crap!"(runs off toward kitchen) "Guilmon wait, don't eat everything in the pantry!"
Pinmon: Well... that was interesting. Until next time, remember to R&R, and as always BOO HA HA!
Knight of the Staff: (from kitchen) "Hey, that's my line!"
Pinmon: (sweatdrops)