Heroes No More, Chapter 2: Digivolution!!
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Early the next morning, Lee's sister crept into the dark room where Lee slept. Kokuwamon was sleeping on the end of the bed, but she didn't notice him. And obviously, he didn't notice her. She gathered up all her might and leapt on the bed, bouncing like crazy! Lee woke up instantly and Kokuwamon fell off behind the bed, with a crash.
"LEE! LEEEEE! WAKE UP! It's almost time to go to SCHOOL!!!", screamed Jenna. Kokuwamon rubbed his metal body and stood up.
"Of all the circuit-breaking--", started Kokuwamon, but he was cut off as Lee threw a pillow at him. Lee smiled sheepishly.
"Heh heh. Get out, Jenna!", he shouted. He got up and shoved the little blonde girl out the door and promptly slammed it behind him. Kokuwamon threw the pillow off of him and jumped onto the bed.
"Why'd you do that!? I could've taken her!", shouted Kokuwamon.
"I bet you could. But for now...let's try to keep you hidden, okay?", asked Lee. "Hmmm, I'll have to get a lock for my door..."
"Yeah. And a brain for your goofy sister.", stated Kokuwamon. Lee laughed and started to get dressed.
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Lee happily walked on his way to school. He left Kokuwamon food and water, and taught him how to play Gamecube so he wouldn't get bored. He was worried about Allison in Chemistry class though.
"Man, I have to sit right next to her...what if she is still pissed...?"
Lee walked down the alleyway, there was still evidence of last nights' Digimon battle in it. Mostly the crushed garbage can that Stingmon had landed on though. Lee shook his head at the thought of Ken attacking again and realized he was almost at school.
"Hey Lee!", shouted Ace. Ace biked up to him and skidded his bike in front of Lee.
"Hey, Sam.", replied Lee. Ace glared at Lee for calling him that, and then went to lock up his bike. Lee followed. Ace threw the chain around his bike and set the combo, then turned to Lee.
"Yo, something's up with James. I think he's pissed at you.", said Ace, "God, I hate that rich little bas--"
"What? What did I do?", asked Lee, interrupting him. Ace shrugged.
"You punched him in English, remember?", asked Kevin, who walked up to them. Lee took an ashamed look.
"You PUNCHED him!?", asked Ace, completely surprised. Lee and Kevin nodded. "Hey, look, here he comes."
James and a few of his friends walked up to the trio and faced Lee. James was wearing a black shirt and some very expensive pants. He crossed his arms over his chest and rubbed his black eye.
"Oh, you are going to pay for this, Lee Trainer. I assure you.", said James. There was a moment of silence. Suddenly the bell rang and James' group headed inside. Lee sighed and followed Kevin and Ace inside.
Lee entered Chemistry class and sat next to Allison. She turned her head away from him the second he sat down.
"...are you still mad about the project?", asked Lee.
No answer.
"Guess so...", he muttered. He put his head down on his desk. he heard Ken's voice talking to the teacher!
"Mr. Work, I'm Ken Ichijouji. A new student in this class.", said Ken.
"Ah, yes Ken. I've heard many things about you. Take a seat in front of Lee and Allison.", replied Mr. Work, with his annoying English accent. Ken took his seat. Lee expected all hell to break loose, but instead...
"Hi Lee! How are you today? What did you do last night when you got home?", asked Ken.
Lee lifted an eyebrow. Ken, who had just tried to destroy him was being nice to him. He looked at Ken, who wore a big smile. He noticed the necklace on Ken was now white instead of black.
"I'm fine Ken...I didn't do much...", said a startled Lee. He eyed Ken suspiciously and then noticed Mr. Work was giving him the evil eye, so he opened his books. He looked at Allison again, who looked away again.
"Ah...this is turning out to be a great day already...", sighed Lee.
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After Chem class, Lee went to the usual hangout spot, where Nathan, Ace, Kevin and Arik were.
"Hey Lee! Wanna see my new Playboy?", asked Arik.
"Uh, not right now, Arik.", said Lee. "I'm not having a good day..."
"What's wrong now?", asked Kevin.
"Oh...a myriad of things.", replied Lee. He looked around the hallway. "Why don't we go outside today?"
"If you want too.", said Kevin.
The five boys grabbed their things and headed outside to a small patch of grass bordering the school between the parking lot. Ace and Nathan took out a hackey sack and began to play.
"Look! Nathan and Ace are playing with their sacks!", shouted Arik, laughing. Nathan fingered him. Arik waved it off and lay down on the grass. Lee and Kevin went to sit at a picnic table and talk.
"So, seriously...what's wrong?", asked Kevin.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you...", started Lee. He sighed and cracked his neck. Kevin's eyes widened.
"What? My neck always cracks that loud...", started Lee.
"James is coming.", growled Kevin. Lee put his head down on the table again. Suddenly he felt something hurt on his back.
"Get up, wuss. I'm gonna show you the beating you deserve!", said James. A few of his friends laughed.
"Beat the hell out of that little dork!", shouted one kid.
"Hey, look, James, I'm sorry about--", started Lee, but James punched him in the face! Lee staggered backwards and then James started to wail on him!
"No one hits James Willington and gets away with it!", shouted James, throwing punch after punch. Kevin grabbed his arm.
"James, stop it!", shouted Kevin. A few of James' friends pulled Kevin off of him.
"Don't try anything Kevie-boy! And that goes for you freaks as well!", shouted James, pointing at Ace, Arik and Nathan, who were all equally horrified. James continued hitting Lee and hitting him. Arik moved to help him again, but Nathan stopped him.
"The second one of us jumps in, all of them will jump in.", cautioned Nathan. Arik held back, but he was pissed. Suddenly, a female voice shouted for James to stop. It was Allison.
"Hey James, get off him or I'll kick you where your balls should be.", said Allison. James stopped wailing on Lee and dropped him. Nathan and Ace ran to his aid. Arik planted himself between James and Lee.
"You wouldn't...", started James.
"Ya wanna bet?", asked Allison. James muttered and he and his friends backed off.
"Alright, I've done enough. See ya later, Lee!", said James as he and his group walked off. Allison and Kevin ran over to Lee.
"Are you alright?!", asked Kevin.
"No...", groaned Lee, coughing out blood. Kevin and Arik supported him and brought him inside the school to the nurses office.
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Later, Lee was laying on the bed, sleeping. Allison stuck her head in to give him his English homework. She saw he was sleeping and decided to just sneak in and put it by his bag. She tip-toed over and went to place it down.
"I thought you were mad at me.", said Lee, without even opening his eyes.
"So did I.", replied Allison. She smiled. "How are you doing?"
"Well, everything hurts. But nothing's broken. James isn't too tough."
"That's good. You didn't deserve that.", said Allison. She sat down on the bed and looked at him.
"What do I deserve then?", he asked. He opened his eyes.
Allison leaned over so her face was above his, "You deserve...", she started as she moved to kiss him, but then stopped as her eyes wandered away. "...some weird chick."
"What?", asked Lee, shocked and disappointed. He then noticed a weird girl standing in the doorway. She smirked and looked at the both of them.
"It's Desiree Skyelander. One of the most rotten, punk girls in school...", muttered Allison. "She used to beat me up when we were younger."
She wore a pair of tight flare jeans that had added black fabric on the outside. Red long-sleeved shirt with a black t-shirt over top. The shirt had a evil smile emblem on it and said 'the only way to get rid of temptation is to give into it'. Hemp necklace with 2 black beads, 2 red beads, and purple bead.
"What an outfit...", gasped Lee. He looked down and noticed a little something was sticking up under the blanket. Allison noticed it too and glared at Desiree.
"Lee, I'm here to talk to you...", said Desiree in a half-evil/half- seduction voice.
"Go away! Can't you see that Lee is hurt?", shouted Allison in defense of her friend. Desiree waved Allison off.
"Lee, just to let ya know..", said Desiree, hugging the doorframe and leaning back, "...you don't know who you're messing with."
With that, Desiree turned and left. Leaving Lee and Allison confused.
"Messing with... what is she talking about...?", asked Allison.
"I don't know...", said Lee. {Could she be talking about James...? Maybe, but it sounded like she was talking about something alot deeper than that...}
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After School, Lee was walking his usual route home. Battered and confused, he decided not to think about anything until he got home to see Kokuwamon. He turned a corner into the alley and discovered he wasn't alone again...
"Ken! I know that's you!", shouted Lee. Clutching his bruised arm, he turned around to see Ken. Ken looked ready for some action, his necklace was once again black and he had that same possessed look.
"Oh, this time you are going down, boy!", shouted Ken. "Stingmon!"
"Kokuwamon!", shouted Lee. He pressed a button on his D-Volver and Kokuwamon appeared instantly.
"Trouble with the locals?", asked Kokuwamon.
"OH yeah...", replied Lee. {I don't get it. His necklace changes color. And when it was white...he was friendly to me...}
Stingmon hit the ground next to Ken and stood up, prepared to fight.
Lee pulled out his D-Volver and it started to react to Ken.
{PROFILE: ICHIJOUJI, KEN} Server: Yamato Server
Known Relatives: Mother, Father, Brother (deceased)
Device Type: D-3
Functions of D-3: Evolution to Champion, Armor Digivolution, DNA Digivolution
Crest: Kindness
Partner: Leafmon-Minomon-Wormmon-Stingmon-DinoBeemon
- Ken Ichijouji is a Digidestened of the Yamato Server. Formerly known as the terrible Digimon Emperor, he reverted to a kind state after being defeated by the other Digidestened. Eventually, he helped to overthrow the tyrant, MaloMyotismon. He can DNA Digivolve with: Motomiya, Davis.
{END PROFILE}
"It says here...that he's a good guy...!", shouted Lee in amazement. There was obviously something to the picture he couldn't see.
"Stingmon! Destroy Kokuwamon!", commanded Ken.
"Consider it done!", shouted Stingmon. Stingmon leapt forward and extended his blades. Kokuwamon leapt upwards and Stingmon crashed into the ground. Lee had to run aside to avoid being hit by Stingmon! Stingmon got up again.
"Moon Shooter!!!", shouted Stingmon. He shot volleys of spikes at Kokuwamon, all of which missed the target.
"Mini-Electro Shocker!", shouted Kokuwamon, zapping Stingmon. Stingmon slugged Kokuwamon and the tiny robot collapsed to the ground. Stingmon stood over him.
"You're finished. Spiking--", started Stingmon.
"Mini Scissor-Claw!!!", screamed Kokuwamon. He barrel rolled backwards underneath Stingmon's legs and clamped his claws firmly onto Stingmon's left wing! Stingmon screamed out in pain.
"Stingmon! What are you doing!? Destroy that excuse for a Digimon!", shouted Ken. Stingmon winced at the pain and tried to shake Kokuwamon off, but he wouldn't budge. Stingmon then came up with a different plan. He jumped backwards into a building, knocking the wind out of both himself and Kokuwamon! But since Kokuwamon was on his back, he took the full brunt of the hit!
"Kokuwamon! No, get up!", shouted Lee. Stingmon attempted to pull himself up, when suddenly...
"Diamond Storm!!!", shouted a voice. Dozens of diamond shards flew at Stingmon, who sweat dropped. They all crashed into him, sending him flying backwards.
Confused, Lee looked over to see Lelia the Renamon and her partner, Earnest, standing there.
"They guy I saw in the hall yesterday, wearing the weird clothes...", gasped Lee. Lelia ran into the battle and drew one of her guns that she uses to attack her enemies. But Stingmon was too fast for her and smashed her across the face, sending her flying across the alley. She landed on her upper back but shifted her weight forwards and leapt back onto her feet.
"Ugh! There's another one now!", shouted Ken. He was getting pretty angry.
Earnest ran up to Lee. Lee looked him over. A guy wearing a ponytail wasn't exactly normal in his books, but he didn't mind.
"Hey, who are you?", asked Lee.
"My name is Earnest. That's all you need know for now. We must battle her servant!", said Earnest. Lee was about to speak again, but then decided to focus on the battle. Kokuwamon was still trying to drag himself off the ground, while Leila and Stingmon battled.
"Leila! Use your normal attacks!", shouted Earnest. Leila threw her gun down and leapt into the air.
"Yeah, yeah...DIAMOND STORM!!!", screamed Leila, almost psychotically. She extended her arms and thousands of crystal shards flew at Stingmon yet again.
"Stingmon, intercept!", commanded Ken. Stingmon nodded.
"Of course, Ken! Evil Antennae!", shouted Stingmon. A black force field appeared in front of him, reflecting the shards back at Leila! They buried themselves in her fur and she collapsed to the ground.
"Leila!!!", shouted Earnest. Lee's jaw dropped. Leila was out cold and Kokuwamon was badly damaged...what was he going to do?
"Use your D-Volver!", shouted Earnest.
"Huh? To do what?", asked Lee, holding it out.
"To Digivolve Kokuwamon! Use it now!"
Lee instinctively thrusted the D-Volver out in Kokuwamon's direction, who in turn began to glow.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Kokuwamon!!! Digivolve to..."
Kokuwamon grew about three times his normal size. He grew huge metallic pincers, and his body became shaped like a huge four-legged bug. Two wings that resembled jet wings bursted out of his back and his eyes glew red. He was covered with ancient inscriptions of Digi-code.
"...TECKUWAGAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
TecKuwagamon stood above Stingmon and looked down. He flexed his claws. Stingmon took a few steps back.
"Don't run away! Fight!", screamed Ken.
Stingmon leapt at TecKuwagamon, and extended his right blade.
"SPIKING STRIIIKE!", shouted Stingmon, jabbing the blade directly into TecKuwagamon's head. TecKuwagamon looked up at him and giggled.
"W-what?!", asked Stingmon.
"Is it my turn!? Oh goodie! MOLTEN FLARE!!!", shouted TecKuwagamon. He raised a claw and pured fire all over Stingmon, who screamed and fell to the ground, burning.
"That's the way to fight!", shouted Leila, who had regained consciousness. Lee ran past her and leapt over next to Ken, grabbing his arm.
"Let go of me! You don't have the right to touch me!", shouted Ken.
"I have a right to figure out why you were a pacifist this morning and why you aren't now! And I think this has something to do with it!", retorted Lee. He grabbed the black necklace around Ken, and ripped it off the boy's neck! The necklace instantly disintegrated and Ken staggered backwards and rubbed his eyes.
"What's going on...?", asked a confused Ken. His voice was alot sweeter now and had lost that commanding tone.
"Look at Stingmon!", shouted TecKuwagamon. Lee looked at the assassin...but he was now a smaller green Digimon. Wormmon.
Leila leapt over to Earnest and brushed herself off. Earnest folded his arms over his chest.
"By removing the necklace, you must have returned them to their natural state! Good job!", complimented Earnest.
"The kid's alright.", added Leila. She picked up her gun and began to shine it. Lee turned back to Ken.
"Ken...can you tell me what is happening...?", asked Lee in a very soft voice.
"I--", began a startled Ken.
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Fade into the same dark bedroom we saw before. The female leans over her laptop again, watching the progress of the battle.
"I don't think you'll be spilling any secrets, Kenny-boy. Computer, eliminate program: Ichijouji, Ken."
{ARE YOU SURE?}
"I'm very sure."
{ACKNOWLEDGED}
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Back in the alleyway near Lee's apartment, Ken coughed a bit and then began to turn pale.
"Stop her! Please!", shouted Ken. Suddenly, he faded away, as if he was never there. Lee's eyes widened and he began to feel sick.
"Ken!!! What happened to him?!", shouted Lee. Though he didn't expect an answer.
"Look!", exclaimed TecKuwagamon. The robo-bug pointed a claw at the unconscious body of Wormmon, which disappeared as well.
"There's something you don't see every day...", gasped Leila.
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"Wow. Ya got rid o' him, Desiree. But where'd he go?", asked a small Impmon, standing by the laptop screen. Desiree folded her arms and smirked.
"Into my own personal server. Look."
Desiree typed a few keys and the computer came up with a message.
{DESOLATE SERVER ASSESSED}
{CURRENT RESIDENTS: Ichijouji, Ken.}
"Oh, wow. You're going ta' put all the failures there?"
"There won't be any more failures. This time, I will pick a good one."
{SYSTEM LOGGED IN.} {DIGITAL WORLD DOWNLOADING.} {WHICH SERVER?}
"Yamato Server."
{DOWNLOAD COMPLETE.}
{RESIDENTS OF CURRENT SERVER ARE:}
-Kamiya, Taichi
-Kamiya, Hikari
-Ishida, Yamato
-Kido, Joe
-Takenouchi, Sora
-Takaishi, Takeru
-Inoue, Yolie
-Hida, Cody
"Einey meenie, miney moe... catch a Sora by the toe..."
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Early the next morning, Lee's sister crept into the dark room where Lee slept. Kokuwamon was sleeping on the end of the bed, but she didn't notice him. And obviously, he didn't notice her. She gathered up all her might and leapt on the bed, bouncing like crazy! Lee woke up instantly and Kokuwamon fell off behind the bed, with a crash.
"LEE! LEEEEE! WAKE UP! It's almost time to go to SCHOOL!!!", screamed Jenna. Kokuwamon rubbed his metal body and stood up.
"Of all the circuit-breaking--", started Kokuwamon, but he was cut off as Lee threw a pillow at him. Lee smiled sheepishly.
"Heh heh. Get out, Jenna!", he shouted. He got up and shoved the little blonde girl out the door and promptly slammed it behind him. Kokuwamon threw the pillow off of him and jumped onto the bed.
"Why'd you do that!? I could've taken her!", shouted Kokuwamon.
"I bet you could. But for now...let's try to keep you hidden, okay?", asked Lee. "Hmmm, I'll have to get a lock for my door..."
"Yeah. And a brain for your goofy sister.", stated Kokuwamon. Lee laughed and started to get dressed.
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Lee happily walked on his way to school. He left Kokuwamon food and water, and taught him how to play Gamecube so he wouldn't get bored. He was worried about Allison in Chemistry class though.
"Man, I have to sit right next to her...what if she is still pissed...?"
Lee walked down the alleyway, there was still evidence of last nights' Digimon battle in it. Mostly the crushed garbage can that Stingmon had landed on though. Lee shook his head at the thought of Ken attacking again and realized he was almost at school.
"Hey Lee!", shouted Ace. Ace biked up to him and skidded his bike in front of Lee.
"Hey, Sam.", replied Lee. Ace glared at Lee for calling him that, and then went to lock up his bike. Lee followed. Ace threw the chain around his bike and set the combo, then turned to Lee.
"Yo, something's up with James. I think he's pissed at you.", said Ace, "God, I hate that rich little bas--"
"What? What did I do?", asked Lee, interrupting him. Ace shrugged.
"You punched him in English, remember?", asked Kevin, who walked up to them. Lee took an ashamed look.
"You PUNCHED him!?", asked Ace, completely surprised. Lee and Kevin nodded. "Hey, look, here he comes."
James and a few of his friends walked up to the trio and faced Lee. James was wearing a black shirt and some very expensive pants. He crossed his arms over his chest and rubbed his black eye.
"Oh, you are going to pay for this, Lee Trainer. I assure you.", said James. There was a moment of silence. Suddenly the bell rang and James' group headed inside. Lee sighed and followed Kevin and Ace inside.
Lee entered Chemistry class and sat next to Allison. She turned her head away from him the second he sat down.
"...are you still mad about the project?", asked Lee.
No answer.
"Guess so...", he muttered. He put his head down on his desk. he heard Ken's voice talking to the teacher!
"Mr. Work, I'm Ken Ichijouji. A new student in this class.", said Ken.
"Ah, yes Ken. I've heard many things about you. Take a seat in front of Lee and Allison.", replied Mr. Work, with his annoying English accent. Ken took his seat. Lee expected all hell to break loose, but instead...
"Hi Lee! How are you today? What did you do last night when you got home?", asked Ken.
Lee lifted an eyebrow. Ken, who had just tried to destroy him was being nice to him. He looked at Ken, who wore a big smile. He noticed the necklace on Ken was now white instead of black.
"I'm fine Ken...I didn't do much...", said a startled Lee. He eyed Ken suspiciously and then noticed Mr. Work was giving him the evil eye, so he opened his books. He looked at Allison again, who looked away again.
"Ah...this is turning out to be a great day already...", sighed Lee.
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After Chem class, Lee went to the usual hangout spot, where Nathan, Ace, Kevin and Arik were.
"Hey Lee! Wanna see my new Playboy?", asked Arik.
"Uh, not right now, Arik.", said Lee. "I'm not having a good day..."
"What's wrong now?", asked Kevin.
"Oh...a myriad of things.", replied Lee. He looked around the hallway. "Why don't we go outside today?"
"If you want too.", said Kevin.
The five boys grabbed their things and headed outside to a small patch of grass bordering the school between the parking lot. Ace and Nathan took out a hackey sack and began to play.
"Look! Nathan and Ace are playing with their sacks!", shouted Arik, laughing. Nathan fingered him. Arik waved it off and lay down on the grass. Lee and Kevin went to sit at a picnic table and talk.
"So, seriously...what's wrong?", asked Kevin.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you...", started Lee. He sighed and cracked his neck. Kevin's eyes widened.
"What? My neck always cracks that loud...", started Lee.
"James is coming.", growled Kevin. Lee put his head down on the table again. Suddenly he felt something hurt on his back.
"Get up, wuss. I'm gonna show you the beating you deserve!", said James. A few of his friends laughed.
"Beat the hell out of that little dork!", shouted one kid.
"Hey, look, James, I'm sorry about--", started Lee, but James punched him in the face! Lee staggered backwards and then James started to wail on him!
"No one hits James Willington and gets away with it!", shouted James, throwing punch after punch. Kevin grabbed his arm.
"James, stop it!", shouted Kevin. A few of James' friends pulled Kevin off of him.
"Don't try anything Kevie-boy! And that goes for you freaks as well!", shouted James, pointing at Ace, Arik and Nathan, who were all equally horrified. James continued hitting Lee and hitting him. Arik moved to help him again, but Nathan stopped him.
"The second one of us jumps in, all of them will jump in.", cautioned Nathan. Arik held back, but he was pissed. Suddenly, a female voice shouted for James to stop. It was Allison.
"Hey James, get off him or I'll kick you where your balls should be.", said Allison. James stopped wailing on Lee and dropped him. Nathan and Ace ran to his aid. Arik planted himself between James and Lee.
"You wouldn't...", started James.
"Ya wanna bet?", asked Allison. James muttered and he and his friends backed off.
"Alright, I've done enough. See ya later, Lee!", said James as he and his group walked off. Allison and Kevin ran over to Lee.
"Are you alright?!", asked Kevin.
"No...", groaned Lee, coughing out blood. Kevin and Arik supported him and brought him inside the school to the nurses office.
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Later, Lee was laying on the bed, sleeping. Allison stuck her head in to give him his English homework. She saw he was sleeping and decided to just sneak in and put it by his bag. She tip-toed over and went to place it down.
"I thought you were mad at me.", said Lee, without even opening his eyes.
"So did I.", replied Allison. She smiled. "How are you doing?"
"Well, everything hurts. But nothing's broken. James isn't too tough."
"That's good. You didn't deserve that.", said Allison. She sat down on the bed and looked at him.
"What do I deserve then?", he asked. He opened his eyes.
Allison leaned over so her face was above his, "You deserve...", she started as she moved to kiss him, but then stopped as her eyes wandered away. "...some weird chick."
"What?", asked Lee, shocked and disappointed. He then noticed a weird girl standing in the doorway. She smirked and looked at the both of them.
"It's Desiree Skyelander. One of the most rotten, punk girls in school...", muttered Allison. "She used to beat me up when we were younger."
She wore a pair of tight flare jeans that had added black fabric on the outside. Red long-sleeved shirt with a black t-shirt over top. The shirt had a evil smile emblem on it and said 'the only way to get rid of temptation is to give into it'. Hemp necklace with 2 black beads, 2 red beads, and purple bead.
"What an outfit...", gasped Lee. He looked down and noticed a little something was sticking up under the blanket. Allison noticed it too and glared at Desiree.
"Lee, I'm here to talk to you...", said Desiree in a half-evil/half- seduction voice.
"Go away! Can't you see that Lee is hurt?", shouted Allison in defense of her friend. Desiree waved Allison off.
"Lee, just to let ya know..", said Desiree, hugging the doorframe and leaning back, "...you don't know who you're messing with."
With that, Desiree turned and left. Leaving Lee and Allison confused.
"Messing with... what is she talking about...?", asked Allison.
"I don't know...", said Lee. {Could she be talking about James...? Maybe, but it sounded like she was talking about something alot deeper than that...}
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After School, Lee was walking his usual route home. Battered and confused, he decided not to think about anything until he got home to see Kokuwamon. He turned a corner into the alley and discovered he wasn't alone again...
"Ken! I know that's you!", shouted Lee. Clutching his bruised arm, he turned around to see Ken. Ken looked ready for some action, his necklace was once again black and he had that same possessed look.
"Oh, this time you are going down, boy!", shouted Ken. "Stingmon!"
"Kokuwamon!", shouted Lee. He pressed a button on his D-Volver and Kokuwamon appeared instantly.
"Trouble with the locals?", asked Kokuwamon.
"OH yeah...", replied Lee. {I don't get it. His necklace changes color. And when it was white...he was friendly to me...}
Stingmon hit the ground next to Ken and stood up, prepared to fight.
Lee pulled out his D-Volver and it started to react to Ken.
{PROFILE: ICHIJOUJI, KEN} Server: Yamato Server
Known Relatives: Mother, Father, Brother (deceased)
Device Type: D-3
Functions of D-3: Evolution to Champion, Armor Digivolution, DNA Digivolution
Crest: Kindness
Partner: Leafmon-Minomon-Wormmon-Stingmon-DinoBeemon
- Ken Ichijouji is a Digidestened of the Yamato Server. Formerly known as the terrible Digimon Emperor, he reverted to a kind state after being defeated by the other Digidestened. Eventually, he helped to overthrow the tyrant, MaloMyotismon. He can DNA Digivolve with: Motomiya, Davis.
{END PROFILE}
"It says here...that he's a good guy...!", shouted Lee in amazement. There was obviously something to the picture he couldn't see.
"Stingmon! Destroy Kokuwamon!", commanded Ken.
"Consider it done!", shouted Stingmon. Stingmon leapt forward and extended his blades. Kokuwamon leapt upwards and Stingmon crashed into the ground. Lee had to run aside to avoid being hit by Stingmon! Stingmon got up again.
"Moon Shooter!!!", shouted Stingmon. He shot volleys of spikes at Kokuwamon, all of which missed the target.
"Mini-Electro Shocker!", shouted Kokuwamon, zapping Stingmon. Stingmon slugged Kokuwamon and the tiny robot collapsed to the ground. Stingmon stood over him.
"You're finished. Spiking--", started Stingmon.
"Mini Scissor-Claw!!!", screamed Kokuwamon. He barrel rolled backwards underneath Stingmon's legs and clamped his claws firmly onto Stingmon's left wing! Stingmon screamed out in pain.
"Stingmon! What are you doing!? Destroy that excuse for a Digimon!", shouted Ken. Stingmon winced at the pain and tried to shake Kokuwamon off, but he wouldn't budge. Stingmon then came up with a different plan. He jumped backwards into a building, knocking the wind out of both himself and Kokuwamon! But since Kokuwamon was on his back, he took the full brunt of the hit!
"Kokuwamon! No, get up!", shouted Lee. Stingmon attempted to pull himself up, when suddenly...
"Diamond Storm!!!", shouted a voice. Dozens of diamond shards flew at Stingmon, who sweat dropped. They all crashed into him, sending him flying backwards.
Confused, Lee looked over to see Lelia the Renamon and her partner, Earnest, standing there.
"They guy I saw in the hall yesterday, wearing the weird clothes...", gasped Lee. Lelia ran into the battle and drew one of her guns that she uses to attack her enemies. But Stingmon was too fast for her and smashed her across the face, sending her flying across the alley. She landed on her upper back but shifted her weight forwards and leapt back onto her feet.
"Ugh! There's another one now!", shouted Ken. He was getting pretty angry.
Earnest ran up to Lee. Lee looked him over. A guy wearing a ponytail wasn't exactly normal in his books, but he didn't mind.
"Hey, who are you?", asked Lee.
"My name is Earnest. That's all you need know for now. We must battle her servant!", said Earnest. Lee was about to speak again, but then decided to focus on the battle. Kokuwamon was still trying to drag himself off the ground, while Leila and Stingmon battled.
"Leila! Use your normal attacks!", shouted Earnest. Leila threw her gun down and leapt into the air.
"Yeah, yeah...DIAMOND STORM!!!", screamed Leila, almost psychotically. She extended her arms and thousands of crystal shards flew at Stingmon yet again.
"Stingmon, intercept!", commanded Ken. Stingmon nodded.
"Of course, Ken! Evil Antennae!", shouted Stingmon. A black force field appeared in front of him, reflecting the shards back at Leila! They buried themselves in her fur and she collapsed to the ground.
"Leila!!!", shouted Earnest. Lee's jaw dropped. Leila was out cold and Kokuwamon was badly damaged...what was he going to do?
"Use your D-Volver!", shouted Earnest.
"Huh? To do what?", asked Lee, holding it out.
"To Digivolve Kokuwamon! Use it now!"
Lee instinctively thrusted the D-Volver out in Kokuwamon's direction, who in turn began to glow.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Kokuwamon!!! Digivolve to..."
Kokuwamon grew about three times his normal size. He grew huge metallic pincers, and his body became shaped like a huge four-legged bug. Two wings that resembled jet wings bursted out of his back and his eyes glew red. He was covered with ancient inscriptions of Digi-code.
"...TECKUWAGAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
TecKuwagamon stood above Stingmon and looked down. He flexed his claws. Stingmon took a few steps back.
"Don't run away! Fight!", screamed Ken.
Stingmon leapt at TecKuwagamon, and extended his right blade.
"SPIKING STRIIIKE!", shouted Stingmon, jabbing the blade directly into TecKuwagamon's head. TecKuwagamon looked up at him and giggled.
"W-what?!", asked Stingmon.
"Is it my turn!? Oh goodie! MOLTEN FLARE!!!", shouted TecKuwagamon. He raised a claw and pured fire all over Stingmon, who screamed and fell to the ground, burning.
"That's the way to fight!", shouted Leila, who had regained consciousness. Lee ran past her and leapt over next to Ken, grabbing his arm.
"Let go of me! You don't have the right to touch me!", shouted Ken.
"I have a right to figure out why you were a pacifist this morning and why you aren't now! And I think this has something to do with it!", retorted Lee. He grabbed the black necklace around Ken, and ripped it off the boy's neck! The necklace instantly disintegrated and Ken staggered backwards and rubbed his eyes.
"What's going on...?", asked a confused Ken. His voice was alot sweeter now and had lost that commanding tone.
"Look at Stingmon!", shouted TecKuwagamon. Lee looked at the assassin...but he was now a smaller green Digimon. Wormmon.
Leila leapt over to Earnest and brushed herself off. Earnest folded his arms over his chest.
"By removing the necklace, you must have returned them to their natural state! Good job!", complimented Earnest.
"The kid's alright.", added Leila. She picked up her gun and began to shine it. Lee turned back to Ken.
"Ken...can you tell me what is happening...?", asked Lee in a very soft voice.
"I--", began a startled Ken.
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Fade into the same dark bedroom we saw before. The female leans over her laptop again, watching the progress of the battle.
"I don't think you'll be spilling any secrets, Kenny-boy. Computer, eliminate program: Ichijouji, Ken."
{ARE YOU SURE?}
"I'm very sure."
{ACKNOWLEDGED}
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Back in the alleyway near Lee's apartment, Ken coughed a bit and then began to turn pale.
"Stop her! Please!", shouted Ken. Suddenly, he faded away, as if he was never there. Lee's eyes widened and he began to feel sick.
"Ken!!! What happened to him?!", shouted Lee. Though he didn't expect an answer.
"Look!", exclaimed TecKuwagamon. The robo-bug pointed a claw at the unconscious body of Wormmon, which disappeared as well.
"There's something you don't see every day...", gasped Leila.
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"Wow. Ya got rid o' him, Desiree. But where'd he go?", asked a small Impmon, standing by the laptop screen. Desiree folded her arms and smirked.
"Into my own personal server. Look."
Desiree typed a few keys and the computer came up with a message.
{DESOLATE SERVER ASSESSED}
{CURRENT RESIDENTS: Ichijouji, Ken.}
"Oh, wow. You're going ta' put all the failures there?"
"There won't be any more failures. This time, I will pick a good one."
{SYSTEM LOGGED IN.} {DIGITAL WORLD DOWNLOADING.} {WHICH SERVER?}
"Yamato Server."
{DOWNLOAD COMPLETE.}
{RESIDENTS OF CURRENT SERVER ARE:}
-Kamiya, Taichi
-Kamiya, Hikari
-Ishida, Yamato
-Kido, Joe
-Takenouchi, Sora
-Takaishi, Takeru
-Inoue, Yolie
-Hida, Cody
"Einey meenie, miney moe... catch a Sora by the toe..."
---------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED