[b]Author's Note:[/b]
No dirty scenes this time. But I just noticed that neither Allison or
Nathan has appeared for [u]five[/u] chapters! That's quite a bitsy, so
they'll be back today.
[b]Previously:[/b] While Alex and Lee engaged in sexual matters, Desiree, along with Kenta and Sarah, attacked the armory again! Ace, Arik and Earnest were on call to stop the attack, and did a good job of it. But not before Desiree implanted some mysterious objects in Ace and Earnest's neck! And she made away with the alloy she wanted too. Okay... maybe they didn't do a good job of it...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Twenty: Bio-Merge Activate![/b]
------------------------------- The next day, it was finally the last week of school before Christmas. All the kids were definitely happy, as were Lee and Alex. Alex was especially happy that she didn't have to take 45-minute bus ride to school this morning, as she stayed the night at Lee's. And WHAT a night they had! I'm jealous of him and I'm the guy who's writing this.
"Yay! We have an assembly first thing this morning, so that means time off class!", squealed Alex, happily jumping around as Lee and her walked to school. It was snowing quite heavily now, so Lee was wearing a toque and Alex was just... well she didn't exactly bring any extra clothes so she was just in her T-shirt, but she didn't seem to care one bit.
"Yeah, it should be a good assembly. They always compile something neat for holiday ones.", replied Lee. His mind was obviously on something else. Probably the threat of Desiree like it usually was fixated on...
[i]I HAD SEX WITH ALEX!! WOOO-HOOO! I'M KING OF THE WORLD!!![/i]
Or not.
------------------------- Yakaishi High School:
"You had sex with Alex!? Oh my god, you're king of the world!", exclaimed Ace. Lee had adjoined to their little hangout after what seemed like forever. Kevin and Nathan were there too, but Arik was strangely absent.
"Shhh!", hissed Lee. "I don't want the whole world to know!"
"Well... if you're king of the world. They should know.", replied Ace.
"Don't make me punch you. We'll just call it my first scandal as a figure of authority.", joked Lee. Kevin sighed. Kevin wasn't really into girls and sex as much as Nathan, Lee and Ace. Kevin believed girls should be treated with respect and never used for sexual purposes. Lee believed this too, except the last five words of it. No one knew what went through Ace and Nathan's brains, and no one really wanted too, either.
"Hah! You're getting way more from her than you did from Allison!", said Nathan, patting Lee on the back.
[i]Allison...[/i] Thought Lee. He slapped himself across the face. [i]Don't think like that! You're over her now![/i]
"Lee, why did you slap yourself?", asked Nathan.
"Uh...", muttered Lee, attempting to think up an excuse.
---------------------- Auditorium:
Later, the entire school had filed into the auditorium to see the assembly. Lee sat between Alex and Nathan. They had tried to find Ace and Kevin, but too many kids took too many spots.
"Why do there have to be so many kids in this school?", asked Alex. She took hold of Lee's hand and he held hers back.
"I'm not sure...", replied Lee.
"Hey, Lee. Arik is home sick today. He has a flu apparently.", said Nathan to Lee. Lee was about to respond, but the assembly loudspeakers came on. Mr. Rathjen (the vice-principal who got angry at Lee waaaayyy back in chapter six) stood on the stage and spoke into the mike.
"Welcome students and staff to the last assembly of this school year! It has a Christmas theme, obviously, and has been put together by some very talented students. First, we have Allison Williams to sing a Christmas song she's been practicing on."
Lee almost choked on his own phlegm. Not seeing Allison wasn't going to be as easy as he'd hoped. Allison walked out onto the stage, as cute as ever. She was wearing a strapless red dress and black dress shoes. Her hair was done up in a bun. She grabbed the mike and began to sing an upbeat version of 'Santa Claus is coming to Town'.
The audience was awestruck at the sound of her amazing voice. Even Lee and Nathan were impressed.
[i]I had no idea she was such a singer...[/i]
"She's amazing!", gasped Nathan. Lee nodded in agreement. "Simply amazing..."
"Lee! Stop staring!", hissed Alex.
"Huh? Oh, staring? I wasn't, I was watching.", mumbled Lee.
"Sure...", said Alex, disapprovingly.
Allison continued belting out her song, but as she looked over the audience, she noticed Lee and Alex holding hands. A dark look overtook her face, but she continued singing until then. Then hurriedly went offstage and began to cry.
"Uhh... let's hear it for Allison!", said Mr. Rathjen, retaking the mike. "Next we have the school band playing..."
---------------------- After the assembly was over, Ace had to go up with a few other students to help clean up all the equipment and such. As he was carrying a drum off the stage, Allison approached him, steaming mad.
"Uh, hi Allison!", said Ace, as he noticed her. "What's up?"
"What's up?! WHAT'S UP!?", she screamed in his face.
"Uh...yeah. What's up?", he asked again. Allison gritted her teeth together. "Are you... uh... mad about something?"
"No shit, Sherlock. You certainly haven't gotten any smarter over the past week.", said Allison. Ace grinned... until she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him down to her level.
"Why were Lee and that... slut... holding hands!?", she demanded to know. Ace stuttered for a moment and then came up with an answer.
"Uhhh... cuz they've been going out for over a week and they had sex last night.", said Ace. Then he thought to himself. "Oh shit, I shouldn't have said that last part..."
"They did... they what... they... ahhh!", screamed Allison. In her anger, she pushed Ace backwards and he fell down the stairs. The drum landed on his head. He looked up and Allison had already stormed off.
"She needs some anger management courses...", muttered Ace. He got up and began to recollect all the equipment.
---------------------------- After School:
Lee waited with Alex at the bus stop. And after three buses, Alex's finally came.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye for now.", said Lee. Alex kissed him on the cheek.
"Yup. But I'll see you tomorrow!", said Alex, cheerfully. She walked onto the bus and Lee waved goodbye. Then the bus started up with a huge roar and began to drive away. Lee and Nathan then began to walk home together. Allison, who has been watching all this, was infuriated and jealous.
She was now wearing her standard clothes, and was carrying a few books. She saw Ace walk out the door among a few other students.
"Now, I've got an idea... I can make Lee jealous...", she said to herself. She ran over to Ace and began walking beside him.
"Hey Allison. Are you still PMSing?", asked Ace. Allison glared at him, but shook it off, determined to use him against Lee.
"No, actually.", she replied, with a big smile on her face. "But I was wondering something..."
"What?", asked Ace.
"How'd you like to go out with me tonight?", asked Allison. Ace almost fell over.
"Go out!? With you!?", asked Ace, completely dumbfounded by his luck.
"You heard me.", said Allison. "Going once..."
"Is there a downside to this...?"
"Going twice..."
"Lee might get mad..."
"Going thrice..."
"Ok, I'll go out with you tonight!", decided Ace.
"Good. Pick me up at 7.", said Allison, strolling off. Ace scratched his head, then shrugged and did a little victory dance.
------------------------ Lee and his dad drove down main street, heading for the city hall. Lee's head was propped up against the window, as if he was really bored. His dad kept looking at Lee, as if he expected the boy to say something.
"How was sc--"
"Good."
"How's your girl--"
"Good."
"How's lif--"
"Good."
Lee's father sighed. Since he and Lee's mother divorced, he and Lee hadn't spent much time together. And when they did spend time together, Lee was always so distant and nearly impossible to have a conversation with. That would make it even harder for the question he was about to ask.
"What do you know about Digimon?", asked his father. Lee rose his head from his sleepy state and looked at his dad. His dad was wearing a suit, like any mayor should wear. Lee tugged on the collar of his shirt.
[i]Crap. Uhhh, what do I say? Oh I got it...[/i]
"Digimon are monsters that blow up the city, yada-yada. The end.", said Lee, before resting his head back on the window.
"Really?", asked his father. "Father Flannigan said he saw you with one. It bounced after you and jumped on your back and you two laughed together. Explain that."
"Kokuwamon isn't an 'it'! He's my friend!", snapped Lee. Then suddenly he turned pale.
[i]Did I just say what I think I did? ...I did.[/i]
"Kokuwamon?", asked his dad. "Interesting you know it's--er, his name if you don't have any contact with them."
"I--I...", stammered Lee. His dad had trapped him. Lee sighed. "Kokuwamon is good Digimon. He's my partner... he helps us fight those evil ones that would destroy the city if we weren't around!"
Lee's dad gave him a weird look. Lee had no idea what this look meant, but it wasn't good.
"So... Ace, Nathan and all your little friends... do they have Digimon too?", asked his father.
"No! Only me. I'm the only one...", sighed Lee.
"Then why did you say 'Kokuwamon helps us'?", asked his dad.
[i]...damn. He's good.[/i]
"Ok, so they do. What are you going to do now? Take them away!? Kill them!?", shouted Lee.
"I have to son. To protect our town, not only our town, our country.", said his father.
"Stop the car.", said Lee. Lee's dad stopped and Lee got out of the car.
"Where are you going?", asked his dad.
"Anywhere away from you.", replied Lee before slamming the door and running down the street. When he was a safe enough distance, he pulled out his D- Volver and called Kokuwamon.
[i]I'll find a place to hide you, buddy. Don't worry...[/i]
---------------------------- Later that night:
Ace and Allison walked along one of the main streets, with the lamps on the sides of the road lighting up the area pretty well. Allison was wearing a pair of jeans with a pink coat. She seemed overly energetic, whereas Ace wasn't. He was still busy trying to figure out what the heck they were going to do with their night.
"Hmmm... let's see. I got $12.85. We could go grab some food I guess...", muttered Ace.
"That'd be great. But you don't have to pay for me, I'll pay for myself.", said Allison.
"Where's your money?"
"See this purse?"
"Yeah."
"I keep money in it."
"Ohhhhh."
-------------------------- Desiree's Room:
Desiree wiped her forehead and held up an alloy necklace.
"Whew. It took a while, but I finally finished it!", shouted Desiree, happily. Impy looked it over.
"It's purty...", he said. Desiree nodded in agreement and opened up Laptop.
"Now... to find someone to use it on...", said Desiree.
"Oooh! Me! I want to wear the pretty necklace!", shouted Impy, jumping up and down. Desiree gave him a weird look. Then she pointed to a name on the computer monitor.
"I was thinking more along the lines of... him."
------------------------------- Ace and Allison were heading towards Pizza Hut and just chatting up a storm, for a bit.
[i]Hmmm... Ace has more interesting things to say than I thought he would. But still, he doesn't have a thing on Lee..[/i] Thought Allison, smiling. She was planning on having some pointless fun with Ace tonight and probably forgetting about the tiff with Lee.
"Yeah, and that's how Arik and I stole those rats from the science lab."
"Really? It was you guys who took them? I thought it was Brock Healy."
"No, it was... Lee?", asked Ace, startled.
"Lee? But you said it was you and Arik."
"No, look! Lee is on the other side of the street! It looks like he's got Kokuwamon in his backpack...", said Ace, pointing across the street to where Lee was going. He was planning on hiding Kokuwamon in Central Park, since barely anyone went there anyway.
"Oh, dear god, don't let Lee see us...", groaned Allison. But she was actually thinking, [i]Yes! This is perfect! I only hope he gets jealous...[/i]
Lee turned and saw Allison and Ace. He cocked an eyebrow at them.
"What the he--argh!", screamed Lee in pain as a boy punched him in the back of the head. Lee stumbled onto his face and Kokuwamon fell out of his backpack. The boy jumped back and pointed at Kokuwamon.
"Cyberdramon take out the Digimon!", commanded the boy. A rather large black humanoid Digimon leapt down from the rooftops in front of Kokuwamon and picked him up.
"That boy has an alloy necklace on!", shouted Ace.
"An alloy what?", asked Allison. Ace whipped out his D-Volver and called DemiTyrannomon. In a few short seconds, the Digimon was teleported to where they were.
"Go! Take out Cyberdramon!", shouted Ace.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"DemiTyrannomon...Digivolve to..."
DemiTyrannomon became encased in a ball of fire, which almost doubled it's size. Two wings and a tail erupted from it, until two claws and a head slashed their way out! He reared back and roared.
"DRAGONMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Hmmm? Desiree didn't calculate for this Dragon...", said Ryo. "No matter, Cyberdramon! Initiate attack plan C!"
Cyberdramon threw Kokuwamon onto the ground, who was unconscious.
"I'll be back for you...", growled Cyberdramon. He then leapt at Dragonmon and smashed him with his fist, sending Dragonmon reeling into a restaurant. Glass shattered everywhere and people were running out like mad. This was all the distraction Cyberdramon needed to pick up Kokuwamon and begin to fly away with him.
"Why do they want Kokuwamon!?", asked Ace.
"I don't know! But go see if Lee is alright!", shouted Allison. "I'm calling Octopimon."
"We need some info...", said Ace, pulling out his D-Volver.
{PROFILE: Akiyama, Ryo}
Server: Amaterasu Server
Known Relatives: Father
Device Type: D-Arc
D-Arc Functions: Bio-Merge, Card Slash
Partner: Monodramon-Cyberdramon-Justimon
- Ryo is a master Digimon Tamer in his Server and a pro at the Digimon card game. He is a fearless hero who, with his powerful partner Cyberdramon, wins many battles with relative ease.
{END PROFILE}
"And Cyberdramon is an Ultimate level android Digimon. His attack is Erase Claw.", read Ace off his D-Volver.
"Good for him.", said Allison. She ported up Octopimon and pointed at Cyberdramon. "That's the bad guy! Attack!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Octopimon!!! Digivolve to..."
A swirl of purple light surrounds Octopimon as the tiny octopus expands into a standard-size octopus. More of a circular shape, with lighter purple on her eight tentacles. She swirls around and forms.
"...MEGAOCTOPIMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
MegaOctopimon targeted Cyberdramon and fired an Ink Burst, knocking Cyberdramon out of the air. Ace ran over to Lee and lifted him up.
"Lee! Man, are you okay?", asked Ace.
"Ugh... yeah I think so. I just got hit from behind is all...", groaned Lee. He looked up to see Cyberdramon kick MegaOctopimon.
"She needs help!", shouted Ace.
{{{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}}}
"Try me on for size!", shouted TecKuwagamon, leaping at Cyberdramon.
"Okay.", replied Cyberdramon. He threw MegaOctopimon into TecKuwagamon, knocking them both onto the street.
"This could be bad...", muttered Allison. DemiTyrannomon climbed out of the restaurant where he was thrown and ran over to Allison.
"Cyberdramon! I think it's time we finish them off!", commanded Ryo. Cyberdramon nodded and leapt over to Ryo, as the two of them began glowing.
"What the heck are they doing...?", asked Ace.
Lee gasped. "Oh no. I've seen this before! They're about to..."
"BIO-MERGE ACTIVATE!", shouted Ryo. He and Cyberdramon began to fuse together to form...
"Justimon!", shouted Allison. "He's a Mega level! And his special attacks are Thunder Clap and Justice Kick!"
"That's right, woman! Now I shall deal justice to you interlopers!", shouted Justimon.
"We wouldn't have needed to interlope if you didn't try and take Kokuwamon!", shouted Lee, angrily. Justimon turned to face him.
"My mistress's orders. I was told to kidnap the partner Digimon one by one.", explained Justimon. "She is going to send them to the Desolate Server to immobilize you."
[i]What a dope! He just told us her plans![/i] thought Lee. "You're not too bright..."
"Oh, I don't care if you know her plan. Because it won't help you where you are going! Thunder Clap!", bellowed Justimon
He smashed his robotic arm onto the ground in Allison's direction and a tremor went flying at her in the ground.
"Allison!!!", shouted Ace and Lee in unison.
Suddenly, DemiTyrannomon leapt up and shoved Allison out of the way, getting smashed himself by the tremor!
"Oh no! DemiTyrannomon!", yelled Ace, running to see his fallen partner. Justimon turned to face Lee.
"You're next!", he shouted, pointing at Lee. "And your little friends aren't going to stop me!"
Justimon turned around with a cry of "Justice Kick!" and kicked both TecKuwagamon and MegaOctopimon, who were attempting to sneak up behind him. They flew backwards onto the street and de-digivolved back into their rookie forms. Suddenly, Justimon felt something tug on his cape, it was Lee.
"You gotta be crazy--", started Justimon.
"Stop hurting my friends!", shouted Lee. Justimon shrugged and turned around, kicking Lee halfway across the street.
"Oh... my... god...", gasped Allison.
By now a crowd had gathered a safe distance from the battle, being held back by the police. Lee's father scrambled to get through.
"Out of the way! That's my son!", he shouted to a police officer.
"Mr. Mayor, if you go out there, you may not come back. We'll just have to hope the good Digimon prevail like they usually do.", said the female officer.
"Good... Digimon...?", asked his father.
"Lee! Get up! He's right above you!", screamed Allison. But Lee was barely able to move under his own strength. He struggled to pull himself off the ground, but Justimon stepped on his back.
"This... is for Desiree!"
"No... this is for Desiree!", shouted Ace. "Ready Demi?"
"Ready!", replied DemiTyrannomon.
"Bio-Merge, Activate!!!", screamed Ace, pulling out his glowing D-Volver.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"DemiTyrannomon! Bio-Merge to..."
Ace's clothes ripped off him and he glew with light and began to merge into DemiTyrannomon. The two grew into a medium-sized warrior resembling Omnimon, but a different color.
"...X-OMNIDRAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Whoa... check me out!", gasped X-Omnidramon. He held his hands in front of his face. One was a MetalGarurumon head and the other was a WarGreymon head.
"Check this out!", shouted Justimon, "Justice Kick!"
Justimon kicked at X-Omnidramon, landing a shot to his head and sending him flying backwards.
"Ahhh... that hurt.", groaned X-Omnidramon.
"Did Ace... Bio-Merge?!", asked Allison, helping Lee up.
"Duh.", replied Lee. Allison gave him a dark look. He really wasn't going to be nice to her now...
"But what happens when I do this?", asked X-Omnidramon. "Garuru Sword!"
He extended a yellow blade from his MetalGarurumon head and leapt at Justimon at it. Justimon braced himself for attack.
"Alright, have at you!", shouted Justimon. X-Omnidramon tackled him and he flew downwards onto the street with X-Omnidramon standing on top of him.
"Tag. You're it.", said X-Omnidramon, preparing to plunge the sword into Justimon's head. He brought the sword down, but Justimon simply moved his head to the side.
"Wh-what the?", asked X-Omnidramon. Justimon smirked.
"You're it. Justice Kick!", shouted Justimon, kicking X-Omnidramon in the butt, sending him tumbling forwards. Justimon then leapt up and did a 180 degree turn, smashing his metallic arm on the ground. "Thunder Clap!"
The shockwave hit X-Omnidramon dead on and sent him crashing into a bunch of mailboxes.
"Why isn't he winning?", asked Allison. Octopimon floated up next to her head.
"Ace isn't used to fighting. He's about as useless as we were before, except with some power he can't control.", explained Octopimon.
"That's a bad thing."
"Yes it is."
"Thunder Clap!", shouted Justimon, smashing it into X-Omnidramon while he was still down. X-Omnidramon flew up and smashed into a wall and fell onto the ground.
"Pathetic efforts from pathetic chosen.", gloated Justimon. "I don't see why us Tamer's weren't Chosen as the head Server. We are far more powerful than you."
"Head... Server...?", asked Lee.
"Geez, why do new concepts come into play every time we learn one?!", asked Kokuwamon.
"That's life, buddy."
Justimon turned to go finish off the others, but suddenly a mailbox was flung at him and hit him in the back of the head.
"What the--?"
"You weren't chosen because YOU'RE pathetic!", screamed X-Omnidramon. "Omni Destroyer!!!"
X-Omnidramon fired the huge bluish energy beam directly at Justimon. The beam struck right through him and he crumpled like a paper towel, reverting into an unconscious Ryo and Monodramon. Lee walked over to Ryo.
"We all know what happens next. I destroy the Alloy Necklace.", said Lee, ripping it off Ryo and sending him and his partner to the Desolate Server. [i]Though it seems like such a waste, since we'll be going there soon anyway...[/i]
The police finally rushed in to save the scene and thanked Lee, Allison and Ace for their efforts. Allison pulled Ace aside to have a little talk with him as Lee's dad came running up to him.
"Lee! Oh son, I'm glad you're alright.", gasped his father. He held open his arms for a hug, but Lee just picked up Kokuwamon and began to walk away.
"No, Lee, wait! I've called off the Digimon hunt! You can keep your friend!"
"Y-you did... why...?", asked Lee, confused.
"Because. Jenna and you are the most important things to me in the world. And if you're unhappy then I'm unhappy. Just promise me you'll be careful!"
"I... I promise dad. I promise.", said Lee, giving his father a hug. "Now... you should meet Kokuwamon."
Allison dragged Ace away and gave him a hug. "Wow, Ace! You were so amazing!"
"Yeah, uh, thanks.", said Ace, trying not to let it go to his head. "So when should we go out again?"
"That's what I need to talk to you about. We won't be. I just did this to make Lee jealous... and it didn't work out right..."
"Hmm. I thought so.", said Ace. "I was just waiting for you to tell me."
"You're not mad?"
"Nope. But I'll tell you one thing... Alex and Lee have become really close through recent battles. You may be out of your league... Allison.", said Ace. "Come on Demi."
"Hey, we kicked major ass, eh Ace...", trailed off DemiTyrannomon as the two of them walked away.
"Close... perhaps.", mused Allison, looking at Lee laughing with his father and Kokuwamon. "But there are rules of relationships that are meant to be broken. Broken by me."
-------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED
Next: Desiree goes completely insane! She holds Kevin as a hostage when he finds out how to access the Desolate Server and threatens to kill him unless Lee and the others surrender! Also, it's discovered that Desiree threw Dark Seeds into Ace and Earnest. If they aren't removed quick, they'll turn into permanent slaves like James! Speaking of James... his partner evolves to the Mega level... Diaboromon! And this is only the beginning...
[b]Previously:[/b] While Alex and Lee engaged in sexual matters, Desiree, along with Kenta and Sarah, attacked the armory again! Ace, Arik and Earnest were on call to stop the attack, and did a good job of it. But not before Desiree implanted some mysterious objects in Ace and Earnest's neck! And she made away with the alloy she wanted too. Okay... maybe they didn't do a good job of it...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Twenty: Bio-Merge Activate![/b]
------------------------------- The next day, it was finally the last week of school before Christmas. All the kids were definitely happy, as were Lee and Alex. Alex was especially happy that she didn't have to take 45-minute bus ride to school this morning, as she stayed the night at Lee's. And WHAT a night they had! I'm jealous of him and I'm the guy who's writing this.
"Yay! We have an assembly first thing this morning, so that means time off class!", squealed Alex, happily jumping around as Lee and her walked to school. It was snowing quite heavily now, so Lee was wearing a toque and Alex was just... well she didn't exactly bring any extra clothes so she was just in her T-shirt, but she didn't seem to care one bit.
"Yeah, it should be a good assembly. They always compile something neat for holiday ones.", replied Lee. His mind was obviously on something else. Probably the threat of Desiree like it usually was fixated on...
[i]I HAD SEX WITH ALEX!! WOOO-HOOO! I'M KING OF THE WORLD!!![/i]
Or not.
------------------------- Yakaishi High School:
"You had sex with Alex!? Oh my god, you're king of the world!", exclaimed Ace. Lee had adjoined to their little hangout after what seemed like forever. Kevin and Nathan were there too, but Arik was strangely absent.
"Shhh!", hissed Lee. "I don't want the whole world to know!"
"Well... if you're king of the world. They should know.", replied Ace.
"Don't make me punch you. We'll just call it my first scandal as a figure of authority.", joked Lee. Kevin sighed. Kevin wasn't really into girls and sex as much as Nathan, Lee and Ace. Kevin believed girls should be treated with respect and never used for sexual purposes. Lee believed this too, except the last five words of it. No one knew what went through Ace and Nathan's brains, and no one really wanted too, either.
"Hah! You're getting way more from her than you did from Allison!", said Nathan, patting Lee on the back.
[i]Allison...[/i] Thought Lee. He slapped himself across the face. [i]Don't think like that! You're over her now![/i]
"Lee, why did you slap yourself?", asked Nathan.
"Uh...", muttered Lee, attempting to think up an excuse.
---------------------- Auditorium:
Later, the entire school had filed into the auditorium to see the assembly. Lee sat between Alex and Nathan. They had tried to find Ace and Kevin, but too many kids took too many spots.
"Why do there have to be so many kids in this school?", asked Alex. She took hold of Lee's hand and he held hers back.
"I'm not sure...", replied Lee.
"Hey, Lee. Arik is home sick today. He has a flu apparently.", said Nathan to Lee. Lee was about to respond, but the assembly loudspeakers came on. Mr. Rathjen (the vice-principal who got angry at Lee waaaayyy back in chapter six) stood on the stage and spoke into the mike.
"Welcome students and staff to the last assembly of this school year! It has a Christmas theme, obviously, and has been put together by some very talented students. First, we have Allison Williams to sing a Christmas song she's been practicing on."
Lee almost choked on his own phlegm. Not seeing Allison wasn't going to be as easy as he'd hoped. Allison walked out onto the stage, as cute as ever. She was wearing a strapless red dress and black dress shoes. Her hair was done up in a bun. She grabbed the mike and began to sing an upbeat version of 'Santa Claus is coming to Town'.
The audience was awestruck at the sound of her amazing voice. Even Lee and Nathan were impressed.
[i]I had no idea she was such a singer...[/i]
"She's amazing!", gasped Nathan. Lee nodded in agreement. "Simply amazing..."
"Lee! Stop staring!", hissed Alex.
"Huh? Oh, staring? I wasn't, I was watching.", mumbled Lee.
"Sure...", said Alex, disapprovingly.
Allison continued belting out her song, but as she looked over the audience, she noticed Lee and Alex holding hands. A dark look overtook her face, but she continued singing until then. Then hurriedly went offstage and began to cry.
"Uhh... let's hear it for Allison!", said Mr. Rathjen, retaking the mike. "Next we have the school band playing..."
---------------------- After the assembly was over, Ace had to go up with a few other students to help clean up all the equipment and such. As he was carrying a drum off the stage, Allison approached him, steaming mad.
"Uh, hi Allison!", said Ace, as he noticed her. "What's up?"
"What's up?! WHAT'S UP!?", she screamed in his face.
"Uh...yeah. What's up?", he asked again. Allison gritted her teeth together. "Are you... uh... mad about something?"
"No shit, Sherlock. You certainly haven't gotten any smarter over the past week.", said Allison. Ace grinned... until she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him down to her level.
"Why were Lee and that... slut... holding hands!?", she demanded to know. Ace stuttered for a moment and then came up with an answer.
"Uhhh... cuz they've been going out for over a week and they had sex last night.", said Ace. Then he thought to himself. "Oh shit, I shouldn't have said that last part..."
"They did... they what... they... ahhh!", screamed Allison. In her anger, she pushed Ace backwards and he fell down the stairs. The drum landed on his head. He looked up and Allison had already stormed off.
"She needs some anger management courses...", muttered Ace. He got up and began to recollect all the equipment.
---------------------------- After School:
Lee waited with Alex at the bus stop. And after three buses, Alex's finally came.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye for now.", said Lee. Alex kissed him on the cheek.
"Yup. But I'll see you tomorrow!", said Alex, cheerfully. She walked onto the bus and Lee waved goodbye. Then the bus started up with a huge roar and began to drive away. Lee and Nathan then began to walk home together. Allison, who has been watching all this, was infuriated and jealous.
She was now wearing her standard clothes, and was carrying a few books. She saw Ace walk out the door among a few other students.
"Now, I've got an idea... I can make Lee jealous...", she said to herself. She ran over to Ace and began walking beside him.
"Hey Allison. Are you still PMSing?", asked Ace. Allison glared at him, but shook it off, determined to use him against Lee.
"No, actually.", she replied, with a big smile on her face. "But I was wondering something..."
"What?", asked Ace.
"How'd you like to go out with me tonight?", asked Allison. Ace almost fell over.
"Go out!? With you!?", asked Ace, completely dumbfounded by his luck.
"You heard me.", said Allison. "Going once..."
"Is there a downside to this...?"
"Going twice..."
"Lee might get mad..."
"Going thrice..."
"Ok, I'll go out with you tonight!", decided Ace.
"Good. Pick me up at 7.", said Allison, strolling off. Ace scratched his head, then shrugged and did a little victory dance.
------------------------ Lee and his dad drove down main street, heading for the city hall. Lee's head was propped up against the window, as if he was really bored. His dad kept looking at Lee, as if he expected the boy to say something.
"How was sc--"
"Good."
"How's your girl--"
"Good."
"How's lif--"
"Good."
Lee's father sighed. Since he and Lee's mother divorced, he and Lee hadn't spent much time together. And when they did spend time together, Lee was always so distant and nearly impossible to have a conversation with. That would make it even harder for the question he was about to ask.
"What do you know about Digimon?", asked his father. Lee rose his head from his sleepy state and looked at his dad. His dad was wearing a suit, like any mayor should wear. Lee tugged on the collar of his shirt.
[i]Crap. Uhhh, what do I say? Oh I got it...[/i]
"Digimon are monsters that blow up the city, yada-yada. The end.", said Lee, before resting his head back on the window.
"Really?", asked his father. "Father Flannigan said he saw you with one. It bounced after you and jumped on your back and you two laughed together. Explain that."
"Kokuwamon isn't an 'it'! He's my friend!", snapped Lee. Then suddenly he turned pale.
[i]Did I just say what I think I did? ...I did.[/i]
"Kokuwamon?", asked his dad. "Interesting you know it's--er, his name if you don't have any contact with them."
"I--I...", stammered Lee. His dad had trapped him. Lee sighed. "Kokuwamon is good Digimon. He's my partner... he helps us fight those evil ones that would destroy the city if we weren't around!"
Lee's dad gave him a weird look. Lee had no idea what this look meant, but it wasn't good.
"So... Ace, Nathan and all your little friends... do they have Digimon too?", asked his father.
"No! Only me. I'm the only one...", sighed Lee.
"Then why did you say 'Kokuwamon helps us'?", asked his dad.
[i]...damn. He's good.[/i]
"Ok, so they do. What are you going to do now? Take them away!? Kill them!?", shouted Lee.
"I have to son. To protect our town, not only our town, our country.", said his father.
"Stop the car.", said Lee. Lee's dad stopped and Lee got out of the car.
"Where are you going?", asked his dad.
"Anywhere away from you.", replied Lee before slamming the door and running down the street. When he was a safe enough distance, he pulled out his D- Volver and called Kokuwamon.
[i]I'll find a place to hide you, buddy. Don't worry...[/i]
---------------------------- Later that night:
Ace and Allison walked along one of the main streets, with the lamps on the sides of the road lighting up the area pretty well. Allison was wearing a pair of jeans with a pink coat. She seemed overly energetic, whereas Ace wasn't. He was still busy trying to figure out what the heck they were going to do with their night.
"Hmmm... let's see. I got $12.85. We could go grab some food I guess...", muttered Ace.
"That'd be great. But you don't have to pay for me, I'll pay for myself.", said Allison.
"Where's your money?"
"See this purse?"
"Yeah."
"I keep money in it."
"Ohhhhh."
-------------------------- Desiree's Room:
Desiree wiped her forehead and held up an alloy necklace.
"Whew. It took a while, but I finally finished it!", shouted Desiree, happily. Impy looked it over.
"It's purty...", he said. Desiree nodded in agreement and opened up Laptop.
"Now... to find someone to use it on...", said Desiree.
"Oooh! Me! I want to wear the pretty necklace!", shouted Impy, jumping up and down. Desiree gave him a weird look. Then she pointed to a name on the computer monitor.
"I was thinking more along the lines of... him."
------------------------------- Ace and Allison were heading towards Pizza Hut and just chatting up a storm, for a bit.
[i]Hmmm... Ace has more interesting things to say than I thought he would. But still, he doesn't have a thing on Lee..[/i] Thought Allison, smiling. She was planning on having some pointless fun with Ace tonight and probably forgetting about the tiff with Lee.
"Yeah, and that's how Arik and I stole those rats from the science lab."
"Really? It was you guys who took them? I thought it was Brock Healy."
"No, it was... Lee?", asked Ace, startled.
"Lee? But you said it was you and Arik."
"No, look! Lee is on the other side of the street! It looks like he's got Kokuwamon in his backpack...", said Ace, pointing across the street to where Lee was going. He was planning on hiding Kokuwamon in Central Park, since barely anyone went there anyway.
"Oh, dear god, don't let Lee see us...", groaned Allison. But she was actually thinking, [i]Yes! This is perfect! I only hope he gets jealous...[/i]
Lee turned and saw Allison and Ace. He cocked an eyebrow at them.
"What the he--argh!", screamed Lee in pain as a boy punched him in the back of the head. Lee stumbled onto his face and Kokuwamon fell out of his backpack. The boy jumped back and pointed at Kokuwamon.
"Cyberdramon take out the Digimon!", commanded the boy. A rather large black humanoid Digimon leapt down from the rooftops in front of Kokuwamon and picked him up.
"That boy has an alloy necklace on!", shouted Ace.
"An alloy what?", asked Allison. Ace whipped out his D-Volver and called DemiTyrannomon. In a few short seconds, the Digimon was teleported to where they were.
"Go! Take out Cyberdramon!", shouted Ace.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"DemiTyrannomon...Digivolve to..."
DemiTyrannomon became encased in a ball of fire, which almost doubled it's size. Two wings and a tail erupted from it, until two claws and a head slashed their way out! He reared back and roared.
"DRAGONMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Hmmm? Desiree didn't calculate for this Dragon...", said Ryo. "No matter, Cyberdramon! Initiate attack plan C!"
Cyberdramon threw Kokuwamon onto the ground, who was unconscious.
"I'll be back for you...", growled Cyberdramon. He then leapt at Dragonmon and smashed him with his fist, sending Dragonmon reeling into a restaurant. Glass shattered everywhere and people were running out like mad. This was all the distraction Cyberdramon needed to pick up Kokuwamon and begin to fly away with him.
"Why do they want Kokuwamon!?", asked Ace.
"I don't know! But go see if Lee is alright!", shouted Allison. "I'm calling Octopimon."
"We need some info...", said Ace, pulling out his D-Volver.
{PROFILE: Akiyama, Ryo}
Server: Amaterasu Server
Known Relatives: Father
Device Type: D-Arc
D-Arc Functions: Bio-Merge, Card Slash
Partner: Monodramon-Cyberdramon-Justimon
- Ryo is a master Digimon Tamer in his Server and a pro at the Digimon card game. He is a fearless hero who, with his powerful partner Cyberdramon, wins many battles with relative ease.
{END PROFILE}
"And Cyberdramon is an Ultimate level android Digimon. His attack is Erase Claw.", read Ace off his D-Volver.
"Good for him.", said Allison. She ported up Octopimon and pointed at Cyberdramon. "That's the bad guy! Attack!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Octopimon!!! Digivolve to..."
A swirl of purple light surrounds Octopimon as the tiny octopus expands into a standard-size octopus. More of a circular shape, with lighter purple on her eight tentacles. She swirls around and forms.
"...MEGAOCTOPIMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
MegaOctopimon targeted Cyberdramon and fired an Ink Burst, knocking Cyberdramon out of the air. Ace ran over to Lee and lifted him up.
"Lee! Man, are you okay?", asked Ace.
"Ugh... yeah I think so. I just got hit from behind is all...", groaned Lee. He looked up to see Cyberdramon kick MegaOctopimon.
"She needs help!", shouted Ace.
{{{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}}}
"Try me on for size!", shouted TecKuwagamon, leaping at Cyberdramon.
"Okay.", replied Cyberdramon. He threw MegaOctopimon into TecKuwagamon, knocking them both onto the street.
"This could be bad...", muttered Allison. DemiTyrannomon climbed out of the restaurant where he was thrown and ran over to Allison.
"Cyberdramon! I think it's time we finish them off!", commanded Ryo. Cyberdramon nodded and leapt over to Ryo, as the two of them began glowing.
"What the heck are they doing...?", asked Ace.
Lee gasped. "Oh no. I've seen this before! They're about to..."
"BIO-MERGE ACTIVATE!", shouted Ryo. He and Cyberdramon began to fuse together to form...
"Justimon!", shouted Allison. "He's a Mega level! And his special attacks are Thunder Clap and Justice Kick!"
"That's right, woman! Now I shall deal justice to you interlopers!", shouted Justimon.
"We wouldn't have needed to interlope if you didn't try and take Kokuwamon!", shouted Lee, angrily. Justimon turned to face him.
"My mistress's orders. I was told to kidnap the partner Digimon one by one.", explained Justimon. "She is going to send them to the Desolate Server to immobilize you."
[i]What a dope! He just told us her plans![/i] thought Lee. "You're not too bright..."
"Oh, I don't care if you know her plan. Because it won't help you where you are going! Thunder Clap!", bellowed Justimon
He smashed his robotic arm onto the ground in Allison's direction and a tremor went flying at her in the ground.
"Allison!!!", shouted Ace and Lee in unison.
Suddenly, DemiTyrannomon leapt up and shoved Allison out of the way, getting smashed himself by the tremor!
"Oh no! DemiTyrannomon!", yelled Ace, running to see his fallen partner. Justimon turned to face Lee.
"You're next!", he shouted, pointing at Lee. "And your little friends aren't going to stop me!"
Justimon turned around with a cry of "Justice Kick!" and kicked both TecKuwagamon and MegaOctopimon, who were attempting to sneak up behind him. They flew backwards onto the street and de-digivolved back into their rookie forms. Suddenly, Justimon felt something tug on his cape, it was Lee.
"You gotta be crazy--", started Justimon.
"Stop hurting my friends!", shouted Lee. Justimon shrugged and turned around, kicking Lee halfway across the street.
"Oh... my... god...", gasped Allison.
By now a crowd had gathered a safe distance from the battle, being held back by the police. Lee's father scrambled to get through.
"Out of the way! That's my son!", he shouted to a police officer.
"Mr. Mayor, if you go out there, you may not come back. We'll just have to hope the good Digimon prevail like they usually do.", said the female officer.
"Good... Digimon...?", asked his father.
"Lee! Get up! He's right above you!", screamed Allison. But Lee was barely able to move under his own strength. He struggled to pull himself off the ground, but Justimon stepped on his back.
"This... is for Desiree!"
"No... this is for Desiree!", shouted Ace. "Ready Demi?"
"Ready!", replied DemiTyrannomon.
"Bio-Merge, Activate!!!", screamed Ace, pulling out his glowing D-Volver.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"DemiTyrannomon! Bio-Merge to..."
Ace's clothes ripped off him and he glew with light and began to merge into DemiTyrannomon. The two grew into a medium-sized warrior resembling Omnimon, but a different color.
"...X-OMNIDRAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Whoa... check me out!", gasped X-Omnidramon. He held his hands in front of his face. One was a MetalGarurumon head and the other was a WarGreymon head.
"Check this out!", shouted Justimon, "Justice Kick!"
Justimon kicked at X-Omnidramon, landing a shot to his head and sending him flying backwards.
"Ahhh... that hurt.", groaned X-Omnidramon.
"Did Ace... Bio-Merge?!", asked Allison, helping Lee up.
"Duh.", replied Lee. Allison gave him a dark look. He really wasn't going to be nice to her now...
"But what happens when I do this?", asked X-Omnidramon. "Garuru Sword!"
He extended a yellow blade from his MetalGarurumon head and leapt at Justimon at it. Justimon braced himself for attack.
"Alright, have at you!", shouted Justimon. X-Omnidramon tackled him and he flew downwards onto the street with X-Omnidramon standing on top of him.
"Tag. You're it.", said X-Omnidramon, preparing to plunge the sword into Justimon's head. He brought the sword down, but Justimon simply moved his head to the side.
"Wh-what the?", asked X-Omnidramon. Justimon smirked.
"You're it. Justice Kick!", shouted Justimon, kicking X-Omnidramon in the butt, sending him tumbling forwards. Justimon then leapt up and did a 180 degree turn, smashing his metallic arm on the ground. "Thunder Clap!"
The shockwave hit X-Omnidramon dead on and sent him crashing into a bunch of mailboxes.
"Why isn't he winning?", asked Allison. Octopimon floated up next to her head.
"Ace isn't used to fighting. He's about as useless as we were before, except with some power he can't control.", explained Octopimon.
"That's a bad thing."
"Yes it is."
"Thunder Clap!", shouted Justimon, smashing it into X-Omnidramon while he was still down. X-Omnidramon flew up and smashed into a wall and fell onto the ground.
"Pathetic efforts from pathetic chosen.", gloated Justimon. "I don't see why us Tamer's weren't Chosen as the head Server. We are far more powerful than you."
"Head... Server...?", asked Lee.
"Geez, why do new concepts come into play every time we learn one?!", asked Kokuwamon.
"That's life, buddy."
Justimon turned to go finish off the others, but suddenly a mailbox was flung at him and hit him in the back of the head.
"What the--?"
"You weren't chosen because YOU'RE pathetic!", screamed X-Omnidramon. "Omni Destroyer!!!"
X-Omnidramon fired the huge bluish energy beam directly at Justimon. The beam struck right through him and he crumpled like a paper towel, reverting into an unconscious Ryo and Monodramon. Lee walked over to Ryo.
"We all know what happens next. I destroy the Alloy Necklace.", said Lee, ripping it off Ryo and sending him and his partner to the Desolate Server. [i]Though it seems like such a waste, since we'll be going there soon anyway...[/i]
The police finally rushed in to save the scene and thanked Lee, Allison and Ace for their efforts. Allison pulled Ace aside to have a little talk with him as Lee's dad came running up to him.
"Lee! Oh son, I'm glad you're alright.", gasped his father. He held open his arms for a hug, but Lee just picked up Kokuwamon and began to walk away.
"No, Lee, wait! I've called off the Digimon hunt! You can keep your friend!"
"Y-you did... why...?", asked Lee, confused.
"Because. Jenna and you are the most important things to me in the world. And if you're unhappy then I'm unhappy. Just promise me you'll be careful!"
"I... I promise dad. I promise.", said Lee, giving his father a hug. "Now... you should meet Kokuwamon."
Allison dragged Ace away and gave him a hug. "Wow, Ace! You were so amazing!"
"Yeah, uh, thanks.", said Ace, trying not to let it go to his head. "So when should we go out again?"
"That's what I need to talk to you about. We won't be. I just did this to make Lee jealous... and it didn't work out right..."
"Hmm. I thought so.", said Ace. "I was just waiting for you to tell me."
"You're not mad?"
"Nope. But I'll tell you one thing... Alex and Lee have become really close through recent battles. You may be out of your league... Allison.", said Ace. "Come on Demi."
"Hey, we kicked major ass, eh Ace...", trailed off DemiTyrannomon as the two of them walked away.
"Close... perhaps.", mused Allison, looking at Lee laughing with his father and Kokuwamon. "But there are rules of relationships that are meant to be broken. Broken by me."
-------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED
Next: Desiree goes completely insane! She holds Kevin as a hostage when he finds out how to access the Desolate Server and threatens to kill him unless Lee and the others surrender! Also, it's discovered that Desiree threw Dark Seeds into Ace and Earnest. If they aren't removed quick, they'll turn into permanent slaves like James! Speaking of James... his partner evolves to the Mega level... Diaboromon! And this is only the beginning...