The Lost Digidestined, part 5
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon(r), X-Men(r), Wolverine(r) or the associated characters. The only characters I own are the ones I created. Yeah, yeah... I see you Sega(r) and Sonic the Hedgehog TM people.
A/N: As you can see by previous chapters, my character is very emotional. ^_^ Also, there is a hint of (I can't believe I'm doing or saying this) Pieotismon, which is Piedmon X Myotismon for those who must know. [Gulps, smacks forehead] What's going on up there, dammit? *^_^;; lol. And also, a few others.
Daisuke [sadistically]: face it, man. You're just as messed up as the rest of us.
Aderianu: Get bent, drunken! No one asked you!
Daisuke [shrinking under Aderianu's stare]: Hey! I was just stating the facts, man...
Aderianu: State this! [Gets ready to belt Daisuke, stopped by Sora]
Sora: Is that really necessary?
Aderianu [stops and thinks for a second] Yes!
All but Daisuke, Sora and A-chan laugh.
Sora [impatiently]: Well could you at least do it after you finish the episode?
Aderianu [ponders]: Hmm... not a bad suggestion... a very wise choice. [To audience] Have fun, katts! ^_^
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Not so distant past
Sora's Perspective
The day has finally come. VenomMyotismon has revealed himself. It is with the help of the eighth child and her digimon that we have him at bay. Also, we didn't get much help from Gennai's email. How did it go again? Oh yeah...
'The sky has been darkened by
the wings of many bats. The fallen people have chanted the name of the undead
king.
When the clock struck the hour
of the beast, the undead king revealed himself in his true form as the beast.
Then angels shot arrows of hope
and light at the loved ones of those they had been sent to protect and a miracle
occurred.
Don't forget to recycle.'
I still don't know what that last part means. But I can explain the rest of it. It seems that the part about bats happened when Myotismon arrived in the real world. The fallen people calling the undead king's name were when the Bakemon and Phantomon hypnotized our parents. They were chanting Myotismon's name. At the chosen time, after we defeated him, he came back in his mega form. When we thought that all was lost we finally figured out the last part. Arrows of hope and light meant that Angemon and Angewomon were to throw their attacks at Tai and Matt, which helped Agumon and Gabumon warp digivolve to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon to try and defeat him. It didn't sound like a good idea at the time, but we did it anyway. But we still don't know what the last line means hmm...
Wait a minute... I just had a thought... Suppose by the term recycle, means that Myotismon will come back, just how one recycles a glass bottle? What if we still haven't seen the last of him? We had a hard enough time trying to defeat him this once, what if he comes back? I don't think we're ready for another confrontation with him. But even worse... what if we have even more evil digimon to defeat? What if VenomMyotismon was the first of a wave of evil digimon that we were destined to face? I have to tell Tai...
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Present
Adrian's Perspective
What's going on? What is this? I am running, and it looks like its for my life. It's not Myotismon I'm running from. It's a whole lot of other evil digimon. I think I know who they are! I know MetalEtemon... he was chasing me before Myotismon. I've even seen him when he was Etemon. The others are a bit cloudy. Wait... I see a puppet. Puppetmon? The others are cloudy... I can't see them... I am awakened by a sound coming from the corridor.
"Huh? What?" The door opens. Who's that? My vision is still blurred from just waking up. "Who's there? Show yourself!" I demand groggily.
"My, my, my. Such a morning attitude. Did you have a good sleep?"
"Myotismon!!! You did this!!!" I extend my claws in a pure feral scream. "Get away from me! RAAAH" I slash at the bars, and two to three of them are no longer connected from bottom to top. I am panting.
"Well, well, well... it seems that someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. And such aggression towards my lover. Tch, tch, tch... this will not do. I should call upon my lover to deal with you personally. And damage of my estate... that will have to come out of your tab." He chuckled amusedly.
My vision starts to clear, seeing that I am fully awake now. "Piedmon?!" Shock! My hands fall to my side and claws retract. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean... I thought that... I didn't realize... it was... you..." I back away from the bars ashamedly and fall to my knees. I cast me eyes to the ground.
He laughed again. "If only Myotismon were to see one of the most powerful megas, down on his knees and in such a state!"
I glanced at him, with a dazed and confused look on my face. "One of the toughest megas...? And Myotismon...? He did this to me..." I could feel the anger swelling up inside me again.
"Oh don't be so dreary. One would be quite fortunate to have your stature and power right now. And, no.... my lover did not make you who you are, that is not known to me, him or any other Dark Master, for that matter. He merely was able to manipulate you into being evil. Quite a good job he did too." He grinned. "It's a shame that his spells never last long enough for him to fulfill his missions. I've always told him that he was too brash with his spells and that he didn't study them enough, but has too wild a spirit for me to contain. I remember when he first departed to fulfill his dream of dominating the real world, and finding the eighth child. I would have done anything to be by his side and rid the digital and real world of the Digidestined. But I had my duties as ruler of the digital world to comply with. I love him dearly and would hate to have anything happen to him."
Maybe now wouldn't be the best time to tell him about my battle with Myotismon. I continued to look at him in a dazed state. " I don't understand... Myotismon is a male digimon, isn't he not?" He nods. "But aren't you a male digimon too...? This doesn't make any sense to me..."
"Oh, you are too young to understand the concept of true love. Nothing at all matters when you are truly in love: not gender, race nor species, no restrictions, no boundaries. Once, and only when, you do fall for someone, will you realize and experience the beauty of it. And that day will be cherished for the rest of your life. Believe me, little one. I may be a Dark Master, and you may think that I have no clue what I'm talking about, but your day will come, and it is then you will understand."
My eyes start to shimmer. "Wow, Piedmon... I never thought of it like that... I may be a bit young but I do understand, somewhat. I have always been told that same gender relationships are not right, but you just shed a whole lot of light on the topic. I now have grounds to think otherwise. I will probably won't date someone of the same gender-heck; I'm pretty next to positive that I won't-but I somehow understand what others experience when they do fall in love." I hang my head down. "I feel kinda bad now. I wasn't too nice or friendly to people who dated the same genders...."
"Reconciliation is the best medication for situations like these."
I look at him again. "But, what do you mean, 'by species'?"
"Meaning human-digimon relationships; there have been a few."
"Human-digimon?"
"Yes. There have been some in the past. I can, to some extent, see into the future, and a few of your destined friends will fall for their digimon. It's a pity that you destined are pitted against us Dark Masters. Such love is a waste to destroy."
"But, what about my past? What happened to me? What happened to my parents? I can barely remember who my friends were..."
"I can give you some aid in finding out what it was. It all dated back to when you were a baby..." I am not listening. I am in a daze, thinking of my lost friend. "Is there something troubling you? You have that look of a lost friend again." I try very hard not to cry. But I turn to him anyway, all teary-eyed. "There is something wrong. Who is it that you are thinking of?"
I try to sound strong. It isn't working. "My digimon... DarkGatomon..." I wipe my eyes. "I've known her ever since I was brought to the Digiworld. She is... was my best friend..."
"DarkGatomon.... of the virus persuasion. Was she not evil? What happened to her?"
"I think... no, I know that she wasn't evil on her own terms. She was a slave of Myotismon, along with her sister." I pause, and he prods me onward. "She was destroyed! Right in front of my eyes! And it was Myotismon who did it!" I started to cry. He consoles me through the bars. "I didn't even get to say goodbye!"
"Now, now, that's not right! I will have to approach him on this issue. Now your digimon... how do you feel towards her?"
I stop sobbing and start to think. "She is my very best friend. I still can't believe she's gone..."
"Hmm... perhaps. But maybe, a bit more?"
"I never really thought of it. I just wish she was here with me..." I curl up on the stone bed.
"So, that is why you reacted in that way towards my mistress. Is it safe to say that your digimon digivolved to LadyDevimon?"
"Yes."
"Well, that is good news. That means only one digivolution remains for her. No one has ever seen that digivolution... that is, except me. But I think I will keep it a secret to you. I want it to be a surprise. But I believe that the details will not interest you right now. You are obviously in pain because of this."
"You speak as if she has never left..."
"Oh, come now... do you really think that with a bond so strong you will be kept apart from your beloved?"
I blush. "Beloved?" I shake it off. "But don't digimon die like everyone else?"
"Yes, we do die, but it is never permanent. We are always reformatted. That is why there have been so many Digidestined before your time, and probably many more after your friends' times, who have been sent after us Dark Masters. All digimon are reformatted, just like I'm sure your beloved has been. And you are lucky to now be in that position also."
Beloved, geez! And ounce of hope sparks anew. "You mean that she's not gone?"
"Come now, I am the ruler of the Digital World. I am to know of these things." I think I'll leave that one alone. "Now you get some rest. I am growing quite fond of your presence; you are amusing to talk to. We will talk later, and also devise a plan to find your beloved." He starts to walk off towards the corridor.
"Piedmon...?" He stops. "Thanks... for everything."
"Your quite welcome. After all, I can't always be evil."
Then, he smiled, turned and was gone.
I am tossing and turning. Sleep
seems quite difficult. I am in a semi-unconscious state. It is too cold. I
continue to struggle with the stone bed when all of a sudden a warmth overcomes
me. I drowsily open one eye to find that I am now wrapped in a quilt. I am now
wide awake and sitting up in the bed. I hear footsteps heading away from my
darkened area. A familiar chuckle can be heard, only less conspicuous, more
friendly. Piedmon? Fatigue has caught up with me once more. Sleep is now
very welcome and available. Things are going to get pretty interesting...
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Not so distant past
Sora's Perspective
What a fierce battle. This whole area is being torn up. And that's just from VenomMyotismon fighting with MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon. It didn't seem to get any prettier when our digimon joined the fight either. WarGreymon just finished mega clawing him and we thought we had the upper hand. All we did was awaken some beast within him. And he is even more determined on devouring us. Things aren't looking too good. At one point, MetalGarurumon had him frozen up by and ice wolf claw, but he just broke out of it. WarGreymon gave him a few hits, but he just shook it off. Now here he is going in for the final blow. All of a sudden our crests start glowing.
"Hey! My crests! It's glowing!" Tai announced. Then all our crests, too, were glowing. All of a sudden, lights shot out of our crests and started to wrap around VenomMyotismon, holding him in a tight bond.
"Pass me the ball!" MetalGarurumon passes the top spherical portion of the television station, to WarGreymon. He holds it high.
We all chant, "Shoot! Shoot!" He drops the ball and kicks it, hitting the inner beast right in the choppers, followed by each of our digimon's individual attacks.
"TERRA FORCE!"
"METAL WOLF CLAW!" Those were the final two attacks that maimed the inner beast and turned VenomMyotismon into the best thing of evil digimon-digidust.
Finally, the threat plaguing Odaiba is gone!
"Look!" I say. "The fog is clearing!" Yes it was, but to our shock and horror, it revealed something that was hidden this whole time.
"What?!" Tai exclaimed. "What is that? A continent in the sky?!"
Things are definitely not looking good...
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Present
Adrian's Perspective
I hear a tapping on the bars, jarring me from my sleep. "Huh? What?" It is LadyDevimon. It is very shocking and frightening to see how close and similar she looks to my digimon. She has shimmering silver locks that flow to the middle of her back. It is almost as stunning as my own digimon's. She has the same bright crimson eyes that I find quite welcoming, but not as magnificent as my Salamon's. She has a slim figure, one of a human female athlete of her size. She wears jet-black clothing, a mask and has tattered, torn wings. I have to wonder which beast has done such and evil thing to her wings. I am on the verge of tears at this site.
"I told Piedmon that it wasn't a good idea to retrieve you," she tells me. "You're not ready yet to face me, at least not before knowing if your own digimon is safe and accounted for. But, orders are orders. I am to escort you to Piedmon in preparation for the search for your digimon."
She unlocks the gate and opens the cage. I immediately pour myself into her arms. I, somewhat, feel warmth in her touch. I plead with her. She looks at me with bewilderment. "I'm not ready for this. I can't search with Piedmon. I have to do this alone. Can you let me out? Please?"
She laughed at this. "Do you really think that Piedmon would allow this? He requests your presence and expects you around the palace. He won't tell me why, but it must be important if he is so insistent."
"But I have to do this alone... she is my digimon... you would do the same for your child-" I immediately regret what I just said. I pull away and stare at the floor.
She blinked at me with astonishment. "How did you know... about my child?"
Without looking at her I speak, " Ever since my incident with Myotismon I have been able to read peoples minds... among other things..." I look at her finally, " but this I have to do alone."
She shakes me off. "You know I can't do that. Now lets get to Piedmon before he comes looking for us."
As we turn to leave, I murmur an attack. A new LadyDevimon stands where I once did.
"What are you doing?" she demands, starting in my direction.
"I'm sorry," the other responds. "But you guys don't understand. I have to find her... and it will be alone." The other disappears in a flurry of bats and flies through the barred windows.
"Get back here!!" She flies up to the barred window. "Hmm... Piedmon is not going to like this..."
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The other lands deep in the forest surrounding Piedmon's castle. She vanishes, and I stand once again where she was. Only this time I'm free. But where do I start? My eyes tremble. Oh, Salamon... where are you? How do I find you? I start to walk. I am now on a quest to find my so-called 'beloved', my digimon. Little did I know of the surprises awaiting me. So I continue to look. I have a feeling that I'm gonna be away from him for a long time. I look down on my clothing. I am wearing a white satin tunic, with matching pants and cape, which was similar to my own. "I'm really not liking this colour. Couldn't he have found a colour that was more... me? Hmm... I'm going to have to find a way back in and get a new wardrobe.
I search through my pockets. I
pull out my small thing that I found the day I got sent to this place. It has a
small screen on it. Along with it was another device about the size of my
Gameboy TM back at home. It had a screen too. And some kind of
antenna. Wait! Where are my digieggs? I search my pockets. Grrr...
That Piedmon! He must've taken them as insurance that I wouldn't leave! Then
something on the bigger device caught my eye. Hey! Those on the screen...
those are digieggs. They look familiar... wait! Those are mine! Wow! Now this is
handy! I think I'll keep this thing after all. "Huh? What?" I am
distracted by a sound coming from the distance. I turn towards the sound and see
a wake of dust seemingly heading this direction. "Um... uh oh!" HIDE!!!
I scream to myself. I jump in the best looking hiding spot, awaiting my pursuer.
Wow this guy's coming in quick! This is bad! Really bad!
A.N. Yes, I know that it took me a while to mention that I even had a Digivice so there it is lol
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"LADYDEVIMON!" Piedmon's voice fills the corridor.
She silently slips around the corner and heads towards his throne. "Yes... Lord Piedmon?"
"Where, pray tell, is the child, Adrian?" He looks, not angry, but rather amused.
"He's... gone..." She shifts nervously. She knows better that even when looking amused, Piedmon's anger is very malicious.
"Gone, eh? Hmm... what a shame. I was going to let him away by himself anyhow. No matter. This shall prove very amusing. He will be back. I haven't told him the full extent of his past, so he will be back for answers."
"Excuse me, master," she questioned cautiously. "Are you not angry with me...?"
"Angry? I'm not angry. Any fool could have let that child escape." She smirks, the frowns. "After all he is no longer human. Humans are easy to keep hold of. Digimon, on the other hand, aren't. He will soon feel out of place among his own and will inevitably come crawling back to me." He smiles frostily. "Then we will have another Dark Master to battle those petty Digidestined."
He cackles evilly and LadyDevimon smiles along with him... on the outside. She recalls the earlier incident and internally worries for the one called Adrian.
"Interesting though. His companions all have one digimon partner, it seems as if Adrian will have two. And he should be finding him right... about... now..."
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I watch from my hiding spot as a blue blur heads my direction. Then it throws its feet in front of it as brakes, coming to a stop. "A-chan! Darien!" It is of the male gender. He crosses his arms and taps his foot irritably. He is a light shade of blue, with whitish fur on his belly. His hair and fur on his back sweeps backwards in a spiky fashion. He wears white gloves, and red and white high tops.
Hmm... he's the first digimon I've seen without claws. But those spikes do look menacing. And no one has ever called me Darien before... I wonder who sent him? Judging by his size, I would say he's a rookie. Maybe I should just approach him and ask. And, man, he's fast! I jump out from my hiding spot, ready to pounce. "Who are you? What do you want with me? And, who sent you?" I stand in the cat stance.
He jumps and turns around quick. "Like, man, Adrian! What're you trying to do? Scare the speed out a me?"
I relax a little, realizing that he isn't here to fight. "I'm sorry. I've just... had a hard week, that's all..." I sigh. "So, who are you?"
"My name is DemiSonicmon. And I'm your digimon."
Now I'm confused. "Wait. How is that possible? I already have a digimon."
"Well, now ya have two." He grinned. "And I've heard a lot about you."
I was intrigued. "Really? Like what?"
"I heard you have powers."
"Of a mega digimon, yes."
"And that you have another digimon partner."
"Had." I look at the floor. "She... was destroyed by Myotismon in a battle."
"Your wrong. I've seen her around. She was looking for you."
I'm flush. A wave of energy washes trough me. "She was? Is she around here??"
"She is pretty far from here. It would take you a long while to reach her, if she stays in that spot."
I have a sinking feeling. Disappointment overcomes me. "Which spot, may I ask?"
"The spot where you two met for the first time. I think she believes that you will return to that spot one day to look for her. She was looking very sad too. I've seen sad, but I'm talkin' a different level of sadness." It's like she lost a lover or something, he thought. But I better not tell him, at least not yet. I don't think he's ready for that kind of news.
I slump down to the ground. "But I don't know how to get anywhere from here. I've never been to this part of the Digiworld. I didn't even know it was here. How am I going to find our spot? I don't know where to start!"
"Oh, c'mon, A-chan! We can cover lots of ground in a little time."
"How?" I ask, close to sobbing.
"I've heard you have the power to copy someone. Is that true?"
"Mmm... yeah..."
"Well, here I am! Copy me! If you turn into a DemiSonicmon, then you can run as fast as I do."
"Hey! I didn't even think about that..." He grins. "All right, I'll do it!" I get off the floor and concentrate on DemiSonicmon. "Okay... here I go. Mystic Replication!" I jump up in the air and start to glow. "Digivolve to... DemiSonicmon!" I have changed appearance once more and now look like a twin of my newfound digimon partner. "KEWL! I wanna test this out. Let's go!"
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Iori [skeptically]: Sonicmon?
Aderianu: Hey! You all know sonic don't ya? The game did come out here in Japan first, didn't it?
Yamato: Yeah, but Sonicmon?
Sora: I suppose... it is original, I guess...
Taichi: And he is the fastest thing alive... [to himself] How come I couldn't get a Sonicmon?
Agumon [shocked, hurt]: HEY! *(-_-)
Taichi: Huh? Oh, sorry... no offence Agumon. ^_^;;
Agumon [annoyed]: Humph!
Koushiro [quizzically]: I cannot conceive why you obtain two digimon and everyone else gets one. Would you please clarify why this is so?
Aderianu [panicky]: oh, c'mon, Izzy. You know I can't do that without giving away important parts. You're just going to have to wait like everybody else.
Hikari [impressed]: Wow! Your episodes are getting longer. We've already gotten to the length of the first ones you wrote. ^_^
Aderianu [boasting]: See? I told ya that it would. Things are getting better, storytelling-wise. ^_~ [worriedly] But I should probably still take it to an English teacher or something to find out. [sighs] Ah well... [Jamaican accent] And moving on... moving on... a wha dis Rasta? [giggles in the background]
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Sora's Perspective
We've been back in the Digiworld for a long time now. This place is so much different then the first time we were here. It used to be so beautiful with its green meadows, blue oceans, and luscious forests and jungles. Now most of it is charred and war stricken, no doubt because of the battles between the Dark Masters and other good digimon. We have already met up with two of them and we have destroyed one. MetalSeaDramon. He was relentless! We didn't get any rest from him. He was constantly on our tails. I'm glad that we got rid of him. But now we have Puppetmon to worry about. And also, Etemon seems to have made a reappearance as well, as
MetalEtemon. He hasn't caused us too much trouble, yet. Puppetmon is the one causing the trouble. He kidnapped TK and had him for a while, but TK escaped and is perfectly fine. He explained to us how Puppetmon wanted to use him as a play toy. Now that we got TK back, Matt has disappeared. He always does this! Why did it have to be now? What's wrong with him? Why did he have to run off now? Doesn't he know he's in danger with so many Dark Masters after us? And, being alone couldn't help him much either. This time he disappeared without a trace, and it's always so hard to find him. I hope we can find him before one of the Dark Masters do.
We are interrupted by a familiar, unwelcome laugh. "Puppetmon!" Tai announced. "What do you want? Get away from here! Or get ready to fight!"
He cackled. "Do you kids really think you can beat me? TK only escaped because he was lucky. But now none of you will escape! Let me introduce you to my newest toy!" All of a sudden, the ground started rumbling. Then, the Puppetmon's house stood up, all by itself. And it isn't looking too friendly. "Since you guys didn't want to play with me, I will destroy you. Hahahaha!"
"Not if we can help it!" Tai turns to Agumon. "Agumon! Digivolve!"
Suddenly a bright light poured out of Tai's Digivice and bathed Agumon in it. "Whoa!" Agumon was caught off guard. "Agumon... warp digivolved to..." Agumon passed through his champion and ultimate forms and took on his new mega form, a form that we only discovered when fighting VenomMyotismon. "...WARGREYMON!"
"Go WarGreymon!"
"We must stop that house from attacking too! Biyomon! You better digivolve!"
"And everyone else too! Biyomon digivolved to... BIRDRAMON!"
"Tentomon digivolved to... KABUTERIMON!"
"Palmon digivolved to... TOGEMON!"
"Gomamon digivolved to... IKKAKUMON!"
"Patamon digivolved to... ANGEMON!"
"Gatomon digivolved to... ANGEWOMON!"
WarGreymon charged Puppetmon with is Dramon Destroyers, ready to tear his butt limb from limb, while the rest of our digimon attacked the walking house. But Puppetmon was ready for him.
"Hahahaha! Is that all you got?" He shot some kind of strings from his fingers and got hold of WarGreymon. Besides that, he now had control of him!
"WarGreymon...!"
"Look out, Tai! I can't control myself anymore!"
I see what is about to happen and charge Tai. I tackle him off his feet and WarGreymon is slammed down, right were Tai was standing. We are both tangled in each other in the dirt. "Are you okay, Tai?"
* * *
While the battle with Puppetmon and his walking house continues, someone is watching. Two someone's, and their digimon. One from the trees, the other from the shadows. The one in the tree spoke to his digimon. "So much for finding her quickly. It looks like these guys need our help. I don't know if that one and his digimon can assist in this matter."
As soon as he finished talking, the other digimon started to glow. "Gabumon... warp digivolved to... METALGARURUMON!"
"Whoa! I've never seen a digimon digivolve like that before. Do you think you could do that?"
"Sure! With the help of your tag, crest and Digivice."
"Digivice?"
"Yeah. That little thing in your pocket." He pulls it out. "That is your Digivice. It helps me to digivolve when it's necessary." His digimon inspects his Digivice. "Hmm... it's not the same as the other Digidestined's Digivices." His digimon's face lightens up. "It must be the new one! It's a lot more capable than the ones they have. It also works with a D-Terminal."
He pulls out the GameboyTM sized device. "You mean this?"
"Wow! You have a D-Terminal too? That's great! That means you can store digimentals and use them to armor digivolve! And you already have two of them! Unfortunately though, you don't have the one that I need to armor digivolve."
"I don't have my crest yet either."
"That doesn't matter. With my speed and your power, we can rid those kids of Puppetmon once and for all!"
"Okay. But first, lets see what Matt and MetalGarurumon can do. You better digivolve."
* * *
Okay. So the battle isn't going too well. But, our digimon are definitely holding their own. We're bracing for a defeat, unless we get some help. But who can help us now? I wish Matt were here...
All of a sudden, someone who we thought we would never see again was standing there in front of us with his digimon, at its mega form. Everyone turned around shocked. "Matt???"
"Ahhh... MetalGarurumon. You're back. Now you can finish off these kids. Go get them!" MetalGarurumon just stood there and stared at Puppetmon, just as cold as Matt was staring at him. "What? Not listening, huh? Maybe I can change your mind!" He used his puppet strings again, only this time on MetalGarurumon. But it didn't work. "Huh? It's not working. Why isn't he listening to me?"
"Because you no longer have control over him, Puppetmon!" Matt hissed coldly.
"Oh yeah? We'll just see about that! PUPPET PUMMEL!"
"METAL WOLF CLAW!" He blasted Puppetmon and froze him. He looked like frostbitten wood.
* * *
"Now! Feral Fury!" His energy claw went straight for Puppetmon's heart and straight through him. His energy was drained. He was vulnerable. "He's all yours, Sonicmon."
"All right!" His Digivice started to glow. "Sonicmon digivolved to... HYPERSONICMON! Light Speed Dash!" He crouched into a ball and started spinning rapidly in place, energy draining into him until he glowed blue with maximum capacity. "Ready?"
"Go ahead."
He jumped off the tree branch and through the air. "GO! Light Speed Attack!"
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Something distracts me from the fight and I turn to Matt's direction. I see this blue streak come racing from the forest behind him and MetalGarurumon and start circling around Puppetmon like an atom. "Huh? Hey Tai! Look! Who is that?"
"Or what?"
By now, this blue blur has captured everyone's attention. "Prodigious! I wonder if that blue blur is actually a digimon. Maybe it belongs to a new Digidestined! I must consult with Gennai when we've finished this battle!"
"That's the fastest digimon I've ever seen. It must be really hard to catch up with it. I wonder what level it is? I don't even think that WarGreymon could catch up with him!"
"No offence, Tai, but your digimon is not exactly known for his speed, only his power," Izzy mused jokingly.
"Hey! My WarGreymon against your MegaKabuterimon any day!" Tai joked back. "And besides, I want to see what he is going to do."
The rest of us continued to watch this blue blur of a digimon circle Puppetmon blindingly fast, while our digimon unsuccessfully continued to fight the walking house. Finally, he stopped circling Puppetmon and blasted right through him, turning him into digibits. The waking house stopped attacking, stood straight up, shuddered and fell to pieces. Then, the blur landed, winked and pointed his finger. "Who are you?" I ask.
He grinned a lopsided grin. "You'll find out, sooner or later." He turns, crouches and starts to spin.
"Hey! Tell us who you are!" Too late. He blasted away from Tai and was back in the forest before we could get another word out. I turn to Matt who is also about to leave. "Um... thanks, Matt..." He stares at me with icy eyes of blue. He then, continues to walk off with his digimon. "Please, Matt... come back to us! We need you..." He doesn't even look back.
"Let him go, Sora. He needs this time to figure things out. He'll come back when he's ready." He recalls the incident a few days earlier.
"Well, I'm going after that digimon then! Birdramon!" Birdramon swoops down and I grab hold of her talon. Then, we take skyward in the direction the mysterious blue digimon went. "We'll be back if we find something!"
* * *
"Now, back to looking for Salamon. Right, Sonicmon?"
"Right!" his digimon cheerfully replies.
"Hold on..." He senses me approaching with my digimon without us knowing. "Now who do we have here? Hmm... one of the two fliers in the group. It looks like... Sora?? Aw, man... she's going to want to talk..."
"Do you want to stay?"
"Yeah... may as well. I should let her know that I'm okay and that. I can't tell her about the occurrences with Myotismon or my confinement with Piedmon... not just yet. I have to wait until I get all I need from him before I tell them."
"Tell us what?" I ask. Birdramon puts me down and perches behind me.
"It's...nothing."
I now realize whom I'm talking to. "Oh, Adrian! Are you all right? I thought we lost you! When Myotismon sent you through that portal back here. And the Dark Masters and everything, and DarkGatomon-" I didn't mean to mention her, but sometimes I just ramble on... He hangs his head down. "A-chan... I'm sorry... I didn't mean..."
"It's okay, Sora. I'll find a way to cope. She was more then just my digimon... she was my best friend. I pour my heart out to her."
Birdramon intercedes. "You'll have to excuse her, Adrian. What she means to ask is if you're all right. You've been here by yourself without a digimon partner to protect you."
"Actually I do have a digimon. You've already met him too."
"Him?" I ask.
"Yes. Sora... Birdramon... meet Sonicmon."
"Pleased to meet ya!" He comes out of hiding.
"Hey! You're the same digimon I saw destroy Puppetmon!" Birdramon exclaimed. "I've never seen you around before."
"Must be my speed." He grins.
I did not. I had a growing concern for the people in our party, and I was hoping that Adrian would join us and add to our numbers. "Adrian... will you be joining us? I know we've had a rocky start and all. I hope you don't have a bad first impression. It was mostly Tai. You know how he is. He doesn't think."
"I appreciate your concern, Sora, but there are things I have to do before I decide on joining any team."
"But the Dark Masters...! Matt is already separated from us, again, and these Dark Masters make Myotismon look like granny in a Sunday dress! I know that you and Sonicmon can't face them alone when the time comes. They are too strong to face alone. And it's hard to escape!" I take his hands in mine.
"Sora..."
"I know it's probably too soon, but give it time. We need you in our numbers. We're going to need all the help we can get in fighting the Dark Masters. You may not like us, but we like you, and we would love to have you with us. Even stubborn Tai. He thinks we can do this alone, without Matt. But I know that he's wrong. We need all nine Digidestined. If you won't do it for them, do it for me. I want you to be on the team." I blush slightly. "So will you come with me? Will you join us? Please say you will..."
"Sora... I realize the risk that I'm taking but I have a mission to accomplish. I have received information from... a reliable source (somewhat) that there might be a chance that DarkGatomon is still alive. I must find her and know if this is true. She is supposed to be at our meeting spot and I pray that she is there. If I do or don't find her there I will come back to you and join your ranks. I promise. Then we will defeat the Dark Masters once and for all. But..." He pulls away from my hold and turns his back. "There is something I have to show you. But you have to promise not to tell anyone!"
"Sure, Adrian. I promise. What is it?"
"You too, Birdramon."
"You have my word."
"Okay. Now, try not to be frightened. Myotismon did something to me before he sent me against you. I'm not exactly human anymore..."
"What do you mean?" I ask confused.
"Well... let me show you. You will have to excuse me for this, Birdramon." She blinks and looks at him blankly. It looks like he is concentrating on her. "Mystic Replication!"
"Huh?" my absentminded reply. "Is he...?"
He started to glow really bright, just like Biyomon does when she digivolves. "Digivolve to... BIRDRAMON!"
My mouth literally dropped down to the floor. Very lady-like. "But how...?"
"This is not possible! You're... me...!"
"It gets better." He flies up into the air and takes aim on a tree. "METEOR WING!" His attack of fiery meteor rocks hit the tree dead on and reduces it to splinters. He then lands and changes back to himself.
I am all shocked, frightened, and excited at the same time. "Wow, Adrian! I know you seemed different when I saw you, but this is something totally different." I try to catch my breath. I guess he surprised me a lot more than I thought.
"Is that the only attack you have?" she asks. Birdramon is obviously still surprised to see herself. We need to get our digimon some mirrors.
Before anyone could say another word, we were visited by a fiend that should have stayed dead. "Well lookie here... two digibratts for the price of one! I have you now! U-uuh huh, u-uuh huh!"
It was that dumb Elvis impersonator, Etemon. But this time, he was covered with metal. "What do you want, Etemon?" I demanded, slightly annoyed.
"That's MetalEtemon to you, young missy. I came for this boy! I've been looking for him for a long time, and now I finally found him! And now you are here too. I can just kill two birds with one stone now! Hahahaha!"
"That's what you think fiend! METEOR-"
"Stand down, Birdramon! He's not of your level." I turn to MetalEtemon. "Well, here I am. Care to dance?"
"I would rather dispose of you instead! I don't dance, I sing. And I'm pretty good too!" He gloats and Adrian scoffs.
"Let's dance. FERAL FURY!" He lets off a blast of energy that transforms itself into a charged energy claw. It deflects off his metal body.
"I see you have learned a few tricks. But it has no effect on me. Is that the best you got? BANANA SLIP!"
Adrian was running forward and caught the attack and fell head over heals. "You little..." He gets up out of the dirt. "FINAL JUSTICE!" He went charging straight at MetalEtemon in a flurry of punches and kicks and finished him off with a flying uppercut that sent him a good 10 feet away.
Holding his jaw, he retreated. "You haven't seen the last of me! The Dark Masters will prevail!" And he was gone.
I ran over to where Adrian was breathing heavily. "A-chan! Are you okay?"
He ignores me. All of a sudden, claws similar to WarGreymon's Dramon Destroyers popped out of his hands. And he called after him, "Next time I use these Etemon!" I slowly back away from Adrian. All that he just showed us was really weird, but those Dramon Destroyers have always frightened me. And now he had them! He turns and notices my frightened state. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He retracts the claws back into his hands.
"No... I-it's okay. Does it... hurt?"
"A lot. But it seems to be getting easier to call on them." Now here was another problem. The others were coming this way, obviously drawn by the commotion. I stared at the ground. "You'd better go..."
"Thank you! Kari is the only other one who knows of my powers, I haven't shown her all of them, but she's seen most of them. She doesn't know I'm back. So you have to keep me secret." He takes my hands in his. "I'll be back. After I do what I have to do, I promise I will be back." I look up at him. He is about to take off when he stops, steps up to me, and kisses me on the cheek. He then transformed into Sonicmon and they were both gone before I could react. I gently rubbed my cheek where he kissed me. Sealed with a kiss...
I stood there, in that same spot, hugging my arms in the cool mid-afternoon breeze, staring in the direction that Adrian went. Birdramon was also sitting there behind me silently.
* * *
"Sora! There you are! What happened?"
I turn slowly, still trying to realize what just happened. "Etemon is back, as MetalEtemon. He attacked us and... that digimon came and saved us. He's gone now. His name is Sonicmon."
"Then it's true!" Tentomon sounded excited.
"What's true?" Izzy asked him.
"The legend! There is a legend of a digimon so fast that it was nearly impossible to attack him. His name was Sonicmon. I didn't know if the legend was true or not, but it seems as if it is! Gennai would love to hear about this!"
"Prodigious! I'll get in touch with him right away!" Izzy sat down and was immediately absorbed in his pineapple laptop.
"What do we do now, Tai?"
"We have to find Piedmon and put an end to all of this! I won't rest until we have taken him down!"
"What about the others? Don't we need their help?"
"We'll find them later! Right now we have to worry about the rest of the Dark Masters!"
"But, Tai..."
"Come on, Sora! The Digiworld isn't going to save itself! And, never mind about them right now. I heard you talking with someone. Who was here?"
"I was talking to Sonicmon... that's all..."
"Really? You've been gone an awful long time. Are you sure you didn't find someone and are running around with him?"
"C'mon, Tai... it's nothing like that...!"
"You found Adrian, didn't you? You're running around with Adrian!"
Izzy actually took a break from his computer to come to my defense. "Come off it, Tai! Don't you think that if she found Adrian, she would have told us by now? That's illogical! Have some sense. There would be no reason for Sora to hide anything from us."
Kari stepped in. "Izzy's right, Tai. Stop worrying so much. Adrian is all right. I know he is. After all, we all know you like So-o-o-ora," she accused jokingly. "Isn't that right guys?" Everyone laughed except Tai and me.
I wore a sheepish grin and was slightly blushing, Tai more than me. He was a shade of cherry. "What?! Who told you that? You take that back!"
Thankful for the change of subject, it was my turn. "Oh, so you don't like me then, Tai?" I feigned a hurt look. He bought it.
"What? Of course I do, Sora... I mean I don't... I mean I do... I mean...." He sighs. "I don't know what I mean..."
Everyone was cracking up at the exchange, the childish chanting of 'Tai and Sora, sitting in a tree...' by Kari, Tai steaming like a kettle, and I was clearly enjoying myself. But my mind once again wondered to Adrian, and I wished him good luck on his mission.
* * *
Two Sonicmon are racing towards a certain spot. As they race towards this spot they have to wonder, wonder if it was meant to be, wonder if they were meant to meet up with her. They are mere seconds from the spot they inquire. Both together throw their feet forward as an attempt to brake. One has more experience at this form of braking than the other. The other just happens to trip on his feet and end up tumbling head over heels into a tree.
"You really have to teach me how to do that," the other complains. "I can't seem to catch on to braking."
"It's not that hard," the first one persuades. "But, I guess it is when you haven't done it before. I'll have to teach ya."
The one still lying upside down on the tree changes to reveal myself, with a slightly irritated look in my face. I right myself and dust myself off, looking around at our surroundings. "Well, we're here..." I observe, finding nothing of a trace of who we were looking for. I was starting to feel depressed. "...and she's not here..." I sat on the ground, leaning on my 'brakes' (a.k.a. the tree) and started to sniffle. "I'm beginning to think that she doesn't want me to find her..."
"Hey! Don't even think like that! I'm positive that she was looking for you! Why else would she wandering around these parts and looking so sad? It has to be for some reason. And I bet you're the reason!"
Not even looking at him, I respond, "I hope you're right..."
Just then I am brought to awareness that someone is watching us. I sense someone! Feels familiar too... could it be... "DarkGatomon?" I stare into the direction my senses are pointing me to.
"Where? I don't see anything. You're not going and seeing things now, are ya?"
I jump up from my seat and pay no attention to him. I race towards the general area I was guided to, and just before I get there, the trail dies on me. "DarkGatomon? Where'd you go? Please don't hide from me... Where are you?" I got all teary eyed. "Don't go... don't leave me... again..." Then suddenly, only faintly, I could sense her, signifying that she was a far way off, but could still hear me.
Sonicmon finally bolted over to where I was standing, probably thinking I was crazy. "Who are you talking to, Darien? I still don't see anyone!"
I still paid no attention to him. "Don't you like me anymore...?" I asked her as warmly and as unhurt as I could sound. My senses act a bit stronger saying that she was coming this direction. "She's coming!" I told Sonicmon.
"Who's coming?"
I was picturing my little black kitten digimon walking out from the forest, her crimson eyes melting me, and her tongue washing my face, but, when she was close enough to walk into our clearance, she stopped and left, and the senses stopped. "No! Don't go!" Tears flowed freely from my eyes. "DarkGatomon!"
We ran to the spot she was last, Sonicmon before me, and found nothing. The daydream of my digimon was erasing itself from my mind. I dropped to my knees and stared down the path in the forest "No... no! This can't be happening..."
"Hey, Adrian! Look what I found!"
I turn to him, face wet, tear streaked, and retrieve the item from his hands. I inspect it, and then hold it close to my heart as it sinks. Things are not going to be the same. I realize that the tides have taken a turn as I place the item in my pocket... the Crest of Light
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Aderianu [sadly]: I really hate Myotismon for this... (-_-)
Sora [resting hand on Aderianu's shoulder]: Well what happened? What did he do?
Aderianu: I'm not at liberty to discuss it... and DarkGatomon won't tell either.
Miyako [indignantly]: Well, care to share, DarkGatomon?
DarkGatomon [flatly]: not really, no... this is between him and me. [Miyako crosses her arms] But, I guess if you really want to know about it, you can read about it in 'Victim of Dark Ways' when it is finished being written. I do have to warn you though; you guys are kind of young to be reading it. There will be some adult scenes in there.
Miyako [seductively]: Adult scenes, huh? How 'bout we make our own adult scenes, hmm...? ^_~
Aderianu [nervous]: we can't do that here! *^_^; [Miyako pulls on Aderianu's shirt] And not now! Stray eyes you know... *^_^;;;
Miyako [crosses arms]: It could've been fun...
Aderianu [relieved]: Yeah, yeah... get over it. You freaky like that. [looks around at the snickering and giggling] Shaddup! Oh, and before I forget...
WHAP
Aderianu [dusting off hands, looks down on Daisuke]: That's my argument against your facts. [to audience] 'Till next ep (episode), see ya!