Digimon: The Digital War Chapter 7: Troubling Memories, a digimon fanfic

" Digimon: The Digital War "

Malcolm Yuy

Episode 07 " Troubling Memories "

Synopsis: Hey guys, this is Malcolm Yuy, here for the another edition of the Digital War. This fic would have been finished earlier if my computer wouldn't have screwed itself over a few times. So anyway, we'll move to the storyline. Last time, we moved to the Amazon, where we saw Matt as a jungle survivor. Another digidestind, Izzy, was part of the South American Digi-Resistance. Izzy and a few human troops were in battle with a group of SnowAgumon, and they almost won. But, Matt and Gabumon came to the rescue and saved the day. Izzy recruited Matt into the group, and Matt was groomed back to the way he was three years ago. Then, another group of SnowAgumon ambushed the Amazon. Matt and Gabumon hurried into battle, and it was almost over when a light appeared and changed Matt's digivice into a D-3 with a navy blue lens and the Crest of Friendship engraved under the LCD screen. And Gabumon net digivolved! Say hello to Frigimon!!!

It was a dark, humid night in the Amazon Rainforest. The moon shown through the digital barrier, giving its moonlight to the canopy. It filtered through, until it made its way near the base of the South American Digi-Resistance. Right now, people were taking shifts by monitoring digimon activity in the control room, while other people were asleep. And right now, one of the Chosen digidestind was having trouble sleeping…

Matt tossed and turned in bed, sweat cascading down his forehead. Gabumon was beside him, awoke by the sound of Matt's pain. Gabumon was trying to wake Matt up, but it was no use. The dog-like digimon looked upon his human partner in pain as he was having a bad dream…

Matt was reliving the night at Tai and Kari's apartment. The night where everything changed. He remembered it perfectly. He felt comfortable, safe, secure in the arms of his one beloved. He smiled down upon her, enjoying to be in her company. And she, too, was enjoying his company. She smiled back at him, and then leaned up to give him a kiss. He happily returned it, and the two kept on kissing, until they heard a voice, making them part. The two looked toward the left, and heard T.K's voice. Matt then released his hold on his beloved, Sora, as the two made their way out onto the balcony. T.K. then told them to look into the sky, and what Matt saw made him falter. It was a white cloud with a green, digital barrier.

Sora gasped as she saw the cloud, and hung onto Matt tightly. Matt looked down upon her, and wrapped his arms around her. And then, it happened. The voice of the Digimon Overlord came forth, and the fireballs of destruction came raining down on Odaiba. The shockwaves demolished everything, and the Chosen were blown into the air. Matt tried to keep his grip on Sora, but the winds were too tough for the young man. With the last ounce of his strength gone, he let go of Sora, and hollered horrifically into the night.

"SORA!!!!!! T.K!!!!!!!!!" Matt screamed, seeing his younger sibling and his one true love going away from him. They yelled his name too, and then, Matt and Gabumon were separated from them. The last thing he remembered was something hitting his head, before he hit the ground floor of the Amazon Rainforest…

"NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Matt hollered as he jerked up in bed, pulling up the covers. He breathed in hard as he looked around his quarters. He was in a white bed. His nightstand was on his left, with a lamp dangling over it. On his right, was his partner, looking at him in a concerned matter.

"Matt, are you alright? It looked like you were having a bad dream," Gabumon asked.

Matt slowly turned his head towards Gabumon, and looked at him sadly, before saying "It was horrible Gabumon. Absolutely horrible. I dreamed I was at Tai's apartment, reliving the Digimon Overlord's invasion of the Real World. I dreamed of losing my little brother, and of losing my one true love. It was terrifying." Matt then glanced at the alarm clock. It said 4:00 A.M.

"Yes, it was. I'm sorry for what happened Matt. I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you," Gabumon said. Matt looked at Gabumon and patted his head.

"You don't have to be sorry Gabumon. You didn't know it was going to happen. Noone did. And even if we knew, could we have stood up to a power like that? And can we even defeat that Omega, here on this continent? I have my doubts Gabumon," Matt said. Gabumon looked up at Matt.

"Listen Matt, I think we do have a chance of defeating that Omega. After all, I can digivolve again. And with Net Digivolution on our side we'll be stronger than ever. So, just don't worry about it right now. Try to go back to sleep," Gabumon instructed his human partner. Matt nodded, wiping the sweat off of his forehead, and smiling at Gabumon.

"You're right Gabumon. Goodnight," Matt said, lying back down in bed, falling back into a peaceful slummber. Gabumon looked upon his partner for a few moments before he too fell to the temptation of the Sandman.

Have a nice rest, Matt. You're going to need it…

Meanwhile, in another one's sleeping quarters of the base, another digidestind was not having a nice night's sleep. Izzy Izumi tossed and turned in bed as sweat dribbled down the side of his face, dripping onto the covers of his bed. He had a frightened expression on his face, as he messed with the covers of his bed.

Inside of Izzy's mind, the teen was also reliving the night he had at Tai and Kari's apartment. He was in the company of the one and only, Mimi Tachikawa. He was really into her, as he smiled at her, holding her around the waist. And she, was into him as well, her arms wrapped around his neck. She smiled at him back, before leaning up to give him a kiss. It was truly amazing, as sparks ignited in Izzy's heart, as he returned the kiss. A few minutes later, the two parted, as Izzy looked into Mimi's eyes, and she looked into his. He then leaned towards her ear and whispered "Mimi, I think I'm in love with you…" He then backed away a little. Mimi became shocked for a moment before tears of joy streamed down her face. She gave Izzy a smile before leaning up to his ear and whispering "I love you too Koushiro-kun." She then backed away, and the two smiled at each other.

Just then, the two's enjoyus night was interrupted by the sound of T.K's voice. Izzy and Mimi looked at T.K, and then at each other. Izzy then took Mimi's hand as the two walked out onto the balcony of the apartment. Izzy remembered looking up at the night sky, and seeing the white digital field with a green barrier, spreading over the sky like wildfire. He remembered Mimi lunging onto him in fear, and then, the Digimon Overlord attacked. He remembered as huge fireballs emerged from the cloud, dispersing onto the district of Odaiba, as buildings were being scorched into nothingness. Shockwaves then emerged, and tore the apartment complex apart. Izzy and the others were then sent into air.

"I'm not going to let go!" Izzy hollered, as he kept his grip on Mimi's hands. He didn't want to let go. He told himself he wouldn't let go. But, the waves were having their effect on the two digidestind, making it harder to keep one's grip. Izzy's grip loosened, until finally the their hands were no longer interlaced. Mimi looked at Izzy with tears in her eyes. Izzy looked back, as tears formed in his eyes. He cryed, knowing he might never see his love, ever again. Mimi then hollered to her one love.

"IZZZYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!"

"MIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!"

The last thing Izzy remembered was being blown away, far away from his one true love, until he hit sand, making him go unconscious…

"DAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Izzy screamed, jerking up in bed. The sensation he had also woke up his digimon partner. Sweat cascaded down Izzy's forehead, as Izzy glanced around the room nervously. Tentomon looked at Izzy, concerned for his well being.

"Izzy, is there something wrong?" Tentomon asked, starting to fly around the room. Izzy glanced around until his eyes fell on Tentomon. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he gulped nervously, remembering the dream.

"It was terrible Tentomon, terrible. I was dreaming…that I was extensively reliving the night at Tai and Kari's apartment with Mimi. Of the destruction of Odaiba and the coming of the Digimon Overlord and his minions…" Izzy trailed off as an image of raining fireballs from the digital rift came into his mind. It then flashed away.

"Maybe you should calm down, and think of something relaxing before going back to sleep," Tentomon suggested.

"Yeah Tentomon, I think I'll do that. Thanks for the superior suggestion," Izzy said, wiping off his forehead and glancing at the clock. It was now 6:00 A.M. "Oh great, it's time to get up anyway," Izzy said, getting out of bed. He then went over to his dresser as he opened it up, getting out some clean under wear and socks. He also got out a towel and bathing cloth as he stepped into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. About twenty minutes later, Izzy came out as clean as a whistle. He then went back to the dresser, pulled out a grey t-shirt, some camoflauge pants, and pulled them on. He then pulled on his boots, and also put on his green army jacket. He then clipped the digivice onto his jacket pocket, and got his laptop. "Come on Tentomon, we got to go see how Matt's doing," Izzy said. Tentomon nodded as he followed Izzy out of the room, having Izzy locking the door before leaving. He then made his way into Matt's quarters.

Matt was daydreaming as he was washing his hair, back to the days of being in the Teenage Wolves. He remembered performing on stage, the feeling of appeasing the crowd, his vocals along with his bandmates blending together, to form a harmonious sound. He remembered his one hit single "I Turn Around." He remembered how girls screamed his name as he tried to escape the auditorium after his performances, trying to get his autograph or asking him out on a date, or if they could marry him. Matt remembered signing a few autographs, before ditching the scene to meet up with his love at the nearby park. Boy, those were the days…

Matt then awoke from the daydream, and finished showering up. He then got out of the shower, dryed himself off and wrapped the towel around him. He then shaved and brushed his teeth. He then pulled on some decent boxer shorts as he got out of the bathroom. As soon as he got out, he heard a knock on the door. He walked over to it.

"Who is it?" he asked, looking through the peep hole.

"It's Izzy," Izzy answered on the other side. Matt unlocked his door, and let Izzy and Tentomon through.

"Ohayo Izzy. So, what's up?" Matt asked, working on making his bed. Gabumon walked into the bathroom as he started to take a bath.

Izzy was wearing a backpack, with his laptop straped to it. In his hands, he was carrying a load of folded, pressed clothes. He handed them to Matt.

"Everything's alright Matt. Here are some clothes to wear for the next few days," Izzy said. Matt nodded as he put them onto his bed. He then pulled on some blue camoflauge pants with a grey t-shirt. He then pulled ona blue army jacket, like the one Izzy had. He then pulled on his boots, and clipped the D-3 of Friendship onto his belt clip. Gabumon then emerged from the bathroom, clean as could be.

"Thanks for the clothes Izzy. So, what are we going to do for today?" Matt asked, as two digidestind and their digimon left the room, Matt locking it behind him with his key, before going toward the top floor.

"Arigato Matt. Today, we're going to be scouting the Amazon for any potenial threats of harmful digimon. But before we do that, we're going to the control room," Izzy said, as the two proceeded up the staircase to the top floor. Gabumon and Tentomon were talking.

"Is Izzy always like this?" Gabumon asked. Tentomon looked down from hovering in the air.

"He has been ever since he joined the Digital Resistance," Tentomon said, as the group finally made their way into the control room. On the center monitor screen, it was showing activity on the Net.

"What's that?" Matt asked, pointing towards the huge computer screen. Izzy glanced at it, and then at Matt.

"Oh, that? That's the Net Wave, a program designed to track renegade digimon on the Net. We track them and make sure they don't break through and bio-merge into the Real World. But sometimes we're unsuccessful, and they make it through. Then we have a lot of trouble. Other than that, there's something I need to tell you," Izzy informed, with Matt glancing down at him.

"And what do you need to tell me exactly?" Matt asked, looking down at Izzy as the two sat at a console. Izzy turned his seat in Matt's direction.

"Well Matt, remember yesterday how Gabumon net digivolved to Frigimon?" Izzy asked. An flash of what happened previously came on in Matt's mind. Of the white beam traveling into his digivice, having it transform into a D-3 with a navy blue lens and the Crest of Friendship engraved under the LCD screen, and having a beam travel from it and into Gabumon. He also remembered of Gabumon's massive digivolution into Frigimon, and how Frigimon had beaten the SnowAgumon into a pulp. He then shook off the memory.

"Yeah, I do," Matt replied.

"Well, it's happened before. I got a recent report from the headquarters in New York that two digidestind were able to get their digimon to net digivolve as well. And you want to know who they were? It was Davis and Mimi!!!!" Izzy exclaimed. As the answer was processing into Matt's mind, the teen smiled.

"You mean, that the others can still get their digimon to digivolve? That's wonderful!!!!" Matt exclaimed.

"Well Matt, we both know that only Mimi, Davis and you can. I doubt if the other eight are alive. And even if they are, they might not be able to get their digimon to net digivolve," Izzy replied in his own opinion.

"Oh. Do you know how Net Digivolution occurs?" Matt asked.

"Well, from the report I got, Net Digivolution comes from the Net and from the chromosomes of your DNA, so in a way you're helping Gabumon digivolve, instead of just using your inner strength," Izzy explained. An alarm then rang throughout the base.

"It's an alarm. There must be a group of renegade digimon nearby," Izzy replied. He typed in a few keys, and then pressed enter on the computer keyboard. On the center monitor, it showed a group of Flymon racing across the forest, fighting off the human troops and deleting digimon. Matt looked horrified for a moment, before regaining his composure.

"We should go out there Izzy," Matt said. Izzy looked at Matt.

"Why, so we can get killed by the Flymon? I don't think so Matt," Izzy replied.

"Oh, come on you sissy," Matt said, grabbing Izzy by the arm. The two then ran out of the base with their digimon, emerging outside into the Amazon. Matt got into a jeep, and forced Izzy to sit beside him. Tentomon and Gabumon got into the back. "Here we go guys," Matt replied, as he cranked up the engine. The jeep roared to life as Matt backed out of the base. He then turned into a 180°, before driving towards the scene of the battle.

"Matt, how do you know where we're going? You don't know where the Flymon are!!!" Izzy exclaimed, getting out his laptop and turning it on.

"I know where we're going because its where Gabumon net digivolved to Frigimon," Matt said. After driving for five more minutes, the jeep emerged onto the battleground. Injured humans layed on the ground, curled up, shaking in pain from being stung by the Flymon, blood oozing from their arms. Matt grimaced as he saw this. He then got out of jeep.

"I wonder where they are," Izzy said, looking around the trees of the rainforest. Matt looked around too. The group of Flymon, which there were five of, were ascended above them. They happily looked down upon the digidestind.

"Oh, this'll be great. They won't know what hit them. Ready men?" the leader of the Flymon asked, glancing at the other four. The other four Flymon nodded, and then the leader looked back onto Matt and Izzy.

"Then let's attack!!!!!" the Flymon hollered as they emerged from their hiding place, desending onto the ground below. They then shot their stingers at Matt and Izzy. Gabumon saw something out of the corner of his eye, as well as Tentomon. The two got out of the jeep and pushed Matt and Izzy to the ground.

"What was that?" Matt asked, looking at Izzy. Izzy looked back at him.

"How should I know? I don't know everything you know," Izzy replied. Tentomon and Gabumon were in front of their human partners.

"To answer your question Matt, it was a group of Flymon, and they're coming this way," Gabumon said, looking back at Matt. Matt then nodded as he got up. He then helped Izzy up and got out his D-3.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's nail them!!!" Matt aimed his D-3 at Gabumon. A navy blue light shot out as it collided with Gabumon's body. The Flymon started advancing towards him.

"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"

"Gabumon net digivolve to-" Gabumon's fir ripped as binary code integrated with his body. His body expanded, as he grew several feet taller. His fur became white, and his head transformed into a bear head. The fur then came back on, and his transformation was complete.

"Frigimon!!!"

"Snow Ball!!!!" Frigimon hollered, forming snowballs in his hands. He then fired them rapidly at the Flymon, and they used their stingers to avoid the oncoming attack. One flew towards Frigimon, and after he dodged the last ball, Frigimon saw him and connected his fist with the Flymon's face. "SubZero Ice Punch!!!" Frigimon's punch hit the first Flymon head-on, causing him to freeze into a block of ice. As soon as he hit the ground, he dissolved into data.

"Who wants a piece of me?" Frigimon asked. The other four Flymon regrouped, and flew behind Frigimon.

"Frigimon look out! They're right behind you!!!" Matt exclaimed. As Frigimon turned around, the Flymon advanced towards Frigimon at an acclerating rate.

"Poison Stingers!!!" the Flymon aimed their stingers at Frigimon, and fired them at him. The big bear Champion created a huge block of ice, and the stingers hit them, destroying it, but keeping Frigimon safe. Matt wiped the nervous sweat off his forehead.

"You think you were safe? Because now your digimon is going to die. Men, let's attack!!!" the little squadron of Flymon doubled back behind Frigimon again, charging in as fast as they could. Matt's eyes widened in horror.

"Frigimon, they're coming to get you from behind again!!!" Matt hollered. Frigimon slowly turned around, and as his head faced the Flymon, the squadron knocked him down.

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Frigimon screamed, as five poison needles made their way into his arms. Poison intervened with his blood vessels, absorbing his energy and making him weak. A few moments later, Frigimon dedigivolved back to Gabumon.

"See how weak he is? He's no match for us Flymon. And now, you're going to join your partner, dead as a doornail," the leader of the Flymon replied. He and the rest of the troop flew back, before lunging in towards Matt and Gabumon. Izzy and Tentomon watched as this was happening.

"Izzy, I have to go and save them," Tentomon replied.

"No, you can't go Tentomon, it's too dangerous," Izzy replied. Tentomon looked at the Flymon, and then back at Izzy.

"But Izzy, if I don't save them, then they'll be dead," Tentomon replied. Izzy nodded, knowing Tentomon was right. But, what if he tried to save them and failed? Then they would be in a very bad prodicament.

"I wish I knew what to do…" Izzy pondered. He looked inside of his heart, and when he found the answer, a purple beam shot out of the digital rift, and into his digivice. His digivice transformed into a D-3 with dark purple lens and the Crest of Knowledge engraved under the LCD screen of the D-3. It then glowed with power.

"Izzy, use the power. Have me digivolve!!!" Tentomon hollered. Izzy smiled as he pointed the D-3 screen at Tentomon.

"I wouldn't have it any other way. Digivolve!!!" As Izzy finished his words, a purple beam shot out of the D-3 screen, and made its way toward Tentomon. As soon as it collided with his body, a bright light formed. The Flymon caught this, which made them off-guard. Binary code was being absorbed in Tentomon's body, as a new transformation began.

"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"

Binary code made its way into Tentomon's body. His exoskeleton split as his body expanded, growing taller. Immense muscles formed on his arms. The wings expanded, and two scissor like pincers protruded from his head. His exoskeleton then emerged, from his body mostly in red. His transformation then was complete.

"Kuwagamon!!!"

"Kuwagamon? Kuwagamon was the first digimon we ever faced in the Digital World," Izzy said, remembering how him and his other friends' digimon digivolved for the first time to stop that Kuwagamon. But, this one was different.

"Yes Izzy, I am a Kuwagamon, but not that one. As Tentomon, I used Net Digivolution to digivolve to this form. My Scissor Arms and Power Guillotine attacks will snap any digimon in two," Kuwagamon described, ready to attack. The Flymon turned their attenion toward him.

"So, you think that since you can digivolve you think you are a match for us? Think again. Let's attack!!!!" the Flymon hollered, now charging towards Kuwagamon. Izzy closed his eyes, fearing that his partner might be destroyed. Kuwagamon took to the air, charging towards the Flymon.

"You think you're so hot? Try this on for size! Power Guillotine!!!" Kuwagamon hollered. His pincers shrank back, before charging in and intersecting each other, slicing three Flymon into data. He flew past the remaining two, and turned back around. "Had enough? I'm just getting warmed up," Kuwagamon said.

"We're leaving now!!!" the Flymon hollered, trying to escape Kuwagamon's clutches. Kuwagamon sneered, and then flew in behind them.

"You aren't getting away Flymon. And here's the final attack. Scissor Arms!!!!" Kuwagamon extended his arms forward, as they crossed each other in a fast, scissor-like motion, sawing the two remaining Flymon in half. They cryed out in agony as they dissolved into nothingness. Kuwagamon then flew back and landed in front of Izzy.

"So Izzy, what do you think of me now?" Kuwagamon asked.

"I think you're an excellent fighter, Kuwagamon," Izzy replied, smiling up at his digimon partner. He then remembered that Matt and Gabumon needed help. "Come on Kuwagamon, we have to help Matt and Gabumon." Izzy and Kuwagamon made their way towards them. Matt looked down worredly at Gabumon, was was cringing in pain. A few moments later, he dedigivolved into Tsunomon.

"Come on, we'll put him on Kuwagamon's back," Izzy said. Matt nooded as he took Tsunomon by the arm, and the two humans got on Kuwagamon's back. Kuwagamon then rose to the air, and cut his way through the rainforest canopy and into the sky. He then flew back towards the base.

When they got there, they descended onto the ground, and Kuwagamon dedigivolved back to Tentomon. Izzy and Matt then hurried the weak Tsunomon into the base, and went to the medical floor. They were greeted by a digimon doctor, a human who had studied digimon physiology for three years. His name was Dr. Hattan.

"What seems to be the problem guys?" Dr. Hattan asked.

"This Tsunomon has been hurt Dr. Hattan. Can you help him?" Izzy asked. Dr. Hattan looked down at the cringing Tsunomon in Matt's arms. He frowned at it, before asking Matt to take him. Matt nodded sadly as he gave the doctor Tsunomon.

"I'll see what I can do. Come back within the hour," Dr. Hattan instructed. Izzy and Matt nodded, and left the medical floor. Within the hour, the two returned at a front desk, to see Dr. Hattan smiling.

"So, how is he?" Matt asked, scared his digimon partner might be gone for good. But once he saw Dr. Hattan smiling, his frown dissappeared.

"Your Tsunomon is alright," Dr. Hattan replied, handing the sleeping digimon back to Matt. Matt smiled as he hugged his sleeping digimon partner.

"Thank you Dr. Hattan," Matt said, smiling down upon the sleeping Tsunomon. Dr. Hattan smiled at Matt.

"You're welcome Matt. Just remember to give him rest and plenty of food and he'll be back to normal," Dr. Hattan instructed. Matt nodded as he and Izzy left the floor. That night, Izzy was laying down in his bed, looking up at the ceiling.

"What are you thinking about Izzy?" Tentomon asked.

"Oh, I'm just thinking about what happened today. I'm glad everything turned out alright," Izzy replied, before slowly falling asleep. Tentomon flew down and snuggled beside his human partner.

"Me too Izzy, me too…" Tentomon replied, as sleep dawned upon him. The room then faded to black…

Will Tsunomon be back to full health by the next assult? Will Tentomon and Gabumon's new digivolutions be enough to stop the South American Omega? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!!!

Well, that's all for Episode 07. Sorry it took me so long. High school is finally back in session down here in Georgia, and I'm stuck in AP U.S. History. I had to write an essay over the weekend, and I have a project in Health class. And on top of that I'm on the cross-country team, so now you know why it took me so long to finish this. I hope this one won't dissappoint you!!! 'Till later, ja ne!!!