Chapter Four: Battle in the Rock (Part Two)
Tai's swallow sliced through the Shibukimon's side, its blood shining in the sunlight. The reptile deleted before it could strike Agumon.
"Watch your back, Agu!" Tai yelled. "I can't save you all the time."
"Shut up," grumbled Agumon.
"Can we just find the Komodomon and get out of here?" Izzy asked, glaring at Tai.
"Fine, let's go."
The four walked through the beach, not seeing anything. They reached a small cave, and Tai saw something dart inside.
"Hey, something went in that cave!" Tai yelled.
"So?" asked Izzy.
"It could be a Komodomon!"
Tai ran to the entrance of the cave and ducked in. The others saw a green and yellow bird-like creature run past and back into the cave, followed closely by Tai.
"Stop..." Tai began.
"...It..." he yelled on his next pass.
"...Guys!" he finished.
"Fine," Izzy sighed.
As the creature came by again, Izzy and the Digimon stepped out in front. Tentomon jumped to one side, Agumon on the other side. Tai ran up behind, blocking the Komodomon's exits.
DIGIMON-ANALYZER
Komodomon are rare, elusive creatures that are highly valued for their beautiful scales. While the young are quite weak, the adult Mama Komodomon is quite vicious and will protect its children to the bitter end.
"Get it quickly!" Izzy snarled.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon cried, firing a large burst of flames.
Tai slashed it just before the fireball hit, removing one of the large scales. He pocketed it while Agumon finished the reptile.
"One down, two to go," Tai said, grinning.
"Let's just hurry, shall we?"
They walked into another area of the Rock and several Hamamon and Shibukimon rose from the waters.
"Great, more of them," Tai grumbled.
"Leave it to me," Tentomon said. "Super Shocker!"
The beetle-Digimon fired the bolt of energy into the water, frying all of the Digimon in it. The potential attackers disappeared, leaving the Komodomon wide open.
"Got you now!" Tai snarled.
The young warrior jumped over the water onto the island where the Komodomon stood, trapped. He slashed it swiftly, carving off another scale before it deleted.
"You know, this would be so much easier if you could cut off more than one scale," Izzy sneered.
"Shut up, Brain-Boy," Tai spat back. "I don't see YOU helping any."
"That's because I don't use weapons."
"Right. You use others," Tai growled.
"Shut up!" Izzy cried, indignantly.
"Make me!"
"Maybe I will!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Tai laughed.
"Let's just get the last scale," Izzy said. His eyes burned with fury, but he said nothing more.
They walked in silence into the third section of Lizard Rock. Hamamon basked outside the small lake, and a Komodomon stood atop a small cliff.
"Let's take it down, boys!"
Tai ran up a log that met the cliff, but a Hamamon blocked his path.
"Quake Slam!"
The log splintered as the shock wave ran through it. Tai let out a short scream, and jumped over onto the cliff, cutting through the frog as he did so.
"And now, for the real prize!"
Tai slowly snuck up behind the Komodomon. He inched along the rocky peak, not daring to make any more noise for fear of scaring it. The hot sun caused sweat to drip in his eyes, but he didn't brush it aside.
As he moved into range, he gripped down on the Swallow and pulled back. The only sound was his shoes scraping on the dirt as he jumped forward and cut through the beast's hide, taking off a scale. He fell through the cloud of pixels that the beast burst into, landing in front of Izzy and the Digimon.
"Got it," Tai wheezed.
"Show off," Izzy snorted.
"Dead meat..." Agumon gasped.
"What are you...?" Tai began.
However, he didn't have to finish. The strand of saliva dripping onto his shoulder and the ragged, burning hot breath behind him told him everything. The Mama Komodomon was about to rip him in two.
Tai let out a loud roar and rolled down and over, just barely dodging the giant fangs of the reptile. He spun around to face it, and wished momentarily that he hadn't.
The massive Digimon was the size of a hut in Arni. Its face was wide and reptilian, with tiny ears on each side. Huge fangs jutted from the wide mouth, and cords of saliva dripped down. Despite the frightening size and face, its coloration was beautiful, a mix of bright gold, deep emerald, and crystal blue.
The ground shook as it pounded its massive tail on the ground, and it let out another teeth-rattling roar.
"Guys, I think we should run..." Tai squeaked.
"Affirmative," Izzy gasped.
However, the giant beast was blocking the only exit.
"Well, ain't this just bloody brilliant!" Tai screamed, now more angry than afraid.
"Tai, back off, I can take her," Agumon said, stepping forward.
"So can I!" Tentomon added.
"Water Bomb!" Mama Komodomon bellowed.
The huge monster shot a massive orb of water at the Digidestined, but they all managed to jump away from the blast. The orb exploded, sending a huge torrent of water gushing out.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Super Shocker!"
The attacks struck MK dead on, but it shrugged the blasts off, and fired a jet of water at Agumon. The blast sent him flying into the cliff.
"Agumon!" Tai roared. He whirled on Mama Komodomon and fixed it with his best glare. "You overgrown BITCH! I'll kill you!"
The Digidestined warrior charged the massive lizard and slashed its chest with his swallow. The blade barely cut the skin, and he swung around for another attack. However, it lashed out with one massive claw and carved several long gashes in his chest. The young man fell back.
"Tai!" Agumon cried.
The Digivice attached to Tai's belt started flashing, and Agumon was engulfed in light.
"Agumon digivolve to...Greymon!"
Instead of the short orange t-rex, there now stood a towering orange t-rex, striped with blue. It's head was covered by a thick brown plate that had two horns jutting from the sides.
"Nova Blast!"
The huge flame struck the Mama Komodomon, sending it staggering to the side. The massive dinosaur charged forward, flipping it up with his horns. It flew through the air, and Greymon yelled, "Tentomon, help me out!"
"Right!"
"Nova" Greymon began.
"...Shocker!" Tentomon finished.
The electrical energy surrounded the massive ball of fire, and it caused the flying reptile to explode into dust. Greymon de-digivolved into Agumon again, and the small reptile moved over to Tai.
"Tai? You...you okay?"
"Nice...one, Agu" Tai croaked. "Just give me a Heal element and I'll be fine."
"I've got one," Izzy said, using the element.
Tai's wounds instantly healed, and he rose to his feet.
"Ah! Never felt better! Good thing we carry those around, eh?"
"Yeah," Izzy said, nodding. "And you better get to Opassa before Mimi decides to kill youâ€again."
Tai nodded, grinned, and headed for Opassa Beach.
Well, it seems that Tai's life has returned to normal. But, come on, this is a video game-anime, so nothing will be normal, will it? Find out how weird things get next on Chrono Battles.
