Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon: Digital Monster or any related brand and names. I created some Digimons present in this work of fiction, but I created them based on concepts present in the show and others. I am doing this for fun and do not get any profit from it, please don't sue me I got nothing anyway.
AN: Yes I'm not dead! I'm sorry it took me this long to post this... I've haven't felt like writting since the begining of the summer! I have no idea why... sorry. Hope you like this chapter!
By: Undrave
Tamao had a smile on her face as she looked at her red K-D. It was such a pretty object and it meant a lot. It was thanks to her and Kattomon than they defeated Kokatorimon. She was very proud of herself, she had managed to transform her old key into a powerful Digivice that allowed her to unlock the Stealth-Gear.
"I still can't believe I did it." She said to her partner who was as always perched on the girl's shoulder.
"I never had any doubt you could do it Tamao. You were chosen as a D-Wielder for a reason." Declared the Digimon.
"I think we should stop for lunch, I'm hungry." Complained Rikimi.
"We're almost at the mountain, we'll stop for lunch when we get there okay." Replied Keoki who was in the lead with Metamon.
"To be frank I'm a little hungry too." Added Taki.
"It looks far but once we're out of the woods it'll be easier to walk forward." Explained Iaku.
The D-Wielders were following Kokatorimon's indication, who were as good as anybody else's considering they weren't sure where to go to begin with, toward a particularly tall mountain in hopes of finding civilisation.
"Is there other humans in the Digital World?" asked Iaku to his partner.
"You're the first humans I've seen. I think it's safe to assume you're the only ones."Answered Kaerumon.
Soon the trees started to thin out and they could see the limit of the forest. Beyond the ground was turning into a rocky wasteland with only a few patches of tall grass before rising into a very tall mountain. But the real surprise was what was in the distance: a building. It was a rather small building with four glass door and it had a sign above those doors. What was on that sign was rather surprising.
"Subway?!" Read Rikimi, taken aback.
"What? You don't know what a subway is?" Asked Finmon.
"Off course I know! But back home there's no subway station in the middle of nowhere!" Replied the girl.
"Or vending machine for that matter." Added Taki.
"Augh, don't remind me." The pink haired girl groaned.
"Let's go check it out, it might be a way across the mountain. I doubt we can scale that peak." Proposed Keoki.
"I'm not very good at climbing anyway." Stated Tamao.
The little group went on toward the unusual structure. They reached it and carefully pushed opened the glass door, finding only a straicase going down underground. The whole thing looked a lot bigger than it first appeared, large enough for bigger Digimons to fit. Slowly, always on alert, the D-Wielders and their Digimon went down the stairs. They soon reached the first sub level. They saw a surprising scene, right in front of them was a large room lined with various types of vending machines, tables and chair filling the center. There was a large group of green frog looking Digimons with horns wraped around their neck that were either seated or using the machines, showing that these were the geniune article, unlike the Numemon's. All the Digimons had miner helmets, either on or on the tables and there was a pile of bags in a corner. To the kid's side was more stairs going deeper, but they were blocked by yellow bars.
"Those are Gekomons! They're musically inclined champion Digimon that are of pleasent company." Explained Bibamon.
The little group walked into the room, feeling out of place but yet not receiving any weird looks from the Gekomons. That's when a clanking noise was heard and a side door opened, revealing what looked like a walking clock with arms atop wich sat a hooded figure holding a mallet! The whole thing about 5 feet tall and walked into the room, saluting the Gekomon who replied in a friendly manner.
The hooded figure spotted the kids and their Digimons and smiled"Oh...You aren't on the schedule, you must be new comuners! Welcome to my station! I'm Clockmon the manager!"
"Huh... Hi! I'm Keoki and this is Metamon."
"Iaku."
"Kaerumon."
"Taki."
"I'm Bibamon."
"Rikimi."
"Hm...hi... my name's Tamao."
"I am Kattomon."
"So what brings you to this station? Ya bunch don't look like miners." Asked Clockmon.
"Miners... what do you mean?" Asked Iaku.
"You don't know? Guess you're not from 'round here then. The Gekomons have a mine further on the mountain where they mine Digizoid Ore. They use the subway to bring it to the other side of the mountain to Pinestar Village that sits at the foot of the mountain. There the ore is turned into Chrome Digizoid, the most resistant metal in the Digital World." Explained Clockmon.
"Why are they all here then? Shouldn't they be on the other side already?" Inquired Metamon, pointing to all the Gekomons.
"We can't take the shubway, that's why we're shtuck here." Answered one of them, speaking with a lisp, before Clockmon could as he passed by the group.
Keoki looked up to Clockmon "Why is that?"
"Well you see... 2 days, 5 hour and 23 minutes ago a Raremon somehow got into the station and he won't let anyone take the train unless we give him the ore! " Answered the metalic Champion.
Iaku looked to Kaerumon who was once again on his head "What's a Raremon?"
"The most foul Digimon ever, that's what. " Said the purple Digimon.
"A Raremon's Breath of Decay attack can corrode the thickest armor. It is a dangerous foe." Stated Kattomon.
"And it's stinking up my dear station!" Complained Clockmon, tears at the edge of his eyes "It's gonna take me at least 5 hours and 47 minutes to clean everything, and then about 9 days, 3 hours and 21 minute for the smell to clear out! Oh why does it happen to me!?"
One of the Gekomon walked up to the station manager and patted his clock part's back. "Here, here big guy, don't cry, he'll leave shoon enough." He said with a slight lisp as well.
"I got an idea! We'll take care of him for you!" Suddenly called Keoki.
"YEAH! We'll teach that bully a lesson!" Agreed Metamon.
Before anyone could react, Keoki was pulled back by the collar of his t-shirt and taken away from Clockmon. He quickly freed himself and looked back to find a fuming Rikimi.
"What do you think you're doing? Volunteering us to fight someone else's fight?" Asked the girl.
"Hey! It's our job to fight evil no? Raremon is no better than that Kokatorimon . This is as much our fight as the Gekomon's." Replied Keoki, crossing his arm. "It's the right thing to do."
"I say we fight. "Added Taki. "You want to take the subway or walk across the mountain?"
Iaku walked to the little group."I agree with Keoki and Taki. We got the means to fight that thing with our Digi-Gears and it would be easier to fight something we know, than to run into bigger and unknown trouble on the way to that village. The subway is also safer than the climb."
Rikimi sighed, admitting defeat "I guess you're right... I probably wouldn't feel right leaving them with their trouble."
"Are you REALLY gonna help ush? That'd be very nishe of you if you did." Said one of the Gekomon, all eyes now turned toward the D-Wielders, hope filling the numerous globular eyes.
Tamao was blushing at all the attention, but that didn't seam to bother Keoki who stepped before the group.
"Clockmon, Gekomons, we'll boot that Raremon out of your station!" He boldly declared, getting the Gekomons to cheer happily.
That's when a loud grumbling noise was heard, and Keo turned beet red. It was his stomach.
The boy sweatdropped "Let's eat first."
All the Gekomons and Clockmon felt down at the same time.
The station manager was the first up "Allright then... it's my treat!"
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"That lunch was DELICIOUS! Thanks Clockmon!" Declared Taki, patting his stomach.
"Oh yeah! The cup cakes were great." Agreed Bibamon from Taki's arms, letting a little burp out "Oops...sorry."
Rikimi shook her head "Let's get down to buisness okay? I want to sleep in a real bed tonight!"
That's when Clockmon finished to unlock the gates that were blocking the way to the lower levels of the station. "Just go straight down, he usually hands on this side of the tracks, be careful, the next train will come in exactly 21 minutes and 36 seconds! Good luck!"
"Allright everyone, follow us!" Ordered Keoki, as he and Metamon took the stairs first, followed by Iaku, Kaerumon, Taki, Tamao and finally Rikimi and Finmon.
As they went down the stair, a putrid stench started to fill the the atmosphere, Finmon was the first to complain "YUCK! I hate Raremons...they stink so much."
"What a disgusting smell!" Agreed Rikimi after sniffing at the air "But it's not as strong as I expected."
"That's because you humans have less sensible noses than us Digimon... or at least most of us." Commented Kaerumon, seeing Metamon shrug
"Anyway, let's brace ourself for the fight. We'll wait until the last minute possible to Gear Up, so we can get as much fighting time as we can out of them."
Down the stair there was a tunnel to the left, leading to the other side of the tracks, while another staircase lead to the lower level.
"We don't want to run out of energy in the middle of a fight." Added Metamon.
"That is a wise idea Keoki." Pointed out Kattomon, who was perched on Tamao's shoulder like always.
"Thank's Kattomon." The boy turned around as he said that, wich caused him to trip and fall down, hitting the wall in front of the stairs head first.
"Ow..." Groaned Keo, laying down on the ground, rubbing his head.
"You okay?" Asked Iaku, helped his friend up.
"Yeah yeah..." He replied, adjusting his goggles "And stop laughing Metamon!"
"With the noise you just made I bet you Raremon head us!" Complained Rikimi.
"In that case, let's get down there as fast as possible!" Added Keoki, rushing down the final flight of stairs with Metamon in tow.
"We're right behind you fearless leader!" Called Taki, as he followed with the rest of the D-Wielders.
The stench was at it's worse once they reached the bottom of the stairs. The whole station was as large as a warehouse just like the rest of the building. tall but rather thin columns, twin tracks. There wasn't much else but a few benches of various size and large ads that seams right out of the 70s, but with Digimons instead of humans! There was even Metamon selling some kind of car wax!
Taki pointed to the poster and looked down at his Digimon "Metamon?"
The little purple guy just shrugged "Probably another Metamon."
"WHERE IS MY DIGIZOID ORE?" Roared a loud voice.
The kids could now very well see the source of the smell, a large pile of purple goo with eyes, mouth and junk covering it's body. Raremon was standing further on their side of the tracks, lumbering toward them.
"We're not here to pay you Raremon! We're here to boot you out!" Called Keoki, taking a step forward and striking an heroic pause.
Raremon started to laugh "Who do you think you are? I will melt you away into nothingness!"
"We are the D-Wielders and we won't let you abuse the poor commuters of this station any longer!We'll kick you out of here! Ready Metamon?" Asked the boy, sliding down his goggle.
The little Digimon walked forward and nodded in agreement."Oh yeah!"
Rikimi leaned toward Tamao "I think Keoki's getting WAY too much into this." she whispered, making the other girl smile.
" I'd like to see you try!" Challenged the stinking champion.
"LET'S GO GUYS!" Shouted Metamon, charging forward with a flying Kattomon and a hopping Kaerumon.
"You two aren't gonna fight?" Asked Taki looking down at Bibamon and Finmon.
"You think we want to touch THAT?" Replied Finmon, refering to the fact both of their attacks were physical hits.
Rikimi had a look of disgust on her face "Augh, I know I wouldn't."
"Guess we'll join in when it's time to gear up." commented Iaku.
"METAL BALL!"
"MYSTIC DEW!"
The two attack flew toward the champion at high speed, but Raremon was unphazed by the denger.
"BREATH OF DECAY!" He called, firing a disgusting spray of a gooey substance from his mouth, the three attacks exploding, droplets of Raremon's attack making small hole on the ground and surrounding pillar.
Kattomon burst out from behind one to Raremon's side and she let loose a volley of Razor Feathers. The two projectiles flew threw the air and hit the Digimon, only to bounce off his surface and simply hit the ceiling.
"It didn't work!" Gasped Tamao.
"It's body is too rubbery..." Realised Keoki as the undead champion Digimon turned his head toward Kattomon and fired a blast of Breath of Decay that she easily dodged.
The attack ended up hitting a pillar behind her, almost melting it to nothing!
"METAL BALL!"
"MYSTIC DEW!"
The two blast hit the side of Raremon's body, exploding in a cloud smoke.
"GRRR! What was that? A mosquito sting?" He roared, as he tried to smash the two rookie beneath his massive paw, barely missing them.
"Allright, enough playing around!" Called Keoki holding out his silver K-D "Gear up guys!"
Four more Digivice, in green, yellow, red and blue appeared, held by the children's hand.
"BOLT-GEAR!"
"RAD-GEAR!"
"BLAST-GEAR!"
"FLIGHT-GEAR!"
"STEALTH-GEAR!"
"UNLOCK!" They all shouted at once.
"What the...?" Asked Raremon as light flew off the kid's arm only to hit their own Digimon.
"Battle Mode Activated." Stated in harmony a serie of computerized voice.
When the light faded the five Digimons were all clad in their Digi-Gear.
"You think this little trick will save you? HAHAHA! BREATH OF DECAY!" Shouted Raremon, firing his attack toward Metamon.
Now faster thanks to the power of the Bolt-Gear, Metamon had no trouble dodging the gooey acid substance that melted the ground where he had stood and he ran at full speed toward Raremon. The little cyborg Digimon leapt up and punched Raremon with an electricity charged punch right in his left eye! The champion roared in pain as he felt the shock and his eye was rendered useless. Enraged he swatted Metamon away like a ball, sending him toward the station's wall. He was about to crash into it when Finmon swooped by and caught him in mid-air!
"Nice catch." Congratulated Metamon.
Finmon chuckled as they flew toward Raremon's back "It was nothing... just remember you owe me."
"HOMING LASER!" Called Kaerumon, firing his attack at their opponent who quickly reacted.
"BREATH OF DECAY!"
The two attack obliterated each other and caused a large cloud of smoke to appear that clouded Raremon's already diminished vision. In fact he didn't see Bibamon in his millitary colored armor dash forward, ready to attack.
"LOG BARRAGE!"
The log shaped missile exploded in betweem Raremon's paws, the explosion burning him slightly. The smoke started to clear away and he found himself surrounded by a flock of Kattomon in black armor! All flying in circle around him. He looked around confused, trying to figure out what was going on.
"I'm here... DARK FIRE ASSAULT!" Called the real Kattomon as she suddenly phazed into existance and fired a shot of enflamed projectile at Raremon's body.
"FIN BOOMERANG!" Two hard projectile bounced off the back of the stinky Digimon's head with enough power to make him roar in pain and look back at Finmon and Metamon, just as Finmon's fin returned to her arms.
The champion was completly surrounded by those incredibly powerful rookie. Finmon and Metamon behind him, Bibamon and Kaerumon in front, to one side there was a wall and the other Kattomon. He didn't understand how it could happen, even Clockmon and the Gekomons weren't powerful enough to beat him, and yet he was in a jam against five ROOKIES!
"This is your last chance to give up and go peacefully Raremon. " Warned Keoki.
"If you don't we'll have no choice but to dispose of you." Added Taki, in a uncaring voice.
Raremon stood there for a second before he started chuckling "NEVER! I WILL NEVER SURRENDER TO WEAKLING LIKE YOU! BREATH OF DECAY!" He roar.
But Raremon did not fire at his opponent... no, he fired at the ceiling, then at a pillar! quickly the structures started melting and what had to happen, happened. The ceiling started to crack and rumble as Raremon started laughing.
"WE'RE GONNA BE BURIED ALIVE!" Shrieked Rikimi, almost deafening Taki who was nearby.
That's when a pile of rocks and dirt fell from above on top of Raremon, burying the laughing Digimon and sending a dust cloud sweep everyone. The rumbling stopped as quickly as it had started and same for the cracking.
"Is...everyobdy okay?" Asked Koki, coughing a little. "Man am I glad I got goggles..." He added, looking at his friends rubbing their eyes.
"We're okay over here, Finmon flew me to this side in time." Called Metamon from the other side of the tracks where he stood with Finmon and Kattomon.
"We're fine here." Stated Kaerumon.
Rikimi coughed "Same here... at least the smell is gone."
Iaku looked at the pile of rubbles that blocked half of their side of the station, by a strange feat of luck none had hit the tracks.
"Odors are made out of particles, if the smell particles dissapeared then I guess it means that Raremon is no more." He stated. "I wish it didn't have to end this way."
"It's not our fault, he chose his way out... com'on Bibamon, let's go tell Clockmon and the others!" Commented Taki, as the Blast-Gear returned to his arm and he grabbed his K-D.
Bibamon leaped in his partner's arms as they both headed to the top of the stairs. After all, the next train was due to arrive soon. Tamao happilly welcomed Kattomon in her arms, the Stealth-Gear returning to her arm as she walked carefully toward the pile of debris.
"I don't really like to harm Digimons... but this guy deserved to be punish... why didn't he just give up though??" The brown haired girl wondered.
"A lot of Digimon like him posess an over active sense of pride, and he could not bear to be defeated by five rookies. In a way, this bully had some honor, and we should respect his memory." Commented Kattomon, climbing to her usual perch on the girl's shoulder. "He was a warrior at heart, cupid and corrupted maybe, but a warrior nonetheless."
Tamao sighed "So I guess it's not the last time we beat an opponent who just doesn't want to give up..."
Kattomon could only nod sollemnly.
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A while later the D-Wielders and their Digimons were comfortably settled down in the seats of a subway train wagon. The train was like the rest of the station, much bigger than usual, to be able to carry bigger Digimons. It also had no driver or anything, it was completly empty it arrived. All the Gekomons were aboard the train, and they had all thanked the kids for helping them get rid of Raremon. Clockmon wasn't all that happy his station was damaged but still let the kids and their partner ride the train for free. Right now the Digimons had quickly fallen asleep, tired after those many battles in one day.
"My friend has a inn in town, I'm shure I can get him to let you shtay for the night. " Stated one of the Gekomons.
"Thanks a lot! Now we can sleep in a real bed!" Replied Rikimi happily.
"How long until we reach the Pinestar Station?" Asked Keoki.
"Only half an hour." Answered the green Digimon.
"Tell me Gekomon..." Started Iaku. "Beside Clockmon's station and the village, where does this subway goes?"
"Nobody know! Anyone who tried to go further than thoshe two shtations never returned! Clockmon onshe numbered the trains to shee how many there were on the network... but he shtoped after three hundred shikshty five. It take at leasht a month for one train to return onshe it past one of the shtation!" Answered the little champion.
Iaku's eyes bulged out "There is over 365 trains on the tracks?!? And nobody know anything about this subway or even maintain the train?"
The Gekomon shrugged "They never broke down."
"We need a system like that back home... I hate being stuck in the subway." Rikimi complained.
"I wonder what the village look like." Pondered Tamao.
"Same here." Commented Taki.
To Be Continued...
The five D-Wielders have unlocked their Digi-Gears and proven they can work as a team, but will they be up to the challenges to come? Don't miss the next chapter of Digimon: Key to the Future!
AN: Yeah I decided to add a little naration at the end of the chapters like in good old Digimon, or my Medabots fics.