Greeting and Salutations. I know, long time since this got updated, but I had the cappie, so I though, why not. Please let me know what you think, and enjoy.
Dawn lay back on her bed. "This sucks." She muttered.
"I know, Dawn, but it is for the best." Renamon told her. "It would do none of us any good if Glory got her hands on you." Dawn sighed.
"Yeah, I know." She said. "Doesn't mean I have to like it. I mean it's a Saturday. I should be outdoors. That Hell Bitch is seriously ruining my childhood." Renamon chuckled at her partner's outburst. Dawn sighed again, this time louder and more dramatically. "No one treat's me like an adult."
"Maybe if you started acting like one..." Xander said, walking in. Under his arm was a shoebox.
"You can talk." Dawn said, sitting up. "You have the entire series of Digimon on tape."
"And all the movies." Renamon added.
"Yeah, well." He cleared his throat. "I hope you don't think any less of me because of it, because it gave me an idea."
"Does it have anything to do with this sudden urge to buy shoes?" Dawn joked.
"Ha ha." Xander said sarcastically as he placed the box on her bed and pulled off the lid.
"Digimon cards?" Dawn asked. "I don't want to know."
"Seriously Dawn, I noticed something." Xander sat on the bed. "On the show, each generation of Digidestined had something different. In the first series, it was the D-2's and the tags and crests. In series two, it was the D-3's, the D-Terminal's and the Digi Eggs. Now, I noticed the digivice you brought in had a slot, and…"
"You think she may be able to use the cards for something?" Renamon asked.
"Xander. That actually makes sense." Dawn said, shocked. "Are you sure you're feeling alright?"
"I do have some good ideas." Xander said in a mock hurt voice.
"I know. It's just that they're few and far between." Dawn said sweetly. She reached for her digivice. "So, got a cool sounding name for this thing? I don't want to go with the trend and just call it a 'D-4'."
"I'm working on it." Xander said. Something cool, hmm. Maybe Willow would have an idea. "In the mean time…" He pulled a card out at random. "Try it." Dawn looked at the card. A Speed card, huh? She got to her feet and held the digivice and card in front of her.
"Um, any idea's how I do this?" She asked. "Like, is there a phrase or something I have to say?"
"Well, you could make it sound cool." Xander told her. Dawn thought a moment.
"I got it." She said after a moment. "I heard some of the Digi-Freaks at school say this playing the game once. Digi-Modify! Speed Activate!" Renamon flickered, and then disappeared. "Where'd she go?" Dawn demanded frantically.
"Down here." The two humans looked down the hall. Renamon was standing in front of Willow and Tara's room. Dawn and Xander looked at each other.
"Cool!" They said together. Renamon's head suddenly shot up.
"Renamon?" Dawn asked. Then her digivice started to go mental. "This can't be good." She said, looking at the now red screen. Renamon leapt down the stairs. Dawn looked down there for a moment, and then looked at Xander. "Grab some cards." She said. Xander did so, and the two of them ran down the stairs, frantically trying to catch up to Renamon.
"Where'd she go?" Xander puffed after a while. Dawn looked around frantically. C'mon, Renamon, she thought. Where are you?
Dawn's digivice suddenly started beeping again. Dawn looked at it and this time there was a compass of some kind spinning on the screen. "What's this thing?" She watched as the point stopped spinning, pointing to their left. "This way." She said, running off. Xander followed closely behind. They turned a corner and came face to face with the same weird pink fog bank form the night before. "Bingo." Dawn muttered as she ran in. Xander shook his head and ran in.
"Do you Summers ladies always have to play the hero?" He asked as they came to the centre of the fog, where they found Renamon doing battle with what seemed to be a giant snowman. "It's Frigimon." Xander said.
"Frigimon?" Dawn's digivice once again beeped to life, this time showing a small image of the Digimon in question, along with the data on it. "Frigimon, an Icy Digimon, Champion level. His techniques called Sub Zero Ice Punch. Guess that leaves Renamon in trouble. Her Diamond Storm's an ice crystal shower." Xander shuffled through the cards he'd grabbed.
"Here, try this." He said, handing one over.
"Agumon, huh? Hmm…" She looked at the moves on the card. "Perfect!" She brought the digivice and Card in front of her. "Digi-modify! Agumon's Pepper Breath Activate!" Renamon backed up, opening her mouth.
"PEPPER BREATH!" She cried. A fireball shot out of her mouth, hitting Frigimon in the head. The Champion staggered back.
"How about this?" Xander handed her another card.
"Digi-Modify! Strength Activate!" Renamon charged forward, ramming her fist into Frigimon's gut. It doubled over, groaning in pain. "Hey it's working. Hand us another one, Xand." Xander shuffled through the cards one more time.
"Got it!" He said, ripping one out and handing it to her. "Give this a go." Dawn looked at it. Excellent.
"Dig-Modify! Meramon's Fireball Activate!" Renamon backed of again and pulled her hand back. A ball of flame ignited in her palm.
"FIREBALL!" She cried, throwing it forward. It rammed into Frigimon, reducing him to a cloud of floating data. Renamon stepped up and, once again, absorbed the data of her foe.
"Okay, what was that last bit?" Xander asked once she was finished.
"It's how Digimon get stronger." Renamon explained. "We absorb the data of enemies once we defeat them. It is the only way we can Digivolve."
"Yeah, but do you really have to do that?" Xander asked. "I mean, no offence, but Frigimon's no pushover, and you hammered him with Dawn's help." Renamon thought about that. It's true; she had been having some trouble before Dawn's arrival. "So, maybe…"
"Am I the only one that realises that the fog isn't disappearing like last time?" Dawn said suddenly. Renamon looked around.
"This is trouble." She muttered. "The digital field should be cleared by now."
"Is that what these things are called." Dawn mused. "Uh oh, trouble." They watched as another shape walked out. This one was large, orange and had a helmet like skull on his head. "Not good." She muttered, pulling her Digivice up. Once again, an image appeared. "Greymon. A Champion level Digimon. Attack's called Nova Blast. Wait a sec. Isn't that Tai's Digimon? Y'know, from the TV show?"
"Good memory, Dawn." Xander said. "When facing Greymon, the best thing to do is…"
"A human and a Digimon?" The Champion growled. "This is an abomination. One that must be eliminated." It slashed at them with its tail. The three friends scattered.
"Renamon, don't!" Dawn yelled as her partner charged. She's going to get squashed, she thought. And there's nothing I can do.
"Dawn." Xander said, pulling out a card. "Try this." Dawn looked at it.
"Will this work?" Xander shrugged.
"Only one way to find out." Dawn nodded, and brought the card and her Digivice up in front of her.
"Digi-modify! Digivolution Activate!" Her Digivice began to glow and a beam of light hit Renamon.
"Digivolution." Her Digivice announced.
"Renamon, digivolve to…Kyubimon!" The light faded, leaving something that almost looked like Renamon, except it was bigger, on all fours and had multiple tails. The now Champion Digimon glared at Greymon.
"You think you can stop me?" Greymon scoffed. "NOVA BLAST!" Kyubimon leapt out of the way as the large fireball exploded into the ground.
"DRAGON WHEEL!" She shouted, curling into a ball. She began to spin, igniting flames around her, which hit Greymon in the chest. The giant Champion hit the ground hard. "FOX TAIL INFERNO!" Her tails straitened and the flames on the tips grew little faces, and then flew towards Greymon. The two humans watched as the small flames impacted with the Digimon, grew and destroyed him, leaving the cloud of data. Kyubimon went to absorb the data, then stopped. After a while, the digital field and Greymon's data disappeared.
"Whoa." Xander said. Dawn walked over to Kyubimon.
"Renamon?" She asked. The Digimon suddenly erupted into light, and then shrunk, leaving Renamon standing there. "You okay? What was that?"
"My Champion form, Kyubimon." Renamon told her. "I Digivolved, thanks to you."
"Um, wow." Dawn muttered. "Don't mention it. That Hell Bitch doesn't stand a chance."
"Question; why didn't you absorb the data?" Xander asked. Renamon looked at him.
"What you said, about being able to beat Frigimon with Dawn's help." She said. "It was true. It was Dawn that allowed me to digivolve, not the data. I don't need it, I know this now."
"That's twice in one day Xander's been right." Dawn said as they walked back to the house. "Does that mean it's almost time for Glory to find me? I mean, if that's not a sign of an Apocalypse, I don't know what is."
"Ha ha." Xander muttered as they walked off.
The man watched them carefully. She reminded him, somewhat, of Tai, in attitude at least. Good. She would need that spirit soon. Very soon.
He turned and began to walk away. "You were right about this girl."
"Where the hell were you?" Buffy demanded as they walked in.
"Relax, Buffy." Dawn said. "Digimon tried to break through. They attacked first. They got squished. An added side note, remind me never to underestimate Xander again."
"Why not?" Willow asked. Dawn grinned as Xander handed her a card. She checked it. That'll do.
"He worked out we could do this." She pulled her digivice out and held it in front of her, swiping the card through. "Digi-modify! Speed activate!" Renamon blurred, then disappeared from Dawns side, reappearing at the top of the stairs.
"Wha-wha-wha-what?" Willow managed to babble. Buffy looked at Renamon, then Dawn.
"How'd you do that?" Dawn grinned. This was definitely worth it.
"We found out I can use the cards from the game to increase Renamon's speed and stuff in battle." Dawn explained. "I can even help her digivolve! It was so cool, Buffy. She squished Greymon! Turned him into digi-dust!" Buffy looked at her younger sister. She seemed to be taking this in stride, thankfully.
"Sounds like you had some fun while we were worrying about you." Buffy said. Dawn winced.
"I'm sorry." She muttered. "Renamon sensed the digital field and took off. I couldn't just let her go and there was no time to call you."
"Goddess, this is amazing." Willow finally managed to gasp. "Now I really want a good look at that digivice." Dawn looked over at the red head.
"Um…I don't know." Dawn said hesitantly. "It's not that I don't trust you, Wills. It's just…I mean, if you take it apart, and then can't get it together again…"
"I won't take it apart or anything." Willow pleaded. "Some detection spells to see what kind of link it makes between you and Renamon. Hooking it up to my laptop to check out its software. Putting it under a microscope if it's all you'll let me do!"
"Well…" Dawn hesitantly handed the device over. "Okay. But don't take it apart. And try and think of something cool we can call it other than 'the digivice'."
So? What do people think? Did she digivolve to early? Is Willow doing too much of an Izzy impersonation? Let me know.
Stay tuned.
Doc.