South Digimon Diaries
The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.
By Persona
Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to TOEI and Akiyoshi Hongo, and used without consent.
The Diaries Universe belongs to Lord Archive, and is used with consent. All rights reserved.
Okay now, on with the story.
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Chapter 14: Ice trouble. (Part 1)
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Ice Devimon's fortress, somewhere at the freezing southern lands of the Digital World:
"So, he's dead?" asked Ice Devimon.
"Y... yes." replied Minotarumon.
Ice Devimon stood with his back turned to the bounty hunters that had come to his palace, they were here to claim the reward for having killed the Digi-Destroyer, a.k.a. David Albornoz.
Ice Devimon turned his head to look at the Minotarumon that acted as the leader of the group. "Are you sure?"
"Yes... we are sure... we attacked him all at once, all eight of us." Minotarumon gestured to the other seven Digimon bounty hunters behind him, "he... he never stood a chance."
Ice Devimon turned and walked closer to the gigantic humanoid bull, so he was standing face to face with him. "That's not true. What happened with the Digi-Destroyer?"
Minotarumon gulped, "I... I'm telling the truth! He's dead!" he exclaimed, getting nervous, the other bounty hunters were nervous as well.
Ice Devimon was not stupid. He could read this Digimon's expression, his tone of voice, the way he spoke to him. He might have been able to pull of his lie with another Digimon, but Ice Devimon was just too intimidating. "I hate it when people lie to me." Ice Devimon grabbed Minotarumon by the neck, and his eyes started to shine an eerie blue.
Minotarumon screamed in pain as he could feel a cold chill running trough his body, ice started to form everywhere on his body, and a second later he was turned into an ice statue.
"You bastard!" Seeing this, two of the bounty hunters rose their weapons. A Gorimon rose up his cannon arm while a Vadermon rose his ray gun. Both fired at Ice Devimon at the same time.
Ice Devimon punched the shots away with both his arms. The shots hit the walls at his sides, leaving a mark on the icy wall. "Do you think you can harm me in my own palace?" said Ice Devimon, he placed both hands on the ground, as his eyes shone one more time with an eerie blue.
Gorimon and Vadermon noticed too late the two stalagmites of ice that were coming out of the floor below them. The two spikes of ice pierced trough the Digimon like they were tissue paper. They screamed in pain and exploded into data.
Ice Devimon looked at the remaining bounty hunter Digimon in the room, which were paralyzed in fear. "Okay now. Talk and you may live, lie to me again and you will suffer a very painful death! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DIGI-DESTROYER!!?"
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A while later in another section of the icy palace:
Sorcerymon, one of the generals in Ice Devimon's army, walked trough the icy hallway. He had been summoned by Lord Ice Devimon himself, for an important mission. But he didn't know what the mission was yet.
He reached a set of large double doors, two Icemon guarding the door at each side.
"I'm here to see Lord Ice Devimon." said Sorcerymon to one of the guards.
The Icemon nodded, "Yes, he has been expecting you, General Sorcerymon. You may enter." as he said this, the two Icemon turned around and pushed the double doors open. As Sorcerymon entered the large doors, the Icemon closed them behind him.
Sorcerymon found himself in a huge room, the walls, floor and ceiling were made of ice, just like the rest of the palace.
"You called for me, my lord?" asked Sorcerymon seemingly to the darkness.
"Yes I did." out of the darkness that seemed to fill the room almost completely stepped the owner of the huge palace, Ice Devimon. "I have a very important mission for you."
"What is it?" asked Sorcerymon.
"As you know, I have tried to get rid of the Digi-Destined known as the Digi-Destroyer." said Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon nodded, he knew all about Ice Devimon's plan to get rid of David by using bounty hunters.
"Well, it seems that he has managed to escape the hunters by going to the human's world. So, I want you to use your powers to go to the human's world. There you will seek the Digi-Destroyer, and end his life once and for all." finished Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon gasped, "But my lord... wasn't he the one that defeated General Panjamon? I don't think I'm powerful enough to complete this task."
"Don't worry. Humans are fragile and weak, now he is injured and tired from his many battles to defend himself from the bounty hunters. He has to be destroyed now, before he has had a chance to recover. Sorcerymon, you are one of my Generals, and as such your powers have been increased. I'm sure that you'll be able to succeed in this mission." replied Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon nodded, "I see. Then I shall do my best, my lord." he replied. Sorcerymon gave a saluto to Ice Devimon before turning around to leave the room the same way he had come in.
Even if Sorcerymon was an Adult level Digimon, he was the most loyal of all of Ice Devimon's soldiers, which was the reason that Ice Devimon named him as one of his generals.
Ice Devimon smiled evilly as Sorcerymon left. Thanks to his "Ice Soul" he has gathered an army of powerful and obedient ice Digimon.
It all had started a while ago, after he found this strange controlling device that must have come from a Digimon from the jungles at the north. Ice Devimon had heard that some powerful Digimon had tried to take over this area of the Digital World, and had used a strange device to control the minds of every Digimon that he used it on. That Digimon must have been defeated by the local Digi-Destined kids, but some of his controlling devices were missed by them, and were still intact.
Ice Devimon spent many days studying the strange small controlling device, learning how it worked and what were its components. That is how he managed to make his own device, which he called the "Ice Soul Chip". The tool that would allow him to turn the digital world into a frozen wasteland, and create his own Ice Empire.
The Ice Soul Chip, or simply the Ice Soul was a small device that looked like a shiny stalagmite of ice. When that small stalagmite of ice is used against an Ice type Digimon, the small icy needle pierces into the Digimon's skin, and its absorbed into the body of its victim.
The effects are immediate. The Ice Soul didn't actually 'control' the Digimon in question. Ice Devimon decided that having an army of very powerful, mindless robots wasn't very useful. A good soldier needed to think, not just fight.
Still, the Ice Soul made its victims cold and heartless, hence its name the "Ice Soul". This made them more aggressive, stronger, and bendable to Ice Devimon's will.
But it didn't stop there. The Ice Soul also increased the power of the Ice Digimon that it infected, and it also caused them to have an aura of coldness. This aura of coldness caused the temperature around them to be always very low, and to start snowing. And was the key factor that was going to allow Ice Devimon to turn the Digital World into a frozen wasteland.
The only flaw of the Ice Soul was that it only worked on Ice type Digimon. But that was more than enough for Ice Devimon's plans.
All of his troops had this Ice Soul Chip device in them, and with the Digi-Destroyer out of the way, he could send them everywhere, covering everything in freezing snow. No plant could grow, no sunlight will ever shine again... yes, it would be beautiful.
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In the real world, at the backyard of Julia's home.
It had been a week since David and Candmon were guests in the Martinez residence.
David's shoulder was healing well, but he still couldn't use his arm. His injured ankle was better now, and it didn't hurt when he walked anymore. For his part, all of Candmon's bruises were completely healed.
Right now, Canmdon had evolved to his Adult form of Meramon. The fire Digimon was holding a rather heavy looking boulder over his head using both hands.
David was standing besides him, holding his D-3 with his good hand. Even though David wasn't holding anything over his head, he was swearing, like if he was doing a great effort.
"David?" Julia's voice came from inside the house. A second later Julia opened the door to the backyard, and turned her head to look around until she spotted David and Meramon.
The first thing she noticed was that Candmon was in his evolved form. The second thing she noticed was that he was holding one of the yard's decorative boulders over his head with both arms. She decided not to interrupt them.
About a minute after that, Meramon's grip on the boulder seemed to weaken. "I won't be able to do this much longer." he warned.
"Okay, put it down." replied David.
Meramon obeyed, and dropped the boulder on the yard, on the same spot that he picked it up from. As soon as he did that, he devolved back to Candmon. He looked tired. "How long?" asked Meramon to his human.
David looked at his D-3, that had been working as a stopwatch. "Six minutes and fifty-two seconds." He then looked at Candmon, "I'm sorry Candmon."
Candmon shook his head, "It's not your fault David. You're badly injured."
"I know, but still..."
Julai choose that moment to interrupt. "Excuse me David, Candmon, what are you two doing? It's not safe to evolve Candmon out in the open, someone might see you."
David and Candmon turned to look at Julia, who was standing next to them by now. "Huh? Julia... you're right sorry. We were just training." replied David. Candmon nodded in agreement.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Julia.
"Well, I was trying to find out how long I could keep Candmon in his adult form of Meramon." he then looked down, "and it was only for a couple of minutes. I was able to make Candmon stay as Meramon for over twenty minutes before I got injured, at this pace it'll take me forever to recover."
"David, you're doing okay, really." again Candmon reassured his human partner.
Julia nodded, "Candmon's right David. You shouldn't push yourself so hard. Give your body time to recover."
David looked up back to Julia, "That's the problem Julia... I don't have time to recover! Just as we speak, Ice Devimon must be sending out his troops all over this area of the Digital World. And with nobody to stop him, he's going to cover everything in snow and make all the innocent Digimon work as his slaves! I have to get better, I can't afford the luxury to be injured... I just can't."
"David, please, don't push yourself so hard... I know how you feel, I really do, but there's nothing we can do about it." Candmon tried his best to comfort David.
"I know, Candmon, I know... and that's what makes me feel so frustrated." replied David, looking down at his Digimon. If he were any other person, he would be crying by now, but he managed to hold his tears.
Julia could feel David's grief over his impossibility to help all the innocent Digimon that needed him. She decided to change to subject to take David's mind away from it. "Hum, David... I have a game today. It's my first game since I got suspended. Do you want to come?" she asked him. She was inviting him for two reasons. One, she wanted him to be there, and two, it was another perfect opportunity to do what her uncle asked her. "Of course that Candmon can come too if he wants." she added.
"Hey, that's sounds like fun!" exclaimed Candmon.
David looked at his Digimon, then at Julia. Finally he allowed himself to smile and nodded. "Okay." he simply answered.
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Usually Mr. Martinez went to see Julia's games, but lately he had barely any free time, since he stayed to do as much extra hours as possible. Julia didn't mind, she understood all to well the bad economical situation Argentina was going trough.
So, only Julia, her mother, and David were driving to SIC to see Julia's game. Julia was on the passenger seat, her bag and Pyocomon on her legs, while David and Candmon sat on the back seat.
"So, David, Julia told me that you used to be in SIC's youth teams. Is that correct?" asked Maria, trying to start a conversation.
David, who had been looking out the window till then, turned to look at Julia's mother. "Huh? Yes, that's right."
"If you're as strong as Julia says you are, then I guess you were really good." replied Mrs. Martinez.
"Well, actually I wasn't. I was more the aggressive type, you know, all tackle and no run." commented David. "But Rugby wasn't the only thing I played, it was the one I liked the most." he added.
Julia turned her head to look back at David, "Really? You never told me that."
David shrugged, "I didn't consider it important."
"So, what other things did you play back then?" asked Maria.
David had to think that answer, "Hum... let's see. Some Basketball, Handball, Tae Kwon Do, and street Football (Soccer) of course."
"Well, you were a real Carlos Menditeguy, weren't you." said Julia.
David blushed; a little embarrassed by Julia's compliment.
"Well, I take it from the different things you did that you aren't originally from San Isidro." said Maria.
David shook his head, "Yes, I'm originally from San Martin, I just happened to be in San Isidro when I got sucked into the Digital World."
"San Martin? How did you end up playing Rugby at SIC?" asked Maria.
"Back then I was still trying to find THE sport. There weren't any really good Rugby clubs in San Martin, the closest choice would be in San Isidro. I tossed a coin to decide between SIC and CASI." replied David.
Julia giggled, "It's a lucky thing you ended up picking the SIC. My family have been SIC fans for generations. My dad would have killed you if he found out you were an ex-CASI."
David and Julia laughed lightly from Julia's comment. They stopped laughing when Maria parked the car at SIC's entrance.
"Okay, here we are." she said to her two passengers.
"Okay, great." Julia handed Pyocomon to her mother, grabbed her bag and hockey stick and stepped out of the car. "Okay, Mom, David, Pyocomon, Candmon," she said as she looked at everyone in turn, "I'll see you in an hour, bye." and then she ran towards the hockey field.
Maria smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm and she stepped out of the car too, followed shortly after David and Candmon.
"Okay David, the game doesn't start for another hour. You and your Digimon can look around till then, but be sure to be at the hokey field when the game starts. I'll go now with Pyocomon to save you two a seat." said Maria as she locked the car doors.
"Okay, thank you Mrs. Martine... I mean Maria." said David before leaving with Candmon in tow. The Digimon was wearing a coat so nobody would notice that he's a Digimon. Pyocomon didn't need such a disguise, all she had to do was stay still, and everyone mistook the baby Digimon for a doll.
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Unknown to everyone, a small light seems to appear apparently out of nowhere just a few blocks away. When the light dissipates, Sorcerymon can be clearly seen.
The sorcerer Digimon looked around. Yes, he was definetly in the human's world, now all he had to do was find and delete the Digi-Destroyer.
Sorcerymon made a gesture with his right hand, and a small compass appeared after a poof of smoke. The sorcerer Digimon looked at the compass, which unlike other normal compasses did not point north. The compass was magical, and it allowed Sorcerymon to locate David.
According to the small pointing device, the Digi-Destined known as the Digi-Destroyer was close by. Smiling evilly, Sorcerymon started to walk to where his magical compass pointed.
As he left, the sky darkened and it started to snow.
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To be continued...
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Author's notes:
I was originally planning to make this chapter a little longer, but then thought against it. It already has a lot of "Argentinisms" that need to be explained. Besides, this chapter gave quite a lot of major plot info.
Now, for some explanations.
How can be a 'Carlos Menditeguy' be a compliment?
You see, in Argentinean culture when someone becomes really famous at something or for doing something, his or her name becomes an adjective for excellence in what he/she did. Carlos Menditeguy was a famous sports man from the forties and fifties. And I say sports man because he practiced lots of them, and was good at all of them. He was a 10 handicap Polo player, he was an on-par Golf player, he was an expert car racer (and this was said by Fangio, so it must be true, even if there are no video records of his races in the local circuits) he won the inter-school cup of Football (Soccer) with his high school... and the list just keeps going.
By saying that David was a real Carlos Menditeguy Julia was implying that he was good at practicing many sports at the same time.
Other example of people who have reached 'immortality' by having their names become adjectives would be Gardel, Fangio, Maradona, Borges, and a few others. I'm not going to explain here who are all this people (although I'm sure some of you might already know who they are, especially if you're from Europe.) because it would take too long. You can find out by yourself if you're really curious about it.
Why would Julia's dad kill David for being an ex-CASI?
Well, he wouldn't have literally 'killed' him, but he would have been VERY angry and upset about it. There's a saying in Argentina that says that you can change everything in your life, but you can't change your favorite sport club. (Remember that I said that we Argentineans are VERY passionate about sports.)
San Isidro is 'divided' by fans of SIC and CASI. In the history of both clubs, there has never been a single player that has played for both clubs during his career. In fact, if someone would have ever done that, he would be called a 'traitor'.
You think English Hooligans are bad? You never seen an Argentinean 'Barra Brava' (a term we use to refer to the Argentinean equivalent of a Hooligan)
Why Basketball, Handball and Tae Kwon Do?
David said that he was from San Martin. Well the most traditional sports in San Matrin district (besides Football (Soccer) or course) are indeed Basketball and Handball. As for Tae Kwon Do, it's by far, the most popular martial art in Argentina. While you can practice about any other martial art (From any country of Asia and even Brazilian ones like Kapoeera) none of them are as popular as Tae Kwon Do. Maybe is because Tae Kwon Do is seen not only as a martial art, but as a sport as well. Argentina is so good at Tae Kwon Do that it's third in the world ranking of it (Right after Korea and Poland)
It's very popular in Argentina for kids to practice a martial art for a few years (I did so myself in fact), being the most popular Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Karate Do. But other martial arts wouldn't be unheard of.
= Persona =
The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.
By Persona
Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to TOEI and Akiyoshi Hongo, and used without consent.
The Diaries Universe belongs to Lord Archive, and is used with consent. All rights reserved.
Okay now, on with the story.
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Chapter 14: Ice trouble. (Part 1)
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Ice Devimon's fortress, somewhere at the freezing southern lands of the Digital World:
"So, he's dead?" asked Ice Devimon.
"Y... yes." replied Minotarumon.
Ice Devimon stood with his back turned to the bounty hunters that had come to his palace, they were here to claim the reward for having killed the Digi-Destroyer, a.k.a. David Albornoz.
Ice Devimon turned his head to look at the Minotarumon that acted as the leader of the group. "Are you sure?"
"Yes... we are sure... we attacked him all at once, all eight of us." Minotarumon gestured to the other seven Digimon bounty hunters behind him, "he... he never stood a chance."
Ice Devimon turned and walked closer to the gigantic humanoid bull, so he was standing face to face with him. "That's not true. What happened with the Digi-Destroyer?"
Minotarumon gulped, "I... I'm telling the truth! He's dead!" he exclaimed, getting nervous, the other bounty hunters were nervous as well.
Ice Devimon was not stupid. He could read this Digimon's expression, his tone of voice, the way he spoke to him. He might have been able to pull of his lie with another Digimon, but Ice Devimon was just too intimidating. "I hate it when people lie to me." Ice Devimon grabbed Minotarumon by the neck, and his eyes started to shine an eerie blue.
Minotarumon screamed in pain as he could feel a cold chill running trough his body, ice started to form everywhere on his body, and a second later he was turned into an ice statue.
"You bastard!" Seeing this, two of the bounty hunters rose their weapons. A Gorimon rose up his cannon arm while a Vadermon rose his ray gun. Both fired at Ice Devimon at the same time.
Ice Devimon punched the shots away with both his arms. The shots hit the walls at his sides, leaving a mark on the icy wall. "Do you think you can harm me in my own palace?" said Ice Devimon, he placed both hands on the ground, as his eyes shone one more time with an eerie blue.
Gorimon and Vadermon noticed too late the two stalagmites of ice that were coming out of the floor below them. The two spikes of ice pierced trough the Digimon like they were tissue paper. They screamed in pain and exploded into data.
Ice Devimon looked at the remaining bounty hunter Digimon in the room, which were paralyzed in fear. "Okay now. Talk and you may live, lie to me again and you will suffer a very painful death! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DIGI-DESTROYER!!?"
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A while later in another section of the icy palace:
Sorcerymon, one of the generals in Ice Devimon's army, walked trough the icy hallway. He had been summoned by Lord Ice Devimon himself, for an important mission. But he didn't know what the mission was yet.
He reached a set of large double doors, two Icemon guarding the door at each side.
"I'm here to see Lord Ice Devimon." said Sorcerymon to one of the guards.
The Icemon nodded, "Yes, he has been expecting you, General Sorcerymon. You may enter." as he said this, the two Icemon turned around and pushed the double doors open. As Sorcerymon entered the large doors, the Icemon closed them behind him.
Sorcerymon found himself in a huge room, the walls, floor and ceiling were made of ice, just like the rest of the palace.
"You called for me, my lord?" asked Sorcerymon seemingly to the darkness.
"Yes I did." out of the darkness that seemed to fill the room almost completely stepped the owner of the huge palace, Ice Devimon. "I have a very important mission for you."
"What is it?" asked Sorcerymon.
"As you know, I have tried to get rid of the Digi-Destined known as the Digi-Destroyer." said Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon nodded, he knew all about Ice Devimon's plan to get rid of David by using bounty hunters.
"Well, it seems that he has managed to escape the hunters by going to the human's world. So, I want you to use your powers to go to the human's world. There you will seek the Digi-Destroyer, and end his life once and for all." finished Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon gasped, "But my lord... wasn't he the one that defeated General Panjamon? I don't think I'm powerful enough to complete this task."
"Don't worry. Humans are fragile and weak, now he is injured and tired from his many battles to defend himself from the bounty hunters. He has to be destroyed now, before he has had a chance to recover. Sorcerymon, you are one of my Generals, and as such your powers have been increased. I'm sure that you'll be able to succeed in this mission." replied Ice Devimon.
Sorcerymon nodded, "I see. Then I shall do my best, my lord." he replied. Sorcerymon gave a saluto to Ice Devimon before turning around to leave the room the same way he had come in.
Even if Sorcerymon was an Adult level Digimon, he was the most loyal of all of Ice Devimon's soldiers, which was the reason that Ice Devimon named him as one of his generals.
Ice Devimon smiled evilly as Sorcerymon left. Thanks to his "Ice Soul" he has gathered an army of powerful and obedient ice Digimon.
It all had started a while ago, after he found this strange controlling device that must have come from a Digimon from the jungles at the north. Ice Devimon had heard that some powerful Digimon had tried to take over this area of the Digital World, and had used a strange device to control the minds of every Digimon that he used it on. That Digimon must have been defeated by the local Digi-Destined kids, but some of his controlling devices were missed by them, and were still intact.
Ice Devimon spent many days studying the strange small controlling device, learning how it worked and what were its components. That is how he managed to make his own device, which he called the "Ice Soul Chip". The tool that would allow him to turn the digital world into a frozen wasteland, and create his own Ice Empire.
The Ice Soul Chip, or simply the Ice Soul was a small device that looked like a shiny stalagmite of ice. When that small stalagmite of ice is used against an Ice type Digimon, the small icy needle pierces into the Digimon's skin, and its absorbed into the body of its victim.
The effects are immediate. The Ice Soul didn't actually 'control' the Digimon in question. Ice Devimon decided that having an army of very powerful, mindless robots wasn't very useful. A good soldier needed to think, not just fight.
Still, the Ice Soul made its victims cold and heartless, hence its name the "Ice Soul". This made them more aggressive, stronger, and bendable to Ice Devimon's will.
But it didn't stop there. The Ice Soul also increased the power of the Ice Digimon that it infected, and it also caused them to have an aura of coldness. This aura of coldness caused the temperature around them to be always very low, and to start snowing. And was the key factor that was going to allow Ice Devimon to turn the Digital World into a frozen wasteland.
The only flaw of the Ice Soul was that it only worked on Ice type Digimon. But that was more than enough for Ice Devimon's plans.
All of his troops had this Ice Soul Chip device in them, and with the Digi-Destroyer out of the way, he could send them everywhere, covering everything in freezing snow. No plant could grow, no sunlight will ever shine again... yes, it would be beautiful.
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In the real world, at the backyard of Julia's home.
It had been a week since David and Candmon were guests in the Martinez residence.
David's shoulder was healing well, but he still couldn't use his arm. His injured ankle was better now, and it didn't hurt when he walked anymore. For his part, all of Candmon's bruises were completely healed.
Right now, Canmdon had evolved to his Adult form of Meramon. The fire Digimon was holding a rather heavy looking boulder over his head using both hands.
David was standing besides him, holding his D-3 with his good hand. Even though David wasn't holding anything over his head, he was swearing, like if he was doing a great effort.
"David?" Julia's voice came from inside the house. A second later Julia opened the door to the backyard, and turned her head to look around until she spotted David and Meramon.
The first thing she noticed was that Candmon was in his evolved form. The second thing she noticed was that he was holding one of the yard's decorative boulders over his head with both arms. She decided not to interrupt them.
About a minute after that, Meramon's grip on the boulder seemed to weaken. "I won't be able to do this much longer." he warned.
"Okay, put it down." replied David.
Meramon obeyed, and dropped the boulder on the yard, on the same spot that he picked it up from. As soon as he did that, he devolved back to Candmon. He looked tired. "How long?" asked Meramon to his human.
David looked at his D-3, that had been working as a stopwatch. "Six minutes and fifty-two seconds." He then looked at Candmon, "I'm sorry Candmon."
Candmon shook his head, "It's not your fault David. You're badly injured."
"I know, but still..."
Julai choose that moment to interrupt. "Excuse me David, Candmon, what are you two doing? It's not safe to evolve Candmon out in the open, someone might see you."
David and Candmon turned to look at Julia, who was standing next to them by now. "Huh? Julia... you're right sorry. We were just training." replied David. Candmon nodded in agreement.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Julia.
"Well, I was trying to find out how long I could keep Candmon in his adult form of Meramon." he then looked down, "and it was only for a couple of minutes. I was able to make Candmon stay as Meramon for over twenty minutes before I got injured, at this pace it'll take me forever to recover."
"David, you're doing okay, really." again Candmon reassured his human partner.
Julia nodded, "Candmon's right David. You shouldn't push yourself so hard. Give your body time to recover."
David looked up back to Julia, "That's the problem Julia... I don't have time to recover! Just as we speak, Ice Devimon must be sending out his troops all over this area of the Digital World. And with nobody to stop him, he's going to cover everything in snow and make all the innocent Digimon work as his slaves! I have to get better, I can't afford the luxury to be injured... I just can't."
"David, please, don't push yourself so hard... I know how you feel, I really do, but there's nothing we can do about it." Candmon tried his best to comfort David.
"I know, Candmon, I know... and that's what makes me feel so frustrated." replied David, looking down at his Digimon. If he were any other person, he would be crying by now, but he managed to hold his tears.
Julia could feel David's grief over his impossibility to help all the innocent Digimon that needed him. She decided to change to subject to take David's mind away from it. "Hum, David... I have a game today. It's my first game since I got suspended. Do you want to come?" she asked him. She was inviting him for two reasons. One, she wanted him to be there, and two, it was another perfect opportunity to do what her uncle asked her. "Of course that Candmon can come too if he wants." she added.
"Hey, that's sounds like fun!" exclaimed Candmon.
David looked at his Digimon, then at Julia. Finally he allowed himself to smile and nodded. "Okay." he simply answered.
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Usually Mr. Martinez went to see Julia's games, but lately he had barely any free time, since he stayed to do as much extra hours as possible. Julia didn't mind, she understood all to well the bad economical situation Argentina was going trough.
So, only Julia, her mother, and David were driving to SIC to see Julia's game. Julia was on the passenger seat, her bag and Pyocomon on her legs, while David and Candmon sat on the back seat.
"So, David, Julia told me that you used to be in SIC's youth teams. Is that correct?" asked Maria, trying to start a conversation.
David, who had been looking out the window till then, turned to look at Julia's mother. "Huh? Yes, that's right."
"If you're as strong as Julia says you are, then I guess you were really good." replied Mrs. Martinez.
"Well, actually I wasn't. I was more the aggressive type, you know, all tackle and no run." commented David. "But Rugby wasn't the only thing I played, it was the one I liked the most." he added.
Julia turned her head to look back at David, "Really? You never told me that."
David shrugged, "I didn't consider it important."
"So, what other things did you play back then?" asked Maria.
David had to think that answer, "Hum... let's see. Some Basketball, Handball, Tae Kwon Do, and street Football (Soccer) of course."
"Well, you were a real Carlos Menditeguy, weren't you." said Julia.
David blushed; a little embarrassed by Julia's compliment.
"Well, I take it from the different things you did that you aren't originally from San Isidro." said Maria.
David shook his head, "Yes, I'm originally from San Martin, I just happened to be in San Isidro when I got sucked into the Digital World."
"San Martin? How did you end up playing Rugby at SIC?" asked Maria.
"Back then I was still trying to find THE sport. There weren't any really good Rugby clubs in San Martin, the closest choice would be in San Isidro. I tossed a coin to decide between SIC and CASI." replied David.
Julia giggled, "It's a lucky thing you ended up picking the SIC. My family have been SIC fans for generations. My dad would have killed you if he found out you were an ex-CASI."
David and Julia laughed lightly from Julia's comment. They stopped laughing when Maria parked the car at SIC's entrance.
"Okay, here we are." she said to her two passengers.
"Okay, great." Julia handed Pyocomon to her mother, grabbed her bag and hockey stick and stepped out of the car. "Okay, Mom, David, Pyocomon, Candmon," she said as she looked at everyone in turn, "I'll see you in an hour, bye." and then she ran towards the hockey field.
Maria smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm and she stepped out of the car too, followed shortly after David and Candmon.
"Okay David, the game doesn't start for another hour. You and your Digimon can look around till then, but be sure to be at the hokey field when the game starts. I'll go now with Pyocomon to save you two a seat." said Maria as she locked the car doors.
"Okay, thank you Mrs. Martine... I mean Maria." said David before leaving with Candmon in tow. The Digimon was wearing a coat so nobody would notice that he's a Digimon. Pyocomon didn't need such a disguise, all she had to do was stay still, and everyone mistook the baby Digimon for a doll.
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Unknown to everyone, a small light seems to appear apparently out of nowhere just a few blocks away. When the light dissipates, Sorcerymon can be clearly seen.
The sorcerer Digimon looked around. Yes, he was definetly in the human's world, now all he had to do was find and delete the Digi-Destroyer.
Sorcerymon made a gesture with his right hand, and a small compass appeared after a poof of smoke. The sorcerer Digimon looked at the compass, which unlike other normal compasses did not point north. The compass was magical, and it allowed Sorcerymon to locate David.
According to the small pointing device, the Digi-Destined known as the Digi-Destroyer was close by. Smiling evilly, Sorcerymon started to walk to where his magical compass pointed.
As he left, the sky darkened and it started to snow.
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To be continued...
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Author's notes:
I was originally planning to make this chapter a little longer, but then thought against it. It already has a lot of "Argentinisms" that need to be explained. Besides, this chapter gave quite a lot of major plot info.
Now, for some explanations.
How can be a 'Carlos Menditeguy' be a compliment?
You see, in Argentinean culture when someone becomes really famous at something or for doing something, his or her name becomes an adjective for excellence in what he/she did. Carlos Menditeguy was a famous sports man from the forties and fifties. And I say sports man because he practiced lots of them, and was good at all of them. He was a 10 handicap Polo player, he was an on-par Golf player, he was an expert car racer (and this was said by Fangio, so it must be true, even if there are no video records of his races in the local circuits) he won the inter-school cup of Football (Soccer) with his high school... and the list just keeps going.
By saying that David was a real Carlos Menditeguy Julia was implying that he was good at practicing many sports at the same time.
Other example of people who have reached 'immortality' by having their names become adjectives would be Gardel, Fangio, Maradona, Borges, and a few others. I'm not going to explain here who are all this people (although I'm sure some of you might already know who they are, especially if you're from Europe.) because it would take too long. You can find out by yourself if you're really curious about it.
Why would Julia's dad kill David for being an ex-CASI?
Well, he wouldn't have literally 'killed' him, but he would have been VERY angry and upset about it. There's a saying in Argentina that says that you can change everything in your life, but you can't change your favorite sport club. (Remember that I said that we Argentineans are VERY passionate about sports.)
San Isidro is 'divided' by fans of SIC and CASI. In the history of both clubs, there has never been a single player that has played for both clubs during his career. In fact, if someone would have ever done that, he would be called a 'traitor'.
You think English Hooligans are bad? You never seen an Argentinean 'Barra Brava' (a term we use to refer to the Argentinean equivalent of a Hooligan)
Why Basketball, Handball and Tae Kwon Do?
David said that he was from San Martin. Well the most traditional sports in San Matrin district (besides Football (Soccer) or course) are indeed Basketball and Handball. As for Tae Kwon Do, it's by far, the most popular martial art in Argentina. While you can practice about any other martial art (From any country of Asia and even Brazilian ones like Kapoeera) none of them are as popular as Tae Kwon Do. Maybe is because Tae Kwon Do is seen not only as a martial art, but as a sport as well. Argentina is so good at Tae Kwon Do that it's third in the world ranking of it (Right after Korea and Poland)
It's very popular in Argentina for kids to practice a martial art for a few years (I did so myself in fact), being the most popular Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Karate Do. But other martial arts wouldn't be unheard of.
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