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Chapter 2
"well this is starting off with such trilling events" grumbled Matt as he was dragged from place to place to promote the battle.
"look if you knew the degree of this battle you would wish for things to slow down" curtly replied the shop keeper.
"you keep saying that but you don't explain it"
"well think of it this way: these two are the best in the world but they take to totally different paths to their high level of power and yet the digimon they use are the same regardless of how they use them"
"so I is more of the battle between the hunters and the tamers?"
"that and more. you see while the head just plays the game, the programmer lives it"
"so through a weird twist of fate they ended up being very similar but totally different and are now going to be fighting to determine the fate of this world?"
" that about sums it up"
"wow"
"Renamon have you found a shop with that card?" I whispered to my loyal shadow."I have not been able to find it yet. Have you considered..?" replied the kitsune
"no I will not use the armory to obtain the card." I quickly interrupted
"then perhaps the card fusion?"
"that might work. but what cards do I fuse?"
"alias and digivolution"
" that should work."
"I something bothering you?"
"It's just that I am not sure that you have absorbed enough data to use that card."
"It is our only chance to defeat her."
"I knew that. But I know if the head wins that you and all of my presence in this game will be deleted."
"both of us know that both of us need to do this."
"this may very be our final battle."
"let us finish it together."
"have you prepared the hack code for the battle?" the head inquired of his aid."It is completely ready," responded her aid.
"which one did you chose to activate?"
"the digimodify hack code"
"ah good choice that code won't make it seem like I am cheating just leveling the playing field so he won't win by the default"
"that is why I chose it"
"you are indeed my most loyal underling"
"thank you sir"
"shop keeper?" said Renamon as faded in from the shadows
"yes Renamon?" he replied
"We need to know were the device for card fusion is."
"Hmm. I think it is at the end of the gem dungeon."
"thank you" thanked Renamon as he faded back into the shadows
"why didn't he know where it was?" Matt pondered
"To insure that no one can find out every thing then use it to reduce the challenge he used a randomizer in the dungeon programs"
"so how often does it reformat the dungeons?"
"the lay out changes every time you enter and the prizes change every month or so."
"so how did you know where the prize was?"
"Well right now it is toward the end of a prize cycle and I have heard that the fusion device was in the gem dungeon."
"ah"
"I hate this dungeon" I grumble as we reached the fifth dead end in a row.
"hey, you programmed the difficulty in the dungeons" replied by partner.
"well I never thought I would need to head down them to preserve the structure of my game"
"look how about you use the digimorph card?"
"but I don't..."
"..have one. don't worry I simply had snagged one earlier"
"You stole?!"
"nabbed it from the armory so don't worry"
"how did you enter the armory?"
"You programmed it do keep out digimon not shadows"
"So what?! the second you materialized you should have been removed."
"you programmed to keep them out not to remove them."
"figures my partner had to find the one glitch in my security system."
"any way I had grabbed it just in case you needed it for stuff after you got upset about the spirits."
"well that will make things much easier that's for sure."
"while you use the morph card I'll scout out ahead." he replied as he took off.
"why did I get stuck with the one digimon how could match me in arguments." I muttered as I get my D-power ready.
DIGIMODIFY:
DIGIMORPH ACTIVATE
I yawned as I stretched out my new Renamon body before chasing off after my partner.
"finally we found it" I sighed.
"So who do you thank?" Renamon replies with a smirk.
"right now if wasn't for the match coming up I would hit you back to fresh for taking that card but I grateful just because of these dire circumstances" I grudgingly replied.
"look let's just make the card already shall we?"
"let's"
"wait"
"what?"
"where's the guardian?"
"good point. where is it?"
"well can't you use a card to reveal him?"
"I can't use any cards until the digimorph wares off."
"that's why their is no guardian. right now you are being treated like a pure digimon by the game."
"that shouldn't happen"
"why not?"
"cause' if it does it means some people's minds could be deleted."
"why would that happen?"
"see the wild digimon when they are defeated and loaded the persona is deleted"
"so if the game sees the people as digimon the people using this card could be in trouble"
"well at least their is only one digimorph card in existence"
"true enough"
"how much longer till the match starts?" moaned Matt.
"well right now it is 4:45 and the match is at 5:00" replied the shop keeper getting a little ticked off at his impatience.
"so where is he?"
"well the gem dungeon is one of the hardest dungeons in the game."
"And I am done already" I said as I walked out of the shadows still not done with the digimorph cards effect
" hey where's my brother?
"you're talking to him" replies my partner as he walks out of the shadows.
"ah you used the digimorph card" the shop keeper explained
"yeah. hey do you remember how long it takes to ware off?" I wondered
"about 15 minutes"
"so it should ware off at 4:50"
" so any thing else you need to do now or are you going to actually give me a tour?" shouted Matt who had reached the breaking point of impatience
"look sorry for not being able to properly introduce you to the game. but with this match you will get to see the limits of the game or as close humanly possible."
"fine but you still need to take me through the primary dungeon as my guide"
"I know, I know. Look I'll make it up to you by getting you some free equipment"
"all right you better"
"OK now that's over with any one have an idea of how to kill 5 minutes?" looking down at my non-human form.
"Is the Hack code ready?" demanded the head
"It is almost ready sir" responded the aid
"well hurry up. we only have 13 more minutes until the match"
"don't worry sir. the code will be ready in 3 minutes"
"how much more time do we have till this wares off?" I complain.
"you still have 2 more minutes" replies Matt
" is it ready now?" once again demands the Head
"we still have one more minutes sir" responds the aid
"how much longer?" I moan
"30 seconds more" Renamon replies
"15 more seconds sir" informed the aid
"10 seconds" counted the shop keeper
"3.." says the aid
"2..." I counted.
"1..." whispers the head
"0" says Matt as a binding light emits from the process of detransformation
"what was that light?" demands the Head as she glares out the window to see what the source was.
"I don't know sir" stammered the aid, shaken up. " But sir I think the more important thing is that the hack code is gone."
"what did you say?"
" the hack code is gone sir"
"what happened!"
"I have no clue sir"
"well then I guess I'll to beat him the old fashioned way."
"what was that light?" wondered Matt
"I have no clue. How about you?" was the puzzled shop keeper's reply
" I don't even know this never showed up in the testing phase." I pondered
"maybe it was because of the fact that you have more people on the sever and it is a sensory response to the sudden data surge." suggested Renamon
"maybe" I reply as I check to make sure that I am completely human
meanwhile in the far part of the game...
"ugh" murmured a Renamon" what happened? last thing I remember was waiting for me to return to normal and then seeing this bright light. Hey where am I? Hey why am I still a Renamon? Just great. Now how am I going to get to the match and who's going to believe me?"