Disclaimer: I do not own the idea or characters of Digimon, but these DigiDestined: Taylor, Noah, Loren, Alexa and DJ, are mine. Also, the Mythic Knightmon, the DigiDestined's Digimon forms, are mine as well. No stealing for that either. Now, let us return to this relatively new story...
Digimon HeroesBy DigiScanner-Shonen
Legend Three: Sound the Sirynmon
"You were so cool, DJ! Better than what happened yesterday! You're the best!"
"Unbelievable! You're just amazing!"
"I hate to admit it, but...you were pretty cool out there, DJ. Even better than Taylor!"
Taylor Motosuke could still hear those words ringing in his ears. It was in the Digital World yesterday, when he and the others had returned to Yashiyoko Mountain. A Digimon, Strikedramon, had attacked DJ. The others had arrived and Taylor had merged again with his Courageous Flame Armour to become PyroKnightmon, the Knight of Fire. The fight was going in PyroKnightmon's favour.
For about three seconds until Strikedramon took him from behind.
From there, Taylor had been beaten by the opponent and just as it looked like he was about to get his come uppance, DJ had discovered the Solid Earth Armour and Knightmon Digivolved to become Gaiamon. As Gaiamon, DJ schooled Strikedramon through a mix of power and strategy. The others, Noah, Alexa and Loren, had all praised DJ for defeating the attacking Digimon. Not only did the boy also have an Armour, he disposed of his opponent in a way that outdid Taylor.
He guessed he was to blame for his shot against Strikedramon. He had gotten a little overconfident and was too excited to be back in the Digital World yesterday that he had forgotten why he had the power at all. He was there to help protect the Digital World from the Dark One. Not to be in competition with the coolest guy in school.
Although, Taylor would like to beat DJ at his own game.
Taylor didn't really like DJ too much and he could only guess that the feeling was mutual. He had the looks, the smarts, and the girls. It was always guys like that who made guys like Taylor be overlooked all the time. When Alexa and Loren were cheering DJ on his victory, they didn't give him a second thought when they clearly said that DJ was better than Taylor could ever hope to be.
That's where they're wrong, he thought.
"Motosuke!"
"Huh?" Taylor said too late as a kendo stick thwacked his side. The boy was sent to the ground and remembered what had happened.
"Always have eyes forward, Motosuke. Never let your guard down against an opponent."
"Yes, Hisaka-sensei," Taylor said as he got up and grabbed his kendo stick. Taylor Motosuke had joined the kendo club that was meeting before school to improve his swordsmanship as both human and Digimon. Luckily the instructor, Mr. Hisaka, had loaned him some kendo equipment when Taylor joined that morning. He'd envision his kendo stick as the Dragonforce Sword and use it to strike his opponent. It was a little harder for Taylor to do because he wasn't all that experienced with swords, even wooden ones. Yet when he was PyroKnightmon, it felt as if the swordplay had been with him all his life.
While the kendo club would make Taylor get up early in the morning to prepare for it on Mondays and Wednesdays, it'd all be worth it once he got back into the Digital World and take down his enemies with his improved sword skills. The others would look up to him and they'd never shun him for DJ again. What'd DJ have anyway? He had fists while Taylor had a sword.
You can only do so much with closed fists.
"Motosuke, get back to your training," Mr. Hisaka said.
"Yes, sensei. Sorry," Taylor said as he grabbed his kendo stick and prepared to go again against his sparring partner. Envisioning it like the Dragonforce Sword, Taylor was ready to spar again.
I'm not going to let DJ Yoshida outdo me in two worlds! Never! Taylor thought as he moved to launch the first attack.
School was nearing the midpoint of the day and Loren Takara was doing PE. There were some fluffy clouds here and there in the sky and the warm sun shined down. Dressed in the usual PE outfit for girls, a short sleeved T-shirt with the school logo over her heart, a kind of one-piece swimsuit underneath and her outdoor shoes, Loren and her classmates were playing soccer. And as usual, Loren had her head in the clouds.
While she was normally down to earth, Loren couldn't help but daydream in weather like this. She wanted to fly. She felt she could fly. She could imagine herself soaring through the air on golden wings, feeling the air blowing through her golden-blonde hair, looking down on the buildings and cars and roads that people called civilisation. Without a care in the world, she'd go higher and higher into the sky, free as a bird...
"Loren! The ball!"
She failed to notice that a member of the opposing team had gotten the ball past her and scored a goal. As the other team cheered and Loren's team groaned, the DigiDestined girl snapped back to reality.
"Why'd we make you defence if you can't defend?" one girl asked.
"You're just making it easier for the other team to win!" another added.
"Just had to have you on our team because everyone else was picked..." yet another groaned.
"I'm sorry, girls. I didn't mean to..." Loren began to apologise.
"Daydream?" the first girl finished, "That seems like all you seem to be doing lately. Ever since that new kid showed up here..."
"Maybe she's dreaming about him and has finally given up on DJ," the third girl said.
"No, I haven't!" Loren said with her face red, "I'm just helping to show Taylor the ropes! And for your information, I'm actually doing things with DJ!"
"Yeah, right."
"I'm serious!"
"Like what, then Loren?" a girl from the other team came over to them. She had brunette hair, brown eyes and a kind of high-and-mighty attitude about her. Wearing a red jersey overtop of her PE strip, the girl asked again, "What have you been doing with DJ?"
"It's none of your business, Miyoko."
"Oh, but I think it is," Miyoko said, "If you've been doing things with my darling DJ, I'm afraid it's my business. He's too good for you, dearie. He deserves someone better, like say...me?"
"He'd never give you the time of day," Loren said, "He doesn't know you exist. Unlike me, of course."
"Really? Then tell me, what have you two been doing recently?"
"Uh...um...er..."
"You just made that silly lie up. You have nothing to do with DJ."
"I do!" Loren said, "It's just...I...I can't say...."
"Why not?"
"I...just can't."
"Like I said, Loren, he's too good for you. Now if you excuse me, my team and I have a game to win," Miyoko said as she turned to rejoin her team, "Ciao, Loren. Let me know how it goes with DJ..."
"Grrr..." Loren clenched her fist in anger.
"Don't let her get to you, Loren," one of her teammates said, "Just shake it off. And it'd be better if you didn't tell lies about you and DJ."
"But..."
"Let's just get back to the game," the first girl said, "And stop daydreaming, okay? We don't want to lose..."
"Right..." Loren said as tried to focus on the game. But she kept thinking about Miyoko and how she'd just like to fly away from her. To escape Miyoko and reality and just fly...
"So you lost the game, no big deal," Noah said as he, Taylor, Alexa and Loren were outside the educating facility after school as others made their way home, "I'm on the soccer team, remember?"
"Oh, that's right! I still gotta try out!" Taylor remembered.
"I'll talk to the coach about that, Tay. Anyway, in soccer we've learned that losing is no big deal. It just means you try harder next time."
"Yeah, but it's worse for me because I lost to Miyoko," Loren muttered, "The girl's got an ego the size of Japan."
"I know she gets on your nerves," Alexa told her friend, "She gets on mine, too. I'm pretty sure she gets on DJ's as well."
"You're not in the same class with her..." Loren growled, remembering that she was stuck with Miyoko for the rest of the year, "That's another thing. She didn't believe that I was doing things with DJ."
"You...didn't tell her about the Digital World," Taylor asked, "Did you?"
"No, of course not! She wouldn't have believed me anyway."
"So why'd you bring it up during the game?"
"Well, one of the girls thought I'd given up on DJ since Taylor arrived, so I backed it up and said I was just showing him the ropes. I mean, its not like we're a couple, Taylor."
"Yeah, I can just imagine it now..." Noah snickered, "Taylor and Loren, sitting in a tree...K-I-S-" It was at this point that Loren quickly circled around and used her leg to sweep Noah onto the ground. She hovered her fist over his head.
"Finish that song, and you are a dead man," she warned.
"Song? What song?" Noah asked nervously.
"Exactly." Loren backed off and left Noah to return to his feet.
"Alexa, remind me never to get on Loren's bad side..." Taylor whispered to the other girl.
"Done," Alexa replied.
"But anyway, Loren. We can't tell anyone about the Digital World."
"Why not? I was only saying I was doing things with DJ to back up what I said to the other girls."
"I know, but just the same, we can't tell anyone. This is secret. If people knew, they might question us on everything we know or wreck the digital network if they knew a digital universe existed from everything electronic," Alexa stated.
"The government's already become control freaks of late," Noah added, "Who knows what they could do if they found out about this. We've already got enough trouble with this Dark One in the Digital World. We don't need a second opposition. Not to mention, only two of us have Armours to fight with."
"So we keep this secret. We don't let anyone know. Even if it means we have to be slammed against others," Taylor finished, "I don't care how much you hate this Miyoko and want to prove that you're good enough to be with DJ, you keep this secret. We all do. Got that?"
"I stopped myself from blurting it out during PE, but I got it," Loren said, "It's just that I didn't want to lose to her. She's the biggest DJ freak on the planet."
"Besides you," Noah quickly remarked, which earned him a glare from Loren, "Anyway, now that we've resolved why our destiny is secret, can we please get going to the Digital World? I can almost hear an Armour calling my name."
"Wait, we can't leave! DJ isn't here!"
"I said it before, I'll say it again: We don't need DJ when we got Taylor. PyroKnightmon is all we need when we're in the Digital World."
"I don't know," Alexa said, "Taylor may be the Knightmon of Fire, but DJ's the Knightmon of Earth. We all saw how powerful DJ was as Gaiamon yesterday, and we need all the help we can get. He's a DigiDestined, too, you know."
"We don't need him," Taylor quickly said, "I've joined the kendo club and been working on my swordsmanship, or should I say swords-mon-ship. I'm not going to look weak like that again!"
"You only joined this morning..." Loren noted.
"Yeah, but still! I can sense my sword skill improving! Come on, I'll show you when we get back."
"But we still need to wait for DJ..."
"Maybe he's at the train station already, Loren. If he's not, he can come with us tomorrow," Alexa said.
"All right..." Loren pouted as the group headed off to the train station where a Trailmon they called would whisk them back to the digital realm where they were destined to save it by becoming heroic Digimon from the past. She wondered if when they returned, they'd find an Armour that Loren could activate and become a Digimon. If DJ was there with them, she'd prove she was good enough to be with him by becoming a Digimon as well and fight by his side. That would be so cool.
She hoped that her Digimon form would have wings.
Sadly, DJ wasn't at the train terminal when they called a Trailmon and so, it was just the four of them on their way to their destiny. While Taylor showed Noah and Alexa all the moves Hisaka-sensei had taught him during their pass through the dimensional divide, Loren stared out the window of the carriage wishing that DJ would've come with them.
She really liked DJ a lot, not just as a schoolgirl crush, but possibly a serious thing. He was handsome, intelligent and strong. Not to mention his destiny was now tied with hers and three others as DigiDestined who could become Digimon. After uncovering the Solid Earth Armour and the fight with Strikedramon, DJ hadn't really said much since they left yesterday. Of course, when DJ had defeated Strikedramon as Gaiamon, Loren was naturally all over him, hoping to win a smile or some recognition from him. No such luck yet, but maybe when she had her Armour...
Light again penetrated the windows and the group was forced to shield their eyes. It quickly died down and outside the Trailmon and cars they were in, the group could see the new area they were about to find themselves in. They were running through a giant valley partly rocky, partly grassy. A thick mist covered everything. Loren managed to through the mist, slightly, and could see a tunnel, not too far from the terminal where the Trailmon would stop. Overhanging the terminal was a plaque with the words Taylor could just make out: "Cumulus Valley Terminal".
"'Cumulus Valley?' Doesn't that mean we're high up in the clouds?" Taylor asked.
"Possibly," Alexa replied, "We'll just have to see once our ride stops."
Soon after Alexa said that, the Trailmon stopped and opened its doors. Loren and the others stepped out into the mist, trying to read one of the notices on the posterboard behind one of the benches. Remembering who brought them here, the group turned and saw, however dimly, a large and round pink engine which looked kind of like a mole, with a snout and green eyes.
"Thank you, Mole," they said as they bowed in thanks.
"No problem, y'all," the Trailmon answered, "Hope y'all find what y'ur lookin' fer. Let me know when y'ur done 'n ah'll be hear when ah can. Good luck!"
After that, Mole headed off, leaving the DigiDestined alone to figure out their next plan of action.
"I wish there wasn't so much fog," Noah said, "I can barely see my hands, let alone my Digivice."
"Digivice?" Alexa seemed to remember something as she held her Digivice in front of her and started pressing buttons, "That's right! I almost forgot. I've been tinkering with my Digivice to see what it does, and I found a map of the different areas in the Digital World. Give me a minute...Ah! There we go!"
"So? What does it say?" Taylor asked.
"Well, from what I can tell, we're in the bottom of the Cumulus Valley. The four of us are at the terminal in the middle of the valley."
"I think we've established that," Noah said.
"Any sign of DJ's signal?" Loren asked hopefully.
"No...wait! No, no signal."
Loren whimpered like a little puppy at the thought of DJ not being with them in the Digital World today. That was her one of her hopes when she was here, that DJ was somewhere in the valley. The other that maybe they'd find an Armour and it would belong to her.
"You're sure you're reading that right?" Noah questioned.
"Well, if it wasn't for the mist, I'd be sure," Alexa said, "All I see are four blinking coloured dots in the middle and a lot of light blue dots on the valley edges, probably Digimon who live in the area."
"Any sign of an Armour?"
"I think so...but I...I can't be sure."
"Why?" Taylor asked.
"Well, I found this faint signal coming from one of the valley walls, but its really weird. I can't read it accurately."
"Where on the walls?"
"Umm...close to the tunnel, I think?"
"Then, let's go find that signal," Noah said, rubbing his hands in anticipation as he walked forward, "I'm sure that's my Armour. I know it! I'll just take that Armour, Knightmon Digivolve and...AAAHHH!!!"
"Noah!?" the others called. They feared the worst. Did Noah just disappear? Was he attacked by a Digimon? Were they being ambushed? There was no way to tell with the thick mist surrounding them. They called Noah's name again, "Noah, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine!" came Noah's voice from a little bit off the platform, "Just watch that first step."
"Where are you?" Taylor asked.
"Just come forward about nine steps."
"Nine ste...WHOA!!"
"Told you."
"Owww..."
"Come on, Alexa," Loren said focusing on not making the same mistake Noah and Taylor did, "It can't be that bad. Nine steps, then jump. Okay?"
"All right," Alexa said as they walked forward about nine steps, then jumped off onto the ground. Surprisingly the drop wasn't that far down, just a few inches, "That wasn't so bad."
"It's just proof that anything boys can do, girls can do better."
"We'll see about that once I get that Armour," Noah muttered.
"Everybody watch your step. Who knows what's here..." Taylor warned, "Let's join hands so we don't get lost. Alexa, keep looking at the map and tell us how close we are to the tunnel."
Linking hands, Taylor led the others through the area, Alexa behind him with the map, Noah behind her and Loren taking up the rear. Reporting every couple of minutes on which direction to go, Alexa managed to steer the others to the tunnel that Loren saw earlier when they arrived. Now at the entrance, the group temporarily released hands and looked around.
"Any idea where the signal's coming from here?" Loren asked.
"I think maybe from the top of this wall? Or maybe in the middle? Possibly not near here at all?" Alexa reported, "The signal hasn't cleared up, it's still erratic."
"Let's check through the tunnel. Everyone re-link hands," Taylor said. The others complied and they began their way through the tunnel. It twisted round and round, upwards as if it was leading to the top of the valley. Continuing up and up through the tunnel, the fog around them became thinner and thinner. The higher they went through the tunnel, the less the mist was thick. At about the point the group's ears popped, the mist was gone and they unlinked hands again.
"Finally!" Alexa said, "Now I can read the map clearly. Let's see what we've got. We're here at about the end point of the tunnel, the Digimon are just further up, and..."
"And the signal?" Noah asked.
"Still erratic."
"Argh! How are we supposed to find it if we can't even track it?!"
"Maybe one of the Digimon up ahead know," Taylor suggested.
"Maybe..." Loren said, "But we'll never know until we ask."
"Then what are we standing around here for? Let's go!" Noah said as he ran forward, out of the tunnel and to the top of the valley wall with the others close behind him. As the group exited the tunnel, sunlight streamed out and it took a moment for their eyes to adjust. After adjusting, the team saw a group of Digimon all looking back at them, all different shapes and sizes. Both Digimon and human were amazed at what was before them, the Digimon even more amazed than the humans.
"What the..." Loren asked as she stared at all the Digimon. The Digimon Analyser, Alexa had dubbed the built in dictionary of Digimon in their Digivices, read off the Digimon before them. Labramon, Biyomon, ModokiBetamon, Tapirmon and Elecmon were some of them. Each of them appeared to be carrying a small package of some sort, "Wow. All these Digimon..."
"What's with the packages?" Noah wondered as the Digimon began to whisper to and fro. It seemed hard to catch because the whispering was so quiet and quick, but Loren managed to make out 'humans', 'Digivices', 'payback' and 'help'.
The small red and purple animal, Elecmon, came forward after all the Digimon seemed to reach an agreement. It stopped before Loren and stared up at the group.
"You...are humans?" it asked.
"Umm...yes?" Loren answered.
"Have to help us?"
"It depends," Noah said as Elecmon turned to him, "What's your problem? You seem to be getting along pretty well to me."
"We aren't. We used to harvest the clouds down in the valley and carry them in these little packages," Elecmon pointed to his own package, "These are used to give a Digimon a temporary power boost. Until recently, we did this peacefully and exported it to other areas, until he got here. Now we serve the Digimon who oversees this area for the Dark One."
"Dark One!!" Taylor grinded his teeth in disgust.
"Who's the Digimon who oversees the area?" Loren asked.
"A terrifying Champion level Digimon who turns all who disobey him to stone! He only arrived here a couple of days ago, but many of our fellow Digimon have become garden ornaments! None of us wish to be turned to stone, so we serve this Digimon in exchange for our lives," Elecmon said, "Perhaps since you are here, you can defeat this Digimon and return our friends to normal! You are the DigiDestined, aren't you?"
"Of course we are," Noah asked, "We'll help you out with your problem if you can help us with ours. We detected a weird signal coming from around here. Do you know what it is?"
"Strange signal? Hmmm..." Elecmon paused to think for a couple of moments, "No, no I don't know what it is."
"Too bad..."
"Will you still help us?"
"Of course!" Taylor said, "It'd be rude if we came all this way and didn't help you guys. We're heroes, it's our duty! Any enemy of the Dark One is an ally of ours."
The Digimon cheered as Taylor and the others agreed to help them. Loren, however, was still preoccupied on what that signal was. Where was it coming from? What was causing it? And most importantly, what was it?
Perhaps I'll worry about that after we help these Digimon, Loren thought as the Digimon brought them towards a small forest nearby, to plot a strategy to stop the Digimon the Dark One had sent to oversee the Digimon, After all that's what we're here for, to help the Digimon. I'll just put it out of my mind for now.
But Loren continued to think about the signal from earlier.
"That's it?! That's the big bad Digimon we're supposed to beat for you?" Noah asked in disbelief.
"Yes, yes it is..." a Biyomon replied.
"It's so...so..."
"Pathetic?" Taylor suggested.
"Yeah, that's it."
It could only be described as a white with red on the tail-feathers chicken on steroids with a really bad attitude. It was crowing loudly for all to hear, even from where the DigiDestined and their Digimon buddies were hiding in some nearby bushes. The sound almost sounded like a chicken trying to get something out of its throat and failing. Alexa's Digivice activated and read the enemy Digimon's stats.
"Kokatorimon. A Champion-level, Data type, Bird Digimon," the electronic voice rolled of from the small screen where the stats were being displayed, "Kokatorimon will crow loudly, usually to distract its opponent in battle while it looks for an opening. Attacks include Feather Sword and Petra Fire."
"It's a five-foot chicken! What's so terrifying about that?!" Noah asked. As he asked this, a small Digimon, a Labramon from earlier, stepped forward to address the steroid chicken.
"And just what do you want, worm?" Kokatorimon asked the Labramon.
"Um...sir...we, uh, couldn't...make our quarter today..." Labramon reported in a small, cowardly voice, "The clouds very well...today..."
"Insolent little dog!!" Kokatorimon crowed, "The Dark One will not forgive your dilly-dallying! Neither will I for that matter! Consider this your punishment for displeasing both my master and I! Ka-KAAAWW!!!"
"AAHHHRRR!!!" Labramon covered his ears and tried to block out the sound, but it wouldn't help a bit. With his eyes shut trying to also block out the vision of the Digimon crowing, he didn't notice Kokatorimon's eyes glowing an ominous green.
"Petra Fire!!" Kokatorimon yelled as two green beams shot from his eyes and struck Labramon. In less than a moment, the small dog Digimon was turned into a stone ornament that one might have put in their garden for decoration. The DigiDestined gasped in horror while the other Digimon had averted their eyes from seeing another comrade turned to stone.
"Th-that...that big...CHICKEN!!" Loren spat out in disgust as she stood up from where she was hiding. Her last word was loud, and of course, Kokatorimon could hear it.
"What was that!?"
"You heard me, you big chicken!!"
"Loren, stop!" Taylor warned.
"You make me sick! How could you do something like that to that poor Digimon? He only tried to break the news gently and you turn him to stone like a medusa?! That is just sick and cowardly!"
"Do you dare defy me and my master's will as well?" Kokatorimon asked, "You wish to have the same punishment as the other Digimon who defied me!?"
"Why not? It's better than having to stare at you, you stupid, fat, ugly chicken!"
"Loren, no!!" Alexa gasped.
"So be it! But rather than turn you to stone straight away, I'm going to have some fun with you!" the Bird Digimon said as he plucked one of his own feathers from his tail, held it like a dart and fired it right at Loren's head, "Feather Sword!!"
"Loren, get down! Now!!" Taylor ordered, but Loren was frozen to her spot, either from stubbornness or fear. Taylor had to grab her legs and tackle her to the ground. Snapped out of her fear and out of danger, Loren was safe and Taylor stood in her place, "Now you've done it! No one tries to shiskabob one of my friends!!"
"Deep-fry 'im, Taylor!" Noah urged his friend on.
"That I will!" Taylor said as he got his Digivice ready.
"You as well?" Kokatorimon asked, "I guess then that I'll save her until the end! I'll stop you and all others who defy me! I know that they are all there with you and have been plotting to stop me, but today is the day I crush them!"
"Think again! Knightmon Digivolution, Activate!! Courageous Flame!!"
The fire rings again shot out of Taylor's high-tech watch, surrounding him and burning off his clothes to be replaced with the armour of one of the mythic heroes of the Digital World's past. In just a few moments, the boy Taylor Motosuke was no more and in his place was...
"PyroKnightmon!!"
"Go, Taylor!!" Noah cheered.
"Okay, who wants fried chicken?!" PyroKnightmon asked as he pulled out his sword and it was set ablaze with fire.
"Fried chicken? Think again, Knightmon! You will be the one who's fried when I'm through with you!" Kokatorimon said as he took another of his tail-feathers and held it like a sword.
"Let's find out, shall we?" the Knightmon of Fire asked as both the Digimon rushed forward holding their swords. They clashed on impact and both Digimon were pushing the other back, not letting them gain an inch. From the bushes were the others were, the other humans and Digimon cheered for PyroKnightmon, the hero who had come to free them.
Loren and Noah, however, were a little less enthusiastic.
Although he was cheering his friend on, Noah was also jealous of Taylor's ability to become a Knightmon of the Digital World. He desperately wanted to become a Digimon like Taylor and help fight instead of sit on the sidelines. Loren felt the same way, but her mind was also still occupied on the signal from earlier.
Maybe it could something that could help Taylor, Loren thought as the battle of the swords continued between Kokatorimon and PyroKnightmon, Or maybe its an Armour for one of us? I can't put this off any longer. I have to find that signal's source!
"Noah, I need you to cover me!" Loren suddenly said.
"What? But what about Taylor?"
"I'm doing this for Taylor! Now come on!" she replied as they distanced themselves from the battle area and headed back for the area they had come from. While running, Loren called up her map and checked for the signal's source. Reading Taylor's red dot from Kokatorimon's dark blue dot, she saw her pink dot and Noah's yellow dot receding from the battle area towards a blinking white dot somewhere around the edge of the valley, "It should be somewhere around here!"
"We did this song and dance before, remember? Alexa already checked, there's nothing here!"
"Well, Alexa must've been reading wrong because the signal's better on my Digivice! I think the signal's related to me somehow!"
"You think it's a..."
Before Noah could finish, PyroKnightmon was sent flying across the ground and landed on his back to where Loren and Noah were. Kokatorimon emerged a short distance away, as well as Alexa and the other Digimon pleading for PyroKnightmon to get up.
"Any last words, Knightmon?" Kokatorimon taunted.
"It's not over yet..." PyroKnightmon replied as he used his sword to help him get to his feet.
"Oh, but I think it is! Petra Fire!!" Kokatorimon's eyes glowed green again and the beams were aimed straight at the Fire Knight. PyroKnightmon's sword was hit first and just as it finished turning to stone, PyroKnightmon managed to drop it to escape turning to stone as well. The Dragonforce Sword was now useless.
"Dammit!!" PyroKnightmon growled in frustration.
"Ha ha ha ha! Without your sword, you're useless! I've practically won this fight! I think I'll crow a crow of victory! Ka-KKAAAAWWWW!!!"
"AAARRGGHH!!" PyroKnightmon yelled as he covered his ears to block out the sounds. Everyone else did the exact same thing, including Noah and Loren. Loren started to walk backwards to try and escape the sound, but she didn't notice that she was on the edge of the cliff. Her foot slipped and she fell backwards back into the mist.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!" Loren screamed as she fell, her blonde hair whipping in the wind. She could hear the others cry Loren, fearing that they had lost a friend. As she fell, she could hear Kokatorimon's caw get softer, but it didn't really matter to her. In just a matter of seconds, she'd probably end up splattered on the ground below, dead in the Digital World. This was it for her, she knew it.
At least, until her Digivice started glowing.
"What?" Loren wondered as she fell, and suddenly she could sense the signal that had been nagging at her in her mind. It felt like she suddenly had wings to fly with, and the skies were calling her name. In the distance, she saw a white glow from somewhere in the rock wall. It burst out of the wall and flew towards her.
Before being taken into her Digivice, she could see circular shoulderpads, long-clawed gloves, long boots that looked sort of like talons which went up to her knee with black belts in various places, a strange white bodysuit which had more of a revealing bathing suit look to it and a mask in the shape of a bird's head with the beak open wide so one could see the mouth inside. Best of all, on the back of the bodysuit were large white wings. The wings Loren had always wanted.
Her whole body suddenly felt light as a feather and Loren took off, heading upward back towards the battle, which PyroKnightmon was losing badly. Forced down onto the floor, PyroKnightmon seemed to be losing all hope against the gloating chicken that he couldn't beat. The other DigiDestined and Digimon were all afraid of losing for good when Loren appeared. She held her place briefly in the sky as everyone gasped at her not being dead. She landed back on the face of the cliff and faced Kokatorimon.
"So, you're not dead. This just gives me the pleasure of defeating you personally!!" Kokatorimon crowed.
"Not today, Chicken Little. Prepare to be cooked!" Loren said as she thrust her left arm up to the sky and faced the screen of the Digivice forward. Bringing her right hand to her Digivice, she pressed one of the buttons and called out, "Knightmon Digivolution, Activate!! Elegant Wind!!"
Spilling out a stream of clouds which then surrounded the DigiDestined girl's body, Loren put her hands together above her body and closed her eyes as the Digivolution began. The clouds became rings that seemed to make her clothing disappear on contact. The puffy rings came together all over different parts of her body, forming the shoulderpads, gloves, boots, bodysuit and wings where they were designated to be before dissolving. The final rings circled Loren's head, joining together and then dissolving to reveal the birdlike helmet covering all of the girl's front head except her mouth area, with the front strands of Loren's hair sticking out in front and the rest of her hair hanging behind her. The eyes of the helmet held a gentle, but fierce blue eyed gaze. Pulling from a holster located on her right thigh a strangely shaped crossbow, the new Digimon flew a loop-de-loop of sorts with her wings and aimed the crossbow in front of her, with a fierce storm of clouds blowing behind her.
"Sirynmon!!" the new Digimon announced herself.
The Knightmon of Elegant Wind had awakened and everyone stared in awe at the beautiful new Digimon. Noah had a slight bit of jealousy hinted in his face, while Kokatorimon couldn't believe his eyes.
"Another Mythic Knightmon awakened?! All these Knightmon returning, defying my master! First PyroKnightmon, then Gaiamon, now this!? Impossible!! I don't believe it!!" Kokatorimon gasped.
"Believe it," Sirynmon said as she stood before her enemy. Her voice, like Taylor's and DJ's, had changed upon becoming a Digimon. Sirynmon's voice was Loren's, and yet wasn't.
"This can't be! I will not be defeated by some cheap imitation of a bird Digimon created from a worthless human and some rusty Armour!"
"Cheap imitation, huh?"
"That's right! And I'll beat you to bring glory to my master! Ka-KAAWWWW!!" Kokatorimon crowed and again, everyone was forced to cover his or her ears. Sirynmon didn't seem to be affected by the chicken's attempt to shatter her eardrums, "What? It didn't work!?"
"You want to hear a real battle cry? Sonic Siryn!!" Sirynmon called out as she screeched a sound unlike anything that could be produced by a human. A mixture of nails on a chalkboard, a woman's scream of horror and a feeling as if the maximum level of every sound in the world had been passed, it gave the worst possible sound ever to be heard by anyone. It was focused mostly on Kokatorimon, but it affected everyone else as well.
"Make it stop!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!" Noah pleaded.
"Loren...NO!!" Alexa yelled.
"I think he's had enough!!" PyroKnightmon screamed.
After what she thought was a decent amount of time, Sirynmon stopped. Unfortunately, the ringing in Kokatorimon's ears didn't.
"I'm...I'm deaf!!" Kokatorimon seemed to scream as he tried to co-ordinate himself, "You little...wind Witchmon!!"
"Witchmon!?"
"Yes, witch! No Digimon could ever produce a sound like that! You must be some kind of Witchmon!! Take this! Feather Sword!!" Kokatorimon took several of his tail-feathers and fired them at Sirynmon who not only dodged them all, but also held onto them with both hands. Sirynmon seemed to grow angry at the Bird Digimon's insult.
"Oh no...don't call her a witch..." Alexa whispered in fear and turned around.
"What do you mean don't call Loren a witch?" Noah asked.
"You'll see..."
"Witch, am I!?" Sirynmon demanded and suddenly the skies seemed to turn dark, matching her mood. The dark clouds covered the light and made the Digimon form of Loren seem very scary all of a sudden, "I'll show you who's a witch!!"
At this, Sirynmon rushed up to Kokatorimon with incredible speed and used his own feather swords against him. Slicing with amazing accuracy at the velocity Sirynmon was going, Kokatorimon's feathers were flying everywhere. The Digimon himself was getting bruised heavily by not just his own feathers, but the speed of the wind that trailed everywhere Sirynmon went. After a couple of minutes of this, Kokatorimon laid down in exhaustion, with Sirynmon's feet in his gaze.
"Call me that again and I'll do much, much worse," Sirynmon growled at the fallen Digimon.
"I'd like to see you try...Witchmon!! Petra Fire!!" Kokatorimon said as he stared straight up at Sirynmon and fired his green eye beams. Simply moving her head to the left, the eye beams shot harmlessly through the sky above.
"That's it..." Sirynmon said as she kicked her feet off the ground and flew about thirty feet into the air. Drawing her crossbow, she plucked a small feather from her own wing and placed it into the weapon. Pulling back the feather to the launch position, she hovered her index clawed finger over the trigger. Before pushing the button, she yelled out her final attack, "Hurricane Crossbow!!"
The feather flew through the air, generating a small tornado of wind around it, with such speed it was on Kokatorimon before anyone could see it. About a second later, Kokatorimon exploded, crying his last caw as he deleted into tiny data bits. Holding her crossbow out, it glowed and absorbed the data of the fallen Digimon, adding it to Sirynmon's strength. Touching down on the ground, Sirynmon breathed a sigh of relief as the battle ended.
After the Data bird Digimon was absorbed, PyroKnightmon's Dragonforce Sword was restored to normal. Grabbing it, PyroKnightmon slashed it across, spewing fire out as he did.
"Thanks, Loren," PyroKnightmon said sheepishly, "I guess I screwed up again."
"You held him off long enough," Sirynmon said, "You saved me from that Petra Fire back there, so I owe you one. Besides, you'll get stronger and then we'll see what you really can do. But, of course, anything a boy can do, a girl can do better."
"I'd like to see that..." PyroKnightmon snorted.
"Oh, you will, Taylor. You will."
As the two Digimon's exchange finished, all the Digimon that Kokatorimon had turned to stone earlier emerged from where they had been stoned and came together with their fellow Digimon to cheer Sirynmon and PyroKnightmon. Alexa and Noah also joined in the celebration of the downfall of Kokatorimon.
A while later, Taylor and Loren were back to normal and were with Noah and Alexa at the Cumulus Valley Terminal boarding Mole back to the Real World as the Digimon of the area said one last goodbye.
"Thank you, Sirynmon and PyroKnightmon," the Labramon who had been turned to stone earlier said, "You saved us all."
"It's nothing," Taylor said, "It's our duty as the DigiDestined and as heroes to do stuff like this."
"I hope this won't be the last of your exploits," the Elecmon who had talked to them earlier added.
"I seriously doubt it," Loren agreed.
"We have a gift for you which may be of help to you in the future," a Biyomon said as it, Elecmon, Labramon and a Tapirmon gave each of the DigiDestined a package.
"It's some of the Cumulus Clouds from our valley," Elecmon told them, "When you're in a tight spot, use these to gain a temporary power boost. They can be used only once, so choose the time wisely."
"We will. Thank you," Alexa bowed in thankfulness.
"Good luck on your future journeys!" Labramon said as the DigiDestined boarded Mole and the doors of the carriages closed behind them, "And thanks again!"
"Goodbye!!" the Digimon all waved as the Trailmon took off with the DigiDestined in tow.
"We'll see you again, someday! We promise!!" Loren called as Mole pulled away from the terminal. She sat down on her seat and looked at the package in her lap. Using her Digivice's Data Storage capability, the Digivice scanned the package and drew it into the watch. The others did likewise and there was a silence over them as they continued to go chug through the valley.
Loren looked at her Digivice and saw her Elegant Wind Armour on the screen. She smiled as she looked upon her Armour, remembering how she now had wings to fly with. She definitely was going to like going to the Digital World a lot more now that she could fly. It kind of took the edge off of her destiny.
"Loren, remind me never to call you a witch again," Noah suddenly said.
"Are you saying you already called me a witch?" she asked.
"Wha-? No! No, of course not!"
"Actually, he did say 'witch' earlier when you were fighting..." Alexa casually dropped her line.
"Alexa!"
"You called me a witch, Noah?"
"No! No, no, no! It's a lie! Tell her, Alexa!!"
"Tell her what?" Alexa wondered.
"Alexa, please! Taylor, you must've been listening!"
"I did hear 'witch' come out of Noah's mouth at some point during the fight..." Taylor said.
"Tay! Not you too!"
"That's it, Noah! You are so dead!" Loren growled.
"No! Loren, get away! Think about what you're doing! No-ho-ho-ho!!"
There was a hearty laugh in the carriage from the DigiDestined who watched their comrade get pummelled by the girl who could become Sirynmon in the Digital World. It was a sight you had to see to believe. As the DigiDestined headed for home, another area saved, none of them suspected...
That someone was watching them...
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, that's another chapter in the books! Hope you all enjoyed it. Now some of you may have noticed that I didn't update Digimon X for the last couple months. That's because its on hiatus for a while. Don't know when it'll start up again, but it'll remain up for those who still wish to read it. For now, though, I'm focusing on this story and Kyubi Unleashed, my Naruto story. Read that one too if you like Naruto. But for now, why not drop a review for this story? It's seriously lacking in reviews and I'm beginning to think no one cares...