Reliability, Hope and Darkness
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"Colorful Spark!" rasped Psychemon. The helix of a rainbow reached out and stung the angel's wings. The car ahead them had been forced to crash into a fire hydrant and a stream of water was shooting into the air. Gennai and Kuro had reached the car and helped out the occupants.
"Ms. Kari…" Kuro whispered as he helped the dazed woman out of the car.
"Yolei, TK," Gennai gently sat them against the closest building with their digimon. "They must have ran into Lord Holy Angemon, and tried to flee."
"Hey you big bully," rasped Psychemon as the furred digimon tried to taunt the robed angel.
"You are not worthy of my consideration, stray," Lord Holy Angemon strode past Psychemon and walked forward.
"I'll show you consideration!" growled Kuro. He clenched his fist. The crest around his neck glowed a deep crimson and he ran forward with his fists bared. The angel snatched the boy by the wrist and lifted him up and threw him against he car.
"Kuro!" shouted Psychemon. The digimon growled his eyes narrowed and he leapt at Lord Holy Angemon, "Psychemon digivolve to Shadramon!" The white fur coat and pink under fur were gone, replaced by flaming red armor. Two, large, moth-like wings flapped angrily as the digimon tackled Lord Holy Angemon. The angel, taken by surprise, dropped to the ground grunting angrily.
"Pathetic Insect!" roared the angel as he reached back and threw the fiery insect off of him.
"Flare Buster!" waves of fire swept around the angel.
"Excalibur!" a blade sliced through the fire and an arc of energy washed Shadramon backwards with relative ease. "You are nothing but an irritating little midge…I shall swat you like one!" growled Lord Holy Angemon. He pointed his sword at Shadramon. "Soul Banish!" a pulse resonated forward and pressed the fire moth into one of the buildings crushing the digimon into the wall.
"No!" shouted Kuro. He watched as the angel continued. Shadramon was pushed further into the building's structure. He could do nothing. "I can't help him…I'm going to lose him because I can't help him, I must be a horrible partner…" The crest around his neck shifted against glowing a stormy lavender.
"You have to control you feelings!" instructed Gennai. The boy's eyes snapped up at the sage. "If you don't you run the risk of losing both you and your digimon!" shouted the sage.
Kuro swallowed hard and looked at Lord Holy Angemon. The deepest most sincere anger filled him. He took his fear and clenched his fists. He took that warped feeling of compassion that had turned to depression and self loathing and tried to right it. The crest shifted; rebelling at first, the glow faded and then became inverted turning into a black light. Streaks of black lightning reached forward slicing past Lord Holy Angemon and grabbed a hold of Shadramon.
"Shadramon digivolve to…Karatenmon!" Suddenly a large winged figure shot up from the wall. He had large black wings and a face like a raven. Two swords were sheathed, one on each hip. His hands were like the taloned feet of a bird.
The angel turned on the boy. "You will not be allowed to live, defiled child of darkness!" He drew his sword up and pointed it at Kuro.
"Raven Blades!" Karatenmon sliced the air with his two swords unleashing black energy arcs that slammed against the back of the angel. "I'm your opponent, Lord Holy Angemon!"
"Not for long!" The angel swept around with his Excalibur drawn. The two digimon crossed blades unleashing equal bursts of light and darkness in a wide arc around them.
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Noriko looked up at the bars in front of her. She sighed softly. "This is so demeaning…"
Kitai looked up at her. "I wish we were with Patamon and Armadillomon."
"I think that was the point of separating us," said Noriko. She looked at the boy. "She's afraid we'll get them to digivolve and escape…"
"Cheer up!" came a small slightly rough sounding voice. Noriko looked up. A plant like digimon with a flower on it head walked forward.
"Palmon!" Kitai ran forward. "We found you!"
"Yeah you did!" chirped Palmon.
"Too bad we had to get captured first…" sighed Noriko. She looked at the smiling face of Palmon. "She was just too strong…"
"It's ok, really," said Palmon.
"How the heck can you be so happy!" grumbled Noriko.
"Because…" Palmon smiled widely. "Floramon please…."
"Stamen Rope!" the flower lizard appeared from around a corner. Yellow ribbons flew from her hands and wrapped around the bars.
"Pull!" commanded Palmon. The flower did so and the bars started to slowly bend. Soon the bars were warped enough for Kitai to get through. The boy got out and looked up at the other two in the cell.
"Go get our digimon and then come back, and no fighting!" instructed Noriko. "This is a stealth mission, follow Floramon."
The boy saluted and nodded and then ran after the flower digimon.
"It's this way," whispered Floramon. She held the boy back and put a leafy finger to her lips. The flower's eyes became wide in fear. A glow flowed over the flower. A small, plush, four legged digimon with a leaf hanging over its head stood looking up at Kitai.
"Tanemon?" Kitai kneeled down next to the digimon.
"Don't ask…Elecmon says it's a malfunction in my digi-matrix…" whispered the creature. "I just have started to be able to maintain my rookie form more stably…but it still fizzles…in stress…Patamon and Armadillomon are in that cell around the corner the first one…"
"The one with the Kokuwamon guards?" asked Kitai quietly.
"Yeah…" I was hoping to get the jump on them with my Allergy Shower attack," said Tanemon. "But I guess that isn't happening. I'll just have to make a diversion…"
"How do I get them out?" asked Kitai. The boy looked down at the little digimon.
"The keys are on the wall by the door…" whispered Tanemon. She narrowed her eyes. "I'll get the guards to chase me…you go in and get the keys and free the others, and then we gotta get Palmon and Noriko out of here!" The boy nodded and moved back a bit. Tanemon leapt forward. "Hey you buckets of bolts take this! Bubble Blow!" she fired bubble after bubble at the two guards and then ran off.
"Get back here!" yelled the two metal bugs and they ran after her. Kitai slipped into the room and looked around for the keys.
"Kitai!" shouted Patamon.
"Shh!" yelped Kitai as he looked up and found the keys hanging rather high up on a hook.
"Oh no…" whispered Kitai. He reached up for the keys but they were far out of reach.
"Jump Kitai!" called Armadillomon. "You can do it!"
Kitai gave a hop but his fingers slid mere centimeters from touching the keys. He looked back at the two in the cell.
"Try again," said Patamon. "You can do it! I know you can!"
Kitai nodded and he jumped up again. This time his fingers brushed the keys making them tinkle softly against the wall. Kitai growled under his voice.
"Try again!" called Patamon. "You were really close last time!"
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"Come on!" grumbled Tanemon as she ran down the hall. She looked back. The two metal digimon were right behind her. The plant like digimon slid around the corner; "now or nothing!" she furrowed her brow. A glow flooded around her and she digivolved to Floramon. "Ha, now let's play! Allergy Shower!" yellow swirls struck out at the Kokuwamon. The two digimon coughed as their intakes were filled with pollen. Floramon then leapt over them. She ran. She was running back to Kitai.
"Get back here!" growled the two digimon. "Stun Shock!" burst of lightning struck out and hit the walls behind her.
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"I can't do this!" growled Kitai. He looked at the two digimon.
"You can't give up," said Armadillomon.
"Kitai…" Patamon gave the boy a soulful look.
The boy backed up a couple of steps. He ran forward and leapt. His fingers hit the key ring and the keys jangled loudly. He growled angrily. He was so close. Suddenly the door exploded open.
"You haven't gotten them out?" yelped Floramon.
"The keys are high up…" explained Kitai as he pointed up.
"Well, the Kokuwamon are coming, hurry up!" Floramon was frantic and soon enough the glow filled her and she turned into Tanemon again, "DANG IT! I HATE THIS!"
"One more try," Kitai backed up and ran.
"You can do it," yelped Patamon as Kitai leapt up and hit the keys. The ring jostled hard and dropped from the nail. Kitai picked them up and unlocked the cell in time for the Kokuwamon to blast through the door.
"Ok miss bubbles you're ours!" grumbled the two digimon. They looked up and saw Kitai with the keys twirling on his finger and two displeased digimon free from their jail. "Umm…"
"Boom Bubble!" Patamon puffed up and shot a blast into the right Kokuwamon.
"Diamond Shell!" Armadillomon curled up and rolled into the other metal insect.
"We're out!" yelped Tanemon as she hopped over the two fallen digimon. Kitai, Armadillomon and Patamon navigated their way around the digimon.
The group ran through the corridor. They came to the cells with Noriko and Palmon. A large black spider sat in front of the cell.
"Dokugumon," whispered Tanemon. "We best be careful…"
"We have to get past her…" grumbled Armadillomon. He looked up.
"I say we go for it…" said Kitai. The digimon looked up at the boy. "We haven't much time before those Kokuwamon are discovered all we have to do is bust that cell open and then we get out…we'll face the spider if we have to…"
"We'll have to…" grumbled Tanemon.
"On three," whispered Kitai. "One, two, three!"
The group ran forward. Patamon attacked the bars with a Boom Bubble and Armadillomon rammed the bars. It wasn't enough and the spider turned on them.
"Poison Pollination!" growled the spider in a gravelly voice a cloud of poison wafted over them and Kitai screamed as the poison burned his skin.
"Kitai!" yelped Patamon. "Patamon Digivolve to…."
"Well?" coughed Tanemon.
"I trying to do it!" yelped Patamon angrily. "Come on Patamon digivolve to…to…to….drat."
"You don't have any energy left," coughed Noriko.
"Let me try this!" called Armadillomon. "Armadillomon digivolve to…Thunderballadillomon…dang it dang it dang it!" the grey digimon grumbled as he slumped down.
"Oh fine!" growled Tanemon. The plant digimon grunted and a flickering of gold shuddered weakly over her body and for a second her form changed to that of Floramon. "Not much time…Allergy Shower!" Floramon unleashed her yellow clouds. She reached down and biting her lip she gathered up the corrosive poison and threw it on the bars. The bars started to melt. "Hurry, go now…"
"Boom Bubble!" the puff of air bent the bars.
"Diamond Shell!" The armadillo broke the metal bars.
"Hurry…" whispered Floramon as she de-digivolved to Tanemon. Kitai grabbed up the digimon and they ran from the corridor. Dokugumon tried to pursue but her size kept her from going through the doorway.
"We have to find some food," said Noriko. "Any food, you guys are in rough shape…"
"And we have to clean those burns you have Kitai," said Palmon. Noriko bit her lip. It was her fault that Kitai had those burns.
They got outside. The defenses of the prison were rather light, but then again when most of the city is in jail and most of the occupying army is in the village it didn't seem that odd. They ducked into an alley.
"Hurry, my house is this way," said Palmon as she led the children and the group of digimon.
They ran and came up to a big tree. A door was cut into his and windows. The Palmon ushered the group into her house and quickly followed them in. She disappeared and reappeared with a bowl of fruit.
"Hurry eat up," Palmon instructed. She then went off and gathered a pouch and a wash rag and water. She came back and gently cleaned the burns on Kitai. The boy winced a number of times and Palmon chided the boy for doing so. She then applied green little packs of leaves to the wounds to make the burns heal faster. She was about to get the group out of the house when the sound of whirring came from the sky.
"Not again…" whispered Noriko.
"Shadow Sickle!" The front of the house exploded open as a Snimon slashed the house apart with its scythes.
"Now, let's dance!" growled Armadillomon, "Armadillomon, digivolve to Thunderballmon." The blue ball leapt forward. His fists sparked with lightning and he punched the mantis knocking it backwards.
"Patamon digivolve to, Pidmon!" Patamon turned into the red ribbon draped angel and glided forward. "Fire Feather!" feather missiles flew forward and exploded in flame at the digimon.
"Tanemon digivolve to…Floramon," the lizard digimon leapt forward. "We need to get out of here…"
Noriko looked down at the flower. Her eyes narrowed, "No, no more running, I'm tired of this, this city used to be beautiful now it's a barren waste…this is Jewel Beemon's fault and it's our responsibility to stop her!"
"Yeah!" cheered Kitai.
"Ready for another round then?" chuckled the voice of the bee. The kids looked up and there in the air was the female insect warrior in her emerald and luxurious armor. "Not that the last one was much of a round…"
"That's it!" growled Thunderballmon. "Thunder Bolt!" the ball fired a blast of lightning at the jewel encrusted digimon.
"Didn't we learn from last time…?" Jewel Beemon held up her staff and slapped the attack away.
"Fire Feather!" Pidmon dropped down and fired a barrage of flaming feathers at the woman as she dodged them and spun around.
"Spike Buster!" returned Jewel Beemon. She fired hundreds of jewels into Pidmon. The angel fell backwards. He crashed into the remains of the house.
"We have to beat her," growled Noriko. She looked at Kitai. "We have to free these people, this city…it's our duty as digi-destined…."
"All those people are hanging their hopes on us and we can't let them down," Kitai looked up at Noriko. "At any cost we need to stop Lucemon's minions at this starting point!"
The two children's digivices glowed brightly. Thunderballmon and Pidmon glowed in rhythm with the devices. Two large beams of light struck the digimon they disappeared in the flare and then the two flares merged.
"Pidmon…." Called out Pidmon's voice.
"Thunderballmon…" the blue ball's voice replied.
"DNA digivolve to…" called the two digimon simultaneously. "Cyberdramon!" The large black digimon with crimson wings flew forward. "Hey, Jewel Beemon…ready for round three?" asked the new comer with Pidmon's and Thunderballmon's combined voice.
"Heh, just because you are all high and mighty with your DNA digivolve doesn't mean you're going to win!" scoffed Jewel Beemon.
"I think I hear a little sour grapes…" teased Kitai.
"I give you sour grapes, brat!" roared the warrior. "Spike Buster…."
Cyberdramon dove in front of the attack and curled his wings in front of himself and shielded himself. He then flashed them open releasing the embedded jewels in Jewel Beemon's direction. "Doesn't it hurt to have your own trick used on you, Jewel Beemon?" chuckled the dragon as Jewel Beemon was struck with her own attack. "Now, one of my own! Desolation Claw!" Cyberdramon opened his hand revealing his claws and then slashed them across Jewel Beemon. The digimon looked at Cyberdramon and then she dispersed into data. The Cyberdramon glowed and separated into two digimon and they landed in their partners arms. Tokomon landed in Kitai's arms, Upamon landed in Noriko's arms.
"We need to get the word…" Palmon started. She looked up.
"Jewel Beemon's gone!" shouted a group of low flying Kokuwamon.
"Never mind," growled Floramon. "Those flip flopping Kokuwamon will have the word out…."
"We have to get the people out of the prison…" said Noriko. She looked at Floramon.
"Let me!" said Floramon she reached up and unleashed her stamen rope and dragged down a Kokuwamon. "Oi, metal head, let's get those guys out of jail ok…"
"Yes, Floramon," said the metal insect. "I'll have a set of Kokuwamon do it!"
Floramon nodded and looked at the children, "Let's go…"
"Well, we were supposed to send Palmon to New York to help Mimi…" Kitai looked up at Noriko.
The girl furrowed her brows. "Ok…but…we're coming back to see how things are progressing…later on" Kitai nodded and the group of children and digimon made for the train station.
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AN: The first two Ultimate Digimon! Things will get interesting now! Kuro's Crest of Darkness is glowing in its way and the combined wishes of Noriko and Kitai have caused the first DNA digivolution! Jewel Beemon is defeated…Will Palmon and Floramon make much difference in New York?