I don't own Digimon!
That Old Familiar Feeling
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"I wanted to go with Sumi…but no…I had to go on a different train…" growled Hiroshi a he sat on the train. FanBeemon was sitting next to him and sighed.
"You have a crush on Koushiro's prodigy don't you?" said Datirimon. The small green bulb of a digimon was sitting on the other side of the cushioned passenger train.
"Maybe!" Hiroshi clenched his fist. He had dark hair like his father. He wore glasses like his mother.
"You have Yolei's temper, and the overt passion of your father, Ken," said Datirimon with flippancy. Datirimon blinked. "It is strange. I have been having less and less contact with Oikawa, I hope he is not harmed."
"Is something wrong?" asked FanBeemon. The brown and yellow striped digimon looked up with a little worry.
"Oikawa usually speaks to me all the time…" sighed Datirimon. "He spoke last night in my dream but he said Lucemon was drawing close…so he had to cut it short, though he did say, 'The Guardian of Light was defeated but now Japan was under a looming shadow.' Sometimes I wish Oikawa wouldn't take up the Guardians' habits about being so cryptic."
The train rammed to an abrupt halt. Hiroshi was sent toppling over with FanBeemon soon on his back. Datirimon went bouncing off down the train and eventually rolled under one of the seats. A small, red penguin with a toucan like bill came running into their car.
"Hurry off, off, we're under attack!" shouted the bird as it pushed Hiroshi and FanBeemon out of the car. A few seconds later Datirimon shot out of the door and struck Hiroshi in the head. He yelped as the tennis ball sized digimon ricocheted off of his cranium.
"What the heck is going on!" shouted Hiroshi. Just then a large beast glided over the train. It had a huge scaly, gray scale. Its legs looked liked the purple striped hind quarters of Garurumon. It had the orange body of Greymon. It had a pair of orange, tattered wings, and a pair of white angelic wings. Its lower pair of arms was mismatched. The left one was a red Kuwagumon arm and the right was an ivory skeletal arm. Its upper pair of arms was that of Devimon, slender and lanky, black arms. Its head was that of a large horned beetle and it had long red hair.
"Impossible!" shouted Datirimon as the digimon roared over.
It wheeled around and growled. "Heat Viper!" a blast of green fire exploded into the locomotive. The train ruptured and rolled across the ground.
"Chimeramon!" whimpered Datirimon. He watched as the motley crew of digimon parts turned and flew over them again.
"You…mean…" stuttered Hiroshi. His eyes widened as the digimon disappeared behind the trees. "I thought Magnamon…."
"Some one has made a new one…" whispered Datirimon. He hopped forward after the mixed salad digimon.
Hiroshi looked down at FanBeemon and then ran after Datirimon. He then looked back at the train. He and ran to the train. The red penguin was scurrying around fearfully.
"What's wrong, Muchomon?" asked Hiroshi.
"Chimeramon is back…!" yelped the bird, "and he's destroyed my train!"
"What about the passengers?" Hiroshi grabbed the bird.
"They're very far away!" yelped Muchomon. The bird screamed. "I got them out before the attack!"
"Ok…" sighed Hiroshi. He looked back. Datirimon was missing, "I have to go after that thing…just get to cover!"
Muchomon nodded and dropped to the ground and ran for a nearby forest. Hiroshi and FanBeemon ran in the direction that Datirimon had gone. Hiroshi pushed through the lush foliage and hopped over the fallen limbs.
There was a blast of green flame. Hiroshi leapt back. Datirimon ran out of the flames. The green digimon hopped up on Hiroshi's shoulder.
"I think I found him…" gasped Datirimon.
"What was your first clue?" growled Hiroshi in reply.
"I think it was the green flame," said FanBeemon.
"I KNOW!" shouted Hiroshi exasperatedly. "I was being sarcastic!"
"Oh…" whimpered FanBeemon as he cowered a bit.
"There he goes!" shouted Datirimon as the shadow of the beast glided over. "We need to find his hangar so we can get him while he sleeps!"
Hiroshi looked at the digimon on his shoulder and then looked up at the beast as it glided off. He ran after it.
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The orange ball of energy swept over the street. Tai, Mimi, and Samuel were thrown flat on the ground. Taichi sat up and looked to where the ball flew. It had curled upwards into the sky where it exploded.
"Talk about splitting hairs…" coughed Floramon as the digimon stood up from its cowering position.
"You missed!" shouted Metamormon. "HIT THEM!" WarGreymon's arms shot up again and a second ball formed in between his claws.
"I don't think so!" growled WarGreymon. The dragon warrior narrowed his eyes and spun around. "Grand Tornado!" Orange waves of fire swirled around WarGreymon's spinning body. Metamormon's wires snapped like fishing line and recoiled backwards sending the Puppetmon imposter flying backwards. WarGreymon spun down and growled. He raised his claws. "Play time's over!"
"Fine! You don't want to play!" Puppetmon disappeared behind a building and there was a bright flash. A humanoid dragon digimon flew upwards. It had large black wings and black armor and black skin. Its right hand was a large cannon.
"Imperialdramon Fighter Mode!" gasped Tai. The dragon warrior flew up and landed on a building.
"Feel this!" Metamormon puffed his chest out and the chest armor cracked open to reveal a ray gun of sorts. It glowed softly as it gathered power. "Giga Death!" A blast of an atomic inferno washed forward.
"TERRA FORCE!" WarGreymon tried to gather a large enough batch of power but he couldn't in time. The blast from Imperialdramon struck WarGreymon, sending him flying backwards. The golden armored digimon disappeared into the buildings that he was rammed through. He was trying to contain the blast. "I must…not let the explosion happen…" WarGreymon's golden armor shook against the blast. "I have one chance…." He pushed his hands forward. "I have to concentrate the blast…" He lifted his arms up. "Terra….Force!" wheezed the dragon as he drew the explosion into his ball of power and launched it into the atmosphere where it exploded filling the sky with unrivaled light.
"You were lucky!" growled the imposter Imperialdramon. He launched his arm forward. The cannon charged and glowed bright white.
"No more games!" WarGreymon flashed his claws forward. The tips glowed brightly.
"No…" hissed Metamormon. "You wouldn't dare!"
"Dramon Killer!" WarGreymon disappeared in a flashed and reappeared behind Metamormon. The golden dragon turned and looked at the quivering Imperialdramon. "You may be able to copy the attacks of the digimon you pretend to be…but you also copy their weaknesses." Metamormon turned slowly. The façade of Imperialdramon melted away and returned him to his globulated form. The round green body, the oversized metal clause the bird like head and the bubbly wings were all there in the open now.
"You think you have won?" growled Metamormon. He whipped his hand forward brandishing his claws and dove at WarGreymon.
"Please!" WarGreymon lifted his golden armored arm slapped the attack aside. "You aren't even worth my time!"
"NOT WORTH YOUR TIME!" Metamormon roared angrily. "Then you won't mind if I change my clothes! Maybe that would make me a little more worth while! I hope you like it…this digimon's data is very difficult to come across!" There was a bright golden luminescence that flooded around Metamormon. The digimon's body elongated exponentially. It kept getting longer and longer and longer. Tai saw the digimon turn and look at WarGreymon with glee. It had golden scales were glinting from its own luminescence. It had four sturdy, heavily armored legs. "Meet Huanglongmon, WarGreymon! Feel my wrath!"
"No…way…" hissed WarGreymon as the Metamormon's new body finished its stabilization.
The beast opened its mouth. A giant golden orb was resting in its throat. "TAI CHI!"
WarGreymon couldn't escape it. The blast was immense. He narrowed his eyes. How could such a meager digimon gain so much power? A thought struck him. He should have never been able to control Imperialdramon's Giga Death attack so easily…
"You are an imposter!" shouted WarGreymon. He lifted his claws and sliced them through the blast. "You don't have the power of Huanglongmon! Nor did you have the power of Imperialdramon! You just masked your own power as theirs!"
"Fool! It still won't save you from your fate!" growled the imposter of the great irrepressible, combined guardian of the center. "Yellow Circle!" a stream of golden energy wrapped around WarGreymon and tied him up tight. "Prepare to meet your doom!"
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Damienmon shuddered slightly as he slumped down in an alley. Sheets of skin were bright red with sunburn-like wounds. Already bits of the skin had begun to peel. He growled loudly.
"This insignificant vessel is not durable enough…" growled the child and he winced and pulled the sheets of skin. His clothes were still smoking. He tugged at his cloak and saw its tattered nature, "Lucky shot…but the woman that commands the light is a threat and though I dislike admitting it, in this body I am vulnerable against Imperialdramon. I need assistance." He narrowed his eyes. "I have to get to the bay…" He smirked, "The Digi-destined will love this!" He laughed a little and then coughed and winced in pain. "I hate this body!" growled the child as he stood slowly gripping his stomach and he limped off.
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"Where is he!?" shouted Matt as he looked around feverishly.
"Maybe Hikari-san did it…" said Imperialdramon.
"No…" Ken and Kari said simultaneously.
The others blinked and looked at them. Kari looked up cradling Yukimi Botamon. "I still sense the darkness. It's huge, like a tsunami looming over the shore…"
Yolei was kneeling next to Gennai's robes. "He's gone?"
"I know…it seems so…" Koushiro stood next to Yolei. "Impossible…"
"So what is up with this Damienmon thing?" Davis was walking around the group. "Is he a digimon…or what?"
"I don't know," said Matt gruffly. "Does it really matter, he has our son!" growled Matt as he looked at Sora. "He has our son and if we try to fight him…"
"Matt…" Sora looked up at her husband softly. "We have to get him free, maybe that will take giving Kuro a little pain but I'm pretty sure Kuro would rather be in pain and free than feeling good and destroying people and things against his will…."
"It sounds like Sora is ready for some tough love!" Davis leapt forward. Takeru slapped Davis upside the head.
"Shut up, you're not helping…this is serious!" snapped the golden haired man angrily.
"Sorry…I just…" stammered Davis as he recoiled a bit.
"I must sleep…" yawned Kari. The others blinked and realized most of them hadn't slept for the better part of three days, between Lucemon, the destruction of the Harmonious Ones, and then Lord Holy Angemon and Damienmon, they had just forgotten to sleep.
Takeru opened his mouth releasing a long yawn. "How long has it been?"
"Some where around…two and a half days…" Koushiro sat down on the ground. "It's not so bad as long as you don't realize it," The red haired man stretched and rested on the ground, "I think I'm going to sleep right now!"
"GUYS!" shouted Davis as he hopped up and down. "This is insane…we have a really nasty…thing that is trying to rip the world to bits, and you're going to take a nap!?"
"Davis…" Ken's soft voice whispered from behind the spiky haired adult. "Let them sleep, they've been fighting for a very long time, Imperialdramon and us can look for Damienmon."
Davis looked at Ken. The young, blue haired man had a very strong will. He was about to protest but Ken's eyes flashed. Davis immediately closed his mouth and he nodded slowly and slowly got up on Imperialdramon. Kabuterimon de-digivolved to Tentomon and curled up next to Koushiro.
"I'm going with you!" shouted Matt as he and Gabumon ran forward and climbed onto Imperialdramon.
"Hey! Do I look like a jungle gym to you?" growled Imperialdramon as he opened his wings.
"We can track Kuro with our D-3s, his digivice signature should still be working," said Ken as Imperialdramon lifted off the ground.
"Right…" called Davis, "Let's go!"
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Damienmon was gliding over the calm waters of Tokyo bay. He was gliding parallel to the Rainbow Bridge. He looked over the water to his target. He smiled at the park that he was quickly coming upon. He could feel the faint smudges of Hope and Light that signified the point where, twenty years ago a fracture between worlds had been created.
The barrier had never properly healed and was now inherently weak. He was drawing closer to his target. He had a wonderful elated feeling running through his blood. He drew in closer and gently alighted on the beach of Shiokaze Park.
He walked around feeling the energy of the area. The child of hope had snapped the barrier somewhere but that was a long time ago, and the energy burst was faint but he could sense it. He lifted his hand.
"Yes…there it is…" smirked Damienmon as his fingertips glowed a bright red. Damienmon blinked something was moving in the water, something huge. Suddenly a huge WaruSeadramon shot out of the water. It reared up and roared savagely. Damienmon chuckled. He looked up at the digimon. "Do you really want to go up against me? You wouldn't stand a chance, minnow…but…here…" Damienmon lifted his hand and released the energy and data he had gathered from Silphymon and Gennai letting it flow into WaruSeadramon. The giant sea serpent turned into a large white dinosaur like creature. He had a long neck and a humped body; four, large paddles churned the water. Two more paddles sprouted from the creature's back, like wings. Blue stripes ran down its back and around its tail.
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"He's going to Odaiba?" shouted Matt as Imperialdramon glided up to Tokyo Bay.
"Why Odaiba?" asked Davis. Ken shook his head.
"I don't know…" Ken looked at his D-3. This made no sense. Even if he was going to Odaiba to access a digi-port he's on the wrong side of the island to do that. It looked like he was close to where Davis's old school had been but he was still good number of blocks away from the school. Ken blinked. "Did anything odd ever happen at school, Davis?"
"Umm…I was a digi-destined kid…it would be easier to ask is there anything that wasn't weird that happened at school," replied Davis. Ken growled. Davis clenched tighter to Imperialdramon. "Well…let's see, I got my D-3…then there was the whole going to the Digital World thing…"
"He's not going to the school, he's remained near the bay, near the water's edge," said Ken.
"Well if he's not trying to access the digi-port at the school…" Davis thought hard. "Dang that was a long time ago…" Davis blinked. "The water! Kari, she was taken to the Dark Ocean while at school one time; the school thought she was sick, and sent her home…"
"And?" Ken looked at Davis intensely.
"TT said something about a circle in the sky above the beach a couple blocks from school…" Davis furrowed his brow trying to remember, "Near…Shiokaze Park…"
"How the heck did you remember that!?" Matt yelped as he looked up, surprised at Davis.
The young man rubbed the back of his head and smiled in embarrassment, "Well…TP really pissed me off about it…being all knight in shining armor with Kari…some things die really slowly…I guess, I never really got over that…hehe…"
Ken and Matt sighed. Davis would always have that weird secret place in his heart for Kari, even after he got married, he remained close; in fact his wife nearly divorced him because she thought Davis was cheating on her with Kari. Fortunately, Kari talked to Davis's wife about it saying that Davis's wife had nothing to fear from Kari because Kari didn't think she had strength to deal with Davis on a daily, living together basis. Davis vowed that he loved his wife very dearly and he promised never to even look like he was attempting to try to pursue the Maiden of Light again, and he stayed by his vow and hadn't ever shown any affection towards Kari beyond a friendship since then. He hadn't even grumbled when TK and Kari were partners in the three legged race at their fifteen year reunion.
Ken shivered. A cold chill ran down his back. He looked down at encroaching park. "That is…a feeling I had hoped I'd never have to feel again."
"What?" Davis looked at his friend. He looked at Matt. The brave man that had gone to space with Gabumon and then tested so many experimental planes was shivering also. His eyes were filling with a fear that Davis had never known Matt to have. "What is going on….?"
"The…Dark Ocean…" Ken whispered as he looked down at the bay. "He's opening a portal to the Dark Ocean!"
"There he is! In that beam of moonlight!" shouted Davis as they drew in closer. Kuro was indeed standing there, his hand was held out. His fingers were glowing bright red. The boy knelt down. Ken and Matt were still in a catatonic state. Davis clenched his fist. "Imperialdramon, stop him!"
"Positron…"
"Solo Blue!" roared a loud voice. A blue, glowing, blast of twisting ocean smashed into Imperialdramon sending the mighty dragon backwards in shock. A large white plesiosaur was ravaging the bay.
Kuro reached out and touched the water that lapped softly onto the land. A blood red glow filled the water. The streets lights from Shiokaze Park were illuminating the surrounding water, save one circular patch that was a seven foot diameter around the point where Kuro had touched the water. The young boy walked into the water and the black liquid swarmed around him and then rejoined the bay leaving nothing behind.
"KURO!!!" shouted Matt as he was shook from his stupor. Ken also seemed to shrug off whatever was affecting him as soon as the water portal had disappeared.
"We're…too late…" whispered Davis.
"Shaking Pulse!" roared the white digimon in the bay. Imperialdramon pulled his armored arms up defensively. After the blast hit he flew over the beast and landed on the beach that was connected to the park.
"Get off, I'll deal with Nessie," growled Imperialdramon. The humans and Gabumon leapt off. Matt immediately ran for where Kuro had been. He nearly leapt into the water where the portal had been occupying the water, but Davis and Ken held him back.
"It's too late, even if we were to go after him; we would do nothing but aggravate the situation. Kuro, as Damienmon, will be safer than we would be in the Dark World," shouted Ken. He looked directly in the eyes of Yamato. "The Dark World is no place for the meek."
Something cracked in him. Matt started to cry. Hot tears rained down on the sand. He screamed angrily and dropped to the sand punching the soft ground angrily. He was oblivious to the battle that was happening over the bay.
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AN: Thanks to Lodis Lord. I know; I am evil but I thought the little Davis history paragraph was cute….but I'm a little silly. Let me say this…things may start getting a bit dark. I don't think they will warrant an upgrade…unless Damienmon starts doing some untold evils…. Next time: A New Shade of Gloom