I don't own digimon
Some adult themes: but dealt with maturely and as innocently as possible.
Overboard
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"But Jason!" whined Otamamon as he followed the young man around their quarters. The room they inhabited was neatly cleaned like the human's room in the Human World. "You went with Janet last night!"
"Otamamon, it won't be so bad," Jason turned and looked down at the purple tadpole. "Renamon isn't so bad…"
"Renamon is boring!" retorted Otamamon, "All she does and sit and meditate, and if I say anything she gets annoyed!"
"Maybe you should try to meditate," replied Jason with a smile.
"Why? I don't want to, it's boring to just stand there looking at a wall!" whimpered Otamamon. "Why are you spending so much time with Janet? You used to hang around with me."
"I still do, you still work with me in the kitchen, we have fun there, and Kotemon's there," replied Jason as he changed into a pair of clean jeans.
"Working in the kitchen isn't the same…we did things after work, like…checkers!" retorted Otamamon.
"Gah! Just ask Renamon if she'll play checkers with you!" snapped Jason as he looked down at Otamamon, "I'm going with Janet, that's the end of this discussion, period!"
"Stupid Janet…" grumbled Otamamon. He looked down, "And Renamon is a fuddy-duddy."
"Hey, don't you call Janet stupid!" growled Jason. He glared down at Otamamon. "What's got into you?"
"I want to be with you!" yelped Otamamon, "You're my best friend, and now you act like I'm a stranger!"
"Otamamon…" Jason turned and got down on one knee, picking up Otamamon, "You're still my best bud, but…" Jason closed his eyes, "You're also not human; I just need a little time with human contact, is all. I'm sorry if I've been neglecting you…I promise to pay more attention to you when I get back…"
"If you say so," sighed Otamamon. The tadpole closed his eyes and shook his head, "He promised the same thing to me three days ago…"
"Let's go," smiled Jason as he stood up and put Otamamon on his shoulder.
"Ok…" Otamamon responded halfheartedly.
"Don't get so glum, I'm sure you can find something fun to do," smiled Jason as he opened the doors to their quarters. "Plus, just to catch that exasperated look on Renamon's face when Janet and I come back…priceless…"
"Sure but you don't have to put up with the growling and lightly breathed swearing," replied Otamamon under his breath.
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Three short raps came from the door. Janet looked up in surprise as she fiddled with her hair. She looked to Renamon. The fox sighed and stood up.
"Must I watch Otamamon?" grumbled the fox as she looked at her partner, "I know you and Jason have had a meeting of minds, but this is just cruel…"
"Who do you propose we leave Otamamon with?" asked Janet quietly, "He proved that he couldn't stay alone, he nearly shredded Jason's room. The poor, little guy paced wildly that first night."
"Can't we just leave him with the crew, or throw him in the brig?" grumbled the fox as she started for the door.
"Of course not, stop being so cranky," replied Janet, "It's unbecoming."
"Unbecoming?" echoed the vixen as she stood in front of the door. She put her paw on the door knob and turned, pulling the wooden door open. She whispered under her breath, "Otamamon, that's who's unbecoming…"
She looked up and saw the young man that had met her partner's mind. He was tall and thin. He had icy, blue eyes, short black hair. A black silk shirt covered his torso and a pair of black jeans fitted over his legs.
"Heya, Renamon," smiled the boy.
"Good evening, Jason," said the fox curtly as she turned, sweeping her tail aggressively behind her and walked back to the bed where she sat down cross-legged.
"How are you tonight, Renamon?" chirped Otamamon as he hopped off of Jason's shoulder.
"Preoccupied," the lithe fox swiftly replied. "So don't bother me."
Otamamon frowned and pouted slightly.
"Renamon, be nice," said Janet as she put a small clip in her hair. It had a synthetic flower on it. She had found it in one of the drawers in the room's desk. "I wish you two were a little more compatible…"
"I was not trained to be a babysitter," said Renamon smoothly.
"I'm not a baby!" yelped Otamamon.
"Strange…" Renamon looked down at Otamamon, "You sure act…"
"STOP, STOP, STOP!" Jason shouted and looked from Renamon to Otamamon and then back, "You two will get along, you'll have a nice, fun night together, when Janet and I get back; there will be no complaints from either one of you…"
"I doubt you'll hear anything out of the pipsqueak," Renamon narrowed her eyes at Otamamon, "You don't usually get back until after his bedtime; I should know, for the past week I've listened to his snoring…"
"Hey!" Otamamon shouted, "Well, at least I'm not an all prim and proper Miss Perfect!"
"Don't we know," growled Renamon as she glared at Otamamon.
"HEY!" Jason stomped his foot and clenched his fists, "What did I just say? Now, both of you get along!"
Renamon and Otamamon glared up at Jason.
"Now, both of you know that you have to get along, just try…" Janet said in her sweetest imploring voice.
Renamon sighed quietly, "Fine, I'll try not to be annoyed by the little frogling…"
"I'll try not to annoy Queen Foxxy Pants," sighed Otamamon.
"Thank you," huffed Jason as he looked up. He looked up at Janet and smiled, "Right, Janet, are you ready to go on our walk?"
"Yep, and then we're going to stop in the kitchen right?" Janet smiled sweetly.
"Well, I suppose…" Jason smirked and then took her hand. He looked over at the two digimon. Otamamon was looking at Renamon and Renamon was glaring back at Otamamon. "Come on before the ceasefire blows up in our face."
"Renamon, be nice, and Otamamon try and respect Renamon's space," Janet waved and blew a kiss to the fox and the tadpole. Jason waved and looked sternly at Otamamon but then smiled and gave him a thumbs-up.
The wooden door closed behind them and Otamamon flopped on the floor. He looked up at the ceiling and twitched back and forth. Renamon looked down at the tadpole and twitched an eye.
"Must you do that?" growled the fox.
"No, I can do this, too," Otamamon hopped up and balanced on his hind legs, "DODOOLDEEDOOODEEEEDOOOODEEEDOOODEEE!"
"STOP!" growled the fox. "Can't you do something that doesn't result in you, moving or making noise…?"
"Can't you do something that does result in moving or making noise?" returned Otamamon innocently, "Please, can't we play checkers or maybe Yahtzee, or maybe some Parcheesi?"
"No, I have to meditate if I am to fully utilize my powers," replied the fox sternly.
"Renamon you're no fun!" pouted Otamamon.
"I wasn't built for fun," returned the fox quietly.
"You're life must really bite," returned the tadpole. "You know, you don't have fun, you don't play, you don't even move in your free time, if I didn't know better I'd say you're either a Cherrymon or a Golemon…"
"We should learn to hone our skills," replied Renamon, "We don't know when another Mega digimon will attack, and since I'm the only one that can achieve my Mega form, I have to be ready!"
"But you can't Mega digivolve without Janet," said Otamamon.
"I am aware of that," said Renamon. "And you can't even reach your Mega form!"
"So! Jason and I will, you just wait!" Otamamon returned sharply.
"Yes, and whilst I wait, I'll let our next opponent turn us into sushi," Renamon rolled her eyes and then resumed her meditations.
"I wonder why Jason and Janet go out on these walks alone," said Otamamon, "I mean it could be dangerous, what with some of the more masculine digimon having seen…things… What if the ship's attacked? I really wonder what's so neat about walking around together that they're willing to leave us behind. Renamon, why does Jason need so much human contact with Janet?" Otamamon got up on his hind legs and put his webbed forefeet on the bed. Renamon had her eyes closed. Her arms were held out and with her middle fingers touching her thumbs. "Renamon!" yelped Otamamon. The fox winced but continued to keep her eyes closed, "RENAMON!" shouted Otamamon impatiently. The fox winced for a slightly extended amount of time and then flattened her ears but didn't respond. "REEEEENAAAAAAMOOOOOOON!" whined Otamamon loudly.
"WHAT?" snapped the vixen as her frozen blue eyes flashed open and she glared down at the lavender tadpole. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
"Why does Jason need so much human contact with Janet?" asked Otamamon innocently. "He never needed this much contact with the others…"
"Jason likes Janet," sighed Renamon as she shook her head.
"Doesn't he like the others?" asked Otamamon.
"It's not like that," growled Renamon in irritation as she tried to reassume her meditation position.
"What's it like then?" asked Otamamon quietly.
Renamon sighed and relaxed her arms in defeat. "Jason likes Janet, a lot."
"Yeah…he likes me a lot too, but he's not going on walks with me…" replied Otamamon.
"Janet is not a digimon," said Renamon as she stood up and stretched.
"She is when she's Kuzuhamon with you," said Otamamon as he bounded next to her.
"That's not what I meant," said Renamon as she leaned far to one side. "She's not a permanent digimon…like you and me. She's human so is Jason."
"Yeah…so?" Otamamon looked up at Renamon. "What's your point?"
Renamon stopped and sighed. "Jason and Janet are dating."
"Why are they walking around putting dates on a calendar?" Otamamon tilted his head and furrowed his brow. "That's not very interesting, not nearly as fun as playing checkers…"
"You are such an idiot," sighed Renamon quietly. She stopped stretching and sat down in front of Otamamon, "Dating is when two, beings start to…have feelings for one another. When they have these feelings; they have these planned meetings so that they can get closer to one another, physically and emotionally…" Explained the fox.
"Does Jason want to biomerge with Janet…?" Otamamon asked in frustration, "I didn't think that humans could…"
"How did I get stuck talking about this with you?" grumbled Renamon as she shook her head. "No, Jason doesn't want to biomerge with Janet. Ok, how about this, remember that one time when we saw those two Monochromon on File Island and Elecmon made us hide our eyes?"
"Yeah, they were…well one was riding piggyback on the other," said Otamamon. "So Jason and Janet are taking turns playing piggy…"
"DEAR FOUNDERS NO!" snapped Renamon loudly. "No, no, no…Founders, now I'll have that etched into my brain…"
"Well then what do you mean?" Otamamon looked up at Renamon inquisitively.
"Some digimon, swap data, in order to produce a…digi-egg," said Renamon quietly. "It's a very archaic form of digi-egg production that most digimon gave up in lieu of the Village of Origins. Anyways…in order to get to…the swapping of data, a pair of digimon goes through a set of rituals in order to get acquainted with the other…" Renamon looked down at Otamamon. The tadpole had a frown on its face. Renamon sighed and rubbed the side of her skull, "What is it?"
"Renamon, I have a question," stated the tadpole.
"Yes?" The vixen narrowed her eyes.
"If Jason and Janet are swapping data…" Otamamon's mouth twitched back and forth, "Should we swap data, too?"
Renamon looked down at Otamamon, "Not on your life."
"But…" Otamamon stammered.
"Don't even; no, just no. First of all they have just decided to…try the whole, dating thing and just…no," Renamon closed her eyes. "Now where was I?"
"Piggybacking Monochromon and rituals…" chirped Otamamon.
"Right…anyways, the masculine digimon usually has a special, component to his data file that is to be uploaded into the feminine digimon in a special place, and then they swap data," Renamon nodded. She stopped nodding and looked sternly at Otamamon, "But this is all after a long time of courtship…"
"Courtship?" Otamamon tilted his head, "What is courtship?"
"Well they are those sets of rituals the two digimon go through to get acquainted with each other, physically and emotionally," explained Renamon quietly.
"So, Janet and Jason…are going out so that they can get close to each other, so that, eventually, they'll swap data and have a digi-egg…?" Otamamon looked at Renamon and frowned, "You're just making this up…"
"I am not!" Renamon growled, "I just…know things…you don't. Digimon don't usually deal with that sort of stuff, so it doesn't normally bubble to the top of our heads. According to the literature in Janet's bedroom; humans must be very archaic when it comes to reproducing…"
"I want to see Jason do his courtship; maybe I can learn something…" Otamamon looked up at Renamon.
"No, we're staying here; we can't interrupt," Renamon replied curtly. "Plus you couldn't court a judge…"
"Why not?" Otamamon snorted, "You're just being a fussbudget."
"Otamamon think about this way, would you have wanted to interrupt those Monochromons' piggybacking exercise?" Renamon looked down at the tadpole.
"No way, Monochromon are cranky enough," responded Otamamon.
"Well, don't you think us getting in our partners' way would make them cranky?" asked Renamon.
"But our partners aren't Monochromon, and aren't you a little curious as to what they are doing?" Otamamon smiled coyly. "Wouldn't you like to know for sure Janet is safe, what if the ship is attacked while they're riding piggyback?"
"First of all, they won't be riding piggyback, that's just silly," Renamon growled, "They just started courtship, it will be several…well…Monochromon courtship lasts…the display is usually…" Renamon looked at her hand and wiggled her fingers and whispered numbers quietly to herself. Her head shot up, "I'm too young to be a digi-egg caretaker…let's go!"
"YAY!" cheered Otamamon as Renamon scooped him up and ran for the door.
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"The night air is nice and cool," stated Jason nervously as he held onto the guardrail on the edge of the deck. The stars shimmered quietly in the sky as the three moons bathed the Digital Seas in yellow, pale blue and rose light. Jason turned his head slightly and looked at Janet, "You…look really nice…"
Janet was wearing a blue shirt that buttoned half way down and a darker blue skirt that dropped to her knees. Her brown hair was combed neatly and the flower hairclip rested in its place, its lavender petals gently illumined by the moons' light.
"Thank you," Janet blushed brightly. "You look very, dapper yourself."
"Well, it was just, you know these walks are kind of special, and well…" Jason flustered slightly under Janet's eyes and he squirmed a little, "Let's umm, go down the deck, maybe we'll you know…" Jason sighed, "These things are kind of boring aren't they?"
Janet giggled a little, "Well, it's basically the same view, but no one can help that, it's not like we can walk down the street to the nearest movie theatre."
Jason laughed, "That's true; we'd need snorkel gear just to get to the ticket office…"
Janet laughed loudly and hugged Jason. The boy tensed up and blushed brightly. Janet pulled back and looked in the boy's azure eyes, "I'm sorry, did I cross the line?"
"No, no, just…" Jason fidgeted, "a bit of a surprise is all, I'm not used to…you know, hugs."
"Oh," Janet looked down, "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault," Jason replied instantaneously, "It's just when you live with just Dad; hugs aren't really a focus of your life."
"Oh," Janet smiled, "Well, I'll try to be less spontaneous in the future…"
"You…don't have to be," Jason replied, "It's ok, if you want to…hug me, or…well, it's not a problem, it was just I was surprised, that's all…"
"Oh," Janet smiled and then clasped Jason's hand, "Well, then I'll just hug you whenever then."
Jason blushed brightly. Something caught his eye. Something shifted in the shadows. Jason wrapped his arm around Janet and pulled her into a hug. The girl gasped in surprise. Jason put his lips near Janet's ear. She struggled slightly.
"I think someone is watching us," whispered Jason quietly. "Just act natural…"
"It would be easier if you weren't trying to squeeze me like a boa constrictor," hissed Janet back.
"Sorry," Jason replied in a hush and he released his hug gently. Jason looked around and then up at the sky. He mocked pointing at something and said, "Let's go down this way, I think I see a comet…"
"Really?" Janet looked up at the sky. Jason nudged Janet slightly and flitted his eyes about and then led her down the deck.
"Who is it?" asked Janet quietly as she walked closely beside Jason, "If it is one of those creepy Hookmon…"
"I don't know," replied Jason quietly, "but let's just stick close and be on guard."
"Ok," Janet blushed slightly as Jason put his hand around her waist and hugged in closely, "This isn't so bad…"
Jason gulped and tried to force down a giddy smile, "I guess NOT!" Jason's voice cracked and Janet giggled loudly. Jason looked and sighed. "Damn it…"
"Oh come on, it was cute," giggled Janet, "Plus you can't be Mr. Cool Calm and Collected all the time."
"Well, no," Jason looked around, "but if you tell Amy or anyone else…"
"Oh of course not," giggled Janet as she put her hand over her mouth, "Plus Amy wouldn't believe me…she thinks you're heartless."
"Piff, well, she also thinks leather comes from cotton," replied Jason with a cruel smile.
"No she doesn't!" giggled Janet. "She's too stylish not to know that leather comes from cattle."
"Don't make me laugh…I had an argument one night with her when we were looking for Kevin, she thought it came from cotton, honest to God!" Jason covered his heart with one hand and raised the other up, "I kid you not…"
"Oh dear, no wonder Brendan gets a nervous twitch when Amy talks to him," Janet giggled quietly to herself.
"Well, you know Steven and Amy had that weird experience when Ginryuumon digivolved the first time," whispered Jason quietly, "Evidently Amy saved his life." Jason smirked quietly, "If I didn't know better I'd think Steven…"
"Now I know you're kidding, Steven and Amy, please she'd kill him or he'd kill her…," Janet smiled. Her eyes flicked back and she leaned in close to Jason and whispered, "Is…the thing still with us?"
"Uh…" Jason blushed and rubbed the back of his head with his free hand, "I wasn't really paying attention…"
"Jason!" Janet gasped in shock and laid a playful swat on his chest, "some protector you are…"
"Well, I had someone distracting me…" Jason flashed a coy smile at Janet.
Janet was about to make a remark when a collection of crates fell down behind them.
"You clod!" sniped a familiar, feminine voice.
"Well you wouldn't get out of the way!" yelped another familiar voice, "I wanted to see!"
"Great, now they know we're here!" growled the first voice. There was a flurry of movement and a small 'tsip' sound.
"Was that…?" Jason looked to Janet.
"Renamon…" called Janet loudly to the night air.
Renamon's displeased figure blurred into existence in front of the two humans, holding Otamamon by his fishy tail. The tadpole was wriggling angrily, trying to free himself from the fox's grip.
"What are you doing out here?" interrogated Jason as he looked down at Otamamon.
"We wanted to see if you were going to ride piggyback and swap da…" started Otamamon but Renamon quickly slapped a vice-like palm over the tadpole's mouth.
"We wished to ensure your safety," said Renamon with a nod.
"Ride piggyback?" Janet looked dumbfounded. She looked at Otamamon then at Renamon and then at Jason. "What did he mean?"
"Who knows what he means, he's such a simpleton," snorted Renamon quietly. The fox's eyes shifted off to the right out to sea.
"Renamon…" Janet looked at the fox, "You are lying…you know perfectly well what he meant," Janet growled, "Look at me!" Renamon's eyes slid over to look at Janet. Janet took a breath, "Now spill it!"
Renamon only narrowed her eyes stubbornly, that is until Otamamon bit her finger. The fox winced and bit her lip as her hand reflexively flew from Otamamon's mouth.
"Renamon said you guys were going to swap data and make a digi-egg!" shouted Otamamon in a single breath.
The Janet and Jason looked at each other. They furrowed their brows and then as if the same synapses shot off at the same time their faces paled and their jaws dropped.
"WHAT?" the two humans looked in horror at the digimon and then at each other, immediately jumping back from each other.
Jason shook his head and glared at the fox, "What in God's green earth made you think that?"
"Well, you are dating, and that is the commencement of courtship…and well you've been doing this for a week, and well Monochromon usually court for about half a week…" Renamon stammered quietly, her eyes not making contact with either of the humans' eyes.
"A: We're not Monochromon," yelped Janet and she blushed brighter and brighter. "B: We're way too young to be swapping very much of anything, let alone anything that would produce any kind of egg, digi or otherwise. And C…well…C….well, C is self explanatory!"
"I wish someone would explain it to me," whimpered Otamamon.
"You're not innocent in this, Otamamon!" growled Jason. "Why in the world would you even want to watch us swap data, even if we were to…which we weren't and why the heck am I calling it swapping data when it's just called…?" Jason looked at Janet, and then he blushed bright red. "No, I don't even want to think about it…"
"I just wanted to know more about you, and be like you and be with you…" whispered the tadpole. "I'm sorry…"
"Look, I know you guys have been put under a lot of stress," Janet said with a release of exasperation. "But we need our time alone, so we can…"
"Get to know each other physically and emotionally so you can swap data and make a digi-egg?" suggested Otamamon with a spirited cheer.
"Uh…no," Jason kneeled down in front of Otamamon, "Trust me, we aren't swapping data, we're not making digi-eggs, so any kind of secret pile of digimon baby booties your making, best be getting unwound."
"But you're dating," Renamon tilted her head, "I don't understand…according to the literature in Janet's room…"
"You read my magazines?" Janet blushed brightly, "those are a little…bit of an exaggeration…of human customs…Renamon, dating is often a very, non-reproductive thing, sure we're…attracted to each other but we're still years and years and years and years and years and…"
"I think they get the idea!" said Jason as he gave a sidelong look back at Janet and frowned. Jason looked at the digimon, "The point is; we're not going to…now…if ever."
"Awe…" Otamamon sighed, "Can't you, just a little?"
"NO!" shouted Jason and Janet in unison. Renamon dropped the tadpole and he plopped on the ground. Jason scooped up Otamamon gently.
"I'm sorry, if you were expecting more," said Jason.
"I'm not, both of them are perverts!" yelped Janet as she glared at Renamon and Otamamon.
"Janet, they didn't know," Jason smiled, "it's kind of funny when you think about though…"
"I don't think it's funny at all," grumbled Janet, she put her hands on her hips. "Really, to do…with you…"
"Oi, what's wrong with me!" yelped Jason.
"Well, I mean…come on…that…" Janet blushed, "It's just wrong…"
"I see, well just to let you know I didn't even want to even have the idea of that with you!" retorted Jason. "I mean come on; with you…and that…I don't think so."
"Oh really!" Janet snorted loudly and crossed her arms.
"Wait," Jason looked down, "I mean, come on we're what, barely teenagers, this is not what we need to be fighting about, let alone thinking about. We haven't even kissed, let alone…well…you know."
Suddenly the ship lurched hard to the right. Emergency bells and sirens started and the sound of things rushing under foot and up deck echoed around them. Jason slammed against the guardrail and his hand instinctually shot out towards Janet as she tumbled past. His hand missed by inches and the girl rolled past. Janet grabbed onto a pole that held the guardrail to the deck and her legs waved madly above the roaring water or the ocean.
"HELP ME!" shouted Janet loudly. Renamon leapt to her and grabbed onto the girl's hands.
"Janet, can you get a foot hold on the hull of the ship?" grunted Renamon as she tugged.
"I'm trying but…" The boat shook again and Janet screamed loudly. Renamon slid as the deck moved under her clawed feet. The fox started to slide but Jason grabbed her around her furry, thin waist.
"I gotcha," grunted Jason as he started to backpedal. "All together, Heave….HO!"
Renamon and Jason pulled together and Janet came tumbling on deck. Renamon, Jason and Janet laid on deck breathing hard as the ship groaned.
"What was that?" Janet let out a huffy gasp.
"That…" Otamamon stated pointedly as he extended a claw forward. A high, spiked fin cut through the water. It dipped under the surface, but as it did a large, metallic chain flew into the air.
"That thing must be huge!" yelped Janet as she looked at the others. Bells were still ringing. The sounds of voices were shouting back and forth. A group of green, squat digimon rushed past. Janet grabbed one as it past. It was different than the others, as it had larger fins and spikes coming out of its knee joints. "What's going on?"
"Some stupid marine digimon is attacking the ship!" growled the digimon. "My Betamon and I are going under deck to check for damages."
"I'm guessing you're a Betamon too," said Jason. "I mean you look the same."
"Heh, kid, don't lump all of us in the same boat, I may be a Betamon, but I'm better than those others, I'm Betamon X!" the squat digimon then continued on his way.
"Betamon X?" Janet and Jason looked at each other.
"We have more important things to worry about!" yelped Otamamon as he pointed out to sea.
A square snout was rushing towards the ship. The high spined dorsal fin from before was rushing up behind the snout. The light of the moons glinted off the snout's surface.
"It's made of metal," Renamon narrowed her eyes, "Chrome Digizoid…"
"You guys brace for impact!" yelped Otamamon. He looked back at Renamon, "We gotta try and stop it!"
"We'll need you to stay safe," said Renamon. The two humans nodded and backed up against a group of tied down crates.
"Let's do it!" Otamamon hopped up on the guardrail, "Ok, Now!"
Renamon and Otamamon leapt over the edge of the deck. There was a flash of golden light. Seconds later a large, green-blue sea serpent and a lavender fire fox glided into the sky.
"Ice Blast!" growled the sea serpent as it belched out a wave of bluish frost.
"Jaenryuu!" barked the fox as its striped collar erupted with two, intertwining fire dragons.
The ice and fire bursts bounced off the metal snout. The fox rushed past the snout and flew low over the scaly body of the marine digimon.
"It's a fish!" shouted the sea serpent. "Uh oh…"
The metal snout rammed sending the ship reeling. The fish turned and swam away from the ship.
"Seadramon, is that…" the fox glided in closer. "We'll need to digivolve further!"
"Jason, Youkomon is right; we need more fire power, that fish is known as Metal Piranhmon," shouted the sea dragon.
"Don't worry, we're working on it!" called Jason loudly from the ship. He pulled out the small necklace around his neck and lifted it. It flickered slightly. "What the...? Come on we don't have time for this Seadramon is depending on me!" The crest then burst forth.
"Seadramon digivolve to Mega Seadramon!" the green snake elongated and its scales took on a ruby hue. A golden face mask fell over his head and a jagged horn jutted out of the fore of his skull. Green locks shook in the breeze as the sea dragon lunged into the water.
"Youkomon!" shouted Janet as she held up her tag and crest, "It's your turn!"
"Right!" shouted the purple fox as raspberry glow swirled around her. "Youkomon digivolve to Taomon!" A priestly robed digimon rose out of the light. It extended an arm and a fan of papers appeared in its clawed hands. "Thousand Spells!" the papers flashed through the air imbedding themselves into the scaly flesh of the fish as it retreated further from the ship.
The finny fiend lunged from the water angrily as the sea exploded in bursts of steam and electricity. The fish was huge, almost as large as a whale the red scales seemed to glow in the moonlight. Its entire head was engulfed by a set of metal jaws that looked like they had been crossed with a ramrod. A chain trailed from the back of the head and ended in a large round weight. Jason squinted his eyes and in the moonlight he could make out large, triangular razors jutting from the weight.
"That thing is…" Jason just stared at it as it crashed back into the water. "Tough looking…"
Mega Seadramon shot from the water and curled back around. The red sea dragon opened its mouth. "Mega Ice Blast!"
A spinning maelstrom of ice and snow swirled into the ocean. Seconds later the fish exploded through the ice and rammed Mega Seadramon with its head. The giant serpent rolled backward diving back into the water, head first and backwards. Taomon was rushing forward and had already lifted a glowing talisman.
"Talisman of Light!" shouted the robed digimon as a beam of burning light cut through the night air and struck the fish in the back of its metal head. The beam shattered into multiple rays as it reflected and refracted off of the metal. The fox digimon growled but kept pushing forward. She extended her arm and papers rolled outwards forming a huge spear. "Take this one you overgrown guppy!"
The fox priestess grunted and launched the paper harpoon into the back of the fish. The fish immediately disappeared under the waves leaving only a bunch of soaked papers on the surface. Taomon hovered over the water searching for signs of the leviathan.
The ocean flared with bursts of lightning, and hunks of ice floated to the surface in large icebergs. Mega Seadramon then exploded upwards. A chain was wrapped around his body. The mighty sea serpent railed against the beastly metal implement but it dragged him back under the water's surface.
Jason screamed over the guardrail as the last visage of the sea dragon dipped below the waves. The large fish then rose to the surface; its metallic snout had black spots where Mega Seadramon's lightning javelins had smashed into the Chrome Digizoid metal. The fish yanked hard to the right and the chain ripped into the air dragging Mega Seadramon up. As the massive sea dragon was hurled into the air. The chains came off his body and the fish flicked its tail. The weight on the end of the chain whipped upward and the whirring blades on the weight sliced through the dragon. Mega Seadramon roared loudly as a golden glow swirled around him and a small, object dropped down and plunged into the water.
Taomon had already summoned a shield of papers in front of her. The tinging sound of metal sliding into place echoed from the priestess as the shield started to glow. The shield erupted forward smacking the fish's metal face on the broadside. The red eyes of the fish glowed angrily and it turned its head. Suddenly the fish was charging Taomon. The priestess instantly retreated into the sky.
"I have to go for him!" shouted Jason loudly.
"No!" screamed Janet as she latched onto the boy. "You can't! That fish will eat you whole!"
"Damn it, I have to go out there, no one else can!" growled Jason as he pushed Janet off of him, "Look, I'll be right back, just hold tight!"
Jason then ran up deck. Other digimon that had been rushing about from the emergency were now watching in awe at the battle in the ocean. Amongst them was the group of Betamon from before.
"Where are you going?" growled Betamon X as the squat digimon bounded after Jason.
"I have to get Otamamon back!" growled Jason as he walked to a lifeboat, got on and started untying the moorings.
"Well, you can't; Metal Piranhmon will eat you alive!" grunted the digimon.
"I don't care, I have counted on Otamamon to save me a lot and it's time I put my neck out for him," replied Jason loudly as he pulled on a number of pulleys, shimmying the lifeboat down the side of the ship with him in it. "Heaven knows I haven't been treating him properly this last week…he probably feels like crap…"
"Well you aren't going alone!" shouted the digimon as he leapt down into the boat next to Jason, "You'll need a look out…"
"Alright," growled Jason as the boat plopped into the ocean. Jason looked over the choppy water. "Taomon is still retreating from Metal Piranhmon, and the fish is moving in the opposite direction than the one Otamamon fell in…so…Otamamon should be that way!" Jason pointed in a direction furthest from Metal Piranhmon.
"Well, get too it, I'll watch for the metal jawed fish fillet!" grunted Betamon X. Jason snorted and grabbed the oars of the lifeboat and started paddling in the direction he had pointed. Every few minutes Betamon X would grunt about turning a little left or right to stay on course.
Jason looked up once, after one particularly bright flash of light. Taomon was hovering behind a glowing shield, as the bladed weight cranked against the luminescent force field the priestess had employed. The fish finally disappeared under the water, only to re-emerge seconds later trying to eat Taomon whole. Finding the priestess out of reach it returned to its original endeavor, ramming the Great Gannet.
He grunted as the paddles punched through the thick, sea water. The lifeboat bobbed up and down and Jason was soaked from waves that had rushed over the very limited hull of the craft.
"OTAMAMON!" shouted Jason loudly at one point. "OTAMAMON!"
"Kid, stop it!" yelped Betamon X.
"What!" shouted Jason loudly.
"We're attracting unwanted attention!" growled Betamon X. Jason looked up. They were well over a hundred yards off from the ship, Taomon had continued her attempts at distracting Metal Piranhmon, but even so the fish seemed to notice them. It was coming about. It was charging the lifeboat. Betamon X spun around to Jason, "Hurry, evasive actions!"
"Screw that!" shouted Jason loudly, "We can't out maneuver that thing!"
"Good point, in that case, say your prayers because we're fish food!" yelped Betamon X. "Been nice serving with you!"
"Don't you give up yet, we have to save Otamamon!" shouted Jason loudly.
"Kid, we gotta save ourselves first!" shouted Betamon X.
"OTAMAMON! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME DO SOMETHING SO I CAN FIND YOU!" shouted Jason loudly.
"Kid give it up, the little guy is probably already deleted or has sunk under the ocean!" growled Betamon X.
"Don't tell me to give up on him, damn it! He wouldn't give up on me, he's relying on me, and I'm not giving up!" Jason shouted loudly.
"Look!" Betamon X pointed back to Metal Piranhmon. The fish was being restrained by something. It looked like an energy bubble.
"Taomon, she's inversed her spirit shield, to ensnare him…" whispered Jason. "Right, she's buying us time…" Jason cupped his hands over his mouth, "OTAMAMON DO SOMETHING!"
"Over there!" Betamon X hopped over to the other side of the lifeboat. "Ten degrees starboard from the forward bow! Six feet out!"
Jason looked forward and then right. He narrowed his eyes and he saw them. The darkness didn't do much for his sight but in little glints of moonlight tiny bubbles could be seen floating about.
"OTAMAMON, I'M COMING!" Jason sat down and grabbed the oars tightly and ripped the paddles through the water nearly jetting the lifeboat over the waves. The bubbles grew larger as they came closer.
"We've got company!" growled Betamon X. Jason looked back and saw a golden glow. Metal Piranhmon was rushing towards them in an all out rage.
"We're nearly there!" shouted Jason. He strained with the paddles. "Just a few more feet!"
"Don't worry, I'll get you those feet!" growled Betamon X as he scrambled past Jason to the aft of the lifeboat. His fins charged up with blue energy. "Electric Shock 185V!" There was a loud snap and a streak of lightning flashed from the aft of the lifeboat to the snout of Metal Piranhmon.
"Are you stupid? If two Ultimate digimon couldn't hurt him, what makes you think you can!" shouted Jason loudly.
"Hey, I'm not the one out in the ocean with the beast to save his friend!" growled Betamon X in response, "I got just as much spunk as you do!"
The squat digimon's fins charged up and another streak of lightning plinked off the encroaching snout of the fish. Betamon X fired another three bursts of electricity. One of the streaks flicked past the snout and arced into the creature's eye. Metal Piranhmon roared in annoyance and whipped its tail. The wake from the fish's tail pushed the lifeboat forward. Jason looked down and saw Otamamon rolling towards him and he put out his hands and grabbed up the tadpole.
"Are you ok?" shouted Jason as he hugged Otamamon close.
"I'm ok…" whimpered the tadpole, "but I bet you're disappointed, I ruined your date and now I'm gonna get you killed…"
"Don't say that!" Jason hugged the tadpole, "You're my best friend, if anyone should be disappointed, you should; I let you down by not listening." Jason turned, "Betamon X, can you keep getting Metal Piranhmon in the eye it may…" Jason stopped and paled slightly.
Betamon X was lying in the lifeboat, but a large gash was ripped across his body. His two right legs were barely attached to his torso. His fins were shredded.
"He got me with that weight…" rasped the digimon, "I guess he just had a bit more spunk than I did…" the digimon coughed loudly. Flecks of a dark liquid splattered on the floor of the lifeboat. "I may not have made much of difference against him as I am…but I bet you can make a much bigger difference…you really care about your friends and your relationships…I want you to have this…" A golden glow flooded from Betamon X and the digimon shifted slightly and its sharpened look dulled and the spikes on its elbow joints disappeared. The golden glow took up an 'X' shape and flowed into Jason. "Guess I have to go back to get fixed up…" Betamon winced. "Hey, human…use that gift and give him hell…"
Jason eyes went from sympathetic to hard; he nodded as Betamon dissolved into particles. Jason looked up. Metal Piranhmon was moving slower towards them.
Jason growled. "He's playing with us…"
"What are we going to do?" asked Otamamon quietly.
"We're fighting back, Betamon was willing to fight him, so will we," Jason looked down at Otamamon.
"You can rely on me, Jason, I'll fight to protect you and Renamon and Janet and the entire crew!" chirped the tadpole.
"And buddy, I've got your back, we're in this together, and I won't let you down," Jason looked sternly up at Metal Piranhmon. "He thinks we're done, that we're giving up, but there are too many people relying on us for us to give up!"
"You're right!" Otamamon toughened his look, "If he thinks we're just giving in, he's got another think coming!"
There was a lavender glow. Jason looked at his hands and Otamamon looked around him. A large glowing 'X' appeared on Jason's chest. Suddenly there was the squeal of a digivice in Jason's ear and the surge of strength in his arms.
"Otamamon biomerge to…" The lifeboat disintegrated from under them. They were lifted into the air by an indescribable force. Sharply cornered, gold gauntlets covered their muscular, orange, dragon arms. Jagged, grey armor covered their chest, and when they reached up they could feel a smooth, but jagged helmet covered their head. A long rhino like horn erupted from their snout. Something ripped from their back. Jagged armor covered their sharply toned legs and large sharp, talons grew from their feet. "…WARGREYMON X!" The sharply armored dragon warrior glared down at the fish, "Who sent you?"
"That is none of your concern," growled the fish loudly.
"I am not in a good mood," growled WarGreymon X. "You just murdered a very noble digimon, you injured two of my friends, you threatened a vessel I'm traveling in and you ruined my date! So it is very much my concern who told you to come here, so you damn well better tell me, or you can be assured I'll be smoking some piranha sushi in the kitchen for breakfast!"
"Heh, you'll wish you'd never traveled these seas," said the fish as he slid under the water.
WarGreymon X hovered searching the waves frantically. With in the Mega digimon Jason was shaking his head as he scanned the water for a dark shadow. "Where is he?"
"There!" yelped Otamamon as a spinning saw flew towards them.
WarGreymon X swept his gauntlet up slapping the saw, but the blade stuck in his armor. The chain tugged yanking at WarGreymon X's arm and dragging the dragon warrior towards the water's surface. War Greymon X grabbed the chain with his free hand, yanked and then grasped part of the drawn chain with his other hand. The armored dragon warrior then groaned and grunted as he strained upward.
"This is ridiculous!" growled Jason as he strained backward, "Isn't there something we can do?"
"I have an idea," Otamamon called. WarGreymon X released the chain with the free hand.
"Dramon Destroyer!" Long claws extended from gauntlet over the hand. The claws glowed bright red, with one quick swipe the chain flew backward and WarGreymon X jetted backward. "Metal Piranhmon, get up here and fight like a real mon!"
"If you say so!" a large shadow appeared below WarGreymon X and the huge fish and its maw erupted from below the dragon warrior. The metal mouth clamped shut on top of WarGreymon X. "Max Power Vice!" chortled the fish as it returned to the water.
WarGreymon X had his arms braced against the top of the fish's maw and his feet firmly planted on the jaw of the fish. His arms and legs quaked against the pressure of the metallic vice as water rushed past them.
"This is bad…" Jason as he slid a foot forward to release the ache that seemed to ooze from his right leg. "I can't hold my breath forever!"
"Don't worry, my data seems to have added an oxygen extractor to the chest armor," Otamamon's cheery voice said.
"Great we can be crushed while conscious," smirked Jason quietly, "Any ideas on how to get out of this one?"
"Working on it," returned Otamamon. "I wonder…our claws are Chrome Digizoid enhanced with the X Antibody, how much do you want to bet they can cut normal Chrome Digizoid?"
"I have no idea…" Jason replied with a streak of honesty.
"I'd say pretty good, well, here goes…hopefully something good!" called Otamamon.
"Grand Tornado!" WarGreymon X's gauntlet claws extended into the roof of Metal Piranhmon's mouth. The dragon warrior spun viciously as water swirled around him and he drilled through the metal upper mandible of the fish.
Metal Piranhmon screeched as the top of his mouth exploded in a Chrome Digizoid shavings and a spinning force that spiraled to the surface. WarGreymon X shot into the air. He glared downward into the water. A dark shadow rose to the surface. A whip of metal cut out of the water. WarGreymon X growled and slapped the chain away.
"You, put a hole in my metal jaws!" Metal Piranhmon exploded from the ocean; its blunt snout rushing towards WarGreymon X.
"Oh, this is getting old," growled WarGreymon X. The dragon warrior retreated backward and drew his hands downward and pulled his hands together. "So, let's finish this!"
Metal Piranhmon passed by WarGreymon X and the dragon warrior lifted his arm and pulled his hands apart, as he did this action a stream of aquamarine energy swept into his hand and swirled into a large ball. Metal Piranhmon came around and was rushing toward WarGreymon X fully ready to ram the warrior into the ocean.
"I'll send you to the bottom of the sea!" roared Metal Piranhmon loudly. "And then my master will destroy the other human!"
"Don't count on it," WarGreymon X held a large swarming sphere of glowing, aquamarine energy between his hands. "Feel the wrath of our strength! Poseidon Force!"
WarGreymon X launched the sphere forward sending it in a spinning motion into the waves. The ocean split in front of the ball and the waves were dragged into the sphere as it grew. The ball exploded into Metal Piranhmon throwing the fish into the air.
"Now to finish this!" WarGreymon X ripped his claws upward and a sphere of heated orange energy rolled into his hands. "Terra Force Zero!" WarGreymon X twisted forward throwing the ball of energy in a shallowly curving pitch. The air around the ball warped and Metal Piranhmon howled as its metallic snout melted from its face. The huge whale fish crashed into the water; writhing in pain.
"You haven't seen the last of me!" roared the fish as it retreated into the waves, "Lord CyberSeadramon will teach you the lesson of real ocean power!"
"Tell your lord we'll be waiting for him!" shouted WarGreymon X as he shook a fist. "And I'll do to him what I did to you, if he messes with my friends again!"
Metal Piranhmon became a speck on the dark horizon and WarGreymon X growled angrily and flew back to the Great Gannet. WarGreymon X touched down lightly on the deck and looked around.
"Janet, Renamon, are you guys ok?" called Jason loudly from within the dragon warrior.
The young woman walked forward gently balancing Renamon on her shoulder. "Jason…is that…you?"
"I'm here too!" yelped Otamamon's voice sharply.
"Yes, it's me. Pretty cool isn't it?" said Jason as WarGreymon X checked himself out.
"Kind of…sharp isn't it?" noted Janet as she looked at the jagged armor and claws.
"Sharp but effective," replied WarGreymon X. The dragon warrior glowed brightly and dissociated into its human and digimon parts.
Janet gasped loudly as she looked at Jason. The boy had gained muscle tone in the short period between her date and the attack. His hair was a little spikier; his ears even became slightly pointed. The boy looked at her and his eyes almost burned with sapphire blue. Jason immediately started scratching his chest.
"Janet, did your chest itch when you biomerged with Renamon?" grunted Jason and he slipped a hand under his shirt and scratch. He stopped and his fingers played over his chest.
"Jason, is something wrong…?" Janet looked at the boy worriedly.
"Just a tic…" Jason snuck behind some crates. The soft sound of ruffling fabric wafted from behind the crates and then there was a gasp and then one utterance, "Oh my God…"
"What is it!" yelped Janet and she ran behind the crates.
Renamon was right behind her. Janet stopped short, blushed and looked down, but Renamon looked up at Jason. The boy's shirt was off and the moonlight fell sharply on his pale, but strongly defined chest. The boy's flesh seemed to glow with a large, crimson X.
"What the hell is this?" Jason looked up at Renamon and then to Otamamon. The fox walked in close to Jason and ran her clawed fingers over the X.
"It's not a wound, and it's not a burn…" murmured Renamon quietly, "It's almost like poison ivy…"
"It itches like hell in a heat wave!" yelped Jason as he scratched at the X.
"That Betamon!" yelped Otamamon loudly. Renamon looked up at Otamamon. The tadpole hopped up and down, "he was a Betamon X then he gave Jason a gift…"
Renamon gasped slightly, "He gave you his X antibody! No wonder…."
"Yeah, I guessed he had when we biomerged into WarGreymon X instead of WarGreymon," whispered Otamamon.
"What is an X antibody!" yelped Jason loudly.
"Well, it enhances a digimon's physical abilities slightly…" murmured Renamon quietly, "Well the antibody definitely explains…" Renamon quirked her eye and looked over the boy's defined chest, arms and stomach. The fox then flashed her blue eyes up to his head, "…the ears…"
"EARS?" Jason put his hands to his ears, "THEY'RE POINTED; I'VE BECOME A FRICKEN ELF!"
"That's not a bad thing…" Janet said quietly to herself before blushing and looking down again.
"Don't worry, the antibody shouldn't harm you…" replied Renamon quietly.
"But it itches like crazy!" moaned Jason loudly.
"Scratching won't help, it's probably just a temporary effect," murmured the fox. "It already looks a little better." The fox ran her finger over the red X. It was definitely cooler and less inflamed. "Janet, come see…" The fox reached back and put the girl's hand to Jason's chest, "That feels almost normal for a human, doesn't it?"
"Uh…well…I…uh…" Janet blushed bright red.
"I think it's contagious, Renamon," giggled Otamamon.
"Otamamon, be serious," growled Renamon. The fox looked to Jason, "Maybe it would be best if you go down and have the doctor look at it…Janet and I will be back in our quarters if you wish to tell us what the doctor says."
Renamon led Janet away. The girl looked back every once in a while at the boy.
"Well?" asked Otamamon quietly.
"I guess we go to the doctor," sighed Jason as he through his shirt over his shoulder. "Damn this itches…"
"Don't scratch it!" chastised Otamamon as Jason raked his fingernails over the X.
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"Renamon is right," grouched a gnarled looking tree stump as it poked at the X with its jagged, branchlike arm. "Just a residual effect, I suspect your body is just getting desensitized to the antibody, I'd give it a week. I'll give you a cream to put on it to help with the itching…don't worry by the time we hit shore, you'll be itch free and the first ever X human."
"Great, now I'm an X man…not only that but when I'm with Otamamon my claws extend out of a gauntlet…" groaned Jason quietly.
"Well, I think Janet liked the change a little," giggled Otamamon quietly, "she was blushing like you did when you saw her in the…"
"YES, YES, I KNOW!" snapped Jason as Otamamon rolled on the floor giggling at the boy's embarrassment.
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Metal Piranhmon rushed through the ocean. His head still hurt from the destruction of his metallically enhanced snout. Now he just had a normal mouth and face.
"Those stupid humans!" growled the fish loudly, "How dare they? I'll get them back!
"No…you won't…" hissed a voice. Metal Piranhmon stopped suddenly and looked up. A huge slender figure was curling in the ocean in front of him. A large head appeared in front of the curling, slithering mass of cords, and metal. Its blunt snout ended in a cannon and four huge turbine-backed guns surrounded its skull. Metal plating ran up and down its jaw and waterproof, cybernetic wiring ran down the neck of the serpent beast. A pair of glowing red eyes glared down at the fish. "You had your chance and you ran away like a coward…I do not accept such behavior…"
"Lord CyberSeadramon! Please, forgive me, I'm sorry; I'll really try next time!" whined the fish loudly.
"There will be no more next times for you, unacceptable behavior results in being terminated," replied the enormous cyberized sea dragon. The dragon's snout glowed bright red, "River of Rage!"
A crimson river fired from the sea dragon's snout. Metal Piranhmon's voice screamed loudly as the ocean flared blood red.
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The question on everyone's lips is how did Renamon know so much about…courtship, since in the chapter set in File Island; she suggests she knows nothing about relationship reproduction, but actually she only suggests she only didn't know about mothers, we can only believe that Renamon knows of courtship but not about what happens afterwards, especially since Elecmon's reaction was to shield the young'uns from the archaic reproduction.
Oh and thanks to Blue who helped me decide on making WarGreymon XOtamamon's biomerge Mega.
Again sorry about the earlier chapter swapping, 74 is anew chapter 74 and 75 is 71.