+YOUR STORM+
+starring Sydney Anrui and Impmon+
Sydney Anrui and any other humans mentioned in this story (c) J. Little 2005. Impmon, Beelzebumon and Giga Dramon are (c) Toei and Bandai. FINNALY, Here is part three! This is my favorite chapter thus far- I am very pleased with how it came out! Just a note to you all, I am turning these chapters out as FAST as I can. However, these days free-time is much harder to come across than in the old days- so you will have to bear with me here, and wait patiently for each part to come out. However, I would like to thank all of you who have showed intrest in this story, and have given me so many lovely reviews! Thank you so much everyone-- and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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PART THREE
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"Alright, don't panic..." Impmon murmured, slipping his arm out from under his tamer's embrace. "Just leave it t' me." With the flick of his wrist and a snap of his fingers, he'd ignighted a soft, orange fireball in his palm.
Sydney let out a sigh of relief. "For a second there, I forgot you could do that..." She loostened her hold on him a little bit.
He grinned, flashing his sharp white teeth- rather proud of himself.
She continued to gaze at the flame for a moment, completely silent. Her milk-white skin was bathed softly with the warm glow of the flame, and her dark eyes shone in the light- the eyes which were the very same color of the raging storm outside.
Impmon couldnt help but gaze at her in an almost dumbstruck awe. In that moment, she looked so perfect to him...
"I wonder if mom has any candles..." The girl finnaly murmured aloud, and slowly got to her feet.
Another loud boom of thunder sounded, sending her into a jittered panic once again.
"M-Maybe you should come with me..!" She squeaked hurriedly taking his free hand in her own. "Come on..!"
He uttered a surprised "Woah!", and proceeded to stumble after her- their only light the tiny flame he held in his palm.
They reached Sydney's mother's room which was just down the hall, thankfully.
"I'm pretty sure mom keeps some candles in her nightstand..." The girl stepped across the room with her partner digimon closeby, carefully pulling the drawer open.
He extended his hand to make it easier for her to look. "S' one of the biggest storms we've had in a long time, huh?"
"Yeah, I'll say.." She murmured nervously, sifting through the contents of the drawer. "Let's see..."
He fixed his gaze on her again, and fell quiet. Just about to say something, he reached out with his free hand- But an abrubt, sharp beeping startled them both.
Sydney looked back over her shoulder at him. "Isn't that... the D-Arc...?"
His eyes widened in realization. "Y-Yeah... Yeah, you're right..!"
Forgetting all about the candles, they both scrambled out of Sydney's moms room, and dashed back down the hall, and back into Sydney's.
She hurried over to her bed, and tossed the pillows aside- reavealing the black-and-purple D-Arc. She lifted it in her trembling hand, hunkering down beside him so that he could see as well.
"There's... A digimon near by..." She murmured, in shock.
"A digimon...? Here? Now!" He echoed in disbelief.
She nodded, and swallowed hard. "Should... Should we go check it out..?"
He took a moment to think- the light from the fire he still held in his palm flickering across his face.
"..Yeah. Let's go, Syd!"
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The lightning had stopped, at least.
However, the rain was still pouring down on them in sheets.
"The... The digimon couldn't have picked.. a worse time... to show up...!" Sydney huffed, as she dashed down the sidewalk, with Impmon safely tucked under her raincoat.
"You're tellin' me..." He murmured to himself, with a sigh.
They followed the directions of the beeping device, untill they reached a small park nearby.
At first, they saw nothing. Only the soft mist that the Digital Field always produced- and the faint outlines of an old playground.
"I don't... see anything..." Sydney murmured softly. "..Do you..?"
Impmon narrowed his eyes. "..It's here, alright. I can feel it..."
"Eh..?" She gasped, looking down at him quickly.
There was a loud, almost deafening roar just then- that pierced through the mist and the rain- chilling the young teen and her partner digimon to the bone.
"What... Was that?" Sydney whispered, her voice tinged with dread.
Out of the darkness, an almost impossibly gigantic, horrible form descended from the sky- Casting a shadow over the both of them that seemed it could swallow them whole.
Sydney desparately pulled her drenched, ebony locks out of her face- the D-Arc beeping almost hyesterically- Before the information she seeked finally appeared on the screen.
"It's Giga Dramon! Cyborg Digimon, Ultimate level.." She shook her head hard, sending droplets flying. "His attacks are Genocide Gear and Guilty Claw..!"
Impmon swiftly slipped out the bottom of the girl's coat, clenching his crimson-gloved fists at his sides. "This isn't going to be easy..."
"You're going to fight...?" She asked, half in disbelief- half in complete, utter worry.
"'Gotta..." He said, glancing back over his shoulder at her. "...Don't want him t' hurt you..."
Her eyes widened, ad she clutched the D-Arc to her chest. "...But, Impy.. You don't-"
She was cut off by another deaftening roar- and the loud SNAP that sounded as the humungous digimon flapped it's wings downward- It was comming right at them..!"
"Out of the way, NOW!" He shouted- shoving his tamer backward and out of the line of fire.
The digimon appeared before them, just then. As every bit terrifying as it was gigantic. Half serpant, half winged- dinosaur with metal claws for hands.
Sydney let out a scream in horror, as the beast let out a raspy roar of a laugh- snapped it's jaws- forming an almost sadistic, sharp-toothed grin.
"What luck...!" It hissed, gnashing it's teeth- "...I've only just arrived here, and already I've encountered a weakling child of a Digimon, and a wimpy human!"
"Back off, scaly-tailed bastard..!" Impmon growled, his barbed tail lashing furiously.
"Be careful..." Sydney whispered, quivering from head to toe.
He smirked at her, over his shoulder. "..Aren't I always?"
With that, the tiny purple imp charged foreward- letting out a loud yell-
"NOW, SYD!"
Sydney managed a small nod, and held out the D-Arc before her- quickly pulling a card from her pocket, and running it though the device.
"DIGI-MODIFY...!" She cried, sweeping the card through the device in a graceful arc- "...WARP DIGIVOLUTION, ACTIVATE!"
Before their attacker even knew what was happening, his tiny imp of a foe was enveloped in a brilliant, violet light.
"IMPMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...!"
Sydney's tiny, purple partner emerged from the light- Now evolved to his final, perfect form.
"...BEELZEBUMON, BLAST MODE!"
Giga Dramon blinked, taken aback by this new digimon that stood before him. It was in the form of a lanky, tall human man- clad in black leather, with two violet-feathered wings spouted from his shoulders.
"You digivolved..!" The flying serpant digimon cursed, clenching his iron fists. "--But how?"
Beelzebumon smirked, flashing his sharp inscisors. "...It's because of that girl, over there." He glanced over his shoulder at his rain-soaked tamer, who stood watching him unblinkingly, the D-Arc glowing purple in her palm. "...Because of her.. I am now a helluva lot stronger than you are, pal!"
"Never...!" Giga Dramon spat, diving right at him. "...YOU COULD NEVER DEFEAT ME, YOU SCRAWNY, PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A DIGIMON...!"
Beelzebumon stood his ground, instead whipping out his right arm- which toted a giganic gun- Cooly muttering out his attack. "...Death Slinger..!"
The attack hit Giga Dramon hard in the shoulder, causing him to reel backward, and send him crashing into a rickety swingset- the metal poles buckling below the massive beast's weight.
Beelzebumon leapt foreward swiftly, unsheathing his sharply-clawed left hand- and charged straight at the fallen serpent.
Giga Dramon struggled to right himself- but he was built for the air, not for the land- and he just couldn't seem to pull himself up into the air again.
Beelzebumon landed a swift kick in his opponents face, knocking the digimon flat onto it's side with an enormous crash. As the mist swirled around them, Beelzebumon cocked his enormous gun at Giga Dramon's head, the unmistakable "click" echoing throughout the tiny park.
"..Any last words..?" Beelzebumon growled, narrowing his three sharp, green eyes.
The fallen serpent seemed to have accepted his fated defeat- and has ceased his struggle, and lowered his head to the ground with a remendous thud. "...I... Have lost..." He closed his eyes, a shuddered sigh escaping him. "...Do what you must..."
"...I intend to." Beelzebumon muttered darkly.
"...WAIT!"
The cry reached the two digimon across the clearing, above the unrelenting splatter of the rain.
"Sydney...?" Beelzebumon murmured, only then taking his eyes off of his fallen opponent.
"Don't... Don't kill him..!" The girl gasped as she reached them, clenching the glowing D-Arc to her chest.
"Sydney, Why...?" Beelzebumon questioned, his voice gentling drastically with question.
"B-Because..." She came to a stop beside her partner, reaching out to touch his arm. "...I just... can't let you do it.." She turned her large, storm colored eyes to him. "...Please?"
Beelzebumon fell silent, slowly lowering his weapon.
Sydney let out a relieved sigh, and turned to the fallen Giga Dramon. "...Are... You alright..?"
Giga Dramon only stared at the drenched human girl with his large, yellow eyes.
"You... You stupid girl..." He grunted under his breath, a deep growl rumbling in his throat. "...I'd have killed you too, if your dammned partner hadn't---" He flinched sharply, clenching his knifelike fangs- in what appeared to be pain.
"Maybe so..." Sydney's brows furrowed in concern, reaching out with her palm to touch the digimon's scarred, grey hide. "...But you're the one who came out of that battle hurt, not us..."
Giga Dramon flinched at the touch- obviously still in a lot of pain. "...Just... Finnish me off... Please.."
The girl shook her head quickly. "...No! I told you, we're not going to do that..!"
The huge armored serpent growled again, though this time, a lot softer. "..You realize.. You're making a big fuss over nothing..."
Sydney smiled softly, shaking her head once again. "Giga Dramon-San...?"
"Huh..?" The digimon grunted, lifting his steel-helmeted head slightly, the rain dribbling off his squareish muzzle in tiny rivers.
"...Impy and I will make you all better again, So-" She glanced over her shoulder, motioning for her partner to come over to her- But as she did, something caught her eye.
Standing in the rain by the park entrance, was a tall, long-haired teenage girl- her eyes wide, her mouth hanging open.- And her knuckles white from clenching onto the handle of her umbrella so hard.
Sydney let out a gasp, immediately recognizing the person.
"I-It's..." She shook her head slowly in disbelief, taking a step back.
Beelzebumon looked over to his partner, swiftly. "...Syd, what is it? Who...!"
She swallowed hard, unable to tear her eyes off of the wide-eyed girl who stood just across the park from them.
"...It's Ayase-San!"