Protectors of the Digital World
Chapter 4
"DOUBLE PUNCH!" yelled Ry. Two big claws came flying at Runi. Runi instinctively ducked to the left and dodged one claw, but the second one smashed him right in the forehead and knocked him out cold.
"NO!" yelled DemiMeramon. "FIREBALL!"
"POP ATTACK!" yelled DemiVeemon.
A fireball and a very rapid stream of bubbles hit Ry in the legs and made him fall flat on his face.
"BUBBLE BLOW!" yelled both Bukamon and Tsunomon. The bubbles hit the other four Tentomon and held them there.
"Surrender Ry," said DemiVeemon.
"Ha. PLAN ALPHA, GO!"
All five Tentomon yelled, "SUPER SHOCKER!" and broke out of their bubbles, aiming their lightning at the now re-awakening Runi.
"NO!" yelled DemiMeramon. "DemiMeramon digivolve to Candlemon!"
In the fireballs place there now stood a small candle with waxy wings and a smiling flame on its wick.
"PARAFFIN PARALYZER!" it yelled.
Immediately, it shot out a waxy substance that stopped and dried around the lightning and the entire Buzz Gang, stopping them all in their tracks.
"FLAME BOMBER!" yelled Candlemon. The small Digimon shot a giant fireball out of its mouth that instantly assimilated all five of the Tentomon.
"WAIT!" yelled Runi, his head reeling from the blow. "How can you kill those Digimon. Even though they were evil, you cannot just kill them!"
"Don't worry," said Candlemon as he shined and turned back into DemiMeramon, "all Digimon that are assimilated are reborn in Beginning Village, run by Lilymon. I'm sure that's not the last we'll see of the Buzz Gang."
"Hey," said Andy, "why did you just turn back into DemiMeramon? It's obvious Candlemon was way stronger. How did you even turn into him in the first place? Runi never said 'Power Up'."
"Well, when digivolving to any stage above In-Training, it takes battle experience or an urgent need to digivolve, and I had to turn back into DemiMeramon because digivolving uses up a lot of energy and Digimon need more battle experience to keep the form longer or digivolve again."
"Is staying in this form taking up energy?" asked Rachel.
"Nope," said Bukamon. "Baby and In-Training forms use up the same amount of energy, but each form has its pros and cons. You can only digivolve to Rookie from the In-Training stage, but the powers you acquire are stronger when you're in Baby form."
"Oh, I see."
"We should probably get moving," said Jacob.
The group walked and talked about their parents, their life back home, and the Digital World. The sun started to set.
"I think we should set up camp," said Jacob.
"That is a good idea," said Runi. "I will look for some firewood.."
"I'll help too," said DemiMeramon, and they walked into the forest that oddly just began at the edge of the desert they were currently in.
"You know," said Rachel, "I was just thinking..."
"Alert the presses," mumbled Andy.
Ignoring him, she continued. " I was just thinking about a story I saw on the news back home about two warring gangs. Is that what that Buzz Gang was?"
"Yes," said Tentomon, "there are many gangs and factions here in the Digital World, though not all of them are bad. You might even call our form of government a faction. They call themselves The Alliance and they make the decisions that police and govern the Digital World. The Alliance consists of our ruler and king, Huanlongmon, and his advisors, Azulongmon, the dragon, Baihumon, the tiger, Ebonwumon, the tortoise, and Zhuqoiamon, the phoenix."
"Cool," said Rachel.
"Hey, that's my word!" said Andy.
"Your word! You can't own a word!"
"Ummmm... I have brought us firewood."
Everyone looked at Runi and saw him standing there sheepishly holding a pile of logs. Everyone silently gathered around as he sat the logs down and DemiMeramon set them on fire. All 8 lied down in a circle around the fire.
"G'night everyone," said Jacob, and slowly eight mouths began snoring away their first night together in the Digital World.