Chapter Four: Speed King - Deep Purple, In Rock (the tune works, and the title is sooo right, but not the lyrics. So if you have it, play it!)
Also, a couple of notes. Firstly, I don't know much about Tyrannomon, except that he's champion. So please don't sue. lol
And... Like it or not, I'm gonna name ALL the chapters after songs from now on. They either sound good or you should play the song while reading the chapter. And I'm gonna do it, like it or not. Wahahaha!
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"Ouff!" all the air was drawn from T.K.'s lungs as he hit the wall.
The Tyrannomon roared. It charged forward and almost crushed T.K. when he rolled out of the way.
"T.K., catch!" Kari threw the knife at him. He caught it and threw it at the Tyrannomon. It went in and the Tyrannomon roared in pain. It then charged at T.K. again.
"Boom Bubble!" Patamon yelled out. The 'bubble' flew towards the Tyrannomon and at the same time...
"Lightning paw!" Gatomon ran forward together with the bubble and knocked him down. Although she hit the collar a few times, there wasn't a scratch on it.
"Like my new collar?" Sam sniggered.
"Not really." she hissed. She went and finished off the Allomon.
"Round ten. Tired?" he sneered.
Kari, T.K., Ken, Patamon and Gatomon had finished nine rounds without getting any of the others in trouble, yet. Patamon and Kari were exhausted, Ken had a few bad lacerations, and they all knew they wouldn't last much longer without a miracle of some sort.
"Why are you doing this?" Ken asked.
"Heh. You're still so dense." he responded.
"Evil!" Kari muttered.
"True true. What say we add another ten rounds?" he replied.
"Son of a bitch." T.K. muttered.
"Okay, let's make it a little more challenging. Take your pick." as he said this, a section of the arenas wall turned around, revealing a few weapons.
"You're joking? There's gotta be a catch." T.K. said.
"Oh, there is." he sniggered.
T.K. approached the wall slowly, checking for any traps. After he was sure it was clean, he picked out a combat knife.
"Here, Ken." he handed it to Ken. There was another belt of it, which Ken strapped on. T.K. picked out a couple of katanas. He brought over to Kari two handguns, because the author couldn't resist a hot girl with dual berettas. Gatomon picked out some claws, which she attached to her gloves. All that was left was a...
"You're kidding me." Patamon got up. "A rock?"
"Might as well. Who knows, it may come in handy." Sam said.
Patamon picked it up and put it down on the ground.
There were also a couple of bottles. One was a clear liquid while the other was dark blue.
"What are these?" Ken asked.
"Take a guess. One's acid. One's a revitalising tonic." he laughed.
There was an X scribbled on one the blue one, but instead of a Y on the clear one, as Ken suspected, there was a Cl on it.
'X is a dangerous letter.' Kari thought. 'The Cl seems safer, but...'
Ken recalled his class. He was a higher grade due to his 'genius'. In chemistry, Cl was chlorine. 'Of course.' he thought. Hydrochloric acid was clear, and very strong. There wasn't any blue acid that he knew of, so...
He picked up the blue one marked X and took a sip. Immediately he felt refreshed. His wounds seemed to clear up a bit.
"Yay. Go Ken." Kari said dully.
He took a little bit more before giving it to the others.
"All happy? Here's my latest creation. He's known around here as speed king. Try to get along, eh? Heh heh heh heh." he laughed.
A gate opened at the other side. Gatomon just finished the last drop.
Ken stared blatantly at the... thing. It wasn't Digimon, he was pretty sure. But it wasn't human either.
"What the hell?" he murmured.
"Everyone, this is Gary. Gary, that's Kari, that one's Patamon, th-"
"Yes, yes." a dark monotonous voice answered.
Everyone stared at him. At five feet, maybe a bit higher, he wore a very accessorised dark blue overcoat and a white T-shirt underneath, with black jeans. Lots of pockets, matching black shoes, and a pair of dark shades. He had brown hair in a comb over like Matts, but somehow different. He also had on a pair of black gloves, with the fingers removed, and a flat triangular shaped pendant which had some small writing on it.
His most distinguishable feature, however, was a scar on his face, in between his eyes. It was clean, no jagged edges, just one thin convex line, from downleft to upright.
Apart from the dark colours and the crimson line, he didn't seem to threatening. Ken wasn't so sure, but the others seemed confident enough.
"Ready?" Sam grinned evilly. He threw a blade down into the arena. It stabbed the ground next to their opponent.
He drew the sword out and pointed it at them.
At that point everything was quiet, only the whispering winds dared to make a sound. Sam sat down, and took a sip of his drink.
Kari and T.K. stared silently at the blade. Not an ordinary sword, it had a thin three foot blade with a black handle, and engraving in the middle.
"Okay." Gatomon finally muttered.
He withdrew his weapon and put it into a holster sort of thing.
"Make your move." he said.
Ken drew out a knife. Having been taught something about ninja stuff during one of his summer holidays, he knew about throwing shurikens, and the aerodynamics behind it. Knives were different. They needed a certain feel.
Ken made the first move. He launched a combat knife at his adversary. It flew and came into contact with something heavy. Metal.
He saw it coming, and drew his sword to block the knife. It got knocked away and lodged in one of the walls.
He jumped up and brought his blade down on Ken. Having some reflexes, Ken dodged it. Looking back, he noticed some black light emanating from the ground where the blade struck, alongside a slight shockwave.
Gatomon jumped forward in a tackling move, her catlike reflexes bringing her to him faster than she expected. He spun around and dodged her attack, and slammed the side of his blade into her, sending her flying towards the arena wall. "Ouff!" She hit it hard and some debris came out.
T.K. ran towards him and flung his right katana at him. He instantly turned and blocked it. A series of sounds came as their blades clashed. He turned around for a second to block two knives that came from Ken, and turned back as T.K. came in with both blades above him in a crossblade move (it's kind of like both blades crossed like an X and brought down on the target). He blocked them both and punched T.K. in the face.
"Argh!"
"Teekay!" Patamon yelled. "Boom bubble!"
The bubble headed straight for Gary. He dodged it and it hit T.K. instead.
"Ouff!" T.K. yelled in pain as he hit the ground.
Ken came back at him. He did a somersault over Ken and spun his blade backwards. Ken blocked a few slashes before getting cut in the chest. Ken staggered backwards, bleeding. He then tackled Ken to the ground.
Patamon, and Gatomon then came to him at the same time. He easily dodged Patamon and Gatomon's Lightning claw, despite the speed of her attacks. Gatomon recoved in half a second and aimed a punch at him. He grabbed her arm and flung her little white body at Patamon. They crashed into each other and rolled a dozen or two feet.
"Ow!"
"Eep!"
"Yeowch!"
"Ah!"
"Ooh... sorry, Pata." Gatomon said, after she landed on him.
"It's okay. I kinda like this position anyway." he grinned.
"Oh, Patamon, behave." she smirked. Hearing some loud sounds, she turned and saw Kari. "Not the time." she said.
"Agreed."
Kari, who now had a clear view, started shooting at him. The handguns had great stopping power, and a small recoil, but she could still feel them kicking hard.
He sensed this too and turned around to block the incoming bullets. Pings could be heard as he hit the bullets away. Kari, who couldn't see anything due to her technique, kept on firing. He finally used his blade to start hitting bullets back at her. They ricocheted around her as-
"Kari!" T.K. yelled as he ran towards her, tackling her out of the way. At the same time, a bullet struck him on the left side of his chest.
"Argh!" T.K yelled.
"T.K.!" Kari reached for him.
Patamon flew at him next, with Gatomon behind him using her Cat's Eye Hypnotism. Somehow, it didn't seem to affect him at all. This was unusual, because she knew even some of the stronger ultimate Digimon succumbed to her hypno, let alone humans. Patamon tackled him. He flinched a little, with a grunt.
"You little runt!" he snarled as he hit Patamon with the butt of his blade. Patamon hit the ground and got kicked away.
Gatomon leapt forward. "Lightning paw!" she slashed the air over and over again. Nothing seemed to work. The beast was impossibly fast. He seemed to be everywhere at once. Leaping over her, he finally grabbed her.
"You take a lot of punishment." he muttered, and flung her onto the wall next to them. Dust flew everywhere. She groaned as several somethings cracked.
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At the side of the arena, an explosion occurred. Sam spit his drink out on the Bakemon next to him.
"Who did that!" he yelled.
The dust cleared to reveal...
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I know, the end of the chapter already. Lol, just kidding!
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"BlackWarGreymon?" Agumon said unconsciously.
"Guess who's back."
"You, black Digimon, don't interrupt."
"Maybe you're not so clear on who he is." Wormmon said.
"You know what, you'd make a great football." he muttered and kicked Wormmon over the wall.
"Wormmon!" Ken exclaimed.
"Whoever you are, I'm busy. If you don't have a collar, you'd better go get one before I force it on you." Sam instructed.
"You're not Ken." BlackWarGreymon said. "Terra Destroyer!" he yelled as he hurled a massive sphere of darkness at Sam, who jumped out of the way in time. The explosion caused a part of the arena to collapse.
"Get him!" he yelled. A few Divermon and some Ogremon stepped forward to fight.
"Black Tornado!" he began spinning around in circles and formed a black... tornado. He finished off those Digimon in less than a minute.
"Can't any of you do anything right!" Sam yelled, more frustrated than afraid. "What are you waiting for? Kill him!" Sam yelled.
Gary moved a step forward.
"Eh?" BlackWarGreymon looked a bit confused, preferring not to hurt a human. "Take it easy, I'm not here to hurt you."
"Yeah, well I am." he dashed forward and brought his blade up at BlackWarGreymons face. Although only receiving a scratch, BlackWarGreymon felt it.
"Whoa." he murmured.
"Human!" he roared as he charged forward. "Dragon Crusher!"
He jumped out of the way in time, and while BlackWarGreymon was turning around, he dashed around the arena, in an attempt to confuse him. He got in a few hits, and BlackWarGreymon took a bit.
"Fight like a man!" BlackWarGreymon was having a hard time keeping track.
He stopped in front of BlackWarGreymon. "Okay. Have it your way." he stuck his blade into the ground. Bringing his arms up, he assumed a combat position.
BlackWarGreymon charged. A punch flew straight at Gary.
BlackWarGreymon felt something. Gary had grabbed his arm. Twisting it around, he brought him to the ground.
"You." BlackWarGreymon muttered. He got back up. "Dragon Crusher!" he sped forward.
He picked up his blade and leapt out of the way. BlackWarGreymon roared again.
'He's too fast to be human.' Ken thought.
He leapt into the air and spun his blade around. A flash of light flew from it and struck BlackWarGreymon in the chest. He groaned as he staggered backwards.
"C'mon. What's the matter?"
"You." BlackWarGreymon replied. "Dragon Crusher!"
He blocked as the black Digimon slashed at him several times. He got in a hit during a moment of respite, and, expecting BlackWarGreymon to have flinched, turned around for a spinning attack. He got a surprise when BlackWarGreymon hit him, sending him flying towards the wall.
"What's the matter? Your master left you?" the black Digimon sneered.
He looked up and saw that indeed, Sam had left. "Doesn't matter. He's no good in a fight anyway." he replied.
"Bad dog. You shouldn't let him hear you say that." BlackWarGreymon mocked.
"Wrong. Wild dog." he jumped up and, folding his legs, sprung against the wall and toward BlackWarGreymon, slashing him multiple times.
"G-grargh! Don't-" BlackWarGreymon started slashing again "-you-" his attacks were blocked "-ever-" his claws began to glow a bright yellow "-give-" he charged at him "-up?"
The attack sent him crashing into a wall again. He groaned as something scratched him.
Suddenly, a green canister dropped down from above him.
"It sounds cliched..." he said "...but I'll be back." he finished just as green smoke exploded from the canister. BlackWarGreymon dashed forward, but the smoke cleared and he was gone.
Shortly, they got all the Digidestined and the Digimon from the ropes. It took Gatomon's agility to climb and cut the ropes and the rest to grab the falling Digimon and Digidestined.
"You guys okay?" Ken asked.
"We're fine." Palmon replied.
"But you look like you could use a couple of days in the ICU." Joe noted.
A beep somewhere was heard. The Digidestined and the Digimon shifted their attention to a small device on the arena floor. Izzy approached it slowly. The monitor beeped on.
"Well done. How are you, little brother?" Sam's image grinned.
"Better off than you. Why?" he asked.
"Why? Why?" Sam laughed, as though Ken couldn't see the obvious poking out at him.
"You may have won, but to win a war, more than one battle is necessary." Sam said. "And rest assured, I will discipline Gary for his failure."
"But maybe I'll tell you why. Just not now. Maybe some other time." Sam said.
Ken clenched his fist. 'What was he playing at?'
"Oh yeah..." Sam started again "...speaking of time..." he sniggered as his picture disappeared and was replaced with a number 20. It clicked down to 19, then 18...
"Run!" Patamon yelled.
Everyone sprinted for the hole in the wall that BlackWarGreymon created. 12, 11, 10...
They ran away from the colluseum as fast as possible. Ken, who stumbled and fell, was helped up by Yolei and Cody.
3, 2, 1...
A very loud bang was heard as a big mushroom cloud blossomed over the arena, making the walls crumbled. Everyone watched from a distance as the bright sphere enveloped the arena, going no further than a few blades of grass.
Finally, the dust cleared, leaving a crater in the ground, and a few very exhausted Digimon and Digidestined.
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GCM: Well, chapter four. Applause!
crickets chirping.
GCM: Bah, what do you guys know anyway?
Gatomon: Just one question. How is Ken so skilled with knives?
GCM: Well, it's simple really. You see... err... well... hey, I'm the author and what the author says goes!
Patamon: Which means he loses those skills in the next chapter.
GCM: Yup.
Gomamon: Surprising, thought. BlackWarGreymon came back, but he had trouble taking out a human.
GCM: Well, that'll be explained in the next chapter. Now for some interesting trivia!
Sora: Really? Okay. Zzz...
GCM: Ever played the Sims? Then you would know about the potion kit! The blue potion revitalises you!
T.K.: The Sims 2 is out, you know.
GCM: Yeah but I'm too cheap to go get it. Besides, I got no cash.
Kari: Then how do you explain that bag of shopping from Guitar World? (points at bag next to GCM)
GCM: Err, well, ahh...
Matt: And how do you explain this? (holds out a brand new Gibson Les Paul Custom)
GCM: Well, you see, ahh... let's move on! Trivia, I'm not so sure whether it's Gaia Force or Terra Destroyer.
(Everyone stares at GCM)
GCM: Fine! I didn't want it, okay? So sue me.
Gomamon: Reminds me of someone. (looks at Agumon)
Agumon: Need I remind you of a little cough cough thing between you and cough cough Ga-
Gatomon: Agumon! (slaps Agumon)
Agumon: Ah! Well, it's true. You did-
Gatomon: (slaps Agumon again)
Agumon: Ow! Okay, okay, I get it. I won't tell anyone about you and-
Gatomon: (slaps him again again)
Agumon: Oww! Stop that! I know you-
Gatomon: (grabs Agumon and holds his mouth shut)
GCM: Err, well (sweats) we're out of time. Join us next time on the Digimon show! Sponsored by grandma's home baked cookies. Grandma's, for that fresh right out of the oven cookie taste. (holds up a bag of cookies)
Gabumon: Hey, you bought those at the shop next to Guitar World!
GCM: Well...
Agumon: Reminds me of-
Gatomon: (holds Agumons in a headlock)
Agumon: Argh! Choking... not... breathing... argh...
Gomamon: So anyways, tune in next time for more car smashing, gun fighting, agumon strangling rock n roll Digimon goodness!