Trials of Life
I don't own Digimon
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 40
He watches with amusement as Jager and Lin were holding hands as they walk away to go fishing. With them were not only their partners, but also some of the other Digidestine from around the world. He turns to find Kari giving him a meaningful look. He blushes at this and then goes back to setting up the blank before him.
It's been a few months since they first started making plans to defend themselves from that group of rogue Digimon that killed Jager's group. They also decided that they needed help from the other Digidestine too, also it seems that Raptordramon and Growlmon X were also willing to help too. So those that were over ten years old were here and so were Raptordramon and Growlmon X.
In other news, both Jager and him have been growing normally too. It sure shocked Jager when he found that some of pants and shirts were too small for him, so Jager had to go out and buy some new cloths. It made both him and his older twin brother relieved that the X-Antibody hadn't activated either.
He finishes setting up his blanket and then helps Cody look for firewood. Patamon and Armadillomon help by scouting out clearings with the most firewood. They were joined by Michael with Betamon and Lou with Tortomon. They chatted and joked about movies and music. They load the wood onto Tortomon's back, for the large Digimon didn't mind carrying the logs and sticks.
Soon they were done and they head back with what they have. They then set up the place for the large fire and watch as FlareLizamon starts the fire. They then find themselves doing other jobs without even saying having a say so. He just hopes that things work out in the end, they just hope that the information that Magusmon, Wizardmon Digivolved last month, was accurate.
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He dives under to scare up some of the fish so that Jager will spear some. They've done this hundreds of times and it never gets old. They always have fun doing this, for between Jager's aim and him scaring up the fish, they usually get at least ten fish, either medium to large.
It also means that they had a spot all to themselves, for the others were using newly made fishing poles and the way him and his partner are doing is stirring up the water and scaring the fish. That includes Lin and Renamon too. They also made a small bet, if Jager and him spear more fish then those using the fishing poles they'll not have to worry about doing any more choirs for the rest of the day, but if they lost then they're to cook all of the fish without help.
He feels sorry for the others, for so far, they have a grand total of ten large fish and thirteen medium size ones. This will be their last go to get the fish. Jager also has some nets set up at the far bank, it's not cheating per say, its just using spears in a different way. For the netting, it was long grass weaved together.
He begins to chase after a group of fish that he spies. He chases them towards where his partner is waiting. He watches as three fish are speared within a matter of minutes. He then herds the group for five more rounds around his partner. He comes up for air after three minutes and then reherds the fish towards where the net is.
He chases the fish into the first part of the net and scares them into jumping into the second part. He surfaces and waves towards his partner. Jager waves a spear to acknowledgement. He then crawls onto the bank and pulls the ropes that will haul the fish out of the water.
He finishes and then begins to shake himself to get rid of as much water as he can. The then blinks as he finds a towel being tossed his way; he catches it and begins to use the towel to dry off. He can hear Jager begin to also dry off.
He finishes and looks to where the bundle of spears. He lets the towel hang around him like a cape or rode as he walks towards the bundle. He soon picks one up and then walks towards the net holding the net. He then begins to spear fish onto the spear and then drives the butt of the spear into the ground.
Soon his partner joins him in doing this. It takes them a good forty-six minutes to finish spearing the fish from the net. By then, they were dry and Jager then heads to the opposite bank to get his cloths. He sets his towel onto a branch. He smiles as he looks at how many fish they have caught.
He turns to find Lin and the others staring at the speared fish. He grins and says, "You think this is enough?" It was Renamon that recovers first and says, "Maybe." He snorts and just shakes his head at that statement. "Just how will you get this back to the picnic site?" Asks Derek. He blinks and looks around at the speared fish. "No clue!" He says cheerfully. "Thought so." Nick says. "Well, I believe we did win the bet though." He points out. He watches as the others just glance at each other, as if just realising that Jager and him did.
Soon Jager appears with the rest of the fish they speared and says, "I think it might be best if Growlmon X helps out. I think he'll be happy to help speed up the cooking process." He nods in agreement with that statement.
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She watches as Jager talks to Growlmon X about something. Then Growlmon X then follows Jager into the forest. She looks around and spies the others that when fishing, she then walks over to Lin and Renamon.
"Why is Growlmon X following Jager into the forest?" She asks once she's close to Lin. "Jager and Revmon won a bet about who would catch the most fish. Jager and Revmon won, but there is so many that they decided to get Growlmon X to help carry the fish back to the site. Also cause Jager and Revmon won, they're not to do any more choirs." Lin informs her. She blinks in surprise and then sighs. "Just how many fish are we talk about?" She asks carefully. "I'd say over sixty but under eighty." Lin says. She nods thoughtfully at that and is kind of relieved at the number, it means that the Digimon could pig out on the fish while letting the humans to eat the other food stuffs.
She thanks Lin and heads to gather the cooks. They'll be gutting and dressing fish for quiet a while. She hopes that they have enough spices to use on all of those fish.
(--------------------------------------Matt-------------------------------------------)
He just kind of stares at the amount of fishes that Jager, Revmon, and Growlmon X has bought to the cooking site. He wasn't the only one staring, but they all just shake their heads and begin to take them off the spears and then gut them. They work in a chain gang, some of them taking the fish off the spears, then the next group guts them, the next seasons them, and then the group that puts them onto this metal rack that they're using to cook the fish.
It takes them a good hour to finish with the fish and they didn't have enough racks to use, so they decide to smoke the rest of it until the ones on the rack are finished. Soon they begin on the soup, hot dogs, and hamburgers. A group makes some punch, while others just head to get the tables ready.
"I can't believe that our brother and his partner speared that many fish. It's unbelievable." TK says. He smiles at this and nods in agreement with that statement. "Too true, little bro. But then, they did have the proper motivation to succeed." He reminds his little brother. TK just sighs at this and says, "Still, I don't see how Lin was part of the arrangement." He chuckles at that. "I believe that Jager add Lin into that 'we' he had used." He says.
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She can't believe that the others bought Jager's excuse, but then, she didn't really help matters much by hugging him either. Renamon had decided to use the free time to chat with Raptordramon. Revmon had decided to talk with Growlmon X about the best way fish should be served.
That leaves her boyfriend and her some quiet time to themselves. They mostly just held hands and remained silent. They felt more comfortable like this then if they were chatting about anything. It just felt so… right and they decided to not temp it.
They have been like this for a good hour and half. They just kind of drifted into their own thoughts. She is mostly thinking about how much her life has changed since she met Jager to when she first moved in with Sora's parents. Both of Sora's parents approve of the things she's done, even though Sora's dad isn't usually around. She also feels safe with them too.
They hear Davis yell, "Lunch!" They both turn to look at the goggle wearing teen and then at each other. They let go of each other's hand and got up off the ground. They soon catch up with Davis and Catherine, the entered the clearing in a group of four.
They soon stand in line, just behind Agumon and Gabumon. Davis and Jager let Catherine and her stand in front. The dim of sound was quite different then the usual quietest that was the norm around the forest.
Then a roar is heard and everyone turns to look south of the picnic location. They watch as Mina runs towards them as her partner Meramon stands in of a black FlareRizamon tries to get to Mina. She glances at Jager as Jager identifies the Digimon. "DarkLizardmon. Champion level Digimon, viral type, and dark dragon."
Then two other Digimon appear to the west of them. A Digimon that looks to be a cartoon fox and some Digimon that looks to be a tank. Jager again identifies the two. "Fangmon and Tankdramon."
By now, most of the Digimon are setting aside their plates and were joining the battle. More rogues began to appear and she sees Renamon fight some large green Dino with two large horns from the shoulders of the Digimon facing forward. She watches as her partner dodges from the punches and the snaps from the green Digimon.
"Horn Buster!" The green Digimon yells. The attack hits her partner squarely and she yells, "Renamon!" She feels a surge of energy from somewhere and soon Renamon begins to glow. "Renamon Digivolve to… Kyubimon!"
She stares in awe of her newly Digivolved partner. As Kyubimon, her partner has nine tails as well as is on all fours. Around Kyubimon's neck is a red and white rope that ends in golden bells. It also looks like the socks and tail tips were white fire, for they were acting like it. On the shoulders and hind legs is the yin-yang symbol. All in all, as Kyubimon, Renamon was still beauty to be hold.
"Dragon Wheel!" Kyubimon yells and Kyubimon jumps and rolls into a blue fire dragon. The attack hits the large green Digimon. The green Digimon roars out in pain and Kyubimon then dodges the attacks of the enraged Digimon.
She blinks and turns to look around the clearing; it is now a war zone. For more Digimon just kept coming and they're partners were busy attacking and saving humans who were about to be attacked.
Then everything seems to pause as she watches Revmon jump into the air. "Revmon Warp Digivolve to… SangRyuumon!" Where there once was Revmon is now a huge red dragon. The great dragon roars out a challenge and ten rogue Digimon answers it. As everyone looks on, SangRyuumon opens his jaws and they watch as energy begins to gather between those jaws. She wonders just what's happening as the ten flying Digimon charge her boyfriend's partner.
To be continued …