Chapter 4 -Ryuujin
I stared in shock at Justen's sudden attack. Fortunately, Lopmon wasn't quite as frozen, as she managed to shove me to the ground, letting the attack pass safely over us. I scrambled up and behind a tree, drawing my digivolution card when I got there.
DIGI-MODIFY! Digivolution Activate!
Digivolution_
Lopmon Digivolve to… Turuiemon!
Tankmon wasn't waiting though, and fired off another attack.
"MACHINE GUN ARMS!"
Turuiemon jumped to the side and used her superior speed to rush in close.
"GAUNTLET CLAW!"
Tankmon was dazed by the blow, but his high armor rating made for little damage from Turuiemon's attack.
"HYPER CANNON!"
Turuiemon did a simple back flip, letting the blast pass by harmlessly. She dropped to the ground, then leapt to the side suddenly as Tankmon's treads roared to life and he squealed forwards. As Tankmon turned to attempt another pass, Turuiemon struck.
"LIGHTNING KUNG FU!"
Turuiemon's attack, but did little damage, just as before. With one exception. Tankmon was in the middle of his turn, so the attack overbalanced him, and he wobbled precariously, almost tipping over.
"GAUNTLET CLAW!"
Turuiemon leapt forward, hoping to put Tankmon on his side and leave him virtually helpless, but at that moment, a huge gust of wind blew in, knocking Tankmon back onto his treads, and throwing Turuiemon back.
There was a deafening roar.
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I was playing a video game with Mushroomon when suddenly he stiffened and stopped playing. He didn't say anything, just got up and went to the window.
"What is it Mushroomon?"
He turned around looking a little frightened.
"It's big trouble. And it's headed right towards Tankmon!"
Oh no… Justen!
"We better get down there Mushroomon. Justen might need our help."
He looked nervous.
"I dunno, Mica… why don't we stay here and play instead. I'm sure Justen and Tankmon will do just fine. They'll be back, just like always."
For a moment, I almost went and sat back down. But Delia's open door caught my eye. My jaw dropped.
Delia's gone!
"Mushroomon, we're leaving. We have to go find Justen and help her, so that she can help us find Delia, okay?"
Mushroomon also looked in.
"But… but… I… didn't even see her leave!"
"Later. We need Justen."
"Right!"
I put my coat on, and we left, Mushroomon trying to find Tankmon for us.
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I ran down the street, barely keeping pace with Impmon, who was moving through the trees. Usually, after a fight like the one we'd had with Jamie we'd be ready to call it quits for the day.
Usually.
But today we were on our way home when Impmon picked up on something.
"You sure about this Impmon?"
"Positive. This time we'll get him, don't worry."
I frowned.
"You couldn't take this guy as Beezlemon, and you're trying to tell me you're going to stop him as Boogeymon?"
He grumbled, but he kept running, and I kept chasing him.
"Look, Mako. He's down there, and chances are he's not here to sample the roasted chestnuts! We need to take him down."
I nodded.
"Right. I was just thinking we might need a plan, you think?"
"Did you call Ai? She's better than you at that sort of thing."
"Not without a location. Even I'm not stupid enough to just say 'find us'! He's still moving, right?"
"Yeah, but he's heading for Lopmon and someone else I don't recognize, so at least someone with a brain'll be there."
"HEY!"
Then I grinned.
"You do know you just insulted yourself right?"
Impmon jumped out of the trees when they ended, and started running on the sidewalk.
"Mako, I'm not stupid, but I am willing to admit she's smarter than I am."
I rolled my eyes and then had to stop quickly, almost crashing into Impmon when he skidded to a halt.
"What?"
"Smaller digimon around the corner."
Right as he said that, a small digimon came around the corner and crashed into him, followed by a small boy with bowl-cut black hair. The kid looked up.
"Sorry. I…"
His eyes rested on Impmon, and he scrambled backwards. I took a step forward before Impmon could say anything. My digimon or not, I really think he sucks at first impressions.
"You okay, kid?"
He nodded, but stayed quite. His digimon, a Mushroomon, I realized, spoke up.
"Um, listen, sorry about this, but we're trying to get to his sister, and there's this other digimon around her that seems really dangerous."
I grinned.
"Well, why don't we go together then? I'm pretty sure we're after the same guy."
The little mushroomoid looked hesitant. His partner spoke up though.
"Thank you, sir."
I grinned.
"I'm Mako. Come on, try to keep up. We have to get there before something really bad happens."
He nodded, and we went off, admittedly at a slower pace because of our new companions, but at least we were moving again. The kid put on a slight burst of speed, and managed to catch up to me.
"I'm Mica."
"Nice to meet you…"
Impmon yelled back.
"Save it Mako! He's just through those trees!"
I nodded, and there was a sudden roar.
"Let's go Mica."
"Right. Come on Mushroomon."
We drew and swiped our cards before charging in.
Mako/Mica: DIGI-MODIFY! Digivolution Activate!
Digivolution_
Impmon Digivolve to… Boogeymon!
Mushroomon Digivolve to… Woodmon!
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A large dragon with purple armor, complete with yellow lightning bolt décor landed with the roar. My eyes widened.
Crap. That must be DeaxDoruGoramon. Talk about the one that got away…
"RUBY EYE!"
A sudden attack from the treeline caught my eye. I breathed a sigh of relief as Boogeymon came swooping him. Unfortunately, the attack didn't do anything to the mega-leveled digimon. Mako grinned, coming through the trees with a kid and his Woodmon, who went over to Justen. Mako grinned.
"Sorry we're late, Suzie."
I smiled a little, but refocused on DeaxDoruGoramon.
"METAL IMPULSE!"
The undead dragon shot forward, but fortunately for us, missed. Mako didn't look happy.
"You have any ideas on how to beat this guy, Suzie?"
I just glared.
"We have four champions. He's a mega. The only 'plan' is to run for it."
"Not an option. Anything else?"
"Nothing off-hand. I'm not my brother."
He frowned.
"I'm aware that you're not-"
"TANKMON! IGNORE THAT… THING… AND RESUME THE ATTACK! NOW!"
Oh boy…
"HYPER CANNON!"
"Turuiemon!"
Turuiemon had been in mid leap to avoid a swipe of DeaxDoruGoramon's claws, and was hit dead on.
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Woodmon and I dashed over to Justen while Mako went over to the other girl. Justen hissed at us.
"What are you two doing out here?! Woodmon, I thought I told you to keep him away from danger, not encourage him to rush right into it!"
I tired to answer.
"But-"
"And not only that, you're with one of those… they hurt Delia! Are you nuts?"
I hadn't known that at the time, but Mako seemed like a nice enough guy.
"Justen-"
"Later. TANKMON! IGNORE THAT… THING… AND RESUME THE ATTACK! NOW!"
"Justen… Delia's…"
"Not now!"
"HYPER CANNON!"
I looked up at Justen, and suddenly I was afraid of her.
I don't want those guys to get away with what they did to Delia but… somethings are more important. Like making sure Delia's okay. And making sure we're okay.
"WILD NAIL RUSH!"
I looked up at the fight again, and saw Lynxmon rebound off of the dragon's head, but he didn't do any damage as his Tamer ran onto the scene. Tankmon was still going after Turuiemon.
"MACHINE GUN ARMS!"
I looked up at Woodmon as Turuiemon dodged this time.
I wish I were strong enough to stop this…
There was a sudden glow from my pocket. I looked in, and one of my cards was glowing a bold, bright, blue.
Maybe this can help…
DIGI-MODIFY! Matrix Digivolution Activate!
Matrix
Digivolution_
Woodmon Matrix Digivolve to… Cherrymon!
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I put down the phone from telling Ai where we were, and I looked over to where Mica and Justen were at the bright light. Then I saw the ultimate level Cherrymon slowly get into position.
"PIT PELTER!"
"Of course…"
I looked over. Suzie was smacking her head.
"What?"
"Blue cards!"
D'oh.
"We're idiots. Oh well. Let's give it a shot."
I need a miracle. I need to defend my friends.
The card in my hand started glowing blue, and a similar light shined from where Suzie was holding hers. I grinned at her.
"Let's go."
"Right."
Mako/Suzie: DIGI-MODIFY! Matrix Digivolution Activate!
Matrix
Digivolution_
Boogeymon Matrix Digivolve to… Phelesmon!
Turuiemon Matrix Digivolve to… Antlyamon!
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I looked in shock as Mako and the girl's digimon were also covered in cocoons of light, and emerged as ultimates.
How are they doing it?
"DEMON'S SHOUT!"
"ARM BOMBER!"
"PIT PELTER!"
This time the attacks actually had effect. Lynxmon landed beside me, crouching.
"Lynxmon, do you know how they did it?"
He shook his head, causing his mane of fire to dance menacingly.
"I saw only a glowing card… then… 'poof'. The cards stopped glowing after they were slashed."
Damn it.
"We need that power Lynxmon."
"I know. We could ask, I suppose…"
"No. We'll figure it out. We can do anything he can."
Lynxmon nodded.
"It'll just take some time, that's all."
DeaxDoruGoramon roared and pitched back under the assault, but he was far from finished. Lynxmon looked up at me.
"Do you want me to go back in?"
I snorted.
"And do what? Get killed? No. We'll just watch for now."
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What? How dare he?
I glared over at Mica.
"Mica! You're supposed to help me destroy them, not help them win!"
He turned back. Tears were in his eyes.
"I… I don't…"
I growled, and he flinched. I was too angry to notice.
"I… I don't want to be like you. I don't like hating people. You… you don't even care that Delia's missing! That's why I came down here! She wasn't in her room! She wasn't in the apartment, and I needed your help, but you're too busy hating people to worry about our family anymore!"
The tears were flowing freely down his cheeks now.
"M-Mica…"
I looked out over the battle. I looked at Phelesmon and Antlyamon, who were distracting the virtually mindless beast so that it couldn't take advantage of Cherrymon's extremely slow speed. I watched as Antlyamon shoved Tankmon over before jumping to avoid DeaxDoruGoramon's attack.
Tankmon dedigivolved to Kokuwamon and started flying woozily flying back towards me. But it was better than him dying.
Then I realized that Mica was right.
What have I done?
Then I broke down and started crying myself.
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There were huge bursts of light coming from the park as I got to it.
At least it means they're still fighting…
Personally, I didn't like the odds. Several champions on a mega? Not good.
I really hope they're okay.
I rushed through the trees, and found myself facing DeaxDoruGoramon's back. Directly across from where Mako and Suzie waited. Off to my left was Jamie, and what could only be Lynxmon next to him. Off to my right were a couple of people I didn't recognize. Well, I thought I recognized the girl from school, but didn't know her well.
"DORUDIN!"
The monstrous dragon let out his breath attack, making Phelesmon and Antlyamon scatter for cover. The attack hit the Cherrymon, though, and it dedigivolved.
"MUSHROOMON!"
A kid screamed out for his digimon, but was held back by a Kokuwamon. DeaxDoruGoramon swung around at the noise, but caught sight of me then.
Oh boy…
"BLACK STATUE!"
"ARM BOMBER!"
He closed on me then, ignoring the attack to his back, and moving his head slightly to avoid the dropping statue, which shattered when it hit the ground. One of the pieces hit me in the stomach, knocking over.
"Um… nice… dragon…"
The dragon blinked, and then reared back and roared, before suddenly blasted off into the night, leaving all of us shocked. The others slowly got out of their hiding places. Mako spoke for us all I think.
"What the heck just happened here?!"
I stared in shock at Justen's sudden attack. Fortunately, Lopmon wasn't quite as frozen, as she managed to shove me to the ground, letting the attack pass safely over us. I scrambled up and behind a tree, drawing my digivolution card when I got there.
DIGI-MODIFY! Digivolution Activate!
Digivolution_
Lopmon Digivolve to… Turuiemon!
Tankmon wasn't waiting though, and fired off another attack.
"MACHINE GUN ARMS!"
Turuiemon jumped to the side and used her superior speed to rush in close.
"GAUNTLET CLAW!"
Tankmon was dazed by the blow, but his high armor rating made for little damage from Turuiemon's attack.
"HYPER CANNON!"
Turuiemon did a simple back flip, letting the blast pass by harmlessly. She dropped to the ground, then leapt to the side suddenly as Tankmon's treads roared to life and he squealed forwards. As Tankmon turned to attempt another pass, Turuiemon struck.
"LIGHTNING KUNG FU!"
Turuiemon's attack, but did little damage, just as before. With one exception. Tankmon was in the middle of his turn, so the attack overbalanced him, and he wobbled precariously, almost tipping over.
"GAUNTLET CLAW!"
Turuiemon leapt forward, hoping to put Tankmon on his side and leave him virtually helpless, but at that moment, a huge gust of wind blew in, knocking Tankmon back onto his treads, and throwing Turuiemon back.
There was a deafening roar.
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I was playing a video game with Mushroomon when suddenly he stiffened and stopped playing. He didn't say anything, just got up and went to the window.
"What is it Mushroomon?"
He turned around looking a little frightened.
"It's big trouble. And it's headed right towards Tankmon!"
Oh no… Justen!
"We better get down there Mushroomon. Justen might need our help."
He looked nervous.
"I dunno, Mica… why don't we stay here and play instead. I'm sure Justen and Tankmon will do just fine. They'll be back, just like always."
For a moment, I almost went and sat back down. But Delia's open door caught my eye. My jaw dropped.
Delia's gone!
"Mushroomon, we're leaving. We have to go find Justen and help her, so that she can help us find Delia, okay?"
Mushroomon also looked in.
"But… but… I… didn't even see her leave!"
"Later. We need Justen."
"Right!"
I put my coat on, and we left, Mushroomon trying to find Tankmon for us.
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I ran down the street, barely keeping pace with Impmon, who was moving through the trees. Usually, after a fight like the one we'd had with Jamie we'd be ready to call it quits for the day.
Usually.
But today we were on our way home when Impmon picked up on something.
"You sure about this Impmon?"
"Positive. This time we'll get him, don't worry."
I frowned.
"You couldn't take this guy as Beezlemon, and you're trying to tell me you're going to stop him as Boogeymon?"
He grumbled, but he kept running, and I kept chasing him.
"Look, Mako. He's down there, and chances are he's not here to sample the roasted chestnuts! We need to take him down."
I nodded.
"Right. I was just thinking we might need a plan, you think?"
"Did you call Ai? She's better than you at that sort of thing."
"Not without a location. Even I'm not stupid enough to just say 'find us'! He's still moving, right?"
"Yeah, but he's heading for Lopmon and someone else I don't recognize, so at least someone with a brain'll be there."
"HEY!"
Then I grinned.
"You do know you just insulted yourself right?"
Impmon jumped out of the trees when they ended, and started running on the sidewalk.
"Mako, I'm not stupid, but I am willing to admit she's smarter than I am."
I rolled my eyes and then had to stop quickly, almost crashing into Impmon when he skidded to a halt.
"What?"
"Smaller digimon around the corner."
Right as he said that, a small digimon came around the corner and crashed into him, followed by a small boy with bowl-cut black hair. The kid looked up.
"Sorry. I…"
His eyes rested on Impmon, and he scrambled backwards. I took a step forward before Impmon could say anything. My digimon or not, I really think he sucks at first impressions.
"You okay, kid?"
He nodded, but stayed quite. His digimon, a Mushroomon, I realized, spoke up.
"Um, listen, sorry about this, but we're trying to get to his sister, and there's this other digimon around her that seems really dangerous."
I grinned.
"Well, why don't we go together then? I'm pretty sure we're after the same guy."
The little mushroomoid looked hesitant. His partner spoke up though.
"Thank you, sir."
I grinned.
"I'm Mako. Come on, try to keep up. We have to get there before something really bad happens."
He nodded, and we went off, admittedly at a slower pace because of our new companions, but at least we were moving again. The kid put on a slight burst of speed, and managed to catch up to me.
"I'm Mica."
"Nice to meet you…"
Impmon yelled back.
"Save it Mako! He's just through those trees!"
I nodded, and there was a sudden roar.
"Let's go Mica."
"Right. Come on Mushroomon."
We drew and swiped our cards before charging in.
Mako/Mica: DIGI-MODIFY! Digivolution Activate!
Digivolution_
Impmon Digivolve to… Boogeymon!
Mushroomon Digivolve to… Woodmon!
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A large dragon with purple armor, complete with yellow lightning bolt décor landed with the roar. My eyes widened.
Crap. That must be DeaxDoruGoramon. Talk about the one that got away…
"RUBY EYE!"
A sudden attack from the treeline caught my eye. I breathed a sigh of relief as Boogeymon came swooping him. Unfortunately, the attack didn't do anything to the mega-leveled digimon. Mako grinned, coming through the trees with a kid and his Woodmon, who went over to Justen. Mako grinned.
"Sorry we're late, Suzie."
I smiled a little, but refocused on DeaxDoruGoramon.
"METAL IMPULSE!"
The undead dragon shot forward, but fortunately for us, missed. Mako didn't look happy.
"You have any ideas on how to beat this guy, Suzie?"
I just glared.
"We have four champions. He's a mega. The only 'plan' is to run for it."
"Not an option. Anything else?"
"Nothing off-hand. I'm not my brother."
He frowned.
"I'm aware that you're not-"
"TANKMON! IGNORE THAT… THING… AND RESUME THE ATTACK! NOW!"
Oh boy…
"HYPER CANNON!"
"Turuiemon!"
Turuiemon had been in mid leap to avoid a swipe of DeaxDoruGoramon's claws, and was hit dead on.
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Woodmon and I dashed over to Justen while Mako went over to the other girl. Justen hissed at us.
"What are you two doing out here?! Woodmon, I thought I told you to keep him away from danger, not encourage him to rush right into it!"
I tired to answer.
"But-"
"And not only that, you're with one of those… they hurt Delia! Are you nuts?"
I hadn't known that at the time, but Mako seemed like a nice enough guy.
"Justen-"
"Later. TANKMON! IGNORE THAT… THING… AND RESUME THE ATTACK! NOW!"
"Justen… Delia's…"
"Not now!"
"HYPER CANNON!"
I looked up at Justen, and suddenly I was afraid of her.
I don't want those guys to get away with what they did to Delia but… somethings are more important. Like making sure Delia's okay. And making sure we're okay.
"WILD NAIL RUSH!"
I looked up at the fight again, and saw Lynxmon rebound off of the dragon's head, but he didn't do any damage as his Tamer ran onto the scene. Tankmon was still going after Turuiemon.
"MACHINE GUN ARMS!"
I looked up at Woodmon as Turuiemon dodged this time.
I wish I were strong enough to stop this…
There was a sudden glow from my pocket. I looked in, and one of my cards was glowing a bold, bright, blue.
Maybe this can help…
DIGI-MODIFY! Matrix Digivolution Activate!
Matrix
Digivolution_
Woodmon Matrix Digivolve to… Cherrymon!
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I put down the phone from telling Ai where we were, and I looked over to where Mica and Justen were at the bright light. Then I saw the ultimate level Cherrymon slowly get into position.
"PIT PELTER!"
"Of course…"
I looked over. Suzie was smacking her head.
"What?"
"Blue cards!"
D'oh.
"We're idiots. Oh well. Let's give it a shot."
I need a miracle. I need to defend my friends.
The card in my hand started glowing blue, and a similar light shined from where Suzie was holding hers. I grinned at her.
"Let's go."
"Right."
Mako/Suzie: DIGI-MODIFY! Matrix Digivolution Activate!
Matrix
Digivolution_
Boogeymon Matrix Digivolve to… Phelesmon!
Turuiemon Matrix Digivolve to… Antlyamon!
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I looked in shock as Mako and the girl's digimon were also covered in cocoons of light, and emerged as ultimates.
How are they doing it?
"DEMON'S SHOUT!"
"ARM BOMBER!"
"PIT PELTER!"
This time the attacks actually had effect. Lynxmon landed beside me, crouching.
"Lynxmon, do you know how they did it?"
He shook his head, causing his mane of fire to dance menacingly.
"I saw only a glowing card… then… 'poof'. The cards stopped glowing after they were slashed."
Damn it.
"We need that power Lynxmon."
"I know. We could ask, I suppose…"
"No. We'll figure it out. We can do anything he can."
Lynxmon nodded.
"It'll just take some time, that's all."
DeaxDoruGoramon roared and pitched back under the assault, but he was far from finished. Lynxmon looked up at me.
"Do you want me to go back in?"
I snorted.
"And do what? Get killed? No. We'll just watch for now."
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What? How dare he?
I glared over at Mica.
"Mica! You're supposed to help me destroy them, not help them win!"
He turned back. Tears were in his eyes.
"I… I don't…"
I growled, and he flinched. I was too angry to notice.
"I… I don't want to be like you. I don't like hating people. You… you don't even care that Delia's missing! That's why I came down here! She wasn't in her room! She wasn't in the apartment, and I needed your help, but you're too busy hating people to worry about our family anymore!"
The tears were flowing freely down his cheeks now.
"M-Mica…"
I looked out over the battle. I looked at Phelesmon and Antlyamon, who were distracting the virtually mindless beast so that it couldn't take advantage of Cherrymon's extremely slow speed. I watched as Antlyamon shoved Tankmon over before jumping to avoid DeaxDoruGoramon's attack.
Tankmon dedigivolved to Kokuwamon and started flying woozily flying back towards me. But it was better than him dying.
Then I realized that Mica was right.
What have I done?
Then I broke down and started crying myself.
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There were huge bursts of light coming from the park as I got to it.
At least it means they're still fighting…
Personally, I didn't like the odds. Several champions on a mega? Not good.
I really hope they're okay.
I rushed through the trees, and found myself facing DeaxDoruGoramon's back. Directly across from where Mako and Suzie waited. Off to my left was Jamie, and what could only be Lynxmon next to him. Off to my right were a couple of people I didn't recognize. Well, I thought I recognized the girl from school, but didn't know her well.
"DORUDIN!"
The monstrous dragon let out his breath attack, making Phelesmon and Antlyamon scatter for cover. The attack hit the Cherrymon, though, and it dedigivolved.
"MUSHROOMON!"
A kid screamed out for his digimon, but was held back by a Kokuwamon. DeaxDoruGoramon swung around at the noise, but caught sight of me then.
Oh boy…
"BLACK STATUE!"
"ARM BOMBER!"
He closed on me then, ignoring the attack to his back, and moving his head slightly to avoid the dropping statue, which shattered when it hit the ground. One of the pieces hit me in the stomach, knocking over.
"Um… nice… dragon…"
The dragon blinked, and then reared back and roared, before suddenly blasted off into the night, leaving all of us shocked. The others slowly got out of their hiding places. Mako spoke for us all I think.
"What the heck just happened here?!"