Gijinka Renamon:
Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Odaiba are actually parts of Tokyo. In particular, Shibuya and Shinjuku are wards of Tokyo City. Odaiba is the name of an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. Like Tokyo, my home city, Toronto, is divided into sections like North York and Scarborough. Go to Wilkipedia and look up each of these words. You'll see some familiar landmarks in the pictures.
Disclaimer:
Toei and Bandai own Digimon, and Nintendo owns Pokemon. Some Digimon used in this fic belong to me. Some reviewers have contributed the following characters.
Metal Devidramon - Ninetalesuk
Skyemon - Gijinka Renamon
Socramon - Cavecat
By: RB3
Chapter 13: When Americans Attack, part 2
The Warriors and the trainers remained at the mercy of Beelzemon and Daemon. Cherubimon, Takuya and Koji were still wounded from the attacks of these two and were in no condition to resist. The trickery of the Demon Lords had led right to this moment; all of the Digital World at war and in disarray. The Demon Lord of Wrath and the Demon Lord of Gluttony now had their greatest enemy right where they wanted them.
"So, who should I dispose of first, Daemon? These two bozos on the ground or their friends?" asked Beelzemon.
"Do whatever your heart tells you to," replied Daemon.
Beelzemon cracked a feral smile. "Oh yeah, just the way I like it! After I'm done with you, I'll feast on your data. Mmmm... Human data always tastes great!"
At that moment, the magical treasures of the Warriors reacted. They flew out of the packs of their holders and glowed with blazing light which blinded the two Demon Lords. Once the light subsided the red moonstone became the property of Koichi, the blue of Misty, and the yellow of Tommy. The Human Spirits of Thunder, Water, Darkness, Light, and Metal left Takuya and Koji's body and attached themselves to each of the fingers on JP's right hand. The Beast Spirits did the same to his left hand.
At the same time, the remaining Spirits flew into Zoe's fingers. Zoe and JP could feel power in its rawest form coursing through their bodies. "Yeah!" cheered JP. "Daemon, Beelzemon this is the end for you!"
The Kanji representing JP and Zoe's elements appeared on their forehead. "Unity Execute!" Zoe thrust the Spirits together, releasing a massive amount of Fractal Code and energy. "Unified Spirit Evolution!"
The Fractal Code disintegrated Zoe's clothes, leaving her completely naked. The Spirits aged Zoe until she blossomed into a nubile adult version of herself with flowing golden hair and a bird's claws for hands and feet. A massive pair of iridescent wings grew out of her back as a smaller pair grew out of her head. A violet leotard and boots formed over her body as a tiara with the Kanji of Wind appeared on her head. Zoe spread her wings out wide in the sky and unleashed a blinding iridescent light.
"Imperatrice Irismon!"
"Unity Execute!" JP thrust his Spirits together, causing them to release Fractal Code and energy. "Unified Spirit Evolution!"
The sky began to darken around JP. Lightning began to flash around him until a bolt struck his body. The electricity surged through his body, causing him to grunt in pain as he mutated abnormally. His body grew larger and lightning arced from him as six insect-like legs burst out of his ribs. His body turned into the rounded chitinous thorax and abdomen of a blue stag beetle. JP's head turned into that of a beetle with a massive pair of mandibles. As the beetle arced lightning across his body, he opened his maw and made a shrill inhuman cry.
"Stag Beetlemon!"
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Name: Imperatrice Irismon
Attributes: Variable, Unified Hybrid, Flying type
This angelic harpy represents the pinnacle of power for the Warrior of Wind. She is the fastest of the Unified Warriors hands down, able to fly at speeds at least ten times the speed of sound.
Special Abilities/Traits:
Flight, elemental powers: wind
Chromatic Winds (Flying) - Imperatrice Irismon jets a blast of blinding, iridescent wind which pummels all victims into the ground.
Aero Proclamation (Flying) - Imperatrice Irismon creates a massive whirlwind which batters anything caught in its path.
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Name: Stag Beetlemon
Attributes: Variable, Unified Hybrid, Electric/Bug type
This fearsome insect is a creature of war that wields enough power to rival the maximum output of ten nuclear power plants. Look in a dictionary and you'll see a picture of this creature under the words "mass destruction."
Special Abilities/Traits:
Flight, elemental powers: lightning, special defences: electrified body
Electron Rail Gun (None) - Stag Beetlemon can spit slugs that travel so fast that a witness will only see the target exploding for no apparent reason.
Electron Coil (Electric) - Stag Beetlemon can hurl a coiled blast of deadly electricity towards his enemy.
"Oooh, I'm scared!" said Beelzemon sarcastically.
"You should be, because you only have five seconds left to live!" retorted Stag Beetlemon.
"We'll see about that!"
Beelzemon fired several bullets with his gun. Just as he thought they would reach the Warrior of Thunder, bolts of lightning arced from his body and destroyed them one by one. Beelzemon was stunned. Taking advantage of Beelzemon's lapse of attention, Stag Beetlemon hurled a slug with his Electron Rail Gun. A sudden explosion blasted the Lord of Gluttony into the ground. As he got up, a swarm of flies gathered around the Demon Lord before attacking. However, they were promptly zapped to a crisp by several lightning bolts that arced from Stag Beetlemon.
Stag Beetlemon rushed his opponent and proceeded to crush Beelzemon in his mandibles before tossing him away like garbage. "How did he get so strong?" asked Beelzemon in bewilderment.
The fight was a disaster for Daemon as well. He sprayed a massive blast of fire which Imperatrice Irismon stopped cold with a wall of wind. The wind turned back towards Daemon, blowing his own flames at their creator. The Demon Lord flinched in pain, but refused to quit. Daemon readied his claws and fired a beam of energy which Imperatrice Irismon sidestepped with deft speed. She unleashed a raging whirlwind which scooped Daemon into the air, battered him like he was in a blender and dumped him onto the ground.
After being flattened and momentarily blinded by a blast Chromatic Winds, Daemon had had enough. "Retreat, we are outmatched!" he cried. The two Demon Lords vanished in flickers of negative energy.
"We won!" cried Imperatrice Irismon as she released the Spirits' power.
Once JP released the power of his Spirits, he could feel the Kanji of Thunder appear on his forehead. The Kanji of Fire, Light, and Wind appeared on Takuya, Koji, and Zoe's forehead respectively. "Our Spirits?" asked JP.
"Once JP and Zoe evolved, they completed a link with me and Takuya," said Koji, repeating what the Spirits told him.
Zoe continued listening to what the Spirits told him. "Yeah! We don't need to take your Spirits anymore!"
The last bits of information disappointed Takuya. "Oh great, it only temporary; about an hour. Well, it's better than nothing..."
"At least we know what these things do now," said May, in reference to her knife and the other treasures.
"Cherubimon are you okay?" asked Brock as he checked on the Celestial Digimon's condition.
"I'll be fine," replied Cherubimon still feeling the effects of his burns. "Warriors, you've done an excellent job. You've thwarted the trap of the Demon Lords and found a way to evolve even further. Thanks to you, we are still alive."
Koji nodded then turned to his brother. "Koichi, I owe you an apology."
"Don't think of it," dismissed Koichi. "When Daemon impersonated his old self, he had everyone fooled. At least now we know who the true enemies are."
"So what will do we do now?" asked Ash.
"We can throw a party!" said Neemon.
"Not yet, nincompoop! Those two Demon Lords are still out there and we still have a war to stop!" said Bokomon.
"Cherubimon! Cherubimon!" cried a Flame Wizardmon as he ran over.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"It's Light City! It's under attack!"
"Attack?" asked Cherubimon. "What are the Beast-types up to now?"
"It's not the Beast-types!" corrected Flame Wizardmon. "It's humans!"
"Humans?" asked Ash.
"Yes! They came out of nowhere and bombed the city. Their coming this way to bomb Ophanimon's Castle!"
"Warriors, Spirit Evolve quickly!" commanded Cherubimon. "I have a bad feeling about this!"
The Legendary Warriors Spirit Evolved into their Human Hybrids and ran to the castle with everyone else in tow. By the time the Warriors could see the castle, it was too late. The planes zoomed over the white castle and dropped their payload. In several booming explosions, the bombs ripped the pearly walkways and ramparts asunder. Beetlemon managed to catch a glimpse of the planes before it flew away. He recognized it as an F-15 Eagle, a fighter plane that was frequently used by the United States Air Force.
Beetlemon was stunned. "Those are American planes!"
"American planes?" asked Kazemon. "Why would the United States want to attack the Digital World and how did they get here in the first place?"
"I don't know," replied Cherubimon. "Somehow, I suspect Daemon's involvement."
"Yeah, we should've known better," agreed Mercurymon.
"What do we do now?" asked Ranamon.
"We'll return to the Rose Morning Star and get a better idea of what is happening," stated Cherubimon. "Let's go!"
Upon returning to their base, Cherubimon was assailed by Oryxmon almost immediately. "Cherubimon!" cried the goat.
"What is it, Oryxmon?" asked the Protector of Knowledge.
"It's the Bestial Nations. Their leaders are all dead! Saber Leomon was actually a Leviamon in disguise!" replied Oryxmon.
"Him too?" asked Tommy surprised.
"Huh?" asked Oryxmon.
"We just found out that Seraphimon was an impostor too," replied Tommy. "Uh, I mean to say he is Seraphimon, but he had been turned into Daemon and he was pretending to be Seraphimon!"
"Oh great..." muttered Oryxmon. "The leaders of the Bestial Nations went to a meeting to discuss war strategy. During that time, Leviamon revealed himself and killed everyone! Not only that, I just heard a Real World army is invading the Digital World!"
"We know that too," replied Tommy.
"This whole war was a trap and we fell right into it," replied Koichi. "They wanted everyone to get tied down just so we'd be vulnerable when the Americans attacked us!"
"Oh great, just great..." muttered Oryxmon. "The armies of the Lawkeepers are trapped on the Earth Continent with nowhere to go. We've also got a big wave of refugees going through Bonfire City to the Metal Continent."
"Maybe Ancient Wisemon's tome has something about the Demon Lords we can use to our advantage..." noted Max as he flipped through the book. "Okay, it says here that the Demon Lords were Lucemon's servants. In fact, he created them for the purpose of destroying the Digital World."
"When I scanned them, my Pokedex told me Daemon was the Demon Lord of Wrath. It said something like that for Beelzemon, but he was the Demon Lord of Gluttony. What does that mean?" asked Ash.
"I heard something like this back when I lived in Italy," said Zoe. "Gluttony and Wrath are two of the Seven Deadly Sins."
"Seven Deadly Sins?" asked Max.
"Uh huh..." replied Zoe affirmatively. "They are Wrath, Gluttony, Envy, Greed, Lust, Sloth, and Pride."
Zoe proceeded to describe each of the sins. "Wrath is uncontrollable and unreasonable anger. It is a sin because it makes you want to lash out at people and hurt them. You saw this did when the Dark Ring Digimon attacked Human and Beast-types. Gluttony means you eat more food than you need, especially when you waste it. Ahem, JP!"
"Hey, what's everyone looking at me for?" he asked.
Everyone had a good laugh before Zoe continued. "Envy means you resent others for having something you don't. It is not a good thing to feel because it can cause you to do very unpleasant things."
Upon hearing that, Misty felt ashamed. "Yeah, like what I did to Ash and my friends," she mumbled.
"Sloth is another name for laziness and at its worst you become negligent," continued Zoe. "Greed is like Gluttony, but it's for money instead. Pride means that you think you are better than everybody else. It is the worst of the sins."
"Yeah, Ash!" said Misty.
Ash was taken aback. "What are you looking at me for? Anyways, why is Pride so bad?"
"As I was saying, Pride is the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins," continued Zoe. "It is believed that all of the six other sins come from Pride. In our Bible, there was an angel named Lucifer who refused to submit to God. Lucifer was cast out of Heaven and became the ruler of Hell."
"...And what about Lust?" asked Ash.
Zoe blushed in embarrassment. "Well, Lust means you crave sex more than anything else. Other people are just toys for your amusement."
"Have sex?" asked Ash. Misty described what the shocking truth of what sex was as she whispered into Ash's ear. "WHAT?"
"Your story about Lucifer the fallen angel is almost exactly what happened to Lucemon!" exclaimed Max, who proceeded to narrate his experiences during his Spirit Quest.
"That's right," confirmed Cherubimon. "Lucemon disobeyed his heavenly masters and tried to destroy the Digital World and remake it into his perfect world. In fact, he created the Demon Lords to do just that. I know because I was there."
"So that means Lucemon is behind the Demon Lords and the Americans attacking us?" asked Koji. Cherubimon simply nodded.
"If that's true, then doesn't that mean they're in the Real World right now?" asked Tommy.
"Hold on," said Bokomon. "How's that possible? My book said that if a Digimon goes into the Real World, they'll cause chaos and destroy it!"
"Hmmm..." echoed Neemon as he stroked his chin.
"Um, isn't that what the Demon Lords are doing right now?" asked Takuya. "You heard what Cherubimon said; Lucemon made these guys to destroy the Digital World. Lucemon tried to do the same thing back then until we stopped him!"
"I'd like to know how they convinced the Real World to attack," said Brendan.
"They probably did it the same way they started the Human-Beast war," replied Cherubimon. "They sent Digimon in to provoke the Real World."
"I don't get it. Why is the United States attacking us? I thought it was Meracia which was supposed to invade," said Max.
"Perhaps Meracia is another name for the United States," replied Oryxmon perceptively.
"Now that I think of it, Ancient Wisemon did like to use anagrams in his prophecies," informed Cherubimon.
"The full name of the US is the United States of America, by the way," informed Zoe.
Max mentally examined the word "Meracia" and soon understood. "Oh, I see now!"
"What's an anagram?" asked Ash.
"An anagram is a word or phrase you get when you switch around the letters of another word or phrase," replied Max. "When I change around the letters of Meracia, I get the word 'America.'"
He acquired a pen, a piece of paper, and then wrote the word "Meracia" on the paper to demonstrate. He then moved the first "a" to the front, creating the word "Amercia." After moving the "i" between the "r" and "c," Max spelt the word "America." Ash and the others looked on as Max showed his discovery. Now, everything made complete sense. America was the State of the prophecy. After their encounter with the Demon Lords, they understood why it was called the "Sins of the State Prophecy."
"Right now, we have more important problems. We've have to help the refugees get to safety as well as fight the Americans..." said Koji.
"As we know, the invaders are from the Real World and led by the US," began Cherubimon. "Reports indicate they are a massive, unified force created from different Real World countries. They've hit the Light Continent hard and are advancing deeper into the Digital World as we speak. Our first priority is the survivors and refugees of Light Continent."
"You want us to help with that?" asked Zoe.
"That's right," replied the Protector of Legends. "You and Ophanimon's Warriors are to help the refugees regroup at Bonfire City in the northeast area of the Fire Continent. Before you do that though, escort Nefertimon and Sorcerymon to Steel Town so they can assist the resistance."
"Can we go too?" asked Ash. "The people of Steel Town are people like me. I want to help them in case they get attacked by the Real World."
"Brendan and I feel the same way," echoed Brock.
"Very well then, Pokemon trainers; go with Sorcerymon and Nefertimon and help them in any way you can," said Cherubimon.
"Thank you," said Ash.
"Be careful, Warriors, for the enemy may attack that city. Now, my Warriors, you will do the same, but for the forces of the Lawkeepers. They are trapped on the Earth Continent by the Americans' occupation of the Light Continent. Go there and help them reach safety on the Wood Continent. If the two sides are still fighting, make them stop."
"Don't worry, you can count on us!" replied Koichi.
Ophanimon's Warriors dropped the trainers, Nefertimon, and Sorcerymon off at Steel Town. "Okay guys, we're counting on you," said Takuya.
"Don't worry, we can handle it!" said Ash confidently.
The Warriors continued their journey on Worm the Trailmon to Bonfire City. They came to a great industrial town with metal factories everywhere. Bonfire City was clearly an industrial city. Almost every building had a chimney or smoke stack on its roof. The city was quite warm, even hot, and the city seemed to emit heat from its very being. At the town centre was a massive bonfire from which the city derived its name. Most of the inhabitants were Digimon of the Fire element.
"Whew, this place is so hot!" commented Tommy, who was sweating profusely.
However, the city was not a place of bustling industry like it was meant to be. The Warriors saw only Digimon in body armour and carrying weapons in the city. Bonfire had gone into military occupation by both Human and Beast type soldiers. The civilians were strangely absent, either too scared to leave their houses or hiding elsewhere from a possible invasion by Real Worlders. The Warriors came upon the namesake of Bonfire City; a massive bonfire at the centre of town.
There, the Warriors met the mayor, a plain old Tyrannomon. He was a less sinister, crimson version of his cousins, the Dark Tyrannomon. "Welcome Warriors, are we ever to glad to see you!" he greeted.
"Hello Tyrannomon, Cherubimon sent us to help out," said Zoe. "What do you need us to do?"
"The refugees are passing through the city on their way to the Steel Continent. We heard that the invaders are also headed in this direction. We can't get all of the survivors out in time. We need you to protect the city until everyone makes it to safety."
"What about the civilians?" asked Zoe.
"Don't worry about them," replied Tyrannomon. "We've already evacuated them. The only Digimon left are militias and guerrillas; soldiers in other words. The enemy is approaching from the west. It is only a matter of time before..."
The Warriors heard several booms coming from the western area in Bonfire City. An air raid siren began to blare deafeningly. The sky became alit with the light of elemental energy bolts and blasts zooming through the sky. An American fighter jet swooped away after delivering its mighty payload onto the ground troops. Aerial Digimon spotted it and immediately gave pursuit, blasting the jet all the way with bolts of elemental energy.
"Looks like they've started the fight!" remarked Koji.
"Warriors, stall the enemy's advance!" demanded Tyrannomon. "When the last train leaves, my aides will let you know."
"Okay guys, we've got work to do!" said Takuya.
"Execute, Fusion Evolution!" cried the Warriors in unison.
Aldamon and Jet Silphymon took to the skies while the others ran to the battle as fast as they could. Within moments, they found Digimon under fire from several advancing tanks. The Warrior of Wind reached the battlefield first and immediately came under fire by anti-aircraft guns. She made several graceful loops in the sky and evaded every bullet the soldiers fired. One of the men aimed a launcher and fired a SAM at her.
Jet Silphymon unleashed a Jet Winter at the missile which destroyed before it even got anywhere near her. She immediately pummelled the SAM-firing soldier into the ground with a second volley of vacuum bullets. Aldamon confronted a tank which immediately fired a shell as a greeting. Aldamon sliced the shell in half and charged at the tank. He lobbed several plasma balls at the tank, melting several holes until he had rendered it useless.
Beowolfmon charged into a battle against a tank of his own. The armoured vehicle fired a shell which missed completely. The tank operators were confused until they eventually located Beowolfmon on the rooftops and renewed their attack. Suddenly, the Warrior of Light vanished, having leapt to the other side of the alley. He continued to alternate between the two sides, ensuring that the tank's shells were always a step behind him.
Once in range, Beowolfmon made a flipping leap over the tank. Once his body was completely upside down, Beowolfmon fired a Cleansing Light straight downwards into the turret. The beam punched through it, burning a hole all the way to the ground. The missiles followed the beam into the hole, destroying the tank's interior and rendering it a piece of scrap. The Warrior of Light landed on the ground satisfied with his work.
The soldiers of the tank's escort took great offence at Beowolfmon's destroying of their tank. They turned their guns on him and opened fire with reckless abandon. The Warrior of Light deflected the bullets away, moving his sword like a blur. Once the soldiers exhausted their ammunition, Beowolfmon began his counterattack.
Some of the men managed to reload their guns in time to shoot at him, but the wolf man was like a speeding blur as he proceeded towards a ruined building. They continued to futilely track and fire at the blur that was Beowolfmon, not landing a single shot at all. The Warrior of Light leapt into the air with preternatural speed and landed behind the enemy to their surprise. He promptly dashed into them and sent them flying backwards into a heap.
Rhino Kabuterimon came face to face with a third tank which immediately sent a shell his way. The Warrior of Thunder's armour absorbed the shock of the blast harmlessly. The tank's machine gunner unloaded a hail of bullets which felt like raindrops on his skin. The Warrior of Thunder braced himself and fired a Thunder Laser. The tank shuddered as the beam smashed into its chassis. The electricity arced around the tank as its circuitry burnt out with a smoky smell.
Dai Penmon slid his way into a platoon of soldiers who immediately opened fire. Dai Penmon began to laugh as the bullets tickled his body. The soldiers grew terrified of this unusual laughter, but continued to fire out of fear. The Warrior of Ice tapped his blue popsicle into each of them, freezing them solid on contact. His popsicles danced from soldier to soldier freezing half of them and flattening the rest. At this point in time, tide of battle had turned. The Real World soldiers realized they were outmatched and beat a hasty retreat.
The cheers of Bonfire City's militias were deafening. The Warriors returned to Tyrannomon to hear his debriefing. "Warriors, you have done a good job. Not only have the refugees escaped, you've driven the invaders back! Well done!"
"It was nothing," said Tommy modestly. "What are you going to do now?"
"We're going to beef up our defences," replied the mayor. "Eventually, I want to take the fight to the invaders. They won't invade our homes and our lands without a fight!"
"That's the spirit!" cheered Zoe. "We have to go back to Cherubimon. Goodbye, Tyrannomon!"