Call of the Spirit
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 13
They're watching as two sovereign Digimon, Azulongmon and Zhqiaomon, fighting it out be for their eyes. Taomon is busy moving the shield around, so they don't get hit. Rika's partner is exhausted from protecting them during their first confirmation with the phoenix Digimon. He doesn't really know just what they're arguing about, but he knows that Zhqiaomon is overreacting to what Azulongmon is trying to say to the fiery sovereign. He's also getting angry about Zhqiaomon's pig headedness.
"I'm getting tried of this! We need to stop them from fighting each other! It's not doing anything but wasting energy that could be used for other things!" He says. The others echo his sentiments on this. His right hand hovers over his pocket with his D-Tector. He eyes the lightning and hears the thunder that echoes throughout the raging storm cloud. He sees flashes of Azulongmon's blue body and of Zhqiaomon's red body.
He finally decides to intervene between the pair of mega level Digimon. He doesn't want to have Guilmon involved, but he doesn't think Cerawmon could handle two-mega level Digimon at once. He looks over at Guilmon, they're eyes meet and from Guilmon's side of the link, the rookie says. 'Let's do this!' He nods slightly at this and Guilmon walks over towards him.
"What can we do to stop them? I mean, when Terriermon and I were MegaGargomon, we didn't even faze Zhqiaomon." Henry says. "I feel so helpless! What can we do?" Rika asks. "We do what we always do, you guys. We just run head first into a fight and hope for the best!" He says once Guilmon is by his side. Both Henry and Rika look blankly at him and he adds, "We came this far and we still have a long way to go, but I know we'll make to our journey's end. I just hope I can knock some scents into Zhqiaomon before this storm gets any worst. Wish us luck!"
Then before they could do or say anything, him and his partner leap out of the protective shield. They soon are covered in a bright light and Guilmon says, "Guilmon Bio Merge to…" Then they say as one, "Gallantmon!" They know what they need to do and they use, "Lightning Joust!" The attack hits Zhqiaomon's Blazing Helix, cancelling out the two attacks.
"Lets just see how strong this new Digivolution is, Zhqiaomon." Azulongmon says as they fly right at the phoenix Digimon. "This taint of human combining with Digimon will stop here!" Zhqiaomon declares and they begin to exchange blows. "We're not here to conquer the Digital World, Zhqiaomon! We don't want two friends to fight anymore! This battle is scentless!" They say as they finally pull back from each other.
"Why should I believe you, mmm? You care nothing of this world or if it lives and dies!" Zhqiaomon spats at them. "Why can't we just talk about this? We're wasting energy that could be used for other purposes! Why not listen to what Azulongmon has to say?" They ask as they block a claw from Zhqiaomon's right foot. "I don't need advice from an abomination like you!" Zhqiaomon replies as he puts some distant between them, they get into a defensive stance with the shield in front of them.
"Sonic Zephyr!" Zhqiaomon cries as he lauchs the attack. They move to their left and then shout, "Lightning Joust!" Before they get close enough, Azulongmon sends out some chain from his body. "He's right, Zhqiaomon! We're wasting energy that could be used on the true enemy." Azulongmon says. As the phoenix glares at them, it was something they'll never forget, says, "I'll give them a chance to prove themselves by handing over the catalyst." "What do you want with Calumon?" Rika asks as they head towards where Taomon lands the group.
They unmerge back into Takato and Guilmon. They watch as the waters part and reveal the land under the water. A drawing appears at the centre of the land mass. "To understand why Calumon is important to us, you must first hear about the early days of our world. In the beginning of the digital world there was just one layer of which now there are six. On that layer existed Digi Gnomes, baby Digimon and the true enemy. The true enemy went about destroying all there was until suddenly it stopped and buried itself deep within the digital world. As a result Digimon could Digivolve and grew to stronger and stronger levels." The dragon Digimon pauses. The drawing on the land changes as the shadow recedes. "Then how did the light of Digivolution become a Digimon? I know that you don't have that kind of power Azulongmon." Zhqiaomon asks. "I'm getting to that part, my friend. For as we the Digimon continued grow and Digivolve, we invariantly woke the true enemy. I hoped to convince the true enemy that we were not becoming too powerful, I wished for the light of Digivolution to leave our world in a different form. It would seem that the Digi Gnomes made the power to Digivolve into Calumon, granting me my wish." Azulongmon tells them.
They all think about this as they stared at the drawing in front of them. Then Henry asks, "Then what's the name of this true enemy?" "We don't know." Azulongmon says. "I believe I know that answer. My friends the Digi Gnomes were kind enough to bring me here." Shibumi says as he draws close to the group. He watches as the Digi Gnomes are around the transparent man. "Hey, it's Shibumi!" He says. "Who's Shibumi?" Rika asks. "He's a friend of my dad's." Henry answers. "Nice to see the both of you too, Henry. Takato." Shibumi says as he looks over at their group. "The name of the true enemy is D-Reaper." Shibumi says. They all listen as Shibumi explains what the D-Reaper is and what it does.
(----Rika----)
They had time to think about what Shibumi had said before he disappeared. They return to where Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, and Guardromon are. Calumon looks kind of sad about the fact that he's attracting this D-Reaper. Guilmon and Terriermon are trying to cheer the cream puff up, surprisingly it takes them only about five minutes, but that's a long time considering this is Calumon that they were dealing with.
They didn't know what to do and the land that Azulongmon revealed is now has a large gaping hole at the centre of it. They didn't know when it appeared, only that it's here. The two sovereigns were hovering over the gaping hole.
"It's working!" Henry suddenly cries out. They all turn to look at Henry and find that he's holding the COM device. "You received an E-mail then?" She asks as she moves to look over Henry's left shoulder, Takato was on Henry's right. "It seems that they have been working on an ark to take us back home. It'll be appearing tomorrow afternoon. I've got a counter that'll tell us when it's going to appear." Henry continues. "What's an ark?" Kazu asks. "It's like a ship, I think." Kenta says. "That's correct. We just need to make it to the spot we arrived at when we first came to the Digital World." Henry says.
They were relived about that and then they turn to watch a white glowing tiger Digimon and a two headed glowing green turtle Digimon heading towards Azulongmon and Zhqiaomon. She takes out her D-Ark, as does Takato. Her's shows the turtle Digimon and she reads out the info.
Ebonwumon
Mega level Digimon
Attribute: Vaccine
Animal type. Attacks are Phantom Mist and Black Hail.
Takato reads out the tiger Digimon's info.
Baihumon
Mega level Digimon
Attribute: Data
Animal type. Attacks are Vajra and Iron Armour Claw.
As they reclip their D-Arks to their belt lops, Kazu points as he shouts out, "Isn't that Cyberdramon?" They all squint their eyes at where Kazu is pointing. They then blink as Cyberdramon begins to descend into the gaping hole with Ryo. "I don't think Ryo wants Cyberdramon to enter that hole." Kenta says. "Geeze, you think?" She says sceptically.
She turns to look at Renamon and says, "Well there's not need for all of us to go. Ready Renamon?" The yellow fox Digimon replies, "Of course, Rika." They start head for the bridge, once they walk a few steps a bubble surrounds them and they're speeding off into the direction of the ruined tower.
"You think we'll make it in time?" Renamon asks. "How should I know? This is Ryo and Cyberdramon we're talking about." She admits to her partner. Renamon nods her head in agreement. "True, but how long before they're overwhelmed by the D-Reaper? I don't like the sounds of this enemy, Rika. Everyone we've fought has usually been a Digimon, whatever this thing is, it's no Digimon." Renamon says. "To quoth Takato, 'We'll do what we usually do. We just run head long into a fight and hope for the best.'" She says to her partner. "You really like him, don't you?" Renamon asks. She blushes lightly and says, "Whatever gave you that idea?" "Just a thought." Renamon answers and she is left wondering if anyone else has noticed her reactions to Takato. She especially hopes that Takato hasn't noticed, she decides not to think about it and focus at the task at hand.
They soon arrive at the ruined tower and they make their way onto the ground that surrounds the gaping hole. Once they're at the edge, they see some kind of red flowing blob. For some odd reason, she doesn't like that blob and as they watch it hit one of the flowing pieces of land, it deletes it with a simple touch. She glances at Renamon and they share a look, then before she could change her mind, she begins to climb into the hole. Renamon follows a second after.
As they move deeper into the hole, they spy more of the red blobs moving up out of the hole. Just as they make is a few feet into the pit, they see Zhqaiomon dive into the lower part of the hole. They find a path that leads downwards and they begin to walk it. After five minutes, they watch as the phoenix Digimon raises out of the pit, she notices that the sovereign Digimon is missing part of his wing.
That unnerves her, but she's resolved to find that bone head, Ryo. It takes a good twenty minutes before they spot Ryo trying to retrain Cyberdramon. "We need to leave this place, Cyberdramon! This isn't the time to fight!" They hear Ryo tell his partner. "I'm not leaving until I do something!" Cyberdramon growls as he tries to ignore the energy whip around his one arm.
"It seems you need help." She says as she jumps onto the same ledge as Ryo. Ryo turns his head slightly towards her and says, "That would be nice, Wildcat." "Don't call my that!" She says to Mr. Perfect. All that does is make him grin and then pull some more onto his D-Ark. "Just why did he drop into this pit?" She asks curiously. "Cyberdramon said he spotted something entering the pit, he wanted to stop whatever it was." Ryo explains. "That's helpful." Renamon says. "I might be his partner but that doesn't mean I know what goes through his head all the time." Ryo replies.
She looks over at Renamon and they reach an understanding on a level either knew they had. She moves to the edge of the ledge and looks down to find more blobs coming. "Cyberdramon wants something to happen, huh? We'll do something alright!" She says and then leaps over the edge of the ledge. "Rika!" Ryo shouts. She feels Renamon behind her and she holds her D-Ark to her chest.
"Renamon Bio Merge to…" Renamon says. "Sakuyamon!" They say in a duel voice. 'I can feel our strength, Renamon!' She says. 'I know, Rika. Lets do this!' Renamon replies. As one they say, "River of destruction, hear our song. Heed us and follow." They move upward with a large tower of it follows them. "O River of Chaos, feel our might as we collect our power. By beauty and by love, we swing our staff! Terrible before our might!" They finish saying as their attack hits the flowing red mass. It deletes all of it and it clears the way down. They see Ryo swipe a card through his D-Ark and watch as the pair of spears are tossed into the sides of the small hole. Then Cyberdramon uses his Desolation Claw on the rock around the small gap. The rocks fall on top of the spears and they watch as the rocks and the spears create a plug.
With that, Cyberdramon picks up Ryo and they fly out of the pit. They continue towards the group and they look in awe as they study their mega form. 'Lets hope that plug holds a bit longer.' She says to Renamon. 'It wouldn't hold for long, though. The D-Reaper is too powerful for that plug to keep it at bay for very long.' Renamon says. She agrees and they unmerge, she watches as Takato smiles brightly at them and he says, "I'm glad you're back, Rika. Renamon." Before anything else could be said, the four mega level Digimon move towards them.
"This needs to be done, Azulongmon." Zhqiaomon says. "It's Calumon's choice, he is more then just the catalyst of the Light of Digivolution." Azulongmon says. Then Azulongmon says to Calumon, "We need your help, Calumon. Will you help us now?" Calumon's ears grow large and then Calumon says, "I'll try." They watch as Calumon moves before the four sovereign Digimon.
They all watch in awe as Digi Gnomes appear and circle Calumon. Calumon closes his eyes and soon light dances around Calumon's tiny body. Then an image of an angel like being appears behind Calumon. Then a flash of light occurs and they all close their eyes. When they open them, the Digi Gnomes aren't circling Calumon. Calumon descends tiredly towards the group she catches the white Digimon.
Then Digimon begin to appear from all over the Digital World. Some they could identify, others they can't, but they're all certain that they're all mega level Digimon. They all turn when something lands hard behind them. Kenta moves and helps out a really tiny pink Digimon. "Is this guy a mega?" Kenta asks. Kazu pulls out his Digivice and reads off the info for the pink Digimon.
MarineAngemon
Mega level Digimon
Attribute: Vaccine
Pixie type. Attacks are Kahuna Waves and Ocean Love.
Kazu finishes reading the info and Kenta then receives a hug from the pink mega Digimon. Kenta gets MarineAngemon to fly over towards where the other mega level Digimon are gathered. They watch as a huge tower of D-Reaper erupts from the pit. "Time for us to go." Henry says. "Hey, where's Jeri?" She asks as she looks around.
Just then Jeri walks over from behind a rock. Henry looks relieved and they all start to follow Ryo towards a way to the wasteland layer of the Digital World. She wonders if they'll make it home alright. She really hopes so.
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She really doesn't know why their doing this, Takato offered to go, but they volunteered. So here they are, racing towards the spot where this Ark is going to be appearing and Kyubimon is running flat out. In her arms rests Impmon.
They notice that Takato has transformed into Enlilmon and is waiting for them. She nods to Enlilmon and as they leap into the air, Enlilmon moves under to help them towards the Ark. It works as they enter the Ark, Enlilmon transforms into Takato, as Kyubimon becomes Renamon. "I told you not to worry about them, Ryo." Henry says to Mr. Perfect. "Ok, so it's the first time I've seen anything like that happen before. Its not every day you see a kid transform into a Digimon right before your eyes." Ryo replies.
As it quits down, they listen as Guilmon talks to the screen of the Ark. As the Ark moves with all of them on it, something moves inside of Kenta's pocket. Out comes MarineAngemon with a D-Ark. "Does this mean you're my partner?" Kenta asks the pink mega. "Yip!" MarineAngemon says as the little guy hands over the D-Ark to Kenta. "I can't believe I'm partnered to a mega!" Kenta cries out.
Impmon wakes up and asks, "Why are you talking to that screen, pinapple head?" Guilmon replies, "The Ark is a real good listener." They all move to look at the red ball under the screen. "You're saying it's alive?" Henry asks Guilmon. They all turn to look at Takato, the goggle wearing Tamer just shrugs. "My feelings are really missed up, but I'll trust Guilmon on this one." Takato says.
They then begin to feel the Ark shake as the winds become stronger. Then suddenly, they're moving backwards. "What's wrong?" Ryo asks. "I think the tracks gone." Henry says. "Now what?" She asks. "Maybe if we ask the Ark real nice, it'll continue on without the track?" Takato suggests. They all turn and Guilmon cries out, "Please take us home, Ark! We all have friends and family there." "Please! We need to get home to our worried parents and family. Please try to take us home." Takato says. Henry's pack beeps and Henry takes out the COM device. They all watch as Henry sets the COM device by the red ball.
Then before their eyes, two wires appear and link up to the COM device. On the screen, they read, "OK." Soon the Ark stops its descent and begins to move forward. "Thanks, Ark. We owe you one." Takato says. They all nod in agreement with that comment. They can still feel the Ark shake from the winds outside, but the Ark continues on its way.
She looks over to Jeri, she sighs, knowing that she couldn't say anything to make her feel better. She just hopes that Jeri comes to terms with Leomon's death. She turns to Henry and watches as Henry gets this pained look on his face. She turns to look outside the back of the Ark. She watches as the Digital World shrinks before her eyes.
She closes her eyes and hopes that they Digimon luck battling the D-Reaper. It's all she can do, really. 'I just hope they'll survive.' She thinks, and then a flash of light occurs. She stands up and moves out of the Ark. She smiles as she spies her mother and grandmother. They're home.
To be continued …