Chapter 9: Growing Pains
Return Shift: Brendan –Present Friday the 16th of November-
"Oh maaaan, I just got home from school." I cried once Herpetomon and I had jumped from the window. I brought my cell phone with me to make sure the others would come.
"Come on, Hurry up." Herpetomon called from his alert mode. I ran and caught up with him. Then I took out my phone to call the others. First Nick.
"Hello?" Nick answered.
"Hey Nick it's me are you coming? A Digimon's coming through!" I asked
"Yeah, me and Fatomon are on our way."
"Good see you there."
Now Kayla and Gotsumon…
"Hey K, a Digimon's coming into the real world, you're going right?" I asked.
"Yeah I know Gotsumon just told me about it, and the D-Gadget rumbled like you told me it would."
"OK, Let Gotsumon lead you, see you there." I told her.
"OK see ya'" K said.
Herpetomon and I were on our way as well. This one was pretty far away we were being led to the next town over. I was led to a place that Nick, Kayla, and I all knew well, the field behind the Jr. High we all went to. I could see Nick, Fatomon, Kayla, and Gotsumon had already made it. We came up behind them.
"No way, I didn't know you were a Tamer." I heard Nick say said. I totally forgot to tell him.
"Yeah, I guess I'm a Tamer" Kayla said. She was already pissed at having to be around Nick.
"Hey guys we're here." I said as Herpetomon and I arrived.
"Hey." they all said.
"Hello Herpetomon." Fatomon said to Herpetomon making a cocky look at him.
"Grrrraah." Herpetomon replied making a smug look at him.
"What's with him?" Nick and Kayla asked.
"He gets this way when we find a Digimon is Bioemerging." I excused. This was partly true, but I knew Herpetomon was just being a jerk because of his strange dislike for Fatomon. Then the Digital field appeared. "Speaking of Bioemerging." Inside the fog I heard a big stomp.
"Great, another big one." Kayla said. The Digimon came out of the field and I whipped out my Digivice. The display popped up,
"This is Tuskmon, very dangerous, very big Dinosaur type. Says he uses Charging attacks." I told the group.
"Raaagh" The mammoth Tuskmon made his appearance. He wasted no time in attacking us either, he ran towards Kayla, Nick and their Digimon. Thankfully their Digimon had the sense to pull their partners out of harms way.
"Herpetomon, Go!" I cried. He ran at the monster, jumped and punched him hard on the side of the face. The beast turned to Herpetomon and prepared for an attack, "Horn Buster" The monster launched one of his horns off and it was heading for Herpetomon. Herpetomon swiftly dodged the missile and it exploded on contact with the ground. Herpetomon seemed to be fine, but Tuskmon was moving in for another attack. "Boulder Blast!" Gotsumon yelled as he threw a gigantic boulder at Tuskmon. It hit him hard and he was knocked back. "Nice work, Gotsumon" Kayla said from behind him. The both of them ran to our side. I could see Nick and Fatomon circling around the back. "Flare Activate" Nick yelled. What! Why was he using that now, we were capable of beating him without it. Fatomon became engulfed in a fiery brilliance as he charged Fatomon. "Edge Drive" Fatomon called. In a quick flash he dashed by Tuskmon and made a critical slash along his side. Even though Fatomon was boosted by the flare the attack didn't seem to do much. Tuskmon did a sweep with the giant tusks along his back. Fatomon was hit hard and sent flying.
"Oh no Fatomon's down." I said. Tuskmon was heading in for the kill. "Herpetomon go stop him!" I yelled "Gotsumon! Do something!" Kayla shouted. Our Digimon ran together towards Tuskmon.
"Gotsumon, give me your hand." Herpetomon said to him while they were running. He must've had a plan. He grabbed Gotsumon's hand, jumped towards Tuskmon, and then threw Gotsumon at him. "Take this." Gotsumon yelled as he punched Tuskmon hard in the face. Gotsumon landed and retreated back to where we were. Mean while Fatomon was still out of commission. Tuskmon was still standing.
"Horn Buster" Tuskmon called unexpectedly. The horn missile was headed straight for K! Gotsumon jumped in front of the attack. Boom! The missile exploded on contact. "Gotsumon, Gotsumon, please get up!" Kayla said. We were the only ones left to fight. "You guys hang back. We'll finish him off!" I told the others. "Herpetomon go for it!" He ran up to Tuskmon and cried "Lizard Claw!" He made a few quick slashes with his claws, but it didn't seem to make much of a dent in his armor. This was a losing fight, he's a champion but Herpetomon's only a rookie. Tuskmon ignored Herpetomon and began heading for Nick and Kayla. "Hold it right there!" Herpetomon said, he ran in front of Tuskmon and braced Tuskmon's tusks. He tried and tried to hold Tuskmon back, but he simply wasn't strong enough. Tuskmon was too big and too strong. In one swift movement Tuskmon sharply pulled his tusks out of Herpetomon's grasp and slammed him hard right on the head. Herpetomon fell over sideways and Tuskmon continued to head for Kayla and Nick.
I ran over to help Herpetomon.
"Herpetomon, please get up." No response. "Herpetomon, come on, I know you can hear me. We need your help. You're the only one who can save us now." Herpetomon opened his eyes, which were once again flaming green light. He was able to stand up, albeit feebly.
"Hey, You, big guy." Herpetomon said. "I'm not done with you yet." Tuskmon turned around.
"Yeah, that's my Digimon." I said, "Go, show him what our power can do!"
"Yaaaaah" We both yelled.
"Woah, I can feel it, the joy!" Herpetomon called as he charged Tuskmon.
-Digivolution activate-
Herpetomon jumped in the air and then the digivolution started. "Herpetomon Digivolve to…" First Herpetomon began to grow, even larger than Tuskmon. The second thing I noticed was that he dawned a pair of blue baggy pants. Another thing that I found strange was he gained another finger, giving him 4 (counting the thumb). He landed on the ground in front of Tuskmon with a tremendous crash. "Skymon!"
"Yes! Exactly the way I expected him to be." I said.
"Woah, that was awesome!" Nick said.
"Nice work kid." Fatomon said quietly to himself
"Oh, I get it" K responded. Gotsumon was still out cold in her lap.
"So you got bigger, no problem." Tuskmon said uncertainly.
"He he he, you never learn." Skymon said, with that he jumped up in the air. In addition to his larger size Skymon could also jump a lot higher. He was up who-know-how-high with his new found pants flapping in the wind. Then he cried "Lizard Claw." This time the miasma around his claws was a lot bigger. As Skymon was falling he made a throwing gesture with his hands and a beam of brilliant green light shot out. He came crashing down to earth as the beam destroyed Tuskmon. Skymon absorbed the data and the fight was finally over with.