Digimon: Elemental Mages

by BridgitKiido

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Digimon. That means that any ideas or characters specifically discussed by the show or merchandise pertaining to Digimon or other stories that exist in this story are not my creations. I do, however, own all characters and ideas that do not match the above criteria unless I mention otherwise.

Flower Faerie

If you recall,and there's no real reason why you wouldn't if you've been reading,last chapter the twins defeated Ihtaymon. From his defeat, although unnoticed, emerged a glittering leaf-shaped emerald that began to float out of the cavern to seek its owner.

Rhenna and Tan were sitting on tree stumps that just happened to be in the middle of the forest, finally getting some relief from their stress because they had sent Bobby and Butterstarmon off on a scouting mission. Dewmon and Raptomon were sleeping at their partners' sides, completely exhausted.

The emerald floated through the woods, and only had to travel a few yards before landing right on Rhenna's lap. She looked down, feeling the new presence, and picked it up, examining it closely. Tan also noticed and stated, "Looks like someone just fought an evil digimon and won. Probably the twins. I wonder what powers you have, Rhen?"

"Well, only one way to find out," she said, and she closed her eyes and concentrated. The emerald glowed softly as, from the ground, a large vine emerged, twisting and turning its way up the tree stump that Rhenna sat on. But it never actually reached her, for although the stump had started out small, it was also growing as the vine twirled around it. Higher and higher it went, as did Rhenna, who was nervously inching towards the center of the stump, trying not to give it an opportunity to knock her off.

Tan just sat in awe as the stump and vine climbed ever-higher into the canopies, until Rhenna was sitting almost level with the tops of the trees themselves. Then, leaves and branches began to sprout from the vine that encircled the stump, so that it became a tree of its own. When it was done, the new tree was so beautiful and so like the older trees that it was hard to tell the difference between them.

"Um, I'd like to come down now," Rhenna said, shaking like a leaf. She was a little bit afraid of heights, after all. It must be pointed out, however, that she was slightly enjoying the whole experience, although hiding that quite well.

Bridgit was scrying in her cocoa again – her excuse was to make sure that there was nothing dangerous around as Jennie's leg healed. It was almost done, but there was still some time left, and none of them wanted to take any chances this time. She nodded slightly at her vision, then looked up and sighed. "Well, it looks like Rhenna's found her powers. And I have no comment on the fact that she's having a little bit of trouble controlling them – that new tree out in the forest is her handiwork."

"I was wondering what that sound was," Bunimon yawned. "I was thinking it might be another evil digimon."

"Well," Bridgit replied, "not even the Legendary Warriors were attacked every waking moment. For example, in chapter 33 after Koji rescued Koichi from the corrupted dark spirits, they spent at least a couple of hours calmly sitting on the train. Although, not many of them were speaking too much, and there was a little tension between the original five and Koichi…"

"Yeah, Bridgit, you know just how to lighten the mood," Spikecornmon stated, keeping a straight face until seeing Bridgit's scowl made her crack up and begin to laugh a little bit, although she tried to disguise it as coughing.

The wrappings suddenly flew off of Jennie's leg and Bunimon gathered them, placing them into her quiver for reuse. Jennie got up and stretched, then said, "Well, I've had enough sitting around for one day. Anyone want to go find the others?"

"I'm up to it," John replied, getting up. "How about you, Bridgit?"

She had to think for a moment, but then she got up and nodded, saying, "I think I can handle that. After all, they're probably having loads of fun. I bet that they've already forgotten about all of this, trying to get Rhenna down from that tree."

Canismon stated, "Hang on, Bridgit. You never told us anything about her being stuck in a tree."

Bridgit laughed nervously. "It must have just slipped my mind!"

As Rhenna wished for a way down and Dewmon attempted to fly up and rescue her partner, rescue became unnecessary as small steps appeared in the wood, leading in a downward spiral towards the ground. Rhenna took no time to ponder how it had happened – a lot of weird things had been happening lately anyway– and slowly made her way down, taking care not to let go of the tree except slightly when she had to release the friction of the bark on her arms.

"That's it Rhen! Just a little further and you'll be down!" Tan was shouting words of support up to his friend, who was obviously scared to death. Dewmon was acting as a spotter, hovering just under Rhenna's position in case her partner fell. Tan had even gotten Raptomon to help out with the spotting, although he lagged behind because he was still so tired.

Bobby, meanwhile, returned from his scouting mission. Seeing the tree that had previously been a stump, along with the emerald that Rhenna gripped tightly as she made her way down the tree, Bobby muttered, "I guess she's got her crystal now. That only leaves me."

Rhenna finally made her way down, and just as she was about to leap into his arms in tears, Bobby showed up and stated, "I don't want to alarm you or anything, but there's something about a mile down that path over there." He motioned towards the path that he had taken. "Past the cave, there is more of the forest, and then there is a small clearing. That clearing has a lake, and in that lake is a really nasty digimon. At least, it looked really nasty and sounded really nasty when we went in for a closer look."

At this time, Bridgit, the twins, and their partners made their way out of the cave, and seeing the rest of the group, made haste to join them. The twins waved, and although Bridgit did not, everyone was glad to see each other. Well, maybe not Bridgit and Tan as much, but that's self-explanatory.

After the greetings had been finished, Bobby broke it up, saying, "There's a kind of nasty digimon down that path. It's kind of like a giant green and silver hermit crab, and it looked nasty. I'd suggest not going in that direction, although I'm not sure if it saw us or not."

Rhenna looked down the path and suddenly froze, only able to say, "Um, I think it did see you, and there's no need for a closer look because it's coming right for us!"

Sure enough, right down the path lumbered a large hermit-crab like digimon. Its shell was a metallic green color, and its body was silver. Of course, its body could also have been compared to a dragonish lizard. (A/N: I believe it has a trading card somewhere... as have several of the foes they've faced so far... I haven't been very creative...)

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MoriShellmon

Level: Champion

Abilities: Pile Shell, Slamming Attack

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"Yeesh. We just beat up Ihtaymon, and now we have to face this thing," Jennie stated, obviously not forgetful of the last adventure.

"Who?" Tan asked, completely unaware of what the twins had faced.

"We'll tell you later," Bridgit said, bracing herself just in case. "Right now, I think we have a fight on our hands."

When MoriShellmon finally spotted our heroes (it took him a while), he immediately called, "Pile Shell!" From his mouth came a barrage of clam shells that were aimed directly towards the children, Rhenna in particular it seemed. All of them used their powers to create shields, except for Bobby, who hid behind the closest tree. When the barrage finally ended, the land looked like a fire had been through it (which might have happened, we'll never know if Tan really kept that shield in line or not), but the children were, more or less fine. As were their digimon. There was one exception, however. Rhenna's shield had not completely protected her from the blast, and it had torn a hole in her green skirt. It was a tiny hole, and it was near the bottom so it could easily be patched up, but Rhenna was not happy about it. In fact, she was really not happy.

"You tore my skirt! Which I don't really care much about anyway, but my mother is going to kill me! You'll pay for that!" She stared at the hermit crab, a fury brewing in her eyes, and her emerald glowed a bright green color. (What other color would it glow?) So did Dewmon, who was revved up for battle herself.

D I G I V O L U T I O N

"Dewmon, digivolve to…" she cried as she grew to Rhenna's height. The teardrop that had been her head multiplied itself by four and rearranged to become a flower shape as corn silk grew from the pattern's top. Her body, which had been quite skinny, thickened to the width of a middle-aged maple tree's trunk. As for her wings, they also multiplied themselves and covered her body, arms, and legs, along with leaving three on each side to act as wings… "WildFloramon!"

E N D D I G I V O L U T I O N

Where Dewmon had previously stood, there was now a beautiful warrior, half girl, half flower. Her corn silk hair swept itself behind her, almost to her feet. She was covered with beautiful leaves, which if used properly could deliver a devastating blow. As for her head, each petal surrounding it was a different color, one red, one blue, one yellow, and one that was hidden by the hair.

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WildFloramon

Level: Champion

Abilities: Leaf Blade, Cornsilk Petal Blast

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"Slamming Attack!" MoriShellmon cried as he attempted to slam the new arrival to the ground, but she was too quick. As the leaves all over her sharpened themselves and protruded themselves, she flew up and slashed at MoriShellmon's shell, crying "Leaf Blade!"

The shell was almost cut through, but there was just one layer that had not been sliced. For that, Rhenna stepped in. From her emerald sprung three large vines which flew towards MoriShellmon and pried open his shell, revealing the soft flesh inside. WildFloramon took this opportunity to hover above the hermit crab, and her hair looked as if caught in a gigantic wind storm, blowing everywhere. (For extra visualization, if you remember in the second season of the television show when Arukenimon used her spirit needle to summon Blackwargreymon, this is similar to that.) Her fourth petal was revealed, a beautiful soft pastel rainbow which seemed to shift depending on how the light touched it. That particular petal began to glow, and as WildFloramon cried, "Cornsilk Petal Blast!" a great beam of rainbow-colored light hit MoriShellmon directly on his weak spot. He screamed and dissolved into data, which Rhenna scanned with her D-PA. WildFloramon dedigivolved back into Dewmon, and Rhenna sighed.

Bunimon hopped over to Rhenna and examined her skirt. She then nodded, and a tiny piece of ribbon flew out of her quiver – a small piece of what Jennie's leg had been wrapped in while it healed. When it touched Rhenna's skirt, the cloth mended itself immediately.

"Healing cuts, harming opponents, shielding from enemies, mending bones, driving out demons, fixing clothing – is there anything your ribbon can't do?" Jennie wondered in awe at her partner.

From where MoriShellmon had fallen, small purple bits of data gathered and formed a fine piece of amethyst crystal, shaped almost like the stalactites and stalagmites of a cave. It flew over to Bobby, and landed right in his hands. "I guess this is mine, then," he commented quietly, examining it a tiny bit.

"Come on," Tan said, beginning to walk the other way. When nobody followed, he stopped and reminded them, "Nefertimon asked us to bring these back to her, remember? Let's bring them and get this over with."

"Okay," the others said, and they all followed, although Bobby lagged behind, wondering what surprises his amethyst might actually have in store…

What powers might Bobby's new gem have in store? Will he find out before he has to deliver it to Nefertimon? Find out next chapter!

Author's Note: Hope everyone liked this chapter (even if it's shorter than usual...) Anyway, thanks for the review charli, and I think you got your answer. You were right on, by the way, although I must admit it was kind of easy... anyway, the next chapter should come sooner than later... should... it all depends... but anyway, review nicely, and I'll see you when I next update over here! (Note to self: mustget some work done on other fics...)