FireSamurai: Ah ha! Finally! Chapter 5 is here! I am sorry for the long wait but like the saying goes, Good things come to those who wait!
Disclaimer: I do not own digimon. If I did, this story would be on TV as the fifth season (once it is complete that is) but I don't, so it will never be. (cries)
Chapter 5 Jungle Sickness! Help Heal the Sick, Satomon!
"And that's when we broke you free." Rei finished. It was about mid-morning as the team was walking into the deep, damp jungle. Some mist floated along the bottom as the trees blocking the sunlight gave them all a creepy vibe. Having left Pyrarenamon's village (and IceDevimon and his mountain) behind, they headed forward to the port so they could hop on a ship to the continent where the angel king and queen resided.
"I see." Areku looked passed Rei to the furred reptile walking next to him.
"Thanks for your help SnowGabumon and welcome to the team." He smiled.
"I am honored to help the angelic knights in anyway I can." SnowGabumon replied with a bow. Areku could only grin at his politeness as he turned his attention to the path in front of him. For a while, no one spoke, Areku, Pyrarenamon, Rei and SnowGabumon were up front while the girls walked behind them. A thought then occurred in Areku's mind.
"Hey everyone, why don't we stop for lunch, I am sure everyone is hungry by now." Nodding in agreement, everyone went to work. A fire quickly got underway and Areku got right to work cooking some fish that he had received at Kitsune Village. It was a reward for helping them rebuild the village. As he cooked, Pyra and Ayami went to get some more water as Rei and Sora got some more firewood and Mikomi, and SnowGabumon went to get some fruit.
Looking at their current supply of food, they had enough for about three days, but one couldn't be too careful. Getting up and checking the fish, he quickly removed them from the fire.
"The fish are done." With that said, Rei and Sora immediately had chopsticks in their hands and leafs as bibs, mouths drooling. Areku could only sweat drop at this.
"Hold on guys. We have to wait for the others to come back before we eat." Areku said. Grumbling slightly, the two removed their bibs and put their chopsticks away in disappointment. Smiling, Areku sat in-between his two friends. Sighing to themselves, the three waited for their friends to returned. Unknown to them, someone was watching them from above...
The two walked in silence, Pyrarenamon in front of Ayami, the two carrying some canteens. Pyrarenamon wanted to do this quickly. The more she was away from Areku; the more likely he was in danger. Though she could understand the face that he wanted Ayami to have protection, she couldn't understand why he couldn't come with them. Then the thought of tasting burnt fish for lunch passed her mind and her face twisted as if she had tasted something sour. Sighing, she continued her walk to the river that SnowGabumon saw on his way up the mountain. Looking behind her to see if Ayami was all right, she saw the young human girl deep in thought. Turning her head back to the road before them, she quickly saw the river and came to a stop. This caused Ayami to walk right into her, which caused her to fall to the ground.
"Why did you stop?" Ayami asked, slightly annoyed that her brother's digimon partner would just stop for no reason.
"We are here." Pyra said as she took the two canteens she had and started to walk towards the river. Nodding, Ayami followed the fiery digimon. The two quickly went to the river and stuck their canteens into the water. If it wasn't for the sound of rushing water, Pyra would have gone crazy from the silence. When she was about to start a conversation, Ayami spoke.
"Why?" She said quietly though with Pyrarenamon's ears, she could pick up her voice. Pyrarenamon just blinked in confusion.
"Why what?" Pyra asked back. Ayami took her half of the canteens out and turned to Pyra with a hard glare in her eyes. "Why Areku?" She asked, taking a step towards Pyrarenamon. "Why did you choose him of all people? He has too much to deal with as it is with his life and now you appear one day and say he has to save a world he doesn't even know about. Why does he have to do this? Why does it have to be him? Couldn't you have just gotten some other kid from our world and have him be the leader of these knights?" Ayami said, her voice rising with each step she took towards Pyra, tears slowly starting to appear at the corner of her eyes.
Pyrarenamon remained silent as Ayami spoke. Nodding slightly, she understood what Ayami was saying. If it was up to Pyra, Areku wouldn't be here either but she knew he had to do this. Placing a clawed hand on Ayami's shoulder, she spoke. "I understand what you are saying Ayami. As his partner digimon, I wouldn't want anything to happen to Areku too, but it is his destiny to save this world." Pyrarenamon would have said more but a small scream caught her ear. Her ears twitched lightly as she heard another scream following it and her eyes widen as she noticed that it was her partner's voice.
"What?" Ayami said, wiping the tears away with her sleeve. "What is wrong?" She asked again.
"Areku." She whispered. Ayami's eyes widened as Pyrarenamon picked up
Ayami and her half of the canteens and teleported back to the campsite...
"Ice Blaster!" Pyrarenamon and Ayami heard as they appeared at a frightful scene. SnowGabumon was fighting off five of these large bees looking digimon with red wings but what frighten the two more was that Rei and Areku had these two large stingers sticking out of them, one in Rei's right arm while the other was in Areku's left shoulder blade. Mikomi was desperately trying to help SnowGabumon with protecting the others with a small torch but the giant bees weren't leaving them alone. She noticed that Areku was shielding Sora. He must have covered her to protect her from the stingers. Rage filling Pyrarenamon's vision, she quickly jumped into the fray.
"Firestorm!" She bellowed in fury, the small fireballs charging forward, deleting two of the five bee type digimon. SnowGabumon turned in awe at the return of his friends.
"Pyrarenamon! It seems the others have been attacked by Flymon while we were away!" SnowGabumon yelled as he shot another Ice Blaster at another of the insect digimon, freezing it and making it fall to the ground, shattering on impact. Pyrarenamon slashed the fourth one, absorbing all of its data. She quickly looked around for the other one but all she saw were the three digital eggs of the three insect digimon that they didn't absorb. She quickly turned around to see Ayami and Mikomi slowly taking the stingers out of Rei's arm and Areku's back, Sora sitting off to the side in her own little world. She then turned to SnowGabumon.
"What happened?" She said with a little more force then she usually does.
"I don't know myself, but when Mikomi and I came back, we saw the Flymon attacking them. Rei already had a stinger in his right arm and was fighting back with a small torch in his other hand. Areku was shielding Sora when the stinger hit him." SnowGabumon said in a calm voice but you could tell that he didn't like this. Pyrarenamon nodded and quickly walked over to Areku. She kneeled down right next to him as she gently turned him over.
"How are you feeling?" Pyrarenamon said in a worried tone.
"You don't have to worry about me Pyra. It was just a scratch." Areku said, grinning slightly. He quickly got up onto his feet. He then walked a couple of steps. "See." He said. "Nothing to...worry... about..." Areku slurred as he fell face first into the dirt, Rei right behind him.
"Areku!" Ayami yelled. She was right by Areku's side with Pyra as
Mikomi and SnowGabumon were checking on Rei. When Ayami placed her hand on Areku's forehead, she quickly took it away. "He is burning up." She said. Straightaway, she took a giant leaf off one of the trees and doused it in water. Ripping the leaf in half, she placed one half on Areku's forehead and handed the other half to Mikomi who placed it on Rei's forehead as well.
"Pyrarenamon! Come look at this!" SnowGabumon said a slight hint of worry in his voice. In a flash, Pyrarenamon was next to SnowGabumon's side.
"What is the problem my friend?" She asked.
"I think there is something wrong with Rei's arm." SnowGabumon said. Nodding, Pyra slowly moved Rei's sleeve up to see a purple gash in it.
"I was afraid of this." Pyrarenamon said. "It appears they have been poisoned from the Flymon."
"This isn't good. It will be at least a three day walk to the port." SnowGabumon said grimly. "Two and a half if we walk all night but regardless, I don't think they will make it."
"We got to try." All eyes turned to Sora.
"Sora?" Mikomi said. Sora then walked over to Areku, placing a hand on his arm.
"I was scared. I was so scared I was going to die. Rei and Areku were trying to scare them away with some of the fire. One was coming right for me. I was paralyzed with fear. Right when the stinger was about to hit me, Areku jumped in the way." Sora said, tears starting to roll down her cheeks. "They were so brave to fight those monsters." She then turned to the two digimon. "If there is a chance to save them then we have to take it!" She then whispered. "I owe it to them." An air of silence enveloped the group.
"We could help you." a small voice spoke. Instantly, SnowGabumon and
Pyrarenamon jumped in front of them.
"Who's there?" Pyra growled.
"Show yourself." SnowGabumon said in a calmer tone then Pyra but still had much force to it. The bushes rustled for a few seconds before a strange looking digimon appeared. The strange digimon came up to Sora's shoulders and, literally, had a rose for a body that looked in bloom while in the middle of the rose was a small green head with a leaf covering it. Had the leaf not been there, they would see the digimon's forest green eyes. For arms, it had vines coming out from the rose and thorns covered them. Its legs were also like this. From the way the small digimon was shaking, they could tell that it was nervous. All three of the humans raised an eyebrow at the little digimon as Pyrarenamon and SnowGabumon lowered their guards slightly.
"Who are you?" Pyrarenamon said, appearing more frightening to the small plant digimon.
"M- m -m -my name i- i- i- i- is Petalmon. I s- s- s- saw what happened to y - y- y- your friends. I thought maybe I could help," said the shaking digimon, clearly afraid of Pyrarenamon. Her eyes soften, Pyrarenamon walked over to the small digimon.
"Can you really help our sick friends?" She asked softly.
The young plant digimon nodded. "Yes. My village is just an hour's walk from here. I am sure the doctor of the village will be able to help you." Petalmon said, her voice not shaking as much as much anymore. Turning around, Pyrarenamon saw the others nodding in agreement.
"Lead the way." She said back to Petalmon. Smiling under the leaf,
Petalmon turned around and started to walk through the bush. Carrying Areku on her back, Pyrarenamon followed with Ayami and Mikomi sporting Rei as Sora and SnowGabumon walked behind them. Silence enveloped the group once again, their friends' lives on the line.
"Pyra..." A weak whisper entered her ear. Pyrarenamon's eyes widened with surprise.
"Please do not speak Areku. We have met a digimon that said the doctor in her village could help you. Save your strength." She whispered back. She could feel Areku nodding.
"Just...tell...me...if...Sora...is...ok." He whispered back.
Pyrarenamon nodded. "She is fine. She is safe because of you and Rei. Now please save your strength." She whispered back, some tears in her eyes as they continued their walk to Petalmon's village. Feeling Areku nod, she soon heard him lightly snoring in her ear.
'Just like Areku' Pyrarenamon thought proudly to herself. 'Even when he is about to die, he thinks about others. I am honored that I have such a human as my partner.'
Unaware to her, Petalmon saw the exchange of words between the human and digimon. Seeing the closeness the two shared touched Petalmon's soft heart. Turning forward, they continued their march. It wasn't long before the group reached a group of thick shrubs.
"My village is right through here." Petalmon said as she walked through shrubs. Following her lead, the group found themselves in a grove of enormous trees. Upon closer inspection of the trees, they saw that in the trees had carved doors and windows in them.
"Follow me. Doctor Kabukimon is this way." Petalmon said but as they walked further into the grove, a group of digimon stopped their way. This digimon looked to be plant type just like Petalmon. They had purple flowers for hands as well as having red petals around their neck and on the top and sides of their heads. They, oddly, had a reptile type tail as well as roots for feet. Their "feet" were green while their bodies were white and their eyes were blue. By the looks on their faces, they didn't seem pleased with Petalmon while others seemed frightened of the newcomers.
"Who are they?" Ayami whispered to Pyrarenamon.
"They are Floramon. They are data rookie digimon. They are relatively peaceful digimon but their Rain of Pollen and their Stamen Rope attacks will at least leave you with a bad itch if not bruise you." Pyrarenamon answered. A few minutes went by, each group staring at the other. The air was filled with hostility. Pyrarenamon and SnowGabumon didn't particularly want to delete any digimon but they would use force if necessary.
"What seems to be the problem here?" An old voice from the back spoke up. The Floramon parted revealing a truly bizarre looking digimon. The digimon before them had thick vine-like arms as it wore a yellow top and red bottom of a kabuki costume(1). Its face seemed to be covered by a white mask, design on the mask indicating where his mouth and eyes are, as large pink petals surrounded that. Two large orange bangs swayed at the side of his face as more orange hair flew down his backside. His hands looked exactly like his face, a small white mask in the center of large pink petals. Areku's D-Wing beeped to life at the presence of this new digimon.
"Kabukimon. Group: Mutant. Level: Armor. Type: Vaccine. Attacks: Sakura Storm, Lion Dance. This wise digimon has been known throughout the digiworld to have made many cures to very serious viruses. Just because he is a healer doesn't mean he can't hurt anyone with his Sakura Storm attack and his Lion Dance." Pyra read before it closed itself and went back into the D-Wing.
Moving towards the group, Kabukimon said, "Not meaning to sound rude, but what purpose do you have in this village? If you are here for a fight, I will not let you harm any of these innocent digimon." The doctor said; his voice firm. Handing Areku off to Ayami, Pyrarenamon stepped forward for the group.
Taking a breath, she said, "Please forgive us for our intrusion upon your village. We are travelers coming from Kitsune village, heading towards the great Angel Castle to see the great Angel King and Queen. While we were walking through this dense jungle, two of our friends were attacked by Flymon." Some murmurs occurred when Pyra said this.
Taking a moment for the murmurs to stop, she continued. "We fear that they have been poisoned by their stingers. One of your villagers saw what had happen and said that you could help us with a cure for them."
Leaning slightly over to the side, Kabukimon saw the two poisoned men.
Taking a moment, he nodded. "Very well. Bring them to my hut." With that, he turned around and disappeared back into the sea of Floramon.
Bowing, Pyrarenamon said, "Thank you good doctor. You have no idea how much this means to us." She then turned around to Ayami, carefully taking Areku and started to follow the doctor. As they walked through the sea of Floramon, Pyrarenamon as well as SnowGabumon noticed how the group was getting some strange looks from the other plant like digimon.
"Is it just me, or are the Floramon giving us strange looks?" Pyra whispered to SnowGabumon who nodded in agreement.
"It makes sense. This village has been blocked from the outside world while in this forest. They have not had much contact with the world and are probably uncomfortable with outsiders. On top of which, one of their own villagers had just brought some with her. Would you have not acted the same way Pyrarenamon?" SnowGabumon asked to which Pyrarenamon could only nod in agreement.
Having entered the plant doctor's hunt, they patiently (or impatiently in Ayami's case) watched as the doctor poured different colored liquid into many beakers and tubes. Sighing to herself, Sora looked over at her two friends as they lay on the beds that the doctor had provided.
She hated herself right now. She knew it was dangerous. She knew that from the very beginning. Now, however, as she watched them lay there, she was almost visible shaking. She was so scared. The Flymon had come out of nowhere and started attacking them and what did she do? She just sat there and covered her head, screaming for them to go away. She was a coward as Rei and Areku tried to fend them off. How could she be so weak in the face of such danger? A small tear fell from her cheek as she kept her head down, praying that the doctor had an antidote.
Seeing the tear, Petalmon slowly rubbed the back of Sora's leg. "Do not worry. Doctor Kabukimon is a very good doctor. If anyone could find a cure, it is him." Petalmon said with a weak smile. Sora turned her head to look at the small plant digimon and could not help but smile.
Hearing the sagely doctor sigh, they all turned their attention to him. Gathering around, they waited for the doctor to speak.
"Well?" Ayami asked. Kabukimon just sighed again.
"Is there a problem doctor?" Petalmon asked; a little worried that something has gone wrong.
Signing slightly, the doctored turned around to face the group. "I have some good news and some bad news." He stated.
"What is the good news?" a weak voice said from behind them. All eyes turned around to see Rei leaning up on one of his arms.
"Rei!" Sora yelled, dashing over to his side. "You should be resting. We don't want the poison to spread."
Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he turned to Sora and gave her a weak smile. "I am ok Sora. I really am." He then turned his attention to the doctor. "Tell us doctor. Do you have an antidote for us?" He asked weakly.
Sighing, Kabukimon said, "Yes, Rei. It is possible to make an antidote to cure you two."
"Yeah!" Ayami yelled happily, grabbing Mikomi in a hug. She then rushed over to Areku's side. "Did you hear that brother? The doctor has a cure for you."
"But," Kabukimon said, stopping the celebration short. "I do not have all the elements in order to make it."
Turning around quickly, Ayami frowned at Kabukimon. "What do you mean you don't have all the elements you need!"
"Apparently, the Flymon's poison was more effective then I thought. I have most of what I need here but there is still one more thing I need." The doctor said.
"And what would that be?" Pyrarenamon said. She then looked down at
SnowGabumon and they both nodded. What ever he needed, the two would make sure nothing would stop them from getting it.
Sighing once again, Kabukimon took a seat on one of his stool, taking out a handkerchief and mopping his brow. "I need a special herb that I have read is very effective against the poison of Flymon but the problem is that it only grows in the hives of Flymon." When he said that, shocked faces could be seen all across the room.
No one spoke. It was a suicide mission. They all knew that. The problem was that if they didn't go, they would lose two of their dearest friends. Petalmon thought this as she looked around the room, clearly seeing the despair on everyone's face. Taking a breath, she was about to say she would do this mission. It was the least that she could do for them. They have been so kind to her and she saw how close everyone in the group was to each other.
Stepping forward, she said, "Doctor, I –"
"I will do it." Rei said, cutting her off. All eyes turned to Rei as he slowly got up.
"Are you insane?" Mikomi asked, moving in front of him. "You can't do this. Not in the condition you are in! You heard where it was. It is a suicide mission!"
"However, if I don't go, Areku is going to die!" Rei yelled angrily back. This quickly caused Mikomi to shut up. Sighing, Rei continued. "I know it is dangerous, especially in the condition I am in, but I will not sit around and do nothing while my best friend is dying." He then turned around and looked at Areku. "You don't understand what it was like to have no friends. No one dared to look at you, thinking you are the scum of the earth, that you are garbage that isn't even worth talking to you. It wasn't until I met Areku that my life turned around." Rei then turned around slightly to look at his wounded friend. "He has been my best and only friend for so long and has never asked for anything in return. If saving his life means that I will forfeit mine, then I would gladly do so." Rei then returned his attention back to Mikomi. "Please step out of the way Mikomi."
SnowGabumon sighed to himself. What was he going to do? Looking at Mikomi's face, she could see that she didn't want to in fear for his health. He then looked around the room and saw that no one else was willing to go (except for Pyrarenamon of course. That was her partner that is poisoned right there.) Walking over to stand next to Rei, he said, "Please Mikomi. Step out of the way. The longer you stop us from getting that herb, the quicker Areku is to death."
"What!" Mikomi said shocked at what Rei's partner said. "Are you going crazy too, SnowGabumon? You know Rei is in no condition to do this."
"We will go with them then." Sora and Petalmon said in unison.
Everyone's attention turned to the pair.
"No, not you too Sora." Ayami said, her tone having some despair in it.
Sora merely walked over and stood next to Rei, and looked up at him. "I want to go with you Rei."
Sighing to himself (A/N: Seems like a lot of people like to sigh a lot, lol!), Rei said, "I am sorry Sora but this time you can't-"
"No!" Sora shouted, "I am going! I will not be left behind and watch as the two people who saved my life get killed in front of my eyes! I will not be weak anymore!"
"Sora……" Petalmon softly said but as she said that, a bright light blinded everyone in the room. When the light died down, a smaller green light was floating in front of Sora.
'Is this for me?' Sora thought as she touched the light. Another bright flash filled the room as a small green digital watch with a brown band and green wings sat in Sora's hands. Everyone was wide eyed at this.
"No. It can't be……." Ayami said.
"Does this mean that Sora is-" Mikomi started.
"I'm an Angelic Knight!" Sora finished for her.
"What is an Angelic Knight?" Kabukimon asked, wondering why there was a bright flash in his hut. Pyrarenamon could only sigh at this. She wanted to keep everything under cover in case any of Daemon's minions came after them.
'It doesn't seem like that is going to happening anytime soon.' Pyrarenamon thought as she explained to the doctor. To her surprise, the doctor took it quite nicely.
"Well, if that is true." Petalmon said, listening to everything Pyrarenamon said to Kabukimon, "Then who is her partner?"
Pyra turned to the small digimon with a small grin. "Why, you of course Petalmon." Petalmon's eyes widen at this. She was then tackled from behind by Sora.
"We are going to be a great team Petalmon!" She said happily. Petalmon could only nod weakly at this.
Coughing slightly, Rei said, "If you are ready, I would like to head out." Sora quickly turned her head to Rei.
"You mean I can…" She started. Rei just nodded.
"You are one of us now." He said, showing his D-Wing. Nodding, she was right by his side.
"Rei!" Mikomi yelled. "How can you let her go with you? She is just a child!"
"It will be fine Mikomi. She is a knight now so she has Petalmon to protect her. I am sure with there help we can get that herb that much quicker."
"You better make sure of that or if I become an angelic knight, you will be so dead." Ayami glared. Rei could only sweat-drop at this.
"Come on Petalmon! We have to get that herb!" Sora said. Taking a breath, she smiled as she walked right next to Sora. "I am ready when ever you are, partner." The four then started to walk out of the hut and out of the small digital village.
"You three look after Areku for me!" Rei yelled back as the four disappeared into the forest………….
Orange rays of light shined through the trees as the group of four walked to their destination. It has been several hours since they left the plant digimon village to find the herb that will cure the poison in both Rei and Areku. With Sora and, her partner, Petalmon by their side, Rei and SnowGabumon quickly had set off to find it. The walk was silent, everyone deep in their own thoughts about the mission and the price they would pay if they don't complete it.
With the setting sun shinning in the distance, they quickly exited out of the forest to come to upon a deep crevice, guessing to be about 50ft feet deep and 20ft across. Quickly ducking down on their stomachs to hide in case Flymon were flying around, they found giant honeycombs of honey sticking all up and down the other side of the canyon.
"The herb must be inside those honeycombs." Rei whispered, holding his right arm in pain.
"But how are we going to get inside?" Sora whispered. "It seems that there are some Flymon guarding the entrance." True to her word, about seven or eight Flymon were buzzing around the entrance to the catacombs.
"It seems hopeless." Petalmon whispered which earned a glare from SnowGabumon.
"Nothing is hopeless unless you don't have a little faith in yourself." SnowGabumon hissed at Petalmon. He then looked over at Rei at a moment before looking back at the Flymon guards.
"Do you think you can Biofuse?" To which Rei nodded and stood up carefully, still holding his right arm.
"I don't know how long we can hold them off with my damaged arm. We will distract the guards while you two sneak in ok?" Rei said. Sora and
Petalmon nodded as they too stood up as well as SnowGabumon.
"Well," Rei said as he looked over to SnowGabumon with a weak grin.
"Time to get this party started. Biofusion Digivolution!" Petalmon and
Sora gasped in awe as a bright light covered the icy pair.
"SnowGabumon biofuse to……FrozenWereGarurumon!" The Frozen werewolf stood ready where there pair of friends once stood.
Grinning towards the two, FrozenWereGarurumon kneeled down, putting his hand out and said, "Ready to go?" Sora looked towards Petalmon as
Petalmon looked back. Nodding in agreement, the two walked on to the Werewolf's giant paw. Taking a deep breath, he took his board off his back and placed it under his feet and pushed off.
"Hail Storm!" FrozenWereGarurumon yelled as his board beneath him started to glow. He then started to spin in midair as large 15ft long icicles started to shoot out from his board, already deleting two of the eight guards.
"We are being attacked!" one of the Flymon buzzed.
"Protect the master!" Another one buzzed. Soon, stingers and icicles were flying back and forth. Screeching to a halt in front of the entrance to the combs, FrozenWereGarurumon quickly placed Sora and Petalmon down as he flipped his board up to be used as a shield.
"Quick! I will hold them off as long as I can." He wheezed, obvious as the poison taking effect again. Nodding quickly, the duo quickly ran into the nest of the insect type digimon.
After running few a few moments, the two stop to catch their breath.
"I wonder how long FrozenWereGarurumon can hold off those Flymon." Petalmon murmured.
"Come on Petalmon." Sora said as she started to walk in some random direction.
"The sooner we find that herb, the quicker we can get out of here and heal Areku." Nodding, Petalmon quickly got into step with Sora and they began their search. After many hours (or what seemed like hours to them but really was like 20 minutes) and a few turns, the two quickly found that they were lost.
"We will never find the herb like this!" Sora cried. That was when Petalmon had a great idea. She placed on of her vines in the floor and started to concentrate. Sora merely blinked at her partner.
"What are you doing?" Sora asked.
"As a plant type digimon, I have the ability to find any type of vegetation or plant in a radius of about 2 miles, in case we are in desperate need of water." She responded. A few moments past when finally Petalmon removed her vine from the floor.
"The herb should be a few meters that way." Petalmon said, point to the right of them. With renewed vigor, the duo quickly started up their search once again. It wasn't long before the duo came upon a giant room where, on the other side, was a patch full of the needed medical herb. Smiling, Sora quickly ran to the patch but Petalmon stayed near the entrance for some reason.
'This is too easy.' She thought. 'Something doesn't feel right.' It was then that Petalmon noticed a giant shadow looming over Sora and her eyes widen.
"Sora, watch out!" Petalmon yelled as she quickly shot her vines out, grabbing Sora around the waist and pulling her out of the way of a giant stinger. Releasing Sora, Petalmon looked back over to the herbs to see what had attacked her partner. What she saw nearly scared the daylights out of her. Hovering above the herbs was a giant bee-like digimon like the Flymon but was different. It had a small yellow head with red bee-like eyes, two long white antennas above its eyes. It had large shoulder pads covering its small arms with a large bulb with a long white stinger at the end for its bottom half, red spikes covering the bulb. Black and yellow strips covered its body as well as some red here and there.
"W-w-w-what is that t-t-t-thing?" Sora asked, her voice shaking. It was then that her D-Wing decided to answer her call.
"Waspmon. Group: Insect. Level: Champion. Type: Data. Attacks: Stinger
Shot, Sticky Shot. Lord of the Flymon, Waspmon is charged to watch and guard the herb of the Flymon. He will make sure his enemies won't get away with his Sticky Shot attack while he finishes them off with his
Stinger Shot." Sora read before the image of Waspmon closed and returned into her D-Wing.
"I will not let you take away our food." Waspmon buzzed.
"But Waspmon –"
"Never! Sticky Shot!" Waspmon buzzed as he aimed his stinger at the duo and shot out a yellow sticky substance. The two quickly jumped out of the way but Waspmon didn't let up on the attack.
"Sticky Shot!" Waspmon yelled, aiming it at the duo again.
"Vine Strike!" Petalmon yelled, knocking away the sticky substance away with her vine like arms.
"Go Sora! Get the herb!" Petalmon yelled as she used another Vine
Strike to hit another Sticky Shot away. Nodding quickly, Sora ran pass
Waspmon as Petalmon fended off the attacks. Unfortunately, as Sora was a few feet away from her destination, Waspmon hit her leg with a Sticky Shot, keeping her in place.
"I got you now! Stinger Shot!" Waspmon buzzed as he shot the long white stinger at the young human.
"NO!" Petalmon yelled as she quickly ran to get in front of the attack as Sora desperately tried to free herself from the sticky honey-like substance. Right when the white spike was merely inches away from
Petalmon, both she and Sora were engulfed by a bright light that seemed to have spawned from her green D-Wing.
"Biofusion Digivolution!" Echoed across the giant chamber as the bright light shined even more.
"Petalmon biofuse to…….." Quickly followed as the bright light died down, the white stinger now imbedded where the intruders were supposed to be. Standing on top of the stinger was a new digimon. It was very human and female like in appearance and, the only difference being it had light green skin as appose to the normal pink or tan color. Standing about at about six foot, this new digimon hand six giant forest green leaves covering the top of its head as it had ivy like vines going down the back of its head like hair. It had tree bark brown eyes as more dark green forest leaves covered its body like clothes, forming a tube top as well as a skirt and some long pants, showing off its belly button. Its arms being covered by leaves in the shape of cut off sleeves, being baggy at the cuffs as its feet were covered by leaves as well in the form of shoes.
"Satomon!" The new digimon said, her voice having the dual voice sound like her fellow knights.
Waspmon was, to say the least, surprised at this digivolution. He had never seen anything like this. It mattered not to him though. One target or two, he will make sure no one will touch the food of his colony.
"It won't matter now that you two are now one!" Waspmon said, hovering left to right in the giant room over the green knight. "I will protect our food! Sticky Shot!" He buzzed as he shot the sticky substance once again.
The green knight didn't even bother to move as she just held up her hand and yelled, "Leaf Shield!" Suddenly, bushels of leaves rose in front of her to protect her from the sticky attack.
"You will have to do better then that in order to stop me from getting that herb!" Satomon yelled in Sora's voice as she jumped down from the giant spike and started to dash towards the healing plant once again.
Waspmon buzzed in anger as it shot more Sticky Shots at Satomon, who merely dodged the attacks by zigzagging. Right when she was about to reach the herbs, a giant white stinger slammed down in front of her, blocking her from her destination. As she tried to run to the side of it, more white stingers flew down, making a small gate around the herbs. Growling in anger, Satomon turned to the flying insect digimon.
"Alright! That's it! I was trying to avoid deleting you in order to spare your digital life," Satomon growled as she took a fighting stance. "But you are wasting enough of my time as it is! Leaf Cutter!" She yelled as she started to twirl around, sending the leaves on her arms flying towards Waspmon. To his surprise, the small little plants actually hurt, leaving small cuts all over his body.
"I will not give up!" Waspmon buzzed. He then shot a Sticky Shot which was immediately countered with a Leaf Shield but to Satomon's surprise, he quickly shot a Stinger Shot, breaking her shield. She luckily dodged out of the way, the stinger only grazing the side of her stomach.
Growling, the green knight ran towards then jumped, kicking off it so she could land a powerful kick to Waspmon's head. She then kicked off the side of the dome like room, kicking and punching Waspmon each time she passed him.
After a few moments, She landed and said, "Even though your intentions were pure, I am afraid you have wasted my time long enough. Leaf Slicer!" Leaves started to fly off of Satomon's arms as they started to form a completed dome around Waspmon, which was amazing considering how big he is.
"What are you doing?" Waspmon yelled. "What is the meaning of this!"
He buzzed some more, not able to see the outside of the leaf dome.
"This is your end." Satomon said quietly as she raised her arm above her head and then lowered it, signaling the leaves around Waspmon to attack him, slicing him up into many digital pieces. After absorbing his data (making sure to leave enough data for him to have a digiegg), she quickly jumped over the white spikes, grabbed the herb and quickly ran outside to find her fellow knight…………
Ayami sighed as she removed the cool cloth on Areku's head, soaking it in cold water and placing it back in place once more. It had been many hours since the four left and Ayami was getting worried. She wondered if they did it, they actually got the herb and were on their way back right now. That was her hopeful side talking. Her other side, her pessimistic side, reasoned that it was an impossible mission. There was no way that the two could have done it, especially with Rei injured as he was.
Ayami merely sighed once more as she saw Mikomi working with Doctor Kabukimon to try and find another way to cure the poison as she saw Pyrarenamon meditating in the corner.
As she stared at the red kitsune, Ayami wondered how Pyra could be so calm in a situation such as this. I mean, wasn't she suppose to be her brother's partner? Shouldn't she be helping Mikomi and Doctor Kabukimon out? Shouldn't she have gone with Rei and Sora? This somewhat angered the young Kurameru. Then, she realized that Pyrarenamon was probably doing the right thing in trying to remain calm as she stayed by her partner's side. She then wondered if she had a partner such as Pyra, would her partner stay by her side, even if she was sick as Areku is right now. Would her partner just not do anything and wait for her to die?
It was then that a soft knock was heard at the door. Shaking her head,
Ayami tried to remove those dreadful thoughts as she got up and quickly walked towards the door. She stared wide eyed as a woman covered in leaves was standing there, holding a passed out Rei up like a crutch, a red flower in her hand and SnowGabumon at her side, slightly panting.
It was then that the leaf covered woman smiled and said, "Did someone order one Flymon herb?"
1 A kabuki costume is a dress worn by kabuki actors which are like the play actors of Japan.
FireSamurai: Well, another knight found, another adventure done. I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU out to Dragon and Sword Master for Beta reading my story as well as helping me plan out some things for later in the future of this story. Anyway:
Next Chapter: Chapter 6 Port Sea Breeze! Adventure Around Every Corner!
Until next time, Ja Ne.