Author's Notes: I've been having some recent computer problems so if this took a bit longer than usual, you can blame it on my old machine (which is super old by computer standards. Let me give you a hint...this was considered state of the art when Terry Pratchett wrote "Lords And Ladies") and so after constantly reminding my parents to get me a new computer, they've finally given in. So I'm going to be window shopping for a new computer which will allow me to (A) download the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories ROM and play it for several hours a day for the rest of the summer, (B) do tons more stuff that my old machine can't handle and (C) browse the Internet faster. Right now, my Internet always gets messed up after a few minutes of browsing on FanFiction.Net. I don't know why to be honest but it's gotta be my machine. Whatever...go to the chapter already!
Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban, Toei Animation and whoever else owns it.
Ascension - V 1.5
'Ebonwumon did say that the Dark Ocean is connected to all four realms. I don't suppose he mentioned anything about being connected to parallel universes. I guess that's how all the Digimon I've fought recently apparently seem to know me.' Ryo Akiyama fought off a crazed Digimon, who had been taken over and enhanced by this weird mega Digimon, named Parasimon. He didn't know where this guy came from but this parasite claims that it was him who ruined his goals.
"Justice Kick!!" Justimon knocked his opponent off balance and proceeded to follow up his attack. "Thunder Clap!!" He slammed his right arm down on the pavement, sending a powerful shockwave towards the other Digimon. 'At least I'm getting the hang of this whole biomerging thing and fighting as one with my partner!'
His new ability to biomerge came from the fragmented data of a Digimon that was floating around in the Dark Ocean about five days after they were stranded. The legendary tamer had no idea how it came to their realm and what had happened to that other Digimon. Despite Ryo's protests, Cyberdramon had uploaded the data for himself. And the next thing they knew, they had became one powerful force to be reckoned with.
"Look...whoever you are. I have no idea about your delusion that my supposed love for Rika helped her to overwhelm you in the end but I'm ending this right now!! Voltage Blade!!" He charged forward with all his might and thrust his arm right into his opponent's stomach.
Before the other Digimon dissipated into data, something quickly detached off of him and went straight for Justimon. His left arm shot up, catching the squirming parasite. "When you have a host, you're as bad as they come but without one..." Justimon tossed the parasite to his left before attacking. "Thunder Clap!!" Parasimon had no time to react as the shockwave destroyed his frail form.
"Well, that was interesting. What next, Ryo?" Monodramon's chirpy voice rang through his head. (AN: The other tamers biomerged when their partners were in their rookie stages so I'm sticking with that assumption in this case, regardless of what was on the show) Before the legendary tamer could reply, he noticed something strange in the water. He walked over to the dark water and saw a small whirlpool forming.
"What is that?" He flew over just to take a closer look but his whole body started to tingle. 'Not good!!' At that precise moment, Justimon split into Ryo Akiyama and Monodramon. Then, the both of them fell into the whirlpool. Ryo tried to grab some air before he got sucked into the whirlpool. He tried to find Monodramon but everything was going too fast for him. The legendary tamer shut his eyes as he spun out of control.
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'Man...I thought that with all these Digimon attacks that school would get cancelled or something!!' Kazu walked down the sidewalk that would eventually get him to the playground where he, Kenta and Takato would play Digimon cards before school started. 'Takato and his friends probably got their hands full trying to save the world from wacky Digimon. And what do they get?'
The boy stopped at an intersection and waited for the walk light to come on. 'They get to be free...but I probably bet a lot of government agencies would like to dissect them and see how this whole tamer business works. It's not fair for them...seeing how they do so much and yet they are still treated like public enemy number one, not only in the eyes of the government but to a lot of people too!! Public opinion about real Digimon isn't that high and they are Digimon tamers...guess that makes them unpopular too.' He blinked as the area started to get foggy. 'What the...looks like the weatherman's off today.'
An explosion inside the fog startled the boy. He wanted to run away but he couldn't get his legs to move. "Prepare to meet your programmer!!" Kazu gasped when he heard someone shout those words. The feeling of fear had been replaced by a curiosity and he went further inside the fog. "No way!!" In front of him, a Mekanorimon and a Guardromon were fighting viciously...well as vicious as machines could get.
The Guardromon noticed the boy just standing there in awe. "Get out of here!! It's not safe!!" Before he could react, the Mekanorimon fired his attack. Guardromon fired his jets and took the hit. Kazu knelt down by the robotic Digimon. "You took that hit for me...why? We've only known each other for twenty seconds! Are you okay?"
"I have been raised to protect the innocent and fight in the name of justice! I've also taken worse damage. I'll survive." Guardromon got up and prepared to attack. The boy looked up at the Mekanorimon who was preparing to fire again. "Aim for the dome on the top. There should be a pilot in there. Once you get rid of it, the Mekanorimon should shut down!!"
"For a human, you're quite an expert on this type of stuff! Alright...Guardian Barrage!!" The missiles exploded right in front of the dome. After the smoke cleared, Guardromon noticed that someone was indeed inside the pilot's seat. Before he could recover, the robotic Digimon opened the dome, yanked out a Gazimon and jumped off to the side.
"You will no longer terrorize innocent humans and Digimon!!" He raised his right arm and fired a missile, destroying the Mekanorimon. With that done, Guardromon released the Gazimon in his hand. While the Gazimon ran off, Kazu noticed something glowing inside his pocket. "Don't tell me that the Digimon booster pack I bought is messed up or something...whoa!!!"
In his hand, one of the common cards from the pack turned into a blue card. Kazu opened up his pouch on his waist and slid the card through the card reader. It crackled for a bit before transforming into a brown Digivice. "I don't believe it...I guess that makes you my tamer!" Kazu looked over at Guardromon and grinned. The celebration was short lived as another explosion took place several blocks away from where the two were standing. Kazu narrowed his eyes. "Let's check it out, Guardromon!!" At that moment, his Digivice formed a compass to show them where this new disturbance took place.
"I've gotta be insane!!" Kenta was berating himself for getting involved in this situation but when one looks at it...that little pink Digimon wouldn't last five minutes against the other larger Digimon. He recognized it as a Dokugumon, a spider Digimon that would devour anything that was caught in its web. Before the spider Digimon could get closer to the tangled duo, help arrived. "Guardian Barrage!!" Dokugumon leapt out of the way of Guardromon's missiles.
"Looks like it's up to us to save the day!! Go get him, Guardromon!!" Kazu took out his new Digivice. 'Alright...I remember Takato showing me his Digivice. It can give statistics on the opposing Digimon...and the slot on the right is for slashing cards!!' He reached into his pocket and groaned at the limited selection. "Well...this is the best I've got at the moment. Guardromon, we've got to cut those webs to make things a bit more even!! Digi Modify!! Snimon's Twin Sickles Activate!!"
Guardromon's arms changed before he fired the attack. Kenta and the other Digimon were immediately freed and most of the webbing had been cut. Dokugumon prepared to attack again when the tiny Digimon blew a heart shaped bubble. "Pu!!" Before the spider Digimon could react, it was too late. Kenta looked on in surprise. "That bug's completely trapped!! Whoa..."
Kazu raised his Digivice to scan the pink Digimon. "No wonder this little guy trapped Dokugumon so easily. According to this, our friend here is a mega Digimon!! His name's MarineAngemon and his specialty attack is Kahuna Wave." Kenta gasped when he saw the Digivice in his friend's hand. "Since when did you become a Digimon tamer?"
"Me and Guardromon hooked up a few minutes ago. We beat up a Mekanorimon who was actually a Gazimon in a suit!" Kazu would have kept rambling on but Kenta was preoccupied with his new friend. "With that type of look, nobody would think you're a mega Digimon!! Talk about giving a false sense of security to your enemies!!"
Before MarineAngemon could give a reply, the entire area became brighter. The light then focused on one spot as an object was made. Kenta gasped as the silver Digivice floated towards him. "F-for me? Does that mean...wow!! I'm a Digimon tamer!! And I think you're my partner!" MarineAngemon simply landed himself on Kenta's shoulder and gave a cheerful smile. "Sheesh...now anyone can be a Digimon tamer these days," grumbled Kazu.
Kenta's Digivice went off, detecting Digimon in another direction. "Well...now that we're Digimon tamers, that means we'll have to hook up with Takato and the others! After we stop by the playground to grab our cards, we deal with the Digimon and find our friends!" Kazu grinned. "Hey!! Now I have a good excuse to skip school!!"
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"Everyone, get off!!" yelled Davis. The Digidestined along with their partner Digimon landed in a gigantic pile in the middle of the street. Armadillomon looked up. "Well, at least we know that this ain't their digital world. The sky looks clear and all." Cody brushed some dust off of his clothes.
"I don't suppose we can hook up with our friends...maybe get them to come along. This is their native realm after all," stated Ken. Before anyone else could give their opinion about that particular idea, they heard several vehicles coming to a halt. "It appears that someone has observed our entry. We better leave quickly," stated Hawkmon.
Yolei looked around. "They probably cut off all means of escaping on foot. Let's hope they didn't think of cutting off our escape route in the sky!!" While Davis, Ken, TK and Yolei waited for their partners to digivolve to their champion form, Kari used her Digiegg to allow Gatomon to armor-digivolve. "Digi Armor Energize!!"
"Veemon digivolved to...Exveemon!!"
"Wormmon digivolved to...Stingmon!!"
"Hawkmon digivolved to...Aquilamon!!"
"Patamon digivolved to...Angemon!!"
"Gatomon armor-digivolved to...Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!!"
They all took off into the air with Nefertimon carrying Cody and Armadillomon and the other Digimon carrying their respective partners. "Well that was easy enough...on second thought, never mind," said Cody as he took notice of the helicopters following them. "Davis, hang on!!" Exveemon tossed Davis up on his shoulders and prepared to deal with their current problem. He focused himself before firing his attack. "Vee Laser!!" The beam wasn't as strong as a normal attack since they only wanted to disable their pursuer.
"Hey!! I can make out a few objects some distance from here. One looks green, another red, a third white and I can't recognize the fourth! And they all look like they're neck deep in trouble with that big swarm!!" exclaimed Stingmon. A look of determination made its way to Kari's face. "Then it's up to us to give them a hand!"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
He couldn't understand it. He thought the reason why he experienced the pain whenever his partner Digimon got hurt was because he created him. In essence, Guilmon represented a part of his soul. In the past, whenever the other Digimon got hurt, the only discomfort that was experienced by his fellow tamers was worry over their partners. But now, all of them were feeling the pain of their Digimon...even Suzie.
'Perhaps this whole tamer bond runs a lot deeper than we imagined.' Takato tried to focus on the task at hand and prepared to use another card. 'Man, we could really use some help from Grani right about now!! Just where is Grani anyway? Nobody has seen it since the last battle against Lunarmillenniumon. That shockwave...I hope it didn't damage Grani or anything!!'
"Aaarrrggghhh!!" Henry clutched his shoulder as an attack caught Rapidmon by surprise and damaged his left shoulder blade. Before their opponent had another opportunity to attack, Antylamon quickly stepped in and used her axes to finish the job. Suzie rushed to her bigger brother and held him tight. "Henwy!!"
"Dammit!! There's too many for us to take on!!" Rika had a look of frustration on her face. She wasn't in good shape considering how much damage has been inflicted to Taomon. But they still kept on fighting. "Talisman of Light!!" This attack took out another Digimon but it gave an opening for another enemy to attack.
As the attack hit Taomon's chest, Rika felt the full blow to her centre and coughed up a bit of blood. Takato looked on in horror. But with Wargrowlmon already occupied and the fact that he's not faring so well, he was forced to stay put. Taomon had already dedigivolved back to Renamon. She didn't have a lot of strength left and the enemy Digimon was advancing to finish her off. 'Rika...I'm sorry.'
But before the enemy Digimon could attack, a blue blur knocked it off balance and tossed him over his shoulder. While in mid air, their new ally crossed his arms and fired his attack. "Vee Laser!!" Although that wasn't enough to destroy the Digimon, Stingmon quickly went in for the kill. "Spiking Strike!!"
"And that's the end of that chapter...with lines like these, I can be an action hero!!" Exveemon gave a toothy grin before noticing Renamon. "Geez, are you alright?!? Stupid question...we need to get you healed right away!" The fox Digimon could only stare in disbelief. 'Oh dear God...my personal life really has become a cosmic joke.'
Takato and Henry noticed the new Digimon. "Hey!!" The two of them looked and found their old friends with smiles on their faces. "Need some help?" Henry gave a small smile. "Is that a rhetorical question?" Davis blinked and scratched his head. "What does rhetorical mean?"
The other Digimon took notice of the presence of the newcomers and prepared to attack. Fortunately, it wasn't anything the Digidestined couldn't handle. "Rock Cracking!!" Digmon shattered the earth with his drills, causing the enemy to slip up while an all out aerial assaultwas launched by Stingmon, Nefertimon, Angemon and Aquilamon. "Spiking Strike!!" "Rosetta Stone!!" "Hand of Fate!!" "Blast Ring!!"
Most of the Digimon were defeated easily since they were mostly champion levels although there were some ultimates. Slowly, things seemed to settle down for the most part until most of the Digimon belonging to the Digidestined started acting strangely. "Stingmon!! What's wrong?" The champion level Digimon slowly sank to the ground. "I don't know, Ken. It's like I'm slipping or something." He didn't say anything else as he transformed back to Wormmon. The other champion Digimon felt the same way but they swore that they did not dedigivolve on their own will.
Rapidmon accessed his internal computer. "I hope that my systems didn't get too damaged in that last skirmish!! Here we go...I'm detecting some sort of energy wave that is coming from...five hundred metres to my right!!" They all looked over to see a large Digimon, looking at them with contempt. Takato looked at the statistics on his Digivice. "Diaboromon, mega level Digimon. Specialty attack is Catastrophe Cannon..."
"Hold it...there's something a little messed up about this dude...according to my readings, this guy is made out of the same material as those wacky control spires!! I mean, this guy's practically identical to that wacky control spire Cyberdramon in terms of molecular structure!! He's a walking, talking control spire!!" exclaimed Rapidmon. Yolei gave a small gasp. "But how can a control spire Digimon do this? We've never had this problem before!!"
"Well, I'm assuming he comes from another quantum plane or something. Maybe their control spire Digimon are tougher to beat," stated Henry. Diaboromon studied them for a moment before a sparkle of light appeared behind him. Then he disappeared. Renamon's eyes widened slightly. "Diaboromon's...heading for the digital world!! I can feel the data stream when that portal opened!!"
"That reminds me...what are you guys doing here?" asked Rika in a slightly croaked voice. She had to lean on Takato for support. The Digidestined knew that they would have to answer that question. "It's a long story but we should get somewhere a little less out in the open before we can talk," said TK.
The tamers quickly agreed and were about to depart when they heard shouting. "Yo, chumley!!! How's it hanging?!?" Takato gave a tiny groan but that was replaced by surprise when he saw his two friends with partner Digimon. "Man, it was amazing!! We were able to become Digimon tamers!! Hey, isn't that the Digidestined?!? That is so cool!!!" Kazu and Kenta kept on talking up a storm until Rika summoned all of her strength to yell at them. "Quiet, you morons!!!!" She coughed a little after that, seeing how she wasn't at full strength.
Henry looked at the Digidestined as well as the two new tamers. "You can all come to our little sanctuary and we can swap stories. This should also give our Digimon time to heal and us time to plan what to do after." The others nodded in agreement. By the time the military got to the location where the disturbances were reported, the children and the Digimon were long gone.
In the next chapter, Taichi and Zero will get some feature time and maybe I can squeeze in something for Beelzemon. As for Ryo...he'll eventually get to join the team but for now, I gotta do this to him. I'm sure Rika wouldn't mind if he kept going through eternal torment. I'm still working on finding a way for Jerri and Alice to make their debut in this book. That reminds me. Maybe I can toss in Ai and Mako too. So many possibilities, so little time...
Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban, Toei Animation and whoever else owns it.
Ascension - V 1.5
'Ebonwumon did say that the Dark Ocean is connected to all four realms. I don't suppose he mentioned anything about being connected to parallel universes. I guess that's how all the Digimon I've fought recently apparently seem to know me.' Ryo Akiyama fought off a crazed Digimon, who had been taken over and enhanced by this weird mega Digimon, named Parasimon. He didn't know where this guy came from but this parasite claims that it was him who ruined his goals.
"Justice Kick!!" Justimon knocked his opponent off balance and proceeded to follow up his attack. "Thunder Clap!!" He slammed his right arm down on the pavement, sending a powerful shockwave towards the other Digimon. 'At least I'm getting the hang of this whole biomerging thing and fighting as one with my partner!'
His new ability to biomerge came from the fragmented data of a Digimon that was floating around in the Dark Ocean about five days after they were stranded. The legendary tamer had no idea how it came to their realm and what had happened to that other Digimon. Despite Ryo's protests, Cyberdramon had uploaded the data for himself. And the next thing they knew, they had became one powerful force to be reckoned with.
"Look...whoever you are. I have no idea about your delusion that my supposed love for Rika helped her to overwhelm you in the end but I'm ending this right now!! Voltage Blade!!" He charged forward with all his might and thrust his arm right into his opponent's stomach.
Before the other Digimon dissipated into data, something quickly detached off of him and went straight for Justimon. His left arm shot up, catching the squirming parasite. "When you have a host, you're as bad as they come but without one..." Justimon tossed the parasite to his left before attacking. "Thunder Clap!!" Parasimon had no time to react as the shockwave destroyed his frail form.
"Well, that was interesting. What next, Ryo?" Monodramon's chirpy voice rang through his head. (AN: The other tamers biomerged when their partners were in their rookie stages so I'm sticking with that assumption in this case, regardless of what was on the show) Before the legendary tamer could reply, he noticed something strange in the water. He walked over to the dark water and saw a small whirlpool forming.
"What is that?" He flew over just to take a closer look but his whole body started to tingle. 'Not good!!' At that precise moment, Justimon split into Ryo Akiyama and Monodramon. Then, the both of them fell into the whirlpool. Ryo tried to grab some air before he got sucked into the whirlpool. He tried to find Monodramon but everything was going too fast for him. The legendary tamer shut his eyes as he spun out of control.
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'Man...I thought that with all these Digimon attacks that school would get cancelled or something!!' Kazu walked down the sidewalk that would eventually get him to the playground where he, Kenta and Takato would play Digimon cards before school started. 'Takato and his friends probably got their hands full trying to save the world from wacky Digimon. And what do they get?'
The boy stopped at an intersection and waited for the walk light to come on. 'They get to be free...but I probably bet a lot of government agencies would like to dissect them and see how this whole tamer business works. It's not fair for them...seeing how they do so much and yet they are still treated like public enemy number one, not only in the eyes of the government but to a lot of people too!! Public opinion about real Digimon isn't that high and they are Digimon tamers...guess that makes them unpopular too.' He blinked as the area started to get foggy. 'What the...looks like the weatherman's off today.'
An explosion inside the fog startled the boy. He wanted to run away but he couldn't get his legs to move. "Prepare to meet your programmer!!" Kazu gasped when he heard someone shout those words. The feeling of fear had been replaced by a curiosity and he went further inside the fog. "No way!!" In front of him, a Mekanorimon and a Guardromon were fighting viciously...well as vicious as machines could get.
The Guardromon noticed the boy just standing there in awe. "Get out of here!! It's not safe!!" Before he could react, the Mekanorimon fired his attack. Guardromon fired his jets and took the hit. Kazu knelt down by the robotic Digimon. "You took that hit for me...why? We've only known each other for twenty seconds! Are you okay?"
"I have been raised to protect the innocent and fight in the name of justice! I've also taken worse damage. I'll survive." Guardromon got up and prepared to attack. The boy looked up at the Mekanorimon who was preparing to fire again. "Aim for the dome on the top. There should be a pilot in there. Once you get rid of it, the Mekanorimon should shut down!!"
"For a human, you're quite an expert on this type of stuff! Alright...Guardian Barrage!!" The missiles exploded right in front of the dome. After the smoke cleared, Guardromon noticed that someone was indeed inside the pilot's seat. Before he could recover, the robotic Digimon opened the dome, yanked out a Gazimon and jumped off to the side.
"You will no longer terrorize innocent humans and Digimon!!" He raised his right arm and fired a missile, destroying the Mekanorimon. With that done, Guardromon released the Gazimon in his hand. While the Gazimon ran off, Kazu noticed something glowing inside his pocket. "Don't tell me that the Digimon booster pack I bought is messed up or something...whoa!!!"
In his hand, one of the common cards from the pack turned into a blue card. Kazu opened up his pouch on his waist and slid the card through the card reader. It crackled for a bit before transforming into a brown Digivice. "I don't believe it...I guess that makes you my tamer!" Kazu looked over at Guardromon and grinned. The celebration was short lived as another explosion took place several blocks away from where the two were standing. Kazu narrowed his eyes. "Let's check it out, Guardromon!!" At that moment, his Digivice formed a compass to show them where this new disturbance took place.
"I've gotta be insane!!" Kenta was berating himself for getting involved in this situation but when one looks at it...that little pink Digimon wouldn't last five minutes against the other larger Digimon. He recognized it as a Dokugumon, a spider Digimon that would devour anything that was caught in its web. Before the spider Digimon could get closer to the tangled duo, help arrived. "Guardian Barrage!!" Dokugumon leapt out of the way of Guardromon's missiles.
"Looks like it's up to us to save the day!! Go get him, Guardromon!!" Kazu took out his new Digivice. 'Alright...I remember Takato showing me his Digivice. It can give statistics on the opposing Digimon...and the slot on the right is for slashing cards!!' He reached into his pocket and groaned at the limited selection. "Well...this is the best I've got at the moment. Guardromon, we've got to cut those webs to make things a bit more even!! Digi Modify!! Snimon's Twin Sickles Activate!!"
Guardromon's arms changed before he fired the attack. Kenta and the other Digimon were immediately freed and most of the webbing had been cut. Dokugumon prepared to attack again when the tiny Digimon blew a heart shaped bubble. "Pu!!" Before the spider Digimon could react, it was too late. Kenta looked on in surprise. "That bug's completely trapped!! Whoa..."
Kazu raised his Digivice to scan the pink Digimon. "No wonder this little guy trapped Dokugumon so easily. According to this, our friend here is a mega Digimon!! His name's MarineAngemon and his specialty attack is Kahuna Wave." Kenta gasped when he saw the Digivice in his friend's hand. "Since when did you become a Digimon tamer?"
"Me and Guardromon hooked up a few minutes ago. We beat up a Mekanorimon who was actually a Gazimon in a suit!" Kazu would have kept rambling on but Kenta was preoccupied with his new friend. "With that type of look, nobody would think you're a mega Digimon!! Talk about giving a false sense of security to your enemies!!"
Before MarineAngemon could give a reply, the entire area became brighter. The light then focused on one spot as an object was made. Kenta gasped as the silver Digivice floated towards him. "F-for me? Does that mean...wow!! I'm a Digimon tamer!! And I think you're my partner!" MarineAngemon simply landed himself on Kenta's shoulder and gave a cheerful smile. "Sheesh...now anyone can be a Digimon tamer these days," grumbled Kazu.
Kenta's Digivice went off, detecting Digimon in another direction. "Well...now that we're Digimon tamers, that means we'll have to hook up with Takato and the others! After we stop by the playground to grab our cards, we deal with the Digimon and find our friends!" Kazu grinned. "Hey!! Now I have a good excuse to skip school!!"
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"Everyone, get off!!" yelled Davis. The Digidestined along with their partner Digimon landed in a gigantic pile in the middle of the street. Armadillomon looked up. "Well, at least we know that this ain't their digital world. The sky looks clear and all." Cody brushed some dust off of his clothes.
"I don't suppose we can hook up with our friends...maybe get them to come along. This is their native realm after all," stated Ken. Before anyone else could give their opinion about that particular idea, they heard several vehicles coming to a halt. "It appears that someone has observed our entry. We better leave quickly," stated Hawkmon.
Yolei looked around. "They probably cut off all means of escaping on foot. Let's hope they didn't think of cutting off our escape route in the sky!!" While Davis, Ken, TK and Yolei waited for their partners to digivolve to their champion form, Kari used her Digiegg to allow Gatomon to armor-digivolve. "Digi Armor Energize!!"
"Veemon digivolved to...Exveemon!!"
"Wormmon digivolved to...Stingmon!!"
"Hawkmon digivolved to...Aquilamon!!"
"Patamon digivolved to...Angemon!!"
"Gatomon armor-digivolved to...Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!!"
They all took off into the air with Nefertimon carrying Cody and Armadillomon and the other Digimon carrying their respective partners. "Well that was easy enough...on second thought, never mind," said Cody as he took notice of the helicopters following them. "Davis, hang on!!" Exveemon tossed Davis up on his shoulders and prepared to deal with their current problem. He focused himself before firing his attack. "Vee Laser!!" The beam wasn't as strong as a normal attack since they only wanted to disable their pursuer.
"Hey!! I can make out a few objects some distance from here. One looks green, another red, a third white and I can't recognize the fourth! And they all look like they're neck deep in trouble with that big swarm!!" exclaimed Stingmon. A look of determination made its way to Kari's face. "Then it's up to us to give them a hand!"
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He couldn't understand it. He thought the reason why he experienced the pain whenever his partner Digimon got hurt was because he created him. In essence, Guilmon represented a part of his soul. In the past, whenever the other Digimon got hurt, the only discomfort that was experienced by his fellow tamers was worry over their partners. But now, all of them were feeling the pain of their Digimon...even Suzie.
'Perhaps this whole tamer bond runs a lot deeper than we imagined.' Takato tried to focus on the task at hand and prepared to use another card. 'Man, we could really use some help from Grani right about now!! Just where is Grani anyway? Nobody has seen it since the last battle against Lunarmillenniumon. That shockwave...I hope it didn't damage Grani or anything!!'
"Aaarrrggghhh!!" Henry clutched his shoulder as an attack caught Rapidmon by surprise and damaged his left shoulder blade. Before their opponent had another opportunity to attack, Antylamon quickly stepped in and used her axes to finish the job. Suzie rushed to her bigger brother and held him tight. "Henwy!!"
"Dammit!! There's too many for us to take on!!" Rika had a look of frustration on her face. She wasn't in good shape considering how much damage has been inflicted to Taomon. But they still kept on fighting. "Talisman of Light!!" This attack took out another Digimon but it gave an opening for another enemy to attack.
As the attack hit Taomon's chest, Rika felt the full blow to her centre and coughed up a bit of blood. Takato looked on in horror. But with Wargrowlmon already occupied and the fact that he's not faring so well, he was forced to stay put. Taomon had already dedigivolved back to Renamon. She didn't have a lot of strength left and the enemy Digimon was advancing to finish her off. 'Rika...I'm sorry.'
But before the enemy Digimon could attack, a blue blur knocked it off balance and tossed him over his shoulder. While in mid air, their new ally crossed his arms and fired his attack. "Vee Laser!!" Although that wasn't enough to destroy the Digimon, Stingmon quickly went in for the kill. "Spiking Strike!!"
"And that's the end of that chapter...with lines like these, I can be an action hero!!" Exveemon gave a toothy grin before noticing Renamon. "Geez, are you alright?!? Stupid question...we need to get you healed right away!" The fox Digimon could only stare in disbelief. 'Oh dear God...my personal life really has become a cosmic joke.'
Takato and Henry noticed the new Digimon. "Hey!!" The two of them looked and found their old friends with smiles on their faces. "Need some help?" Henry gave a small smile. "Is that a rhetorical question?" Davis blinked and scratched his head. "What does rhetorical mean?"
The other Digimon took notice of the presence of the newcomers and prepared to attack. Fortunately, it wasn't anything the Digidestined couldn't handle. "Rock Cracking!!" Digmon shattered the earth with his drills, causing the enemy to slip up while an all out aerial assaultwas launched by Stingmon, Nefertimon, Angemon and Aquilamon. "Spiking Strike!!" "Rosetta Stone!!" "Hand of Fate!!" "Blast Ring!!"
Most of the Digimon were defeated easily since they were mostly champion levels although there were some ultimates. Slowly, things seemed to settle down for the most part until most of the Digimon belonging to the Digidestined started acting strangely. "Stingmon!! What's wrong?" The champion level Digimon slowly sank to the ground. "I don't know, Ken. It's like I'm slipping or something." He didn't say anything else as he transformed back to Wormmon. The other champion Digimon felt the same way but they swore that they did not dedigivolve on their own will.
Rapidmon accessed his internal computer. "I hope that my systems didn't get too damaged in that last skirmish!! Here we go...I'm detecting some sort of energy wave that is coming from...five hundred metres to my right!!" They all looked over to see a large Digimon, looking at them with contempt. Takato looked at the statistics on his Digivice. "Diaboromon, mega level Digimon. Specialty attack is Catastrophe Cannon..."
"Hold it...there's something a little messed up about this dude...according to my readings, this guy is made out of the same material as those wacky control spires!! I mean, this guy's practically identical to that wacky control spire Cyberdramon in terms of molecular structure!! He's a walking, talking control spire!!" exclaimed Rapidmon. Yolei gave a small gasp. "But how can a control spire Digimon do this? We've never had this problem before!!"
"Well, I'm assuming he comes from another quantum plane or something. Maybe their control spire Digimon are tougher to beat," stated Henry. Diaboromon studied them for a moment before a sparkle of light appeared behind him. Then he disappeared. Renamon's eyes widened slightly. "Diaboromon's...heading for the digital world!! I can feel the data stream when that portal opened!!"
"That reminds me...what are you guys doing here?" asked Rika in a slightly croaked voice. She had to lean on Takato for support. The Digidestined knew that they would have to answer that question. "It's a long story but we should get somewhere a little less out in the open before we can talk," said TK.
The tamers quickly agreed and were about to depart when they heard shouting. "Yo, chumley!!! How's it hanging?!?" Takato gave a tiny groan but that was replaced by surprise when he saw his two friends with partner Digimon. "Man, it was amazing!! We were able to become Digimon tamers!! Hey, isn't that the Digidestined?!? That is so cool!!!" Kazu and Kenta kept on talking up a storm until Rika summoned all of her strength to yell at them. "Quiet, you morons!!!!" She coughed a little after that, seeing how she wasn't at full strength.
Henry looked at the Digidestined as well as the two new tamers. "You can all come to our little sanctuary and we can swap stories. This should also give our Digimon time to heal and us time to plan what to do after." The others nodded in agreement. By the time the military got to the location where the disturbances were reported, the children and the Digimon were long gone.
In the next chapter, Taichi and Zero will get some feature time and maybe I can squeeze in something for Beelzemon. As for Ryo...he'll eventually get to join the team but for now, I gotta do this to him. I'm sure Rika wouldn't mind if he kept going through eternal torment. I'm still working on finding a way for Jerri and Alice to make their debut in this book. That reminds me. Maybe I can toss in Ai and Mako too. So many possibilities, so little time...