Author's Notes: University Frosh Week was insane…lots of food, fun and nights with little sleep. If I lived closer to Toronto then I can really party late. I guess leaving parties early is the price to pay when one has to commute from far away. Sorry for the late update!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Digimon belongs to Bandai, Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it.
Ascension – V 1.8
"You!! You're the one who's been deleting all those Digimon!! What's your problem? Why do you have to go and slaughter innocent Digimon?" asked Davis. Neo's cold look remained on his face. "When I came here, I learned that deleting Digimon is necessary in order to gain power. And you know that I have to make up for lost progress when you destroyed ArcaDemon, you trash tamer!!"
Ken blinked in confusion. "Who is ArcaDemon? And what are you talking about my friend being a trash tamer?" The other boy's icy gaze turned to Ken. "By the way you associated with each other, I would estimate that you two have been friends for at least a week. I'm surprised that Taichi didn't brag about how he and his puppy dragon messed up everything."
This got a simultaneous 'huh?' from the group of four. Neo laughed. "You thought that you could try and sneak up on me by looking different. It might have worked with your new hair and clothing but you're too stupid to realize that I would have recognized those goggles as soon as I saw them. Although having your puppy dragon go back to his rookie form to try and throw me off was an interesting idea, my partners weren't fooled by it." As soon as Neo said those words, Devimon and Ogremon stepped out. "I guess it's time to rumble. Veemon!!" "Wormmon, do your stuff!!"
"Veemon digivolved to…Exveemon!!"
"Wormmon digivolved to…Stingmon!!"
"Pummel Whack!!" Stingmon had to move quickly to avoid getting hit by Ogremon's attack before delivering a counterattack. "Spiking Strike!!" Devimon tried to come up from behind Stingmon for a sneak attack but Exveemon sent him flying back with a Vee Laser attack. "Enough fooling around!! Ogremon!! Devimon!! Time to combine your powers!!" Neo held his two Digivices together.
Davis took out his own Digivice. "I say we take this time to introduce that jerk to Paildramon!!" Moments later, two ultimate fused Digimon were locked in battle. "Desperado Blaster!!" But Skullsatamon was too fast for Paildramon to attack directly. "Nail Bone!!" Skullsatamon jabbed his staff into Paildramon's ribcage which forced him to move back. "Man!! This guy is practically a walking, talking Mexican jumping bean!! Let's see him deal with me when I upgrade!!" The ultimate Digimon tapped into the power of the Digicore.
"Paildramon mega-digivolved to…Imperialdramon!!"
However Neo didn't react. "Big deal. So your puppy dragon reached a new champion level and you've learned the technique of DNA digivolving. It still isn't going to save you from your fate. Finish the job, Skullsatamon!!" The ultimate Digimon prepared to use his attack. 'I won't be able to fight him effectively in this form…' "Imperialdramon mode-changed to…Fighter Mode!!"
This new transformation took Neo and Skullsatamon by surprise. Taking advantage of their hesitation, Imperialdramon delivered a powerful blow, sending the ultimate Digimon back to his tamer. The boy gave a dark grin. "Good…you've improved yourself. Now maybe we can have some real fun. Skullsatamon?" As soon as he got up, a dark aura surrounded him. "Skullsatamon digivolved to…" His staff disappeared as he grew taller. Wings sprung out from his back and new clothing and accessories materialized. A dark hood covered his head and a pair of horns appeared on top. "…Daemon!!!"
Neo gave a dark laugh. "Now you see what deleting other Digimon and uploading their data will do for your own Digimon? Instead of digivolving into Ghoulmon, Skullsatamon reached his most powerful form!!" Ken felt small drops of sweat fall from his face. "Looks like our other engagements will have to wait…"
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"So any bright ideas on how we can get out of this jam because I'm all ears!!" Nobody was able to respond to Kazu's comment. Kenta straightened out his glasses. "If we're going to try and get out of here, we need an exit. Maybe we can make one or something. Hey!! MarineAngemon can use his bubbles and let us float away!!"
Kazu looked at his friend as if he were insane. "No offence but riding in bubbles? What if they pop? Bubbles are very fragile, you know. A wrong move…even the slightest and pop!! We all fall down." Guardromon began to speak. "There is also the question of how the military would react. And the fact is that they can easily capture us if we're floating slowly in bubbles."
Before they could continue arguing, they heard a loud drilling sound from underneath. Calumon circled around the noise. "There's something down there!!" Guardromon and MarineAngemon stood on guard while Kazu and Kenta prepared themselves. Finally a small hole appeared in the middle of the floor.
Everyone in the room tried to find a place to hide as to use the element of surprise on their enemy. Then the last person they expected to see popped her head into the room. The jaws of both Kazu and Kenta were dropped in surprise. "Jeri?!?!" (AN: Yes, I'm going to spell her name correctly!! If I get bored and have extra time, I'll correct it in BTOS) She coughed up some dust. "Hello? Anyone home?"
"I've said it before and I'll say it again…now anybody can be a Digimon tamer these days," stated Guardromon. Kazu glared at his partner. "I said that, you big lugnut!! And just because she was able to drill a hole for us to escape doesn't mean she has a Digimon partner." Just as Kazu said that, he heard a rough voice come from the hole.
"Are we going to get out of here anytime soon?" An annoyed look made its way to Jeri's face. "I'm sorry. Leomon doesn't exactly have the best manners and everything, with him living in an uncivilized world and all." She used her right hand with her sock puppet on it to address the lion Digimon. "That was rude!! You should be more nice!!"
The group quickly got into the hole that was made. "You guys keep going down there and I'll seal the hole!!" Jeri then took out a yellow Digivice and a card while Leomon pulled a rug over the hole to try and camouflage it. "Digi Modify!! Frigimon's Subzero Ice Punch Activate!!" Within a moment, the hole had been sealed by a layer of ice. Kazu took this moment to ask a question. "So, how the heck did you wind up as her Digimon?"
Leomon just grumbled something under his breath. The boy leaned in closer to hear. "I didn't catch that. Can you repeat what you said?" The beast king gave a sigh. "I don't really feel like answering any questions now. I've got too much to sort out. It's not everyday that you wind up in another world!"
"Sorry. Geez, aren't you guys supposed to have a code of behaviour and conduct or something?" Leomon glared at Kazu. "I've just been transported out of my world and into another one. I save that girl's life and all of a sudden she gets this device and gets the strange idea that we're partners and now I have to get adjusted to the fact that I have a tamer even though I didn't really want one in the first place so excuse me if I'm not all smiles and sunshine!!"
When they emerged on the other side, there was another girl waiting for them with a Digimon beside her. "Is everyone accounted for?" Jeri gave her usual perky smile. "Yeah. We should go…" She noticed confused looks on both Kazu and Kenta. She gave a sheepish laugh. "How silly of me to forget to introduce you guys!! Alice, these are my acquaintances, Kazu and Kenta. And that little cutie is Calumon!! Guys, this is Alice and her partner, Dobermon."
"She's a tamer too?!? No wonder you knew how to use that Modify card. She must have given you a crash course in becoming a Digimon tamer. Did you run into Takato, Henry and Rika earlier or something?" asked Kenta. Alice gave a calm smile. "Actually, I have a relative who was on the original team that created the first Digimon."
"There were files on her grandfather's computer that she accessed. And she was able to find detailed schematics on the D-Arks. From there, she was able to use the card to store data in those arks," explained Dobermon. Alice pulled out a Digivice which had the same design as everyone else's except hers was black. Kazu looked at his own D-Ark. "Who came up with this whole D-Ark thing? Not that I'm complaining."
Alice placed the Digivice back into her black dress. "The device was originally created by a former colleague of my grandfather's. I think his name was Mr. Mizuno or something. He must have anticipated that Digimon would be the wave of the future and prepared accordingly. We better continue this conversation elsewhere. There are still a lot of soldiers around the place and they could come here anytime."
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"So…um…you're Taichi Kamiya, I presume. Nice to meet you!!" Taichi Yagami mentally groaned at how Zero was greeting his older counterpart. The older boy snapped out of the shock and tried to get some answers. "So who are you and where did you come from anyway?" He regretted asking the question after what happened next.
"Since there's only one of me, Taichi Yagami…at least I thought there was only one of me…you get the one!!!" Zero made his speech next. "And since my name is Zeromaru, you get two zeros!! What does that make?" The human and Digimon struck a pose. "THE 100% COMBINATION!!!!!"
'Was I ever this insane as a kid?' "Right…so where do you guys come from anyway?" The tamer and his Digimon got out of the pose. "Well…we were informed that we had to come here and help you guys solve this tower mystery that seems to be going on in other dimensions. This is Lord MagnaAngemon's idea anyway as well as that big turtle guy who had the strangest accent," stated Taichi.
"So you come from another dimension and you were sent here to help us…Gennai recently informed me that my sister and the new Digidestined went to the tamers world to solve this type of mystery too. I better go and see him…and you two are coming with me!!" "Oh dear God!!!" Both boys turned around to see a very shocked Sora Takenouchi.
'Yikes!! What is she doing here?!?!? Oh, right…she said she wanted to talk to me about something about the Digimon…' Tai stiffened when he started hearing his younger counterpart start to talk. "Hey, who's that? Your girlfriend or something? I have to admit that she is kind of cute and…hey!! Since you are me…um…the future me or something…I'll get to have someone as good looking as her as my girlfriend in the future!!"
Tai laughed nervously. "Oh…hi, Sora!! I know you wanted to talk to me about stuff but I've got a last minute engagement that just came up!!" Taichi raised an eyebrow. "What engagement? You should spend time with her if you want to keep her as your girlfriend and all." At the moment, Tai Kamiya was silently begging to the gods to make Taichi shut up. 'He's like a kid brother!!!' The trio raced out with all of them saying something quick to the bewildered girl. "Sora, we would love to stay and chat but we've got to get going. Oh, can you look after my mother for me? Thanks!!" "Nice to meet you, miss!!" "I hope I get to meet someone like you when I get back to my world!!"
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'When someone originally came up with the idea of killing two birds with one stone, they probably didn't mention the price that would have to be paid!!' Henry cried out in pain as Rapidmon was hit by Diaboromon's attack before changing back to his rookie form. The group had elected to find Davis and Ken later and focus on their mission. Eventually, they found what they were looking for. They witnessed Diaboromon plant something into the ground and watched as data was gathered from the core of the digital world itself. Then when all the data had been gathered, the tower slowly began to form.
They had considered storming in and attacking the tower directly. After all, eight Digimon attacking at once would have a good chance of destroying the tower. However, thanks to Terriermon sneezing at the wrong moment, Diaboromon had spotted the group and fired his Catastrophe Cannon. They had barely enough time to digivolve when the mega Digimon came charging at them.
Digmon noticed something during the battle. "So far, he's focused mostly on the tamers!! He hasn't been too concerned with us!! But the tower's a lot tougher than those control spires!! My drills hurt!!" Pegasusmon and Nefertimon flew overhead. "We'll try and stall him. Maybe the tamers can have better luck attacking the tower directly!!" Both Digimon concentrated and swooped in for their attack. "Golden Noose!!"
The noose wrapped around Diaboromon, who had just forced Antylamon to transform back to her rookie form of Lopmon. For a moment, he was surprised but then that surprise turned into annoyance. He easily broke free of the chain. "Catastrophe Cannon!!" The blast knocked both flying Digimon out of the sky.
"All of our efforts to destroy the tower have failed!! We need to regroup and think of a better plan!!" exclaimed Cody. Rika ground her teeth together as Taomon was slammed into the ground. "Unfortunately, he's not going to give us that opportunity! Looks like it's up to us!! Digi Modify!! Cherrymon's Illusion Mist Activate!"
Taomon slowly got up before releasing the mist from the sleeves of her arms. Takato gave a grin. "That should slow Diaboromon down while we get out of here!!" Before Wargrowlmon could give a reply, Diaboromon fired his attack straight through the mist and hit the viral ultimate Digimon. Takato collapsed on the ground with Guilmon beside him, both trying to fight the pain.
'But how…?' Taomon never got the opportunity to finish her thought as Diaboromon picked her up. "I've been waiting for this for a long time…especially after you finished me off previously. If it wasn't for my master, I would still be floating around as useless data from a control spire…"
The ultimate Digimon's eyes widened. Now she remembered…it was the Infermon she had deleted when she digivolved to ultimate for the first time. But who would have the power to revive him and give him such power? "Who s-sent you? What are t-the purpose of those t-towers?"
"Wouldn't you like to know…" He tossed the Digimon in Rika's direction. She landed on the ground with a huge thud before changing back to Renamon. The girl didn't have much strength to move. And neither did the other tamers. Only the Digidestined and their armoured Digimon were still active but Diaboromon would eventually see to that. Slowly, Rika slipped into unconsciousness.
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It was a full moon that night. The group surrounded the bed, waiting for some sign that she was okay. Other than the flickering candles and the breathing of the woman in bed, there was complete silence. Then an elderly gentleman got up with a grave look on his face. "She is ready to pass on…" "How can you say that, monk?!? She is still breathing!!"
The monk calmly looked at the young man who had a frustrated look on his face. "For the moment, yes. But her soul is preparing to depart." The other man looked at the woman on the bed. "She's so young…how can she be ready to leave this world now?" A small smile came to the monk's lips. "You know as well as I do that Princess Sakuya's mystical powers are very strong and that she has connections beyond the physical realm. She feels that she has done all that she could here and now she must move on and find another who seeks help. We must accept that."
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When Rika woke up, she found herself in a blue void…similar to when she bio-merged with her Digimon. She looked at herself and she was still wearing her usual outfit. "Renamon? Takato? What's happened to me? What am I doing here?" She froze when she heard the footsteps of someone else approaching. "So you are the one…"
Rika turned around and stared in shock at the person before her. It was herself…except that she was wearing more traditional robes, almost similar to when she bio-merged but not quite. The other girl smiled. "I'm sorry if I startled you. I only wanted to let you see a familiar face and you do resemble me as a child…somewhat." Rika took a deep breath, trying to make sense out of everything. "Who are you? You can't be me…right? What are you doing here?"
"Your myths referred me to as Princess Konohana no Sakuya. As for what I'm doing here…you called out for help. Maybe not in the physical sense but your essence did. And now I will bind my lifeforce to your essence." Rika held up one hand to stop the other girl from speaking. "What do you mean? What's going to happen to me?"
"If I bind my lifeforce to your essence, you can tap directly into my magical strength. That should be enough to stop that vile demon rampaging out there." Rika hesitated for a moment before looking at Princess Sakuya again. "For what it's worth…thank you." The other girl just smiled gently.
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"I might as well get this over with…seeing how that's all you humans can do." Diaboromon looked at the fallen Digidestined with their Digimon before turning his gaze to the tamers who are still trying to get back on their feet…except for the girl. 'She must have already given up. Well…I've always wanted to kill her and her partner…'
She opened her eyes, with a new strength flowing through her. Renamon felt it as well as she got up. This puzzled Diaboromon slightly before he shrugged and fired his attack. "Catastrophe Cannon!!" Rika took out her D-Ark which had the Tao symbol on the screen. 'Looks like it's now or never. Let's see what you got…' "Biomerge Activate!!"
BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION….
"Renamon bio-merged to…" Both fox and human melded together to create Sakuyamon's feminine figure except instead of her typical armour, she had white robes covering her upper body. Two belts held a pair of long red pants to her lower body. There were small gaps on the sides of the pants so one could get a fairly good view of her legs and purple boots. Her usual hairstyle and fox headgear appeared but there was no black bodysuit or gloves. And instead of her staff, she held something that strangely resembled a mop. "…Sakuyamon!!"
Terriermon just gasped at the new version of Sakuyamon before them. "Whoa…since she's your girlfriend, I officially designate you as the MacDaddy of the Digimon tamers!!" Takato didn't even blink at Terriermon's statement. Not even Henry felt like scolding him.
As soon as they had merged, Sakuyamon leapt out of the way of Diaboromon's attack. 'Just what type of fashion sense did that princess have anyway?!?' Rika turned her thoughts to defeating her opponent. Diaboromon was slightly surprised by this new transformation but maintained his focus. Sakuyamon's deadly gaze focused on the other mega Digimon. "Let's dance."
HALLELUJAH!!!! I finally get the time to type this up!! If you're not sure about where I got the idea for the traditional outfit, there's a website with a ton of card images. It's http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Toys/1116/index.html and when you enter the album and go to the hotlink with Gallantmon riding Grani, the Sakuyamon card I used as a reference should be inside. Also, check out the hotlink with Ancientgreymon. There's a cool new image of ChaosDukemon up there. Until next time