Author's Notes: The little dinner scene is going to be based on my personal experiences with eating teppanyaki. It's pretty cool especially when the food is cooked right in front. You'll see what I mean.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Digimon belongs to Bandai, Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it.
Ascension – V 2.2
'From my analysis of the geographic characteristics as well as climactic factors, I can determine that this is indeed the Southern realm. But I was nowhere near any loopholes…and apparently, the boy is alive here and now. Perhaps this is a result of that temporal incursion I sensed some time ago.' Neo quickly snapped ArcaDemon out of his thoughts. "Did you find anything yet?"
Earlier, ArcaDemon had explained that he had uploaded the data of the two-headed turtle Digimon, Ebonwumon. This included his knowledge of the loopholes as well as certain characteristics of each digital world. Neo had recalled that the turtle Digimon was still alive from where he came from. The only explanation was that ArcaDemon had originated from another quantum plane. Although technically, this ArcaDemon was not his, the boy didn't really care as he had finally obtained the Digimon he was supposed to raise months ago.
"The loopholes are in very specific locations but they are still difficult to detect. Have patience, Neo." It was quite different for the Digimon to be tolerating someone this much. If it were any other person or Digimon, he would have already killed them by now. Strange. "I believe I have something." The boy's eyes lit up. "So this loophole will lead back to where I came from?"
ArcaDemon nodded. "It should, yes. Since you existed in the Northern realm, as far as I can remember, this little tear should be able to get us back there. There is a minor risk of being eternally lost in the cosmos…" Neo punched both of his fists together. "I don't give a damn. There is much to be done. And when that third-rate trash tamer returns home, I'll have a few surprises waiting for him."
As soon as Neo finished speaking, a doorway opened in front of him and his Digimon. "My time of triumph is at hand!!" The boy leapt through the gate with ArcaDemon right behind him but when he reached the other side, he was greeted by an unfamiliar sight. "A city? I don't recognize this city…" ArcaDemon had a puzzled look. "That loophole should have led back to the Northern realm but instead, we have wound up in the Eastern realm. Obviously the loopholes that I know of are different in your quantum plane."
"So how long is it gonna take to locate the loophole that leads back to the Northern realm?" asked Neo. "I cannot determine that, Neo." He just growled at ArcaDemon's answer. "So we're off to search for a needle in a haystack." He regretted saying that as his Digimon started asking him questions about that figure of speech.
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"Those kids and their Digimon are a lot different than I expected. Somehow, one of those humans knew about the Destiny Stone soup and said how it was better than miso soup," muttered one of the Tapirmon waiters. Another Tapirmon looked at the two teppanyaki tables where the group was sitting at. The red Digimon took his bowl of soup and drank it down in one big swig. Moments later, he was pounding his chest as he had drunk it too fast. Then the fox Digimon pounded his back to try and help him. Eventually, he let out a huge "UUUURRRRPPPP!!!!!" Terriermon started laughing. "That was a wicked belch, Guilmon!! I bet I can make a louder one!!"
Hawkmon shook his head in disgust as Terriermon attempted to make a louder belch than Guilmon. "Haven't you ever heard of something called dignity?" Armadillomon sighed. "Probably not. Wonder when they'll be ready to start cooking?" At that moment, a Tapirmon had placed a tray of raw food on a cart and had a pair of cooking utensils in his possession.
As the other group started savouring their meal, TK couldn't help but notice the carefree looks on the faces of all the tamers. 'They've been through a crazy time. It's nice that they can finally let go and just relax. Heck, even their Digimon seem to be enjoying themselves.' He looked over to see Veemon frantically patting his horn on his snout as he had gotten too close to the fire that erupted when the chef was cooking.
There was cheering from the other Digimon (except Veemon) as Guilmon got up to try something behind the table. He took a full bowl of fried rice that had been made earlier and put it on one of the utensils. Then with a quick motion, he flipped it and caught it in his left paw. Throughout the flip, none of the rice spilled. (AN: I did this for real and I spilled some rice and I was pretty scared that I would drop the bowl with the rice as well) The other Digimon applauded except for Veemon who just grumbled about how Guilmon was showing off.
"Man, that was great!! I haven't had a good meal like that since…gee, I can't remember," mumbled Takato. The meal had taken about a little over an hour and it was almost half past seven. Guilmon expressed his satisfaction by letting out another belch. Terriermon gave a sigh. "How does the guy do it?"
A slight shift in the wind captured Renamon's attention. "What's wrong?" asked her tamer. The fox Digimon pointed a paw to a direction. "Something is going on over there. It could possibly be another tower being erected on the soil of this digital world." Rika narrowed her eyes. "Alright, let's go!!"
But as soon as she said that, a small light show displayed itself shortly in the opposite direction. "Seems that there's something going on over there too," murmured Henry. "Alright then. I'm going to check out that light show while you guys can check out Renamon's hunch over there," stated Takato.
"I wanna come too!!" chirped the voice of Suzie Wong. Henry wanted to argue but at this time, it was pointless as his little sister was already right behind Takato. "Wait up!!" He started to run to catch up to the other two tamers. Rika turned to the other Digidestined. "With goggle head and the others on their own, we'll go and see what has Renamon so worried about."
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"Wow…this guy is pretty annoying. Just like you when you were the same age, Tai." Matt gave a chuckle at that thought. Tai came up from behind him. "I didn't do any stupid poses or anything with Agumon. This guy is completely different from me except for the same handsome looks and great fashion style." Matt laughed even harder at that remark.
Zero gave a groan as his stomach started to rumble again. Taichi decided to speak to Gennai. "Hey, Zero is really starting to get hungry so is there any place where he can chow down and get his strength back?" Gennai gave a smile. "You two can come over to my home and I'll see what I can prepare for you. As soon as I finish up with some things here, I can lead you back." Taichi grinned. "Just let us know when you're done."
As he finished that sentence, a small light show started to display itself in the distance. "What was that?" asked Elecmon. Zero gave a sigh. "Looks like my dinner will have to wait..." Taichi took out his notebook and found the appropriate page. "Here…this should keep you satisfied until after we investigate this thing. Digi Scan!!"
Zero felt his hunger go away temporarily along with new energy. He digivolved to his ultimate form and let Taichi climb on his back. "I'll be back…and I'll be expecting that dinner, Gennai!!" The duo then flew off into the night. Gennai remembered how much the Digimon that he had treated just before they left for Myotismon's castle had eaten and made a mental note to prepare a fairly large meal.
The moment of silence that followed after the tamer's departure was broken by Sora's voice. "Tai Kamiya!! I know that you're involved in this whole mess somehow so start talking!!" Behind the girl stood Izzy, Mimi and Joe. "Sora has called each of us and was talking about how there were two of you. Now would you like to explain what is going on?"
Matt gave Tai a hearty slap on the back. "I'm sure that Tai can answer all of your questions!! He's probably done some digging around before you guys showed up!!" the other boy just gave a nervous laugh. He still couldn't understand what was going on so how can he expect to explain it to his friends. Before he could give a response, Elecmon gave a shout. "Hey, you guys!! There is something that you've just got to see!!" The group ran over to where Elecmon was shouting. In front were two digieggs, one with the Crest of Courage and the other with the Crest of Friendship. "T-they made it back…"
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'She's just an ultimate!! How can she be this strong?!? Something is seriously wrong here…' Jeri stopped scanning the Digimon above the group and got out a card. "Digi Modify!! Seraphimon Activate!!" Grapleomon fired another attack which was infused with holy energy this time but Ladydevimon had enough speed to avoid it completely.
"That Digimon has got to be on some sort of super drug or something!! I've never seen an ultimate level Digimon have this much power!!" exclaimed Kazu. She had already taken out Cerberusmon and Andromon without much trouble. "Talk about minimal resistance…oh, well. I'll have to report back to the Master soon." She had a small device on her waist to open a return gateway back to where she came from.
Impmon had a dejected look on his face. "Great. She can just finish us off without even trying. What a way to go…" One of his partners looked at him. "Can't you do anything to stop her?" The rookie Digimon gave a frustrated growl before snapping at the child. "I can't do anything without my power!!!"
"But we know that you have powers!! I mean you can make little fireballs!!" exclaimed Ai. Impmon gave a small snort. "That's not going to do squat against super devil woman up there. I'm gonna need some major firepower to take her down!!" A thought just came to Mako. "Like a really big gun?"
"It can't be too big!! After all, Impmon should be able to easily lift it and stuff! And since that evil lady can fly, Impmon should have big wings like an angel!!" Mako blinked at the thought of Impmon having angelic wings and shook his head. "It won't really fit. If he's going to have wings, they have to be black and scary." "How about black angel wings?" Both children started imagining their Digimon with black angel wings and a very large gun.
At the same time, Impmon could feel the power of evolution growing inside his body. This time, it wasn't like when he got the power from the fire turkey a while ago. No…this was different. And it didn't feel that bad, considering that it was coming from the imaginations of his tamers. A flash of light enveloped his body and when the show was over, Beelzemon stepped out…this time with black wings on his back and a large weapon in his right hand. "You're back!!" exclaimed Calumon with a hint of fear.
"Don't worry, cream puff. I got other things to do." He looked down at the two amazed children. 'So this is the strength of belief…who knew that humans could strengthen Digimon like this?' He took off into the air and aimed his new weapon at Ladydevimon. "Corona Blaster!!!"
The pink beam collided with the other Digimon, dealing a fair amount of damage. Ladydevimon gave a small hiss. "That hurt…looks like things are going to get a lot more interesting." Kenta just looked in shock. "First he tried to kill us!! Now he's helping us!! Just what is going on around here?!?!?" MarineAngemon gave a tiny shrug.
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'Fool…he should have retreated when he had the chance. Perhaps this is what the Master meant by not pursuing personal agendas.' Armageddemon had found an isolated area of the digital world and was prepared to set up the fourth tower. The place that he had selected would help the tower achieve maximum range. But the terrain surrounding the area did present excellent concealment for enemies who would try and sneak in.
It didn't really matter to Armageddemon since he was a mega Digimon and all. Unless the enemy had a great deal of strength to make his master concerned, then there was nothing to worry about. He began to concentrate as the data that his master had given him begun to take on a physical form. Moments later, the tower had been erected but it would not be operational for about fifteen minutes.
So for the moment, he had to play bodyguard. This was the part of the job that was most boring but things will be looking up soon. Once all four towers had been erected in all four realms of this plane, the show can truly begin. The Digimon gave a dark smile as he thought about upcoming plans. A small sound then captured his attention. It was extremely faint but definitely there. "There's the fourth tower!! Someone already built it!!" There it was. Armageddemon decided to exit discreetly and observe who would come out to try something with the tower.
"It doesn't look like it's activated yet. No glowing or anything. Maybe we can take it down before it activates!!" exclaimed Gatomon. Renamon didn't look too sure. "I wouldn't be so sure. Diaboromon was guarding the tower in our world. There may be another guard similar to him." "Black Rain!!"
Patamon gave a small gasp as several energy bolts came from above. "Heads up!!!" The group scattered to avoid the attack. A giant spider Digimon then came out of nowhere and prepared another attack. "Mega Flare!!" The ground exploded right in front of TK's face. Rika took out her D-Ark while the other Digidestined prepared to fight. "Show time, Renamon!! Biomerge Activate!!"
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"Don't run so fast, Henry!!" The boy didn't listen to his partner, who was holding on for dear life. "If I slow down, Takato and Suzie will get too far ahead and I just want to make sure that-" "No seriously, Henry!! Don't run so fast!! I'm feeling really queasy!!" Henry allowed himself to smile as he kept running. "Momentai! It can't be that bad…"
He stopped suddenly as he started hearing barfing noises. Terriermon had leapt off the boy and proceeded to hurl up dinner. Henry crossed his arms. "That's what you get for stuffing yourself." The vaccine Digimon didn't give a response until he was feeling better. "Actually, you just shouldn't do anything that could put a strain on your body after a huge meal."
While Terriermon was vomiting up his dinner, Takato and Suzie along with their respective Digimon partners had arrived. The source of the light came from a tiny doorway that was opening and closing. "What is dat?" asked the younger tamer. Takato wasn't sure how to answer the question. But fortunately, Lopmon provided an answer. "I think this may be one of the loopholes."
The puzzled looks on the faces of both tamers gave Lopmon the incentive to explain herself. "The digital worlds of each of the realms are connected to each other. Anybody with a certain amount of power and certain key algorithms can cross realms but each digital world has loopholes which are extremely difficult to find. And once a loophole is used, it instantly moves to another location. Each digital world has three loopholes, one leading to the other three realms. For instance, the Eastern realm would have loopholes leading to the Northern, Western and Southern realms."
"I see what you mean. And there's no way that you can tell which is which?" Lopmon shook her head. Takato gave a small sigh when the loophole started to open wider. Lopmon looked on in alarm. "Something's coming through!!" Guilmon had to shield his eyes as the new entity emerged in the digital world.
When the light died down, the group saw something big and red towering over them. And he didn't look very friendly. Takato focused himself and brought his D-Ark to scan the new Digimon that had just came through. "Chaosdramon, mega level, machine Digimon. Virus type. Specialty attacks are Hyper Mugen Cannon and Chaos Crusher." Guilmon gave a tiny gulp. "Um…hi?"
The other Digimon started to power up his cannons. "Uh…if this is his way of saying 'hello'…then I don't want to know how he says 'nice to meet you'!!" Takato fumbled for his D-Ark while Suzie was uncertain of what to do. "Biomerge Activate!!" As soon as the tamer and Digimon transformed into the holy knight, Chaosdramon fired. "Hyper Mugen Cannon!!"
"Are you better now? You should know better than to stuff your face." Terriermon didn't answer as the light show in front just intensified before an explosion erupted. Both tamer and Digimon were knocked back. Henry could only make out the silhouette of a mysterious Digimon in front but that's all. "Takato!!! Suzie!!!" Chaosdramon focused his sensors on the new target.
"That monster just came out of nowhere and attacked my friends…he's going down!!!" growled the half Chinese tamer. Had he stopped to examine himself, he would have noticed that an old feeling has returned. One that was supposed to be suppressed through the discipline of martial arts. That feeling had first erupted when he showed off his skills and hurt someone when he started taking martial arts. The feeling to hurt someone and cause pain. Now that feeling has resurfaced and has magnified. With that new feeling clouding his emotions, nobody noticed the white material of his D-Ark turn black for a moment before he shouted the next two words. "Biomerge Activate!!!"
There you have it, folks. Anyways, this is the last update until my examinations are over. By the way, Ryo will be back…but Ryo fans may not like what may happen to him in the upcoming chapters. No, he does not get killed but he gets smacked around a bit. I'll leave it up to you to who will be smacking him around. As for what's happening with Henry, I'll explain next time. That's it for me!! This is Epsilon signing off!!