Author's Notes: In this chapter, I'll put a little more focus on Ryo's group as well as Taichi and Henry. And the tamers back in the Southern realm and Beelzemon too. Anyways, I don't know how many chapters this may end up being. Maybe just like BTOS with 40 chapters or slightly less. I'll just have to keep writing for a bit and find out what happens.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon in any form whatsoever. Bandai, Toei and ABC own the rights and all that stuff. I also do not own Contra.
Ascension – V 2.0
'Aw, man…what am I going to do? I have no experience how to do this right! And since Davis doesn't have any experience in this type of thing, I am doomed to be forever out of the romantic loop!!' Exveemon was getting more depressed by the second as he kept flying towards their destination. 'Renamon is different. Her character is that of a warrior and that means she can't really go for any mushy stuff.'
"Something on your mind?" asked Stingmon, his DNA digivolving partner. For the past little while, Exveemon had been fidgeting during the flight. The other champion gave a nervous laugh. "Not really, Stingmon! Just little bits of things here and there but I can deal with it!!" He gave another nervous laugh. "You sure?" asked Davis. Exveemon just gave a nod. "Okay…"
'No mushy stuff, eh? That means I'm going to have a harder time connecting with her like Davis said.' He vaguely recalled the talk that he and Davis had on how to get women to like you or something like that. "Watch out, Exveemon!!" He gave a sigh as he heard Renamon's voice. 'She really cares for me if she's telling me to watch out for that big flame up ahead…what the?!?'
He dodged to the right, barely avoiding the attack. Davis was panting heavily as he had received probably the biggest scare in his life. "That was kind of cutting it close, buddy!!" The rest of the group had stopped and started to focus in on a Digimon up ahead. "Damn…he moved. Oh well." The Digimon prepared to attack again.
Ryo checked the statistics on this Digimon. "Reapermon, a mega level, cyborg Digimon. Virus type. His attacks are Skull Whirlwind and Serpent Flame Purgatory." Cyberdramon had a grin on his face with his thirst for battle flaring up. Renamon waited for her tamer to give a signal. Then Rika prepared to stand up. "I'll have to sort out my feelings later. Biomerge Activate!!"
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"So what exactly is the deal between you and Neo? You never did spill any details during the talk last night," stated Terriermon. The group had been walking for some time in search of the other tamer. Henry kept checking his D terminal for any messages. Taichi placed his hands in the pockets of his shorts. "Neo was the best competitor in the V-Tamer tournament. I wanted to see how I could match up against him. After the battle, it turned out that we had a draw. I think he went ballistic over that one match and so that's why he's been obsessed with beating me and Zero."
"And I thought Rika was bad…every time I tried to bring up the subject about the tournament that she lost to Ryo, she would always start strangling me!!" Terriermon shivered at that unpleasant memory. Henry chose this moment to speak. "Well…she could have done worse. Knowing her, she would probably kick your ass. Then order Renamon to kick your ass. Finally, they would bio-merge and kick your ass once more as Sakuyamon."
"Wow…that's a lot of ass kicking," stated Zero. He had digivolved to champion level right after they had started their search, near the forest where Neo was reported to be lurking around, since that was the form he preferred to be in. Terriermon gave a frown. "Yeah, I'm finding it difficult to find a person who's more of a sore loser than Rika. She's so proud and all that stuff!! She always feels like she has to win. The way you describe Neo…it makes him sound like a psycho!"
"Psycho, you say? I beg to differ." Neo's voice came out of nowhere and startled the entire group. Taichi stepped forward. "Alright!! Where are you, Neo? You said you wanted to prove who's the better tamer and settle this once and for all! Then come on out!!" Moments later, they saw a white haired boy step out from behind one of the trees. "So nice to see you again…odd. I see you haven't changed. Perhaps I had mistaken that other boy for you. Oh well."
Taichi narrowed his eyes. "Are you talking about Davis? We have a few similar qualities but other than that, we are two different people! Now where's your partner?!? Zero's got a new trick that he's anxious to show you…and I've also got a friend here who would also like to show you something neat!!" Neo gave a smirk. "Well, at least this should be interesting…Animal Digimon. Specialty attack…Terrier Tornado. Weight…8 Gigas. Vaccine Type. Rookie Level. If this pet has any interesting tricks, then I'll look forward to seeing what he can do against ArcaDemon!!"
The goggled tamer went pale. "I-impossible!! We nuked ArcaDemon when he was a shrimp!! I remember coming up with the alternative victory pose for Zero that day!!" A shadow started to come up from behind Neo. The two tamers and their Digimon looked up in horror as they saw ArcaDemon walk in. "ArcaDemon and I are linked by Fate and together, we will accomplish my goal and crush you and Daemon in the process!!"
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"Can we fly any faster? At this rate, by the time I reach Daemon, I'll be needing a cane to walk!!" Shadowgallantmon gave an irritated growl. Gallantmon frowned underneath his helmet. "Sorry, but I can't fly as fast as the rest of you! In this form, I can only fly certain distances and jump well."
"Then grab dragon boy's tail or something!! You're slowing us down!" snapped the dark knight. The holy knight gave a nervous look at the dragon of chaos. The only response he gave was a grunt so Gallantmon assumed that it was okay. He nervously placed his hand around the tail. Megidramon did not react as he was too focused on Daemon. "Alright…let's roll!!" Gallantmon had to hold on as Megidramon shot forward along with Shadowgallantmon and GCM.
'How did I ever get myself into this?' He still couldn't believe that everyone else wanted to go after Daemon. Shadowgallantmon obviously wanted the data that the demon Digimon possessed. GCM wanted to eradicate this menace and threat to the digital world as soon as possible. As for Megidramon, he's assuming that the dragon is going after Daemon because he's really strong and can hurt others quite easily, especially Rika.
"Knowing Daemon, he'll probably have his three minions with him…Ladydevimon, Skullsatamon and Marinedevimon," stated the crimson knight. Shadowgallantmon remembered that little detail. "True…that means everyone gets a dancing partner. Casanova, you can take Ladydevimon. Dragon boy can tangle with Marinedevimon. And that means dork face over there can fight with Skullsatamon."
GCM gave a flat reply. "That won't work." The dark knight gave a glare at GCM. "And what exactly is the flaw in my proposal, Casanova?" The crimson knight stopped flying…and gave a temporary feeling of panic in the others as they tried to put on the brakes before they ventured too far and suffered from fragmentation. Well…Gallantmon had to disengage and yank Megidramon back. Needless to say, the dragon wasn't very happy and had to fight the urge to fry the holy knight to a crisp.
"First, Megidramon is impulsive and is likely to go after Daemon. Second, I don't think you are strong enough to take Daemon out. Third, Skullsatamon will be too fast for Gallantmon to handle. Finally, I have no intention of striking a lady." Gallantmon and Shadowgallantmon both gave GCM a look of disbelief. "You wouldn't hurt a lady even if she is evil and trying to kill you?"
"I would defend myself but I would not strike her. Now, I believe it would be best if Shadowgallantmon fought Skullsatamon and Gallantmon fought Ladydevimon. Megidramon should take out Marinedevimon as soon as possible and then help with Daemon. Are you alright with this plan?" Gallantmon gave a meek nod while Megidramon grunted. GCM frowned, uncertain whether the dragon understood the message. "So…basically, you would never hurt a woman even if she was giving you a severe ass kicking?"
The crimson knight gave an irritated sigh. "Let's keep going. We don't want Daemon to get too far ahead of us." As the group resumed their journey, Gallantmon vaguely remembered something from when he was much younger. His mother often told him stories about medieval knights and what they were like. He looked back to GCM. 'Just what part of me are you?' Shadowgallantmon was silently muttering to himself. "There is something seriously wrong with this guy."
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"Any word yet?" Kenta shook his head to respond to Alice's question. The two were waiting for Kazu, Jeri, Leomon and Guardromon to get back with the medical supplies. Ever since people started getting trapped in the crossfire during their battles, the tamers have taken it upon themselves to use an old infirmary as a relief shelter. Because of their efforts, some members of the public were slowly becoming convinced that not all Digimon were bad.
MarineAngemon had been doing his best to heal the injuries of the various people inside the infirmary but he can only do so much. The more seriously injured people were escorted to hospitals, courtesy of the tamers. Kenta gave a sigh. "It would be nice if we had a doctor to help around here. I don't know how much we can count on Leomon's rudimentary medical knowledge." Alice gave a small smile. "We'll just have to do our best."
"I see something!" The two were alerted to Dobermon's voice. They looked out the window and saw their friends, running from a giant human shaped robot. "What the…?" The robot split into three components momentarily before reformatting itself to become a bird. It then started to fire a giant laser beam from its beak which just missed the tamers. (AN: This guy is based on the robot human/bird/walking tank boss in Contra: Hardcorps for Sega Genesis. I've recently played the game and…wow!! Talk about wacky bosses and choices!)
"Kazu, we must confront this menace at once!!" Guardromon turned around and prepared to fire his missiles. The boy hesitated before handing his share as well as his partner's over to Leomon and Jeri. "We'll try and provide some cover! You just get back to the infirmary!" He then took out a card. 'After all this is over, there better be a statue of me and Guardromon!! We kept risking our butts out there!!'
Before he could create the Blue Card, the bird shaped automaton changed again. This time, the upper torso formed a humanoid shape while the bottom formed a tank shaped structure. Then it started to fire missiles from both sections. Kazu panicked and frantically searched for some sort of shield card. "Corona Blaster!!" A pink beam came out of nowhere and destroyed the missiles. Kazu turned to see Beelzemon. "What are you doing here?"
"Every time I've tried to clear my head and think about what's going on, stupid Digimon and things like these always keep popping up! I figured that if I'm ever going to get some peace and quiet to think things over, I gotta make sure that this world remains in one piece!!" The demon lord Digimon drew a star and aimed it at the robot. "Corona Destroyer!!" The blast directly hit the machine and forced it to split apart into three components. When they tried to reassemble themselves together, a malfunction occurred and they self-destructed.
"Well…that was wacky." Kazu gave Guardromon a weird look. The champion Digimon gave a shrug. "Well…you did say I had to come up with my own lines." They looked up to thank Beelzemon but he was already focused on something else. "This is just not my day…" They knew what he meant when they saw two large machines, one blue and the other a beige colour, heading towards them with weapons charged. (AN: Based on the pre-boss boss characters in Contra III: The Alien Wars for SNES)
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Yamaki watched silently as the TV news anchor kept speaking of other strange anomalies popping up from around the world and how tamers from different regions are battling them alongside their Digimon. He had checked the polls and public opinion about the Digimon was improving. If this kept up, then the United Nations may see no reason to get rid of the digital pestilence. Hypnos and Juggernaut would probably be reformatted to get rid of all Digimon that don't have a tamer. Everyone would be satisfied with that type of solution but not Yamaki.
The Monster Makers are working diligently to perfect Juggernaut and send every Digimon back to where they came from. At first, they were reluctant to undertake a gigantic project so he had to make a compromise to have Juggernaut simply send every Digimon back to the digital world instead of delete them all. Basically, all that's left of the original Juggernaut is the vacuum effect to suck all digital life into the vortex. They practically scrapped the Digimon deletion protocols from the program and started creating something new altogether.
As for the alien forces that were popping up at random locations, that would have to be dealt with. However, the Monster Makers were in the process of modifying the Juggernaut program to send those alien life forms that were still on the planet to the digital world as well. How they would be able to accomplish that, Yamaki had no idea. All he knew was that they were trying to base the modifications on some rather interesting physics experiments that had taken place in the past few years.
If they did find a way to send everything back to where they came from, they would definitely take the Nobel Prize in Physics. A knock on his door interrupted his thoughts. "Come." A technician walked in with a report. "Sir, I would like to inform you that the Alpha Version of the Neo Juggernaut program has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances." Yamaki played with his lighter. "Estimated repair time?" "Two weeks…minimum."
He growled slightly. "Will that be enough time to implement the operation?" The technician nodded. "We've completed the piggyback program and by the time the Monster Makers get their program running, the original Juggernaut will be ready. Once they activate their program, the original one will take over certain aspects and delete all digital life forms. We made sure that any programming in the Neo Juggernaut that doesn't concern Digimon is left alone." A smirk came to Yamaki's lips. "Good work. Keep me informed."
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"The Western sector is somewhat militarized so that would be a good place to start first. The Guard Tamers are not like the Digidestined here…they will be organized with a chain of command and offensive and defensive sequences. Once we conquer that realm, it will be easier to take the others," stated Daemon. Marinedevimon blinked. "So if we're going to the Western region, where are we flying to?"
"They are more sensitive to dimensional transport and may detect us if I transport us directly. As I recall, they were able to almost immediately home in your position and launch a counterattack before you can scout things thoroughly, Skullsatamon. However, if we go to a certain position in this digital world and transport from there, we can cripple the Guard Tamers if we work efficiently enough. I would rather like to keep this under our hats so delete any Digimon that see us." Daemon grinned underneath his hood.
"Hold it, foul demon!! You won't be hurting any Digimon today!! Not while I exist!!" All four of them stopped and blinked simultaneously as a red shape flew down from above. GCM drew his sword and pointed it at Daemon. "Today is your final day unless you repent your sins." The four demonic Digimon started to laugh, amused at what the crimson knight was saying. "In that case, prepare thyselves for battle!!" "Step aside, fool."
Daemon's statement pretty much flew in one ear and out the other as GCM did not budge. "If you want to get to where you are going, you will have to get past the both of us!!" Gallantmon then flew down to join the crimson knight. Before they could comprehend this recent development, they heard a shout of frustration from above. "Oh, for the love of…hey, you know what? While we're giving ridiculous speeches, why don't we introduce ourselves and strike some sort of heroic pose while preaching that we fight for love and justice?!?" They all looked up to see a black and blue knight and a red dragon, who had a hungry look on his face directed at Daemon.
'Hmmmmm…' Gallantmon's imagination took hold as he saw the dragon and the three knights strike a pose and shout "We are the Hazard Force!!" Normally, Takato would have recognized sarcasm but the childish instincts of his partner had to think about that for a moment. During the flight, he had asked where Guilmon's consciousness had gone off to. GCM explained that Guilmon only had two parts in his mind…his childish innocence and his viral instinct. Obviously, the viral instinct went to Megidramon. But GCM wasn't sure where the childish nature of the viral dino had went to. Gallantmon shrugged a bit. 'At least that explains my craving for bread.'
Shadowgallantmon gave another shout of frustration when he saw his holy counterpart thinking about that. "You moron!!! Don't you know what sarcasm means, dork face?!? I don't know how much longer I can take being around this imbecile!!" Megidramon decided not to wait any longer and dived down to start the attack. Marinedevimon tackled him and the two went off to another area to fight. "Destroy them!!" roared Daemon. As GCM and the two other knights prepared to fight, he made a silent prayer to Amaterasu that Daemon would not be able to discover their weakness and exploit it.
There we go…by this time, I have definitely finished half the book. And for those of you who are still with me, a big thank you. Now…with YTV running new Frontier, maybe I can cook up something for "Other Voices". Keep checking because I'll eventually get something out!