Next chapter!
This one... I know for a fact all of you saw this one coming later.
But yeah, the order of events is a smidge different from canon.
Forever Friends! WereGarurumon & Zudomon!
"It's a nice day today." Gabumon said with a smile as he took a breath of fresh air.
"Indeed. And according to the D-Core, we're close to one of the others." Pyrrha said, walking forward with a smile, glad to finally be meeting up with someone.
"I wonder who it is?" Gabumon said as he put a hand to his chin.
"Who knows? At least we found one of them, and I'm sure we'll find the others." Pyrrha said with a shrug, but looked on the positive side of things.
"Although I'm sure there's one person you'd prefer to find first." Gabumon said with a knowing smile.
Pyrrha looked away, a bit embarrassed "W-what are you talking about?"
"Pyrrha… you say his name in your sleep sometimes." Gabumon said dryly.
She shoved her face into her hands at that, her blush visible even through that.
"I think this is what humans call a crush right?" Gabumon continued, his lips twitching a bit.
She was crouched down now on top of hiding her face.
"Why don't you just tell him?" Gabumon finished, looking away to hide his grin.
"I-I can't do that! I mean, isn't it weird that I l-l-like him just because he t-treats me differently? J-just because he doesn't even know about me being famous, so he treats me like a normal girl. And he's… really sweet… and handsome." Pyrrha said, becoming redder and redder as she went on, her face eventually as crimson as her hair.
Gabumon patted her on the shoulder, though he couldn't stop the chuckle coming out of his mouth.
Eventually, Pyrrha recovered from her mad blushing, and she and Gabumon continued on.
Unnoticed by either of them, a small round figure was perched on a tree branch a few feet above their heads, grinning to itself "This just might turn out to be a fun day."
The two continued walking down the road, following the signal from the radar which was quickly approaching...yet for some reason the dot they were headed towards really was stationary more or less. "I wonder why whoever we're headed towards isn't going anywhere…" Gabumon mused.
"Well, it must be something important. Otherwise they wouldn't have stayed in one place," Pyrrha said. "Either way, we're about to find out," she said as they came over the hill...and saw what appeared to be a building ahead of them. It wasn't too big, but it was definitely still sizeable...oh and they also noticed the nice smells coming from the building.
"Is that...a restaurant?" Gabumon said.
"Seems like it," Pyrrha nodded. "And from the looks of it, one of our friends is in there. I wonder why though…"
"Maybe they got a job," Gabumon suggested with a chuckle.
Just as he said that however, the front doors were thrown open, as somebody was thrown outside "Go find customers!" a voice said, as whoever was thrown out landed on the ground, dazed a bit.
"Gomamon?" Pyrrha said in surprise to seeing the aquatic Digimon here.
Gomamon shook his head clear, before looking up in surprise "Huh? Gabumon? Pyrrha? You guys are here?"
"If you're here, then, Jaune must be here too, right?" Gabumon asked.
Gomamon nodded "Yeah, I'll show you where." he said, heading to the back of the restaurant as he gestured to them to follow him.
When they got to the back… "Right, that's 2 shaved ice and a custard pudding!" came Jaune's frantic voice as they saw him busy at work in the kitchen. "And an order of stew for the party with reservations!"
"Good good, glad to see you can get quick orders right," The Digimon carrying the orders nodded.
When Pyrrha looked through the open door into the back, seeing the Digimon, the best way to describe him was… a giant weed or some kind of plant of sorts, with two very long vines acting as arms and red and blue leaves on top of his head.
"Thank you Mr. Vegiemon." Jaune said, barely restraining the annoyed sigh.
Digimon Analyzer: Vegiemon
Vegiemon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Plant Digimon. A Digimon with plenty of charateristics similar to a carnivorous plant, including being able to emit a scent that can lure in smaller insect Digimon. If faced with a bigger and stronger Digimon, it isn't uncommon for it to flee. Its special move is… oh not ANOTHER poop thrower.
"Now then, keep preparing that stew! The party that ordered it is an important guest for tonight," Vegiemon said before leaving the room.
"Right…" Jaune sighed, before going back to working on the stew that was simmering in a pot.
"Wow, he's cranky today." Gomamon commented as he came in sight.
"Don't I know it." Jaune muttered in annoyance.
"Hey Jaune? You might want to look this way." Gomamon said with a snicker.
Jaune sighed, but did as he asked anyway, about to say something, before he just stared at Pyrrha and Gabumon, the redhead giving him a small wave with an amused smile.
And then she was blushing as Jaune was suddenly hugging her. It took all of 5 seconds for both of them to register what was happening, and he quickly let go, giving some room as both of them were now blushing red as tomatoes.
"S-Sorry!" both of them said at the same time.
"No, I-"Jaune started.
"I-its uh…!" Pyrrha stuttered.
"What the heck is wrong with these two?" Gomamon asked as he turned to Gabumon.
"It's a human thing." Gabumon answered with a shrug.
Eventually the two calmed down, and soon came the next question. "So...what are you doing?" Pyrrha asked. She knew Jaune wouldn't be taking up a job all of a sudden without good reason, especially if it got in the way of the group regrouping.
"Yeaaah...about that…" Jaune sighed, before retelling the story.
"After we got seperated, Gomamon and I were wandering around until we found a lake, and from there, we found this restaurant here. We were both pretty hungry since we were starting to run low on provisions, so we ate here. When it came time to pay though, they wouldn't accept Lien. I tried to argue that the shops on File did, but he wouldn't budge, and that all he was taking was Japanese Yen, which I'm guessing is an Earth currency. So, we ended up having to work here to pay off the food bill, and at first it didn't seem so bad, it would have just totalled up to 3 days of work, but then he kept finding issues and piling up more work. I was pretty suspicious though, especially when he said some of my food was horrible, because I know that I'm a good enough cook to make a decent meal."
"Don't forget those dishes that fell," Gomamon added.
"Yeah. I may be a bit clumsy, but I know I had them stacked carefully," Jaune sighed, scratching the back of his head. "So yeah, now my debts gone up to about a week...maybe a bit more…" he sighed at the end. "So until I get our debt settled, we're not going anywhere…"
Pyrrha frowned at that, until… "Anyway we can help?" she offered.
Jaune smiled at the offer, but shook his head "No, this is my problem. Despite the fact I'm sure we're being sabotaged, Gomamon and I will do this ourselves."
"He does NOT speak for the both of us, please stay and help!" Gomamon begged.
"Guess that settles it then," Gabumon chuckled.
"Hey, what's with all the commotion in here?!" Vegiemon angrily stormed into the room. "And who are these people?!"
"We're their friends," Pyrrha said. "We heard about what happened, and we were wondering if there was a way we could pay it off quickly."
Vegiemon was about to say something, when… "Unless you can pay up in Yen, he's gonna have to keep working till he pays off his debt and our losses," came a new voice from another door, as from it stepped in...okay...there was no way else to say it. It was a giant DigiEgg, with a pair of green dinosaur like legs sticking out of the bottom, and a crack to reveal small yellow eyes where the face should be. "Of course, you COULD help him pay it off by working here too," the new Digimon said.
"Digitamamon, sir?" Vegiemon blinked, not expecting his boss to be coming around so suddenly.
Digimon Analyzer: Digitamamon
Digitamamon. Data Type. A Perfect Level… Perfect Digimon? Really? A strange Digimon with a body covered in an egg shell, looking almost like a cartoon representation of a newborn animal that was only able to break its legs out, most don't take it seriously because of that, but it's surprisingly strong. It apparently claims to be at the apex of evolution due to being covered in a Digiegg, how this makes sense, no one understands. Its special attacks are Nightmare Syndrome, which fires a blast of dark energy that traps its opponents and harms them, and Swing Egg, closing up it's shell and throwing itself at the enemy.
"So? What do you say? Lemme guess, can't do it right? Figured as much." Digitamamon said, turning to walk away.
"I'll do it." Pyrrha said, making him pause mid step as he turned back to her.
"Seriously? You're going to help the noodle? Well, I won't complain then, more unpaid workers." Digitamamon said, seemingly shrugging, while Jaune sighed at being called a noodle, apparently, this had become common while working here.
"Well, if the boss says its okay, then fine. Get ready, cause we're about to get a lot of customers real soon," Vegiemon said, before turning and leaving the kitchen again.
"You really didn't have to do that…" Jaune sighed.
"I didn't, but I wanted to." Pyrrha told him with a more natural looking smile than her older ones, and unnoticed by everyone, her Crest gave off a faint glow for a moment.
Despite himself, Jaune smiled. "Thanks...Pyrrha," he said slowly.
"Great, now we finally got some help to finish up this ridiculous workload," Gomamon sighed.
"Okay, so what do you need us to do?" Gabumon asked.
After that, things seemed to be looking brighter for Jaune and Gomamon, as having the two extra pair of hands made working go that much faster.
… Sadly, they would still be plagued by accidents from time to time, the four of them suspicious of whatever was causing this, while the amount of time they worked there kept being extended.
By this point, they firmly believed that something, or someONE, was keeping them here, stalling for something. The only problem was, with the workload they were being given, there really wasn't any chance for them to actually think up a plan to try and find out who the saboteur was. Despite that, they kept their spirits up, looking for a chance, ready to take it when it came.
Meanwhile…
"Phew, looks like we're finally out of the desert," Veemon sighed as by now the brothers were driving through a cliffside road. It had been a few hours since they'd left the Island, and the change of scenery was very much welcomed.
"It gets better. Two of our friends are nearby...though they're more or less stationary for some reason…" Pierce reported, but frowned at the end.
"Well, we'll just have to find out what's keeping them then," Gyro said.
"Hope it's not something bad…" Agumon frowned.
The jeep kept driving down the road, before…
"Mmm...something smells good…" Veemon and Agumon said, sniffing the air.
"Huh, I smell it too. Something's cooking," Pierce nodded.
"And I think I see where its coming from," Gyro added as a building came into view. Parking not too far away, the group got off the jeep.
"A restaurant?" Agumon said, a bit surprised at seeing one all the way out here.
"Well, this must be a good spot for one." Veemon said with a shrug.
"The two we're looking for seem to be inside… somewhere in the back." Pierce said as he looked down at his D-Core.
"The back of a restaurant usually means a kitchen… wonder what's going on?" Gyro said, holding his chin in thought as the four of them went around the building and to the back door.
"...okay...I feel like there's a long story to this one…" Agumon blinked as they saw Gabumon and Pyrrha busy peeling potatoes...and from the looks of it they'd been at this for a while. And they were sure they heard Jaune sounding frantic inside for some reason, and shortly after, out came Gomamon and Jaune...looking like they'd run 5 laps around Beacon.
"What the heck are you guys doing?" Pierce asked dryly, earning their attention, and it felt nice to be the target of happy looks like that.
"Oh thank Oum you guys are here." Jaune said, relief visible in his whole posture.
"Maybe with 4 more extra hands we can work so fast we overtake the amount of time they keep piling up on us." Gomamon muttered.
"What are you talking about?" Veemon asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Do you guys want the long version or the short version?" Jaune asked tiredly.
"The short version, please," Gyro pinched the bridge of his nose.
"We ate lunch, the diner won't accept Lien, so we had to work to pay off the bill. But someone keeps sabotaging things, so our debt keeps getting bigger, and we don't have the time to find out who's doing this," Gomamon explained.
"We found them and Pyrrha volunteered to help, but even with the four of us, whoever is trying to stall us is still making it hard for us to do anything…" Gabumon added.
"As it is, the debt's been extended to almost a month…" Pyrrha sighed.
"Why not just straight up run away?" Pierce couldn't help but ask.
"Because we didn't want to make it so another person would get tricked or something similar to what happened to us, that, and I WANT to be an honest person and make up for my mistake." Jaune said with a sigh, his crest giving off a faint glow in his hoodie for just a moment.
"Then I guess all that's left is to catch the saboteur," Gyro nodded. "From what you said, as long as whoever is purposely causing problems is around, that debt isn't gonna get worked off."
"Yeah, that's true. The question is...how are we supposed to do that?" Gomamon said with a nod, before tapping his chin in thought.
"You leave that...to us," Pierce grinned. "First things first...let's lay out what's been happening."
"Right…" Jaune sighed. He...wasn't really looking forward to having to retell the last couple of weeks, but knowing it was necessary, he laid it out for them.
"Okay...so from what I can tell, it's safe to say whoever is doing this is targeting Jaune the most," Veemon frowned.
"But why?" Agumon wondered.
"Actually...doesn't it feel like it's gotten more intense since Pyrrha and Gabumon started helping?" Pierce pointed out.
"Now that you mention, it kind of has." Jaune said, thinking back on it.
"Why would they redouble their efforts so much?" Gabumon wondered.
"It's almost like… their trying to make Jaune seem unreliable." Pyrrha said, starting to realise a few things.
At that moment, Gyro's eyes widened "Wait… Jaune, some of those accidents, were they things that Pyrrha made that the person made it seem like you messed up?"
"Can you reword that a bit simpler please?" Gomamon asked, looking at him a little confused.
Gyro sighed "Did the perpetrator make it seem like Jaune is messing up Pyrrha's work specifically?"
"Now that you mention it…" Gabumon muttered, trailing off.
"I… I think so yeah. But, why?" Jaune asked.
"Their trying to drive a wedge between you two… they're not specifically targeting you, but your Crests, Reliability and Friendship. They're trying to stop them from activating." Gyro explained having figured out the motive.
"Okay...so we can agree whoever is doing this, they're probably working for someone who REALLY doesn't want us to reach Perfect…" Gomamon frowned.
"Still...how do we catch them in the act?" Gabumon frowned.
The group thought about it for a while...before Pierce snapped his fingers. "I got it! Why don't...we give them what they want?"
"You moron! Can't you do ANYTHING right?!" Vegiemon shouted as he slammed the pot of soup Jaune had just cooked aside. "How can we possibly serve this SLOP to our customers?!" he roared.
"But that can't be right. That was a special recipe my grandmother taught me, I even got the ingredients for it so Jaune could make it as close to the real recipe as possible," Pyrrha spoke up 'distress' in her eyes.
"Well then Mr. Screw up here must have messed up the recipe somehow! Start over!" Vegiemon ordered.
The two were silent for a moment, seemingly reeling from what they'd heard...until Pyrrha noticed a small glint in a bush outside the window. "I...I can't take it anymore!" she said.
"P-Pyrrha?" Jaune said in 'surprise'.
"This was supposed to be just for a week! But now look at it! We've been here for a few days and suddenly we're going to be stuck working here for a month!" Pyrrha shouted.
"B-But it wasn't my fault! I followed the recipe to the letter! S-Somebody must have sabotaged me!" Jaune said as he 'tried to explain'.
"Oh, you mean like with the dishes? Or with the potatoes?!" Pyrrha shot back in 'exhasperation'. "Is there really some 'mysterious saboteur', or have you just been making excuses?!" she snapped.
"N-no! I've been trying harder than anyone to pay off the debts! You gotta believe me!" Jaune 'pleaded'.
"I'm done, Jaune," Pyrrha said 'coldly'. "I've wasted enough time here. I'm going to do something actually important and find the others," she said, before putting the appron she had been wearing aside, and walking out the door.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune tried 'desperately' to get her to come back...before sinking on the ground, face in his hands. "Why…? Why can't I ever get it right…?" he 'sobbed', though if one looked closely, he had an eye peeking through his fingers, to see another glint from another bush, and under his hands, his lips quirked into a smirk.
Pyrrha was 'angrily' walking to the shore, Gabumon by her side. However, before they could get that far, they were stopped by Digitamamon getting in front of them "And where do you think you're going?"
"Away from here, obviously. I can't take it anymore!" Pyrrha said, continuing to play her part.
"Sorry, but no. You're going to keep working here, there's still a debt to pay back." Digitamamon insisted.
"It's not MY debt." Pyrrha pointed out.
Digitamamon grumbled, before she got the impression he was smirking "Fine then, but if you do leave, who knows what'll happen to that noodle?"
Inside, Pyrrha was angry at what he was implying, but outside, she kept her act "I don't care." she said, turning her head away from him.
"Are you sure? At this point I may just work him to the bone. He's been SUCH a decent source of free employment," Digitamamon smirked.
"And I'm supposed to care...why?" Pyrrha said, though inwardly she felt like retching at the words coming out of her mouth.
"Huh, that so? Well then I'm just gonna say it straight, I can't let you leave," Digitamamon growled.
"And why is that? You seem quite keen on keeping us around, and something tells me it's NOT the free work," Pyrrha frowned.
"You'd be right, I'm tired of trying to come up with excuses, so let me put it this way, I'm being paid good money to keep you working in my restaurant." Digitamamon explained, some frustration in his voice. "But then, I got the impression that little imp just wanted you out of the way for some reason. This works JUST fine too," he said, before he seemed to grow larger, his limbs retracting into his shell and the crack for his eyes closing, making him look like one BIG egg.
"Look out!" Jaune shouted, pushing her and Gabumon out of the way, right as Digitamamon tried to ram her. Gomamon coming up not far behind him.
"What the?! You?! I thought she'd abandoned you!" Digitamamon said in surprise.
"Its called 'acting'," Pyrrha smirked back as she and Jaune got up.
"And thanks for admitting to what you were doing. Now I don't feel like I need to own up to anything, seeing as someone clearly paid you way more than I owed you," Jaune glared. Sure he had had an inkling this was likely the case, but he was still MAD at finding out it was actually happening.
"Idiot!" came a new voice, as out of a nearby tree, a small imp-like Digimon, mainly round in shape, with a pair of bat wings and bird-like talons for legs, with a patchwork-like design and color scheme that reminded them of another Digimon.
"DemiDevimon?!" Digitamamon said in surprise
Digimon Analyzer: DemiDevimon
DemiDevimon. Virus Type. A Child Level Mini Devil Digimon. A small Digimon who acts as a familiar to far more powerful Digimon, yet also embodies the traits of an evil Digimon, being cunning and cruel. It's rarely seen on its own, as it likes to avoid direct combat. Its special attack is Demi Dart, firing a syringe that turns data to stone, and if it hits a Digimon (or human) will drain their blood.
"I can't believe you gave it away! You can forget about that extra payment!" DemiDevimon said angrily.
"I can't believe the guy responsible for this actually went and confessed it right in front of the guys they were victimizing," came Gyro's amused voice as he, Pierce, Agumon, and Veemon stepped out of the bushes.
"So, now that that's been cleared up, it's time we kick your butts to last week for what you did to our friends," Pierce said, unhooking Pandora, as all the hunters drew their weapons, and DemiDevimon looked nervous.
"So it's come to this…" Digitamamon frowned. "Fine then, this is honestly way easier anyway. I'll just take you all out!"
"You won't find us THAT easy to beat!" Gomamon grinned. "Get ready, cause its payback time!"
"Agumon, Evolution! Greymon!"
"Veemon, Evolution! Veedramon!"
"Gabumon, Evolution! Garurumon!"
"Gomamon Evolution! Ikkakumon!"
"Fine, I'll take you all on!" Digitamamon growled, not the least bit deterred in the face of four Adult Digimon.
"Let's see how hard that shell is!" Veedramon smirked, before firing a V-Breath Arrow at him...only for Digitamamon to retract, the attack doing...absolutely nothing.
"...okay, so its QUITE hard…" Garurumon blinked.
"Then everyone hit it together!" Greymon said, to which they did...no effect.
"...okay, this could be a problem…" Ikkakumon gulped.
Fortunately in the meantime, the hunters weren't having nearly as much trouble.
"COME BACK HERE SO I CAN SKIN YOU ALIVE FOR MAKING ME WORK TO THE BONE THEN SABOTAGING EVERYTHING AND MAKING ME FEEL LIKE AN INCOMPETENT MORON...AGAIN!" Jaune shouted as he was chasing DemiDevimon with his sword drawn and swinging with anger filled wild strikes, the little imp looking scared shitless.
Yep, not nearly as much trouble.
"Well, this is a nice reminder to never piss him off." Gyro said dryly.
"Last time he snapped like this was against Kokatorimon from what everyone else said." Pierce added just as dry.
"Considering what happened both times though...I can't really blame him…" Pyrrha sweat dropped.
"...so...should we help him or let him work off the weeks of anger and frustration?" Gyro asked.
"Give him a few minutes, he really needs them." Pyrrha said with a firm nod, but nonetheless started following Jaune to make sure he didn't fall for any traps.
"Right. Now...another problem...what do we do about shell head over there?" Pierce asked, right as Greymon went slamming into a tree thanks to a tackle from Digitamamon. "He's kinda kicking their butts…"
"Well, the answer is obvious if you ask me." Gyro said as his Crest was starting to shine, but just before it activated…
"Hold it right there!" Vegiemon shouted as he hopped close, a grin on his face, while in his two arms were… Jaune and Pyrrha, the two wrapped up to the point their mouths were covered, both of them struggling to get free.
"Heh, looks like someone else got caught," DemiDevimon smirked, though inwardly he was sighing in relief that Vegiemon showed up when he did. Jaune had been VERY close to catching him, thus he made a mental note to NEVER try this kind of plot again...these kids were DANGEROUS. "So yeah, even try to go Perfect, and these two get it!" DemiDevimon smirked.
"Good work, Vegiemon. Now then...Nightmare Syndrome!" Digitamamon called out, releasing what appeared to be a black creature of some kind from his shell, which hit all four of the Adult Digimon, trapping them in a dark sphere, before breaking up, causing them all to hit the ground painfully.
"Damn, the oldest trick in the coward's book," Gyro growled.
"Still perfectly viable though," Vegiemon said shamelessly.
"...plant monster's got a point…" Pierce sighed begrudgingly.
"Right, so hold still, or these two get-YEOWCH!" Vegiemon was cut short when Jaune had reached out with his mouth...and bit down on his other tentacle, freeing Pyrrha in the process.
"Why you…!" Vegiemon growled as he started to squeeze.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha and Ikkakumon shouted in alarm.
"Don't worry about me!" Jaune shouted, gritting through the pain. "Focus on beating these guys up first! I'll be fine!" he shouted. As he did, his Crest started to glow.
"Shut up!" Vegiemon growled, squeezing harder.
"I won't abandon you!" Pyrrha said, before kicking up dirt into Vegimon's face and attacking him with Milo, making him drop Jaune, all the while, the glow of her Crest was increasing.
"And get out of here!" Gyro shouted as he kicked Vegiemon away while Pyrrha focused on helping Jaune.
"P-Pyrrha?" Jaune gasped, getting the air back into his lungs.
"I'm not about to abandon you like that. I've come to realise recently that you… that all of your are precious friends to me, that I don't want to give up." as she said this, Gyro and Pierce groaned in the background… while their Digimon were still getting their butts kicked. "That's why...I'm going to fight to protect all of you!"
"Not alone you're not," Jaune said with a smile. "I know I'm not the best fighter, I can be a bit clumsy, and well...I've not had the best track record in the past...but I'm not letting any of my friends fight alone, not when I can still do something."
At that moment, both Crests around their necks started to glow brightly, before they reached their peak.
"Oh no!" DemiDevimon gasped, before flying away, realizing he'd failed.
(Play Brave Heart)
Both Pyrrha and Jaune's D-Cores vibrated before changing color, becoming Blue with silver buttons and Grey with indigo buttons respectively, before both shot out beams of light into their respective tags, releasing the Crests which both flew through the clouds, dispersing them as the Crests rose into the sky, gathering energy, before releasing a burst of light, and sending down the beam of concentrated energy to their respective partners.
"Garurumon, Super Evolution!" Garurumon called out as his body changed. He soon got on his hind legs, as his limbs and structure changed. He became smaller, with his body becoming bipedal, his front paws becoming like arms and hands, as a military dog tag appeared around his neck, followed by a pair of somewhat ragged looking pants with skulls on them forming on his lower body, and a sash appearing over his torso, followed by a shoulder guard on his left shoulder as his left arm was encased in a blue fabric like material with a couple of belts around his wrist and palm, and a brass knuckle over his fingers. Following that, a pair of knee guards appeared over his pants (his right knee spiked), followed by more belts and some wrappings on his left arm as he punched forward, followed by a pair of kicks, before he soon was howling at the moon in the background. "WereGarurumon!"
"Ikkakumon, Super Evolution!" Ikkakumon called out, as his body was engulfed in a literal wave as he was submerged, the water becoming a vortex, before from the water his new form emerged. His body looked like a walrus with legs and arms instead of fins, his left arm covered in orange fur and had three large claws while belts were wrapped around his left hand, another belt wrapped around his torso like a sash. His feet were covered in the same fur, while his left shoulder has a metal plate with a dolphin engraving on it. The top of his head was, once more, covered in the orange fur, and had two long tusks coming out from his upper jaw, while a jagged horn was on top of his head, and his right arm was simply gray like the rest of his body with normal fingers that had small claws at their tips. Covering his back was a huge shell with three large spikes on them, and a few pieces of metal bolted into it, a long tail like a horse's coming out from underneath the shell, and overall his new body was simple HUGE. Finally, a bolt of lightning struck down as he reached up and grabbed it, as it took the form of a large hammer, giving it a wide swing as he hefted it for battle. "Zudomon!"
"Heh, you know, I just realized something funny," Gyro said.
"What?" Pierce asked.
"DemiDevimon was trying to prevent their Crests from activating...but all he did was make them activate," Gyro chuckled.
"That IS pretty funny." Greymon chuckled as he shook his head, before looking at his two newly evolved friends "Looking good guys."
"This is going to take some getting used to." WereGarurumon said as he looked at his hands before looking himself over a bit more.
Digimon Analyser: WereGarurumon
WereGarurumon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Beast Man Digimon. He lost some of his speed upon evolution, but makes up for it in terms of raw combat power. He kept his leg strength from his previous form though, giving him powerful kicks, and granting him one of the best jumping skills amongst Digimon. His special attacks are Kaiser Nail, where he attacks with glowing claws that can send out a thin wave of energy, and the Crescent Moon Kick, which sends out a crescent shaped blade of energy from his leg.
"How's the weather up there?" Veedramon asked with a laugh as he looked up at Zudomon.
"Right, not surprised that one came up already." Zudomon said with a roll of his eyes as he rested his hammer on his shoulder.
Digimon Analyzer: Zudomon
Zudomon. Vaccine Type. A Perfect Level Sea Beast Digimon. Evolution granted him extreme strength, expressed through his new body and powerful muscles, the fur said to be pelts of various Different Digimon. His horn became one that is impossible to regrow, thus it became a jagged blade to keep up it's role of weapon, and yet, it's outshone by the huge hammer he wields, known as Thor's Hammer. His special attacks are Hammer Spark, striking the ground and the sparks created from the hammer gathering into a bolt of energy to strike at his opponents, and Hammer Boomerang, which is self explanatory.
"Don't think evolving's gonna make you win so easily!" Digitamamon growled, before charging forward...only for Zudomon to almost casually backhand him out of the way, causing him to hit a tree. "Tch...in that case…" he growled, getting up. "Nightmare Syndrome!" he called out, launching the attack at the two...only for WereGarurumon to block it with his hands, and knock it away.
"Well, looks like we win," Pyrrha chuckled at the sight of the attacks not doing anything.
"Normally I don't consider myself one to carry a grudge, but just this once…" Jaune started. "Guys...send him packing."
"With pleasure," the two chuckled.
"Crescent Moon Kick!"
"Hammer Boomerang!"
Digitamamon quickly retracted into his shell, just as the attacks hit, and when they did, the force launched him all the way into the air, before he was soon a twinkle in the sky. When that was over, the group turned to Vegiemon who had finally gotten back to the fight...just in time to get death glare. "Running away now!" he squeaked before running faster than you'd think a guy without legs could do.
(Song end)
As the fight ended, Greymon and Veedramon reverted to their Child forms, while WereGarurumon and Zudomon both reverted to their Baby forms.
"That took a lot more out of me than I thought it would." Tsunomon said with a sigh as Pyrrha picked him.
"Tell me about it, can't wait for when we master that level." Bukamon said as he lazily floated up and rested on top of Jaune's head.
"You two rest up as long as you need. You earned it," Jaune smiled.
"So...what now?" Pyrrha asked.
"Isn't it obvious? We continue looking for the others," Pierce grinned.
"And we got wheels!" Veemon added, as the brothers showed them to the jeep.
"Not quite as good as the RV, but good enough for now," Gyro shrugged, knowing it would get too crowded VERY soon.
"Hey, somethings better than nothing," Tsunomon chuckled, while Bukamon nodded in agreement.
They were all interrupted however by a few growling stomachs, most notably Agumon. "Can we eat first?"
"Sometimes I wonder if your stomach is a black hole." Gyro said with a good natured laugh.
"Well, how about I cook something? With DemiDevimon gone, my food is definitely going to taste good." Jaune suggested with a smile as he hiked a thumb in the direction of the diner.
The others all agreed, and after eating a rather delicious meal instead of something just cooked over an open fire, set off on their way, reaching a fork in the road, and a predicament.
"Looks like some of the others are over in that direction." Gyro said as he looked at the right path.
"And there's more on the other path." Jaune said while looking through the left path.
"Guess we have to split up then if we want to do this in good time." Pierce said with a frown.
"Where should we meet back up once we've found the others?." Pyrrha asked.
"That mountain off in the distance, we'll meet at the foot of it once we've found everyone." Gyro said, before turning to Jaune and Pyrrha "We'll give you guys the jeep, since our path seems to go through the water for a bit, so it would be useless, but yours is pretty much all mountain terrain."
"Right," Jaune nodded. "We'll be sure to meet up as soon as we can."
"Take care you guys, and thanks again for the help," Pyrrha nodded with a smile.
With that, the groups split, the twins and their partners walking down the right path, while Jaune, Pyrrha and their partners went up the left path, with Jaune behind the wheel, though driving slowly after Gyro gave him a bit of a crash course.
As they drove up the path at a decent pace, thankful for the wide road, Jaune couldn't help but wonder something "Hey, Pyrrha? Why exactly did you stick with me for so long? You could have just gone to look for the others and come back for me later after all."
"Well…" Pyrrha started, blushing a bit "There's a good reason for that."
"What is it?" Jaune asked with a raised eyebrow.
Pyrrha blushed more, wondering if she should go through with this, as Tsunomon whisper chanted "Do it~ Do it~" repeatedly.
Eventually she sighed, before gathering up what courage she had "Because I like you." she said with a bright blush.
Jaune hit the breaks at her words, making Bukamon fall flat on his face where he sat in the back, as he turned his head to look at her, bewildered, and with a bit of a blush himself "Wait… what?"
Instead of repeating her words, Pyrrha grabbed his head and pulled him closer, pushing her lips to his. The kiss lasted only a few moments, but in that time, Jaune was glad the jeep had stopped...or he wasn't sure if he could drive straight if at all. When it was over…
"That was…" Jaune started, completely unable to form a sentence. "So you…?"
Pyrrha nodded slowly.
Jaune stared at her for a few moments, before nodding slowly "I… me too." he admitted, blushing a bit.
Pyrrha smiled, and while it wasn't the most eloquent or romantic confession, she'd take it.
Yay Arkos!
But yeah, the WereGarurumon episode came first, and Zudomon himself appeared very early when compared to the original show, like, I think a good 10 episodes early at least?
Anyway, for those wondering, Crescent Moon Kick, it's Engetsugeri, which, yes, I know translates as Circle Moon Kick, but come on, be honest, and tell me which sounds better.
Anyway, next time... who knows what's in store? Because...
The Adventure Evolves.
