Hello everyone and welcome back to Digital Story after... about a month I think?
Anyway, we're back with a new chapter.
And sorry I haven't been getting them out that fast recently, I just have so much inspiration for other stories.
Having a brain full of ideas is both a blessing and a curse honestly.
And no, this isn't me being vain, this is just me stating a fact.
It's a blessing because I get so many ideas for so many different stories, but it's a curse because it makes me indecisive about what I want to work on sometimes.
Anyway, we did get some nice ideas for Digital Story, later down the line in the plot with how... certain things will go.
I won't say WHAT those things are of course.
For now, just enjoy the end of Volume 1.
Loose ends
The night fell on Beacon Academy, as many students were preparing for bed. However, in one room of the castle, the residents weren't getting ready for bed, on account of them laughing up a storm.
"Now I wish I was there to see THAT!" Ilia laughed as currently she was spending time with teams RWGBY and JNPPR in their dorms. She'd switched out her previous outfit with a more casual look consisting of a short black jacket with two tails, with a gold zipper, buckle and buttons and with a white interior. She also had a gray short top that exposes her midriff, maroon jean pants, black sneakers and black matching wristbands.
"Yeah, it really was something. I'd feel bad if it wasn't from a complete Jackass like Cardin!" Gyro laughed, the scene from their field trip replaying in his head.
The field trip had gone normally, with the two teams sticking close and gathering sap together… which was made a bit longer by Nora eating some of the jars quickly ("Oh come on, this stuff is delicious!").
Then the Digimon had overheard team CRDL readying themselves for revenge, and simply gave a small "Idiots incoming." before Gyro casually used his semblance to send the jar of sap back flying, and Pierce's semblance must have turned on at the same time, as Russel dropped the box full of VERY angry Rapier Wasps.
The show that got them had been rather entertaining as they watched CRDL being chased by Rapier Wasps while covered in tree sap.
Then the Ursa came and scared away the wasps, before chasing CRDL itself, attracted by the scent of the sap.
The teams continued to watch the show for a few minutes still, until Ruby shot the grimm right between the eyes, making it collapse and fade into smoke.
They did add an extra bit to CRDL's misery though, this one being mostly Nora's idea, as she threw what some people might mistake for a grenade… but it was something FAR more hilarious.
A rather interesting bomb that was double layered, as in, there was a second bomb hidden inside, the first layer had contained pink paint, which completely covered Team CRDL. After that, the second bomb inside went off, and covered the team in sparkles and glitter.
It had taken months for Nora to figure out how to make the bomb work, and she was damn proud of it. The end result well...it was a miracle they hadn't died laughing seeing as team CRDL had gone from neanderthal bullies to...something that would look right at home in a girly girl kids cartoon show what with them being bright pink, and having all the glitter you'd imagine coming from fairies.
Suffice to say, team CRDL would be the talk of the school for weeks to come, especially after the rounds of laughter they kept getting from everyone who saw them like that, making for a week they'd NEVER forget...and probably cementing how much they REALLY wanted their blood now. But it was soooo worth it.
"Oh man, after seeing what those guys WOULD have done, I'm honestly not sorry in the least about what we did," Jaune said with another laugh.
"Your telling me. Those jerks got what was coming to them." Gomamon said with a laugh of his own.
"We'll have to be careful though, they'll probably want revenge." Tentomon pointed out.
"Their not the brightest, so any revenge scheme would be pretty obvious to spot." Pierce said with a shrug.
"Betcha they'd try the 'bait and box' trap, thinking we'd fall for it." Veemon chuckled.
"If they actually do, I say we trick THEM into falling for it," Biyomon laughed at the mental image.
"Well, as funny as it was, what was our next 'incident' again?" Ren said with a small smirk.
"That'd be when we 'find out' that Blake is a Faunus," Gyro said, before smirking a bit. "And hey look, she's got her cat ears proudly displayed. She must be a Faunus. Shock and gasp," he said melodramatically.
"It seems I've been found out." Blake said with a smirk.
"And look at me, I'm secretly a faunus too." Ilia added as her skin changed color, playing along with the joke.
"So yeah, bla bla bla, we go looking into foreign students to 'observe' them for the tournament, White Fang did some dust robberies, Weiss does a bit of semi-justified rants on Faunus, Blake isn't too happy, cue Sun showing up, having stowed away, chase after him, meet Penny, more past induced semi-racist rants, and Blake loses her temper and blows her secret," Pierce listed off. "Naturally a good chunk of that isn't happening, though we might as well see if Sun still showed up via stowing away, then there's Penny."
"I'm honestly glad we don't have to go through that kind of drama. Really not proud of how I used to be," Weiss sighed.
"To be VERY fair, living under Jacques wasn't easy, neither was the whole 'friends and business associates going missing' bit. Hence why Pierce said 'semi-justified'," Gyro consoled.
"So, just to check again, I just have to call Penny friend and she'll want to be my friend?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, poor girl's really starved for social interaction, so far she's only had Ironwood, her dad, and probably some students to talk with, and Atlas students all have a stick up their ass… well, most of them do." Pierce said, quickly amending that due to a mix of remembering 2 particular lively Atlas students...and the small glares from Weiss and Pyrrha who's sisters either graduated or are currently in, Atlas.
"Then there's the question of Digimon," Blake mused. "I mean, if they've showed up all over the world, then odds are students from other academies have partners too."
"Well, it SHOULDN'T be a problem, but that IS something to remember," Gyro mused. "At any rate, its probably still a month or two away, so no point in overthinking for now. Just...act natural when the time comes," he shrugged.
"Figuring out the amount of time between episodes is a pain huh?" Yang mused as she leaned back into Piece's chest, sitting between his legs.
"Yeah, volume 1 seemed to imply a few months happened in between some of the episodes, it was starting with volume 2 that time seemed a bit more crunched, since most people think Volume 2 took place within a month, maybe 2 at most, while Volume 3 was most certainly confined to a week or two." Pierce summed up.
"Well...at least that's not too bad," Jaune blinked, not sure what else to say.
"For now, we'll just have to take things as they come. Its when the Vytal Festival hits…" Wormmon trailed off, before a thunk was heard...and they saw that Gabumon had buried his horn into a rough drawing of Cinder's face.
There was a bit of silence between the group at that, while Gabumon glared at the drawing "So… anybody else would pay to see THAT?" Agumon said, nodding his head at Gabumon.
"I would." Palmon said with a nod, which spread through the rest of them.
"When you fight her...go Ultimate. I don't think the Maiden powers are beyond Perfect, but why take a chance, right?" Pierce said, earning nods from all the Digimon.
"Anyway, all that's left now is to reach the points. So...I guess that's it for today. We should probably get ready for bed soon," Ruby said. With that the group went back to their rooms and were soon turning in for the night.
Days passed by quickly after that. They were overall peaceful, with the occasional Digimon appearing, but by then, most incidents were able to be settled quickly enough thanks to the growing number of people with partners. They'd go into town when they could, and saw that restoration was going smoothly, sometimes meeting up with some friends in town like Lisa and Monitamon who even with the loss of the VNN building which was still being rebuilt, were hard at work as reporters (Lisa getting quite the promotion thanks to her coverage of the battle of Vale), and sometimes running into Takato whenever he was in town...or having to chase after Guilmon who'd often run off for one reason or another.
Speaking of Lisa Lavender, a few times whenever they'd meet her, she'd ask how Azure is doing, and other times they'd even see the two together here and there. That honestly got the brothers thinking about what happened while they were gone...but they didn't pry. If something was going on, Azure would tell them. That or they'd wait till it was painfully obvious THEN ask him.
Other than that, things went by relatively peacefully. Digimon and Remnantian relations while still rocky seemed promising overall...even if some of the anti-sentiment was becoming more...vocal...but at the same time pro-sentiments were going strong as well. Before long, it was time for the next big event.
"Good call bringing nose plugs again," Gabumon chuckled as the group were walking through the pier.
"Well, after last time, I figured we'd all rather not be busy smelling fish that SERIOUSLY needs to go into the freezer...like stat…" Gyro chuckled.
"Yeah, I usually like fish, but this stuff smells past expiration date." Blake said dryly.
"So anyway, we're on the lookout for foreign students so we can observe them," Weiss said...then noticed the Dust Store that had been robbed. "And there's the store I'm supposed to be making comments about...and I honestly don't want to anymore, so moving on," she sighed. "Bla bla bla, White Fang causing problems, wish they'd stop," she said half heartedly.
"That much I can agree with," Blake nodded in agreement. "Worse, it's getting contagious," she sighed, remembering how much the Fang had been changing over the years.
"I'm sure you'll be able to change things again someday," Patamon said in encouragement, to which Blake smiled. Then the plot hit.
"Hey! Stop that Faunus!" a voice shouted.
"Right on time," Pierce chuckled.
They all turned to the ship at that… and blinked when they saw the monkey faunus… with a Digimon following him as they ran on the ship and jumped on the railing.
"Thanks for the ride guys!" the blonde faunus said with a laugh as the red Digimon jumped onto his back before they both jumped off the ship.
"You no good stowaways!" one of the men on the boat shouted.
"No good?" the faunus said innocently as he peeled a banana.
"Us?" the Digimon added, biting into an apple.
"Pretty sure we would have been caught if we weren't any good." the faunus said with a sage nod.
"Yeahp, so that makes us GREAT stowaways." the Digimon agreed completely.
Back with the group…
"Huh… guess he has a Digimon partner… like a lot of people." Ilia noted.
"His partner is Coronamon, you mostly see them on WWW." Kotemon added.
Jaune whistled as he checked on the analyzer "Well, Sun got a decently strong partner for a Child Level then." he muttered.
By then Sun and Coronamon had jumped up to the section the group was on, and soon ran past them, but not before Sun winked at Blake, and the two were soon running into town.
"Oh he did NOT just wink at MY girlfriend." Ilia growled as she glared at Sun's retreating back, while Blake rose an eyebrow.
"If it helps, he didn't know, and would back off as soon as you told him you two are dating." Gyro told her idly.
"Enough talking, we gotta chase him to meet you-know-who!" Ruby said, to which they all started running after Sun and Coronamon, whom were already being chased by a couple of detectives. Ruby had a bit of a headstart this time around, and as a result...she was the one who ended up knocking into a certain someone when she turned a corner. "Okay...probably should have seen that coming," Ruby muttered as she sat up, right as the others turned the corner. However…
"Are you alright Penny?" came a new and worried voice. The group stopped and turned to the source of the voice, revealing a small dragon-like Digimon with purple scales, though some were golden instead, including a spot on his forehead, and he had red stripes going down his chest, with metallic looking claws on his hands and feet.
Ruby got up, looking down at the carrot haired girl she had seen in the visions of the future the mist had shown her a while back, as the girl smiled and gave the Digimon a thumbs up "I'm A-OK Monodramon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Monodramon
Monodramon. Vaccine Type. A Child Level Small Dragon Digimon. Though he has bat like wings attached to his arms, he is unable to fly. It is said that most Monodramon can usually be found in the heart of an all out brawl between Digimon, to the point that even Ogremon is fed up with his tenacity. His special attack is Beat Knuckle, attacking the foe with his sharp claws.
"Do watch where you're going. You could hurt someone," Monodramon said with a small glare.
"S-sorry," Ruby apologized.
"Just be careful next time," Monodramon nodded.
"No need to be so hard, Monodramon, I'm alright," Penny said with a smile.
"And yet you're still on the ground. Aren't you planning to get up?" Monodramon sighed.
Penny stopped for a moment before nodded. "Yes," she said before jumping back up onto her feet, and then turning to the group. "Salutations!" she said with a smile. "My name is Penny, and this is Monodramon. It's a pleasure to meet you!" she said with a grin while Monodramon nodded in acknowledgement.
"Nice to meet you Penny, I'm Ruby, and this is Palmon." Ruby introduced herself and her partner, whom waved at the duo.
The others quickly introduced themselves as well… and there was a pause at the end "Oh, right, Pierce, Veemon, Ilia, Kotemon, Ren and Wormmon kept running after monkey boy." Gyro remembered seeing those three in particular keep on running.
"Geez, he's really fast!" Veemon said as they continued on the trail of the monkey faunus, while the detectives after him were clearly starting to get tired.
"Well he IS a monkey," Wormmon couldn't help but say. "I think they're supposed to be hard to catch."
"Too bad that doesn't help us at all," Kotemon said as she was starting to get a bit tired.
"Well, good news is the detectives look like they're getting tired, so this shouldn't last for too much longer." Ren said. True enough, the two detectives were left panting and wheezing as they just couldn't keep up with the agile faunus. The only problem was…
"So...where is he?" Ilia asked.
"Gimme a minute." Pierce said, looking around, before picking a random pebble and blindly throwing it up in the air, his crest shining briefly as he did.
The pebbled rebounded off of a window, hit a flower pot teetering on the edge of a windowsill, which fell onto a waterproof tarp below it and slid down to hit a discarded beer bottle, which started rolling till it hit a very stupidly placed brick that fell down and landed next to a cat, which jumped up in surprise with a screech, and landed in a trash can, which was followed by sounds of a struggle.
Everyone stared at the shaking trash can in deadpan "You're kidding… right?" Ilia said dryly.
"Apparently not," Veemon laughed, rolling on the ground at the sight that honestly looked like it belonged in a comedic kids cartoon.
A few moments later and the trash can tipped over to reveal Sun and Coronamon spilling out...covered in scratches, while the cat walked out with its nose in the air, looking quite proud of itself.
"Oww…" Sun groaned as he got up. "You okay buddy?"
"I'm okay. My pride hurts more than the scratches," Coronamon groaned as he got up.
"You okay?" Ren asked, catching their attention.
"Huh? Yeah, just...nobody told me the strays here could be so lively," Sun said with a chuckle. "So...seeing as you're not catching me, I'm guessing you're not with those guys I got away from."
"Naw, we chased after you mostly because we're curious… well, that and Ilia has a warning for you." Pierce, said, hiking his thumb at the chameleon faunus, who walked up to Sun and looked up at him while he looked down at her nervously.
"Don't ever wink at my girlfriend again." she said simply.
Sun blinked at that, thinking back "Oh, you mean the cat faunus from earlier? Sorry, didn't think you were dating her."
"Well, now ya know," Coronamon chuckled, before looking up at them. "I'm Coronamon by the way. The big goof here is Sun Wukong. Nice to meet ya!"
"Nice to meet ya too," Veemon said, before the group introduced themselves.
"So...when did you guys meet your partners?" Sun asked. "Me and Coronamon met during that day when the Digimon were pouring into Remnant, though gotta admit, those video lessons we've been getting from Vale were a real surprise to some of us," he said.
"Well...we met our partners a bit earlier than that," Pierce said. "It was during our initiation. A gate must have opened and well...something got through," he shrugged, telling a half truth. It wasn't wrong, they DID meet their partners during the initiation, seeing as the two months they spent in the Digital World was but a few hours on Remnant.
"I met Kotemon a week or so after that, near the end of Myotismon's invasion," Ilia said with a fond smile. Really, by now the idea of not having Kotemon by her side was unthinkable.
"So...why WERE you stowing away?" Kotemon asked, even if she already knew.
"Well...would you believe me if I said I wanted to get to Vale ahead of time?" Sun chuckled. "Truth is I'm from Haven, and me and my team are even going to compete in the Vytal Festival. I just...came ahead of time."
"Ahead from your teammates?" Ren asked with a raised eyebrow.
"They'll be fine without me for a few weeks, they got their own partners after all… although Tinkermon is just as bad as Scarlet sometimes." Sun muttered the last part mostly to himself.
"Well that's gonna end horribly." Pierce said with a laugh.
"Probably a nice chaotic scene to watch… would need some popcorn." Veemon added.
"Yeah, that sounds about right," Coronamon chuckled. Yeah, looks like they were gonna get along JUST fine.
When everything was said and done, they all soon regrouped and were going back to Beacon, and due to the odd circumstances, they had to bring Sun to Ozpin to straighten things out. That wasn't the issue though. The real issue was when Glynda put in her two cents regarding Sun's actions and well...let's just say the chosen wisely decided to bolt, not wanting to be in the way of that.
"Alright, so things went well with Penny?" Pierce asked once they were regrouped.
"Yeahp, I'm her first friend that isn't a Digimon, I was even able to convince her to give me her scroll number." Ruby said with a smile.
"Betcha 5 Lien her scroll is integrated into her body." Gyro chuckled.
"No bet." Weiss said with an amused smile.
"Now the next thing to deal with...Torchwick," Pierce mused. "Can't exactly let him get away with having all that Dust. Aside from him getting more resources to help Cinder's group and stuff, the increase in prices aren't helping anyone either."
"What do you mean?" Patamon asked.
"Well, it's like this. Dust is easily the MOST important resource on Remnant right now, so having a harder time getting it for whatever reason would hurt everyone. Forget the part where its needed to power tech and stuff, Huntsmen would have a harder time getting Dust to stock up on their weapons, and as a result, the ones who could only afford the minimum at one point won't be able to, while even the ones with more resources will find themselves only able to get less and less Dust. When that happens they aren't going to be able to fight as effectively, and thus increases the chances of...you know… From there, it'd cut down on the number of able bodied fighters, and the grief from the losses could attract the Grimm and, THEN you remember that the main defenses of kingdoms ALSO use Dust so…." he trailed off.
The Digimon winced at that, understanding where Pierce was going "Less Dust means the kingdoms would be in trouble." Salamon summed up.
"Yeah, that's pretty much it." Nora said with a nod, all of them knowing this was a major problem.
"So, our goal would be to make sure he can't get a single crate of dust, right?" Jaune checked.
"Yeah, and chances are, we'll be inviting Sun for this, he might have details we don't know ourselves that went unsaid in the show." Gyro added.
"Just be careful about where you're attacking," Weiss said. "One stray shot and we might trigger the Dust, and if he IS stealing an entire shipment…"
"Yeah, it'd blow us sky high," Yang gulped a little.
"So we're set. We'll just have to work at this carefully...and probably shouldn't evolve at all for this," Ren mused.
"More like don't have anyone who has...large firepower evolve. I'd say Wormmon and Salamon would still be okay to evolve, since Stingmon's main attacks are short ranged, as is Gatomon," Gyro mused.
"Right, so we can keep them as trump cards IF things get hairy," Blake nodded.
"Well, get ready everyone. We've got another big day ahead of us again," Pyrrha chuckled.
The next day started normally, waking up, going to classes (and finding out Sun was now attending too for the time being), and generally things went as normal...though CRDL seemed rather subdued for now, no doubt still 'licking their wounds' from the Field Trip. Of course, that was the least of their worries. When the time came for classes to end, they made sure to tell Azure of the plan, so that he could help them make sure this was done quietly without any...issues. Of course, they weren't alone in this, since they figured...a bit of extra help couldn't hurt.
"Hey Sun, want to help us crack down on some criminals that are probably planning on stealing a huge shipment of dust?" Pierce asked the blonde monkey faunus.
"Oh hell yeah I would!" Sun jumped out of his seat with a grin at that.
"Count me in too!" Coronamon added.
They weren't hard to convince.
Getting into town, they had to still wait a bit, as they knew the timing had to be JUUST right. Which in turn, allowed them to gather another party member, who they honestly DID run into by accident this time...even if it was a very fortunate accident.
"So, why aren't we heading straight to the docks?" Sun asked as they walked through town.
"Because I doubt they would attempt to steal the crates in broad daylight, so we're waiting until the sun falls at least." Blake explained.
"Oh… yeah that makes sense." Sun agreed with the idea, nodding.
"We're also trying to find a friend who might be good to bring along." Yang added with a shrug.
As if on cue…
"Penny, we really should be going back soon. We wouldn't want them to worry about us," came Monodramon's voice.
"Just a little more, I want to see the town a bit more," came Penny's cheerful voice as she and her partner came into view. "Ruby! What a pleasant surprise!" Penny said with a smile when she saw them. "And everyone else is here too. Oh, I don't believe we've met. I'm Penny, and this is Monodramon!" she said to Sun when she saw him.
"Uh, hey there! I'm Sun, and this is Coronamon." Sun introduced himself and his partner, after getting over how peppy this girl seemed.
"So...what brings you all out here again today?" Monodramon asked curiously.
"Well...would you believe us if we said we got a tip of a possible robbery and aim to stop it?" Agumon said.
"A robbery? When? And where?" Penny asked, instantly becoming serious.
"At the docks, tonight, we think Roman Torchwick is going to try and steal some Dust shipments that just came in. Want to help us stop him?" Ruby asked.
Penny seemed to consider for a few moments, before nodding and smiling "Of course Ruby, I'll help. I'm combat ready!"
"Well, the more the merrier, right?" Yang chuckled.
"Alright then, get ready everyone, cause we've got a couple of hours to go before its showtime," Gyro said with a small smile.
Later, once night fell…
"So, did we miss anything so far?" Sun asked as he and Coronamon sat down on top of a warehouse next to Gyro, overlooking the docks.
"They unloaded the last of the crates a few minutes ago, nothing else so far." was the answer from Ruby, whom was looking through the scope of Crescent Rose.
"Well, they should be here. It's just a matter of…" Palmon didn't get to finish as the sound of a craft was heard, before a rather noisy very much NOT stealthy airship came down, and landed.
"Huh...it's bigger than in canon," Pierce mused, before a hatch opened and out came several White Fang members.
"I knew about this, but it still hurts…" Blake sighed.
"I can imagine. Can't believe a peace group's been reduced to this," Sun said sympathetically, having been given the abridged version of how Blake and Ilia were both former Fang members.
"Well, can't let them get away with it either way," Coronamon frowned.
"Alright, from the looks of it, they're mainly focused on the Dust," Jaune frowned. "I think we shouldn't all attack at the same time."
"What do you have in mind?" Gomamon asked.
"I'm thinking one half of the team goes in and acts as a distraction, while the other half takes over the ship, or failing that, destroys it. They can't get away without their getaway vehicle, and at the very least, they can't make off with the Dust," Jaune explained.
"That's a good plan. Cut them off on both ends," Ren nodded. "Question is, who should do what."
"...I think our team should hijack the ship," Pierce said after a minute. "I mean, between Ren's semblance and mine, along with Pyrrha's ability, Jaune's ability, and Nora being able to take out pretty much anyone still in there, I'd say we've got a pretty good shot."
"He makes a good point," Weiss conceded.
"Okay, so if we're agreed on that we'd better move fast then," Tentomon said.
"Right. Into position everyone. We've got a robbery to stop," Agumon said, to which they all nodded and got to it. Taking advantage of the fact that the White Fang was somewhat distracted, the groups split up. However, before they could actually begin the attack…
"Hold it right there!" One of the White Fang members said, drawing their attention, to which, the White Fang were soon all focused...on a familiar boy with a red Digimon.
"W-wait! Don't shoot! I'm just trying to stop him!" Takato said in a panic as he held onto Guilmon and was clearly trying to pull him back, the raptor like Digimon growling at the White Fang with his eyes narrowed into slits.
Meanwhile, with Team RWGBY plus Sun, Penny and their partners, they were bewildered for the chosen and their partners, and confused for the other four.
"You're kidding me… what the hell Takato?" Yang groaned as she palmed her forehead.
"Clearly Guilmon was intent on coming here." Weiss sighed.
"You know that kid?" Sun asked them.
"He's the son of an old friend of mine." Blake said with a sigh.
"Well then, all the more reason to go and grant him assistance." Penny said with a sure nod, before her backpack opened and several folded blades attached on strings flew out and unfolded themselves.
With that, the fight was opened, with several blades flying and sending the White Fang knocked away.
The attacking group didn't waste the opening, immediately opening fire with their weapons and/or Semblance, knocking a good chunk of the White Fang aside. Gyro and Ruby didn't waste time in letting them get back up, as they used their respective semblances to keep them off balance, while Ruby delivered precise chops to the back of their necks, knocking them out. Ever since learning about the 'canon' timeline, she'd been training on how to fight with more than just Crescent Rose, and while she was nowhere near Yang's level, the twins had thought of a way she could end fights quickly.
Overall, the Wild Fang members out on the field were being taken out before they could fight back, as between the team's high attack abilities, and the speed and skills of both Sun and Penny, there...really wasn't anything the confused faunus could do to fight back. Eventually though…
"Well, guess I should have figured a bunch of animals wouldn't be able to do much if someone like you showed up Red… especially if you brought friends." Came the voice of one Roman Torchwick, wearing his black bowler hat and white coat, spinning his weaponized cane Melodic Cudgel in his hand.
"And the one pulling the strings shows up," Gyro frowned, as everyone aimed their weapons and/or charging attacks at them.
"Well, aren't you being rather rude guests? Showing up unannounced, crashing the party. I'm going to have to ask you all to leave," Roman frowned.
"Oh yeah? You and what army?" Coronamon challenged.
"Oh, I'm sooo glad you asked. See, while I thought the recent...new arrivals...would be an issue...they're actually quite useful, as long as you know how to talk to them," Roman smirked, before he snapped his fingers, and from the ship came three Adult Digimon. The first was humanoid and garbed in worn red samurai armor, which had long blue hair spilling out the back, a demonic face on the forehead that had several golden strands of hair attached to it, holding prayer beads in its left hand, and a large katana in its right hand. The second was a blue dinosaur with orange stripes, wearing tribal like ornaments consisting of a feathery ornaments on its head, a tribal necklace, and furry wristbands. The third was a reptile-like Digimon literally made of fire with a metal helmet and claws.
"Digimon...and they're all adult level too," Penny frowned.
"Why yes, how nice of you to notice. See, turns out as long as you give them the right price, they're perfectly happy to fight for you as well. Let's see you deal with THEM so easily," Roman smirked.
The response of the chosen was… a dull look.
"Yeah, sure, ok." Gyro said, before turning to Weiss "Analysis done?"
"The moment they stepped out." Weiss said and started reading "The samurai is Musyamon, the dinosaur is Allomon, and the flaming lizard is FlareLizamon."
Digimon Analyzer: Musyamon
Musyamon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Demon Man Digimon. A disgraced samurai who, much like certain individuals in history, betrayed the one he served for power. He wields the Shiratori-maru in battle, an old blade that shows usage yet still holds together to this day. His special attack is Kirisute Gomen, slashing his enemy with his glowing blade to drain their life force.
Digimon Analyzer: Allomon
Allomon. Data Type. An Adult Level Dinosaur Digimon. An especially ferocious dinosaur Digimon, there is a rivalry between it and Tyrannomon. Compared to other dinosaur Digimon though, Allomon is able to run at blistering speeds by angling his body like a rocket and charging forwards. Its special attack is Dino Burst, spewing superheated air from its mouth, hot enough to melt most common metals.
Digimon Analyzer: FlareLizamon
FlareLizamon. Data Type. An Adult Level Flame Dragon Digimon. A hot-blooded Digimon that possesses a heart that burns like fire and the power of a dragon. Although the flames throughout its body are generated by its high-temperature skin combusting, its skin has remarkable regenerative abilities, and so FlareLizamon is able to continue burning until it is extinguished. Its special attack is Fire Tower, releasing an enormous pillar of fire generated from its body at its enemies.
"Woah! I didn't know they had an encyclopedia for Digimon already," Sun blinked.
"Its uh...not for public use yet," Yang said quickly. The group had agreed that for now it was best to NOT share around the Analyzer more than necessary, especially when there were people who might use it as a means to manipulate or destroy the Digimon. Knowledge was power after all.
"Well, while it helps tell us about them, it doesn't really help us fight them," Monodramon frowned. "I guess it's time to go to the next level," he said, earning a nod from Penny as she pulled out a D-Core...before something unexpected happened.
"Guilmon stop!" Takato shouted, TRYING to keep his partner under control. Trying being the keyword as he was soon dragged along with the almost feral Digimon, who was soon firing Pyro Spheres at the three adults.
"...this squirt serious?" FlareLizamon deadpanned as he just grabbed the Pyro Spheres in his hand and absorbed them into his flames.
"Seems like it," Musyamon chuckled.
"Let's squash him!" Allomon laughed before lifting his foot to do just that.
"Look out!" Takato shouted, trying to get Guilmon away, but at that moment, the D-Core he was carrying in his pocket started to glow.
(Play Brave Heart)
The D-Core released the signal into the sky, calling forth the light which released the waterfall of data. The data came down and soon entered into Guilmon's body. "Guilmon, Evolution!" he called out before in a flash he changed. His body was still similar in appearance, mostly in red and white with black highlights, but he was much taller now, with a mane of white hair on the back of his head and a pair of horns on top of it, he now had arm blades coming out the sides of his arms, and the Digital Hazard mark had moved to his shoulders. "Growlmon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Growlmon
Growlmon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Demon Dragon Digimon. Known as the Deep-crimson Demon Dragon, the childishness it had as Guilmon has been replaced by a brutal battle style, beating down the enemy till they don't get back up. His roar has the power to shake the earth around it, using it to intimidate his opponents before battle. His special attack is Exhaust Flame, shooting out a scorching burst of flame with a roar.
"Okay, that's actually pretty strong," Gyro couldn't help but say.
True enough, Growlmon immediately grabbed Allomon's leg, and with a push, flipped the enemy Digimon over...and causing him to land on the airship, crushing it.
"Hey! We JUST sabotaged that!" came Pierce's indignant voice that their work wouldn't even yield the funny looks on Roman's face when the ship doesn't start.
"Well...you sure were worth the money," Roman deadpanned at seeing things go south. With that in mind, he decided now was a good time as any to make his escape...if not for the Chosen seeing him and blocking his escape.
"Not so fast Torchwick," Blake frowned.
"Yeah, you're not getting away with robbing Vale again!" Biyomon said.
"Right… now, see, normally, I would be very worried, because against this many of you? I'd lose, I'm smart enough to know that… which is why I was smart enough to have a backup plan." he suddenly said with a smirk, as the area next to him seemed to shatter, and revealed a petite girl with tri colored hair in pink, brown and streaks of white, eyes that would flip between those three colors as she blinked, and an outfit that matched with her hair and eyes, holding a parasol in her hand "Neo, get us out of here." Roman said simply, to which Neo simply nodded and sweeped her hand with a bow, grinning at the group, and even though Ruby fired a bullet as quickly as possible, the only result was the scene shattering away, revealing the two to be long gone.
"Huh...didn't expect her to show up so soon," Gyro frowned. "Though probably should have seen that coming."
"You know that girl?" Sun asked.
"She's...his aid if you will. REALLY slippery," Gyro said, giving the abridged version.
"Ah…" Sun nodded.
"Speaking of aid...I think the kid's in trouble," Monodramon said, as true enough, Growlmon was starting to get pushed back by the three Adults he was fighting against.
"We'd better help him," Penny said. "Monodramon, please."
"Of course," Monodramon nodded before her D-Core glowed.
The D-Core soon sent out its signal and called for the light and waterfall of data which flowed into Monodramon. "Monodramon, Evolution!" he called out as he soon changed, becoming as tall as a fully grown man, wearing green pants on his legs and red fingerless gloves, while he had various pieces of armor all over him on his shoulders, his hands, his waist, his ankles, his feet, his biceps, the tip of his tail, and a helmet on top of his head that held a sharp horn, his eyes completely covered by the helmet while long, shaggy orange hair spilled out the back of it, a red tattoo on his white torso "Strikedramon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Strikedramon
Strikedramon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Dragon Man Digimon. Known as the Commando Dragon, Strikedramon is a Virus Buster in soul and mind, exterminating enemy Virus Digimon till not even a scrap of data remains. Naturally a kind hearted Digimon, once he enters battle, he focuses solely on his opponent and becomes a ruthless fighter. His special attack is Strike Fang, heating up the many metal plates on his body till they burst into flames, ramming into the opponent while on fire.
Strikedramon let out a roar as he charged forward, and knocked Musyamon away. "Let's fight together!" he said to Growlmon, who regarded him for a moment before wordlessly nodding.
"Hey, don't leave me out of this!" Coronamon smirked, while Sun held out his D-Core which soon glowed as well.
The light was once again summoned and the data flowing into Coronamon. "Coronamon, Evolution!" he called out before his body changed. He turned into a fully quadruped lion with red fur and a bright yellow mane, flames coming out of the headgear on his forehead and the sides of his head, as well as on his ankles, his flanks, and instead of fur on the tip of his tail he had a bright flame, while large red wings came out of his back. "Firamon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Firamon
Firamon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Beast Digimon. A Digimon known as the Soaring Lion, he acts as a guardian for sacred sites around the Digital World. He is known to be a wise and caring leader for any Digimon who work under him, and only follows those who are righteous of heart. His special attack is Flame Dive, flying high up in the air before diving back down towards his opponent with his whole body on fire.
"Take this!" Firamon grinned as he rammed into FlareLizamon, sending him tumbling over. "And now its 3 on 3, better quit while you can," he smirked as the three of them were faced against the other three adults.
"Not on your life!" Allomon roared as the three of them charged forward and soon it was a clash of adult Digimon.
"Should we help them?" Jaune asked as team JNPPR had rejoined team RWGBY.
"Nah, I think they got this. I think it's only fair we let them fight. Just be ready to support them if needs be," Ruby said.
"Oh they'll be fine," Sun grinned. "Firamon isn't a pushover."
"Strikedramon won't lose either!" Penny said with absolute confidence.
"I-I'm sure Guil...I mean Growlmon will be just fine," Takato said, not QUITE as confident as them, but he still had a smile on.
"Alright then, in that case...go get em!" Nora and Salamon cheered.
"Right!" "You got it!" "Understood!"
The three of them soon clashed again, Strikedramon fighting Musyamon, Firamon fighting FlareLizamon, and Growlmon fighting Allomon.
"Kirisute Gomen!" Musyamon called out as he tried to slash at Strikedramon who evaded the attacks using his greater speed.
"Apologize for yourself!" Strikedramon growled, before catching one of the strikes, causing a bit of data to leak out from a wound, before using his other hand to break the sword, and kicking Musyamon back.
"You won't stop me from my all you can eat Fire Dust!" FlareLizamon roared as he shot fireballs at Firamon.
"Wait, you're doing this just so you can eat Fire Dust?!" Firamon asked incredulously.
"Of course, it's delicious," FlareLizamon said simply, only to get a tackle to the head.
"And you're nuts to be helping a criminal just cause you like something!" Firamon shot back.
"You can't beat ME! I'm the STRONGEST!" Allomon roared as he and Growlmon grappled. Growlmon didn't say anything, and instead proceeded to prove him wrong...by lifting him up and tossing him aside. "That does it! Dynamite Head!"
"Plasma Blade!" Growlmon countered, the two attacks meeting head on...before Allomon was soon sent tumbling back.
"Let's not prolong this," Strikedramon growled.
"Not gonna lose like this!" Allomon and FlareLizamon roared.
"Dino Burst!"
"Flame Tower!"
"Yeah right, like we're gonna let you finish. Flame Dive!" Firamon grinned before igniting his body and flying down. At the same time…
"Strike Metal!" Strikedramon called out as he heated up the plates on his body and charged forward.
"Exhaust Flame!" Growlmon roared as he fired a powerful blast of fire, the three flaming attacks joining and overpowering the two attacks, crashing right into the three opposing mon who shouted in pain before bursting apart into data.
(Song end)
"Jeez… you can feel that from over here." Ilia muttered as she watched the three winning Digimon load the data of the deleted ones, leaving just enough to return to the Digital World and be reborn one day.
"Now what do we do?" Kotemon asked, right as the three Digimon reverted to child form...then the sound of approaching helicopters came.
"...run before the authorities find us?" Gabumon suggested.
"That works," Takato nodded. "Can you help me get this boy out of here?" he asked, referring to Guilmon with a slight glare, since he WAS the entire reason they were even here.
"Not a problem," Pierce chuckled, and with that, they all ran for it.
And there's the chapter!
It's also the end of Volume 1.
And yeah, we skipped the Forever Fall, because really, nothing very interesting happened besides Cardin getting his just desserts.
So it got relegated to flashback sequence instead.
But hey, besides that, we have Coronamon, Monodramon, and Guilmon all reaching Adult in this chapter.
And also, Mercenary Digimon, they are a thing.
Will more appear?
Maybe.
You'll just have to wait and see, because...
The Adventure Evolves.
