Two weeks to Wrestlemania. Things are already... difficult. Shane is unable to join the group with their scheduled trip to the Digiworld thanks to Sami and Owens' callous attack on him at the end of this week's Smackdown. Shinsuke isn't the only one glaring at Kevin over this. As if headbutting a 70+ year old man wasn't bad enough, now this... He sighs and tries to focus on their surroundings, everything muffled and faded as he scrubs at his face, the low chatter of those around him somehow making his headache worse as he struggles to translate the English into Japanese to make some sense of it all.
He's just turned to say something when he feels a pinprick of pain and looks down, confused, to find a small pink Digimon biting his hand, a determined glower on his face. "Nani!?" he demands, shaking his hand and watching, jaw slacked, as the baby creature is engulfed in light, not evolving to his rookie form or anything like this- no, this baby Koromon bypasses all levels somehow and grows into a mega level digimon, tall, slender and very dangerous as he glares down at them, brandishing sharp claws and a lot of heavy armor and murderous rage.
The other digidestined move, their partners diving to digivolve, but Shinsuke calls out. "No! We will handle it!" The stronger his convictions, the better his English and this message is crystal clear. Coronamon already half-way to Apollomon proves his insistence and everyone holds their breath as the two war-hardened digimon meet in the middle of the plains that they'd been traveling across to get to the latest cry for help marked on their digivice.
It starts off like a brawl, the mega levels exchanging punches, dodging claws, and all around fighting like they belong in a ring almost more than the humans observing. Apollomon seems to have the advantage until MirageGaogamon lands a solid shockwave attack that sends him hard to the ground, all but convulsing into the dust. He spits and snarls as the tall beast stomps down on his midsection, drawing more air from his already taxed system. Except that this ends up being his downfall as flames pour from Apollomon's back, exploding against MirageGaogamon and sending him flying back with a soul-trembling howl of agony.
Before he can recover, Apollomon rolls over and focuses his power as long as he can before using it to propel himself forward and slam into MirageGaogamon with such a strong punch that he can feel his own wrist crack with the power of the blow, watching with some satisfaction as he wavers amd collapses to his knees before deleting in a pile of blue sparks. Apollomon chuckles breathlessly before falling as well, Shinsuke running over to pick up Coronamon as he trembles from some of the attacks he'd fought through to come through the victor. He blinks a few times, then smiles up at his partner. "Are you ok?"
Shinsuke chuckles. "Should we not be asking you that?" he inquires, patting his partner as he falls asleep in Naka,ura's arms. "Come," he urges quietly, turning to the others who all look as relieved as he feels that it had ended relatively easy. "Let's go homw."
He waits patiently until they've all turned away from him to lift his sleeve. There are still teeth marks in his flesh, and... if he didn't know better, he'd swear the wound was turning yellow, his skin puckering and cratering around the bite. Shaking his head, he returns the sleeve to its oeiginal position and follows the group out, deciding he'a seeing things.
