Shinsuke doesn't seem thrilled with the new digidestined. He casts a critical eye over them all before rolling his eyes at Luke, as if to say really? Luke ignores him, however, resuming explaining critical business to the people still new to the digiworld and uncertain what their place in it is. Once Luke seems to be winding down, the impatient Japanese man grips his digivice and begins to walk away with as much dignity as his injured leg can allow him. "Come," he snaps, putting all of his determination and power into that one word.
The group scrambles, scatters, then regroups behind him, following him to begin the day's excursion. He casts an impatient look over his shoulder before catching James Ellsworth's eye, his friend smiling reassuringly at him. This moment makes him exhale sharply, his shoulders relaxing just a bit as some tension leaves him. At least there is someone here he can trust, even with Carmella rambling on by his side, twirling her hair and being generally obnoxious. None of their digimon are necessarily strong, still growing and regaining strength after being deleted so abruptly not that long ago. Only the new Digidestined and James' partners were spared from this, and none of them are necessarily strong either, so he's very tense, on high alert.
Which is just as well because it gives him enough time to throw an arm up, slow the others down as his watchful gaze catches sight of something. "What is it?" Miz hisses at him, just to receive a glare in response. He can see the little digimon- Calumon- standing in the middle of the field before them, and everything is screaming at him that it's a trap. That they're in big danger, but it's a possibility. A chance... and he has to take it. "Coronamon," he hisses, relieved when his partner digivolves quietly. Firamon isn't used often, his partner prefering the pure strength of Apollomon, but for this... Firamon's abilities should work just fine.
"Fira bomb," he breathes out, bombs blasting from his forehead and burrowing through the air towards Calumon. They watch, tense and eager with anticipation... when all of the bombs blow up mere feet from Calumon, who squeaks and scrambles away in fear. When the little creature reappears, Shinsuke curses, aware that they're made.
The Bitmon that appears looks harmless enough, but there's a wildness to its eyes that Shinsuke does not like to see in the slightest. The laughter that follows only adds to his frustration, and then... and then, Calumon takes action, bright, blinding light bursting from its forehead and coating the digimon in pure power, forcing digivolution. Whereas Bitmon was calm and almost cute looking, Kumbhiramon is pure viciousness. Glares at all of them, even the badly weakened Calumon. Before Shinsuke can react, there are multiple copies of the thin legged digimon surrounding them, controling a large pestle type weapon with its mind to batter them while they're trapped between its copies.
As the Digidestined and their partners lay there, groaning and in pure agony, Kumbhiramon laughs over their heads. Kicks at Calumon and barks at her to move, which she does despite the pain she's clearly in. Shinsuke watches through bruised, swelling eyes, as the evil digimon walk further away, just to stop. They're quickly joined by the others- a monstrous line of vicious creatures, Kinkakumon, Meicrackmon, Footmon, Prince Mamemon, Volcamon, Imperialdramon Paladin Mode, Marsmon with Kumbhiramon and Calumon finishing up the line. Nine of them, he thinks. Nine of us, and nine of the Raw Digidestined. He closes his eyes, body finally giving into the lurking sway of unconsciousness.
For the first time since he'd first touched Coronamon all of those years ago, he doubts his own ability to protect the digiworld.
