Into Digital World
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"...So...," Daisuke said awkwardly, "Why is your hair damp?"
"...I took a shower before I got back here," Novice replied in annoyance.
"You worked that much sweat," Taichi asked, earning an elbow from Hikari who did not want details.
"Among other things," Novice said without thinking.
"I don't want to know!" Hikari cried out while covering her ears in horror.
"Sorry," Novice winced at his blunder, "Let's talk about something else okay."
No one had objections to that, at least when Iori raised his hand. "Yes?"
"...You said we had our own show. Is it popular," The youngest member asked, thankfully changing the subject.
Judging by the wide smile on Novice's face, that was a welcome subject, "Yes it is. Digimon has anime starring you guys, several manga adaptations, merchandise such as clothing, toys and video games. And don't get me started on all the fanfics and fan art." That last one was said with a chuckle.
"What kind of fanfics," Takeru asked in curiosity.
Novice opened his mouth to respond before looking apprehensive about something, "Well... sometimes fans adding their own twists into your lives. What ifs, alternate universe fics, etc. And then there's the shipping fics."
"Shipping," Gomamon asked with a head tilt.
"Ship, as in relationship," Novice clarified, earning interested looks, "Some of these are cute fluff... Others... let's just say you're better off not knowing."
"What do you mean by cute fluff," Mimi asked out of curiosity, ignoring the latter part.
"I think there was a fic where Hikari and Daisuke got together and had a kid," Novice said with a small smile.
"Oh," Sora said, while giving the said children a smile. Daisuke was hiding a goofily happy grin, while Hikari blushed a little in embarrassment.
Veemon pumped his fist in victory for his partner.
Gatomon found small amusement at Hikari's embarrassment,"Hikari, it was only fiction." But she still decided to say that, just to give her partner a peace of mind. Which worked, seeing as the girl's cheeks turned normal ever so slowly.
What Novice left out however, was that in that fic Daisuke and Hikari did the nasty just after they confessed to each other. And since using protection didn't cross their minds at the time... Hikari became a teen mom. But thankfully the frizzy haired idiot took responsibility, and if memory served, the fic ended on a happy note. It was so tempting to reveal that tidbit, but the Novice Overseer was already on thin ice with the girls, so he decided to value his skin more than the looks of horror they would've sported.
"Are there other ships out there," Yamato asked out of curiosity, ignoring Taichi who was... probably debating on if Daisuke dating Hikari was a good idea.
"Yes, but... I think it's better for you to revel in ignorance about some of them," Novice said with a grim look, "Trust me, you do NOT want to know some of the... less than appropriate fics out there." Considering some of the fics involved non-human digimon... he felt it was better this way.
Thankfully the Children decided to take his word for it and stopped asking about that.
"Anyway", Novice said, clapping his hands in his hower chair, "How about one more chapter, before I let you all take a break."
"But we're not tired," Iori pointed out, seeing as they had woken up not too long ago.
"It's not that," Novice clarified,"I think you should all stretch your legs a little bit. Also, there's more to my lair than just this room." At the latter part, Novice motioned the entire room.
"...Why do you call this place your lair," Gabumon asked.
"Because it sounds cool," Novice said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"...Okay...," Was the universal response to that.
"Anyway, Wisemon, you will read the next chapter," Novice said as the book floated to the wise digimon.
"What? I thought the Children were supposed to read this," Wisemon said, still picking up the book.
"There's a reason I'm doing this, now start reading," Novice said, wanting to get this over with.
Stay shigachi na image darake no. Tayorinai tsubasa demo kitto toberusa Oh My Love!
As soon as the music started, everyone stared at the screen in awe at the screen that showed them the footage to go with it.
The scene opens to show a field with several weapons embedded into the ground, before the scene changes to show several footsteps as one by one the weapons are plucked by several figures, ending with the group, 10 teenagers in total, standing on a mountain cliff overlooking what is revealed to be File Island, before the scene shifts out and the title appears.
"It's like an anime opening," Takeru said, finding himself getting absorbed by the theme and the scenery.
Gokigen na chou ni natte kirameku kaze ni notte imasugu, kimi ni ai ni ikou
The scene changes to show the figures one by one, starting with Gyro holding his dual swords, Ascalon, as he slashes an X in the air; followed by Pyrrha with Miló and Akoúo̱ in their javelin and shield forms as she charges forward. Following her is Yang with Ember Celica winding up for a punch, with Weiss coming up behind her with Myrtenaster ready to summon a Glyph. Following her is Jaune with Crocea Mors in a defensive position, while Ruby comes up from behind with Crescent Rose at the ready. Following them is Blake with Gambol Shroud in Gun form aimed at an unseen enemy, while Nora comes up behind her with Magnhild in hammer mode ready to strike. Following closely behind is Ren with StormFlower ready to open fire, and bring up the rear is Pierce with Pandora in its default polearm mode.
"That's awesome," Daisuke couldn't help commenting at what was basically an exposition of the Remnant crews abilities. Everyone else had similar thoughts.
Yokeina koto nante, wasureta hou ga mashisa. Kore ijou, syareteru jikan wa nai. Nani ga wow wow wow wow wow, kono sora ni todoku no darou. Dakedo wow wow wow wow wow, ashita no yotei mo wakaranai...
The scene changes to show a quick shot of a field full of Digi-Eggs, before the scene changes to show Gyro training with Agumon in a rock field,
"Hey! That's me!" Agumon exclaimed in excitement. Although everyone already knew that he would be Gyro's partner
before shifting to show Pyrrha sitting by a lake with Gabumon.
"So Pyrrha's partner is Gabumon," Yamato commented, while the said digimon looked mildly embarrassed.
The scene changes again to show Yang and Biyomon leaning against a tree,
"Oh. I'm with Yang," Biyomon commented in surprise.
followed by Weiss reading a book with Tentomon by her side.
"And Tentomon is with Weiss," Koshiro commented.
"I wonder how she would react to Kabuterimon," Gomamon snickered.
Following that the scene changes to show Jaune sitting in a shallow pool of water as Gomamon laughs on the side,
"And you get the idiot," Tentomon replied smugly, earning a miffed look from the aquatic digimon.
followed by Ruby lying alongside Palmon in a grassy field.
"Aww, Palmon gets to be with Ruby," Mimi commented, though she did feel mild jealousy at her partner looking cozy with a human that wasn't her.
The next scene shows Blake sitting under the shade of a tree with Patamon in her lap,
"I guess I'm with Blake," Patamon commented simply.
followed by a scene of Nora running with Salamon on her shoulder.
"Oh no," Gatomon said, holding her head in horror, "Why did I have to end up with her?"
"Gatomon, that's not you, it's your other. Remember," Hikari said in an attempt to comfort her partner.
"...My condolences to her," Gatomon said. The feline digimon actually wondered if what this Salamon would have to go through is worse than anything Myotismon did to her.
The scene then changes to show Ren walking down a path with Wormmon at his side,
"Oh, so I will be with Ren," Wormmon said in surprise. Along with everyone else.
followed by a scene of Pierce in a foot race with Veemon.
"And Pierce has Veemon, Daisuke commented in disbelief.
The scene then shows a quick shot of a Digivice before it shines brightly.
Mugendai na yume no ato no nanimo nai yononaka ja. Sousa itoshii omoi mo makesou ni narukedo. Stay shigachi na image darake no. Tayorinai tsubasa demo kitto toberusa Oh My Love!
The scene changes to show a rock face being blown apart as Greymon emerges, Gyro standing on his shoulder with his weapons at the ready,
"Okay, that looks so cool," Taichi had to say.
as overhead Birdramon flies with Yang hanging on to her leg, before she jumps off with her semblance activated,
"Is she crazy," Sora exclaimed, seeing as they were pretty high up.
"She's a thrill seeker at heart," Novice said simply, "And very hotheaded." That had to be added
"Quite literally in fact," Wisemon punctuated.
while down below Ruby jumps off of Togemon as both aim to strike at an unseen enemy. In another part of the sky Kabuterimon flies with Weiss on his head as they leave a trail of glyphs in their wake, ready for an unseen enemy,
"Is there anything those glyphs can't do," Koshiro asked, wondering how Weiss was going to use them in this situation.
"I'm afraid I can't give a definite answer to that, other than not a lot," Novice replied.
while in the forest below, Pyrrha is riding on top of Garurumon, her weapons in rifle mode ready and aimed ahead.
Yamato couldn't help picturing himself in a similar position with Garurumon. A real badass look if he ever saw one.
The scene changes to show Jaune falling as he lands on Ikakumon's back, before quickly drawing Crocea Mors and standing at the ready,
"He's not a complete idiot," Gomamon said, giving Tentomon a look as he did.
while overhead Stingmon is seen flying towards an unseen enemy with Ren, Nora, and Gatomon in his arms as they look on ahead.
Ken and Hikari didn't have anything to say about that, but they did like the scene with the two childhood friends. Although Gatomon still wondered how much suffering her other would face at the hands of this psychopath in the making.
Not far behind is Pierce riding on Veedramon with his weapon drawn, in the middle of changing modes,
"Hey, wait a minute! That's not ExVeemon," Veemon and Daisuke complained in unison.
"Digimon have more than one evolutionary line. This must be another one for Veemon," Koshiro said, before glancing at Novice.
*Ding Ding Ding* "Exactamundo," Novice said while clapping his hands, "It's true, Pierce's Veemon will be going through the Veedramon line."
"What's Veedramon line," Veemon asked, getting interested.
"Spoilers!" Novice grinned while making a zipping motion across his mouth. Closing his mouth as the fingers passed.
while on a nearby rock, Blake watches apprehensively as behind her Angemon lands.
"Angemon looks very cool in this shot," Takeru had to say with a smile.
*Music*
The scene changes to show various characters from Ozpin and Glynda standing in front of the window of his office, to Tai Yang with Zwei, to Winter in the Atlas Military, to Qrow standing on a cliffside, to Azure assembling something, ending on a figure in white with a Renamon by their side and behind them are a Wizardmon, a Falcomon, and a young human boy. The final scene shows the 10 Chosen Children joining hands, before their Digimon partners join in, before they break apart and walk forward as a team.
"Who were those people," Iori wondered aloud.
"I think the story will explain at some point, right," Ken said, directing the last one to Novice. The Overseer replied with a nod.
Then, a rainbow like canvas appeared on the screen which showed a silhouette of all 10 digimon of their Baby and Child level forms.
Enter! The Digital World!
"Okay," Hikari commented, laughing a little at the title card.
Darkness was all he knew as he felt like he was floating somewhere between conscious and unconscious. What had happened? How did he get here? His head still felt fuzzy when he tried to even think. However, as much as he felt almost content to remain in blissful unconsciousness...something was cutting through it.
"I can guess what," Taichi said, remembering what he woke up to.
"Gyro…! Gyro…!" a voice said, calling his name almost urgently. It was strange...kinda high pitched, not matching anyone he had been with...yet it sounded so...familiar. Either way, it wasn't stopping, and that was enough to start to rouse him.
Gyro winced as he opened his eyes slightly, the light coming in, but once his vision cleared, what he saw left him stunned. There, sitting on his chest, was a small pink puffball with two long floppy ears, large red eyes, and a mouth full of teeth.
"And there he is," Taichi said, wondering how Gyro will react.
His brain stopped at the sight, having to take quite a few seconds to properly reboot, before his eyes started to water.
"Aww, he's at least happy to see me," Agumon said while giving Taichi a pointed look.
"Hey! I didn't remember what happened back then, so you came off as new to me," Taichi defended himself,"Besides, you didn't remember either."
"K… Koromon!" Gyro shouted in glee, sitting up and embracing his old friend in a tight hug, which was easily returned thanks to his floppy ears.
Whatever animosity was developing between Taichi and Agumon was melted away. Along with everyone else's hearts at the tearful reunion.
"I missed you Gyro." Koromon's muffled voice said from his shirt, Gyro laughing as he pulled his friend away from him a bit.
"I missed you too Koromon. Where have you been though? It's been years!" He couldn't help but ask, he was overjoyed yes, but oh so confused.
"He still doesn't realize where he is," Tentomon commented. Earning chuckles on the idea of how Gyro will react to that little fact.
"I don't really know, I hatched… a month or so ago I think? I was Botamon for a little bit and then evolved into Koromon." the pink ball said, scratching his chin with one of his ears.
"Botamon?... Wait, is that what that black fuzzy form was called?" Gyro asked, remembering the form his friend had been when he had first hatched.
"Yeahp! That's the one!" Koromon confirmed with a grin.
"Huh… so does that mean each form you take has a new name?" Gyro asked with a hand on his chin as he sat his friend down in front of him.
"That's right… I kind of don't know what those other forms I took are called though, like someone left me everything, but took out the names." Koromon said, crossing his ears in front of himself like arms as he closed his eyes in thought.
"...That's... interesting," Jo said, turning towards every digimon in the room, "Did you guys have similar experiences?" the Chosen of Reliability just got a new perspective on things.
Every digimon in the room looked thoughtful at that. "...I don't know... we all knew we could evolve, but we just didn't know what we would become," Gabumon said, trying to remember.
"Yeah," Palmon added in, "We knew we could become Child level digimon, but we didn't know what kind."
"Much less our Adult forms," Tentomon added in.
"The things you learn," Takeru said with a shake of his head.
"Yeah well...that's not important," Gyro grinned hugging him again. "I'm just glad I finally found you again, buddy. Oh man, wait till Pierce sees you, he'll be over the moon as well!"
"He sure will! I'm sure DemiVeemon's gonna be even happier to finally meet him though after all I told him." Koromon's eyes lit up happily.
"Ooohhh. Are we gonna see me soon," Veemon asked, bouncing on the couch he shared with Daisuke.
Gyro tilted his head after a moment "DemiVeemon?" he repeated the name in confusion.
Koromon nodded "Yeah! See, when I hatched this time, I had, huh…" Koromon looked around on Gyro, before seeing his pockets and sending one of his ears in them, pulling out the strange device from earlier "This thing! It told me you were my partner! And the one DemiVeemon had told him his partner was Pierce."
"...Yeah... we did have the digivices with us," Gomamon said, straining to remember.
"Huh, is that so?" he said, surprised as he took the device from Koromon's ear "What is it anyway?"
"Was that the question you guys had at the time," Iori decided to ask the senior members.
"Among others, but that one wasn't what we had in mind at the moment," Koshiro spoke for everyone while pointing at the screen.
"I don't really know what it does if that's what you mean, but I do know it's called a Digivice." Koromon said with a shrug of his ears.
"We didn't even know that," Palmon said, before looking towards the others, "Did you?" A series of headshakes was the answer.
"Digivice huh?" Gyro repeated the word, looking the object over, before smiling as he clipped it to his pants "Well, if it brought us back together, it's alright in my book."
Koromon nodded happily, before remembering something "Oh! Right, hey, I have other friends like DemiVeemon, they had Digivices with them too before they all went flying into the sky a couple of hours ago, and they told them names as well, think you know them?"
"Probably," Ken said, voicing what everyone else had figured out.
Gyro had a feeling he knew what those names were "Were any of those names people like Ruby, Ren, Yang or Jaune?"
"All of the above! And four others too, Weiss, Nora, Blake and Pyrrha!" Koromon confirmed with a grin.
"Not bad Ken," Hawkmon commented.
"Well it was kind of obvious," Ken downplayed his guess.
"Had a feeling that was the case, the Digivices kind of came flying straight at us earlier, then a tidal wave kind of pulled, well, I guess everyone here… wherever here is." Gyro said as he finally started looking around, standing up with Koromon in his arms as he tried to identify the forest around him, though the trees looked rather weird for the most part. Overall though, they seemed to be in what appeared to be a lush, tropical looking forest. Honestly, this place seemed like a pretty nice place to be, if only he knew where this was.
"You're in the Digital World, and this place is File Island," Koromon supplied helpfully.
Now everyone waited with baited breath on Gyro's reaction.
Gyro blinked, once, twice, thrice, then looked down at his friend "Wait, File ISLAND? No wait, more important than that, Digital WORLD?"
And they weren't disappointed.
Koromon simply nodded with a smile in his arms.
Gyro looked at him, before sighing "You know what, let's hold off on the questions because you might have to repeat everything for the others."
"...He took that better than he should have," Taichi said, thinking Gyro would be too freaked out to not ask more questions.
"But he does have a point," Yamato pointed out.
Koromon simply nodded in agreement "So, we're gonna look for them?"
"You know it, gotta make sure their all safe, kind of annoying that we just got done with that exam though and didn't have time to even get our results." Gyro said, frowning in slight annoyance. Quickly shaking his head though, he decided to table that for later. First things first, he needed to find his friends, and he had a feeling that Koromon might be able to help him. "Hey, Koromon...do you know where your friends are?"
"Their a bit around on the plateau I guess, I don't know where exactly, but they should be close you know?" Koromon said, shrugging his ears.
"A plateau huh? Well, guess that's helpful to know, we'll have to get down eventually then." Gyro said, before, patting his hip, stopping as he felt something was missing "Wait… where's Ascalon?!"
"Asca-what?" Koromon said in confusion.
Everyone chuckled a little
"My weapon. I had them with me before getting here." Gyro said, before sighing "Guess whatever happened sent them flying off somewhere… are there any grimm in the… Digital World?" Gyro had to ask just to be on the safe side.
"Oh no." Taichi, Yamato and Mimi said in unison.
"What?" Miyako, Iori and Daisuke asked in unison, not liking the sound of that.
"Their lives just got harder," Jo, said knowing what was coming next.
"What's a grimm?" Koromon said, still confused.
"Well that answers that," Tentomon said with a smile.
"Well, that answers that at least, and a grimm is a kind of monster that likes to destroy stuff." Gyro said, deciding to put it simply for his friend.
The Children and their digimon couldn't help laughing at the "echo".
Before they could get moving, the two heard some bushes rustling, turning towards them, before seeing a small green creature that looked like it had a budding plant on top of it's head with four stubby feet and big, red, unicolor eyes.
"Okay, that's different," Taichi commented.
"What?" Came from the second generation.
"Taichi met with me first," Koshiro clarified.
"Hey Tanemon!" Koromon said with a wave of one of his ears, Gyro relaxing since that meant this was one of his friends.
"Hi Koromon!" Tanemon greeted him back with a smile, before turning towards the bush "Ruby! Over here!"
Gyro blinked, before a bit deeper into the forest, seeing Ruby walking out of some foliage, turning to them and waving with a smile as she walked towards them, stumbling a bit as she jumped over the bush and bent down to pat the little leafy being on the head "Thanks Tanemon."
"Aww," Mimi cooed at how cute the scene looked.
Idly, Gyro noticed that Ruby had clipped her digivice to her ammo belt, which at the least, still did have it's ammo… though there was a lack of Crescent Rose hanging onto her back… this wasn't going to be fun.
"So it's not just Gyro," Ken commented.
"So, did Tanemon explain everything to you too yet?" Gyro asked Ruby as she picked up Tanemon.
"Kinda, she told me about the Digivice and where we are, but we didn't go into details yet." Ruby said with a shrug.
"Right, we should focus on finding the others first… speaking of which…" Gyro trailed off as he looked at the trees around them, before grinning as he spotted a rather tall one and put Koromon down and walked towards it, turning back to him with a grin "Hey Koromon, check out what I learned to do." Gyro said, before quickly propelling himself up with a burst of wind and grabbing onto the highest branch of the tree.
"That's so cool!" he heard Koromon shout all the way from the bottom, making him grin, before pulling his goggles down over his eyes and pressing the buttons on the side, making them glow a bit to anyone who looked at him, but for him, that was because he had just activated the zoom function on them, looking around the area for any signs of the others, his eyes stopping on an impressive sight "Now THAT's what I call a tall mountain!" he said as he looked at what had to be the tallest mountain around. However, while he was surveying, he happened to see something. It was red, and judging by the distance, it was really big.
"And there it is. Our first problem when we entered the digital world," Jo said, having very bad memories of that time... Well, more like embarrassing now.
He turned back towards it, focusing on it, and saw that it looked like some kind of giant stag beetle… and it was heading RIGHT FOR HIM!
Quickly, he let his back go slack, falling backwards and hanging upside down on the branch he was sitting on as the beetle passed right over him, catching the top of the tree in his mandibles.
"Yeah, that was a close call for me," Taichi said remembering how he barely avoided Kuwagamon.
"Wait, you had to go through that!?" Daisuke and Veemon cried out in unison.
"Yup," Taichi said, finding it odd that he would be so non-chalant about it now.
"In my line of work, that's a giant NOPE wrapped up in hellfire!" Gyro said as he let go of the branch with his legs and fell down, righting himself as he landed on his feet and scooped up Koromon, turning to Ruby quickly "Run!"
"That's what we did too," Tentomon said with a shiver at the memory.
With that said, the two broke out into a sprint, unable to use their semblances at the moment due to how close knit the trees were.
"Why is that a problem," Agumon asked with a head tilt.
"They could easily hit a tree if they don't know how to make very sharp turns," Gatomon said, before Novice could open his mouth.
"Oh." Agumon looked mildly embarrasssed at that.
"What is that thing?!" Ruby shouted in panic as the huge beetle continued to follow them.
"It's Kuwagamon," Armadimon said simply.
"It's Kuwagamon! He's a big bully who likes to terrorize smaller digimon!" Koromon shouted, just as panicky as the others.
"You know, there's been a lot of echos lately," Takeru joked, earning small laughs out of everyone.
Digimon Analyzer: Kuwagamon
Kuwagamon. Virus Type. An Adult level Insectoid Digimon. It's hard shell protects it from most blunt attacks. Known for its vicious temperament, it has a rivalry with another beetle shaped digimon. It's special attack is Scissor Arms, clamping down on it's opponent with it's powerful mandibles, it cuts them to shreds.
"Okay..." All Children sounded out.
"Each time a new digimon is introduced, a digimon analyzer will give a small explanation on the digimon in question," Wisemon explained.
"Just like in the anime you guys starred in," Novice added in.
"How the hell do we get away from it though?!" Gyro shouted as he looked around for any way to escape.
"The trees! Some of them are hollow!" Tanemon whisper shouted at them so Kuwagamon wouldn't hear on the off chance he actually had a working brain under that feral rage.
"Good thinking," Koshiro said, "Not all monstrous looking digimon are stupid."
"...Like Machinedramon," Tentomon said, remembering how the thing was able to track them.
"That works! Run now!" Ruby nodded as they ran for their lives from a giant killer insect.
"Over there!" Koromon suddenly pointed at a seemingly random tree, Gyro and Ruby not hesitating to run into it, believing Tanemon's earlier words as they passed through the holographic wall, panting as they pushed their backs against the metallic walls on the inside, before quickly clamping up when they heard the loud buzzing of wings.
"Yup, that's where Koshiro and I hid too," Taichi commented.
After a few moments...and the sound of several other trees falling, the sound of buzzing finally went away. Taking a few extra moments to make sure it was really gone, the group of four finally let out sighs of relief. "Are all giant monsters THAT violent here?" Gyro couldn't help but ask, remembering the giant bird-like monster from 11 years ago.
While that wasn't what Taichi and the others thought of at the time of their experiences. The question did pop up later.
"I hope they aren't." they all heard a voice say from outside the tree, making them blink, before poking their heads out, seeing none other than Ren standing there, one arm in front of himself almost like a waiter, as hanging off from it was what looked like an overgrown, green, bagworm moth larva, using a stem on the top of it's head to idly swing from Ren's arm.
Gyro and Ruby blinked, before stepping out of the tree "Good to see you Ren." Gyro said with a smile, happy they found someone else, and then noticing the creature on his arm. "So...I'm guessing he's another of your friends?" he asked Koromon.
"Yep! That's Minomon," Koromon and Tanemon nodded.
"H-Hi." Minomon waved shyly at them with one of his stubby arms, Ren smiling in amusement.
Wormmon blushed in embarrassment at his other being so shy, while Ken held back a laugh.
No one could deny Minomon's cuteness.
"He's explained a few things to me already, I assume it's the same for you?" the most stoic of the group asked with a calm smile.
"Yeah, we're just waiting to find the others before getting into the exposition… I'm guessing he's more calm to be around than Nora?" Gyro asked in amusement.
"Definitely," Gatomon said, still apprehensive about Nora.
"Gatomon, I'm sure Nora's not that bad," Hikari said, trying to be supportive. Though it looked like the white feline digimon didn't agree.
"I'm sure Black would be able to take whatever treatment Nora could dish out," Novice said with a grin.
"Do not EVER compare me to that... that... lowlife," Gatomon said, having searched for a word that wasn't too bad.
"I guess my little idea goes out the window," Novice thought, having considered asking Hikari if they could try Jogressing Angewomon and LadyDevimon. Unfortunately, seeing Gatomon's opinion of Black... that idea seemed doomed from the start.
Ren chuckled a bit "Minomon is certainly a breath of fresh air. I don't hate Nora, but it's nice to be around someone calmer once in a while." he said, and Minomon blushed a bit and covered his face.
"I can't really blame him," Iori admitted, being sure that he couldn't last a day with Nora.
"By the way, considering she's not glued at your hip for once, and you're more likely to answer than she is… do you like Nora in THAT way?" Gyro asked bluntly.
"Not this again," Yamato complained. He didn't need to know about people's possible love lives
Ren blushed a little bit as he looked away, before nodding "Yes, though I don't know if she's noticed… I can certainly tell she likes me at least, but she's too nervous to admit it."
"Aww," Mimi gushed at the admission, "Will Ren and Nora become a couple, later?"
"Most likely," Novice said not bothering to hide it,"All things considered, those two are perfect for each other in, 'opposites attract' kind of way."
Gyro smiled in amusement, before walking forward and patting Ren on the shoulder "Good luck with that."
"I don't really get romance personally, I've never really liked a boy in that way before." Ruby said idly.
"You mean to tell me that Ruby's never had a crush," Miyako asked in disbelief. She's a sixth grader, and she's had a crush on Ken... Or... maybe "had" isn't the right word anymore.
"I guess it's just because you haven't found the right one yet." Gyro told her simply.
"Could be that," Sora said with a shrug.
Ruby thought about that, nodding in agreement a moment later. "I guess so yeah."
"Well, we'd better start looking for the others. There's no telling when that Kuwagamon might return," Ren said, earning a nod from them. Fortunately, they didn't have to walk far, as they suddenly heard the sound of something hitting something, followed by a tree not far away vibrating visibly.
"...should we check on that?" Ruby blinked.
"Probably," Biyomon said.
"Probably," Gyro and Ren nodded. As they walked towards the tree, the bushes shook and a number of small light blue round creatures with ear-like appendages, red crescent moon-shaped eyes with black irises and a mouth, all ran past them, looking like they had the hounds on their tail.
"...That never happened," Koshiro said, "We never met Pagumon until we entered Server continent."
"Did you think their adventure would be a simple copy-paste of yours," Novice asked with a snicker.
"Huh, wonder what has those jerks in such a hurry," Tanemon blinked.
"Jerks?" the three humans blinked.
"Jerks?" Three of the second generation parroted. While Hikari wasn't with everyone, she did hear the story about what happened in Koromon village that was taken over by Pagumon.
"Those Pagumon like to bother anyone they find that they think they can pick on and get away with it. Especially when they have that bully, Gazimon, with them," Koromon explained with an annoyed look.
"They have a Gazimon," Gabumon exclaimed. Patamon also looked apprehensive, remembering how they kidnapped him.
"Guess they finally bit off more than they could chew," Minomon said with a small chuckle, earning chuckles from his fellow mon.
"Okay, now I'm curious," Agumon said, wanting to see if something was beating their Gazimon.
"I wonder who scared them?" Ruby asked, before they all stepped pass the bushes, to a sight that made them stare a bit dryly "Ah, well that answers that I guess."
Standing with her fist still extended, her eyes red, and a small frown on her face was Yang, while in front of her, knocked out cold against the tree was who the others assumed to be Gazimon, a grey, canine like creature with long ears and very long claws on it's forearms.
Digimon Analyzer: Gazimon
Gazimon. Virus Type. A Child Level Mammal Digimon. Despite it's small size, it has an extremely aggressive temperament, known for picking fights with other Digimon, even obviously stronger ones. The claws on its forelegs are perfectly suited for digging holes, something it does as it enjoys seeing other Digimon fall helplessly into them. It's special attack is Paralyze Breath, expelling a black gas from its mouth that stuns the opponent.
"You know, I almost feel sorry for that Gazimon," Gomamon said, though his smile betrayed his words.
"I don't," Patamon said as he glared at the canine that is the Child form of Pagumon. Takeru petted his friend. Sure he wasn't happy about what happened to Patamon when he was still Tokomon, but there's no point to holding a grudge. Though that didn't mean the Child of Hope didn't enjoy this a little.
And, standing behind Yang's leg, was a small pink ball with big green eyes and several small feet, while coming out the top of it's head was a blue flower.
"That'll teach you, freaking moron." Yang said as she pulled back her fist, her eyes bleeding back into lavender as she relaxed.
"Nice." Mimi, Sora, Miyako and their partners, minus Hawkmon said in unison.
"Thanks for protecting me Yang." the little creature said as she rubbed herself against Yang's leg with a smile.
Sora quickly picked Biyomon into her lap to hug lightly. The Chosen of Love remembered how clingy Biyomon was for a time, but now... she kinda misses it.
Yang smiled back as she bent down to pick her up "My pleasure Yokomon, idiots like that always get what they deserve."
However, before Yang could actually pick Yokomon up, she was promptly tackle-hugged by a red blur.
"Whoa!" Everyone exclaimed at the speeding train called Ruby.
Yokomon blinked, looking left and right for her partner "What just happened?"
"That would be my other's partner," Palmon said.
"That would be my partner." Tanemon said with a sigh as she walked up to her friend.
That joke never gets old with them.
"Hi guys," Yokomon said with a smile as Koromon came up behind Tanemon, Minomon disconnecting from Ren's arm and hopped over to where his friends were.
At the same time, Yang had finally managed to get her overeager sister off of her. "Easy there Rubes. I missed you too," she chuckled as she finally got the reaper to calm down a little.
The closeness of these siblings was something that Taichi, Hikari, Yamato and Takeru could easily relate to.
"You're being pretty calm about this." Gyro said with a smile as he walked up to the sisters who stood up.
"Well, Yokomon told me her friends were probably out there looking for everyone, so I was able to relax a bit because someone would find Ruby eventually." Yang said with a shrug.
"Reasonable enough I guess," Taichi shrugged, though he was pretty sure he would've worried sick about Hikari if she had appeared with them.
"But this is encouraging that everyone is alright," Ren nodded. "However, once we regroup, we'd better find a way to get our bearings on wherever this is."
"Actually, I managed to get a small bead on our location before Kuwagamon showed up," Gyro said. "The most notable landmark is this HUGE mountain that I think is in the center of the island."
Every Child who visited the File Island felt a small sense of dread at the memories of the Infinity Mountain. Most notably, Devimon.
"...I wonder, if they have to face him," Takeru mumbled to himself.
Both Novice and Yamato caught onto this. The Overseer knew that this might invoke some bad memories. Once they reach a certain point.
"Wait, island? We washed up on an island?" Yang blinked.
"Right, she wouldn't know yet," Hawkmon said.
"Koromon told me this place is called File Island, and a few more things, but I think we should wait till everyone is here before we go into details," Gyro said.
"Fair enough," the others all nodded. This situation was weird enough as is.
With that they continued moving on (getting some directions from a few of the local mon who weren't hostile), to which they were soon headed for what they were told was a lake. As they got closer, they heard the sound of someone talking in a rather panicked tone.
"Okay, that didn't happen either," Gabumon said, "We didn't meet friendly digimon until Yokomon village."
"How many things are different here," Iori asked.
"Spoilers," Novice said with a smile. The Children reluctantly dropped it.
"Okay okay...just calm down. You set out to prove what you can do. To prove you can be a Hunter...oh who am I kidding? I was planning to go to a warrior school, not end up on an island with strange...but admittedly cute, creatures...who thankfully aren't anything like Grimm," the voice was starting to ramble on.
"It's Jaune isn't it," Jo said, having a lot of sympathy for the guy.
The four of them shared deadpan expressions at that. "Jaune," they all nodded in agreement.
With that they kept walking forward, hearing someone confirm their thoughts "Jaune, trust me, this won't be so bad, look, Koromon told me this Gyro guy he knows is gonna be here, and you're friends with him right? So at least you're not in this alone."
"I guess." a pause, or probably a sigh, but they couldn't hear it "Thanks Bukamon, at least you're trying to help."
"He sounds just like you, Jo," Taichi said with a snicker.
"No, he doesn't," the Chosen of Reliability shouted back.
"You were running away from me and called me a freaky thing," Gomamon replied, having some fond memories of the time.
"I said, weird, not freaky," Jo argued back, before realizing that he'd been had.
Sure enough, everyone was laughing at Jo for reacting to Bukamon the way he did. Including the second generation, who wished they could've seen it.
"It's what I do." Bukamon stated proudly.
"Looks like he found his partner," Yokomon smiled. "Bukamon's always been a reliable mon."
"That's debatable sometimes," Tentomon said, earning an annoyed look from the aquatic digimon.
"Well, hopefully he rubs off on Jaune then." Gyro said with a smile, knowing Jaune wanted to be someone like that as well. With that in mind, they got closer and… "Hey, Jaune!" he called out, making said blonde turn to them and...okay, the grin on his face was easily one of the happiest expressions he'd ever seen on him.
"Guys! Man, am I glad to see you're all alright!" he said as he walked over, the small grey and clearly aquatic creature with what looked like a tuft of orange hair on its head, Bukamon...floating...for lack of better words, right behind him. It was also then that Jaune noticed the creatures they had with them and blinked. "Huh...guess I'm not the only one."
"Well, I DID tell ya my friends were waiting for their partners too," Bukamon chuckled as he hung off of Jaune's shoulder.
"Kinda like I did with Jo," Gomamon said with a smile at his partner. To his credit, Jo only rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, guess you did," Jaune said with a wry chuckle. However, that's when he noticed something else. "Guess not everyone is together yet, huh?" he frowned, realizing they were still missing half their numbers.
"Don't worry, with how things are going, I'm sure we'll find them all soon," Ruby said with a reassuring smile.
"I just hope Weiss has cooled off enough when we find her." Gyro said, remembering how Weiss had been angry about the whole Nevermore thing and during the wait in the ruins entrance would give him and Ruby subtle looks of annoyance.
"...I just hope she isn't taking her anger out on my other," Tentomon said, shivering at the thought of Weiss freezing him, or stabbing him.
"I'm sure she's not that bad," Koshiro tried to comfort his partner.
"You were cute as Motimon, so I doubt she can bring herself to harm you," Mimi said supportively.
And then he realised his wording, making him groan "Ah great, it's like the universe wants me to do Pierce's pun quota." he said, making the others laugh a bit.
The Children actually missed the pun the first time, but then it hit them, and they shook their heads. Though some of them chuckled a little. Including Novice.
"What was that?" a voice said, and Gyro would forever deny he jumped in surprise from hearing it at that moment, nope, he totally didn't.
And that earned more laughs at the comedy.
"Heart attack dammit!" he said loudly as he turned around to look at Weiss, who was looking at him dryly.
"Can anyone be that dumb," Veemon commented with a snicker.
"You're one to talk," Hawkmon retorted.
And in her arms was… well it was hard to describe, since it wasn't a ball, and it was so plain, but it was small, pink, and had two very short arms, longer than Minomon's stubby ones at least, and two big brown eyes.
"Hi Motimon!" The little ones all said.
"Hey everyone!" Motimon waved with a smile.
"So they're your friends?" Weiss asked him, a small smile on her face as Motimon jumped down and bounced over to his friends.
"Huh. I guess she likes me," Tentomon said, sighing in relief as he did.
"Yep!" Motimon said happily as the others let the rest of the little ones bounce down to talk with him, with Gyro looking up at Weiss.
"Are you still mad though?" He asked honestly with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay, you shouldn't ask something like that," Novice interrupted, "There could've been a chance that she had forgotten."
"What if she hadn't forgotten," Miyako asked, causing Novice to shut up.
"I've gotten over it if that's what you mean and don't hold it against you anymore." She said, sighing as she crossed her arms.
"At least, she doesn't hold a grudge though," Armadimon commented.
"I'll take it." Gyro said, sighing, glad she wasn't angry with him, because he knew she could hold a grudge.
"Oh." Armadimon said with a sigh.
"So how much do you already know?" Weiss asked. "From what Motimon told me, it seems not only were these little ones waiting for us…" she started, before leveling Gyro a small glare. "He also said 'Koromon', who I assume is the little pink puffball with ears, seemed to know about you and your brother. Care to explain?"
"Does she not trust Gyro," Patamon asked with a head tilt.
"To be fair," Hikari said, earning everyone's attention, "I would be at least a little wary about someone who knew something they shouldn't."
"...Hikari's right," Takeru admitted, "Although... maybe I would've not been suspicious of them." Takeru then remembered a few embarrassing moments where he was a little... gullible.
"Yes actually." Gyro said, unfazed, it hadn't been relevant until now, but since it was, he would gladly explain that amazing day "But how about we wait until we find the others so I don't have to repeat myself?" he added with a raised eyebrow.
Weiss stumbled a bit, caught off guard by his willingness, looking at him in some surprise "Uh… yes, that's fine." she eventually said with a nod.
"She thought he would dodge the question," Hawkmon dead-panned.
However, before they could start discussing what to do next, a familiar buzzing was heard, causing Gyro, Ruby, and even Ren to pale. "Aaaand that's our cue to leave! Don't ask! Run before the giant killer bug comes back!" Gyro said urgently, to which Ruby nodded frantically, and they all started pushing their still clueless friends in a direction away from the buzzing.
"Was Kuwagamon coming back," Hikari asked, not having heard about this part.
"Yup," the older Yagami replied.
"Wait, what?" Jaune asked.
"Don't ask! Let's go before Kuwagamon shows up!" Bukamon urged, all the little ones looking understandably afraid at the prospect of having to deal with the large monster.
"No one in their right mind would want to deal with that," Yamato commented, "Especially without weapons." He, along with everyone else, noted that on the screen none of the teens were carrying their weapons.
Fortunately that seemed enough and all of them went into the direction, even if some didn't fully understand, and before long, the sound of buzzing wasn't as notable anymore. "I think it's gone now," Ren confirmed.
"...At this point, Kuwagamon was chasing me and Mimi," Palmon commented. Earning wide eyed looks from the second generation.
"So then... how did you get away," Ken asked, now curious.
"Just let Wisemon read," Novice said. He would probably have to hold another Q&A moment for them during the break.
"Thank Oum," Ruby sighed. She didn't want to have to deal with that thing again...at least not until she found Crescent Rose again. Speaking of which… "Hey guys, did any of you…" she started, before realizing that yes, everyone else present was missing their weapons. "Oh…"
"That could be a problem," Wormmon commented, seeing that these teens have lost at least one way to defend themselves.
Yang looked at her, and realized why she'd started, seeing something important missing. "You guys too?" she frowned. "Sorry Ruby, looks like all of us lost our weapons when we were brought here."
"I wonder what caused it," Koshiro wondered, seeing as they had all their backpacks and other things they happened to carry.
"Probably the same for all the others if the pattern goes on this much." Weiss added with a sigh.
"Pretty safe assumption," Tentomon commented.
"And we have that monster flying around to worry about too. We'd better hurry and find the others as fast as we…" Ren started...until he heard a sound that made him sigh. It was...there was really no way of properly describing WHAT that sound was. "Nora, we're over here. You can stop now," he sighed, though he still had a wry smile.
"Here we go," Gatomon said, bracing herself on what kind of condition her other would be in.
"Ren!" Nora cheered...as she came out of a tree upside down...with a small yellow puff ball with a tail and noticeably cat-like features hanging on her shoulder, looking a little dizzy from having the blood rushing to its brain. "See Nyaromon, I told you that secret call would work."
"Can we get down now?" Nyaromon replied dizzily.
"That's... not as bad as I thought," Gatomon said, having some hope for that poor Nyaromon.
"Oh! Yeah, totally!" Nora replied, before… doing an honestly impressive backflip out of the tree, holding Nyaromon in her arms the whole time.
"Whoa!"
The others couldn't help and had to clap at the rather impressive display while Nora took a bow.
"Yeah, she's a bit of a show off," Novice commented, snickering as he remembered all the times that convinced him that Nora was mildly psychotic.
"Are you okay, Nyaromon?" Motimon asked, as Nyaromon bounced on the ground a little, eyes still a little swirly.
"Better than I thought at least," Gatomon commented again.
"I'm okay," she said, before shaking her head. "You're really good at that, huh?" she said, turning to Nora.
"Thanks, I do it plenty of times," Nora grinned, before turning to the others. "So...guess you all got one of these cute guys with you," she said, picking up and hugging Nyaromon.
Thankfully for the feline looking little creature, it was a gentle one.
"...Do I want to know," Gatomon asked.
"Probably not," Novice replied, choosing not to tell that Nora could probably kill her by accident.
"Yeah, they were pretty much the ones to wake us up." Yang said as they relaxed a little bit due to being under some forest canopy, and thus better hidden from whatever the others were spooked about.
"What WAS that weird call earlier though?" Gyro, even though he knew, had to ask, because really, what the hell was that?
"A sloth cry silly! Duh." Nora said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Does a sloth sound like that," Koshiro asked Novice, seeing as he was the most likely person to know in this room.
"No idea." Apparently no.
Gyro blinked "That's not what a sloth sounds like though."
Nora stopped moving completely as her eyes zeroed on him "What does it sound like?" she asked, as if it what she would hear the answer to what life was.
"Does she have some kind of obsession," Hawkmon asked.
"That's what many people think," Novice said with a smirk.
"Sooo it's not confirmed," Miyako asked next, earning a shrug as a response.
"Best way I can put it is like a human baby, just a bit more… from the throat I'd say." Gyro said, having to take a moment to word it properly.
Nora nodded, closing her eyes, taking a deep breath, opening her mouth and… letting out exactly what Gyro had described, which, yes, was a sloth's call.
"...Okay, that was pretty good display of mimicry," Hikari had to admit.
"Yeahp, that's it, well, a baby sloth, but that's all I could find, haven't seen any adult sloths do a call." Gyro said with a nod, and, somehow, Nora seemed complete, as if everything was right with the world.
"...She just gets weirder and weirder," Gatomon said, not warming up in the slightest.
Nyaromon looked up at her partner, then back to her friends "I don't know how to feel about this."
"Gatomon," Hikari said, having a good guess what her partner would say, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then please keep it to yourself."
"Confused maybe?" Minomon said, shrugging his shoulders helplessly.
"Best I can do I guess." Nyaromon said with a sigh.
"...I suppose that's one word," Gatomon grumbled.
"Don't worry, you get used to her," Ren said, patting the little creature on the head in understanding.
Gatomon highly doubted it, but she decided to keep that grievance to herself.
"Well, at least the gang's almost all together now," Yang said, looking around. "We're just missing Blake, Pyrrha, and Pierce."
"Well, with how our luck's been we should find them soon enough," Gyro chuckled...and as if on cue, the bushes suddenly shook...and a small rabbit-like creature jumped out, saw the others and with a smile came closer.
"Oh, it's me," Patamon said happily.
"Everyone!" the small creature said with a happy smile.
"Tokomon!" the others smiled back.
"Another of your friends?" Yang couldn't help but smile and add, "He's pretty cute, though...why is he alone?"
As if to answer her question, the bushes shook again. "Tokomon, don't run off like that," came a worried voice...one that belonged to Blake of all people. True enough, the hidden faunus came into view, stopping short when she saw them. "Ah...I see everyone's gathered," she said.
"Wait, hidden faunus," Takeru asked, this being the first time hearing about it.
"It will be explained later," Novice said simply.
"Not quite everyone, but yes," Weiss nodded. "I assume you know the gist of what's going on?"
"More or less," Blake nodded. "Tokomon and his friends have been waiting for us, and we're on a place called File Island," Blake said...before looking uncertain. "He...also called this place the Digital...World…" she said, trailing off at the last bit.
Everyone waited on the mental breakdown that would be the Remnantians' reaction
"...I'm sorry, did you just say 'Digital World'?" Jaune blinked.
A little lack luster reaction if you asked the Children.
"Yes, that's what Tokomon said," Blake nodded.
"Yeah, Koromon mentioned that too. I'm waiting till we find everyone before having that get explained." Gyro said, rubbing his face as he tried to ward off the headache. Suffice to say in his mind, the carefully laid out plan to save Remnant had, even if unintentionally, went out the window...while on fire...before being trampled.
"...agreed," everyone nodded. This was something they'd rather they all be together to hear rather than separate.
"Good point," Takeru said, seeing the logic behind it.
"Guess we might as well start looking then," Nora said. "But since we found each other so fast, I'm sure we'll find Pyrrha and Pierce in a snap!"
"That's what we're hoping, yeah," Gyro couldn't help but chuckle. Nodding in agreement, the now party of 16 continued walking, having decided to try to find an opening so as to get their bearings, though they were also carefully planning how to do so in a way that avoided drawing Kuwagamon's attention again. Finding a relatively dense, but still thinner section, Gyro used his semblance to get up on a tree again, and cautiously poked his head out of the greenery to scope the area. However, what he didn't expect was to look through the trees, and see a familiar redhead in a clearing not too far away judging by his goggles' zoom function. It seemed she had gotten a similar idea to him. "I found Pyrrha!" he reported, before pointing in the direction.
"Great, let's meet up with her before she moves on," Weiss said, to which they all picked up the pace. It wasn't long before they found the clearing...and a small orange puffball with a horn growing out of its head.
"And this is…?" Jaune blinked at the sight of the odd creature, even if it wasn't THAT much different than the others.
"Hey! I'm not odd," Gabumon complained, earning small laughs out of everyone else.
"That's Tsunomon," Bukamon said, before he called out and waved at said mon.
Tsunomon heard his name being called and turned to see his friends and their partners. A wide smile appearing on his features, he turned up to the tree and said, "Pyrrha, my friends are here, and they have your friends with them!"
The moment he did, the tree rustled, and the spartan soon landed on the ground, though she landed a bit too close to Tsunomon, making him jump a little. "Sorry," she said, sounding a little sheepish, before picking him up. "I'm glad everyone is okay," she said as she walked over to the rest of them.
"Well, that's almost everyone, just have to find Pierce now." Yang said with a relieved sigh as everyone let their partners to the ground and they all grouped with each other and started chatting.
"Before that…" Weiss started, getting everyone's attention as she turned to Gyro "I'm going to assume Pierce already knows about Koromon, so can you explain now?"
"Gotta admit, I'm kinda curious about that." Ruby said as she looked at him.
"Is Gyro gonna tell them how he came to Remnant," Veemon asked in curiosity.
"I doubt it," Hawkmon said, "Just how he met Koromon, probably."
Gyro shrugged "Sure, and yeah, Pierce does know about him already. Well, it's not really a long story though, basically, me and Pierce found an egg coming out of our brother's computer when we were kids, it ended up hatching in the morning and out came Koromon in his first form before he became the pink guy he is now. He got bigger a few times after that, and then by the next morning, he was gone. We didn't know where… but now, this explains it." Gyro said, turning his head to behind the group to look at the partners "Guess he's been… like in a limbo or something since then, considering how he just hatched again a month ago."
"Good guess Hawkmon," Miyako complimented her partner.
"Yeah, to me it feels just like yesterday I met Gyro and Pierce and we played games and stuff together!" Koromon added helpfully.
"So yeah, even if this is all a bit strange, I'm not complaining. I got to find an old friend again," Gyro grinned.
"Well… I guess that explains why you seem a bit more at ease than the rest of us, you're familiar with him." Weiss said with a sigh, finding she was suspicious for no reason, as Gyro had no ulterior motive.
Well, no evil ones at least, but she wouldn't learn about that till there was enough trust.
"...Yeah... he just wants to help," Taichi said, although just as Gyro said, their original plans have been thrown out the window.
"That's so sweet though, getting to see a friend after a lot of years." Ruby said with a bright smile.
"It's nice to meet up with someone after a long time." Pyrrha agreed with the reaper with her usual smile.
"Yeah well, that's also why I wanna find Pierce soon. He'll be over the moon when he sees Koromon again, though I'm sure his partner is just as cool," Gyro chuckled. However, the lighthearted mood was shattered when a familiar buzzing could be heard again. "...oh come on, does that thing make it its life's work to torment us?!"
"I'm going to guess that they do have to face it eventually," Yamato commented, not expecting an answer.
However, before they could make any plans to escape… "Outta the way! Outta the way!" came Pierce's voice...before said teen ran out of the bushes, a small blue creature that was easily the most humanoid they'd seen so far hanging on to his neck for dear life. Unfortunately they all didn't have time to even properly register this, as Kuwagamon soon came bursting out of the trees, scaring the shit out of any of the huntsmen in training who HADN'T seen it yet.
"RUN!" Ruby shouted, and nobody argued as they grabbed their partners and started running for their lives.
"Looks that way," Takeru added to his brother's words.
"Hey bro, glad to see you found a partner too," Gyro said as he caught up with Pierce. "Look who I found!"
"Is that Koromon? So this is where you've been! We were looking for you for ages!" Pierce said, still running for his life.
"Yeah, I missed you guys too!" Koromon nodded while still in Gyro's arms. "So what do you think, DemiVeemon? Told ya he was cool!"
"Yep, you sure did!" the blue creature that was DemiVeemon said happily despite the fact they were being chased by a killer giant bug.
"As touching as this little reunion is…" Weiss started, before everyone roared: "BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME!"
"Yeah, I'd probably be shouting that too," Mimi admitted with a giggle.
"Force of habit!" the twins said together before focusing on running.
"Come to think of it, is it just me or is the vegetation getting less...dense?" Gyro suddenly said as they ran.
THAT caught everyone's attention, and considering they knew they were on a plateau, a thinning in the vegetation could only mean…
'A dead end!' everyone realized as they exited the vegetation...to find a cliff in front of them.
"Just like we did," Tentomon commented.
"...well shit," Pierce swore.
"Language!" Ruby couldn't help but say.
The Children couldn't help laughing at the comedic moment despite the situation the Remnantians were facing.
"Ruby, not now ok?" Yang chided her little sister, earning a wince and a nod from her.
"We're gonna die!" Jaune was starting to panic at this point...not that any of them could blame him. As if to punctuate how bad the situation was, Kuwagamon emerged, standing on its hind legs making it tower over all of them at a size that rivaled the Nevermore from the Emerald Forest. Opening its wings, it soon took to the air, and came at them with all the intent of a homing missile.
"Duck!" Blake managed to shout, to which they all did, just BARELY managing to avoid getting a haircut...from the neck down.
"Did you guys seriously have a fight like that on your first day in the Digital World," Iori asked with a worried look.
"Yes." Seven out of eight seniors said in unison.
"Its coming back!" Pyrrha shouted as Kuwagamon soon did a mid-air U-turn and came back for another shot. However, before he could, suddenly all the little ones began to struggle and suddenly jumped out of their partners' arms, and started pelting Kuwagamon's head with a barrage of bubbles...not that it did much, as Kuwagamon soon knocked them all out of the way, though the bubbles did disorient it enough that it crashed into the foliage.
Despite the fact that this gave them a momentary chance to escape, none of them took it, far more interested in running to their partners' sides to make sure the little ones were okay.
"I don't think we had that in that situation," Sora commented as she thought back on that moment.
"Koromon! You okay, buddy?!" Gyro asked frantically as he picked up the injured puffball.
"Don't be reckless DemiVeemon." Pierce chided as he picked up his little imp shaped friend.
Taichi smiled a little, remembering that being what he said to Koromon that day.
"Are you hurt Tsunomon?" Pyrrha said in worry as she looked over her horned partner.
Everyone made sure their partners were ok, but before they could think of trying to leave before Kuwagamon got up… he did just that.
"Oh, great," Daisuke said, looking at the screen in worry.
"Dammit, leave us alone you overgrown roach!" Pierce shouted in frustration and anger at this...thing...that just didn't want to leave them be for no apparent reason. That probably wasn't the smartest thing to say, but as it was, none of them were thinking any kinder thoughts of the creature.
All of the Children and their digimon agreed to that, although Mimi and Miyako remembered what roach digimon looked like.
Whether Kuwagamon heard him or cared was unclear, as he soon stepped forward, mandibles clicking menacingly, and if he had any visible eyes, they could have guessed it would be the kind of eyes a serial killer would have as he approached his soon to be victims.
"You know, for some reason, that description makes Kuwagamon a lot scarier now than back then," Jo said, having a mental image of a serial killer's face replacing Kuwagamon's expressionless look.
"No kidding," Koshiro had to agree.
"If we only we had our weapons." Nora said through grit teeth, able to see how serious the situation was the moment.
"...everyone still got their Dust ammo?" Gyro asked.
"I still have some," Ruby said.
"Same here," Weiss nodded.
"I think all of us do," Ren said.
"What're they going to do with those without anything to fire them with," Ken had to ask.
"Dust can be so volatile that it detonates by sneezing," Novice said, remembering that the Dust explosion scene never happened. So these kids wouldn't know that yet.
"Good. Cause on my signal, I want you guys to toss EVERYTHING you have at that overgrown bug, then I'll trigger it with my Semblance. We're getting out of this alive even if we have to improvise an Oum damned bomb on this thing's ass," Gyro growled.
"Is that really a smart idea," Wormmon said, knowing they had limited options but it still sounded crazy.
"You won't have to." Koromon said with a groan as he shook himself.
"Damn straight," Agumon said, crossing his arms as he remembered what should happen next.
"We've waited so long, we're not going to let him hurt you like this." Nyaromon added.
"That's right, we need to teach him a lesson he won't forget." Tsunomon agreed as well.
"We just need one lucky hit, that's all." Motimon said with a wince.
With that said, the little ones started to struggle out of their partners arms, before jumping out and rushing at Kuwagamon one more time.
The young hunters called out to their partners in worry, trying to get to them in time, none more louder than Gyro.
"KOROMON!"
All the Children and their digimon were tense. The original seven of the eight pairs knew what happened with them, but as Novice said this isn't a simple copy-paste. Which meant that there was a chance that they might not get saved.
In that moment, several things happened.
The first, and most obvious, were the little ones suddenly slowing down their movements… while most of them were bouncing up in the air.
The second, the sky darkened as clouds swirled out from a single point.
And finally, but most importantly, the digivices the hunters had on them started glowing.
10 rainbow colored lights suddenly shot down from the heavens, surrounding the little ones, the hunters looking on in surprise "What the…?" Gyro muttered in confusion.
"What!?" Came out of the new generation.
"Yes," Yamato exclaimed.
"It's happening," Sora said in relief.
(Play Brave Heart)
"What!?" Was the next thing everyone shouted as the music started playing.
In the lights covering the little ones, they felt their power peak, and knew it was time, as all of them began to spin in place.
"Koromon, Evolution! Agumon!" Koromon's form changed, now once more in the larger reptilian form that he assumed that night 11 years ago.
"Heck yeah!" Agumon hollered.
"Tanemon, Evolution! Palmon!" Tanemon's form changed, shifting into a small somewhat humanoid plant with a pink flower on top of her head and purple claw like appendages at the tips of her arms.
"Yeah!" Palmon waved her leaf arms happily.
"Minomon, Evolution! Wormmon!" Minomon's form changed, turning into a big green caterpillar with long antennae, his legs tipped with purple claws while the last section of his body had two small purple stingers, a small purple Y shape on his forehead.
Wormmon didn't comment, but he was relieved.
"Yokomon, Evolution! Biyomon!" Yokomon's form changed, becoming a child sized pink bird with blue tips to her feathers, her wings tipped with three claws as red as her beak, a grey anklet on her left ankle.
"Alriight!"
"Bukamon, Evolution! Gomamon!" Bukamon's form changed, shifting into a land based sea creature, the exact kind hard to pinpoint, his fur white in color with purple markings adorning it, a pair of wavy ears sprouting on top of his head while the points of his four feet were covered in claws, a red mohawk starting at the top of his head.
"Yes!"
"Motimon, Evolution! Tentomon!" Motimon's form changed, turning into a creature more akin to a ladybug, with the black spots on his shell actually being small spikes, two long orange antennae on top of his head, his large compound eyes staring ahead as his main arms were now tipped with a large black claw each, while a second pair of smaller, but more normal arms rested beneath them, his feet having three rounded claws on them.
"Showtime!"
"Nyaromon, Evolution! Salamon!" Nyaromon's form changed, becoming a small cream colored puppy with a golden ring around her neck, the form seemed harmless, but one never knew.
Gatomon only smiled, not getting as exited as the others.
"Tokomon, Evolution! Patamon!" Tokomon's form changed, shifting into a guinea pig like creature that was brown on top with a cream underbelly, brown bat wings actually sprouting from the top of his head.
"Yeah!"
"Tsunomon, Evolution! Gabumon!" Tsunomon's form changed, turning into a yellow, almost reptile like creature with purple claws and a tail, a horn sprouting from the top of his head while his belly had a blue egg shape on it with a purple pattern on it, though covering most of his body was an icy white and dark blue wolf pelt.
"Oh yeah!"
"DemiVeemon, Evolution! Veemon!" DemiVeemon's form changed, becoming a larger, saurian like creature with a pointed nose, his scales seemingly becoming harder, but still blue, while his belly and mouth stayed white, small claws sprouted on the tips of his fingers of the now much larger hands he sported, a long tail at his backside and long claws on his feet while a yellow V was on his forehead.
"Kick some butt, me!" Veemon practically bounced in the sofa.
When the light cleared, the huntsmen in training were left stunned at the sight. The little ones weren't so little anymore, all of them having seemingly transformed from generally cute but harmless looking forms to more defined, and seemingly built for combat, forms.
"This is…!" Gyro and Pierce gasped, remembering this same form that Koromon had taken that night.
"Let's get him!" Agumon said, as the 10 of them jumped forward and latched onto Kuwagamon, trying to bring him down. The larger creature seemed to struggle for a moment, before managing to knock them off, but they all quickly got back on their feet.
"Of course it wouldn't be that easy," Sora sighed, but still happy that no one got hurt.
Kuwagamon opened his wings, about to try and gain the aerial advantage, but Palmon and Wormmon were faster, and soon got under him.
"Ohh! I remember this part," Palmon said eagerly, even though the situation was different.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon called out as her 'nails' extended to reveal vines that grabbed hold of Kuwagamon's legs, stopping him from taking off properly, while the toxins worked their way through him to slow him down...and actually reminding them of a similar plan they'd used not long ago.
"Nice," Daisuke hollered.
"Air Shot!" Patamon declared as his body seemed to inflate before he shot a ball of compressed air from his mouth, knocking Kuwagamon off balance when it hit him on the side of his head.
"Sticky Net!" Wormmon called out as a net of webbing was released from his mouth, wrapping around Kuwagamon's wings, forcing him to descend back to the ground, but just as he was about to land, Gomamon rolled on the ground, and tripped him, causing him to fall to his knee.
"That's some great teamwork," Ken commented as he looked down at his partner.
...or he would have, if Salamon hadn't jumped in front of him and… "Puppy Howling!" she called out as the sound based attack hit Kuwagamon dead on, disorienting and paralyzing him further, causing him to fall flat on his face.
"Now that's embarrassing," Gatomon commented in amusement.
… Or, again, he would have, if Veemon had not been standing under him, and just as Kuwagamon started coming down, the little blue saurian braced his legs and jumped up, head first "V Headbutt!" he shouted as his superior cranium slammed into Kuwagamon's chin, sending him standing upright again, unmoving as he was still stunned.
"TAKE THAT!" Veemon hollered, accidentally punching Daisuke.
"OW! Tone it down will you," Daisuke complained at his sheepish looking partner.
Tentomon and Biyomon soon flew up towards the stunned monster and took advantage of this chance. "Petit Thunder!" Tentomon called out as electricity gathered from his wings and was fired at Kuwagamon.
"Magical Fire!" Biyomon called out as a spiral of green ethereal fire flew from her beak, both attacks hitting and causing parts of Kuwagamon's head to catch fire.
Tentomon and Biyomon looked proud at the work their others were doing.
"Don't let up!" Agumon ordered as he and Gabumon stood before Kuwagamon. "Baby Flame!" he called out, shooting a fireball from his mouth.
"Petit Fire!" Gabumon called out, shooting a stream of blue fire from his mouth, both impacting and causing Kuwagamon's head to catch on more fire. However, it wasn't enough, as the monster angrily roared, the fires going out from the fast movements, but by then, all of them had regrouped.
"Let's finish this. Together!" Agumon said, as all of them with long ranged moves charged up.
"This is going to hurt," Agumon snickered.
Wormmon used Sticky Net again, to cover Kuwagamon's head in webbing to disorient the monster again, and giving his friends the opening they needed.
"Baby Flame!"
"Magical Fire!"
"Petit Fire!"
"Petit Thunder!"
"Air Shot!"
"Puppy Howling!"
The attacks all hit dead on, causing Kuwagamon's upper body to be engulfed in flames, the monster screeching in pain, as it thrashed around, managing to put out bits of the fire.
"One more time!" Veemon shouted, before he jumped over Agumon, the dino using his claws to give Veemon a springboard. "V Headbutt!" the strong strike hit Kuwagamon square in the head, causing the large insect to let out a choked gasp, before falling over into the foliage. A few moments later, the woods shook, as Kuwagamon flew out...and turned tail before flying away.
(End Song)
"Okay, that was new," Palmon commented.
"Which part," Miyako asked.
"The part where Kuwagamon ran away," Palmon replied back, "That jerk came back and destroyed the cliff."
Everyone stared at him for a moment, some confusion spreading at seeing him run away, before it lead to relief and cheer at the fact they'd won.
"Holy Oum! That was awesome Agumon!" Gyro said with a grin as he ran to meet up with the yellow dinosaur, having overheard the name upon him… evolving as it were.
"Thanks! Honestly we kinda surprised ourselves a little with how well that went." Agumon said with a sheepish laugh before Gyro high fived him, while everyone was starting to get reacquainted with their now changed partners.
"Damn, that was epic Veemon." Pierce said as he fist bumped the blue saurian.
"You know it was!" Veemon shot back with a grin.
Before anything else could be said… a small cracking sound was heard, making everyone stop and look around, before they heard it again, louder this time… and visible, as they saw the part of the cliff they were standing on start to crack all over.
"Oh... So... that's still going to happen or...," Jo let the question hang.
"Maybe a little too epic." Weiss said worriedly as Tentomon was grabbing onto her.
"Sorry, we didn't want to do things halfway and have him just attack us back." Tentomon said apologetically.
"You know... Why didn't we think of that," Gabumon asked, causing every digimon that was part of that fight three years ago to smack their heads at the stupidity.
"Maybe then, he wouldn't have come back to destroy the cliff," Tentomon added.
And with that, the cliff finally shattered, leaving the hunters and their partners to fall down into the river below.
"Guess it doesn't make a difference," Agumon said as he watched the gang falling.
"Well, at least this means I can finally do my impressive thing." Gomamon said from Jaune's back.
"...What!?" Gomamon asked as seven digimon were giving him an unimpressed look. "I never said that!"
"Do it now then please!" the blonde hunter said in a panicked tone.
"You got it! Marching Fishes!" Gomamon called out, nothing seemingly happening out at first, before the water bubbled up beneath them, and a moment later, a VERY large school of fishes breached the surface, practically being a rainbow of color as everyone landed on them, the rocks falling into the water around them or into holes through the school of fishes.
They all had to take a moment to catch their breaths as they were all either face first or down on their butts after landing on the fishes, looking around after the disorienting experience.
"I still saved the day," Gomamon said smugly, despite the looks he got few seconds ago.
"Don't let it puff your head," Jo scolded.
"So… you can summon a super large group of fishes?" Jaune asked his partner who let go of his back and layed down next to him, just as mentally exhausted as the others after that shocking experience.
"Yeah, but I can only do it near water, so that's a bit of a problem." Gomamon said with a sigh before smiling as Jaune pat his back.
"Hey, it just saved our lives, so it's definitely a really useful power." Jaune reassured him, earning a grateful nod from Gomamon.
"He's not wrong," Jo commented for everyone.
"Uh, not to get in the middle of this...but we've got a BIG rock incoming!" Yang said frantically.
"Right, full speed ahead!" Gomamon said, as the Marching Fishes did just that, allowing them to avoid the worst of it all.
They all let out relieved sighs as they finally had a chance to relax.
"Oh man, that was really tiring." Ruby said while Palmon snuggled up to her, nodding.
"Yeah... it kind of was," Mimi remembered it fondly, strangely enough... Considering that was a life and death situation.
"I'm so tired after all that." the plant based creature agreed with her partner completely.
"Even though we didn't do anything, just watching it and then falling down was certainly…" Blake started, stopping as she tried to look for the right word.
"Nerve-wracking?" Patamon supplied from her lap, earning a grateful nod from her and making him beam up happily.
"That's one word," Yamato agreed.
"Thankfully, the probability of an event specifically like that happening again are so astronomically low, we should be safe as long as we proceed with caution." Tentomon said from next to Weiss.
"The wording thankfully bypasses Murphy's Law." Weiss said with a sigh of relief, while the brothers were glad they could curse Murphy here without being looked at weirdly.
"I wonder about that," Koshiro muttered.
"For now, let's just worry about getting back on dry land, we probably still have a lot ahead of us." Gyro said seriously, everyone nodding in agreement, but still decided to relax just a bit longer on the school of fishes.
There was no telling what else would happen after all.
With that, the book shut itself in Wisemon's hands and floated towards the pedestal it had been in.
"So what did you guys think," Novice asked, still confined to his hover-chair.
"It was awesome!" Daisuke hollered, "The way everyone took out Kuwagamon!"
"What about the rest of you," Novice directed towards the others.
"It was good," Taichi spoke, "I mean... the events were different, but it was still awesome to see how others react to our situation."
"But hey," Gomamon then piped up, "What's this Murphy's law thingy?"
"It's an epigram that states, 'whatever can go wrong, will go wrong'," Koshiro answered.
"Kinda like saying, what could possibly go wrong, and then something goes wrong," Novice added in, "Or my personal favorite variation: Nothing bad's gonna happen to me, especially not right now."
As if summoned, the door to the room opened, allowing entry to a very annoyed looking Black. "You abandoned me on the bed again," the BlackGatomon whined with shimmering yellow eyes.
"...Minä ja suuri suuni(Me and my big mouth)," Novice complained, earning confused looks on the language he used.
"You dare not even give me aftercare, even after you forced a collar on me and made me act like a pet," Black said letting out a few tears.
"WHAT!?" Came out of the girls. While most of the guys looked apprehensive, or had their jaws go slack.
"What the-YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TRIED TO TURN ME INTO A PET!" Novice roared back, which made everyone who understood the implications go green... or pale in some cases.
"Hmm... true," Black said, now sounding like she didn't just cry, "But even though I failed to do that, I'm still walking, and you're not." After that, Black doubled over in laughter.
"...I hate you," Novice dead-panned.
"No you don't," Black retorted with a cheshire grin.
"Umm... Novice," Wisemon piped up, motioning towards the Children.
The Overseer turned his head to the Children to see their looks on their faces. "...I believe this was a good demonstration of Murphy's law," Novice said, trying to play it off. But the guy was understandably nervous.
"...I'm not even sure what I was expecting," Gatomon said with a sigh, truly pitying this fool that was sleeping with the lust incarnate.
"Aaaaanyway," Novice then said, in an attempt to change the subject, "How about we all take a break now. You can have snacks, visit my game room or library. There are also baths in case any of you feel like it."
None of the Children felt like bathing right now, least of all girls who had some... paranoid thoughts about invisible cameras recording their bathing.
"A game room might sound fun," Daisuke said, successfully thwarting the more awkward direction this could've taken.
Me: Black, I hate you so much right now.
Black: That's not what you said not too long ago.