Novice still glared at the now almost innocent looking Demon Lord... "Almost" being the key word. Because he could still see a tiny glint in her eyes that he had come to identify as "she's up to something". Sadly that glint is always there, so that doesn't indicate anything. "I'm sorry if I find that hard to believe," Novice spoke with a highly suspicious tone, "But I can't think of a time you didn't try to harrass me as Lilithmon."
Lilithmon gave her human a deadpan look. "...When have you ever allowed me to become Lilithmon for reasons other than 'venting' me," the Demon Lord asked.
Novice opened his mouth to argue before realizing something. "...Never," the Overseer said in surprise. That last time he had to go "deal" with her was a bit over due, so he had extra hard time. "...Except when I wanted to perform the experiment with Devimon's Black Gears," Novice added.
"And how many times did I try anything beyond... sayyyy, leaning against you during that time," Lilithmon then asked, having a thoughtful look for a moment.
"...You didn't," Novice said, now remembering that during that time, Lilithmon didn't try to harrass him even after they were back in his lair.
During this conversation, all the kids were once again questioning the nature of their relationship. So far, they had the impression of Lilithmon being some kind of... predator that had a bit of a pedo-streak, if her behavior toward them was any indication. So they were understandably surprised that this digimon had some kind of... "off" moment.
"...Sooo," Daisuke piped up, earning the dynamic duo's attention, "...Are we going to read the next chapter ooooor...?"
That snapped Novice out of it, " Oh! Right." And then he had a conspirational grin. "Actually, can you kids wait a moment," Novice said as he moved a bit away, while making a call. But not before making "I'll be watching you" motion towards Lilithmon who rolled her eyes.
Few moments later after the call, Ophanimon entered the room. "You called me," the angel digimon said politely, while giving a glare at Lilithmon who was openly glaring back.
"Yes," Novice said, ignoring the two's exchange, "I figured I would let you read the next chapter."
"WHAT!?" Lilithmon screeched in indignation, while Ophanimon... she looked surprised. If her partially opened mouth was any indication.
"Why me," Ophanimon asked out of curiosity.
"Given your title, I think it would be appropriate," Novice said with a mysterious look.
Ophanimon was a little skeptical about what her title had to do with this, but she chose to take a seat on a new easy chair Novice had made appear as the book floated to her.
"I suppose there is no harm in it," Ophanimon said, though she did glare at Lilithmon who was now lightly leaning against Novice with a smug smile in their shared seat.
"...Does anyone know what Ophanimon's title is," Taichi asked as quietly as possible.
"...I've heard that she's called, 'Divine Mother'," Gatomon supplied.
Now that threw everyone for a loop. Why would that kind of title matter here?
Clash! The Freezing Digimon!
The title card showed silhouettes of Frigimon and Mojyamon, ready for a fight.
"...This won't be nice," Yamato commented at the memory.
"You're telling me," Taichi replied.
Gyro and Agumon clung onto the section of land they were on, the rather violent separation of the island causing it to move at a speed that could throw them off if they weren't careful. "Hang on, buddy! We'll get through this!" Gyro shouted over the sound of rushing water.
"I know!" Agumon shouted back, clinging on for dear life.
"...Does he," Agumon commented on his other.
"...At least Gyro still has his clothes on," Taichi commented, remembering how he was at the time.
"Wait! You didn't," Sora asked in concern. Which was shared by everyone else. Which also prompted Taichi to cover his mouth, but the damage was done.
"Taichi." Hikari sounded out.
"I found my clothes later," Taichi said quickly to dispel any worries.
Pulling on his goggles, Gyro looked ahead, hoping to see where they were going. He quickly regretted it. "Uh...Agumon?" he gulped.
"Judging by that tone...something we won't like is coming isn't it?" Agumon deadpanned.
"...How is Gyro's Agumon so calm," Gabumon had to ask.
"They're getting more used to danger than you guys were," Novice supplied helpfully.
"Pretty much, yeah. Brace yourself!"
Agumon did so and good thing too, as they impacted against a larger portion of land, this one covered in ice and snow, the force shattering their section of land, and launching the two into the snow.
After a short struggle, Gyro managed to get out of the snow. "Damn...I like snow as much as the next guy, but not like this," he shivered, before quickly helping Agumon out of the snow.
"I'm just happy I found my clothes in there," Taichi commented for good measure.
"Thanks…" Agumon groaned...then he noticed what he'd accidentally pulled out of the snow. "Huh? What are these?"
Gyro peered over his partner's shoulder, before grinning widely "Nice find Agumon, those are Pandora and Ember Celica, their what Pierce and Yang use to fight." he said as he first grabbed the gauntlets, seeing that they had no bullets whatsoever and that they were stuck in active mode, but besides that Yang should be able to use them nicely to make her punches a bit harder. As for Pandora, he actually groaned, very loudly at that, as he saw that all the moving parts where rusted shut, meaning it only had it's Naginata mode available.
"Oohh, so more weapons have appeared," Daisuke commented with a grin.
"Dammit! I'm gonna kick Devimon's ass next time I see him!" He said in irritation as he put the weapons away in his pouch for now, as he had done with Ascalon, before pulling said swords back out along with spare sheaths for them as he hung them on his hip, sighing in relief as the familiar weight finally came back. Once that was done, he looked towards where Infinity Mountain was still visible. "Damn...we're really going far off…"
"...Okay, how does Gyro know that the damage was caused by Devimon," Jo felt the need to ask.
"Who else could it have been," Lilithmon commented simply as she leaned lightly towards Novice. The human never lowering his guard.
"What do we do now, Gyro?" Agumon asked frowning deeply.
"For now? Find a way off this island fragment," Gyro sighed. "We can't do anything if we die of cold or hunger first."
"Sounds like a plan," Gomamon commented.
However, before they could even begin to make a plan, a pile of snow suddenly erupted, revealing a Digimon that honestly looked like a giant snowman of some kind.
"Oh come on!" Gyro groaned in annoyance as he and Agumon dived out of the way of the charging Digimon.
"And there's Frigimon," Agumon commented.
"That's Frigimon! But why…" Agumon trailed off, as he saw on Frigimon's back, groaning to himself at the sight of the Black Gear "This is starting to get old."
Seven Children and digimon agreed wholeheartedly.
Digimon Analyzer: Frigimon
Frigimon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Snow Digimon. Its body is made up of snow and icy crystals, making it rather cold to the touch. Yet, below the icy exterior lies a warm personality… usually. Its special attack is Absolute Zero Punch, freezing whatever it hits instantly into a solid block of ice.
"Absolute Zero Punch!" Frigimon called out...in a surprisingly feminine voice...not that they really noticed seeing as they were too busy dodging the strike. Good thing too as the punch struck one of the random mailboxes that were placed in the area, freezing it solid.
"...What?" Came out of Taichi.
"What is it," Iori asked the leader of the original seven.
"The Frigimon we met was a guy," Agumon explained, earning surprised looks out of everyone.
"So it begins," Novice thought with a very evil look. Which unfortunately was caught by everyone else, and they were unnerved by it.
"Okay, we'd better NOT get hit, or we're dead," Gyro gulped at the sight. He was in no mood to be turned into an icicle. "We gotta get that Gear out!"
"Gyro, try throwing me onto her back!" Agumon said.
"Right." Gyro nodded, easily understand his partner's plan, as he lifted up Agumon, but not throwing him just yet, as he had to wait for the right moment.
"Was that how you did it, Taichi," Yamato asked, wondering if the boy could've done it.
"No, I kicked Agumon." Was the response.
"You did WHAT!?" Came out of almost everyone.
"I curled into a ball and Taichi launched me at her," Agumon thankfully explained.
"Oh... like a soccer ball," Sora said sounding relieved.
When he dashed out of the way of another punch, Gyro acted, throwing Agumon at her back, where he quickly grabbed on and built a flame in his mouth "Baby Flame!" the point blank hit set fire to the Black Gear, but it also burned Frigimon's back as she trashed around, throwing Agumon off as the gear fell out, bursting apart as it hit the ground.
"I wish I could've evolved at the time," Agumon said with a sigh.
"You were too hungry to do that," Taichi reminded him, "It was honestly a miracle you could even attack."
Eventually she fell to the ground and after a moment, got up. "Huh? What was I…?" she blinked, her voice gentle and kindly in a way that honestly reminded Gyro of how a mother would be like. Then she saw them and she seemed to remember. "Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry. I don't know why I was acting so violently. I hope I didn't hurt either of you," she said.
Novice noted how Ophanimon started smiling as she red the part about Frigimon sounding like a mother.
Apparently so did Lilithmon, considering how she was rolling her eyes.
"Its fine. Devimon was controlling you with the Black Gear, but its gone now," Agumon said.
"Yeah, anything you did while it was attached to you is all on HIS head, not yours," Gyro reassured.
"Thank you very much," Frigimon nodded. "I can tell you're both very kind."
"Awww, shucks," Agumon chuckled awkwardly, though then he also noticed Frigimon looking at them intently.
"...She seems nice," Mimi commented.
"Still a little odd," Yamato commented. More on how the motherly voice sounded less weird by the second.
"Something wrong?" Gyro asked.
"No...I think I saw a human that looked a lot like you just a little while ago. He had a Veemon with him and they were both clinging onto a flying bed," Frigimon explained.
"...So it wasn't Pyrrha this time," Yamato commented.
"A Veemon?! Then that was Pierce!" Agumon cheered that one of their friends was nearby.
"Wait a moment… you know what a human is? Most other Digimon had no clue about that." Gyro said in confusion.
Taichi took a moment to think on that, "The Frigimon we knew didn't know that either."
"Ah...well…" Frigimon sweatdropped. "I'd uh...heard about you from some other Digimon on the island. Your group HAS been making quite an impact lately," she said quickly.
Gyro looked at her dully, not buying that for a moment, but eventually, he relented, figuring she had her reasons and that it wasn't anything harmful "I guess that makes sense."
"...Why would she lie," Armadimon commented with a head tilt.
Novice's smile never left his face. "Suu suppuun. Suu suppuun(Mouth shut. Mouth shut.)." the Overseer chanted in his head to keep himself from giving anything away.
"Did you see where they fell?" Agumon asked, not at all noticing that Frigimon had lied.
Thankful for the change in subject, Frigimon nodded "Yes, they fell on that island over there." she said, pointing out towards one of the many island shards scattered about.
"That's...pretty far away…" Gyro frowned. "How are we supposed to get there?"
"Yeah, how did you get to there," Veemon asked, getting curious himself.
"Leave that to me," Frigimon smiled...well he assumed she was based on her eyes, before she walked to the water's edge.
"Absolute Zero Punch!" she called out, freezing a section of the water. "I can make a bridge with this."
"Oh." Veemon and Daisuke said in unison.
Gyro laughed dryly as he looked out over the water "Oh man, we have a few hours before we get there."
"Think we can finally eat along the way?" Agumon asked as the two followed Frigimon on the ice bridge she was slowly making.
"...Lucky them," Agumon grumbled, remembering how long he had to go without eating.
"Sure, eat up, you might need it." Gyro said with a smile as he reached into his pouch and handed him one of the remaining meat apples, Agumon plopping it all in his mouth in one bite and roasting it there. This was gonna be a long walk.
"It kind of was," Taichi confirmed.
Meanwhile, on the island shard they were headed towards…
"Ruby! Ruby!" Yang called out through the snowfall, hoping to find her little sister, Biyomon following behind her.
Yamato visibly frowned as he remembered how Yang reminded all too much of him when he was trying to look for Takeru.
"Yang, I think we might want to find shelter soon. I think the snow is starting to pick up," Biyomon said, looking worriedly at her partner.
"Just a little more, Biyomon. I know I saw a bed fall down around here somewhere," Yang said.
"Alright, but please be careful," Biyomon nodded.
"Yeah, just… hold on, over there!" Yang shouted, catching sight of something sticking out of the snow, running towards it and finding the bed she'd seen.
The Children looked worried about Yang sounding distressed about finding her little sister.
But none more so than Yamato. In fact, he could guess what the blonde huntress must be thinking.
"Well… now we just have to find whoever was on this one." Biyomon said as she walked next to Yang, brushing off some of the snow stuck to her feathers.
"You won't have to look long." the two heard, turning to see Pierce and Veemon walking towards them "We were looking for a place to wait out the snowstorm, ended up finding a cave not too far from here, we came back to use the bed as firewood." Pierce explained.
"D-did you see anyone else fall around here?" Yang said, shivering a bit as the wind picked up.
Yamato gave a glance to Gabumon, and a pang of guilt seeped into his heart. "...Gabumon... I'm sorry." the Chosen of Friendship was able to say, earning everyone's attention.
"For what?" The pelt wearing lizard had a confused look.
"...You caught a cold because of my stubborness," Yamato said with a guilty look.
"It's fine now," Gabumon said cheerfully.
"At least you learned from it," Novice added in with a smile.
"You caught a cold," Sora was the first to then ask Yamato and Gabumon in worry.
"Don't think I did, I was bit out of it after the rough landing though." Pierce answered as he scratched his head with a frown, his memory of the landing a bit blurry.
"Oh…" Yang visibly deflated. It wasn't that she wasn't happy to know she wasn't the only one who landed here, but still… "Then...do you think the others might have landed here as well?"
"By others, she means Ruby," Yamato felt the need to point out.
"By others you mean Ruby, right?" Pierce chuckled, causing her to flinch a little. "Hey, its cool. Azure gets like that all the time when he doesn't know where me and Gyro are, so I understand. But...I dunno if searching for the others is a good idea in this weather. The snow's picking up."
"We should wait in the cave we found till the snow stops," Veemon suggested.
"Well...I guess you're right," Yang sighed. "But just give me a bit more time. I've gotta at least check a bit more while the snow's not too harsh."
"...Yamato... were you looking for me back then," Takeru asked, feeling a pang of guilt at the possibility of Yamato getting hurt because of him.
"...Yes, but don't blame yourself for my stupidity," Yamato said consolingly. Though he was also a little embarrassed at the fact.
"Yang…" Biyomon said in worry.
"Well...okay...but just be careful. I think Ruby would be happier if her sister came back to her in one piece," Pierce said, scratching the back of his head. He wasn't too keen on the idea, but he didn't think trying to get Yang to not go would do much. "At the very least, I'll come with you in case someone needs to drag you back to the cave." he finished with a grin.
Gabumon felt stupid. If he had said something similar, then maybe Yamato wouldn't have wandered outside of the cave again.
Yang chuckled a bit "Thanks." she said with a nod, before they started to look around as a group.
Quickly enough, they reached an area that was void of trees.
"Huh, that's odd, I don't remember seeing a snow field before we crashed down." Veemon mused in confusion, as Yang walked ahead.
"...I don't remember a field either," Yamato commented as he looked at the out of place snow-field.
"Yeah, now that you mention it, didn't we see a… LAKE!" Pierce suddenly shouted in realization, right as the ice hidden underneath Yang's feet cracked and she fell in through the sudden hole "SHIT!" and Pierce wasted no time to dive into the water after her.
"IS HE INSANE!" The girls and most of the smart guys shouted in unison.
"What was he supposed to do? Leave her there," Novice asked in a dead-pan tone, before lifting his hand to quell any protests, "Though admittedly, he could've handled that better."
With that, everyone let Ophanimon continue reading.
"Pierce!" Veemon shouted in alarm.
"Yang!" Biyomon shouted as she quickly flew over the spot. The water rippled for a moment, before Pierce broke the surface, Yang in his arms as both of them gasped for air. With a bit of effort, Pierce managed to push her onto the edge, before Veemon helped pull him out of the water, both humans shivering as their clothes were now soaking wet.
"L-let's g-get back t-to the c-cave!" Pierce managed to say, shivering violently in the cold winds.
"This is bad," Koshiro commented on the obvious, "Soaked clothes in that kind of weather risks hypothermia.
"Sorry about this…" Yang apologized as currently she and Pierce were sitting in front of a fire inside the cave, Biyomon having ignited it with her Magical Fire.
"Hey, like I said, it's no issue, besides, I wasn't going to just let you drown now was I?" Pierce waved off her apology.
"What about their wet clothes," Mimi asked in worry.
Yang smiled a bit, before returning to looking at the fire… and then she remembered the current situation "Do you really have only one blanket?" she asked, her cheeks red, and it wasn't because she was cold.
"What?" Came out of most people at not just the question, but the reddening of cheeks.
"Yeah… at least it's pretty big." Pierce said, his cheeks equally red, as he eyed their clothes drying near the fire.
"...Did they," Miyako asked, unable to finish that sentence.
All the while Novice once again gave Lilithmon a warning glare. Which made the Demon Lord roll her eyes in amusement.
Because of how cold it was, and to avoid getting sick from remaining in wet clothes, the two had to strip down, the only thing keep their modesty was that Pierce had a large, and thankfully warm and thick blanket in his pouch, the two of them wrapping themselves up with one end of it each.
And now most of the male population and girls were also blushing as they saw the whole picture. Yang and Pierce each wrapped into one end of a blanket, with all of their clothes drying.
Lilithmon had a small almost cute smile. "Almost" being the operative word. "I must stay quiet for now." the Demon Lord thought with nefarious plans cooking up in an evil pot of malice that she calls her mind.
Not far away, Biyomon and Veemon were looking at them in worry. Looking towards the fire, they noticed that it was starting to get a bit weaker. "Ah, we'll go get some more firewood so the fire doesn't go out," she said.
"Yeah, in the meantime we'll also go look for some food too," Veemon added. "Are you two going to be okay here?" he asked.
"Don't leave them alone!" Sora suddenly shouted, before covering her mouth.
"Sora... why did you shout," Biyomon asked with a small head tilt.
"...No reason," the Chosen of Love said as her face turned red in embarrassment. Not that any of the humans could blame her.
Speaking of which... "What's going on," Iori asked in confusion, not understanding why everyone gets so worked up.
"Umm...," Miyako sounded out, before turning to Ken for help. Unfortunately, the Chosen of Kindness didn't know what to do anymore than the purple haired sixth grader did. Evidenced by his slightly panicked look.
"We shall tell you when you are older," Ophanimon supplied helpfully with a tone a mother would use.
Iori frowned at the answer, "Hey! Stop treating me like a little kid!"
"Do not yell at me," Ophanimon said with a stern tone which made Iori hang his head in shame.
"...I'm sorry." The little boy said, surprising everyone a little.
"It is quite alright," Ophanimon replied, returning to her motherly tone.
"Divine Mother indeed." was the universal thought of the Children and their digimon.
"W-we'll be fine," Pierce reassured, though they still shivered every now and then.
"Okay, if you're sure," Biyomon nodded and with that, the two of them were out in the snow again.
"Is Veemon going to be ok out there?" Yang asked after a moment as she watched the Digimon walk out.
"Yeah, I asked him the same thing earlier, he said all dragon related Digimon have an internal fire in them that keeps warm." Pierce said with a shrug.
"Do you," Daisuke asked out of curiosity.
"Yes I do," Veemon said with pride.
"I guess we won't have to worry about those two then." Yang chuckled, before shivering a bit.
"Are you sure you're okay? Aside from the fact we're both cold and wet, you don't look so great…" Pierce said in worry. Honestly, he was worried that the mix of the cold and the blonde brawler's own worries for her sister might be causing her to come down with something.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Yang answered, her teeth clacking a bit at the start.
"She doesn't sound alright," Biyomon commented.
"No she doesn't," Palmon added in.
Pierce looked at her for a little longer, before taking a deep breath "Look, you're obviously feeling even colder than I am, so I think we… uh… please don't punch me for this, but, I think we should share body heat."
"WHAT!?" Sora and Mimi cried out in outrage. Hikari's face imitated a tomato, and Miyako was steaming.
"It's a viable method, believe it or not," Novice said with a small sigh. He knew this would happen.
"I wouldn't mind doing that with you," Lilithmon said playfully, earning a stink eye from her human.
"I will put this back on, and I will find the most humiliating setting for you," Novice threatened while waving the Green Ring in front of the Demon Lord. Which promptly shut her up.
Yang stilled at his words, before slowly, her whole face turned red "Um… is that really a good idea?"
Pierce sighed "Yang, look, if you're worried about me trying anything, trust me, I'll find a way to kick my own ass for just thinking about it, not to mention what my brothers would do to me for being an idiot."
"Would they," Hikari asked, wondering if they really would.
"Yes," Novice said simply. "Or I could always hex him with impotency," the Overseer said evilly.
"We're good," Miyako said quickly, even though she wasn't entirely sure what that meant.
Even Novice doesn't understand why he loves making people squirm whenever he can. But he also knew that if he messed with any world Swift watches over, the senior would be on his ass faster than he could say: "O-ou.". The senior could also bring his army if he felt like it.
"Uh...well…" Yang was very unsure what to say. On one hand, what he was saying made sense. On the other hand… she blushed deeply at the thought of their naked bodies against each other. Had it been any other boy she might have accused them of trying to take advantage of the situation. But this was Pierce. She may have only known him for a little over a week, but in that time they'd all lived, fought, slept, and eaten together, helping each other to stay alive in this strange world. That was why in the end she decided she'd trust him. "A...alright," she nodded slowly.
A bit slowly, she scooted over to him, opening the blanket while he did the same and closing both ends around the two of them while the sides of their body touched. The two of them were soon blushing heavily as they tried to get into a somewhat comfortable position.
None of the older kids looked comfortable at the scene. Some of them having less than innocent thoughts about being in a similar situation, despite their own wills.
Ophanimon was glaring at Lilithmon who had a dreamy look on her face. But the angel digimon didn't feel like trying to figure out what depraved thoughts the Demon Lord must have of this situation.
Pierce looked around awkwardly, before clearing his throat "So… do you feel a bit warmer?"
Yang shrugged after a moment "A little bit yeah."
"I'm sure they would become warmer if-" "Lilithmon!" Novice interrupted as he brought out the Ring with a warning look, "I will put this on you and add another punishment."
"Oh," Lilithmon said, being exceptionally bold right now, "What will you do, spank me?" the Demon Lord emphasized her words by getting off the seat and giving her rear a loud smack. Complete with a moan that made the kids that didn't have magical earplugs look very uncomfortable.
Novice opened his mouth to shout something, before a nefarious idea came to him.
"...You know what, maybe I will," Novice said, earning a surprised and/or outraged looks from everyone in the room. "Here's the paddle," Novice then said before bringing out what looked like a golden rod with a glowing stone at the end of it.
It looked like Lilithmon recognized the rod, if her look of horror was any indication, "Where did you get that!?"
"I've been collecting holy artifacts before I had you hatched," Novice replied, twirling the holy rod in his hand.
"...Can we just call this momentary insubordination," Lilithmon asked, instinctively covering her rear that would be reduced to charcoal if that thing is used as a paddle.
"...I call it, Strike One," Novice said before dismissing the rod. With that, Lilithmon dared to sit back down, though it looked like she was keeping a safe distance from Novice.
All the while the Children and their digimon weren't sure if they should be relieved or worried about their host putting the Lilithmon in her place. Considering Lilithmon is one of the Seven Great Demon Lords.
Pierce simply nodded, and honestly, he wasn't sure what to do beyond this point.
He could definitely say he and Yang were friends by now, but that certainly didn't help that he found her very attractive, and while he'd had a sort of crush on her when she had been nothing more than a fictional character, getting to know her, it made that feeling come back, but as something more. Sneaking a glance at her, he quickly straightened his gaze to the fire, trying hard NOT to think about the beautiful, strong, kind, and absolutely hilarious woman sitting naked next to him...or the fact that he was pretty sure something else was rising.
The footage only showed Pierce's face at this moment, but most of the older boys had a good idea about what was happening.
Whether the girls did or not was questionable at this moment.
As for Yang, the situation was a bit too much for her. Oh sure, she'd seen guys shirtless before, usually from afar or through a screen, but this was completely different. Here she was, sitting next to a naked guy, while she too was naked. It didn't help either that she'd be lying if she said she didn't feel attracted to him. When they first met, they hit off pretty well, and after the last week...she honestly could say she'd gotten rather comfortable around him. After all, what wasn't there to like? He was strong, nice, protective, and he shared her sense of humor. Not to mention he did save her butt when she fell into the freezing water, and he'd been nothing but a gentleman so far. After a few moments, she decided to at least try to break the awkward air. "So...uh…" she started, fumbling for something to talk about. "You and Gyro sure seem close as brothers," she said, grabbing at the first thought that came to mind, before she started mentally berating herself for the rather...dumb...choice of questions and words.
"I guess... It's as good as any," Miyako said unsurely, giving a brief glance at a confused looking Iori. Honestly, she was very tempted to ask for a pair of those ear plugs for herself, but she didn't want to seem like a wussie.
"Well… we're twins, so, you know, up till a certain age, we pretty much did everything together. We were even able to do twinspeak, but that creeped Azure out." Pierce said with a shrug.
"What's twinspeak?" Yang asked with a blink, thankful she'd managed to get the ball rolling.
"Basically it's when one twin starts speaking and the other finishes the phrase. Whenever we did Azure would lock himself in his room because it reminded him of horror movies for some reason." he explained with a laugh.
"What horror movie," Takeru asked, even though he had a feeling he would regret it.
"Don't know," Novice shrugged.
"Guess you put him through the wringer, huh?" Yang chuckled...before she noticed something else. "Come to think of it...you guys only ever talk about Azure. I don't think you've ever talked about your parents."
Now this was a topic that interested the Children. They only ever heard about Azure, but not their parents.
Pierce was silent for a few moments, and Yang slowly understood why.
"Oh… I'm sorry for your loss." she said, hanging her head.
That earned sad looks. From the Children.
Pierce shook his head "Look, don't feel bad about making me remember it, me and Gyro were too young to have any memories of them when it happened anyway. If anything, Azure's the one who cries when someone mentions mom and dad."
Yang tried to picture their brother, even though she'd only seen him once, crying, and the thought brought a small laugh to her lips.
"...I guess I can't picture Azure crying either," Ken commented.
After a moment, she decided to make it fair "Well, I know about your parents, so… Ruby and I share the same dad, thankfully, he's still around, but we have different moms. According to dad, my own mom kind of just… left me with him after I was born. But, Ruby's mom, the one I actually see as my mother, she took care of me even though I wasn't her daughter, and, overall, she was basically a supermom, taking care of two kids by daytime and killing monsters by nighttime."
Another bombshell fell on the Children and their digimon.
"So they're half-sisters," Daisuke was the first to ask.
"Yes, but as far as Ruby's mom was concerned, Yang is just as much her daughter as Ruby," Novice said with a small smile.
"I am glad to hear that," Ophanimon said, sounding very happy.
Lilithmon looked like she had a few things to say, but decided to keep it to herself. Lest she risks getting spanked with a holy relic.
Though he didn't say it, those last words reminded Pierce of the lyrics to an old song, but, besides that, even though he and Gyro had started trying to figure out what happened to Summer Rose, he had to act like he didn't know… though to be fair, his next question was genuine "What happened?"
"That's what we want to know," Armadimon commented.
"We don't really know the details, but, one day mom went out on a mission, and after a few days when she didn't respond, our uncle Qrow went out to try and find her." Yang sighed "The only thing he brought back was her cape."
"But that means she could only be missing, right?" Pierce said.
"Yeah, but, if she's still alive, why hasn't she come back?" Yang couldn't help but ask, even if he didn't have the answer.
"That's a very good question," Hawkmon commented.
"Maybe there's something stopping her from getting back. There's plenty of unexplored areas on Remnant, so maybe she ended up there." Pierce answered with a shrug, as this was what he and his brothers figured was the most likely. "You never know. Maybe someday she'll be able to come back."
"You really think so?" she asked, hope creeping into her voice.
"To quote a hyperactive knucklehead ninja...believe it," he grinned. "Besides, miracles have happened before, and I'm living proof of that."
"How is he a living proof of miracles," Gomamon asked with a head tilt.
Yang smiled, before his next words confused her "How are you a miracle?"
"Well… when I was born, I was pretty sick, and I also had a weak heart. The doctors were positive I wouldn't make it past my first birthday. But, apparently mom and dad didn't give up on me, and now here I am, luckiest baby in the world grown up into a guy with good luck for a semblance."
"...That is a miracle," Koshiro admitted with a smile.
"Urgh," Lilithmon grumbled at the sappiness.
"And a real modest one too," she jabbed, lightly elbowing him under the blanket.
"I don't think either of us should be talking about modesty right now," he chuckled in return.
And that reminded them of the predicament those two were in.
"Why did it have to remind us," Jo complained.
Funny as it sounded, neither of them were feeling as embarrassed about it as they had been not long ago, evident by the laugh they shared. After their mirth died down, Yang smiled as she looked at him. "Pierce?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks," she said, and without thinking much about it, she leaned over and pecked him on the cheek.
"Aww." Came out of Mimi, while Sora smiled. Once again forgetting Yang's and Pierce's state of clothing.
His reaction wasn't what she expected honestly, as he froze up, his stare becoming vacant.
Inside Pierce's brain at the moment… well, it was best to compare it to the Blue Screen of Death. Eventually his brain rebooted, and outside his face turned into an almost goofy grin. "It...was my pleasure," he said, and despite himself, he couldn't help but add, "Especially for a pretty lady like you."
No one felt like commenting, while all the digimon wondered what the big fuzz was about.
Yang felt her face blush at that. "R-really, huh?" she gulped. "Well...I'd say you're pretty handsome yourself," she said almost shyly. The two blushed at that, averting their eyes a little, but eventually they were able to meet each other's gaze, their eyes meeting, and before long they found themselves lost in each other's eyes, their faces inching closer, and before they realized what was happening, their lips met.
They remained locked in the kiss for a few moments, before a mix of needing air and the realization of what was happening, caused them to break away. "Ah..I...uh...sorry…" they both said at the same time.
"Drat!" Lilithmon exclaimed, earning various stink eyes from the girls at trying to ruin the mood.
"No, its my fault. I mean, I DID promise I'd be a perfect gentleman and…" Pierce started.
"No, it was...okay, it was actually...really nice," Yang admitted.
The awkward air was back, before finally Pierce decided, after everything that just happened, to go for broke. "Ah screw it. Yang, I uh...got something to say actually," he said. "I...like you. As in, I like like you. I mean, I know we've only known each other for a week, but...that's...how I feel about you."
"Oohhh... Are they going to become a couple," Mimi asked eagerly.
The best way to describe Yang's blush would be atomic at this point "I… I feel the same way… I think… I've never liked someone in that way, so… I'm not sure if that's what I'm feeling." she admitted, being embarrassed over her uncertainty. "But...I don't mind...ya know...seeing where this goes...if that's okay with you."
"YES!" Mimi cheered loudly.
Pierce took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, trying to stop stuttering "That's… yeah, that sounds amazing. I'd love that." he said after a few moments, smiling at her.
Yang smiled back at him, before resting her head on his shoulder "Awesome." she whispered, finally starting to calm down.
"Yeah…" Pierce sighed, and put a hand around her waist, pulling her a little closer. With that, the two spent the rest of the evening cuddled up in front of the fire just...talking, even when their partners returned.
"OH COME ON! JUST SCREW ALREADY!"
"LILITHMON!" Novice and Ophanimon shouted in unison.
At that moment, Lilithmon clamped her hand over her mouth. Fat load of good that was gonna do. And then she actually looked a little fearful of Novice.
"...That's Strike Two," the Overseer said with a stern look. Although he was so tempted to
Lilithmon was about to say something, before getting a creampie in the face. The baked good, not the... Nevermind. "Who threw that!?" Lilithmon shouted in outrage as she peeled the said pie off her face. The Children and their digimon looked on in confusion, while Gatomon had a satisfied grin as she curled to hide it. But not before catching Ophanimon nodding in approval.
"You guys keep on reading while I take Lilithmon to wash her face," Novice said as he got up and practically dragged the soiled Demon Lord out of the room. All the while the said Demon Lord grumbled something about corn... Or corroding the bodies.
As soon as the two left, Gatomon allowed herself to laugh at what she did. "Thank you Ophanimon for giving that ammunition," the white feline said to the angel who made the thrown pie appear while Lilithmon was distracted.
"It was my pleasure," Ophanimon said with a conspirational smile.
"Wait, you threw that," Wormmon asked, completely surprised how the usually no-nonsense Gatomon did something like that.
"Ophanimon gave me a silent offer and I took it," the white feline said with a satisfied look.
Which earned lots of laughs out of the Children and their digimon. Even Hikari found it funny.
Biyomon and Veemon blinked at the sight they found when they returned to the cave, firewood and some fruit in hand, but eventually they just shrugged. Their partners seemed to be in much better mood than before, and that was just fine in their books.
Gyro yawned as finally, they reached the next island in the morning.
"So now we're back with Gyro," Patamon commented.
"Sorry you had to carry us Frigimon." Agumon said as the snowy Digimon let them off her shoulders.
"Oh, it's no problem boys, you obviously needed the sleep." she said, waving off his apology.
"I'm surprised by how warm your body felt though, I thought it would have been freezing seeing as you're made of snow." Gyro pointed out as he stretched out his limbs.
"Say what," Taichi exclaimed, earning surprised looks out of everyone, "How does that work?" The Frigimon that carried him and Agumon was physically cold.
"Yes, well, I had reasons that required me to figure out how to stop my body from being so cold." she answered a bit nervously.
"What reasons," Agumon asked, before glancing at Ophanimon.
"You will have to ask Novice when he returns," the Divine Mother said, before looking thoughtful, "Assuming of course that the reason is not revealed in this chapter."
Gyro gave her a flat stare. He never thought he'd meet someone so bad at keeping a secret, there was just no way whatever it was, it could be dangerous. Hence, in a very ironic way, he could tell she was trustworthy. "Still, thanks for the lift. Where did you say Pierce fell again?"
"Hm…" Frigimon mused as she scanned the surroundings, before pointing. "There. I think they should have landed in that forest somewhere."
"Then we'd better go look for them," Agumon said. "Let's go!"
"And I thought Pierce was a morning person." Gyro said with a roll of his eyes, smiling in amusement as they looked around, quickly finding a path that led them up into the forest.
The trip up went easily enough. Now the only problem was how large the area was. Fortunately, they didn't need to look far, as a familiar pair came into view as they entered a forest clearing. "Is that…? It is! Veemon, Biyomon, over here!" Agumon said, waving at his friends.
"That was fast," Jo commented.
"Not every second of life has to be filled with hardship," Ophanimon said soothingly.
"Yeah, Agumon and I found Yamato pretty easily too," Taichi commented.
"Ah! It's Gyro and Agumon!" Veemon cheered as he ran towards them, Biyomon flying right behind him.
"It's good to see you two are ok." she said as she touched down, before noticing Frigimon "Frigimon?" she blinked in confusion.
"Yeah, she helped us get here, made a bridge of ice and everything." Gyro explained simply.
"It was the least I could do after you got rid of that Black Gear." she told him.
"That's good to hear," Veemon nodded, glad to know another Digimon was freed from the gears. "Oh! Yang and Pierce are here too. They'll be happy to see ya!"
"Now I'm wondering how this might end up," Ken commented, remembering how Pierce and Yang are.
Which meant that Gyro might interrogate his brother about what he might've done.
"Perfect, lead the way then." Gyro said with a nod, following the blue and pink Digimon to the cave.
"They're in there, still asleep though when we went outside." Biyomon said.
Gyro grinned a bit "Great, now I can finally annoy Pierce into waking up." he said as he stepped into the cave, walking ahead a bit, before freezing mid step at what he saw. Pierce and Yang were lying next to each other under a blanket, Yang seemingly curled around Pierce. However, what REALLY got his attention was not only the bits of the blanket that was low enough that he could see their bare shoulders...he also saw their clothes lying in a pile not far away...underwear included.
Which re-ignited several blushes, despite it being pointed out multiple times.
He took a deep breath after a moment "NOPE!" he said, just a bit loud enough that it made the two start to stir as he turned around and walked back out of the cave.
"Gyro?" Agumon asked in confusion at seeing him walk back out.
"I'm waiting, I ain't waking them up when their like that." Gyro answered, crossing his arms as he looked away from the cave.
That earned several sighs of relief. As much as Taichi, Yamato and to lesser extent Jo and Koshiro might've liked the possibility of Yang accidentally jumping out of the blanket on some level, they were happy that it didn't happen.
A few minutes passed and he heard the sound of rustling in the cave, and shortly after, Yang and Pierce walked out, both fully clothed this time. An awkward silence descended on the three of them, much to the Digimons' confusion. "So uh...glad to see you're okay too, bro. Knew that monster movie reject wouldn't be able to take you down," Pierce said, though the slight blush on his face made it clear he knew Gyro had seen them. "Look...its...not what it looked like."
"What did it look like," Iori asked, once again proving that the ear-plugs did their job. Especially with what Lilithmon shouted earlier.
"You do not need to know that yet," Ophanimon said kindly, yet sternly. Which made Iori not ask anymore questions.
Gyro took a deep breath "First of all, thanks for your confidence in me, and I may have found a way to free Leomon if Devimon placed him under his control again. Secondly… if it's not what it looked like… tell me what it was then."
At that moment the door opened, allowing entry for Novice and a cleaned up Lilithmon.
"I thought you knew me enough to trust me to walk on my own," Lilithmon spoke with borderline melodramatic hurt in her tone.
"It's because I know you that I don't trust you," Novice shot back with an annoyed look. And then he turned to Ophanimon, "So, what did we miss?"
"Gyro is talking with Pierce and Yang," the Divine Mother said simply.
"Okay then," Novice said almost happily as he flopped back down into his chair, followed by Lilithmon sitting on his lap and cuddling him. "...This is new," Novice thought, being way too used to Lilithmon shoving his face into her cleavage. Or getting grabbed in ways he's not comfortable with. Now he could feel her cheek being pressed against the top of his head. And more importantly, his head was pressed against the crook of her neck, not her cleavage. As nice as this felt, Novice couldn't bring himself to not be suspicious. Their battle of wills has gone far too long for that.
If anyone could see inside Ophanimon's helmet, they would see a murderous glare directed at Lilihtmon who was smirking at the angel digimon. All the while the Demon Lord cuddled her human.
As for the Children and their digimon, they were once again confused. Because at this moment, Lilithmon didn't look threatening at all. More importantly, some of the guys felt mildly jealous. Although Daisuke had a mental image of Hikari doing that to him.
"Moving on," Ophanimon said, with barely suppressed fury as she began to read.
"You're taking this surprisingly well." Yang said with a blink.
"Hey, if you two are a couple now, I'm happy for you, I just want to be sure I don't become an uncle already." Gyro told her dryly.
All the kids that had gone through sex-ed knew what that meant. And that made them blush furiously at the thought.
"I'm sure Gyro would like to be someone's cool uncle," Novice quipped as he rubbed his head against Lilithmon's neck happily.
"He cannot possibly be that stupid! Can he?" Ophanimon thought at this human falling for that back-stabbing bitch's charms.
Both of them blushed crimson at that. "No...uh...we're still...testing the waters," Yang said. "See...I kinda...fell into some frozen water and Pierce dove in and got me out."
"And seeing as our clothes were soaked and there was a blizzard, we decided to er...share body heat," Pierce explained. "Stuff happened, we talked, so yeah...we're sorta dating now, though don't worry, nothing happened. The most we did was kiss and a bit of cuddling, though the last bit was to help keep warm."
"Sure it was," Lilithmon said playfully, right before kissing the top of Novice's head.
"Okay, Lilithmon, that's enough already," Novice said, and the Demon Lord got off him surprisingly easily.
"That was too easy," Gatomon thought. She had only known that demon as long as the others, but the white feline knew that the Demon Lord shouldn't be trusted.
Gyro looked between the two of them, before his gaze focused on Pierce, and his lips went into a teasing smirk "Azure's not going to let that pass without some teasing."
Pierce groaned at that, but he was smiling nonetheless, glad his twin was taking it nicely.
"And I just realised my father's going to try and kill you when he hears HOW we got together." Yang said, palming her face before turning to Pierce "I'm sorry in advance, but dad's just really overprotective about me and Ruby."
"...How overprotective are we talking about," Ken had to ask.
"...If he had his way, every boy on patch and Signal Academy would've died for so much as glancing at Yang," Novice said after a moment of thought.
"He can't be that bad, can he," Wormmon said in worry.
"...Maybe I am exxagerating," Novice said with a small smile, "a little." That last one was added in his head.
Pierce gulped a bit at that, but quickly smiled. "Well...I'd say it's worth it," he grinned, before pecking her on the cheek.
"Now that's what I call love," Novice said with a smile, "Not letting something as simple as your girlfriend's father stop you."
"Easy you two, don't want to get too excited," Gyro teased, earning a punch on the shoulder from Yang. "Still though, in regards to your dad, we can just have Azure talk to him first and vouch for Pierce."
"...That sounds like a good idea," Sora commented.
"That'd be good, yeah," Pierce chuckled. "Anyway...what do we do now?"
"Try to find a way to send this piece of land back towards Mount Infinity I suppose, I doubt Birdramon could travel for THAT long." Gyro said with a shrug.
"That's right," Biyomon commented, "We didn't try to fly until we were a lot closer to Mount Infinity."
"Nor did I try to swim as Ikkakumon," Gomamon added in.
"Yeah, I don't think I could." Biyomon nodded, confirming Gyro's words.
"Well...then let's try looking around. I mean, SOMETHING has to be moving this island fragment. It's not slowing down at all," Pierce said.
"I bet it's got something to do with Black Gears again," Veemon frowned.
"A good guess on their part," Gabumon commented.
"That's very likely," Yang nodded.
"Think you have any ideas, Frigi...where did she go?" Gyro blinked.
"Wait, the big snowman I saw when I walked out was a woman?" Pierce said, having seen her when he exited the cave but then he had focused on Gyro.
"Trust me, it surprised me as well." Gyro told him.
"The Frigimon we met kind of walked away without saying anything to us," Agumon commented, remembering the Frigimon they met.
"Why," Veemon asked.
"I'll check up high." Biyomon said before taking off, getting some decent height before scanning the area, coming back down after a few moments and pointing towards the trees "She's over there, she's walking back over here with some food in her arms."
"That's why," Agumon commented, answering Veemon's question.
"Oh… well that's nice of her." Yang said as the snow woman walked back into the area, carrying fruits and vegetables in her arms.
"I figured you'd all be hungry since you just woke up, so I went digging for some things to eat." she told them as she got closer to them.
"Wow, you got a lot!" Biyomon cheered.
"Of course, I've had experience taking care of young Digimon," Frigimon smiled, before giving the humans some fruit specifically. "Here, this is safe to eat," she said. "In the meantime, I'll go look around the area first." With that, she was soon gone.
"...She really acts like a mother," Patamon commented.
"...she's definitely dealt with humans before," Gyro deadpanned once she was gone.
"...Now that she mentions it," Hawkmon started, "She did know what was safe for a human to eat."
"But when we were in the Digital World, there were no other humans there," Jo commented.
"Despite you foaming about there having to be," Gomamon quipped.
"Can you please stop that!?"
"Nope," the seal said with an evil grin.
"Moving on," Novice commented before things could escalate as he moved to give Lilithmon a quick peck on the cheek.
"You sound like you had your suspicions already?" Pierce asked as he munched on some berries.
"Well, last night she knew what a human was when we had just met her. She tried to play off that other Digimon have been talking, but we haven't been anywhere near the snowy area yet, and all the Digimon we've encountered up to now have been pretty much stationary." Gyro explained while biting into a normal apple.
"But that's impossible. I mean, its not like some other humans came here first...right?" Yang said.
"That's what we thought at first, until we found out we weren't the first," Koshiro commented, before giving a curious look to their host, "Did any humans arrive before the Remnantians?"
"Secret," Novice said with a perfect poker face.
"So there has been othe humans," Koshiro said thinking he got the Overseer.
"Secret." The man didn't flinch.
"So has there been any or not," Tentomon asked next, looking as confused as you could with his face.
"Secret."
"...Just keep reading," Koshiro gave up, hoping that there was an answer in one of the other chapters, if not this one.
"Honestly...I can't say anything to that," Gyro sighed. "This world kinda has a habit of throwing curveballs our way."
"Ok, so, possibility of other humans aside, how about we look around soon for any signs of Black Gears?" Pierce said.
"Yeah, hopefully it's something we can reverse easily." Gyro said with a sigh.
"All we had to do was destroy them when we found them underground," Gabumon commented.
However, before they could even start to do anything, they heard a roar. Looking up…
"...first a snow woman, now a yeti…" Gyro blinked before they all dove out of the way, as the new Digimon landed where they had once been.
"It's Mojyamon," Agumon commented.
"It's Mojyamon!" Agumon said in alarm.
That earned laughs out of everyone.
Digimon Analyzer: Mojyamon
Mojyamon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Rare Animal Digimon. A rarely seen Digimon who prefers to live on mountains, Mojyamon is usually a rather relaxed Digimon. Though should anyone enter its den with clearly hostile intentions, they'll be met with force. Its special attack is Bone Bone Boomerang, throwing the bone of a skeletal Digimon that has been fashioned into a boomerang.
"And he's got a Black Gear on him!" Veemon added as they all saw the gear stuck on his chest.
"...okay, when we meet tall dark and ugly again, I'm gonna kill him," Pierce deadpanned.
"I agree," Veemon commented.
"I'm calling some dibs too," Yang agreed.
"I think we all want a piece of him when we get the chance," Biyomon frowned.
"You're telling us," Biyomon commented.
"Speaking of which…" Gyro started, before quickly pulling out Pandora and Ember Celica. "Look what Agumon found in the snow," he grinned.
"Wait… are they broken?!" Pierce asked, obviously angry as he grabbed Pandora.
"Yeah, I think Devimon did something to them. We're lucky he picked up the idiot ball and didn't outright destroy them." Gyro said with a sigh.
"I still wonder why he thinks it was Devimon specifically," Jo commented.
"Well the weapons were in pristine condition when they last had them," Koshiro pointed out.
"So it's very likely that Devimon, or some other digimon did something to them," Tentomon added in.
"That makes sense," Hikari commented.
"Well, I got a few spare shells, and the nozzle is still fine on this one at least." Yang said as she inspected the right gauntlet, before slipping it on her wrist.
"Save them for Devimon, he deserves to eat a facefull of bullets!" Biyomon told her, earning a grin from Yang.
"I like that idea." the blonde brawler said, before ducking underneath Mojyamon's boomerang.
"Baby Flame!" Agumon launched a fireball at Mojyamon, only for the yeti like Digimon to jump out of the way "He's too fast for me to hit!"
"Pandora's no good either. All the mechanisms aren't working!" Pierce added, TRYING to get his weapon to shift into something that could help against Mojyamon...but no dice.
Gyro dashed forward using the wind to TRY to hit Mojyamon, but the Digimon simply slid on the snow, easily evading him. "Dammit! He's got the home field advantage! That's why he's so fast!"
"And he's pretty nimble by himself anyway," Yamato added in.
"Magical Fire!" Biyomon called out, firing her attack, but once again Mojyamon simply evaded.
"This isn't working!" Veemon said through gritted teeth. "Should we evolve?"
Before anyone could either agree or shoot down the idea, Frigimon ran out of the woods, and in her sudden appearance, actually clotheslined Mojyamon. "You will not harm the children!" she said, looking at him angrily. Mojyamon quickly recovered and only responded with a feral shout as he charged at her with an icicle, but she soon met him head on with one of her punches, sending him skidding back. Rebounding, he lashed out with a flurry of kicks, to which she managed to block them all, before countering with several punches that would make a boxer proud.
"Now that is an admirable mother," Ophanimon said with a proud tone.
For once Lilithmon didn't even look disgusted or otherwise annoyed, she just focused on cuddling Novice. Although she did move out of his lap and took a little more space between them so as to not make him uncomfortable.
"Holy shit." Gyro breathed in shock at seeing the Digimon who had been acting almost like a nanny up to now fighting like a veteran.
"Wow… nobody ever mentioned that about her." Agumon blinked in surprise.
"She's like a whole other Digimon." Veemon said in surprise.
"Did she fight in a war or something," Daisuke asked, which made Novice flinch a little. Although no one noticed except Lilithmon.
"She kind of reminds me of mom a bit honestly." Yang said after a moment, seeing a few similarities between the Digimon and her mother.
"...Well, she did say their mom was a super mom," Hikari supplied helpfully.
Back to the fight, Frigimon had sent Mojyamon reeling with a headbutt to the head...though how a snowy head could be so hard was anyone's guess. She was already winding up and throwing another punch, when at the last moment, Mojyamon seemed to get his wits about him, and managed to grab her arm, and using the momentum to throw her over his shoulder. Frigimon grunted as she landed on her back, but before she could even start to get up, Mojyamon had already jumped and was coming down at her with an icicle ready to impale the kind Digimon...or that was what WOULD have happened, if he wasn't struck in the face with what appeared to be a large red boomerang, knocking the out of control Digimon off course, causing him to land on his face a bit further away.
That earned surprised looks out of everyone.
"Where did that come from," Taichi was the first to ask.
The boomerang flew back to its owner who caught it easily, all eyes following it until they saw said owner.
It was a boy, roughly around the age of 12 or 13 judging by his height, and he looked like a native american in a way, wearing a sleeveless yellow shirt, short orange pants, sandals, shin guards and arm guards that were purple in color, a necklace hanging around his neck with a few black feathers with purple tips on them, a dark green cloak hanging around his shoulders, probably able to cover most of his body. His skin was dark, with two blue fang like marks painted on his cheeks and pointing at his golden colored eyes, a mop of dark blue hair on his head, a red band tied in his hair, falling next to his face.
"ANOTHER HUMAN!?" Was the universal reaction from the Children and their digimon.
Standing next to him, was a child sized owl like Digimon with black feathers, although his tail feathers were red, wearing a purple ninja vest, and much like Biyomon, the tips of his feathers had claws on them that seemed to act like fingers, though they were purple, while his talons were red.
"And he has a Falcomon," Gatomon added in.
There was a long pause for a moment, until…
"Wait! There's another human here?!" Gyro said, completely thrown for a loop.
"And he's got a Falcomon with him too." Agumon noted as he looked at the owl like Digimon.
Digimon Analyzer: Falcomon
Falcomon. Vaccine Type. A Child Level Bird Digimon. Trained in the ninja arts, Falcomon is a Digimon who prefers covert action when outnumbered, yet is not afraid to stand out in the open when the situation calls for it. While capable of flight, he has the strange quirk of preferring to fly in the air while attached to a kite. His special attack is Shuririnken, throwing a barrage of kunai and shuriken.
"That looks nothing like a falcon. Who the hell came up with that name?" Pierce said, his eyebrow twitching a bit at the name that made no sense.
It was sad to say, but the Children weren't even phased by something like that anymore.
"Shouldn't we be more worried about what a little kid is going here?" Yang deadpanned slightly. Sure the name was weird, but was that really important?
However, anymore arguments were stopped dead when Frigimon saw the boy and spoke in alarm. "Keenan!"
"Keenan? Is that his name," Takeru questioned.
"And Frigimon knows him," Patamon added in.
"You leave Frigimon alone!" the boy, apparently named Keenan, said as he threw his boomerang again, but this time Mojyamon was ready and batted it aside...only to find a number of shuriken and kunai just inches away from him...and they seemed to have small bombs attached to them. Mojyamon had only a moment to widen his eyes, before they exploded in his face, causing him to stumble back in pain.
"It looks like they know each other," Hawkmon said in surprise.
"Keenan, let's end this quickly," Falcomon said.
"Right!" Keenan nodded in agreement, before reaching for his belt, and pulling out a device.
"Is that...a Digivice?" Pierce blinked at the sight of the object. It was more or less round-ish, despite the somewhat cross shaped body. It was predominantly white, with a dark purple ring around the screen, as well as a dark purple strap, and a pair of dark purple buttons under the screen, as well as what appeared to be some kind of slot on the side. They soon got their answer when the device, and Falcomon, started to glow.
"What kind of digivice is that," Koshiro questioned. It was unlike theirs and the D3s.
(Play EVO by Wild Child Bound)
On the screen of the device, a word was typed out. "Evolution," came a drone like voice, before what appeared to be a wireframe egg formed on the screen of the device, before it released waves of dark purple colored energy.
"What's going on now," Daisuke wondered aloud as the music played and the new evolution sequence came out.
Falcomon stood strong as the waves enveloped him, cocooning him within the wireframe egg. "Falcomon, Evolution!" he called out as his skin seemed to peel off, revealing a wireframe of his body underneath, as energy surged, before his form reshaped, and data began to gather, reconstructing his flesh over his new body, till finally the egg couldn't take anymore, and with an explosion, Falcomon's evolved form was revealed. He'd gone from an Owl-like Digimon to an Ostrich-like Digimon. He was completely clothes in a purple ninja attire, a yellow scarf around the base of his neck, his feathers going from black to beige colored with orange tips, and tufts of orange feathers came out the back of the cloth covering his head, looking like hair, and having a similar look to the many feathers on his tail end, as a scar covered his new beak. "Peckmon!"
The Children and their digimon had apprehensive looks at the way the beginning of the evolution sequence played on the screen.
Digimon Analyzer: Peckmon
Peckmon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Bird Digimon. Thanks to his long legs, Peckmon is able to cover great distances in a short amount of time. Peckmon follows the way of the ninja, dealing with his enemies quickly and making use of his various weaponry hidden in his feathers. His special attack is Spiral Claw, spinning like a drill with his talons pointed at the enemy.
Not wasting any time, Keenan jumped onto his partner's back, and the two soon took to the skies, Keenan throwing his boomerang towards Mojyamon, who tried to guard against it, and managed to knock it aside...but left himself once again vulnerable as Peckmon plowed one of his strong legs into his face.
"That looks so cool!" Daisuke cheered at the awesome move.
And everyone else agreed.
Mojyamon grunted in pain, before trying to fight back, but Peckmon was faster, and in a blur, he evaded the hit, before Mojyamon was suddenly knocked forward as Peckmon had gotten behind him and delivered a savage kick...right to the butt. Mojyamon was only getting angrier and angrier, but with how fast his opponent was...his fury was ultimately impotent as he was peppered from pretty much all directions.
"Wow, I thought Gatomon was fast." Biyomon said in surprise.
"I can barely see him, with Gatomon you at least manage to see her a bit when she moves." Veemon added.
"Gatomon." Hikari sounded out.
"I can barely keep up," Gatomon admitted, sounding a little jealous.
"It's just an oversized bird," Lilithmon commented, but no one was paying attention to her.
"I forgot how fun it was to watch a good curbstomp." Pierce said with a grin.
"Well, you know what they say, there's no kill like overkill." Gyro added with his own grin.
"That's a pretty badass saying." Yang noted as she glanced at him.
"It definitely applies in this case too." Agumon said with a nod of approval.
"Sometimes it's not about the level, but about the match," Novice said with a small smile, "In this case, Mojyamon is outclassed in speed, plus he's not exactly sound of mind."
"That's true," Koshiro admitted.
By now Mojyamon was far too dizzy to fight back, something Keenan and Peckmon realized as well. "Let's end this!" Keenan said, earning a nod from Peckmon. Hefting his boomerang again, Keenan jumped off of Peckmon, aiming right for the dizzy Mojyamon, while Peckmon flew back, getting some range.
"Spiral Claw!" Peckmon called out, spinning like a drill as he launched himself at Mojyamon, the two hitting the dazed mon dead on, knocking him back a good distance till he crashed into a rock face, which cracked and crumbled, revealing a mass of black gears, while the black gear in Mojyamon's chest flew out and shattered, the Digimon soon glowing...and shrinking back down to a more normal size for his species.
"The Mojyamon we faced was also oversized," Yamato was able to comment, despite witnessing an awesome smackdown.
(End Song)
Mojyamon shook himself as he got up, looking around in confusion "Huh? How did I get here?"
"Oh thank god he's normal now." Gyro breathed in relief, turning to where the kid was and about to thank him, only to blink in confusion when he and Peckmon were both gone.
"How the heck did they do that?" Hawkmon exclaimed, earning a laugh out of Novice.
"Asked one who's armor evolution is a ninja," the Overseer said, making the hawk digimon blush in embarrassment.
"But how was there a human other than the 10 Remnantians," Mimi asked.
"Just keep reading," Novice said simply.
"Well… that was a pretty quick getaway." Pierce said after a moment, noticing the same thing.
At the same time, Agumon and Biyomon had both walked up to the mass of Black Gears, glaring at them "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Agumon said.
"Destroy them!" Agumon cheered.
"Totally." Biyomon said with a nod, as both of them launched their attacks at the gears, damaging them as much as they could. Turns out this was enough, as almost immediately there was a visible shift they could feel.
"Did that do it?" Veemon asked.
"One way to find out," Gyro said as he climbed a tree, and put on his goggles. "Hey, Infinity Mountain is getting closer! I think it worked!"
"So it does work the same way it did for Taichi and Yamato," Jo commented.
"Alright, this is good, we're heading back, and when we get there, we're gonna kick his ass!" Yang said as she punched her fists together.
"I'm gonna enjoy this a bit more than I probably should." Pierce chuckled.
"Same here." Gyro said with a smirk as he jumped down, before turning to Frigimon, who was looking out over the area, trying to find something, or if his guess was right, someone.
"I hope he's okay." she whispered to herself in worry.
"Frigimon." Gyro called out as he walked to her, getting her attention "I think it's safe to say by now you definitely didn't hear about humans from other Digimon."
"...Now that Gyro mentioned it, that Frigimon knew that boy," Patamon pointed out.
"How, though," Takeru wondered aloud.
"Like I said, keep reading," Novice replied as Lilithmon was nuzzling his neck in a way that wasn't uncomfortable to him. "You're awfully affectionate," Novice commented in mild amusement.
"Perhaps it's time I considered what you want from our relationship," Lilithmon said in a teasing tone.
"Uhhhhh...," Surprisingly, Novice blushed at the statement.
"I'm just teasing you, relax," the Demon Lord said with a small laugh. Finally detaching herself completely while hiding her feminine giggle behind her ungauntleted hand.
Frigimon looked away for a moment, before sighing as she nodded "You're right, I didn't, in fact, I already met some of your race."
"Like the boy I'm guessing? Keenan, right?" Pierce asked as he came up behind his brother.
"That's right, though Keenan is a bit special." Frigimon said with a bit of a laugh "He's my son, well, adopted, but still."
"A son?" Sora and Mimi questioned in unison. Before awwing at the cuteness alongside Hikari and Miyako.
"Wow." Gyro breathed in surprise "That's… definitely not something I expected when I woke up this morning."
"...Neither did we when we started this chapter," Ken added in. Though it was a nice surprise.
"He's been in the Digital World for the last 10 years, and I found him back when I lived on the WWW continent." Frigimon explained, and they were all sure if she had a mouth she would be smiling wistfully. "Its a long story really."
"Eh, we got time," Gyro shrugged.
"Alright then," Frigimon nodded, and began to tell them her tale.
At that moment the book shut itself in Ophanimon's hand. The angel digimon having a very content look on her face. "So that was why you wanted me specifically to read this," Ophanimon asked with a small smile, ignoring the actually innocent looking Lilithmon.
"But why didn't we get to hear Frigimon's tale," Taichi asked, getting curious about this Frigimon.
"Because it's not important right now," Novice replied simply before giving Lilithmon a loving look. "By the way, I'm glad you're finally coming around," the Overseer said to the Demon Lord who smiled with a forlorn look.
"...Does this mean you'll forgive me for being out of line," Lilithmon asked hopefully.
"...Let's not get ahead of ourselves, but I'm still happy that you've come around. I truly am," Novice said tenderly. "Now come here, you," Novice said before pulling the sexy female digimon into a loving kiss.
Which weirded out the Children, who still had Lilithmon's sexual harrassment fresh in their minds.
However, Ophanimon suddenly got up, "NOVICE, IT'S A TRAP!"
But it was useless, Lilithmon grabbed Novice by the back of his head and deepened the kiss which made the Overseer spasm in the grasp until his eyes rolled to the back of his head. And then he went limp, which prompted Lilithmon to break the kiss with the look of an evil villain who just achieved total victory.
"AHHHAHAHAHAHAAAA! I FINALLY DID IT! NOVICE'S WILL IS MINE AT LAST!" Lilithmon cheered extremely loudly. Complete with a villain laugh.
"NOVICE!" Taichi shouted at their host who opened his eyes. And to everyone's horror, his pupils had turned into pink hearts.
"Who do you serve," Lilithmon asked haughtily.
"...I serve Mistress Lilithmon," Novice said submissively and with utter devotion in his voice.
At this point, the Children had gotten up from their couches with their partners ready for battle.
"Eden's Javelin!" Was then heard, which turned out to be Ophanimon charging at the Demon Lord with her golden javelin glowing with holy light.
"Nazar Nail!" Lilithmon countered with her gauntlet.
The two attacks clashed for a time, before pushing the angel and demon away from each other.
"You won't get away with this," Ophanimon shouted as she made a holographic screen appear.
"Stop her!" Lilithmon commanded and to everyone's horror, Novice did just that. With a wave of his hand, the screen was gone. And no matter how many times Ophanimon tried, she couldn't bring it back up.
"Darn it! Children, leave the room and get help," Ophanimon shouted at the Children.
"But we want to help," Hikari argued.
"Do as I say!" Ophanimon shouted back, "The opponent is one of the Seven Great Demon Lords. You can't beat her."
"Phantom Pain!" Lilithmon called out her greatest attack, but nothing happened. "What!? Phantom Pain!" Lilithmon tried again with same results. And once more, until she remembered something. "Oh, right. Novice, be a good little slave and release my Code Crown completely."
"Don't do it!" Sora cried out.
"Snap out of it!" Biyomon added in.
Unfortunately, it looked like their cries were falling on deaf ears, as Novice brought out his digivice and began the chant that would completely release Lilithmon from his limited control.
Lotosmon: Why do I get the feeling there's an emergency going on right now?
Minervamon: I don't know. Besides, if by "emergency" you're talking about Lilithmon, I'm sure Ophanimon is more than enough to contain her.