Black: *uses sad kitty eyes* Please let me out of this carrier.
Lotosmon: *Without looking up from her book* No.
Black: Please. Can you really say no to this face?
Lotosmon: How should I know? I'm not seeing it right now. *still refuses to face Black*
Daisuke couldn't believe it. With UlforceVeedramon's speed he was sure that they could now beat Beelzemon. Sure it gave an advantage, but as it turned out the experience gap that was mentioned so many times in the story became the defining factor. The experience in this case being that this isn't the first time Beelzemon had to fight UlforceVeedramon, which meant that the demon lord of Gluttony knew how to deal with it. On the other hand, UlforceVeedramon didn't have any experience against Beelzemon's full power. Or rather, the Demon Lord's true power.
Daisuke cradled DemiVeemon who looked thoroughly trounced as he glared at the Demon Lord who had his left hand on his hip while his black feathery wings fluttered behind him. Beelzemon's right arm on the other hand was replaced with a monstrous looking cannon, and his normally red eyes were now green. This is Beelzemon's true power, Beelzemon: Blast Mode.
"Not bad kid." Beelzemon complimented with a cocky grin, "But the UlforceVeedramon I knew would have kept his head in the game right up until the end."
DemiVeemon glared at the Demon Lord despite being hurt badly. Even after Beelzemon entered Blast Mode, UlforceVeedramon still had a speed advantage. Unfortunately the Royal Knight let it go a little too much into the head and became predictable in his movements. Predictable enough for Beelzemon to give one well placed Darkness Claw in the face before following it up with a quick Death Slinger in the chest. And just when UlforceVeedramon recovered from that, Beelzemon had already fired Chaos Flare upon him. Surprisingly the Demon Lord held back just enough that the dragon knight simply reverted to his baby form.
The Demon Lord then turned his gaze to the other Chosen who had come down to check on their friend. "How about I take on the rest of you too right here right-" Beelzemon was interrupted by him glowing yellow and his form being stripped along with his Code Crown to Novice's Digivice. "Are you serious?!" Impmon complained at being reverted.
"Very much," Novice said as the rest of the yellow light was absorbed and the Venus lock was re-engaged. The Overseer then turned to the Children and their partners, "As you can see here, Beelzemon: Blast Mode, if he had used his full power, had enough firepower to give Omegamon a run for his money."
"Wait, he was holding back?!" Jo exclaimed in shock.
"Yes and no." Novice said, "Beelzemon wasn't blasting UlforceVeedramon with everything he got, but it did take all he had to keep up."
Impmon seemed to grumble in annoyance about being a spoilsport.
"What are you complaining about? You got to fight a strong opponent." Novice said to the imp Digimon.
"...I guess." Impmon conceded with an annoyed look.
Novice then turned to badly bruised DemiVeemon, "As for you, I'll have Ophanimon heal you, though she won't be happy about hearing this."
The angelic Digimon probably has no idea what is going on in here, and hearing about Beelzemon Blast Mode being loose would not sit well with her. Even though the term "loose" is very loosely used in this case.
As Novice expected, Ophanimon did give him an earful while pulling on Daisuke's own ear after healing DemiVeemon. Daisuke's treatment was punishment for challenging Beelzemon, and Novice got lectured for allowing it. Most of the other boys felt sorry for Daisuke being treated like this, while others were surprised that Novice just stood and took the lecture. The girls on the other hand left for the reading room, for they felt a little intimidated by the Divine Mother.
Soon enough, Daisuke returned with Novice. The frizzy haired boy was nursing his ear while having fully healed DemiVeemon in his other arm.
"Are you okay, Daisuke?" Hikari asked as the boy took his seat.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Daisuke said while giving Novice a small glare. As far as he was concerned, his ear throbbing was their host's fault.
"So, everyone ready for the next reading?" Novice said as he took his seat while opening up a holographic screen.
"I guess we are." Yamato said, not finding a reason not to be. And maybe this could help Daisuke forget his pain.
"Okay then." Novice waved his hand while still working on his screen and the book floated to Gomamon.
"Oh, I get to read this time." Gomamon said as he put the book down and opened it with his flippers.
Loose ends
The title card showed silhouettes of Sun and Penny with their partners.
"Loose ends?" Biyomon tilted her head.
"Maybe things from canon timeline that they need to deal with." Sora theorized.
"Ahha!" Novice said as he closed the screen and a large pink clam manifested on his lap. The clam in question had holes at the top where round yellow eyes with wide black pupils stared out of it. It had a black skull marking slightly above the eyes while the eye-holes had black mask shaped coloring and along its seams were sharp teeth unevenly. "Everyone, say hello to Syakomon."
"Syakomon?" All the digimon said in slight confusion.
"Say hello, Syakomon." Novice said in turn, but the clam didn't answer.
"Hello." Was the muffled reply from the clam that didn't even open its mouth.
"Come on, don't be shy." Novice said while petting the top of the clam. "Come out and say hello properly."
"No." Syakomon said flatly.
"Suit yourself." Novice shrugged before motioning Gomamon to continue.
Although some like Koshiro and Iori wondered what Novice meant by Syakomon "coming out", they decided to focus on the reading.
The night fell on Beacon Academy, as many students were preparing for bed. However, in one room of the castle, the residents weren't getting ready for bed, on account of them laughing up a storm.
"Now I wish I was there to see THAT!" Ilia laughed as currently she was spending time with teams RWGBY and JNPPR in their dorms. She'd switched out her previous outfit with a more casual look consisting of a short black jacket with two tails, with a gold zipper, buckle and buttons and with a white interior. She also had a gray short top that exposes her midriff, maroon jean pants, black sneakers and black matching wristbands.
The Children and their partners got curious about what could be so funny. And then they remembered that they were planning something to counter team CRDL in the field trip.
"Yeah, it really was something. I'd feel bad if it wasn't from a complete Jackass like Cardin!" Gyro laughed, the scene from their field trip replaying in his head.
The field trip had gone normally, with the two teams sticking close and gathering sap together… which was made a bit longer by Nora eating some of the jars quickly ("Oh come on, this stuff is delicious!").
"Is it like maple syrup?" Mimi asked with a curious look.
Novice shrugged his shoulders at the question, "Don't know, but probably."
Then the Digimon had overheard team CRDL readying themselves for revenge, and simply gave a small "Idiots incoming." before Gyro casually used his semblance to send the jar of sap back flying, and Pierce's semblance must have turned on at the same time, as Russel dropped the box full of VERY angry Rapier Wasps.
"Umm... Jo?" Takeru asked with a small wince.
Guessing what the Chosen of Hope was asking, Jo consulted the guidebook. "There's no mention of Rapier Wasps or how they're different from the wasps back on Earth. It only says that they like sweet things."
"Like the sap." Patamon voiced mere moments before everyone else made the connection.
The show that got them had been rather entertaining as they watched CRDL being chased by Rapier Wasps while covered in tree sap.
Then the Ursa came and scared away the wasps, before chasing CRDL itself, attracted by the scent of the sap.
"I have heard about bears liking honey, but this is new." Mimi said, now laughing as the image of the said events flashed on the screen along with everyone else.
The teams continued to watch the show for a few minutes still, until Ruby shot the grimm right between the eyes, making it collapse and fade into smoke.
They did add an extra bit to CRDL's misery though, this one being mostly Nora's idea, as she threw what some people might mistake for a grenade… but it was something FAR more hilarious.
A rather interesting bomb that was double layered, as in, there was a second bomb hidden inside, the first layer had contained pink paint, which completely covered Team CRDL. After that, the second bomb inside went off, and covered the team in sparkles and glitter.
"How did she even do that?" Koshiro marveled at the feat of engineering Nora did.
It had taken months for Nora to figure out how to make the bomb work, and she was damn proud of it. The end result well...it was a miracle they hadn't died laughing seeing as team CRDL had gone from neanderthal bullies to...something that would look right at home in a girly girl kids cartoon show what with them being bright pink, and having all the glitter you'd imagine coming from fairies.
"I would never watch it with those idiots on it." Mimi joked and everyone laughed. All the girls agreeing in their minds.
Suffice to say, team CRDL would be the talk of the school for weeks to come, especially after the rounds of laughter they kept getting from everyone who saw them like that, making for a week they'd NEVER forget...and probably cementing how much they REALLY wanted their blood now. But it was soooo worth it.
"It's not like they can actually do anything to them." Gabumon commented from what they had seen of the idiotic team.
"Don't underestimate the resentment they can harness." Came out of Syakomon, surprising everyone.
"Syakomon, these guys are as dumb as Bakemon." Novice then said.
"Then they will destroy themselves while trying." Syakomon said matter of factly.
Gomamon shook his head and continued reading.
"Oh man, after seeing what those guys WOULD have done, I'm honestly not sorry in the least about what we did," Jaune said with another laugh.
"Your telling me. Those jerks got what was coming to them." Gomamon said with a laugh of his own.
"We'll have to be careful though, they'll probably want revenge." Tentomon pointed out.
"Their not the brightest, so any revenge scheme would be pretty obvious to spot." Pierce said with a shrug.
"Betcha they'd try the 'bait and box' trap, thinking we'd fall for it." Veemon chuckled.
"Are they that stupid?" Syakomon asked, eyes darting towards the Chosen and their partners.
"From what we have seen, probably," Agumon said, earning chuckles out of everyone. And then there's the fact that these morons are actually older than any of the Children.
"If they actually do, I say we trick THEM into falling for it," Biyomon laughed at the mental image.
"Novice, calling these guys as dumb as Bakemon is an insult to Bakemon if this would happen." Syakomon said earning more laughs from everyone at the thought of there being humans dumber than Bakemon.
"Well, as funny as it was, what was our next 'incident' again?" Ren said with a small smirk.
"That'd be when we 'find out' that Blake is a Faunus," Gyro said, before smirking a bit. "And hey look, she's got her cat ears proudly displayed. She must be a Faunus. Shock and gasp," he said melodramatically.
"It seems I've been found out." Blake said with a smirk.
"And look at me, I'm secretly a faunus too." Ilia added as her skin changed color, playing along with the joke.
"So yeah, bla bla bla, we go looking into foreign students to 'observe' them for the tournament, White Fang did some dust robberies, Weiss does a bit of semi-justified rants on Faunus, Blake isn't too happy, cue Sun showing up, having stowed away, chase after him, meet Penny, more past induced semi-racist rants, and Blake loses her temper and blows her secret," Pierce listed off. "Naturally a good chunk of that isn't happening, though we might as well see if Sun still showed up via stowing away, then there's Penny."
"I'm honestly glad we don't have to go through that kind of drama. Really not proud of how I used to be," Weiss sighed.
Everyone smiled a little on Weiss not being proud of how she was before. But then again, the Chosen all had moments they weren't proud of.
"To be VERY fair, living under Jacques wasn't easy, neither was the whole 'friends and business associates going missing' bit. Hence why Pierce said 'semi-justified'," Gyro consoled.
"So, just to check again, I just have to call Penny friend and she'll want to be my friend?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, poor girl's really starved for social interaction, so far she's only had Ironwood, her dad, and probably some students to talk with, and Atlas students all have a stick up their ass… well, most of them do." Pierce said, quickly amending that due to a mix of remembering 2 particular lively Atlas students...and the small glares from Weiss and Pyrrha who's sisters either graduated or are currently in, Atlas.
"Then there's the question of Digimon," Blake mused. "I mean, if they've showed up all over the world, then odds are students from other academies have partners too."
"Well, it SHOULDN'T be a problem, but that IS something to remember," Gyro mused. "At any rate, its probably still a month or two away, so no point in overthinking for now. Just...act natural when the time comes," he shrugged.
"Figuring out the amount of time between episodes is a pain huh?" Yang mused as she leaned back into Piece's chest, sitting between his legs.
"Yeah, volume 1 seemed to imply a few months happened in between some of the episodes, it was starting with volume 2 that time seemed a bit more crunched, since most people think Volume 2 took place within a month, maybe 2 at most, while Volume 3 was most certainly confined to a week or two." Pierce summed up.
"The pacing sounds a little off." Yamato commented.
"Yeah, when I first watched the two volumes I had no idea of the time that passed." Novice admitted, "One of the show's numerous weak points."
"What other weak points does it have?" Sora asked.
"I'd rather not go into them." Novice said with an awkward look, "Too many to count."
"Is the show... bad?" Iori then asked.
Novice shrugged, "It's not perfect, but I find it enjoyable most of the time."
"Well...at least that's not too bad," Jaune blinked, not sure what else to say.
"For now, we'll just have to take things as they come. Its when the Vytal Festival hits…" Wormmon trailed off, before a thunk was heard...and they saw that Gabumon had buried his horn into a rough drawing of Cinder's face.
There was a bit of silence between the group at that, while Gabumon glared at the drawing "So… anybody else would pay to see THAT?" Agumon said, nodding his head at Gabumon.
"I would." Palmon said with a nod, which spread through the rest of them.
Everyone let out a small chuckle at what Gabumon's other did.
"Is Cinder really that bad?" Gabumon then asked, "I mean, she works for Salem but..."
"Let's just say that since volume 2 I screamed many times in my head: Someone please wipe that smirk off her face!" Novice finished with a mock angry scream.
"So she's like an entitled villain." Taichi said.
"Yes." Novice replied simply before having a very evil smile.
"What are you thinking about?" Mimi asked while glaring at Novice like he was a criminal.
Novice seemed to snap out of his thoughts with an embarrassed look, "Nothing you want to hear."
Syakomon's eyes turned in his shell towards Novice, "...I can see why you conquered Lilithmon first."
"Shut it!" Novice cried out before using the Stick of Wisdom to whack Syakomon. The whack didn't even phase the clam. "...Right." Novice muttered in embarrassment, forgetting that Syakomon's isn't hurt by something as small as this.
"Gomamon, keep reading." Mimi said, now definitely not wanting to know what Novice had thought.
"When you fight her...go Ultimate. I don't think the Maiden powers are beyond Perfect, but why take a chance, right?" Pierce said, earning nods from all the Digimon.
"Anyway, all that's left now is to reach the points. So...I guess that's it for today. We should probably get ready for bed soon," Ruby said. With that the group went back to their rooms and were soon turning in for the night.
Days passed by quickly after that. They were overall peaceful, with the occasional Digimon appearing, but by then, most incidents were able to be settled quickly enough thanks to the growing number of people with partners. They'd go into town when they could, and saw that restoration was going smoothly, sometimes meeting up with some friends in town like Lisa and Monitamon who even with the loss of the VNN building which was still being rebuilt, were hard at work as reporters (Lisa getting quite the promotion thanks to her coverage of the battle of Vale), and sometimes running into Takato whenever he was in town...or having to chase after Guilmon who'd often run off for one reason or another.
Speaking of Lisa Lavender, a few times whenever they'd meet her, she'd ask how Azure is doing, and other times they'd even see the two together here and there. That honestly got the brothers thinking about what happened while they were gone...but they didn't pry. If something was going on, Azure would tell them. That or they'd wait till it was painfully obvious THEN ask him.
Everyone's minds were taken away from whatever Novice had thought, much to the Overseer's relief, and smiled a little at the small montage of the said events being shown. Letting out laughs at the image of Guilmon running off while Takato was desperately trying to run after the red dinosaur.
The comments of Lisa and Azure made some of the girls smile, especially Miyako who briefly glanced at Ken with a smile of her own.
Ken noticed and looked away bashfully.
Novice himself smiled at the exchange, glad that his dark thoughts weren't pried further.
Other than that, things went by relatively peacefully. Digimon and Remnantian relations while still rocky seemed promising overall...even if some of the anti-sentiment was becoming more...vocal...but at the same time pro-sentiments were going strong as well. Before long, it was time for the next big event.
"Good call bringing nose plugs again," Gabumon chuckled as the group were walking through the pier.
"Well, after last time, I figured we'd all rather not be busy smelling fish that SERIOUSLY needs to go into the freezer...like stat…" Gyro chuckled.
"Yeah, I usually like fish, but this stuff smells past expiration date." Blake said dryly.
All the Digimon made faces at the thought of smelling bad fish.
"So anyway, we're on the lookout for foreign students so we can observe them," Weiss said...then noticed the Dust Store that had been robbed. "And there's the store I'm supposed to be making comments about...and I honestly don't want to anymore, so moving on," she sighed. "Bla bla bla, White Fang causing problems, wish they'd stop," she said half heartedly.
"That much I can agree with," Blake nodded in agreement. "Worse, it's getting contagious," she sighed, remembering how much the Fang had been changing over the years.
"I'm sure you'll be able to change things again someday," Patamon said in encouragement, to which Blake smiled. Then the plot hit.
"Hey! Stop that Faunus!" a voice shouted.
"Right on time," Pierce chuckled.
They all turned to the ship at that… and blinked when they saw the monkey faunus… with a Digimon following him as they ran on the ship and jumped on the railing.
"Thanks for the ride guys!" the blonde faunus said with a laugh as the red Digimon jumped onto his back before they both jumped off the ship.
"You no good stowaways!" one of the men on the boat shouted.
"No good?" the faunus said innocently as he peeled a banana.
"Us?" the Digimon added, biting into an apple.
"Pretty sure we would have been caught if we weren't any good." the faunus said with a sage nod.
"Yeahp, so that makes us GREAT stowaways." the Digimon agreed completely.
Everyone laughed at the duo.
Back with the group…
"Huh… guess he has a Digimon partner… like a lot of people." Ilia noted.
"His partner is Coronamon, you mostly see them on WWW." Kotemon added.
Jaune whistled as he checked on the analyzer "Well, Sun got a decently strong partner for a Child Level then." he muttered.
By then Sun and Coronamon had jumped up to the section the group was on, and soon ran past them, but not before Sun winked at Blake, and the two were soon running into town.
"Oh he did NOT just wink at MY girlfriend." Ilia growled as she glared at Sun's retreating back, while Blake rose an eyebrow.
"He wouldn't know that." Sora commented in Sun's defense.
"If it helps, he didn't know, and would back off as soon as you told him you two are dating." Gyro told her idly.
"Enough talking, we gotta chase him to meet you-know-who!" Ruby said, to which they all started running after Sun and Coronamon, whom were already being chased by a couple of detectives. Ruby had a bit of a headstart this time around, and as a result...she was the one who ended up knocking into a certain someone when she turned a corner. "Okay...probably should have seen that coming," Ruby muttered as she sat up, right as the others turned the corner. However…
Jo meanwhile had consulted the guidebook on canon events out of curiosity. "That's pretty much how they met Penny, except it was Weiss who ran into her."
"Are you alright Penny?" came a new and worried voice. The group stopped and turned to the source of the voice, revealing a small dragon-like Digimon with purple scales, though some were golden instead, including a spot on his forehead, and he had red stripes going down his chest, with metallic looking claws on his hands and feet.
Ruby got up, looking down at the carrot haired girl she had seen in the visions of the future the mist had shown her a while back, as the girl smiled and gave the Digimon a thumbs up "I'm A-OK Monodramon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Monodramon
Monodramon. Vaccine Type. A Child Level Small Dragon Digimon. Though he has bat like wings attached to his arms, he is unable to fly. It is said that most Monodramon can usually be found in the heart of an all out brawl between Digimon, to the point that even Ogremon is fed up with his tenacity. His special attack is Beat Knuckle, attacking the foe with his sharp claws.
"Sounds strong." DemiVeemon commented.
"Do watch where you're going. You could hurt someone," Monodramon said with a small glare.
"S-sorry," Ruby apologized.
"Just be careful next time," Monodramon nodded.
"No need to be so hard, Monodramon, I'm alright," Penny said with a smile.
"And yet you're still on the ground. Aren't you planning to get up?" Monodramon sighed.
"That's what I was thinking." Palmon commented on Monodramon.
Penny stopped for a moment before nodded. "Yes," she said before jumping back up onto her feet, and then turning to the group. "Salutations!" she said with a smile. "My name is Penny, and this is Monodramon. It's a pleasure to meet you!" she said with a grin while Monodramon nodded in acknowledgement.
"Nice to meet you Penny, I'm Ruby, and this is Palmon." Ruby introduced herself and her partner, whom waved at the duo.
The others quickly introduced themselves as well… and there was a pause at the end "Oh, right, Pierce, Veemon, Ilia, Kotemon, Ren and Wormmon kept running after monkey boy." Gyro remembered seeing those three in particular keep on running.
"Geez, he's really fast!" Veemon said as they continued on the trail of the monkey faunus, while the detectives after him were clearly starting to get tired.
"Well he IS a monkey," Wormmon couldn't help but say. "I think they're supposed to be hard to catch."
"I've heard that some rural areas in Japan have monkeys moving among humans." Jo commented on a small trivia he had heard.
"Oh yes, and they apparently don't fear humans." Mimi added in, "You don't see them in nature in Tokyo."
"...I hate monkeys." Syakomon said, earning several strange looks from the Children and their partners. Even Novice looked at the pink clam with a strange look.
"Uhh... Why?" the Overseer asked awkwardly.
"...I don't need a reason." Syakomon said in a tone of finality.
Gomamon decided to move just shrug and move on.
"Too bad that doesn't help us at all," Kotemon said as she was starting to get a bit tired.
"Well, good news is the detectives look like they're getting tired, so this shouldn't last for too much longer." Ren said. True enough, the two detectives were left panting and wheezing as they just couldn't keep up with the agile faunus. The only problem was…
"They lost him." Agumon, Gabumon, Tentomon, Wormmon and Hawkmon guessed.
"So...where is he?" Ilia asked.
"Knew it!" the previously mentioned Digimon cheered.
"Gimme a minute." Pierce said, looking around, before picking a random pebble and blindly throwing it up in the air, his crest shining briefly as he did.
The pebbled rebounded off of a window, hit a flower pot teetering on the edge of a windowsill, which fell onto a waterproof tarp below it and slid down to hit a discarded beer bottle, which started rolling till it hit a very stupidly placed brick that fell down and landed next to a cat, which jumped up in surprise with a screech, and landed in a trash can, which was followed by sounds of a struggle.
Everyone stared at the shaking trash can in deadpan "You're kidding… right?" Ilia said dryly.
After following the chain of events that Pierce triggered, everyone laughed at the end result.
"That's so disgusting." Mimi said, still laughing.
"Apparently not," Veemon laughed, rolling on the ground at the sight that honestly looked like it belonged in a comedic kids cartoon.
A few moments later and the trash can tipped over to reveal Sun and Coronamon spilling out...covered in scratches, while the cat walked out with its nose in the air, looking quite proud of itself.
All eyes turned on Gatomon.
"...What?!" The white feline demanded.
"I think that kind of behavior is more of Black's thing." Novice commented, earning an annoyed noise from Syakomon.
"Oww…" Sun groaned as he got up. "You okay buddy?"
"I'm okay. My pride hurts more than the scratches," Coronamon groaned as he got up.
"You okay?" Ren asked, catching their attention.
"Huh? Yeah, just...nobody told me the strays here could be so lively," Sun said with a chuckle. "So...seeing as you're not catching me, I'm guessing you're not with those guys I got away from."
"Naw, we chased after you mostly because we're curious… well, that and Ilia has a warning for you." Pierce, said, hiking his thumb at the chameleon faunus, who walked up to Sun and looked up at him while he looked down at her nervously.
"Don't ever wink at my girlfriend again." she said simply.
"I like her." Syakomon's comment earned surprised looks out of everyone.
"Why?" Miyako asked unsurely.
The shell digimon didn't seem like he wanted to elaborate, so Gomamon ignored him.
Sun blinked at that, thinking back "Oh, you mean the cat faunus from earlier? Sorry, didn't think you were dating her."
"Well, now ya know," Coronamon chuckled, before looking up at them. "I'm Coronamon by the way. The big goof here is Sun Wukong. Nice to meet ya!"
"Nice to meet ya too," Veemon said, before the group introduced themselves.
"So...when did you guys meet your partners?" Sun asked. "Me and Coronamon met during that day when the Digimon were pouring into Remnant, though gotta admit, those video lessons we've been getting from Vale were a real surprise to some of us," he said.
"Well...we met our partners a bit earlier than that," Pierce said. "It was during our initiation. A gate must have opened and well...something got through," he shrugged, telling a half truth. It wasn't wrong, they DID meet their partners during the initiation, seeing as the two months they spent in the Digital World was but a few hours on Remnant.
"I met Kotemon a week or so after that, near the end of Myotismon's invasion," Ilia said with a fond smile. Really, by now the idea of not having Kotemon by her side was unthinkable.
All the Children had similar thoughts as Ilia about their partners.
"So...why WERE you stowing away?" Kotemon asked, even if she already knew.
"Well...would you believe me if I said I wanted to get to Vale ahead of time?" Sun chuckled. "Truth is I'm from Haven, and me and my team are even going to compete in the Vytal Festival. I just...came ahead of time."
"Ahead from your teammates?" Ren asked with a raised eyebrow.
Jo started consulting the guidebook about why Sun did this. "...The guidebook doesn't say why Sun came ahead of the others."
"A plothole?" Takeru commented, earning a laugh from Novice.
"Sorry, you just hit the nail on the head." Novice said as he tried to control himself, "Actually, I'm wondering why Sun was ever the team's leader. Then again, each school handles team divisions differently, or at least I would assume so. For all I know, Sun became team leader through lottery."
"That doesn't sound very responsible." Sora commented with a frown.
Novice shrugged, "Sometimes responsibilites are thrusted on us whether we want to or not."
That didn't exactly reassure anyone, but Novice's comment made at least somewhat sense.
"They'll be fine without me for a few weeks, they got their own partners after all… although Tinkermon is just as bad as Scarlet sometimes." Sun muttered the last part mostly to himself.
"Well that's gonna end horribly." Pierce said with a laugh.
"Probably a nice chaotic scene to watch… would need some popcorn." Veemon added.
None of the Children or their partners were sure how to take this.
"Yeah, that sounds about right," Coronamon chuckled. Yeah, looks like they were gonna get along JUST fine.
When everything was said and done, they all soon regrouped and were going back to Beacon, and due to the odd circumstances, they had to bring Sun to Ozpin to straighten things out. That wasn't the issue though. The real issue was when Glynda put in her two cents regarding Sun's actions and well...let's just say the chosen wisely decided to bolt, not wanting to be in the way of that.
"...Did any of you have a teacher like Glynda?" Novice asked out of curiosity.
"No." The Children said as one.
"Our teachers don't use riding crops on us." Yamato said.
"I didn't say that." Novice said with a quirked eyebrow.
Jo had checked the guidebook in the meantime, "The guidebook doesn't actually say if Glynda uses the crop to... discipline students."
"Gomamon, keep reading." Hikari said quickly.
"Alright, so things went well with Penny?" Pierce asked once they were regrouped.
"Yeahp, I'm her first friend that isn't a Digimon, I was even able to convince her to give me her scroll number." Ruby said with a smile.
"Betcha 5 Lien her scroll is integrated into her body." Gyro chuckled.
That actually sounded handy to everyone.
"No bet." Weiss said with an amused smile.
"Now the next thing to deal with...Torchwick," Pierce mused. "Can't exactly let him get away with having all that Dust. Aside from him getting more resources to help Cinder's group and stuff, the increase in prices aren't helping anyone either."
"What do you mean?" Patamon asked.
"Well, it's like this. Dust is easily the MOST important resource on Remnant right now, so having a harder time getting it for whatever reason would hurt everyone. Forget the part where its needed to power tech and stuff, Huntsmen would have a harder time getting Dust to stock up on their weapons, and as a result, the ones who could only afford the minimum at one point won't be able to, while even the ones with more resources will find themselves only able to get less and less Dust. When that happens they aren't going to be able to fight as effectively, and thus increases the chances of...you know… From there, it'd cut down on the number of able bodied fighters, and the grief from the losses could attract the Grimm and, THEN you remember that the main defenses of kingdoms ALSO use Dust so…." he trailed off.
"Okay, that's very bad." Daisuke commented.
"But isn't Dust a natural resource?" Koshiro let out with a worried look.
Jo quickly checked the guidebook. "The guidebook doesn't say if it's renewable or not."
"So if Dust is used in... everything, then it will probably run out eventually." Koshiro said with a thoughtful look.
"Just like all fossil fuels on Earth will run out." Novice added in, not sounding worried.
"You don't sound worried about that." Takeru said, looking a little apprehensive.
"The Earth I came from was already taking steps in making renewable energy sources more efficient. I expect yours to be the same way, if only out of necessity." Novice explained simply. "But as far as I know, Remnant has no research into alternatives."
That was not a comforting thought.
The Digimon winced at that, understanding where Pierce was going "Less Dust means the kingdoms would be in trouble." Salamon summed up.
"Yeah, that's pretty much it." Nora said with a nod, all of them knowing this was a major problem.
"So, our goal would be to make sure he can't get a single crate of dust, right?" Jaune checked.
"Yeah, and chances are, we'll be inviting Sun for this, he might have details we don't know ourselves that went unsaid in the show." Gyro added.
"Just be careful about where you're attacking," Weiss said. "One stray shot and we might trigger the Dust, and if he IS stealing an entire shipment…"
"Yeah, it'd blow us sky high," Yang gulped a little.
Novice was about to give an estimate on the damages, but judging by the looks on some of the Children, he figured they didn't want to know.
"So we're set. We'll just have to work at this carefully...and probably shouldn't evolve at all for this," Ren mused.
"More like don't have anyone who has...large firepower evolve. I'd say Wormmon and Salamon would still be okay to evolve, since Stingmon's main attacks are short ranged, as is Gatomon," Gyro mused.
"But Greymon doesn't have to use Mega Flame." Taichi said, but then looked to his partner, "Could you do that?"
"Yes." Agumon said immediately, but as Taichi stared at him, Agumon seemed to have second thoughts.
Gabumon seemed to be thinking about it too. Could he fight as Garurumon in that kind of situation and not use Fox Fire by accident.
"Togemon could just punch Torchwick and his goons." Palmon said enthusiastically.
"You're right!" Mimi agreed and the two made a mock punch forward.
Novice looked on proudly as Armadimon also pointed out that most of his attacks are short ranged.
"Right, so we can keep them as trump cards IF things get hairy," Blake nodded.
"Well, get ready everyone. We've got another big day ahead of us again," Pyrrha chuckled.
The next day started normally, waking up, going to classes (and finding out Sun was now attending too for the time being), and generally things went as normal...though CRDL seemed rather subdued for now, no doubt still 'licking their wounds' from the Field Trip. Of course, that was the least of their worries. When the time came for classes to end, they made sure to tell Azure of the plan, so that he could help them make sure this was done quietly without any...issues. Of course, they weren't alone in this, since they figured...a bit of extra help couldn't hurt.
"Hey Sun, want to help us crack down on some criminals that are probably planning on stealing a huge shipment of dust?" Pierce asked the blonde monkey faunus.
"Oh hell yeah I would!" Sun jumped out of his seat with a grin at that.
"Count me in too!" Coronamon added.
They weren't hard to convince.
Getting into town, they had to still wait a bit, as they knew the timing had to be JUUST right. Which in turn, allowed them to gather another party member, who they honestly DID run into by accident this time...even if it was a very fortunate accident.
"So, why aren't we heading straight to the docks?" Sun asked as they walked through town.
"Because I doubt they would attempt to steal the crates in broad daylight, so we're waiting until the sun falls at least." Blake explained.
"Oh… yeah that makes sense." Sun agreed with the idea, nodding.
"We're also trying to find a friend who might be good to bring along." Yang added with a shrug.
As if on cue…
"Penny, we really should be going back soon. We wouldn't want them to worry about us," came Monodramon's voice.
"Just a little more, I want to see the town a bit more," came Penny's cheerful voice as she and her partner came into view. "Ruby! What a pleasant surprise!" Penny said with a smile when she saw them. "And everyone else is here too. Oh, I don't believe we've met. I'm Penny, and this is Monodramon!" she said to Sun when she saw him.
"Uh, hey there! I'm Sun, and this is Coronamon." Sun introduced himself and his partner, after getting over how peppy this girl seemed.
"Is she really a robot?" Koshiro asked Novice with a curious look. "She seems almost completely human in her mannerisms."
"Oh she's definitely a robot." Novice said with a smile, "As for how she seems so human, I do have a guess or two. One, Penny's programming is just that advanced that she's capable of a full spectrum of human emotions. And two... Actually, I think I'll leave that one alone for now."
"Why, is it something bad?" Iori asked with a suspicious look.
"Not bad." Novice said, "Just something that I think should be left for later.
"So...what brings you all out here again today?" Monodramon asked curiously.
"Well...would you believe us if we said we got a tip of a possible robbery and aim to stop it?" Agumon said.
"A robbery? When? And where?" Penny asked, instantly becoming serious.
"At the docks, tonight, we think Roman Torchwick is going to try and steal some Dust shipments that just came in. Want to help us stop him?" Ruby asked.
Penny seemed to consider for a few moments, before nodding and smiling "Of course Ruby, I'll help. I'm combat ready!"
"Well, the more the merrier, right?" Yang chuckled.
"Alright then, get ready everyone, cause we've got a couple of hours to go before its showtime," Gyro said with a small smile.
Later, once night fell…
"So, did we miss anything so far?" Sun asked as he and Coronamon sat down on top of a warehouse next to Gyro, overlooking the docks.
"They unloaded the last of the crates a few minutes ago, nothing else so far." was the answer from Ruby, whom was looking through the scope of Crescent Rose.
"Well, they should be here. It's just a matter of…" Palmon didn't get to finish as the sound of a craft was heard, before a rather noisy very much NOT stealthy airship came down, and landed.
"Doesn't anyone notice those?" Biyomon asked.
"Don't ask me." Novice shrugged, "Because I have no idea about any of the security details here."
"Huh...it's bigger than in canon," Pierce mused, before a hatch opened and out came several White Fang members.
"I knew about this, but it still hurts…" Blake sighed.
"I can imagine. Can't believe a peace group's been reduced to this," Sun said sympathetically, having been given the abridged version of how Blake and Ilia were both former Fang members.
"It only takes one." Syakomon said, surprising everyone. "A tiny little spark to set the world on fire."
Everyone glared at the pink shell at that, but decided not to say anything. He wasn't exactly wrong.
"Well, can't let them get away with it either way," Coronamon frowned.
"Alright, from the looks of it, they're mainly focused on the Dust," Jaune frowned. "I think we shouldn't all attack at the same time."
"What do you have in mind?" Gomamon asked.
"I'm thinking one half of the team goes in and acts as a distraction, while the other half takes over the ship, or failing that, destroys it. They can't get away without their getaway vehicle, and at the very least, they can't make off with the Dust," Jaune explained.
"That's a good plan." Yamato commented. "Stop them from getting away, and especially with whatever they want to steal."
"That's a good plan. Cut them off on both ends," Ren nodded. "Question is, who should do what."
"...I think our team should hijack the ship," Pierce said after a minute. "I mean, between Ren's semblance and mine, along with Pyrrha's ability, Jaune's ability, and Nora being able to take out pretty much anyone still in there, I'd say we've got a pretty good shot."
"He makes a good point," Weiss conceded.
"Okay, so if we're agreed on that we'd better move fast then," Tentomon said.
"Right. Into position everyone. We've got a robbery to stop," Agumon said, to which they all nodded and got to it. Taking advantage of the fact that the White Fang was somewhat distracted, the groups split up. However, before they could actually begin the attack…
"Hold it right there!" One of the White Fang members said, drawing their attention, to which, the White Fang were soon all focused...on a familiar boy with a red Digimon.
"What is he doing here?!" Mimi, Sora and Hikari let out as one.
"...My guess is that he was dragged there." Takeru said, worrying about the poor boy.
"W-wait! Don't shoot! I'm just trying to stop him!" Takato said in a panic as he held onto Guilmon and was clearly trying to pull him back, the raptor like Digimon growling at the White Fang with his eyes narrowed into slits.
"Why is he even out that late?" Daisuke questioned.
Meanwhile, with Team RWGBY plus Sun, Penny and their partners, they were bewildered for the chosen and their partners, and confused for the other four.
"You're kidding me… what the hell Takato?" Yang groaned as she palmed her forehead.
"Clearly Guilmon was intent on coming here." Weiss sighed.
"There's your answer." Gatomon commented, crossing her paws.
"You know that kid?" Sun asked them.
"He's the son of an old friend of mine." Blake said with a sigh.
"Well then, all the more reason to go and grant him assistance." Penny said with a sure nod, before her backpack opened and several folded blades attached on strings flew out and unfolded themselves.
With that, the fight was opened, with several blades flying and sending the White Fang knocked away.
"Okay, that's cool." Daisuke was first to comment on Penny's weapons.
DemiVeemon looked a little jealous at the comment.
Judging by everyone else's faces, they also thought Penny's weapons were cool to varying degrees.
The attacking group didn't waste the opening, immediately opening fire with their weapons and/or Semblance, knocking a good chunk of the White Fang aside. Gyro and Ruby didn't waste time in letting them get back up, as they used their respective semblances to keep them off balance, while Ruby delivered precise chops to the back of their necks, knocking them out. Ever since learning about the 'canon' timeline, she'd been training on how to fight with more than just Crescent Rose, and while she was nowhere near Yang's level, the twins had thought of a way she could end fights quickly.
Overall, the White Fang members out on the field were being taken out before they could fight back, as between the team's high attack abilities, and the speed and skills of both Sun and Penny, there...really wasn't anything the confused faunus could do to fight back. Eventually though…
"Well, guess I should have figured a bunch of animals wouldn't be able to do much if someone like you showed up Red… especially if you brought friends." Came the voice of one Roman Torchwick, wearing his black bowler hat and white coat, spinning his weaponized cane Melodic Cudgel in his hand.
"Melodic Cudgel?" Miyako let out a small laugh. Though apparently the others didn't find it too funny.
"And the one pulling the strings shows up," Gyro frowned, as everyone aimed their weapons and/or charging attacks at them.
"Well, aren't you being rather rude guests? Showing up unannounced, crashing the party. I'm going to have to ask you all to leave," Roman frowned.
"Oh yeah? You and what army?" Coronamon challenged.
"Oh, I'm sooo glad you asked. See, while I thought the recent...new arrivals...would be an issue...they're actually quite useful, as long as you know how to talk to them," Roman smirked, before he snapped his fingers, and from the ship came three Adult Digimon. The first was humanoid and garbed in worn red samurai armor, which had long blue hair spilling out the back, a demonic face on the forehead that had several golden strands of hair attached to it, holding prayer beads in its left hand, and a large katana in its right hand. The second was a blue dinosaur with orange stripes, wearing tribal like ornaments consisting of a feathery ornaments on its head, a tribal necklace, and furry wristbands. The third was a reptile-like Digimon literally made of fire with a metal helmet and claws.
"...You never ask that question." Takeru commented on Coronamon's challenge.
"Because that always happens." Patamon agreed.
"Isn't that Musyamon?" Hawkmon commented on the samurai digimon.
"And that's Allomon." Tentomon commented on the large blue dinosaur.
"I don't recognize the last one." Palmon said with a headtilt.
"Digimon...and they're all adult level too," Penny frowned.
"Why yes, how nice of you to notice. See, turns out as long as you give them the right price, they're perfectly happy to fight for you as well. Let's see you deal with THEM so easily," Roman smirked.
The response of the chosen was… a dull look.
None of the Readers or their digimon were surprised at how the Remnant crew reacted.
"Yeah, sure, ok." Gyro said, before turning to Weiss "Analysis done?"
"The moment they stepped out." Weiss said and started reading "The samurai is Musyamon, the dinosaur is Allomon, and the flaming lizard is FlareLizamon."
Digimon Analyzer: Musyamon
Musyamon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Demon Man Digimon. A disgraced samurai who, much like certain individuals in history, betrayed the one he served for power. He wields the Shiratori-maru in battle, an old blade that shows usage yet still holds together to this day. His special attack is Kirisute Gomen, slashing his enemy with his glowing blade to drain their life force.
Digimon Analyzer: Allomon
Allomon. Data Type. An Adult Level Dinosaur Digimon. An especially ferocious dinosaur Digimon, there is a rivalry between it and Tyrannomon. Compared to other dinosaur Digimon though, Allomon is able to run at blistering speeds by angling his body like a rocket and charging forwards. Its special attack is Dino Burst, spewing superheated air from its mouth, hot enough to melt most common metals.
Digimon Analyzer: FlareLizamon
FlareLizamon. Data Type. An Adult Level Flame Dragon Digimon. A hot-blooded Digimon that possesses a heart that burns like fire and the power of a dragon. Although the flames throughout its body are generated by its high-temperature skin combusting, its skin has remarkable regenerative abilities, and so FlareLizamon is able to continue burning until it is extinguished. Its special attack is Fire Tower, releasing an enormous pillar of fire generated from its body at its enemies.
"Woah! I didn't know they had an encyclopedia for Digimon already," Sun blinked.
"Its uh...not for public use yet," Yang said quickly. The group had agreed that for now it was best to NOT share around the Analyzer more than necessary, especially when there were people who might use it as a means to manipulate or destroy the Digimon. Knowledge was power after all.
"That's true." Koshiro commented on the situation, "And knowledge in the wrong hands is very dangerous."
Everyone agreed with that, especially when a few individuals in Remnant came to mind about that statement.
"Well, while it helps tell us about them, it doesn't really help us fight them," Monodramon frowned. "I guess it's time to go to the next level," he said, earning a nod from Penny as she pulled out a D-Core...before something unexpected happened.
"Guilmon stop!" Takato shouted, TRYING to keep his partner under control. Trying being the keyword as he was soon dragged along with the almost feral Digimon, who was soon firing Pyro Spheres at the three adults.
"...this squirt serious?" FlareLizamon deadpanned as he just grabbed the Pyro Spheres in his hand and absorbed them into his flames.
No one was surprised at FlareLizamon absorbing Guilmon's attack. In fact, they would have been more surprised if the flame dragon digimon hadn't done that.
"Seems like it," Musyamon chuckled.
"Let's squash him!" Allomon laughed before lifting his foot to do just that.
"Look out!" Takato shouted, trying to get Guilmon away, but at that moment, the D-Core he was carrying in his pocket started to glow.
(Play Brave Heart)
The D-Core released the signal into the sky, calling forth the light which released the waterfall of data. The data came down and soon entered into Guilmon's body. "Guilmon, Evolution!" he called out before in a flash he changed. His body was still similar in appearance, mostly in red and white with black highlights, but he was much taller now, with a mane of white hair on the back of his head and a pair of horns on top of it, he now had arm blades coming out the sides of his arms, and the Digital Hazard mark had moved to his shoulders. "Growlmon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Growlmon
Growlmon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Demon Dragon Digimon. Known as the Deep-crimson Demon Dragon, the childishness it had as Guilmon has been replaced by a brutal battle style, beating down the enemy till they don't get back up. His roar has the power to shake the earth around it, using it to intimidate his opponents before battle. His special attack is Exhaust Flame, shooting out a scorching burst of flame with a roar.
"Okay, that's actually pretty strong," Gyro couldn't help but say.
"No kidding." Wormmon commented.
True enough, Growlmon immediately grabbed Allomon's leg, and with a push, flipped the enemy Digimon over...and causing him to land on the airship, crushing it.
"Hey! We JUST sabotaged that!" came Pierce's indignant voice that their work wouldn't even yield the funny looks on Roman's face when the ship doesn't start.
Everyone laughed at Pierce's annoyance.
"Well...you sure were worth the money," Roman deadpanned at seeing things go south. With that in mind, he decided now was a good time as any to make his escape...if not for the Chosen seeing him and blocking his escape.
"Not so fast Torchwick," Blake frowned.
"Yeah, you're not getting away with robbing Vale again!" Biyomon said.
"Right… now, see, normally, I would be very worried, because against this many of you? I'd lose, I'm smart enough to know that… which is why I was smart enough to have a backup plan." he suddenly said with a smirk, as the area next to him seemed to shatter, and revealed a petite girl with tri colored hair in pink, brown and streaks of white, eyes that would flip between those three colors as she blinked, and an outfit that matched with her hair and eyes, holding a parasol in her hand "Neo, get us out of here." Roman said simply, to which Neo simply nodded and sweeped her hand with a bow, grinning at the group, and even though Ruby fired a bullet as quickly as possible, the only result was the scene shattering away, revealing the two to be long gone.
"She teleported?" Daisuke guessed.
Jo was consulting the guidebook, "No, she created a solid illusion to distract them while she and Roman escaped."
"Does it have limits?" Biyomon asked.
Jo rifled through the page, "The illusions are brittle and can't be used for offense."
"Huh...didn't expect her to show up so soon," Gyro frowned. "Though probably should have seen that coming."
"You know that girl?" Sun asked.
"She's...his aid if you will. REALLY slippery," Gyro said, giving the abridged version.
"Ah…" Sun nodded.
"Speaking of aid...I think the kid's in trouble," Monodramon said, as true enough, Growlmon was starting to get pushed back by the three Adults he was fighting against.
"We'd better help him," Penny said. "Monodramon, please."
"Of course," Monodramon nodded before her D-Core glowed.
The D-Core soon sent out its signal and called for the light and waterfall of data which flowed into Monodramon. "Monodramon, Evolution!" he called out as he soon changed, becoming as tall as a fully grown man, wearing green pants on his legs and red fingerless gloves, while he had various pieces of armor all over him on his shoulders, his hands, his waist, his ankles, his feet, his biceps, the tip of his tail, and a helmet on top of his head that held a sharp horn, his eyes completely covered by the helmet while long, shaggy orange hair spilled out the back of it, a red tattoo on his white torso "Strikedramon!"
"So that's Monodramon's Adult form." Armadimon commented.
Digimon Analyzer: Strikedramon
Strikedramon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Dragon Man Digimon. Known as the Commando Dragon, Strikedramon is a Virus Buster in soul and mind, exterminating enemy Virus Digimon till not even a scrap of data remains. Naturally a kind hearted Digimon, once he enters battle, he focuses solely on his opponent and becomes a ruthless fighter. His special attack is Strike Fang, heating up the many metal plates on his body till they burst into flames, ramming into the opponent while on fire.
It was nice for the readers to see that Strikedramon doens't pose the same risks as Guilmon. Still hopefully Takato learns to control his partner at least a little as they spend time together.
Strikedramon let out a roar as he charged forward, and knocked Musyamon away. "Let's fight together!" he said to Growlmon, who regarded him for a moment before wordlessly nodding.
"Hey, don't leave me out of this!" Coronamon smirked, while Sun held out his D-Core which soon glowed as well.
The light was once again summoned and the data flowing into Coronamon. "Coronamon, Evolution!" he called out before his body changed. He turned into a fully quadruped lion with red fur and a bright yellow mane, flames coming out of the headgear on his forehead and the sides of his head, as well as on his ankles, his flanks, and instead of fur on the tip of his tail he had a bright flame, while large red wings came out of his back. "Firamon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Firamon
Firamon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Beast Digimon. A Digimon known as the Soaring Lion, he acts as a guardian for sacred sites around the Digital World. He is known to be a wise and caring leader for any Digimon who work under him, and only follows those who are righteous of heart. His special attack is Flame Dive, flying high up in the air before diving back down towards his opponent with his whole body on fire.
Everyone let out small laughs at the part about Firamon being wise. It just didn't seem like it, given what they have seen of Coronamon. But then again, no one was born wise.
"Take this!" Firamon grinned as he rammed into FlareLizamon, sending him tumbling over. "And now its 3 on 3, better quit while you can," he smirked as the three of them were faced against the other three adults.
"Not on your life!" Allomon roared as the three of them charged forward and soon it was a clash of adult Digimon.
"Should we help them?" Jaune asked as team JNPPR had rejoined team RWGBY.
"Nah, I think they got this. I think it's only fair we let them fight. Just be ready to support them if needs be," Ruby said.
"Oh they'll be fine," Sun grinned. "Firamon isn't a pushover."
"Strikedramon won't lose either!" Penny said with absolute confidence.
"I-I'm sure Guil...I mean Growlmon will be just fine," Takato said, not QUITE as confident as them, but he still had a smile on.
"Alright then, in that case...go get em!" Nora and Salamon cheered.
"Right!" "You got it!" "Understood!"
The three of them soon clashed again, Strikedramon fighting Musyamon, Firamon fighting FlareLizamon, and Growlmon fighting Allomon.
"Kirisute Gomen!" Musyamon called out as he tried to slash at Strikedramon who evaded the attacks using his greater speed.
"Apologize for yourself!" Strikedramon growled, before catching one of the strikes, causing a bit of data to leak out from a wound, before using his other hand to break the sword, and kicking Musyamon back.
Small laughs were let out at Strikedramon's retort, despite the digimon taking a little bit of damage.
"You won't stop me from my all you can eat Fire Dust!" FlareLizamon roared as he shot fireballs at Firamon.
"What?" Was the universal reaction.
"Wait, you're doing this just so you can eat Fire Dust?!" Firamon asked incredulously.
"Of course, it's delicious," FlareLizamon said simply, only to get a tackle to the head.
"...I guess it would be for him." Daisuke said unsurely.
"And you're nuts to be helping a criminal just cause you like something!" Firamon shot back.
"You can't beat ME! I'm the STRONGEST!" Allomon roared as he and Growlmon grappled. Growlmon didn't say anything, and instead proceeded to prove him wrong...by lifting him up and tossing him aside. "That does it! Dynamite Head!"
"Plasma Blade!" Growlmon countered, the two attacks meeting head on...before Allomon was soon sent tumbling back.
"Let's not prolong this," Strikedramon growled.
"Not gonna lose like this!" Allomon and FlareLizamon roared.
"Dino Burst!"
"Flame Tower!"
"Yeah right, like we're gonna let you finish. Flame Dive!" Firamon grinned before igniting his body and flying down. At the same time…
"Strike Metal!" Strikedramon called out as he heated up the plates on his body and charged forward.
"Exhaust Flame!" Growlmon roared as he fired a powerful blast of fire, the three flaming attacks joining and overpowering the two attacks, crashing right into the three opposing mon who shouted in pain before bursting apart into data.
(Song end)
"That looked cool." Gomamon had to say.
"Yes, it did look cool." Jo agreed. As did a lot of others.
"Jeez… you can feel that from over here." Ilia muttered as she watched the three winning Digimon load the data of the deleted ones, leaving just enough to return to the Digital World and be reborn one day.
"...I still find that loading thing a little disturbing." Gatomon commented.
"You're not the only one." Patamon shuddered.
"It's tasteless." Syakomon said, earning surprised looks, especially from Novice. "What?" the pink shell asked, giving the impression that he was somehow shrinking inside his shell.
Gomamon shook his head and kept reading.
"Now what do we do?" Kotemon asked, right as the three Digimon reverted to child form...then the sound of approaching helicopters came.
"...run before the authorities find us?" Gabumon suggested.
"That works," Takato nodded. "Can you help me get this boy out of here?" he asked, referring to Guilmon with a slight glare, since he WAS the entire reason they were even here.
"Not a problem," Pierce chuckled, and with that, they all ran for it.
The book then shut itself and Novice gave everyone a smile. "What do you guys think of this chapter?"
"There's not much to say." Yamato said, "It felt like a quiet chapter, all things considered."
"But now we got to see the three adults in action." Takeru said, before looking thoughtful, "But I'm still wondering... How are they going to gain their Ultimate forms, if they don't get Crests."
"...Maybe they will think of some kind of upgrade for that blue card, assuming that their Digivices evolve to D-Arks." Koshiro theorized.
"That's very likely." Jo agreed, "But I still wonder..."
Novice had a hard time keeping a straight face. He so wanted to tell them about how Tamers got their Digimon to evolve into Ultimates, but he didn't want to spoil the surprise.