Hey everyone!
Surprise chapter in this story, because we felt you've waited long enough for another one.
This time though, we made a much longer chapter, just to make up for the wait.
Hope you enjoy!
Frozen Winds! Chackmon and Fairymon!
The sun was starting to set in the sky as the group of five walked down the train tracks.
"Can we really reach another station like this?" Jaune sighed.
"Well, the tracks have to lead somewhere, so I'd say it's a good a bet as any," Yang shrugged.
Earlier, after the encounter with the Pagumon, the group had talked a bit about what to do next, and seeing as they had no other option than to gather the Spirits, they'd decided the best course of action was to go to the next town and/or station to continue searching.
"Are we really gonna be okay like this?" Ruby asked, a little worried. By now their dad had to have noticed they were missing, and knowing him he'd be worried sick.
"You'll all be fine!" Bokomon told them, catching up to them and patting Yang's arm "She's got the power of the legendary warrior of fire! If anything goes wrong that'll come in handy!"
"No pressure or anything." Yang said in deadpan.
"I do wonder though… how would we gain these spirits as well?" Pyrrha mused.
"Well, obviously we have to be worthy of them, something that I already have handled." Weiss said haughtily, causing the others to sweatdrop.
"Wow… big ego…" Neemon said to Bokomon, who nodded in a rare moment of agreement.
"Though...if you're already worthy, why didn't any of the three spirits go to you?" Ruby asked innocently.
Weiss opened her mouth...and then closed it again. "Uh...well...perhaps they just have odd definitions of worthiness," she said. "I'm sure the one that is for me will be the strongest and most refined."
"Yeah, sure, whatever you say." Yang said with a deadpan look.
"Rather than the Spirits I'm more worried about our parents," Pyrrha frowned. "They must be worried sick by now…"
"Not to mention we got a kid with us," Jaune added with a worried look. "And we're in a world with dangerous monsters…"
"Aren't the Grimm dangerous?" Ruby asked.
"At least we had walls between them and us," Jaune added.
"It's not so bad," Bokomon said. "There are plenty of friendly Digimon too."
"Yeah, like us," Neemon said.
"Does friendly mean pretty much useless in a fight?" Weiss asked flatly, cause as far as she'd seen, the ones who could actually fight were all dangerous.
In response she got Bokomon throwing rocks at her, forcing her to duck under them "Alright, alright! I take it back!"
"Thank you," Bokomon huffed.
"Probably wasn't the smartest thing to go saying that," Yang snorted.
"Quiet you," Weiss grumbled.
"So we just keep searching for the Spirits, then what?" Pyrrha asked.
"Well...that…" Bokomon started, but honestly wasn't sure.
Then, as if in response to her question, the Digivices began to glow.
"Go… to the Forest Terminal…" came the woman's voice out of Yang's Digivice.
"Forest Terminal? Why should we go there?" Yang asked, before the screen on her digivice stopped glowing "Hey!"
"And all we have as a guide is a weird voice...yeah...I'm not feeling too confident suddenly…" Jaune groaned.
"The worst part is we literally don't have any other clues…" Pyrrha agreed.
"Well guess we'll have to go to the Forest Terminal then," Ruby said simply, and while the group was a bit unsure, it WAS their only clue. So with that they all set off for said location.
The group continued to walk for a while, evening eventually giving away to night, but before long, they were met with a new issue…
"...how do we get across?" Yang groaned at the broken bridge and rails.
"I doubt we can jump, but...looks like there's a path from down in the ravine," Bokomon frowned.
"Guess we gotta climb down then," Neemon sighed.
"Hey, wait, I think I see some light down there." Jaune said as he looked down.
"I see it too. Maybe there's people down there." Pyrrha said hopefully.
"Well then, let's go find out," Yang grinned, before the group soon made their way down the path, and before long they were at the bottom of the ravine. However, when they reached the bottom, the lights were no longer there.
"Strange...we DEFINITELY saw some lights here," Weiss frowned.
"Huh? What's this?" Ruby asked, tugging at Yang's arm as she pointed to something on the wall of the ravine.
"Wait… that… looks like an angel." Jaune said, looking at the strange rock carving of what appeared to be a multi winged angel.
"What are those strange carvings though?" Pyrrha wondered, looking at the ring of symbols next to it.
"Wait a second… that one at the top, that's the one on Agneyamon's belt." Weiss said, pointing at the top most symbol.
"Hey, you're right, and those two right there, that one was on Wolfmon's shoulders, and that one was in Lowemon's shoulder spheres." Yang added as she pointed at two other carvings.
"Hey, you're right," Jaune said. "But...why are they here?"
In response, Bokomon pulled out his book, and flipped through it, finding the page he was looking for. "These marks represent the Ten Legendary Warriors!" he said.
"Ten Legendary Warriors?" all the kids asked in surprise.
"Who are they?" Neemon asked, much to Bokomon's annoyance.
"How ignorant can you be?! They're only the great heroes who saved our world ages ago!" Bokomon growled.
"Great heroes?" Ruby asked, and suddenly she was in Bokomon's face. "Tell us! Tell us!" she cheered, stars in her eyes.
"A-Alright, just...a little room please," Bokomon sweat dropped, Ruby backing off a little, but still looked at him with stars in her eyes. Clearing his throat, Bokomon recited the legend.
In ancient times, Human-type Digimon and Beast-type Digimon were always fighting against one another. Then an Angel Digimon named 'Lucemon' descended and brought an end to the fighting.
For a time peace came to the Digital World, but it was not meant to last. The power that came with ruling the Digital World soon corrupted Lucemon, and he became an oppressive tyrant, the Digimon under his rule suffering.
However, there were those who would not sit idly by as this happened, and eventually among those, 10 Digimon who would be known as the Ten Legendary Warriors rose up and opposed him. A fierce battle ensued, but in the end they prevailed, defeating Lucemon, and once more restoring peace to the world.
"That's the legend of the Ten Legendary Warriors," Bokomon said with a tone of reverence before he closed his book and put it back into his waistband.
"Woah… that's so cool… and Yang can turn into one of them… I want to turn into a Legendary Warrior too!" Ruby cheered.
"Why would a child get that power?" Weiss asked incredulously.
"Well… I got one of these, just like the rest of you." Ruby said, holding up her Digivice.
Weiss opened her mouth...then closed it again, as once again...the little girl made a good point.
However, any further conversation was cut short when several lights appeared behind them, and they all turned to see a crowd of what appeared to be...living candles.
"... Digimon are weird." Ruby whispered, and nobody could deny her words.
Three of the Digimon, the one in the center looking notably older than the other two, came forward. "Why did you humans come to this village?" the center one asked with an old sounding voice.
"We were just passing through on our way to the Forest Terminal, we didn't actually think there was a village down here." Jaune explained.
"Is that so? And why should we believe that?" the elder asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well… their not very trusting." Yang said slowly.
"It's pretty much in the nature of Candmon to be suspicious unless you can prove yourself." Bokomon told her.
"Well...how can we prove to them we're not suspicious?" Pyrrha asked.
Unfortunately that was somewhat taken out of her hands when the Candmon started accusing them of wanting to rob the ancient ruins. Fortunately…
"They're not!" Bokomon shouted. "These children are here to save the Digital World!"
"When did we agree to that?" Weiss asked flatly.
"Be quiet," Bokomon shot back before turning to the Candmon. "This child even obtained the power of the Legendary Spirit of Fire, and evolved into Agneyamon!" Bokomon said, gesturing to Yang.
"What? Into Agneyamon?" the elder asked, looking intrigued.
"Yes. She defeated Cerberumon and restored Fire Terminal." Bokomon added.
"Interesting," the elder mused as murmurs carried out through the villagers, the three in front discussing. Eventually they stopped and turned to the group. "Please pardon us," he said with a big smile and floated over to them. "We are the Candmon tribe who protect these ancient ruins. Which one of you is the holder of the Legendary Spirit?"
"Yang here," Bokomon said, pointing at Yang again.
The elder Candmon moved closer, examining her. "My, you certainly have fire in your eyes," he admitted, before turning to the others. "Everyone, welcome to our village. Please follow me," he said, before floating in another direction.
Yang hummed in thought as they started following the elder "Something's up." she said to herself.
The group followed and soon came across what appeared to be homes built into the walls, and a group of Candmon dancing around a fire which itself surrounded a large candle with the symbols of the Legendary Warriors, each holding what appeared to be a large four leaf clover in their hands.
"What's this?" Jaune blinked.
"Why it's a welcoming party," the elder said. "Come, let's enjoy the celebration."
The group blinked, but slowly got closer to the fire. However, when they got close enough, the Candmon suddenly threw the leaves they had into the fire, which released a wave of dark green smoke/dust.
The kids started coughing as the smoke surrounded them "What is this stuff?" Jaune said.
"I don't know… but I'm feeling tried." Pyrrha said as she rubbed her head.
"I'm… sleepy." Ruby said slowly, before she collapsed, Yang catching her as she fell asleep.
"That was… sleeping grass…" Bokomon managed to say before he and Neemon soon fell asleep as well.
The older kids were trying to stay awake, but the effects were getting to them too.
"Holder of the Legendary Spirit my butt. As if someone so weak that just this is getting to them could possibly have the spirits," the elder mocked.
"We...need to get out of here…" Pyrrha gasped.
"The river...if we could just reach that…!" Yang gritted her teeth, the sleeping herbs getting to her. However, before anyone could say anything else, three figures suddenly darted down, and grabbed all of them (minus Bokomon and Neemon who were a bit further away), and pulled them all into the river, instantly waking up anyone who was feeling out of it.
"Bwah!" Jaune was the first to break the surface. "What happened?!"
"We happened." said a voice that was familiar to Ruby and Yang when they surfaced, causing them to look and see…
"Blake!" the two exclaimed in shock at seeing the hoodie wearing girl they had met just earlier that day.
"I see you two are doing...relatively alright," Blake nodded.
"Well, we won't be alright for much longer if those guys come after us," said a boy with black hair with a magenta streak in it, magenta colored eyes, and a green shirt "My name is Lie Ren by the way, and this is Nora Valkyrie." he said as he nodded towards the carrot haired girl who grinned a bit.
"Heya!" she said "So… who's up for swimming away from jerks?"
"I think all of us," Pyrrha chuckle a little despite the situation.
"But I don't think they're going to let us escape THAT easily," Weiss frowned.
"Well in that case, dive!" Ren said, before going underwater, the others all copying him as they started to swim away unseen.
Eventually, they resurfaced, hiding within a crevice in the rock cliff "Looks like we'll be safe here." Jaune said with a sigh.
"For now you mean." Weiss said in annoyance.
"Chances are they aren't going to just stop chasing us like that." Pyrrha said with a frown.
As if the universe wanted to prove a point, they could hear the Candmon getting close.
Yang narrowed her eyes, before turning back to everyone else "You all get out of here, I'll be the bait."
"I didn't take you for someone suicidal." Blake said dryly.
"I'm not, but right now, I'm the only one that can fight them." she said, confusing them, before pointing up the cliff "Go! Now!" she said, and they started to climb up, before jumping out of the river, and throwing a few rocks at the Candmon. "Hey uglies, over here!" she shouted, before running in another direction, the Candmon chasing after her. As she ran, she pulled out her Digivice, pressing on the button. "Come on, come on!" she growled, before she realized she was surrounded by the Candmon. "Come on! Spirit!" she shouted, right as the Digivice started to glow.
"Spirit...Evolution!" Yang called out as the ring appeared on her hand and she scanned it, merging with the Spirit and turning into Agneyamon again. "Alright!" she grinned, kicking several Candmon back.
"What the heck?" Blake asked, eyes wide.
"She just transformed! That's so cool!" Nora said in awe.
"She's certainly impressive." Ren admitted.
"Yeah! Big sis is one of the ten legendary warriors!" Ruby explained with a cheer.
"Legendary warriors?" Ren asked questioningly as they got out of the water and got some distance, though they could still see the fighting.
"Apparently it's something we can get from obtaining the Spirits," Weiss explained.
"But is she going to be okay? She's outnumbered," Blake mused.
True enough… sure using physical moves worked, but when Agneyamon tried her ranged attacks...well…
"...did she REALLY think using fire was going to work on candles?" Weiss asked with a groan at the sight of the Candmon with BIGGER flames now.
"Apparently she did," Blake sighed as now Agneyamon was starting to be put on the defensive, as the Candmon were starting to gain ground.
"Let's just leave." Weiss said harshly, turning around… and slipping on some ice, falling right on her bum "Ouch!"
"Huh, didn't notice the ice earlier." Nora said as she looked around.
"Wonder why that cave's frozen." Jaune asked in confusion.
"Melt Wax!" they all heard, making them turn to see one of the Candmon throwing hot wax at Agneyamon, covering her in it, bringing out a shout of pain from her.
"Sis!" Ruby shouted in worry.
"She's not gonna hold on at this rate." Ren said with a frown, before he jumped down, sliding down the cliff.
"What are you doing Ren?!" Nora shouted at him.
"Helping her!" Ren said, reaching the bottom and kicking off, landing on the other bank, before pulling a green knife from his sleeve as he started swiping at the Candmon with it.
"S-Stay back!" Agneyamon managed to gasp. If this was hard enough for her, she didn't want to imagine what would happen if they went after him.
"I don't care if you're a legendary warrior or something, you can't handle this alone!" Ren shouted, actually causing some of the Candmon to back off a bit as he swung the knife without fear.
"Is he insane?!" Weiss gasped.
"Whatever he is, we have to help!" Pyrrha said in alarm. However, before they could make any moves, a light suddenly shone from the ice, drawing everyone's attention as the ice began to melt, and from the hole formed, something rose up. It looked like a small bear on a platform, wearing pieces of green armor on it.
"A spirit?" Jaune said in surprise.
"There was one right under our noses!" Ruby gasped.
"Well this is a perfect timing," Weiss said as she stepped forward and aimed her Digivice at it. "Come, Spirit!" she called out, and the Spirit glowed as it flew forward...and promptly flew past her. "...what?" Weiss blinked owlishly, her Digivice still held out awkwardly.
"Hah! Rejected!" Nora said with a laugh, causing the heiress to go red in embarrassment and annoyance.
"But where's the Spirit…?" Blake trailed off as they saw it fly...and soon stop in front of Ren, a burst of cold wind forcing the Candmon back, yet to the boy it felt like a light breeze.
"This is…!" Ren blinked in surprise, before a glow came from his pocket. Reaching into it, he pulled out his Digivice, and on instinct pointed it at the Spirit, which soon entered the device, the symbol of Ice appearing on the screen.
(Play 'With the Will')
Several lines appeared and formed the outline of the Spirit on the screen of the Digivice, before the scene zoomed out to show Ren holding it, before holding up his left hand as a ring of Fractal Code formed, before he brought it to the Digivice and scanned it. "Spirit...Evolution!" he called out as the data was scanned, the ring breaking and extending, before encircling him as his clothes seemingly burned off and his body took on a darker tone as large image of the Spirit of Ice appeared behind him, and released a burst of ice and snow. At the two sides of his head, armor seemed to appear, followed by around his arms, body, and legs, and from his face a section of armor appeared over his mouth, before the grid came together, the armor parts all aligning with his body and slowly compressing together, his eyes glowing brightly as the armor joined together and a flash of light occured before the new warrior was revealed. It was a tall being seemingly made out of snow, with bear ears on top of their head and magenta colored eyes, a green headband around their forehead that had two pieces hanging down the sides, and a mouthplate covering their mouth. A green commando vest with the mark of ice in the middle covering his chest with a dark grey pauldron on their left shoulder and an orange plate shaped shoulder guard on their right shoulder, heavy duty snow boots on their feet, which could make skis come out of it, and in his hands were a pair of blasters that seemed to be able to shoot out snowballs. With the skis deployed, he began skiing down as if on a snowy hill, while firing away with his blasters, ending with a jump as his skis folded back and his blasters landed on his back, allowing him to do a kneeling land. "Chackmon!" he declared as he got to his feet, giving the screen a focused look.
"Well… temperature just dropped around here." Agneyamon murmured as she eyed the new warrior.
"Yay! Go Ren!" Nora cheered.
"Woah… he looks totally badass." Jaune said.
"Oh hey, another one." Neemon said as he woke up.
"That makes four in just one day… these kids operate fast." Bokomon muttered as he pulled out his book and looked through it "There we go, Chackmon of Ice."
Digimon Analyzer: Chackmon
Chackmon. Free Type. A Beast Man Digimon. A Digimon with power over Ice, inherited from an ancient warrior. A militaristic Digimon with the expertise of a trained soldier, wielding the twin blasters Romeo and Juliet into battle. His special attacks are Frozen Clinking, breathing out a blizzard at his foes, and Snow Bazooka, merging his two weapons together for a powerful attack.
"Another one?!" the elder Candmon gasped as he watched what just happened.
"That's enough out of all of you! Frozen Clinking!" Chackmon called out, his mouthplate opening for a moment to let him breathe out a blizzard level wind, freezing several nearby Candmon solid, while aiming it in a way that Agneyamon got some of it too, cooling the wax and allowing her to free herself.
"Thanks for the assist," she nodded. "Now let's show these guys who's boss."
"Agreed," Chackmon nodded, both warriors advancing towards the remaining Candmon. However, the Candmon didn't seem to intimidated, as two stepped forward, the same two who had been with the elder earlier.
"Don't get cocky!" one of them said.
"The real fight starts now!" the other declared, before both were covered in a cocoon of Fractal Code, and when it dispersed, two new Digimon stood in their place.
The first of the two could be best described as a man made of fire, while the second looked like a textbook description of a wizard.
"Oh, Meramon and Wizardmon… this could potentially be a problem." Bokomon blinked.
Digimon Analyzer: Meramon
Meramon. Data Type. A Flame Digimon. A Digimon shrouded in fire, born from from the hidden Firewall of the net. While it's a violent fighter, it is a peaceful Digimon in all other circumstances. It's special attack is Burning Fist, launching a ball of fire from his hand.
Digimon Analyzer: Wizardmon
Wizardmon. Data Type. A Demon Man Digimon. He apparently hails from another Digital World known as Witchelny, where magic users are common, and somehow ended up in the current Digital World. A master magic user, Wizardmon is always interested in the history of the world. His special attack is Thunder Cloud, summoning forth a small storm cloud to shock his opponents with.
"Agneyamon. Chackmon. Do you believe you can defeat us?" Wizardmon smirked. "Magic Game!" he called out as both he and Meramon suddenly vanished.
"Where'd they go?!" Agneyamon gasped.
"Be careful, they're no doubt still around," Chackmon frowned.
"Heh, you're sharp. Let's see if it can actually help you," Meramon's voice said...before a fireball suddenly appeared in mid-air, headed right for him.
"Look out!" Agneyamon shouted, quickly blocking the flames.
"Where are you looking?" Wizardmon smirked as a blast of lightning came Agneyamon's way, only to be blocked by Chackmon's Frozen Clinking.
"Careful, they're gonna try to fight us like this again," Chackmon frowned.
"Stop hiding you cowards!" Agneyamon glared.
"Hmph. If you can't even see through this simple trick, then truly the Spirits chose wrong," Meramon snorted, before both of them were suddenly kicked in the back, Meramon having gotten behind them.
"We won't be able to win unless we find them," Chackmon grunted.
"But we can't find them if we can't see them!" Agneyamon growled, thinking furiously. If only they could find a way to find an invisible target. Growling in frustration, she threw a random fireball, which was batted away...and landed in the lake, the flames going out, but not before some steam was created. "That's it!" she gasped.
"Did you think of something?" Chackmon asked.
"Yeah, I got an idea. Fire your Frozen Clinking at me. Don't worry, I'll handle the rest," she said.
Chackmon was understandably unsure, but as it was, they didn't have any choice, so with a reluctant nod he turned to her. "Frozen Clinking!" he called out, firing the blizzard once more.
"Burning Salamander!" Agneyamon countered, the two attacks of hot and cold mixing, and the ice in the wind melting and quickly evaporating, causing a burst of steam to come forth.
"What?!" the two enemies gasped in surprise when the steam hit...and revealed their positions.
"There you are!" Chackmon said, realizing what Agneyamon had planned, and quickly pulled out Romeo and Juliet, before opening fire on the two Digimon, causing Wizardmon to lose focus, the two tumbling back into visibility.
"Let's finish this before they can recover!" Agneyamon called out, earning a nod from Chackmon who joined his two weapons.
"Salamander...Break!" Agneyamon called out as she slammed a flaming foot into Wizardmon's chest.
"Snow Bazooka!" Chackmon called out, firing snowballs with the force of a missile, which bombarded Meramon much to his pain. When the two attacks were over, both Digimons' bodies turned dark and a ring of Fractal Code appeared around them.
"This meaningless evil ends here. May your evil be frozen in ice for eternity," Chackmon declared, pulling out his Digivice, and pressing the side as the symbol of Ice appeared on the screen. "Fractal Code...Scan!" he called out as he swung the Digivice, the scanner catching and absorbing the data till both Meramon and Wizardmon reverted into Candmon, who fell on the ground, eyes swirly.
"We give," they both said, holding up white flags.
"This was all a test?!" Yang all but demanded.
"Yes, we apologize that we went to this length, but we had to confirm that you were all indeed the inheritors of the Spirits," the elder said.
"Well did we pass?" Ren asked flatly.
"With flying colors," the elder nodded. "As a token of our apology, let us help you continue on your journey. For you see, the Fractal Code of the bridge was being held by Meramon and Wizarmon."
The moment he said that, Ren took out his Digivice, and suddenly the Fractal Code flew out and restored the bridge.
"Well, that's good at least." Blake said with a sigh.
"So… we're all going to the Forest Terminal, right?" Jaune asked the three new arrivals of the night.
"Yes… I suppose you were going to ask if we wanted to come with you?" Ren asked knowingly.
"Yeah… if that's fine with your guys of course." Jaune added after a moment.
"I'm up for it." Blake said with a shrug.
"I see no reason not to." Ren added with a small smile.
"Yay! More friends!" Ruby and Nora cheered together and high fived each other.
Meanwhile, further ahead from the rest of the group, a Trailmon was running along the tracks. Inside, a certain pair of twins were sitting on the seats, examining their Digivices. "...doesn't seem any different from before...but how did that Spirit thing go into this?" Gyro mused.
"Beats me. Still, these'll definitely be useful in finding a way home," Pierce said.
"Yeah, once we reach the Forest Terminal, let's see what else we're supposed to do," Gyro nodded slowly as the Trailmon continued onward, till eventually it reached a station made of wood in a woodland area, which just screamed 'Forest Terminal'. The Trailmon soon reached to a complete stop, opened its doors, yawned loudly...and promptly fell asleep.
"Well...that guy's got the right idea," Pierce yawned.
"Yeah, we're not getting anywhere without some sleep," Gyro agreed as they both got out and soon sat down on a bench and fell asleep. It'd been a long day after all.
"This is hell." Weiss groaned as their little group walked along the train tracks in the early morning.
"Oh tough it out princess, walking is good for you anyway, unless you want to grow up to be a fat opera lady." Yang taunted her with a grin.
Weiss's indignant scream rang out as she started chasing Yang around, the blonde running with a grin on her face.
"Well, they're lively," Jaune sighed. He was getting pretty winded too honestly.
"It...would be nice if we had another means other than following the tracks on foot," Blake agreed.
"Well unless a Trailmon rolls by now, I think we don't have a choice," Ren sighed.
"Then why don't we ask that Trailmon coming right now," Nora spoke up, pointing at something coming.
"...huh, that's convenient," Pyrrha blinked.
"Hey! Hey you! Stop please!" Ruby and Nora both shouted as they stood in the middle of the tracks, soon getting the Trailmon's attention.
"Hey, come on, get off, that's dangerous." the pink, mole shaped Trailmon said in a somewhat whiny tone.
"Sorry, but we were hoping you could give us a lift," Ruby said.
"Yeah, we've been walking for so long and we need to get to the Forest Terminal. Can ya help us?" Nora asked.
"Well...I guess I could, but then I'd feel heavy…" the Trailmon seemed unsure.
"We don't weigh that much, come on." Ruby said, before climbing onto one of the forelegs that came out the sides of the front, the rest copying her.
"H-hey! H-hold on! I'm t-ticklish!" the Trailmon said through a fit of giggles which got worse as more people clung onto him. Eventually the giggling became too much and they were all knocked off, the Trailmon continuing, giggling all the way.
"...well...that's a bust…" Yang sighed.
"Back to walking it is," Jaune groaned, as they continued on. Eventually…
"Fork in the road," Blake said flatly.
"Guess we'll have to pick one way," Bokomon mused.
The group looked at the two paths in front of them and well… "Left," they all said. Simultaneously. Seriously, right was a barren path and left was a lush forest. The answer couldn't be more obvious if it hit them in the face. And even if it was wrong, it's usually common sense to go somewhere that ISN'T barren.
"Yeah, I don't even know why I asked." Bokomon admitted.
"Even I'm not dumb enough to make THAT mistake." Neemon said, before Bokomon snapped his waist band again.
The group continued onward, the hot desert soon giving way to a cool forest.
"This feels MUCH better than before," Weiss sighed, enjoying being out of the heat.
"That we can all agree," Blake nodded as they followed the tracks, and eventually came to a station.
"Is this the Forest Terminal?" Ruby asked.
"Sure looks like it," Nora said. However…
"No, it says 'Soft Breeze Village'," Neemon said, reading a nearby sign.
"Wrong place huh?" they all heard, making them turn to see the twins sitting on a bench just across the way, seemingly just waking up.
"You guys," Yang blinked in surprise, and she would have said more but…
"Hi!" Ruby smiled and waved, and with that face and look...even the usually grumpy looking twins could do nothing but wave back.
"I see you two are doing well," Blake noted.
"You three as well," Gyro said as he and Pierce got up. "Still, and here we thought this was Forest Terminal...guess it wasn't," he sighed as the two started to walk away.
"Where are you two going?" Weiss asked.
"Directions," Pierce said simply as the boys walked off.
"Those two…!" Weiss growled. She REALLY couldn't stand them.
"They've got the right idea though. We probably should ask for directions," Pyrrha mused.
"We have to find people first." Ren pointed out.
Everyone looked around at that, before Ruby looked up… and grinned "Found a good spot!" she said, before running… and started climbing up a tree.
"Oh come on! Not this again!" Yang groaned as she chased her little sister for the second time in just as many days.
Ruby was, of course, still faster than her, as she quickly shimmied up the tree, before standing on a sturdy branch as she looked around for any signs of Digimon around. "Hey! I think I see a town!"
"That's good to know, but is she going to be okay?" Ren asked, looking a little worried. The branch seemed sturdy, but it wasn't exactly large.
"Ruby, come on, let's go down!" Yang said as she got to the branch too.
"Okay," Ruby nodded...but lost her footing and fell over.
"Ruby!" Yang panicked. Fortunately, Ruby fell on a root, and soon ended up sliding down it, eventually getting launched off of it… and landed in the arms of… well Digimon obviously, that had flowers for hands.
"Phew, was worried there for a minute," Jaune sighed, while Yang had already jumped after her sister...and they all joined in too to meet up the crowd of Digimon.
An hour or so later…
"Wow, this soup is great!" Nora grinned as she greedily drank more of the soup in the bowl in front of her.
"It really is delicious," Weiss admitted as she took another spoonful. "Is this your local speciality?"
"That's right," the Digimon, which they learned were named Floramon, said. "Its one of the specialties of this town: Pear Soup. We'll even show you how to make it if you'd like."
"Sure, maybe we can make it ourselves sometime," Jaune nodded. It never hurt to know how to make something, especially if it tastes good.
"Right, first, you need a pear." one of the Floramon said, grabbing one out of a basket, the other Floramon copying her "And then you put it in your head."
"Wait, what?" was the flat response from all of the kids as the red leaf on Floramon's head opened up and she put the pear inside of it.
"And now we just need to dance." the Floramon said, before they all started dancing, and singing about their town. Once it was done, they brought out a few empty bowls, leaned over, and the soup poured out of their heads. "Please enjoy," they smiled, putting the extra bowls onto the table.
"Uh…" was the awkward response from most of them as they looked at the new bowls and their own bowls, feeling their appetites leaving...until Ruby and Nora started eating again, earning incredulous looks from the others.
"What? It tastes good, right?" Ruby asked, not getting why they didn't want to eat it.
"Shouldn't waste food either," Nora added.
"...she has a point," Ren admitted, and slowly started eating again, since it WAS tasty.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Weiss said with a grimace before she continued eating.
"Oh suck it up princess, we'll probably have to eat worse to survive here." Yang told her as she started eating as well.
The group continued with their meal for a while, and after it was done, they stepped out, and noticed the state of the town. "Well… the town sure is… something." Pyrrha said with a frown.
"The wind feels great though." Ruby said with a smile.
"I guess… but why is the place so…" Blake trailed off, trying to find a nice way of asking.
"Empty?" Jaune guessed.
"Desolate?" Ren frowned.
"Looks like nobody's been here for a looong time?" Nora asked, getting a nudge from Ren. Sure that's what they were thinking, but they were TRYING to avoid putting it that way.
"Ah...that…" the Floramon deflated. "Well...it wasn't always like this. This used to be a beautiful station, with lots of flowers and greenery, and we'd have trains stopping by all the time." Floramon explained "But then one day it just stopped, and the town just became like this over time."
"Because of the power of the three evil Digimon right?" Bokomon asked knowingly.
"It's what we believe yes." Floramon said with a nod.
"Who ARE those evil Digimon exactly anyway?" Yang asked with a frown.
"No clue." Neemon said, causing a few of them to face fault.
"He's not just being a moron this time. We actually don't know their identities. All we know is that they are likely as strong as the three Celestial Beings, the leaders of the Digital World, Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon." Bokomon explained.
"They sound scary…" Jaune gulped.
"Why are they doing stuff like that?" Blake frowned.
"We honestly don't know," Bokomon sighed. "All we know ever since they appeared, the three Celestial Beings disappeared, and chaos has been spreading in the Digital World…"
"Then this looks like a job for the 10 Legendary Warriors," Yang said with a grin.
"Yeah, it's just like a superhero show!" Ruby agreed.
"For now though… maybe we should focus on the town?" Pyrrha suggested.
"Oh yeah… well, want us to help you clean this place up a bit?" Jaune asked the Floramon.
"You'd do that?" she asked hopefully.
"Sure we can, right?" Jaune said as he turned to the others, making them look between each other before looking back at him and nodding.
"I suppose I can help them design a beautiful garden." Weiss said in her usual tone.
"Oh come on, get down in the dirt princess, it won't kill you." Yang said with a roll of her eyes.
"Come on you two, enough already," Ren sighed tiredly. Arguing wasn't going to help them at all.
The group soon got to work cleaning up and planting a few flowers, and generally making the place pretty. "This place is looking better already," Ruby smiled.
"Thank you for the help, but…" the Floramon sighed.
"Is something wrong?" Ruby asked.
"It's just...we're sure the Mushmon would…"
"Mushmon?" Ruby blinked, before the sound of rustling was heard, and three figures darted through the trees, before several explosions happened suddenly, throwing Jaune, Pyrrha, and Nora, along with several of the Floramon off their feet.
"Hey! Who just did that?!" Yang shouted in anger, her eyes flashing red for a moment.
"Us!" a voice replied, and soon standing in front of everyone where three short Digimon with mushroom caps for heads.
"Even though we told you that planting flowers would be pointless, you're still doing it." one of the three Digimon said, shaking his head with a smirk.
"You just don't learn do you?" another one added with a laugh.
"Mushmon, please, stop this!" Floramon pleaded.
"Never!" the leading Mushmon said, before the three of them pulled out small yellow mushrooms from their caps and threw them "Poison Smash!"
When the shrooms landed on the ground, the actually blew up, dispersing pollen in the air, which the Floramon inhaled… and soon started laughing uncontrollably.
"What's going on?" Ruby asked in worry.
"Some sort of laughing gas?" Weiss deduced with a frown.
"When you inhale the pollen of our yellow mushroom bombs, you laugh no matter what, and you'll laugh so much you won't have the strength to plant those flowers." the Mushmon gloated, confirming her thoughts.
"...that's actually not so bad," Jaune blinked. Sure it wasn't good, but between laughing powder and explosives...he knew which he prefered.
"W-why are you doing t-this?!" one of the Floramon asked through her laughter.
"Y-Yeah! Didn't we serve the customers together in the past?" another agreed.
"Heh, even if you say that, you all were the only ones who got the credit!" the Mushmon growled.
"Th-that's not true!" another Floramon said.
"Y-yeah! The mushroom soup you made was v-very popular!"
"Shut up!" the Mushmon growled, before throwing more mushrooms...only this time they were red.
"Look out!" Blake said in alarm, as the kids pushed as many Floramon as they could out of the way, causing the mushrooms to land and explode, but thankfully without harming anyone...save for the building they had been in, to which Bokomon and Neemon ran out before it was demolished.
"We've come to our senses…!" the first Mushmon said.
"We're going to…!" the second continued.
"Tear this village apart!" the third finished.
"What the heck is wrong with these three?!" Yang growled.
"They might have been affected by the evil magic!" Bokomon said, earning several questioning looks, to which he elaborated. "When the three evil Digimon appeared and their influence began to spread, their powers corrupted several Digimon too. These Mushmon may be three such victims."
The Mushmon looked ready to advance before Ruby puffed up her cheeks, ran forward, and slapped one in the face. "Stop it! That's no reason to hurt the Floramon or this town! You're just acting like big bullies right now!"
"Yeah! And your heads are ugly too!" Nora added, and everyone paused as they looked at her.
"Nora… that was too much." Ren said with a sigh. True enough…
"You got something against our heads?! Let's get her guys!" the lead Mushmon growled before they all homed in on Nora who understandably cheesed it, the three chasing after her.
"Okay, time to evolve now," Yang frowned, as she and Ren pulled out their Digivices, but...no response. "Come on! Again?!" she growled as both were pressing buttons in hopes of getting a result.
At the same time, Nora was dodging a few more mushrooms, while her friends tried to help, but it wasn't easy with the exploding mushrooms flying around.
"Stop it already!" Ruby shouted. This couldn't go on! It had to stop! And at that moment, from the roots of the trees, a pink light began to emanate, as something came into view.
It was, without a doubt, a spirit, one that had lavender pieces of armor on it with butterfly wings attached to the back of the armor.
"Another Spirit!" Pyrrha gasped.
"Perfect, then we can finally turn this around!" Weiss nodded, pulling out her Digivice, aiming it at the Spirit...only for the Spirit to fly in a different direction...and stop in front of Ruby, who noticed a pink glow coming from her pocket too.
"This is…!" she gasped, pulling out her Digivice as the Spirit was absorbed into it and the symbol of wind appeared on the screen.
(Play 'With the Will')
Pink points of light began tracing an image before forming the silhouette of the Spirit of Wind, before the scene shifted out to reveal it was on the screen of Ruby's Digivice as she held out her free hand, the ring of Fractal Code appearing around it. Smiling, she brought it to her Digivice and began scanning it. "Spirit...Evolution!" she called out as the scan was finished and the ring extended and encircled her as her clothes seemingly burned off and her body took on a darker tone while behind her a large image of the Spirit of Wind appeared, fluttering its wings a bit as a gust of wind blew through the scene. From Ruby's face, a 'mask' of sorts appeared as what appeared to be a visor appeared over it, while over her body, a suit of some kind appeared, followed by armor for her arms and legs, all of them looking pretty light. Like before, the parts all assembled over her, and began compressing, as her eyes glowed brightly and in a flash of light, a new figure was revealed.
The form was rather small, about as tall as a child, with lavender and light green colored armor that exposed a bit of her arms and ankles, a visor covering her eyes, with black hair that had red tips tied into a braid trailing behind her, large, transparent butterfly wings flapping behind her "Fairymon!"
Everyone blinked as they looked at the Digimon… which was barely taller than what Ruby had been "Well… that's kind of short." Jaune said after a moment.
Hearing that, Fairymon turned to him with a raised eyebrow "Huh? Short?" she said, before looking down at herself and pouting "Oh come on! This is way too small, at least make me a little taller!" she complained, before the wind seemed to respond to her and surrounded her, obscuring her from view for a few moments, before clearing away, revealing her to now at least be as tall as a teenager, making her sigh in relief, even if her armor had changed slightly, exposing her forearms fully as well as her thighs as her bottom armor now looked like shorts with high boots, but besides that it hadn't changed much "That's better."
"Huh...didn't know they could do that," Yang blinked in surprise.
"Well, that matches up Fairymon's usual description more than the small one from before." Bokomon said as he looked through his book "It has a bit more armor than old accounts say, but that's definitely Fairymon of Wind."
Digimon Analyzer: Fairymon
Fairymon. Free Type. A Fairy Digimon. A Digimon possessing power over wind, inherited from an ancient warrior. She can freely manipulate the atmosphere around her to cause mirages, as well as attacking her foes with blades of wind. Although she has a rather innocent personality, she has a strong heart to face any crisis with a smile. Her special attacks are Tornado Gamba, creating a tornado with a spinning handstand, and Brezzo Petalo, producing streams of wind from her fingers to fling them at her enemies.
Back to the fight, Fairymon turned to the Mushmon. "Stop this at once, you're all not of your right mind!"
"Not of our right mind, eh? Well talk to these!" the three shouted, throwing more mushrooms. However…
"Brezzo Petalo!" Fairymon called out, several streams of wind appearing at her fingers which she used to blow the mushrooms away, causing them to explode harmlessly. "If that is how you wish then so be it! Brezzo Petalo!" she called out again, this time catching all three Mushmon in the winds, causing them to fly all over, trapped in the wind and were soon in the air. As they started to fall though, Fairymon was ready with more. Getting on her hands, she pulled into a handstand and spread her legs as she began spinning, kicking up a tornado which caught the three Mushmon "Tornado Gamba!".
"Hold...on!" one of them shouted, grabbing hold of another, as two of them were launched out of the tornado, but the third remained trapped in it, spinning like crazy, before the tornado died down, the Mushmon soon turning dark as his Fractal Code was exposed.
"Now! Let the winds blow away the evil that rules your heart!" Fairymon said, pulling out her Digivice and pressing the button on the side, the symbol of Wind appearing on the screen. "Fractal Code...Scan!" she called out, scanning the code, and pulling it into her Digivice, the Mushmon soon glowing red as he landed on the ground, the light dissipating and revealing the Mushmon as if nothing happened, sleeping peacefully with the expression on his face...different somehow.
"Wait...don't they usually...turn into eggs or something?" Jaune asked.
"He wasn't truly evil, so Fairymon must have purified him," Bokomon explained.
"And now I'm going to do the same to you two," Fairymon nodded, looking at the remaining two Mushmon.
"Dammit, we won't forgive you!" the growled, before both suddenly were cocooned in Fractal Code, and when it dispersed, two new Digimon stood.
The two Digimon looked like walking tree trunks, with a pair of large club shaped arms, and a smaller pair of arms with actual hands on them, four legs supporting their bodies… though for some reason, one of them seemed to have a red hue to his body.
"Oh dear, looks like they've evolved into Woodmon." Bokomon said with a frown.
Digimon Analyzer: Woodmon
Woodmon. Virus Type. A Plant Digimon. A normally rather sneaky Digimon, passing itself off as a normal tree, it drains the energy of its victims when they get too close. When angered, it's hard to shake off a pursuing Woodmon, as they don't give up on their target that easily. Its special attack is Branch Drain, stretching out its trunk shaped arms to stab into the enemy to drain them of energy.
"Oh yeah, those are kinda strong… but why is one of them red?" Neemon asked.
"That… is a very good question." Bokomon admitted, before he started looking through his book for any info on this.
Despite the new development, Fairymon wasn't deterred in the slightest. Moving quickly, she got between them and… "Tornado Gamba!" she called out, creating another tornado, pushing them away from each other, before she rebounded from the hand stand. "Roseo Temporale!" she called out, delivering rapidfire kicks to the red Woodmon, before kicking off and doing the same to the normal Woodmon, but neither of them had any lasting effect.
"Heh, that didn't even itch!" both laughed. "Branch Drill!" they both called out, forcing Fairymon to dodge and evade, quickly getting some range.
"Brezzo Petalo!" she called out, catching them in the wind, but they stood strong.
"Okay...this isn't looking too good…" Ren frowned.
"We need to help her," Blake agreed.
"Come on, come on!" Yang growled pressing on the buttons of her Digivice, till suddenly it started to glow. "Yes!" she cheered as the symbol of fire appeared.
"Spirit...Evolution! Agneyamon!"
The two Woodmon began advancing, before a red blur hit the normal colored one right in the face, pushing him back a bit, as the figure backflipped and revealed to be Agneyamon. "You two are gonna have to go through me if you want to lay a hand on my little sister!" Agneyamon glared.
"Awesome! Now we're superheroes together!" Fairymon cheered with a smile as she looked at her sister.
Agneyamon grinned a bit, before getting into a boxing stance "In that case, ready to kick some butt sis?"
"Ready and raring to go!" Fairymon said with a determined grin.
"Burning Salamander!"
"Brezzo Petalo!"
The two sisters launched their attacks at the same time at the two Woodmon, but mid-way in the flight, the two attacks mixed...and turned into a raging inferno. The Woodmon both gaped as the flames consumed them completely, and when it subsided, one had been blown back, while the other was now darkened with a ring of fractal code.
"This one's mine," Agneyamon glared, pulling out her Digivice and activating it, causing the symbol of fire to appear. "Corrupted evil soul, this Digivice will purify you! Fractal code...Scan!" Once again the code was absorbed, and the Woodmon soon reverted into a Mushmon.
"Woah… that attack was super cool!" Nora cheered.
"It was really impressive." Pyrrha added.
"I'm sure I could have done better." Weiss said, looking away and pouting somewhat, feeling more than a little miffed that a little girl got a Spirit before her.
Back with the fight, Agneyamon was looking to end this quickly as she'd launched another Burning Salamander at the Woodmon, and while he was engulfed in it, he suddenly got out seemingly not affected. "What the?!" she gasped.
"Nice try, but I'm no normal Woodmon. I'm RedWoodmon!" RedWoodmon laughed.
"...uh...yeah, you're kinda red," Fairymon commented awkwardly.
"Actually, I think he's being literal." Bokomon spoke up as he looked down at his book "He's a slight variation on normal Woodmon that is made out of Redwood, a wood that is difficult to burn to my knowledge."
"So basically fire won't work on it," Blake frowned.
"Well if fire won't work, we'll just have to do this the old fashioned way," Agneyamon growled.
"Right, let's kick his butt!" Fairymon agreed as both sisters surged forward and began delivering punches and kicks to RedWoodmon...but they weren't doing any real damage, right until he took a swing, and knocked both of them back.
"Now who's kicking who's butt?" the RedWoodmon smirked...before he felt something hit him in the back of the head, making him turn around.
"How about we're the ones to kick your butt?" Gyro said, juggling a pear in his hand.
"After all, jerks like you need to learn their lesson." Pierce added with a grin.
"You two are just ASKING to be smashed!" RedWoodmon roared, swinging at the boys, causing them to have to evade.
"Let's show him who's boss!" Gyro said, as they both grabbed their Digivices. However...nothing happened.
"Huh? Why isn't this working?" Pierce blinked when they were notably NOT evolving.
"Oh come on! This is not the time for this kind of bull!" Gyro said with a groan as he kept pushing buttons.
"Incoming angry tree!" Pierce said in alarm, forcing the two to evade again.
"Where was all that talk before?" RedWoodmon laughed...before he felt several impacts on his back, pushing him forward a bit.
"You're still fighting us!" Fairymon shouted as she and Agneyamon continued fighting RedWoodmon even as their attacks weren't doing any major damage.
RedWoodmon glared at them...before a smirk appeared on his face. "Sure, right after I do THIS! Branch Drill!" RedWoodmon called out, extending his arm...but aiming it at Gyro instead.
Fairymon saw that, and moved in the way, taking the hit and causing her to be knocked to the ground where she reverted to Ruby, the little girl groaning on the ground.
"Ruby!" Agneyamon gasped in alarm. However…
"Bastard!" Gyro growled, getting up and grabbing hold of his Digivice again, charging forward and holding it up. "You're not getting away with that!" At that, the Digivice began to glow.
"Spirit...Evolution! Wolfmon!"
Wolfmon quickly drew his Licht Schwert, and charged forward, jumping over another strike from RedWoodmon. "Licht Sieger!" he called out, landing a double slash onto RedWoodmon's forehead. It didn't cause major damage, but it did make a notable, if small, hole.
"Hah! That barely stung!" RedWoodmon laughed.
"Heh, don't you know? To make a big hole, start with a crack! Licht Kugel!" Wolfmon smirked, before firing a laser blast from his wrist, hitting the hole dead on, and going right through, making a hole in the other end.
"I...won't…!" RedWoodmon gasped, despite the now sizeable hole in his head.
"Fun fact, red wood trees have fire proof barks, but the INSIDE of the tree is perfectly flammable," Pierce added, loud enough for Agneyamon to hear, and she got the message loud and clear.
"This one's for Ruby! Burning...Salamander!" Agneyamon called out, sending the flames into RedWoodmon who roared in pain as his defense was completely bypassed, running around due to the flames before finally slumping over and turning dark as his fractal codes were exposed.
"Soul that squirms in darkness...the holy light will purify you!" Wolfmon said as he activated his Digivice. "Fractal Code...Scan!" he called out, scanning the Fractal code, and with that, the last of the Mushmon fell to the ground, looking like all the anger had been stripped from him, his expression at peace.
With the threat gone, Agneyamon and Wolfmon reverted back to normal, both sighing, before idly examining their Digivices which were suddenly glowing, the same with Ruby who'd been helped up by now, having gotten the dizziness out. The three pressed a button on their Digivices, and a burst of Fractal Code filled the area, restoring much of the forest that had been damaged, and causing flowers to bloom, turning the town green once more.
(End Song)
"What just happened?" Gyro wondered.
"Right, you weren't there, basically Digimon can hold the data of the world in their bodies, so when we scanned them, we got the data in these." Yang told him.
"Huh… interesting. Nice to know though." Gyro said, nodding to her in thanks, before he went up to Ruby "Thanks for earlier."
Ruby looked up at him and simply smiled "Well, it's what heroes do, right?"
Gyro chuckled at her words "In an ideal world, I guess so yeah." he said, before starting to walk away "Keep being bright kid." he said as he waved at them.
"Catch you all another time." Pierce added as he followed his brother.
"You know… I guess they aren't so bad." Jaune said after a moment.
"Still rough around the edges though." Pyrrha added.
"They didn't talk much on the train ride here… but I think they have something big their not wanting to talk about." Blake said slowly.
"Their still delinquents." Weiss said dismissively.
"Nobody really cares about your opinion princess." Yang said in deadpan, causing Weiss to glare at her.
Some small amount of time later, the Mushmon had woken up, and didn't seem to remember what they had been doing recently, having no memory of acting the way they had. Thankfully, the Floramon forgave them and the town was now back to the way it was supposed to be.
And there's the chapter!
That's right, double feature, with both Chackmon and Fairymon being gained.
And these kids have more trouble with their digivices than the canon ones did, just to give them more of a challenge.
Also, no info on the three villains, unlike canon where they knew it was Cherubimon.
Trust me, there's goign to be a lot of surprises in store for thei version of Frontier.
Anyway, see you next time, because...
The Legend Evolves.