Titan Tamer of The Swordsman
Chapter Twenty
Every Dog Has It's Day
A/N
Karsap: Time for the next chapter.
Yuki: Hum Every Dog Has It's Day? is this about Beast Boy?
Karsap: Why yes but it still focus on you and Kotemon.
Kotemon: Oh good.
Karsap Yep so Yuki do the disclaimer.
Yuki: Okay! Karsap doesn't own Digimon or Teen Titans, but he owns Me Yuki Hata.
Jump City Night
The full moon shined brightly in the quiet night sky. The luminous white glow spread across the city beautifully undisturbed, that is, until a bright flash in the distance made itself known. As the flash flew closer and closer toward the city, it resolved into a red-and-yellow alien spacecraft. Cutting a path straight through the clouds, the ship cruised over Jump City Bay and headed straight for the urban section of the city. As it passed the bridge and Titans Tower, the wake of its passing threw up a wall of water.
The vessel redirected its course for the mountains outside the city and crash landed in a quick dive, throwing up dirt a cloud of smoke that covered the entire area as a result. Inside the fresh furrow, a red-eyed silhouette reared up and leapt away from the spacecraft, sprinting down the mountain and toward the city.
Titans Tower Day
The following day, the sun was shining beautifully in the sky. Inside the Tower's garage, Cyborg was tuning up the engine of the T-Car with the help of the acetylene torch built in his right finger. However, unbeknownst to the cybernetic grease monkey, a green lizard scuttled up the side of a storage container behind him and made its way along the ceiling. Hanging there, upside down, the small reptile surveyed the hard working mechanic.
Suddenly, the small animal dropped from its' perch and landed on the bionics' arm. "Wha-? Whoa!" Cyborg cried as he stumbled backwards, throwing the lizard against another container. After tumbling to the floor, and scattering his tools everywhere, the titanium Titan saw the lizard morph back into human form. "BEAST BOY!" He growled as his face glowed bright red.
"Heh… guess I shoulda knocked first." Beast Boy chuckled nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "So, what's up Cyborg? Working on your car?" The green teen asked as he approached his larger friend, who began gathering the items he dropped. "Bet you could use a few extra hands." He smiled before transforming into a green squid.
"Nah, I can handle it." The metallic teen responded while the squid began picking up some of the tools, "'Sides, some of these tools are kinda-"
"Ooh! What's this do?" Beast Boy asked after returning to his human form.
Cyborg looked over at him and dropped the equipment in his arms with a panicked little stutter. Before he could do anything, the curious shorter Titan activated the tool he was holding and released a flash of fire, causing a dense cloud of smoke to surround them. When the smog cleared, the two teens noticed that a good portion of the T-Car's bodywork had been badly singed. With a furious snort, the African mechanic glared at his green comrade.
"Oops… heh." The shape-shifting Titan blushed as a big sweat drop rolled down his temple.
"Maybe you should go help somebody else." Cyborg suggested icily, fighting against his urge to strangle the changeling. Taking the hint clearly, Beast Boy smiled sheepishly before darting out of the garage, hoping that his bulky friend wouldn't chase after him.
On the beach surrounding Titans Tower, a couple of man-shaped cutout targets popped out of the sand. Once three more targets finished rising, Robin sailed through the air and struck one with a roundhouse kick, then another with an overhead drop kick. He then went into a fast run and broke three more with various kung-fu moves. As he hurled himself into a spinning kick at the final cutout, Beast Boy popped up right in front of it.
"Hey, Robin." The oblivious teenager grinned as he held up a peace sign. However, his face went slack immediately as he realized what was about to happen. An instant later, he received the full force of the hit and was launched through the air before crash landing a few yards from the Boy Wonder. Woozily, he peeled himself halfway off the ground, "Need a workout buddy?" He groaned as his masked friend helped him stand up.
"Sorry, Beast Boy. But this is really more of a solo thing." The spiky-haired Titan apologized. "You okay?"
"Awesome." The changeling sighed sadly as he hung his head and stalked away from his team leader.
Inside Yuki and Kotemon's room said Tamer decided to look at The Big Book of Classification of Demons that Raven gave him, "Well here we go." Yuki said as he sighed as he opened the book, "Let's see, huh?" the Tamer asked when he see a content that caught his attention, "The Seven Princes of Hell?" Yuki said as he turned to the page, "The Seven Princes of Hell, are a group of seven high ranking demons that stand for the seven deadly sins, and are goes as follow, the first prince, used to be a Canaanite god called Baal but as soon the eight king of Israel, Ahaziah confronted cultist priests of the now god of fli-" His reading was soon interrupted by a green fly buzzing around him and he know who it is, "Beast Boy, would you please knock off the buzzing you're breaking my concentration?" he asked as the fly returned to his human form, "Heh, heh, sorry," Beast Boy said scratching the back of his head.
"Whatcha doing?" The changeling asked as he took a seat next to the Tamer.
"Researching." Yuki replied flatly.
"Oh right." Beast Boy said he heard what happen to Yuki's Parents in that future that the Tamer, Kotemon, and Starfire went to.
"So can you go to someone else?" Yuki asked.
"Oh, ok," Beast Boy said as he walked out the room.
"Now where were I oh yes, As soon the eight king of Israel, Ahaziah confronted cultist priests of the now god of flies they renamed the god to Beelzebub who now represent the sin of Gluttony and thus became the first Prince of Hell." Yuki finished, 'Oh my, I'm sure Me and Kotemon don't have to face him.' he thought.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" Raven chanted from inside her room. She and Starfire were floating crossed-legged just above the floor as they held their hands out to a large crystal ball that was placed between them. Both of their eyes were closed as they focused on the large glass orb.
"Tell me, Raven," The Tamaranean began as she opened her left eye to look at her friend, "does it always take so long to contact the spirit world?"
"Not always, Starfire, but it does require intense focus." The blue sorceress replied; her eyes closed as she continued meditating. "Absolute quiet and-"
"DUDES!" The image of Beast Boy shouted as it appeared inside the crystal ball. The two would-be mediums screamed in surprise and grabbed onto each other for support. A moment later, their green friend stood up from behind the ball, revealing he was still a member of the living. "Check it out." He held up a Chinese takeout container marked Hong's Tofu, "If I can eat twenty-nine pounds of tofu in under an hour I'll set a new world record." The two girls released each other and stared at him with bored expressions. "Wanna be my official witnesses?"
"Um…" Starfire hesitated in her reply.
"No." Raven answered bluntly, clearly annoyed with him.
After a moment, the poor teens' face fell as he looked away, frustrated and dejected. He then made his way out the door and headed down the hall, in hopes of finding something to do.
Kotemon was walking back into the tower as Yuki told him to go outside while the Tamer is reading the book that Raven gave to Yuki,
'I hope Yuki find what he looking for, that future that Starfire, Yuki, and I went to took a lot of him.' He thought to himself. The Digimon didn't see where he was going as he accidentally bump into Beast Boy who was walking backwards outside.
"Oh, hey Beast Boy. Where are you heading off to?" Kotemon said.
"Oh, I was going to head downtown. See what's going on in the big city," Beast Boy said.
"By yourself?" The Rookie asked.
"Yeah, I mean, everyone seems to be busy right now so I thought why not?" Beast Boy said.
"Heh, lucky for you, Yuki have some more time reading that book so let's get going." Kotemon said as the two of them head downtown.
Titans Tower-Yuki and Kotemon's room
Speaking of Yuki said Tamer found another Demon that peak his interest, "What's this the next prince of hell is a demon called Mammon, this demon said that he has an endless amount of wealth which he adds to by getting not only humans but other demons to do his bidding he will find ones who has weak wills and crave material wealth and he will trick them into doing things him that give him what he wants, but this demon is one of few who has another name called Barbatos, thus Mammon AKA Barbatos who represent the sin of Greed, and second Prince of Hell." Yuki finished, 'Commands demons to do his bidding that sounds familiar.' he thought.
Later in Jump City
Kotemon and Beast Boy were walking through the City thinking of something to do. The Rookie had his sleeves behind his helmet looking at the buildings when he looked over to see Beast Boy's depressed face.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kotemon asked.
"Huh, oh yeah. I'm pssh... I'm fine," Beast Boy said trying to play it off cool. As the Digimon look like he gave him a 'You're Serious?' look. Beast Boy eventually sighed as they continued walking.
"It just...feels like no one really needs me right now," Beast Boy said.
"What do you mean?" Kotemon asked confused.
"Well, everyone, except you, were doing something and I tried to get involved but I kind of got left out, so, it just felt like I wasn't needed," Beast Boy said, his ears drooping down.
"Aw, come on Beast Boy. Look, everyone has at least one activity they like to do by themselves: Yuki is researching on who killed his Parents in that future, Robin trains, Cyborg works on his car, Raven meditates and Starfire likes to cook or learn more about Earth. I'm pretty sure you have an activity you like to do by yourself," The Rookie said.
"You mean watch TV or play video games?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yeah. Look, it's cool that you wanted to spend time with everyone today but everyone needs some time to themselves, especially since that time with Warp. That doesn't mean you're not needed, it's just everyone is on their own personal time," Kotemon said. Beast Boy perked up a little at that.
"Huh, that makes me feel a little better. Thanks Kotemon," Beast Boy said.
"Anytime!" The Digimon said as the two continued walking. They made it to the pizza place where they saw two cute blond girls sitting at one of the tables.
"Hey, wanna get a slice?" Kotemon asked but stopped when he saw the dumb love look on Beast Boy's face and stars in his eye.
"Why don't we get a slice with them?" Beast Boy said as he puffed his chest out and walked over to the girls. Kotemon on the other hand, stood still as he shook his head and trailed behind him as he talked to the two girls. The Digimon watched as Beast Boy tried to play it cool when he accidently placed his hand on the pizza, making him slip and lose his balance, though the Rookie quickly caught him before he fell.
"We're sorry to interrupt your lunch girls. Please have a good day," Kotemon said as he pulled Beast Boy away.
"Did I do something wrong?" Beast Boy asked.
"No, it just wasn't the right moves," The Digimon said. The two heard giggling and they looked over to see the girls petting a large brown fluffy dog out in the park.
"Lucky dog. Sure, wish I was..." Beast Boy said as a light bulb went off on his head. "Oh, duh," Beast Boy said to himself as he turned into a dog with big dark spots on him as he ran up to the girls, barking.
"Woah, Beast Boy wait up." Kotemon said as he ran after him. As soon as he caught up, he heard the girls talking to him.
"Um, why is that dog green?" one of the girls said.
"And why does it smell like old pizza?" the other girl said as they shooed him away. Beast Boy hung his head down and slowly walked away. As the Digimon watched as he walked away before turning to the girls.
"You do know that he is a part of the Titans, right?" Kotemon asked the girls.
"Who? We're new to the city, so we don't really know much about it or these Titans," the girls said as they walked away while Kotemon collapsed to the floor in disbelief. Getting up the Digimon then he ran after Beast Boy, who was still in his dog form.
Meanwhile
Meanwhile inside an alley, a green dog, without spots, barked and poked its head up from a dumpster. It leapt out and began gnawing at a boot left on the pavement; but after a few chews, the sound of something approaching made it drop the item and yip worriedly. In the sky above, the spacecraft from the night before floated over the alley. As it hovered above the dog, a broad beam of light poured from a hatch on the underside and made its way closer to the green canine. Without any hesitation, the dog took off running to get away from the beam, leaving the old boot to get sucked up instead.
The tractor beam was hot on the green tail, as the dog made its way around a corner, over an aqueduct, and then into another alley.
Back inside at Titans Tower
Back inside the Ops Center, the window screen suddenly flashed red and displayed a message: Alert-City Sector 5. Robin, Yuki, and Cyborg were standing in front of the screen while Raven and Starfire soon flew in and joined them.
"Trouble!" The leader shouted.
"Where is Beast Boy and Kotemon?" The auburn-haired teen asked once she landed.
"No time to found out." Robin replied, "Titans! GO!" He shouted. The others obliged and quickly ran for the door.
Jump City Park
In an unoccupied section of the park, a familiar green spotted dog walked over a hill. Stopping in a secluded area, the disheartened canine whined softly at its twofold rejection-first as a teenager, as Kotemon come up to the green dog. "Hey, don't listen to them Beast Boy. They didn't know that they were talking to a very famous super hero," The Digimon said, scratching the back of Beast Boy's ear. Suddenly, the sound of another dog barking echoed over the park and the two looked up to see another green dog running straight towards them. The dog accidentally ran into Beast Boy knocking them both down. The two dogs got up and looked at each other in shock.
"Uh, Beast Boy, did you forget to mention that you had a twin or something like that?" Kotemon asked confused. Suddenly, a noise comes from the sky and the Digimon looks up to see a red and yellow spacecraft hovering in the air.
"What in the Dark Area is-" Kotemon starts to ask when suddenly the ship fires a large red beam at the Rookie, hitting him in the chest and sending him flying into a nearby tree, knocking him out. Beast Boy was about to go help him when the ship launched a tractor beam at him, sucking him into the ship while the other green dog made a run for it leaving the Digimon lying there unconsciously, leaving only the T-Communicator in a patch of grass singed by the energy where the imposter dog was caught and hauled up into the UFO.
Inside the UFO
Inside a very large circular chamber, dimly lit by only a double row of lights at the base of the walls, the spotted green dog lied dazed under a pool of light cast from an overhead source.
"Bad dog!" The canine heard a voice say to him, causing him to sit up and notice a metal collar clamped around his neck. "You should not try to escape." As the voice spoke, a very large shadow fell across the 'dog.' The figure casting said shadow was made of gray stone and very blocky, with two white slits for eyes, and wearing a yellow jumpsuit of some sort.
Shaking himself back into human form, Beast Boy tugged on his collar, "Um… you sure you got the right dog?" He asked as the large being leaned down and stared at him menacingly.
Back at Jump City Park
Back in the secluded section of the park, Robin crouched down and plucked a bit of singed grass for examination. Next to him, Cyborg was examining his forearm panel closely while Starfire looked around the immediate area.
A little later, Raven and Yuki walked up and regrouped with the team. "Word is, it was some kind of flying saucer." The mage said as she approached the group.
"It was also firing some kind of beam at the ground." The Tamer added.
"Whatever it was, my sensors can't track it." The metallic bruiser stated as he lowered his forearms, "Didn't leave any kind of trail."
"But it did leave this." The Boy Wonder assured as he pointed at the burned grass. "Something got zapped. Question is, what?"
Looking off to one side, the orange Titan gasped as she bent over to pick something off the ground, "Beast Boy!" She cried as she picked up a T-Communicator.
The others hurried over to see. Cyborg took the device and sniffed it. "It's BB's, all right." He confirmed as he jerked his head away hastily. "Smells like tofu."
"Oh, I fear our friend has gotten 'the zap.'" Starfire worried as she took the communicator back.
"Wait Kotemon might be with him then that means..." Yuki said as the five turn to the tree and the unconscious Digimon, "KOTEMON!" the Tamer yelled as they rushed to the unconscious Rookie.
"Raven can you try and move him with your powers?" Robin asked as Kotemon slowly regained consciousness as Yuki notice the Digimon started to stir.
"That won't be necessary he's coming to." The Tamer said. Kotemon slowly opened his eyes as he groaned. He looked to see the Titans standing in front of him, "Hey what's going guys?" The Digimon asked.
"Well at least you're safe Kotemon but where's Beast Boy?" Yuki asked. "Where's Beast.." Kotemon paused "Wait where's that UFO?" He then asked. "Huh you mean you saw the UFO?" The Tamer asked his partner. "Yeah it was red and yellow." The Digimon said.
"Kotemon, what's going on?" Robin asked.
"Beast Boy and I were out here in the park when a red and yellow ship came out of nowhere and blasted me into a tree. I don't know what happened to Beast Boy," The Digimon said. Robin held out his hand holding a Titans communicator.
"This is Beast Boy's communicator. We found it a few feet from where you landed," Robin said.
"I wonder what happened to him?" Kotemon said as he grabs it. Suddenly the green dog from earlier jumps onto Raven, knocking her down and started licking her face.
"He seems alright to me," Raven said. Starfire picks up the dog and looks at the dog. The Digimon takes a closer look at the dog and recognizes it.
"Uh, guys...that's not Beast Boy," The Rookie said.
"What? Of course, he is. He's green and he is a dog. Name another person we know who can do that?" Cyborg said.
"No. Look before that ship appeared, this dog came running at us and right into Beast Boy. Then when the ship came, he took off and Beast Boy was taken instead," Kotemon said, "Are you sure Kotemon?" Yuki asked, but before said Digimon could answer, the dog broke free of Starfire's grip and chased after a passing truck.
"If we're going to find Beast Boy, we need to catch that dog! Let's go!" The Rookie said as he and the Titans pursued the dog.
Giving chase to their friend, the other six Titans emerged from an alley and looked around.
"Where did he go?" Robin asked.
"And what did he do to that car?" Raven asked as she pointed to a car on the other side of the street.
They looked over and saw the rear bumper of the car gone and its rear axle severely bent. The owner jumped all around, looking at the damage from different angles. "My bumper!" The man cried as he fell to his knees.
"Split up and search." The masked teen stated. "Start with Beast Boy's usual hangouts and fan out from there." With a nod, the four followed the order and ran off in different directions.
Pizza Place
Back at the pizza joint, Robin questioned the two blonde girls Beast Boy and Kotemon met with earlier, seeing if they knew anything. He was soon in for a surprise when the green mutt tugged on the end of his cape. Letting go, the dog ran off while the young Titan followed in hot pursuit.
Jump City Beach
On the shore of Jump City Bay, under the bridge, Raven was walking along the water's edge in search for her green comrade. She soon found her target when it ran up behind her and knocked her down to the ground. It licked her face a few more times before running off again, leaving the girl completely stunned.
Downtown Jump
In the streets of downtown, Cyborg made his way through the city before noticing the green dog next to him. Unfortunately for him, the bionic Titan appeared as only one thing to the dog: a king-sized fire hydrant. Recoiling in disgust, and realizing that he had just been used as a toilet, the cybernetic bruiser chased the dog through the streets.
The Arcade
Yuki and Kotemon stood outside the entrance of an arcade and looked around for the dog. They heard a noise come from an alleyway next to the building and walked over to investigate. They saw the dog sniffing around a trio of trashcans and The Tamer quickly made his approach. He was able to grab the dog and make his way out of the alley, but the animal squirmed from his hands and kicked off Yuki's chest, sending him crashing into the trashcans behind him. Sitting up and removing a piece of old pizza off his head as Kotemon come up to his Tamer, they noticed a group of stray dogs surrounding them. Closing their eyes and grinning sheepishly, the Tamer offered the pizza to the dogs, but they all went for them, creating a giant cloud of dust that surrounded them in the fracas.
Back at Jump City Park
In a different part of the city park, the green pooch ran along a path with one of Starfire's boots in its jaw. She hopped along after him, keeping her bare foot off the dirt.
Rooftops
Running across the rooftops, Robin chased the dog as it leapt from one to the next. It reached a ledge beyond which no other buildings were visible and stopped to look back at the pursuer. Before it could be caught, the canine jumped over the ledge. Coming to a stop and looking out, the spiky-haired teen saw no green mutt anywhere in sight at street or roof level. What he failed to notice, however, was a small niche just below him where the dog was standing on its forelegs and pressing itself against the masonry.
Drive-in Restaurant
In the parking lot of a drive-in restaurant, Raven walked through and looked around; no luck for the moment, but that changed when the dog leapt up at her and plowed her to the ground for another enthusiastic lick. It then let up after a moment and bounded off, leaving her to chase after him.
Back at Jump City Park
The sun was now beginning to set as the constant searching for their friend wasted more and more time. In the park, Starfire found her boot next to a bench. It was soggy and chewed up, but she had little time to worry about it once she noticed the canine running behind her. Pulling the boot on hastily, she ran off across the grass to give chase.
Alley
It wasn't until evening when the entire game of cat and mouse ceased. After chasing the unknown dog into an alley, Robin and Cyborg quickly walked in after it while Raven, Starfire, Kotemon, And Yuki followed.
"Careful, everybody. We don't want to scare it." The concerned leader cautioned as they all made their way through the alleyway.
"Speak for yourself." The emotionless mage stated.
"Ugh!" The auburn-haired Titan groaned as she covered her nose. "What is that smell?"
"Dog-Boy here confused me with a fire hydrant." The embarrassed mechanical teen admitted as a little drop of sweat rolled down his temple.
"And he covered me in garbage." Yuki added. To their surprise, the dog in question poked out from a trashcan.
"Whoa, easy there, boy. We just need your help," Kotemon said with his arms up. The dog let out a burp, releasing a bumper from a car he was eating earlier. The Titans back away in disgust when suddenly, the dog's tongue extended and licked Raven's face again before leaping towards a subway grate where it turned into a mass of slime and slid through the grates.
"So... we all just saw that right?" Cyborg asked.
"Well, that definitely confirms it, that isn't Beast Boy," Raven said as she wiped off the saliva from her face.
"Told ya." Kotemon said.
"And if that's not Beast Boy…" Robin began.
"…then where could he be?" Starfire finished, "And who's got him." Yuki added, worried for their green friends' safety.
Inside the UFO
"Dude, for the last time: I am not your dog!" The missing Titan shouted angrily as he strained to pull the collar off his neck, without success. Losing balance, he fell to the ground backwards. On the collar, a glowing red string was attached to it, much like a leash.
In front of him, the large rock alien sat on the ground, watching him, and gasped happily. In the light, his clothing was seen to be a full-body jumpsuit with many patches sewn on, as well as gloves and boots built in. In face, the outfit strongly resembled a giant pair of child's "footie" pajamas.
"You are funny!" The alien clapped happily, "Soto likes you." He referred to himself.
"Okay. I didn't want to have to do this, but…" Beast Boy morphed into a bobcat, roared at full voice, and leapt toward his captor. To bad for him, though, the giant rock extraterrestrial pressed a switch on a remote control in his hand, causing the leash to pull taut and yank the giant cat to the floor. Getting to his feet, the green cat looked at an eyebolt that the leash was connected to and tried for another lunge, only to have it stopped when the slack ran out.
The sentient rock laughed and clapped as his new pet flailed his paws and then transformed into a crane. Pecking at the leash did no good; ditto when he became an alligator and tried to bite through it. Donkey, monkey, hippopotamus, fish-none of these forms allowed him to slip free of the collar, which grew or shrank as needed to fit him every time. Even as a pterodactyl, he couldn't break free.
"You are not Soto's dog!" The alien laughed as he grabbed and hugged his captive. "You are better than Soto's dog!" Having reverted to human form, Beast Boy was dropped on a group of cushions then offered a dish of assorted strange foods.
"Oh!" The changeling exclaimed in surprise as he took one of the odd snacks. "Uh… thanks."
"You can change into any pet?" Soto asked as he clapped his hands, "Any pet Soto asks?"
With a smirk, Beast Boy tossed the food in his hand aside, "Well… I don't like to brag, but…" He cockily stated as he placed his hands behind his head.
"Change!" Soto cheered.
"If I do, will you let me go?" The captive demanded as he sat up.
"Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmmm." The alien muttered as he nodded excitedly.
The shape-shifter got to his feet; in an instant, he became a giraffe. Soto stared, thunderstruck, and then laughed after a moment. "Change!" The alien child cheered.
Reverting back to human form, the changeling pointed at the collar, "Uh, hello? Aren't we forgetting something?"
"Bad dog!" Soto shouted angrily as he brandished the remote, "Soto said, 'Change!'" He pressed the switch and a strong electric shock coursed through the young Titans' body, forcing him to turn into a parrot.
"Happy now?" The parrot squawked as it flapped its' wings.
"Change!" The alien pressed the button again, delivering another shock. This time Beast Boy transformed into a bighorn sheep. "Change!" Soto laughed. Another shock, another animal, this time a green mouse. "Change!" He laughed again. After another shock was delivered, the shape-shifter transformed into a sullen gorilla. "You're the best dog ever! And now you are Soto's new dog!"
The gorilla grunted softly and resumed human form. "Say what?!" Beast Boy shouted angrily, completely sick of the whole situation, "Dude, I am nobody's pet!"
This outburst caused the alien child to tear up, "You… do not like Soto's ship?" He asked through a trembling voice, "You do not like Soto?" He asked as he leaned down toward his new 'pet.'
"Um…" The captive nervously uttered before not replying.
His silence seemed to have brightened the young alien since he gave the young Titan a big smile, "Good dog!" Soto said as he patted his head. Beast Boy sighed with relief, knowing he temporarily defused his anger.
"Now we go home." The large rock cheered as he stumped away toward the helm of the ship.
"Home?"
At the helm, the owner of the ship was adjusting the controls, which looked very much like the sort of toys a toddler would play with: bright colors, simple shapes, little bells that rang when buttons were pressed. "Soto's planet, on far side of galaxy." The driver explained. This response made the new house pet swallow very hard at the prospect of relocation.
Jump City Sewers
In the dark recesses of a sewer tunnel, Robin, Raven, Starfire, Yuki and Kotemon looked around for the green dog, while nothing but the sound of water dripping accompanied them. A moment later, their target walked along behind them, grabbing their attention before running down a side tunnel. As the dog ran down the corridor, it failed to notice Cyborg hiding behind a corner. After releasing a fierce yell, the hiding Titan dove from his spot and wrapped all ten fingers around the animal-but only for a moment, as it slithered out of his grasp in the same way it escaped down the sewer grate. Free from the cybernetic African, the dog made its way around another corner.
"Remind me again why we're chasing this thing." He said as he stood up.
"The creature is not of this Earth." The Tamaranean began.
"And neither is the UFO." The cloaked girl added.
"The alien ship must have come here looking for the green dog-" The masked Titan said.
"-and captured Beast Boy instead." The Tamer finished.
The Gothic mage then spoke again, "So, if we ever want to find Beast Boy-"
"-we have to catch that dog." Robin finished.
"Right and we need a plan." The Digimon told them.
"Or maybe we just need some bait." Cyborg suggested.
At his words, the other four turned around and looked at Raven. The four of them shot knowing glances toward her, having figured out what their genius friend had in mind.
"What?" The sorceress asked as her eyes darted uneasily between the three of them.
Downtown Jump City
Back on the surface, the extraterrestrial pooch was sniffing a sidewalk tree in the downtown section of Jump. The sound of a throat clearing quickly got its attention and it turned and saw the reluctant mage a few yards down the sidewalk.
With a sigh, Raven began beckoning for the animal, "Here, doggie… here, doggie, doggie…"
Hearts briefly popped in the doggie's eyes before it shot off like a rocket toward her. Its' four feet pounded across the cement as it closed in on the extremely reluctant live bait. Just as it got close enough to jump at her, though, Starfire swooped down and placed a large glass globe in its path. This item had a hinged lid, open, and the aperture was facing the dog. With a panicked yelp, and a skid of paws on the sidewalk, it slid neatly into the container. Its speed flipped the thing up 90 degrees, putting the hatch toward the sky, allowing Robin to leap down and slam it shut.
Growling angrily, the imprisoned dog tried a quick shape change, then a lash of its overlong longue, but neither could even crack the glass.
"Sorry, Fido. When Cyborg builds it, nobody breaks it." The cybernetic Titan boasted as he and the other Titans surrounded the animal.
Raven approached, relieved that she was finished with being live bait. "So, now that we've got him…" She trailed off.
"We just have to figure out how he can lead us to the spaceship." The Boy Wonder stated, "I can run a chemical analysis on his fur-see where he's been."
"I can do a molecular scan." Cyborg offered. "Maybe he and the ship have the same isotopic signature."
Yuki brought a hand up to his chin, "Both of those might take too long. We don't know how long that spaceship is going to stay before it decides to stop searching."
Starfire turned toward her gloomy friend, "Perhaps you could use your powers to communicate with the creature." She suggested, hopeful that her friend would agree.
"I'm still getting his drool off my face." Raven hissed, "I don't want him anywhere near my brain."
"Uh, pardon me…" A male voice, a bit higher in pitch than average, called out to the teens. Having their attention caught, the six Titans, except Kotemon stared in surprise toward the ground with an exclamation mark floating above them. "…but I believe we might be able to help one another." The dog spoke through the bowl.
As a result, all ten eyes of the teens popped widely as though they might fall right out of their respective skulls, while the Digimon thought this over. "Okay… am I the only one who heard that?" The masked Titan was the first to compose himself.
"You talk?" Cyborg asked, completely flabbergasted, "Dogs don't talk!"
"Perhaps not on your planet, my dear fellow." The dog assured as said dog turned to Kotemon as the rest of the team finally composed themselves. "I'm guessing that you have a question for me?" He asked Kotemon, "Yes do you know about the UFO that capture Beast Boy?" the Rookie asked back as the dog nodded, "Indeed, if you'll agree to release me, I would be happy to help you locate my odious former master." He offered, "After I escaped his ship, he pursued me here and mistakenly captured another green dog-your 'Beast Boy,' I presume." He said as he made air quotes with his front paws.
"And you didn't tell us this earlier because…" The annoyed spell caster trailed off.
"I was having to much fun." The dog admitted softly as a wide grin stretch across his face.
Soto's Ship
Inside Soto's ship, a Pac-Man-like creature, shaped like the outline of Soto's head, munched two rows of dots on a monitor. Once it disappeared, a flashing message of Full Power replaced it. "Engines ready!" The ship's owner stated as he continued pressing on the controls. "Hang on, new dog. Time to go home."
"I am home!" Beast Boy cried, pulling feverishly on the leash that held him to the floor. "Now let me go!" He soon felt the vessel vibrate as it cleared the ground, "Huh?" He muttered before redoubling his efforts to break the restraining line.
Higher and higher, the red-and-yellow spacecraft made its way through the air. "Bye-bye." The driver waved out the window as the ship proceeded over the forest.
With a defeated little sigh, Beast Boy dropped his head as he saw the ship rise even higher into the sky, "See ya." He muttered sullenly. To the pilot and pet's surprise, however, the entire deck started tilting back and forth, throwing both passengers off balance.
"Huh?" Soto looked toward his control panels where a monitor showed a simple computer graphic of the ship descending toward the trees. "No!" The child pouted as he pounded his control panel, "Soto want up, not down!"
Outside the ship, Starfire were pushing down on the upper portion of the fuselage with all her strength. The pilot countered by working a few controls, letting the engines hit overdrive and power the ship skyward despite her best efforts.
From ground level, Robin's grappling hook flew up and wrapped its line around one wing, while a beam of black energy seized the other one. The ship was then slowly towed down.
"Hang on, Beast Boy!" Robin shouted as he and Cyborg pulled on the line, which was wrapped around a tree trunk, with all of their might. "We're going to get you out!"
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chanted as another spell hit the underside hatch and forced the front end open.
"Alright Kotemon time to go Ultimate." Yuki said as he took out his D-Arc and the Matrix Digivolution card
*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*
With that said Yuki whirls the Matrix Digivolution card around catching it in his hand he then swipes the card through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify..." as he shouted letting the data of the card run through it, "...Matrix Digivoltion!"
*Cue Digimon Tamers~Digivolution Theme (US)*
The words MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION appeared on Yuki's D-Arc and it begins the Digivoultion process with Kotemon shouting "Kotemon... Digivolve to.. Asuramon!"
As the engines fell silent, and the ship rested on metal rods that kept it off the ground, the Titan leader charged toward the opening, but stopped short when the giant rock alien emerged in a single leap.
"NO!" Soto shouted, "New dog belongs to Soto! You go now!"
"I'm thinking you're the one who's gotta go." Robin quipped as his teammates grouped behind him. The rockheaded being leapt impossibly high and came down with a mighty growl. "Titans! Move!" The masked teen shouted. Heeding his words, the rest of the teens leapt out of the way just in time to avoid getting smashed into the ground. The landing released tremors that threw everyone toward or into the trees.
Out of the resulting dust cloud, Soto charged toward the spiky-haired teen, "Soto smash!" He roared as he brought his arms over his head.
The leader vaulted over the clearing and threw a handful of grenades down at the giant rock. These exploded all around him in a string of brilliant flashed, leaving him dazed and dazzled. As Robin backed away, Cyborg and Starfire moved in with sonic cannon and starbolts; the double barrage forced the alien to go on the defensive.
"NO!" Soto cried as he held his arms over his face to block the attacks. To counter the barrage, he tore loose a rock slab from the ground and used it as a shield. However, the oncoming attacks blew it apart, creating a large cloud of dust that covered the extraterrestrial.
As the smoke cleared, the three Titans gasped in shock when they saw their opponent charging straight toward them; his head down in a bull rush. Once he plowed the trio, they were all thrown into the air like bowling pins before they crashed down on the ground.
With the giant rock alien distracted by her teammates, Raven made a dash for the ship, but soon flew out of the way to avoid getting crushed by his giant hands. "My dog!" The childish behemoth growled.
Backing up a bit more, the cloaked Titan aimed a spell to her right, uprooting a tree and swinging it at him, trunk first. The attack hit, but Soto was able to get a grip on the makeshift club and brought it to a stop. With enough force, he was able to pry the tree from the young teens' hold and began swinging back at her.
Before it could hit her, Cyborg dove at her and knocked his teammate out of the way. "Why didn't you just hand him a laser cannon?" The metallic teen sarcastically asked as they ducked another swing.
As the two fled, Starfire flew in, holding Robin up by the arms, and released him in an up swinging motion. The resulting throw sent him flying through the air where he threw two birdarangs that homed in on the tree trunk. A quick double flash of metal against wood, and the weapons circled back to the hands of their owner, who had just landed.
Soto braced for impact, but nothing happened to him directly; instead, the trunk fell apart along the lines scored into it. Looking at the now shortened bludgeon, the rock alien cried like a baby as he stomped the ground. The other four Titans just watched as their opponent threw his tantrum.
After a moment of puzzlement, Robin and Cyborg traded a look and charged with a double yell of fury. Their attacks proved ineffective as Soto blocked their attacks with his tree truck and swung at them to counter. Before he could hit his intended targets, black energy seized the trunk and pulled it from his hands. Next, the powerful Tamaranean Titan released a salvo of starbolts all around her enemy, forcing him to shield his face.
As she and Raven continued their barrage, Soto scooped up two handfuls of dirt and sent a machine-gun barrage of clods up at them, causing their double attack to end. Behind the gargantuan stone, Robin came down with a jump kick that merely glanced off one massive arm. Two more boot soles against the chest had no effect, forcing the Boy Wonder to leap away to avoid getting grappled. Annoyed by the tiny pest flying around him, Soto brought his hands together for a massive thundering clap. This created a powerful shockwave that sent the masked Titan hurtling into the trees.
As Robin tumbled overhead, Cyborg charged the otherworldly visitor. With a roar of undiluted rage, he pulled back a fist and swung with all his strength. Despite his best efforts, that bionic arm was caught in a giant yellow-gloved hand. The African teens' face went slack as he immediately regretted throwing the punch and found himself being swung back and forth by his caught arm as he was repeatedly slammed into the ground.
To try and free her friend, Starfire fired another fusillade of starbolts from midair. These also had no effect, and with a growl, Soto hurled his current captive up at her. The robotic man-turned-projectile crashed into her, and both took a short and very graceless flight back to the forest floor, leaving them severely dazed by the impact.
"We've hit him with everything and it's still not enough!" Robin stated as his downed friends stood up. Yuki nodded as he turned to Asuramon "Right Asuramon let's-"
Before he could finish his statement, the sound of trumpeting from an elephant caught their attention. "Huh?" Soto turned around and saw a green pachyderm, free of his collar, thunder across the clearing and bowl into him.
The elephant reverted to his human form as the giant rock alien staggered across the ground. "You rang?" Beast Boy asked cockily as he extended his thumb and pinky like a telephone.
"Bad dog!" Soto yelled as he held up the remote to the collar, "Soto will punish!" He pressed the buttons on the remote, but they had no effect, no matter how hard the master pressed them or shook the unit. Soto kept pushing the button when Beast Boy threw a red collar to Soto's feet as it clatters to the ground. Soto picks it up when suddenly Beast Boy turns into a T-Rex and roars in his face before whipping him away with his tail, sending Soto flying. Beast Boy keeps up with the assault as he turns into a kangaroo and kicks Soto down towards the ground.
Finally seeing their friend in action, the other five powered Titans closed in for a final assault. First, the green flyer morphed into a kangaroo and somersaulted to bring its' rear legs and heavy tail down on Soto's head, after which Robin leapt past and delivered a punch that sent him spinning. Cyborg threw another punch that sent the poor behemoth careening through the clear night sky, followed by Asuramon hitting him with The Fist of Asura that sent Soto toward the space vessel. As their opponent sailed through the air, Asuramon, Raven, and Starfire. simultaneously fired black energy, Asura Bakuneken, and starbolts that connected with the visitor and sent him crashing into the ground next to his ship.
The impact resulted in smoke and dust being thrown into the air, obstructing the teams' view. Once all of the debris cleared, they saw Soto now sitting in a deep crater with a very dejected look on his face. The others soon joined Cyborg and Beast Boy, already at the lip of the hole, as the big granite lip on the alien started quivering. Before this could blossom into a full crying jag, his original dog's long tongue flicked down at him and snapped the abandoned collar around his neck. Surprised by the sudden latching, Soto turned his head to see his pet sitting on the other side of the crater, next to the remote.
"Sit. Stay." The green dog ordered.
With a gasp and laugh, Soto climbed out of the crater and sat in front of his pet. "Doggie! You came back!" The childish alien cheered.
"On the contrary, I am only here to retrieve my squeaky toys." The green canine explained without facing his former master, "I refuse to be your pet any longer."
This response saddened Soto as tears formed in his eyes. This soon gave way to a sharp gasp as he thought of an idea, "Okay!" He said as he dropped to all fours, "Soto will be doggie now, and you will be the master!" He began rolling on the ground and jumped around, laughing, panting, and barking like a dog.
"What? Oh, my." The new master laughed as Soto licked his face, "That tickles."
"Woof! Woof!" The new pet barked as he continued running around his new master.
The seven Titans just shot bemused stares at the events that transpired in front of them. "Uh?." Yuki stated flatly as Asuramon De-Digivolve back into Kotemon.
"Okay… weird." Beast Boy said.
"Better him than me." Raven stated.
"Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf!" The rock alien barked before hearing the green dog whistle for him.
"Come along, Soto. Time to go home." The dog said from the gangway.
"Bow-wow! Bow-wow!" Soto laughed as he ran up past his master and into the ship. Looking back at the Titans once more, the green dog closed the hatch and the ship flew off the ground and into the night, retracting its landing props as it did so.
Once the ship was gone, the six Titans surrounded their green friend they had been searching for. "All right, Beast Boy!" Robin cheered as he placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Glad you're still in one piece!" Kotemon said as he patted him on the back.
"Welcome back." Raven said.
"Gimme some love, dog." Cyborg said as he held out his giant fist. The green teen tapped his own fist against it before getting a big giggly hug from Starfire.
"Ah! I am elated to see you!" The eccentric alien smiled as she released her friend, "We have all missed you so."
"Good to see you're safe." Yuki said.
"You guys… really missed me?" The shape-shifting Titan asked in disbelief.
"I told you Beast Boy. No matter what happens at the Tower, we'll always worry about each other. We're friends till the end," the Digimon said.
"Absolutely!" The bionic teen assured, "Who else is gonna help me wax the T-Car?"
"And help me research Demons." The Tamer said
"And spar with me in the gym?" The spiky-haired teen asked as he playfully threw a few punches.
"And eat nauseating amounts of tofu while Raven and I watch?" The auburn-haired Titan finished, receiving a funny look from the mage.
"Uh, how about we all just go for pizza?" The gray-skinned sorceress suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Cyborg agreed as they all walked past their green friend.
After watching his friends walk away, Beast Boy gazed up at the stars with a smile. "Beast Boy?" He heard Robin call out to him, "Aren't you coming?"
"Thanks. But if it's cool with you guys," The changeling started, "I've kinda had enough attention for one day." He explained, his face filled with exhaustion. The other six Titans smiled warmly back at their friend, understanding that after everything he had been through today, he deserved a nice, long rest.
End of Chapter
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