LL: No chill needed darling, I suppose that short little reply left a lot to be desired. But I mainly meant to imply that sweet little Leomon isn't going canonical on you. Don't you worry your pretty little head.
Pheonix Paladin: Yo but Zephyrmon tho. Those thighs... mhhh.
Hybrid Genesis: I figured it'd make life easier from a story point, wouldn't wanna have BlueMeramon burning a house down, or running out of room for Kyuubimon's big fluffy booty.
Start
A Few Days Later; Sunday
A few days of grinding, spending time with his rapidly growing 'army' of Digimon. The only drawback was that Menma felt the looming reminder that he needed somewhere else to live if he was going to have his Digimon out this much.
"Fucking flour, fucking big hands." Grumbled the Ogremon infused teen, hair tied back and an apron over his front with the words 'Stuff it with meat.' Because sex jokes are high-brow humour.
"What troubles you, Master?" Leomon asked, seeing his leader grumbling at the kitchen counter, various bowls dotted along with different things inside, one was empty, though there were eggs ready to be craked into Iit.
"I'm just not used to these bigger hands, Leomon. Was I being too loud?" Quieried Menma with a risen brow, he grabbed a rolling pin and began smacking the shit out of a large amount of chicken breasts, all of them cling-wrapped to a breadboard.
"Not at all Master, I simply wished to know if I could assist you." Informed the lion man.
Menma grinned, "I'd appreciate it, if you wouldn't mind grinding up the breadcrumbs a little, when they look a little flakey you gotta stop." Leomon nodded and went to do just that, "Uh-uh! Wash your hands first, Mister." Scolded the Ogremon with a parental tone, Leomon looked cowed for a moment before nodding resolutely and going to the sink.
"Master..."
"Yes, Miya?"
"What are you making?" Queried the Renamon, having reverted to a smaller form to wander the house in, around his shoulder.
"Crumbed chicken, and mashed potatoes." Informed the youth with a grin, "Just about the only thing I can cook, besides pancakes but then everyone can make pancakes." Miya's form glittered as an imaginary cloud formed, godly chicken appeared in the cloud.
"What's that noise?" Came the smallest voice of those leaving the loungeroom to join the conversation in the kitchen, Leomon having washed his hands and found another apron, this one said the classic 'Kiss the cook', it was really weird when his mother wore that when.
When his dad was away.
"Ugh, incest jokes... damn that degenerate woman." His mother was the one he seemed to get his sense of humour from, his father was kind of her straight man.
"Oh yeah boss is cookin' chicken!" Shu grinned widely, having reverted to DemiDevimon, as being a BlueMeramon inside a wooden house without much practice at controlling its flames was a fucking terrible idea.
Menma's neck suddenly twitched, "You need...more power... wasting...time."
"Shut up brain I'm cooking!" Snarled the Ogremon slamming the rolling pin down with more force than was probably necessary.
"Master?" Questioned Leomon, looking at him in concern.
"Uh, just... talking to myself." Menma explained away lamely. "It's a habit."
"It is." Added Shu.
"So what are we gonna do tomorrow?" Questioned Angel, tail wagging.
"Probably more of the same unless anyone else has any particular request." Menma said with a shrug as he took the bowl next to the eggs and began cracking them into it, then taking a whisk that Miya handed off to him, and stirring the everloving shit out of it.
A loud thrumming of knocks echoed through the house, coming from the front door. "Who could that be? Shu do you mind doin' this for me, Leo' that should be enough, what you gotta do is dip the chicken breasts into the egg when Shu is done and then into the flour and the breadcrumbs i'll be right back." The teen pulled off the apron and gave his instructions as he hustled down stairs and towards the front door.
Opening it the green skinned youth was given sight to a suitcase being thrown at him, followed by several others, now in this moment he thanked his new body as with reflex and poise he maintained his balance and caught all the bags, "Hey mum, dad." Greeted the horned teen awkwardly, "Uh... welcome back?"
"I feel like there's an explaination for... this." Said his father, man with wild blonde haired, azure blue eyes and sharp features. He was wearing a black suit with a pale blue dress shirt and a black tie. His father was a businessman, tech industry. Phones, consoles, computers. The works.
His mother was a woman whom had aged quite well considering the fact that both she and his old man were pushing into their forties. Lush red hair that fell to her lower back, she wore a lovely looking black dress with a crimson scarf draped over her shoulders, she was a designer, clothes if the implication passed you over.
"There is, that's for sure. How much you believe me depends on a lot of things. Also, don't freak out when you go upstairs. 'Kay?"
Minutes Later
"WHY IS THERE A HAIRY MAN IN MY KITCHEN!?" Roared his father, oddly enough.
"No reaction?" Questioned Menma, looking at his mother.
"I'll let Minato take this one, we're on the same wavelength right now." Kushina, explained.
"Ah, Master! The chicken has been crumbed to your specifications, would you like me to place them into the oven now?" Questioned Leomon, only slightly affronted by the yelling blonde man.
"Yeah, Leo. Lemme just scooch past ya for a sec." Menma nodded, the large lion man grinned proudly as his Master opened the oven and he placed the packed tray of chicken in, "Alright so while they're cooking I'll clean these up can you grab some potatoes and start chopping them up... with a kitchen knife, not your sword." Leo chuckled to himself and nodded.
"I will be extra careful, Master." Assured the larger creature.
"Hey boss, who're these two?" Questioned Shu, having taken perch on the chair right behind Angel who was sitting at a stool next across from the counter, that housed the sink in roughly the middle of the kitchen.
"Everyone these are my parents, parents, this is everyone." Introduced Menma, wringing his hands anxiously.
"Explain... so many things."
"Yeah... I'll get right on that."
Exposition Dump
"I need a drink." Muttered Minato.
"You drink?" Questioned Menma, blinking owlishly.
"I do now." The older man informed as he loosened his tie and went to the fridge.
The Digimon were quietly eating on the other side of the room whilst Menma and his parents were in the lounge room. Menma continuously wringed his hands, anxiety bubbling up like acidic fire in his gut.
"Interesting as this all is, I'm more concerned about what happened to you. Why did you sit still whilst there was a fight a few meters from you?" Questioned his mother.
Menma sweatdropped and chuckled nervously, "I thought it'd add tension to the scene..."
"It's not a scene, Menma. It's your life and you foolishly gambled it, what if that little shit hit you instead of your little toy?" Kushina prodded with a sharp look.
"Well it didn't and only focusing on 'what if' of the past will only drive you insane, it's pointless to think 'what if'." Rebuked the youth.
"The point is your obviously playing with forces you don't understand or are so hell bent on making a 'tense scene' that you'll put your own life at risk." Snapped the woman, "What's worse is because of that you got fired!"
"Not my fault that my boss is such a piece of shit." Growled the youth.
"No but it is your fault you were put into the position where taking a day off got you fired!"
"How is that my fault at all!? I did nothing but what I was told to the best of my ability and yet she still hated me! Sidenote where's the concern for your only son!? I almost died, by my own idiocy sure, and yet all you care about is wether I've got my job!"
"Don't try to turn this around on me young man, I'm too old for that shit!"
"Will you two be quiet." Ordered the sudden voice of Minato. Kushina sighed and accepted the glass of water offered, Menma clammed up once more, like he'd forgotten his father was there.
"Menma, what you did was reckless, stupid and a little suicidal. Next time, just don't."
"It kinda doesn't matter anymore." Menma said quickly, at Minato's raised brow he continued, "Like I said, according to Shu I kinda... stopped living for a moment and then my body changed. As far as I'm aware I'm less human and more a fleshy pile of ones and zeros." He gestured to his Ogremon form, "I'm sure I could still die if I sustained enough damage but I'm a great deal hardier than any average human."
Minato rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Menma, you're not making this easy."
"I'm just trying to give you the facts." Menma replied lightly.
"Wonderful, now the point still stands, how are you going to turn back, and how are you going to get a job?" The man asked.
"Well I can convert sections of the data from the Digimon we battle into money, because everything nowadays is done online." Menma explained.
"Uh-huh." Minato sounded unconvinced, "Care to share how that's going for you?"
Menma pulled a tablet from seemingly nowhere and went into his bank account, turning it around and showing his parents, "Huh... well that works I guess. That's a lot of zero's for someone your age." Kushina mumbled, she and Minato had a quick, near silent conversation before pushing the tablet back to their son. Menma logged out of the bank account and set the device aside.
"So... this is what you're going to do with your life, run around fighting monsters and collecting them?" Questioned Minato, knitting his fingers together and piercing Menma's soul, all businessmen could do this and it was fucking scary.
"It's really all I can do. There isn't a way to reverse this, as far as I can tell it'll kill me if I do." Menma didn't know that for sure, but he wasn't about to let this new lease on life be taken away from him by the system his parents played in. He would seek out his own corner of the world, because new rules applied to him, the law of Might.
"Alert! Alert! Alert!" Chimed the Digivice, Menma blinked and fished it from his pocket, tapping on the flashing screen a scan appeared, "Indramon has appeared. Indramon has appeared."
"That is a big horse." Muttered Menma with wide eyes, "Alright everyone, get in we've got a big bad!" Ordered the Ogremon, his team were reduced to flash of data and leapt into the Digivice, Menma's club appeared in his hand and he rushed out the door.
"Where are you going!?" Shouted his mother.
"Emergency!" Explained away the youth, "I have never been happier to see an invasion as I am right now."
Highway
A giant bipedal horse Digimon was causing havoc in the real world. Purple fur and a white mane, Indramon's mere steps were enough to cause tremors around him and force the people in their cars to flee as fast as their legs could take them. He sported golden armour over his chest, and hooves, a golden belt around his waist, and dark maroon wrapping around his forearms.
"Filthy human cowards." Rumbled the creature, not even bothering to use its Bao Bei, a large conch shell looking 'instrument' that could produce ultrasonic waves if enough force was blow into it.
"Pyro Sphere!"
"Terrier Tornado!"
"Hm?" Indramon turned to see a small red creature and an even smaller white, long eared creature aside humans.
"Pathetic!" Snarled the equine Digimon, the duo of attacks, a red orb of flame and a small tornado, plinked off his breastplate harmlessly. With a stomp he made the ground tremor, knocking to quartet of Digimon and Tamers off their feet.
"This may not have been such a good idea..." Thought Takato aloud.
"Why did I listen to you, I thought you had a plan?" Questioned Henry urgency in his voice.
"To be honest I just kinda let Guilmon do his thing, it usually works... hehe." Explained the brown haired boy, Henry twitched agrily whilst Terriermon and Guilmon nodded to one another.
"Pyro Sphere!"
"Terrier Tornado!" The two attacks fused together, essentially making a giant orb of cyclonic fire, it struck Indramon in the head, charring some of his hair, the creature paused for a moment, moving some of its charred hair with its hoof.
"I will kill you, slowly." Indramon eminated an ominous black aura.
"Ok probably time to stop fooling around, Guilmon you ready?" Takato asked, Guilmon nodded.
"Terriermon?" Henry asked, the floppy dog gave a thumbs up.
Both boys held out their digivices and a light emitted, unknown to them a small white digimon with short spikey ears and a red symbol on its forehead was watching, big blue eyes filled with curiosity.
"Guilmon Digivolve too..." Guilmon was engulfed in a bright red light. The reptile grew in size, a wild mane of white hair growing from its skull and its ears growing in size, the markings that coated Guilmon's body thickened and multiplied, a pair of horns rising from his forehead, and bladed, thin, fins rising from his elbows. "Growlmon!"
"Terriermon Digivolve too..." A green light encompassed the smaller digimon, Terriermon's change was the most significant. Growing a few feet up and outward, arms lengthening and hands being replaced by revolving cannons, cargo shorts and a bandolier of ammo over its shoulder, "Gargomon!"
"Wow!" Said the little watcher.
"Meaningless! You will still fall!" Roared Indramon as it kicked both Champion digimon away, sending them smashing into and through various cars that had clogged up the freeway the creature emerged in.
"And people say I need an attitude adjustment." Came a voice from the other side of the conflict. The sound of scraping against the bitchament.
"Another who reeks of human, come then knave and fall before me!" Challenged Indramon.
"I prefer to work with others." Menma explained, pulling his Digivice from his pocket and calling on his small army. Shu, Miya, Sol, Angel, Leo, Hackmon and Dorumon appeared in a moment. Indramon's eyes, what little of them there visible under that mop he called hair, widened.
"Yeah, we're gonna bend you over and fuck you."
"Oh my." Indramon said, slightly worried.
Shu flared and became BlueMeramon, Miya went to Kyuubimon, Sol to MetalGreymon (B), Angel was always Gatomon at this point, Leo pulled his sword out, Hackmon and Doruomon tensed, ready to act.
"Roll for initiative faggot."
"Fist of the Beast King!" Roared out Leo, a great orange, flaming head of a lion was thrust forward, along with a powerful blast of encompassing flames.
"Angel!" Commanded Menma, she jumped to his arm and he threw her with all his might, charging after the rocketing cat, Shu's arms flooded with blue flames and he sent out a spray of icy fire.
"Cold Flame!" This was followed up closely, Metal Cannon came from Dorumon an orb of metal death hid itself in the flames, Hackmon deciding to err on the side of caution released a powerful Wolkenapalm directly into Indramon's side, making it flinch just enough that Shu and Dorumon's attacks could pierce its defenses.
Sol followed Hackmon's example and released a Wolkenapalm though this one was to the face. Because fuck that horse.
"Will-o'-Wisp!" Miya shot nine orbs of flame directly at Indramon's unprotected side, followed up by a much larger flame with a jackolantern style face in the centre, "Panic Wisp!" Indramon took the strike before roaring angrily.
"How's that panic comin' honey?" Questioned Menma with a wide grin as he leapt into the fray, "Pummel Whack!"
"Now is not the time, Master!" Scolded Miya.
Indramon took the brunt of the Ogremon's attack, already the large Deva was feeling the pain, he slipped his horn around and took a deep breath, "Horn of Desolation!" The ground cracked and broke beneath the sonic screams emitted by the bao bei, all Digimon, and the two human boys, were thrown back by several feet.
"Alright... gonna feel that tomorrow." Grumbled the Uzumaki, "How close am...Oh wonderful." Menma fished his phone out and tapped a button, "Oh wait if I evolve I'm level one-fuuuuuuuuck!" Light encompassed the Ogremon and lifted him to his feet, "I swear getting enough exp to hit 30 is fucking easy, I imagine getting from Ultimate to Mega will be a goddamn nightmare though." He was not looking forward to grinding up to and possibly over level 70.
Ugh.
His white hair turned violently blue, blazing like a raging flame, his eyes turned violent red and an iron mask was placed over his face. His skin went from green to a rather normal, tanned tone. HIs muscular build from Ogremon filled in a little more giving just a slight more bulk, and chains began to wrap around his torso in a cross pattern, and around his right forearm. Black skintight jeans with red flame patterns over the thighs finished off by a heavy pair of boots with light grey metal stylized skulls over to toes of the boots and metal rings around the shins.
SkullMeramon.
"Well I already regret this choice." Menma thought to himself, touching the iron mask that was now over his face, with little effort it did thankfully come off but it was probably best to keep it on at the moment.
Now, was it necessary for him to Digivolve at the moment? Not really, in fact it was kind of a fucking stupid idea, but there was also the fact that he wasn't about to over-level and waste any Data he'd get from this big bastard. So in the short term a bad idea, but he was thinking long term.
"That and the sheer fact that this bastard is probably really hurting at the moment leaves me to believe a combo-attack would total him." Menma rallied the troops, "Alright everyone, we're gonna lay this walking pile of glue components on his ass, give it everything you've got."
"Yes Master!" Chimed the group.
"Heavy Metal Fire!" Taking in a deep breath the SkullMeramon released a powerful stream of flames, this was followed by Shu's Cold Flame, Leo's Fist of the Beast King, Sol's Revenge Flame, Miya's Dragon Wheel, Dorumon's Metal Cannon, Hackmon's Fifth Rush, and Angel's Holy Light.
Even the two on the other side added in their Pyro Blaster and Bunny Blaster. A much larger, flamethrower-like blast and a continuous stream of green bullets, into the fray.
The great chaotic force of the combined attacks were enough to cause a mushroom cloud of smoke, Indramon fell to its knees before collapsing, and dispering into data, the larger force of Digimons soaked up the power, Menma looked at the screen, his levels rapidly rising to level 21, most likely due to just how much exp was given off by a Deva. "It's kinda broken that the exp isn't split. I mean it is but not in a way that it's divided."
Broken is one way of putting it.
End
If you liked, lemme know. If you didn't, feel free to share. If you too feel like this growth in power is obscenely quick, take it up with Bandai, Cyber Sleuth is easily cheesed when it comes to grinding levels, and I've kinda just made it implied that's what they're all doing when not 'on screen'.
I know for the sake of progression that sounds ridiculous but just wait until next chapter. Then you guys will have something to be salty about.
IceDevimon anyone? Anyone remember what is in IceDevimon's domain.
I do.
I remember it so fucking hard.
Raxychaz!
