Digimon: The Rantomon Chronicles

Chapter 16

**BEEP BEEP**

**BUZZ BUZZ**

The sound of alarms went off almost all at the same time. All the Digidestend, and Tamers groaned. After a long weekend, they had to get used to the sound of that annoying alarm going off.

(Don't you just hate that sound.)

"Uh... Takuya?" Bokomon asked the goggle boy as he ran around his room, looking for his school stuff.

"What?" he asked, and looked through his drawer for his history book.

"Can we come with you?" Bokomon asked.

"No way! The last time you guys came to school, you nearly revealed the secret of Digimon. You guys are staying here," Takuya said firmly, and continued to rummage through his room.

"TAKUYA! HURRY UP OR YOU'LL MISS THE BUS!!!!" his mom yelled.

"Alright! I'm coming!" Takuya shouted back. He grabbed his recently found history book, and ran out the door.

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Henry walked down the sidewalk, deep in thought. He was wondering about the things Izzy found out yesterday. He looked down at the blue card Izzy returned last night. He still couldn't figure it out. Did the blue card have other powers besides brining humans and Digimon together, and allowing them to reach the ultimate level?

"Henry!" Takato yelled. Henry looked up, and saw Takato across the street. He ran over and met up with him.

"You look beat," Henry pointed out. He looked as though he didn't eat a thing. "Skip breakfast again?" Takato nodded. "I don't get it. Your parents own a bakery, and yet you always manage to skip breakfast. How do you manage that?"

"I don't know, I just do."

"How was your weekend?" Henry asked.

"Well besides the fight with Ogremon on Friday, it was boring," Takato replied.

"Well on Sunday, I helped Izzy with his research," Henry said, and briefed Takato on what they learned, and what mysteries they uncovered.

"So the blue card has some weird code? Why I am I not surprised?"

"It just doesn't make sense, its code is all zeros, but the last number always blinks. I just don't get it."

"Well, we'll figure it out, eventually," Takato, said as the bus rolled the corner and stopped, they were about to board when they heard,

"STOPP!!!!!" the two boys turned, and saw JP running as fast as he could (which is still pretty slow) towards the bus. "Don't leave without me, it's too far to walk to school!"

"Cool your jets JP," Takato said as JP nearly ran them over.

"Yeah, the bus just got here," Henry, added. JP sighed with extreme relief.

"Aw thank goodness, I always miss the bus, because I'm too slow!"

"Maybe you should work out more," Henry suggested.

"Hey what's that supposed to mean!"

"Nothing at all," Henry chuckled softy.

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"Try this Kazu! Centaurmon!" JP said and slammed the card on the table. JP was in homeroom, and as usual, he challenged Kazu to a battle. "There now I attack with Solar Ray!" Kazu only chuckled.

"Sorry, JP, but Solar Ray needs two turns to fully charge up, and it makes it the prefect bait for Metal Etenmon!" Kazu said, and put the card on the table. "Now attack!"

"You lose JP," Zoe giggled. JP slammed his head on the table.

"NO!!!!!!"

"You stink at this game," Kenta laughed.

"This game is hard!"

"For the mentally challenged," TK laughed.

"TK not you too!" JP groaned.

"Sorry JP, I could resist."

"I'd like to see you try TK!"

"Alright fine." 15 minutes later.

"NO!!!!!" shouted the warrior of thunder.

"Wow, this game is hard," TK said.

"How would you know, you bet me!!! I'll never be good at this game!" JP cried. (The funny kind.)

"Relax JP you'll get it eventually," Kari reassured him.

"You really think so?" he sniffed.

"Not at all," Kazu joked. JP started crying again.

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Revdromon slammed his fist on the arm of his chair as Datamon told him the bad news.

"Datamon, answer me this. Why have we not been able to gather the data we need for my plan! Are these children as powerful as you say! Give me an answer!!!!!" he yelled. Datamon stepped back.

"I apologize my lord. The children are more powerful than I thought. Perhaps if we send Digimon to other places such as America, or Europe," Datamon suggested.

"You fool! We need data in places that have digital world activity, and Japan is the only that has the strongest which is what we need!"

"Please my lord, these human children are very resourceful, but we will still reach the deadline," Datamon said.

"Deadline, I never set a deadline."

"Yes, the plan must be complete by April 5."

"Ah yes now I remember, but until then, we must continue sending Digimon to the human, so which one is next?"

"I have a Centaurmon ready to go."

"Excellent, but make sure he does not fail!"

"Yes my lord."

*******

"Alright JP you ready?" Takuya asked. They both were at lunch. They were both done so Takuya challenged JP to a game, to show off his new deck that he got on Sunday, Takato, Henry, Kazu, Kenta, Koji, and Kouichi watched as they played.

"Who do you think is going to win Ken?" TK asked.

"I'd say Takuya," Ken answered.

"I bet you five bucks."

"You're on!"

"Hey don't forget me!" Davis said suddenly.

"Who could forget you?" TK mumbled.

"Seven bucks on JP!"

"Fine, once I win, I'll have 12 bucks!" TK chuckled.

"All right Takuya, your best bet is the card on the far right," Kazu said.

"I'm fine Kazu, now I play Tuskmon!" Takuya said.

"All right, I play Airdromon!"

"HA! Digi-Modify! Hyper Speed! HA! I win!" The cards in JP's hands fell out on the table.

"NOOOO!!!!!! I SUCK!!!!!"

"Can't argue with that," Koji chuckled.

"I play winner," Kouichi said.

"All right get ready to lose it all buddy!" Takuya said confidently.

"Fork over the money Davis," TK said triumphantly. Davis groaned.

"But that's all the money I had! Come on, how about only a quarter."

"Come on Davis fork it over," TK said, and grabbed the seven dollars.

"You'll get better JP," Henry reassured him.

"Yeah it takes some people longer to master this game," Takato said.

"How long did it take you?" JP asked.

"Uh... That's not important."

"I bet." JP mumbled.

*******

After school, JP, Henry and Kouichi walked home together since they lived close together.

"Come on Henry isn't there anything you know that you can teach me?" JP asked.

"For the last time JP, no I don't you just need practice," Henry said.

"That's what they said about Baseball, and Bowling, but I never got better at those," he mumbled.

"JP I think you're taking that game a little too seriously," Kouichi informed him.

"But everyone else is good at that game, I just fell you know left out." Before the two boys could cheer JP up, Kouichi looked up, and gasped.

"You guys look!" he pointed to the center of the road, and a Digital Field formed.

"A Digital Field," Henry said softly, and he took out his sunglasses, and ran in.

"Come JP!" Kouichi yelled, and they followed the tamer. When they got in, they looked around.

"There's nothing here, and to think I was worried!" JP said. Suddenly something started to emerge from the ground, it was Centaurmon.

"What's that?" Kouichi asked. Henry pulled out his D-Arc and looked.

"Centaurmon, Champion Level, his attack Solar Ray is a devastating example of solar energy."

"Sounds tough," Kouichi said.

"Nothing we can't handle," JP said confidently, and pulled out his D- Tector. Centaurmon suddenly slammed his mighty hooves into the street. Data showed, and he sucked it in. Then he rammed into a traffic light, and took the data.

"What do we do? Neither of us have our partners with us," Henry growled.

"I'm sure what you can do Henry, but I know what Kouichi and I can do, you ready?" JP asked his friend. Kouichi nodded.

"How do you fight without a partner?" Henry asked. JP smirked.

"Watch and learn my son."

Execute!

Sprit Evolution!

Beetlemon! Henry was in awe when he saw JP suddenly turn into Beetlemon, all by himself, without merging with his partner. Kouichi raised his D- Tector in the air as well.

Execute!

Sprit Evolution!

Lowemon! Kouichi also turned into a Digimon. This was amazing to Henry.

"All right Centaurmon stop this right now!" Beetlemon said. Centaurmon ignored him, and took another piece of data in the street. Henry pointed his D-Arc at his friends, but no data showed.

'Huh? Why isn't it picking up anything?' he thought. 'I need to call Terriermon.' With that, Henry pushed a button on his D-Arc.

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Meanwhile, back at Henry's house, Terriermon was watching TV with Lopmon.

"No Julie don't go back to him!" Lopmon yelled at the TV. Susie, and her mom were there too. Terriermon groaned, and rolled his eyes.

"Soap Operas who needs them," he mumbled. All of a sudden, his big ears shot up, and he heard a constant beeping sound.

"What is it?" Lopmon asked as the show went on a commercial.

"Trouble that's what, I need to get to Henry!" Terriermon suddenly jumped out the window, and glided off.

*******

"This is your last chance Centaurmon, go back to the Digital World!" Beetlemon offered again.

"Do not interfere!" Centaurmon shouted, and charged.

"That went well," Lowemon said, and they dodged his charge. Beetlemon came up from behind getting ready to attack when Centaurmon back kicked him into a wall.

"Shadow Meteor!" the blast from Lowemon shot towards the beast. Centaurmon jumped over the warrior of darkness, and knocked him down with the lower half of his body.

"My turn, Thunder Fist!" Beetlemon punched the ground, and lighting shot out towards the beast. Centaurmon dodged, and charged towards Beetlemon. Beetlemon thrusted out his hands, and tried to hold Centaurmon back.

"Shadow Lance!" Lowemon came in with a lance aimed towards Centaurmon's back. The four-legged Digimon saw him, and back kicked him to the ground, then grabbed Beetlemon's arms, and threw him into Lowemon as he started to get up.

"This is going well," Beetlemon said sarcastically.

"Henry!" a small voice suddenly called out.

"Terriermon!" Henry said happily.

"Now what?" Centaurmon growled.

"You ready?" Henry asked his partner.

"Yeah, as always," Terriermon nodded. Henry grabbed his D-Arc, and a card.

Digi-Modify!

Digivolution Activate!

Terriermon Digivolve to.....Gargomon! Terriermon now was the champion Gargomon, complete with two pairs of guns on his hands, and a nice pair of jeans.

"Go Gargomon!" Gargomon charged, and pulled up his guns.

"Gargo Laser!" he shouted, and started firing his blasters. Centaurmon backed up as the bullets hit him. Seeing their chance, Beetlemon and Lowemon got up.

"Eat this! Proton Slam!" Beetlemon came from the air and attacked with a downward thunder attack. Centaurmon shook for a while. Lowemon jumped up, and attacked.

"Shadow Meteor!" the attack knocked Centaurmon on his side, but he got up quickly.

"Let's go! Lighting Blitz!" Beetlemon rushed towards Centaurmon with his shoulder powered with lighting.

"Gargo Laser!" Gargomon fired his bullets right behind Beetlemon as he charged. Centaurmon was knocked by Beetlemon's attack, and received the full blast of Gargomon's attack, but he was still standing.

"Now it's my turn! Solar Ray!" the blaster was pointed at them, but it didn't fire. Everyone was stumped.

"Why isn't he firing?" Lowemon asked.

"Maybe his data is screwed up," Gargomon figured. Beetlemon suddenly gasped.

"What is it JP?" Henry asked.

"Two turns," he said.

"What?" everyone asked.

"Two turns, Centaurmon's Solar Ray takes two turns to fully charge up. In my games with Kazu, I've tried to survive the two turns, but I never do." JP explained.

"But this is real, why would the real thing be attached to game?" Lowemon asked.

"Well whatever the reason, we'd better take this chance to finish this now!" Henry suggested. "Gargomon attack!"

"You got it!" Gargo Laser!"

"Thunder Fist!"

"Shadow Meteor!" the three attacks hit the beast Digimon head on. But before the smoke clear, the blast shot out, and hit Lowemon, knocking him back into a wall. Gargomon, and Beetlemon rushed forward, but Centaurmon knocked Gargomon back into the street. The beast suddenly rushed towards Beetlemon. The human sprit flew into the air, avoiding the rush.

"Now I got you! Lighting Blitz!" he shot down at him, and landed the attack on his back. Then he jumped back while Centaurmon was weakened. "Thunder Fist!" Centaurmon was hit with it. When the smoke cleared, Centaurmon was nothing but a shadow with fractal code around him.

"Centaurmon, your chaotic run is over, now time to be purified! Fractal Code Digitize!" Beetlemon waved his D-Tector, and the data shot into his digivice. Centaurmon was now a digi-egg, and it shot back into the ground. The Digital Field disappeared, and they ran off.

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Meanwhile, Izzy was busy typing on his computer. He had opened the saved files on Henry's blue card, and Tommy's D-Tector. He tried going over them again, but once again, he found nothing! Izzy groaned loudly.

"This is pointless! Whoever put in those codes obviously didn't want anyone but themselves to know." Suddenly he thought he saw something on the blue card data. He went down, and highlighted the data. At that moment, he saw something. Some kind of golden markings, he couldn't make them out.

"Something wrong Izzy?" Tentomon asked.

"Tentomon, I think I just found myself a break through," Izzy said happily.

AN: Well it looks like JP has gotten better. I'm not so sure about the card game, but in battle. And Revdromon is getting impatient. But what's with the strange markings Izzy found? Do they hold some kind of information? Can anybody read it? You'll just have to read the next chapter of Digimon: The Rantomon Chronicles! SEE YA!!!!!!