"It's been five days now," JD noted as he and Adam parked their bikes inside the school bicycle sheds. "No attacks. It's getting on my nerves."
Adam bound their two bikes with a bright red cable bicycle lock and set the numbers of the combination lock as JD used another cable lock to bind his bike to one of the pillars inside the shed. They were relatively early to school that Thursday morning, and the bike shed was not fully occupied yet. It was the main reason why the cousins chose to come to school early.
"I know," Adam murmured. "I wonder what they're up to this time."
On Sunday, the day after Shawujinmon's invasion at Sunway Lagoon, the DigiWira had gone to the Digital World to seek Jackie's and TobuCatmon's opinion on that matter. TobuCatmon himself was surprised, as he had no inkling of the attack at the DigiWira's home world – his magical staff only showed attacks that took place in the Digital World. He however, had felt something evil reverberating around the southeastern side of the Digital World. The dark presence was much more ominous than what he had felt before. The DigiWira then described Shawujinmon, and TobuCatmon consulted his book before confirming that Shawujinmon was one of the fearsome Darkshadow Brethren – a general known as the Kappa General.
Remembering another Digimon that had helped Shawujinmon escape from Samudramon's attack, they described it at TobuCatmon, and found out that it was another general titled the Shaman General. He was also part of the Darkshadow Brethren named Doumon whose magical power rivaled Karatenmon, the Mage General. It was said in the entry that the Mage and Shaman Generals had been rivals. There were three other generals, and TobuCatmon warned the DigiWira that the Darkshadow Brethren always attacked their enemies as a team. The DigiWira immediately read all the entries and found out that there were seven of the Darkshadow Brethren, and much to their relief they saw that they had destroyed two of them already. They learned of the Majin, Virago and Hellion Generals, all whom had not been seen yet.
They spent the next few days in anxiety, worrying that more Digimon would appear. But the past few days were peaceful, with no attacks at both the Digital World and their home world. However, the attack at Sunway Lagoon remained the hot topic of people all over the country. Footages of the battle kept on being played during news and show intervals. People were kept on edge as some remembered the Digimon attack all over the world that took place towards the end of year 2002. Malaysia hadn't been attacked then. The militaries and the police forces were kept on alert. Talk shows discussed of this attack often, and more and more people were now made known of Digimon. Learning of the exploits of the group of children called DigiDestined, some demanded that the country's own DigiDestined to step forward and identify themselves. However, for their safety and privacy, the DigiWira were all advised to keep silence. Those who already knew of their identities were sworn to secrecy, and the DigiWira were lucky that they only consisted of their own families and their school principal. For now, they had to be careful; they were also fortunate that nobody had caught them Digital Accessing with their partners at Sunway Lagoon – the security cameras were long since destroyed before the Wira Digital made their appearances. Out of all five DigiWira, Gayathri had been the most anxious as she was seen together with Fairymon, but luckily the news simmered down and people had assumed that she was just a civilian that was rescued by the fairy Digimon.
The cousins walked out of the bike shed when three people stepped in front of their path.
"Well, well, well…ever since you've met your cousin, you seem to have forgotten all about us," sneered a gangling, dark-skinned teen with thick curly hair.
Beside the tall teen, an equally-tall teenager with a thicker built chuckled. "Some friend you are, JD." Behind the two teens was a bespectacled teen shorter in height than the other two.
"Samy, Megat, Kenny," JD addressed them smoothly while holding out his left arm sideward, motioning for Adam to stand behind him. He snickered as the dark teen – Samy – approached him. "Had a good smoke, huh?" The stench of tobacco was evident from Samy.
"That reminds me…you haven't been around to join us at all these past three weeks," Samy said.
"Took you three weeks to notice?" JD said, crossing his arms across his chest. While Samy and Megat both appeared intimidating enough, JD's stature was more impressive with him having both of their finer features – Samy was tall, Megat was broad, JD was both. JD chuckled and waved a hand uncaringly. "Sorry guys, but I gave up smoking already. And stop right there, I don't want to get smoke reek on my body."
"Really?" Megat snorted. He chanced a glare at Adam, who was observing their exchange curiously. "I bet that that little mister goody-goody was the reason, huh?"
"Watch your mouth, Megat," JD warned. "That's my cousin you're talking about."
Megat snorted derisively. "We've been watching you these past three weeks. How the hell did you suddenly manage to get along with that prefect-girl Liu Ying, that rich girl Gayathri and the new kid who you socked on the nose? Him, I can understand," Megat pointed at Adam before continuing, "but the rest of those goody-two-shoes?"
"That's for me to know and not for you to find out," JD snapped.
Kenny peered out from Megat's back and stared at the blonde teen and his dark-haired cousin. "Why the sudden hostility, JD? All we're curious about is why you've stopped hanging out with us and started hanging with those you yourself called perfect little angels, if I'm not mistaken. You used to think of them as geeks, teacher's pets…and now? Seems to me that you're now trying to become one as well."
Megat laughed. "Nice words, Kenny," he said, slapping the smaller boy on the shoulder before looking at JD. "What's the matter? Scared of getting expelled from the school after your last stunt with that Sabahan kid? Or are you trying to get on old Gurmit Singh's good side? We all know that he's constantly trying to find your faults."
"And that's your problem, why?" JD challenged. "It's not your damn business to tell me how I should act. Who are you, my mom?"
Samy snarled and gripped JD on the collars. "Your smartass change of attitude, that's our problem!"
Adam gasped, but JD merely chuckled as he balled his right hand into a fist. He was about to lay a punch on Samy's belly when a firm feminine voice stopped him.
"Is there a problem here?"
All of them turned sideways and saw Liu Ying with two more prefects behind her. Samy quickly let go of JD and sneered. He then turned and beckoned for Megat and Kenny to leave JD and Adam alone. The cousins and the prefects stared at their retreating profiles before the other prefects went away, leaving Liu Ying with the cousins.
"What was that all about, JD?" she asked, with a normal tone compared to her authoritative one she had just displayed.
"Just old buddies who decided to be assholes…" JD muttered. He then gave the prefect a lopsided grin. "Y'know, I could've dealt with them on their own…"
"And get yourself suspended again, or expelled?" Liu Ying retorted. "JD, you promised us."
JD had said not too long ago that he wanted to turn a new leaf and have a fresh start. That was after the whole fiasco with the Puaka Generals and the revelation that he had a cousin and several good friends who were concerned about him. Adam and Manny had both urged him to give up smoking, occasionally offering him bubble-gums as substitutes which JD snorted away, saying that he wasn't addicted to smoking that he'd need substitutes, but he took their advices readily. Then Liu Ying had made a check of JD's school records and found out that JD couldn't afford to make another major mistake or he could get himself a longer suspension, or worse, expulsion. For the past three years he had been in the school, JD's records were not something one would be proud of. The principal was willing to cut JD some slack, knowing his dual identity, but still, she said that the other teachers didn't know about this, and she would be forced to indeed punish JD should he mess up once again. That had made JD promise that he would try not to disobey the school rules anymore.
"It wasn't his fault." Adam came to JD's defense. "Those guys…they started it."
At this, Liu Ying's stern expression softened. She looked at JD. "Really?"
JD flashed his famous crooked grin again and slung an arm around Adam. "What he said. Nice to know that some people care."
Liu Ying snorted, but no sooner than that a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. "Whatever. I'm going…"
But she was stopped short when two figures were seen streaking from the skies towards the school at top speed. The DigiWira could barely make out blurs of blue and pink before without warning, they crashed on the school's artificial fountain, effectively wrecking it into pieces and sent the waters flowing upon the tarred parking lots. The commotion instantly grabbed the attentions of ALL the school pupils, teachers, canteen vendors, and most importantly, the other three DigiWira.
"Aren't they…" one student gasped, pointing at the merman and the fairy that lay on the wreckage of the fountain.
"…the Digimon?" one continued, recognizing them from the news she had seen on TV.
"They're the ones who fought those bird demons at Sunway Lagoon last Saturday!" one boy decried. "Them and three others…"
A crowd was formed around the destroyed fountain where Samudramon and Puspamon were sprawled haphazardly. Their bodies bore evident of being attacked, judging from the cuts, wounds and what seemed like a deep knife cut on Samudramon's left shoulder. Samudramon was unconscious but Puspamon was still awake, despite terribly weak. She flinched about in pain, and looked absolutely uncomfortable with the crowd that had formed around her and Samudramon.
JD and Liu Ying pushed their ways towards the two Wira Digital while Adam immediately took off, unnoticed by everyone who was gathering around the Wira Digital. They stared at their friends, who had obviously been assaulted brutally. JD swore while Liu Ying held her breath. They wanted to comfort their friends, and ask what had happened, but they couldn't do so with all the people around them. Jackie had strongly advised them to preserve their civilian identities.
A couple of minutes later showers of white and gold orbs burst from the calm morning sky above Samudramon and Puspamon, and Aldiyamon descended in his decorous and mysterious way. His appearance automatically made the crowd made way, murmuring excitedly upon the sight of the third Wira Digital. Silently, Aldiyamon inspected his fallen comrades and Puspamon was seen whispering something at him. A slight hint of surprise crossed the angelic knight's features before he disappeared again, taking Samudramon and Puspamon along as they teleported to somewhere unknown, leaving the crowds open-mouthed in awe.
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WIRA DIGITAL
Chapter 37 – School Under Siege
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A pair of intelligent green eyes watched within the darkness as an oval portal opened inside the dark hall of the Onyx Pyramid. Doumon and Shawujinmon stepped out from it, with Astamon supported in the middle. Doumon had a mild disapproval etched on his face, while Shawujinmon looked tired, but Astamon definitely had seen better days. His usually crisp outfit was frayed in many parts and he was breathing in and out rapidly.
"What happened here?" asked a loud feline-like voice. A tall and curvy figure appeared from the corner of the hall of the Onyx Pyramid. She placed her hands on her narrow hips, and quirked an eyebrow as she adjusted a stray wisp of red hair behind her large feline-like ears. Underneath the semitransparent veil she wore, it was evident that she was smirking. As she stepped further into the light, the three generals were graced with the figure of a lithe woman with cat-like features. She wore nothing more than a pair of gleaming cherry-colored breastplates which barely protected her modesty and a pair of yellow puffy leopard-spotted pants. Her arms were black-furred and lank, ending with curved, feline-like claws. A pair of black tails swished back and forth from her hind, occasionally clanking the golden rings that decorated them as she sashayed towards the three male generals.
"Nothing, milady," said Doumon airily. "Just two hot-blooded generals deciding to take some fresh, human-world morning air. And while they were at it they decided to wreck some havoc."
The Virago General pursed her lips, barely seen under the semi-transparent veil she wore on her face. "Looks like someone wrecked havoc on them."
The Shaman General sighed. "Of course, of all the places in the human world they could've gone to, they've chosen the DigiWira's hometown."
"Ah, I see…" Persiamon said and eyed Shawujinmon and Astamon. The two generals recognized the gleam from the cat-woman's emerald eyes and both groaned in frustration. Persiamon crossed her arms over her bosom, looking slightly miffed at their expressions before beginning, "Why can't you act like generals instead of minions? We have plenty of minions ready at our beck and call…just send them instead of going to the human world, until we've fully replenished our powers, you dolts! Do you want to end up like Karatenmon and Lilamon? Destroyed by the hands of pesky brats? Such a disgrace…"
"Here we go…" Shawujinmon sighed.
"Another morning lecture from the mother Cockatrimon…" Astamon grunted.
"What did you just say, booze-breath?" Persiamon said sharply. Hearing no replies, she snorted. "I thought so. For all that is bad and nasty Astamon, do something about that annoying smell that's permeating from your suit. It's giving me a serious bout of headache, and I can't think when I have a headache. Have you showered recently…I don't think so, with that horrid stench. Do I have to ask Shawujinmon to spray you with his waters? For an Ultimate Digimon you sure act like a little dumb In-Training. If Lucemon is here…"
"Yeah, yeah, Persiamon, we can't have that now, can we?" Astamon said loudly, and slapped off Shawujinmon's and Doumon's hands that were supporting him. He slouched towards a doorway and disappeared within the darkness. His voice could be heard muttering, but what he was saying was incomprehensible although it was obviously aimed towards the Virago General.
"Hey, if you have something to say to me why don't you say it in front of my face?" Persiamon hollered at Astamon's retreating figure. "Pff. I thought so."
To avoid another round of lecture from the sole female member of the Darkshadow Brethren, Shawujinmon quietly walked away from the somewhat miffed feline. He could feel the sharp eyes of the Virago General tailing his retreat, but did nothing to acknowledge or deny it. He merely went towards the door that would lead them to their private chambers, and called it a day.
"The nerves of those two," Persiamon muttered.
"Now, now, Persiamon," Doumon said. "Getting angry will give you nothing but premature wrinkles now, am I wrong?"
Persiamon snorted. "You've always been one with the wise words, Doumon," she said. She snorted again in a very unladylike manner, and continued with a miffed tone, "It's not like I'm angry over nothing! We've nearly lost the Puaka Generals – thank all that is rotten and nasty that Lucemon managed to rescue them at their brink of deletion. Should any of us got deleted prematurely it would put a dent on Lucemon's master plan, and we simply can't have that."
Doumon nodded. "Those two are reckless, I must say, but they meant well. As far as I have been made known, those children didn't fare better than them as well. It was a two-against-two battle before the others showed up." He chuckled lightly before continuing, "I believe at this moment, the Wira Digital must be recovering from the attack. Perhaps an Ultimate Digimon and several brutes will be enough to deal with them for now."
"One Ultimate?" Persiamon wondered. Then she nodded. "Yes, that will do for the time being. If we're lucky they could destroy those children and if we're not…" The Virago General shrugged. "More power for those kids, for the time being. Give them false hopes that they can actually beat us…" she smiled evilly, and the two generals chuckled as their profiles were engulfed by the darkness.
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"What happened to them?" asked Mrs. Khadijah Basri, the school principal as she observed the prone, unmoving bodies of Gayathri and Manny on the beds of the school's infirmary. Jackie was putting bandages on them with Adam's help, while Labramon, Patamon and Agumon were treating Floramon and Penguinmon who were injured. Salamon and Gatomon stood by the corner of the infirmary, observing the crowd with rapt interest akin to a child.
"They were attacked," Adam explained, turning around to face the late-forties woman. He then caught JD's and Liu Ying's eyes. "It was Shawujinmon and another general…I didn't catch his name, but Puspamon told me about him before I brought them here."
"Damn that overgrown duck," JD muttered, before inching back to his seat upon meeting the principal's glare.
"Language, Joshua," said the principal mildly. She tolerated it, however, understanding why JD had said it in the first place. She gazed at the three teenagers who were now meeting her eyes steadily. "Are you saying that the Digimon who has attacked Sunway Lagoon was the one responsible to attack Gayathri and Emmanuel?" She had seen the news, and having known that five pupils of her school were the Wira Digital had made her even more worried.
"Yes, Mrs. Khadijah," Adam said. "And Shawujinmon was with another general…"
"A general?" the principal asked, confused.
Adam nodded. "Shawujinmon wasn't alone. He attacked them with another bad guy…" he simplified for the principal's understanding.
Mrs. Khadijah didn't quite get it still, but she supposed that she wouldn't be able to unless Adam explained it in a very detailed way. Right now, she suspected that the teen was not in the mood. The boy was evidently worried about his two friends, and his emotion was mirrored by the other two DigiWira. Sensing that they were a tight-knit group, the principal had granted them permissions to be at the infirmary and had informed their respective class teachers that she had needed them for something. Adam had made a stop at the computer room while the others tended to the injured Gayathri, Emmanuel and their Digimon partners, returning not long after with several medications which he'd claimed to originate from the Digital World. He had gotten them because by calling a doctor would risk their identities being made known to public, and that the Digital World's medicine was effective to deal with injuries sustained from a Digimon battle. She'd wanted to object but soon noticed that the teens seemed to know what they were doing…as if they had done it several times already. They didn't panic at all, but sat together in composed silence, worried but not so much flustering as any kids their age would be.
"We should inform their parents, at the very least," she finally said uneasily, feeling helpless that she couldn't do anything to help. The most she could do at the moment, and which she had done, was to procure the infirmary for their use. Nobody, teachers and students alike, were to enter the clinic without her explicit permission, and the school was to go as normal. That much she had done to ensure that no curious ones would stumble in the infirmary and find out about this. But she supposed she didn't have to worry that much, as nobody really knew where Aldiyamon had taken Samudramon and Puspamon earlier that morning.
In all actuality, Aldiyamon had simply teleported them (and devolving them in the process) to the computer room, and then to the infirmary.
"Don't…" Gayathri's voice protested weakly. Everyone's attentions were instantly focused on her.
"Gayathri! You're awake!" Liu Ying immediately went to her friend's side, sitting by her at the table.
"…wasn't injured much," the usually bubbly girl mumbled as she cast a look at the still unconscious Manny.
"What happened to you guys?" Adam asked.
"It…it was Shawujinmon…" Gayathri began. She had a disgusted look on her face before adding, "…and one perverted demon called Astamon…"
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(Flashback)
Gayathri calmly walked down the road, humming a song as she made her way towards Manny's house. Apparently her parents were needed for a board meeting at their company, and were in a rush that they needed Anding to drive them there first thing in the morning. However, her father had taken control of the situation and had called Manny's mother, asking whether she would be willing to drive Gayathri along with Manny to school that day? Of course, Mrs. Kimberly Bhatt had agreed readily.
Manny's family owned two cars and his father had already gone off to work with their smaller car, leaving his mother with the more luxurious car. It was a normal routine for Kimberly to send her son to school and her daughter to the kindergarten for the past one month she'd been here, and taking Gayathri along would not be a problem at all since she went to the same school as her son. In fact, it was an arrangement that seemed to work the best, as Gayathri had easily initiated a conversation with her usually bashful son and her chatty daughter.
Gayathri too was enjoying conversing with Manny's family, before suddenly the car was halted so suddenly that they were nearly thrown towards the front. Debbie, who was riding shotgun, screamed in fear – it was lucky that she was strapped securely with the seatbelts. Kimberly looked severely shaken as her eyes were transfixed on the commotion that was taking place in front of them. Before Gayathri could comprehend of what was going on, an explosion was heard and to their horror, a car was flung in the air, crashing against an electric pole. Another blast was heard and a lorry was sent spinning across the roads, nearly crashing onto a house before one of its tyres got stuck inside a large drain. That caused the lorry to jerk wildly and a man flung out from the door. The ground shook before water pillars erupted at a distance, and several vehicles were caught within them. Terrified screams were heard, and both Gayathri and Manny knew that something was up.
The two DigiWira proceeded in getting out from the car before Kimberly could protest. Manny leaned back in and asked her to drive away with Debbie to safety, away from here. "Those are the Digimon that attacked us at Sunway Lagoon…they're very dangerous, mummy, and I don't want to see you and Debbie got hurt by them." He then got out from the car and closed the backdoor.
"But…"
"Aunty, we'll be ok. We've beaten them once…we can do it again," Gayathri assured. "But we can do it better if we know that you're safe."
It took Kimberly a while to remember that while Manny and Gayathri were children, they were also chosen children, and they were destined to fight evil Digimon. That much she had gathered from what Jackie had mentioned to her and the other parents when the DigiWira did not return from the Digital World. Besides she had a young daughter who was far more vulnerable to any attacks, and she was sure that Manny and Penguinmon…or their fused form Samudramon, could never focus in hindering the villains if they were there. She didn't like this, but she had a feeling that there was nothing else she could do, but to pay heed to what they had asked her to do.
"Be careful," she said finally.
"Be careful Abang….Kak Gayathri…" Debbie said, looking close to crying already.
The teens smiled grimly as they watched the black Honda Accord drove away from the battle site. Then they took out their Digivices and released their partners as a familiar villain appeared in view. Looking around, they saw that no one was around – everyone had taken refuge inside the confines of their houses or anywhere away from the intersection where Shawujinmon was at. There was another Digimon standing close to Shawujinmon, and he was firing black lasers from a machinegun towards the buildings and shops of Taipan Commercial Center and the Subang Jaya Municipal Council located diagonally across from it. Sounds of shattering glasses and combusting walls were heard, followed by a maniacal cackle which sounded so much like one who had too much alcohol. Shawujinmon had summoned more water pillars which threw various vehicles all over the intersection. People were running about in chaos, shouting in horror as the two Digimon continued attacking the precinct mercilessly. The DigiWira also saw, to their horror, several bodies lying around chaotically. They would be killed if the demons were not stopped.
Looking at each other, they realized that they couldn't afford to waste any more time.
"Digital Access Digivolution, HAAAAAAA!!!"
Puspamon took to the skies while Samudramon propelled himself forward with a jet of water. Both Wira Digital headed towards the two villains, who ceased attacking for a while upon realizing their company.
"So we meet again, Samudramon," Shawujinmon said with his haughty, squawky voice.
"And allow me to introduce myself." The other demon, a pinstriped-suited man with a large red shawl draped on his shoulders and a black mask adorning his face, said in a slurry, drunk-like voice. "I am Astamon! And I am here to…" he looked up and grinned towards Puspamon, "…see your beautiful self, sweetheart."
A vein nearly popped out from Puspamon, and she eyed Astamon angrily. 'Sweetheart? I'll show you sweetheart! Who does he think he is…my boyfriend? Just what I need…a male version of that Lilamon!' The sprite inhaled deeply and let out a powerful Sprite Scream towards both demons, taking them by surprise. Astamon and Shawujinmon were flung backwards from the shockwave of the supersonic scream, crashing on an abandoned lorry. Then, without waiting she sailed towards the fallen generals and blasted them with the Jelita Shocker. Samudramon followed suit by drenching the villains with the Divine Rain before electrocuting them with the Cosmic Thunderstrike. To Puspamon's slight amusement, Samudramon's mouth was set so thin he appeared to look somewhat miffed. It was rather obvious that he also didn't like Astamon's comment on Puspamon. Their combined attacks resulted in an explosion, and at first they thought that the villains were done for.
However, they were gravely mistaken. To their horror their attacks seemed to bear little effects on the two generals when the smokes from the explosion began to clear. Black lasers spewed forth from the smokes, several of them grazed upon the two Wira Digital.
"Feeling hot? Maybe a blast of water will cool you down!" Shawujinmon taunted as he released jets of high-pressured water blasts to slam upon the Wira Digital.
Before the Wira Digital could retaliate they saw Astamon soaring towards the skies and pointed his machinegun towards them. "Although I'd rather have you as my lifelong partner, it appears that it's a relationship that's doomed from the beginning. Goodbye, sweetheart!" He clicked on his gun and summoned, "Hellfire!!"
Black torrents of flames engulfed the two Wira Digital, causing them to scream in pain. The fires were soon engulfed by raging waves of water from Shawujinmon, sending the two heroes crashing onto the windows of the Municipal Council. Shrieks of the workers there could be heard when the two Wira Digital crashed inside the building. They were just about to get up when another wave of Hellfire from Astamon blasted upon them, nearly burning the whole building if it weren't for Shawujinmon's attack which put out the flames.
"It seems like you're destined to be saved after all, sweetheart," Astamon noted, watching the drenched sprite with interest.
"Shut your trap, Astamon! They're the enemies!" Shawujinmon snapped.
"Hey…can't a guy appreciate a beauty without being disturbed?"
The two Generals continuous onslaught had weakened Samudramon and Puspamon severely. However, realizing that they were putting the lives of the council's workers in grave peril if they were to remain there caused them to get back up on their feet. Heading out from the building, the two heroes saw their enemies hovering above them. Not willing to give up, Puspamon summoned her Hibiscus Hurricane and Samudramon called out the Cosmic Thunderstrike. The two attacks merged into one lightning-hurricane and slammed onto Shawujinmon, throwing him all the way to Taipan Commercial Center. Astamon saw this and snorted before attacking Samudramon with his gun, spewing forth lasers which knocked Samudramon off his feet. Laughing loudly, Astamon continued firing lasers towards Samudramon, before he was halted by magenta beams emitted from several larger-than-life tulips.
"Ah, sweetheart. Coming to your boy's defend, eh?" Astamon sniggered and pointed his gun towards Puspamon…before retracting it once again. He eyed Puspamon from up till down repeatedly, taking in the battered form of the still-gorgeous fairy. A smile tugged on his lips. "I'll spare you, beautiful Puspamon. My only condition is that you abandon your pathetic friends and join me."
"In your dreams," Puspamon spat, and generated her illusionary attack. "Dream Rose Mirage!!"
Having maintained eye contact with Puspamon gave the fairy the opportunity to generate the powerful mind attack against him. Astamon was astounded upon suddenly noticing a massive black rose blooming behind Puspamon, and thorny vines snaked from underneath the flower towards him. Before he could move away, the vines wrapped all over him and the thorns dug into his skin. Astamon cried and struggled to break free.
Puspamon wasn't strong enough to maintain control of her illusionary attack, as Astamon was bigger than her, but she held on. The key to execute the Dream Rose Mirage was her concentration and it seemed that she had Astamon wrapped under her control for now. Yet the general proved to be too tough to be kept restrained for long.
Too focused on finishing Astamon off with her mirage power, Puspamon didn't notice the other enemy coming from her back. Shawujinmon approached her silently, his metallic staff ready to strike. The Kappa General swung his staff up high and was ready to hit the fairy Wira Digital when a thunderbolt forced him to let his staff go. With an angry snarl he looked down, and saw Samudramon on his feet. He quickly glided down and caught his staff.
"Aren't you the resilient one?" Shawujinmon said with a sneer. "We'll fix that…Crescent Moon Slash!!"
"Double-Edged Thunderblades!!"
During their previous battle, Samudramon had managed to slice Shawujinmon's staff into half with his powerful double-edged blades. So it was shocking when this time around, the spinning trident was caught inside the curved-blade of the staff instead. Flabbergasted, Samudramon tried retracting his trident but failed as Shawujinmon was evidently stronger.
"You simply can't think that you can use that same attack on me, boy!" Shawujinmon said triumphantly before pulling his staff back and seized Samudramon's trident at the same time. Then he kicked Samudramon on the belly before using both the trident and the staff to pummel the merman Wira Digital viciously and repeatedly. Then, to deliver the final attack he spun his staff and managed to cut Samudramon on his right shoulder with the sharp edges of his staff, and pounded him even more with the thicker end of his staff. "It's the end for you now, boy!"
Samudramon was flung towards a lamp pole with a defeated cry. His weight caused the pole to bend at a very narrow angle before he slumped down on his face, unconscious.
"Samudramon!" Puspamon gasped, her concentration disrupted. At the moment however she couldn't care, as Samudramon had been beaten. Then she realized her folly and turned around…only to find out that the Majin General was no longer where he was at before. She was about to spin around when a large hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her towards a body.
"That wasn't very nice of you, sweetheart," Astamon said huskily. He grinned as Puspamon writhing helplessly to break free from his grasp. Being bigger, Astamon knew that the fairy's effort was futile. "You're lucky that I'm still in a forgiving mood, sweetheart…"
"UGH! Stop calling me sweetheart you perverted, foul-smelling beast!" Puspamon roared and tilted her head upward. Her nose, partially hidden by the visor, caught the unbearable stench of what she suspected was alcohol or a very bad perfume, and she scowled in disgust. "You're messing with the wrong girl here…Sprite Scream!! AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEIIIII!!!!!" The supersonic scream, being launched at close range, deafened the Majin General so severely that he lost his orientation and was forced to let Puspamon go. The shockwave that came with the attack nearly ripped his head off his body should he maintained his grip on the feisty sprite. He was forced to let her go.
Seizing her advantage, Puspamon flung Astamon towards the sky with the Hibiscus Hurricane, and pulverized him with the hot beams of the Jelita Shocker. Astamon was sent flying towards an unseen distance by the powerful hurricane, and Puspamon hoped that her attacks would take care of the demonic general. Her attention now was brought towards the remaining general, but she didn't know whether she could take him on another battle. Astamon was stronger than her – she was fortunate because Astamon had made the wrong move by drawing her close to him.
"Curse it!" Shawujinmon snarled, feeling weakened himself after the battle with the two Wira Digital. 'Since when they've gotten so powerful…Astamon has been defeated? That fool; he shouldn't have hold the fairy close to him! But still…I can finish both of them now…'
Puspamon knew that if Shawujinmon engaged her in a battle, she would lose. Her energy was depleted, and Samudramon was knocked out. The only way of escape she could think about was…
"Hey you guys! Perfect timing! Aldiyamon, Xianamon, Satriamon, GET HIM!!" she shouted, trying to sound as excited as she could whilst looking at the distance.
'Curse it! Doumon, take me away NOW!!' Shawujinmon thought without even looking back. Instantly an oval portal appeared on top of the Kappa General and he was sucked in.
Puspamon heaved her breath in relief before making way towards Samudramon. 'We have to go to the school…to the others…before they return.'
(End Flashback)
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"That was a very close call, you two," Liu Ying said. "Why didn't you call us?"
"There was no time," Manny answered. He had awoken from his sleep while Gayathri was telling the others about the attacks, and had supplied some inputs as well. "They were destroying everything in sight at the intersection…we had to stop them there and then."
"How bad was the damage?" Adam asked.
"Very bad," Gayathri said, grimacing. "The municipal council would be closed for sure. Lots of houses were damaged when those villains threw the cars all around. Some Taipan shops are destroyed too. The roads where the battle had taken place were damaged even worse – remember how Shawujinmon summon his water pillars back at Sunway Lagoon? Only this time, he used the roads…they'll need major reconstruction. And the people…I don't know…we saw several injured ones, but…" She sighed. "I wished we could've stopped them earlier."
"You've done your best," Liu Ying said consolingly. "At the very least, you've driven them away."
JD frowned. "Knowing the bad guys…and I know how they think, having been one myself…they'll be back for sure."
Not long after JD had said that, the school bell rang. Nobody paid attention to it…before they noticed that the bell rang for nearly a minute long and still showed no indication of stopping. Another minute went by and the bell was still ringing, and by this time everyone knew that something was up. Commotions could be heard coming from the classrooms and the labs, shouts and gasps were becoming more and more prominent and the sounds of doors being opened took place in a seemingly sequenced manner.
"It's the emergency bell!" the principal said. She peered through the window and saw students and teachers coming out from the classes, lining up before heading towards the assembly ground. She recognized it immediately as the practiced fire drill. But there seemed to be no indication of fire.
Or perhaps she'd thought too soon…the grounds suddenly shook as she saw a hulking figure in red armor and fiery wings stomping the ground of the school's soccer field. The figure looked very much humanlike, except for the fact that it was way taller than the school's four-storey buildings. Above the armored being were five giant birds that were instantly recognizable as the birds which had attacked Sunway Lagoon last Saturday. The armored figure roared loudly before spewing forth bursts of fire bullets which immediately caught the school canteen and the nearest school block – the designated Block A which housed the classrooms for Form Four and Five students, the school library and the teachers' offices. Instantly, alarmed shrieks were heard as the buildings were set ablaze. Students ran haphazardly while teachers and prefects tried their hardest to keep order, despite evidently terrified as well.
"Oh my God!" the principal gasped, backing away from the window with a very pale expression. "What is that?"
"Digimon," Adam said breathlessly as he scanned the invader. He recognized the Velgemon, but not the armored Digimon, although he thought that whoever it was it was distinctly similar to Satriamon. And apparently JD and Agumon realized it too, for JD was heard swearing angrily under his breath.
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: DIGIMON ANALYZER :
Name: Ardhamon
Attributes: Ultimate
level, Virus type
Attacks:
Solar Wind Destroyer – Ardhamon
generates a massive sphere of fire and lambastes it towards his
enemies.
Atomic Inferno – Ardhamon shoots fire bullets from the gauntlets on his arms.
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"This freak's mine," JD growled and took out his Juara Digivice.
"Josh, wait…you can't Digital Access here!" Adam stopped his cousin by placing a restraining hand on the older boy's arm. Upon meeting the glare of the blonde teen, the team leader quickly clarified, "Satriamon's too big to fit in this infirmary."
Upon the explanation, JD's glare softened to the point of looking sheepish. "Oh…yeah. Sorry 'bout that."
Manny and Gayathri both rose from their beds, but Liu Ying held up her hand to stop them. "You two are still injured…if Ardhamon is an Ultimate, the three of us can handle this."
"Two of you will handle this," Adam said, observing the panicking students and teachers alike upon seeing Block A of the school set ablaze. "Aldiyamon is needed more to teleport away all the people in this school to a safer place. The public field beside the municipal council will do…"
"But the municipal council is damaged from this morning's battle," Gayathri said. "But…that's the safest place anyway. And we want to help."
"Samudramon is needed to put out those flames," Manny pointed out.
"Are you and your Digimon partners up to it?" Jackie asked, looking at the injured DigiWira and partners with worry.
"Sure do," Penguinmon said confidently…but then he flinched and held his rotund belly. "But not so much for a battle with that big ugly guy. Quenching flames, sure. No prob. But battling evil ugly guy again, no, I don't think so."
"Puspamon wasn't as badly injured as Samudramon," Floramon said. "The least we could do is to divert those Velgemon away while Aldiyamon teleports all of the students to a safer place."
The school principal took out a key. "Here's the key to the infirmary's back door. I suppose you all need to step out in order to…uhh…"
"Thank you, Mrs. Khadijah," Liu Ying said and immediately took the key. She darted towards the backdoor and all five DigiWira and their partners rushed out. Salamon and Gatomon hopped onto Jackie as the computer instructor guided the school principal out.
"Digital Access Digivolution, HAAAAAAA!!!"
The principal's mouth hung slightly in amazement after watching her school pupils merged with their Digimon partners to become a magnificent white knight with shining wings, a sorceress-like woman in yellow robe wielding a fly whisk, a sprite in pink, a merman with blue tail and a red-armored warrior.
The panicking crowd gasped upon seeing five beings depicted as the ones who had saved Sunway Lagoon appearing from behind the school's second block. Three of them had already been seen earlier. The merman instantly showered the canteen with heavy rains, unwittingly drenching most of the pupils as he moved the raining cloud over the burning Block A. The fairy with glittering pink wings shot up towards the sky and began countering several crimson buzzards before she was joined by the angelic knight.
"Aldiyamon and Puspamon are battling the Velgemon…Satriamon, do you think you can handle Ardhamon on your own for the time being while I create force-fields around the school?" the sorceress with yellow fox mask was heard asking the red armored figure. "I will join you as soon as Aldiyamon is ready to teleport everyone to safety." With that said, she assumed a meditative posture and everyone gasped as a faint golden force-field was formed right in front of the sorceress. Satriamon and Samudramon were kept out of the barrier.
Satriamon smirked. "No objections." He immediately crossed the field, ready to fight the enemy who was approximately twice his size.
"I'll back you up," Samudramon offered. "The flames are nearly all put out."
"Don't strain yourself," Satriamon said.
Meanwhile, on the clear late morning sky, Puspamon and Aldiyamon were gliding with profound nimbleness and agility as they led the five Velgemon towards the sky, away from the school and the houses around it. When they were far enough, the two Wira Digital turned around, and noticed that the Velgemon were flying towards them in a V-shaped formation.
"I'll go behind them…use your hurricane to push them away, ok?" Aldiyamon didn't wait for his friend's confirmation; he quickly teleported away and reappeared about a hundred meters behind the Velgemon.
Puspamon saw what Aldiyamon was attempting to do, and obliged. "Hibiscus Hurricane!"
The flowery hurricane slammed onto two of the Velgemon, pushing them straight towards Aldiyamon while the other three screeched as they scrambled away.
Aldiyamon generated his sword and slashed it in a vertical, forward direction. "Heavenstar Gladius!" A pillar of pure energy was formed and it rushed towards the incoming two Velgemon, incinerating them with concentrated holy energy. Aldiyamon smiled grimly as the buzzards were deleted. Looking up, he saw one Velgemon fell prey to Puspamon's Jelita Shocker, but another came to her back and grazed her with its sharp wings. Puspamon shrieked and fell to the ground, her wings injured. Aldiyamon quickly pointed a hand towards his friend, and Puspamon was safely teleported to the ground. He then looked up at the incoming two Velgemon and shook his head. "Two against one? That's hardly fair now…yikes!! Deistic Guard!!" He quickly folded his metallic wings in front of his torso when the Velgemon both shot obsidian lasers towards him. A silver sphere was generated around him, deflecting the lasers towards the roofs of the school buildings.
"Now look at what you've done?" Aldiyamon groaned and balled his hand into a fist. White sacred aura erupted from it and Aldiyamon drew his fist back, aiming at one Velgemon which was hovering in front of the other. "Radiant Faith!" A beam of white and gold energy slammed against one Velgemon, throwing it against the other buzzard. "I've had enough of you two…let's see how you two birds of darkness handle a firebird of light. Solaris Firebird!!"
A shrieking phoenix burst forth from Aldiyamon's shining wings and it incinerated the remaining Velgemon with its holy flames. Not long after, they were deleted and a loud applause was heard coming from the ground. Aldiyamon quickly made his descent as Xianamon lowered the force-field. He nodded at Xianamon, who then flew towards the battlefield to assist Satriamon and Samudramon in facing Ardhamon.
"Is everyone here?" Aldiyamon called out. He scanned the large crowd of students and teachers, taking in several familiar faces of his classmates and ex-classmates, teachers, canteen vendors, cleaners, shopkeeper, and others that he knew by their names or faces. His gaze paused briefly at a pretty girl with a demure expression, moving his gaze away quickly when he saw the girl blush. "Alright, now I need you to hold on to each others' hands…yeah, that's right, hands only, please…" he added upon hearing a mischievous remark from one Form Five boy regarding of which places they would need to hold on to, which was also responded by several angry hisses from the girls nearby to the said boy. He scanned the crowd again, and was satisfied that everyone was following his instruction. He then looked at the nearest boy at him…a small Form One boy who was looking at him with an expression of awe and amazement. He held out his hand. "Here, hold my hand." The boy excitedly grabbed hold on Aldiyamon's hand, earning a somewhat amused smile from the angelic Digimon. "Right, here we go. One, two, THREE!"
Orbs of light burst out from the angels and rapidly surrounded the entire crowd before they vanished, right before several stray flame bullets shot towards the now-empty assembly ground.
In the meantime, Satriamon and Xianamon found out that Ardhamon was a very tough opponent.
"There's only one room for a fire warrior Digimon in this area, and guess what? You ain't him! Dragonforce Striker!!" Satriamon shot up towards the bigger Ardhamon and struck his powerful gauntlet upon Ardhamon's armored torso. A fiery dragon was generated and Ardhamon snarled before knocking the smaller Satriamon away without much effort.
"Oh, how cute…a very, very small wannabe warrior of flames who dares challenge the likes of me," Ardhamon snorted. "The chances of you winning the fight is so highly improbable that's it's cute, especially since you're so small and little and I'm so big."
"Who you're calling so microscopically small that he'd need a magnifying glass in order to be seen?!" Satriamon shouted and fired his Dark Rage technique. To his dismay, the black lasers simply were deflected away by Ardhamon's apparently strong armor.
From the distance, Samudramon sweatdropped upon hearing Satriamon's remark. 'I didn't know JD watches Fullmetal Alchemist?' Manny thought from within his merged body. A smile tugged at his lips before he winced, realizing that he was still too weak to join the battle. From the corner of his obscured eyes, he could see Puspamon making her way towards him. She seemed to be in a slightly better condition than him, but was not fit for a fight either. They would have to remain on the sidelines.
But there was at least something Samudramon could still do. Ardhamon was a Digimon of fire, and fire's greatest weakness was water. He pointed his trident towards the sky above Ardhamon and summoned, "Divine Rain!" The rain would leech out some of Ardhamon's power, which would make him more vulnerable against Satriamon and Xianamon.
Xianamon flew up to Ardhamon's eye level and noticed that Ardhamon's neck and face were not armored. She quickly waved her fly whisk and showered the villain with her poisonous Jade Needles. Coupled with Samudramon's Divine Rain, Ardhamon would be weakened enough. Or at least, she hoped he would be.
"Unhanded tricks! Blast you annoying cretins! Now burn under the wrath of my Atomic Inferno!!" Ardhamon shouted with fury and spewed fire bullets towards his foe. To his annoyance, Xianamon simply erected an energy barrier which absorbed some of the bullets, before deflecting the accumulated power as a wave of golden light which nearly knocked Ardhamon off his feet.
Seeing that inspired Xianamon on how to further disgruntle the villainous Ardhamon. She shot a yellow energy wave towards the field ground, exclaiming "Gaia Retaliation!" The ground instantly shook and a small crevice begun to form under Ardhamon. Before the draconic villain could move his leg, it was caught in the middle of the crevice and he fell on his knees. Seeing him down, both Wira Digital quickly seized this chance to attack.
"Dragonforce Striker!"
"Diamond World Mandala!"
The two attacks slammed upon Ardhamon, eliciting a loud cry of pain as his armor begun to crack. The force from the attacks had sent him flying, but Ardhamon immediately regained his composure while in midair. Infuriated he raised his arms upwards and called forth his deadly finisher – the Solar Wind Destroyer. Eyeing Satriamon, Ardhamon sneered and sent the powerful sphere of fire towards the said Wira Digital. The fireball zoomed with amazing speed and slammed against Satriamon who took the attack heads-on.
Then, an explosion took place.
"Satriamon!!" Xianamon, Puspamon and Samudramon gasped in horror. There was no way Satriamon could survive that kind of attack. Xianamon generated her telekinetic barrier to shield herself from the thick suffocating smokes as well as the rains of soil and stones while Puspamon and Samudramon used their wind and water powers to protect themselves. When the smokes receded and the rains of soils and stones stopped, they saw a crater was formed in the middle of the field.
But Satriamon was nowhere to be found.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Who's the mightier fire dragon-man now, weaklings?" Ardhamon guffawed evilly. He eyed the shocked Wira Digital, basking in the fear that was starting to show from them, before a cocky voice intervened.
"I still think that's me, you bastard!"
Looking up, the three Wira Digital and Ardhamon saw Satriamon at the sky; somehow able to fly. Satriamon didn't look harmed at all despite the powerful attack Ardhamon had launched at him. But upon closer inspection and as Satriamon moved sideways, they saw four pairs of glittering silver wings and a smaller humanoid frame holding Satriamon's body. Laughing, the Wira Digital immediately realized what had happened. Aldiyamon must have teleported Satriamon away in the nick of time, as he was now supporting the said dragon-man.
"Why do I get the feeling that I'll be constantly watching your back?" Aldiyamon groaned as he held on the bigger Satriamon. "You're heavy, you know that?"
"What finer ways to develop your muscles, cousin," Satriamon smirked as Aldiyamon flew them towards the astonished Ardhamon. "Let me at him! I'll squash him with my Dragonforce Striker."
"Here. Maybe this will help. Solaris Firebird!!" Aldiyamon summoned his firebird of light, this time merging it with his metallic wings. The resulted firebird was a flaming bird with steel wings which plummeted towards Ardhamon. Aldiyamon then swung Satriamon once and saw that he landed on his feet perfectly on the Solaris Firebird's metallic wings, using it as a sky glider for Satriamon. Together the firebird took Satriamon towards Ardhamon who attempted to stop him by firing fire bullets.
"Pretty fancy combo…but it won't be enough to stop me! Atomic Inferno!!" Ardhamon shouted.
Satriamon laughed as he instinctively guided the firebird-glider to avoid the flaming bullets, while using his gauntlet as a shield to protect himself from any stray fire bullets. Ardhamon seemed flustered as Satriamon approached him. When they were close enough, Satriamon jumped off from the firebird as it slammed upon the evil dragon-man, sending him crashing on his back.
Satriamon's moment had come. He ignited his whole body into flames, charged up his gauntlet and roared, "Flaming Torch!! Dragonforce Striker!!"
Slamming the Chrome-Digizoid gauntlet upon Ardhamon's body, there was a brief standstill at first as Ardhamon's armor was hard as diamonds. Then a slow crack was formed on the armor, growing bigger and radiated wider as Satriamon pressed on. Finally the armor was destroyed and evaporated into data particles and Satriamon successfully laid the final blow upon Ardhamon's chest. Ardhamon shrieked in pain as the sharp claws of Satriamon's gauntlet penetrated through his body, tearing apart flesh and breaking bones to pieces. With a defeated cry, Ardhamon combusted into data particles.
"Who's the small one now?" Satriamon smirked as he landed on his feet on the cratered field. He looked up at Aldiyamon and raised a thumbs-up, grinning. Noticing the others he gave them the thumbs-up too. He looked around, noticing that it was lucky that they managed to confine Ardhamon from attacking the neighborhood. Apart from needing major clean-up and probably new paint, the houses around the nearby neighborhood were pretty much in one piece. The school, however, had partially lost its Block A and the canteen.
'Damn…why can't Block C be the one which was set on fire? Then I'll have no classes to attend to…' JD groaned from within his merged body, but squashed that thought immediately.
'Tough luck, Josh,' Agumon giggled.
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A white van screeched into a halt in front of the school gate, and the passenger door instantly swung open. A woman with super-straight dark brown hair, wearing a frameless pair of glasses and a smart red suit and pants jumped down. She was holding a microphone and saw in amazement as the smaller warrior in red laid the finishing blow upon the massive armored villain.
"Oh, darn it! We've missed the battle!" the woman groaned in frustration. "Quickly, Chia! Those warriors are still around. Perhaps we can still get an interview from them." She snorted upon seeing the driver stumbling out with the camera equipment from the back of the van. Then she glanced at the mirror beside the passenger seat, eyeing her make-up. "Right. Come on, let's go inside the school!"
"Right away, Miss Kaur!" The thin young man with spiked black hair said, and followed the woman inside the school. "Camera's on roll in five, four, three, two…" He flashed the woman a thumbs-up. "You're on air."
"Welcome to TV3's late-breaking news. I'm Rita Kaur," the woman began with a very prim tone. "Earlier today, the town of UEP Subang Jaya has witnessed a staggering attack from the creatures known as Digimon. Witnesses have said that the attacks were instigated by two humanoid beings, one of them being the exact same culprit that has laid waste to Sunway Lagoon last Saturday. It has been said that while the earlier attack fortunately bore no fatalities, the number of casualties is astoundingly high, at 56 in total.
She beckoned for the cameraman to follow her as she walked along the driveway, crossed the semi-burned school canteen, and halted, indicating for the cameraman to take footages of the damaged school buildings as she spoke. "And more recently, just about an hour ago the teachers, pupils and workers of USJ 2 National Secondary School, Subang Jaya have magically appeared at the field of the Subang Jaya Municipal Council, believed to be transported there by one being called 'Aldiyamon'. The reason for this is because the school had been the next target of the evil Digimon. Right now, I am at the site of the battle, but apparently the battle has been taken cared of. We might however, have a chance to get to know these heroes…there they are! Yoo-hoo…you five!"
The five Wira Digital turned around and saw a woman approaching them, followed closely by a cameraman.
"Hello. I am Rita Kaur, and we are currently live on-air on TV3. Smile for the camera. Can you five spare a minute or two so that we could ask you a few questions?" Rita Kaur said with a hopeful tone. "Please do so. The people of this country are simply dying to find out about the heroes who have saved this country from the Digimon attacks."
The angelic knight looked at his four counterparts, feeling slightly nervous upon noticing the camera being focused on all of them. The red-armored warrior shrugged uncaringly, the pale-skinned man with an X-shaped armor donned on his body avoided Rita Kaur's gaze, the yellow-garbed woman simply snorted in mild annoyance while the pink fairy-like being sighed as she leaned against the other female for support, looking fairly weakened.
"Umm…sure. What do you want to know?" Aldiyamon finally said.
"Firstly, who are you five?"
"We're the Wira Digital."
"Wira Digital? Very nice…" Rita Kaur commented before moving on with the second question. "Can you introduce yourselves to us? I think the media is getting so tired of describing the five of you as...the white knight, the red-armored warrior…you get my drift. Proper names would be easier and more helpful for future references, thank-you notes, everything."
Aldiyamon nodded. "I'm called Aldiyamon, and this is Satriamon, Samudramon, Xianamon and Puspamon."
Rita frowned, obviously thinking about something. "Judging from your name, you are Digimon."
"We are, sort of," Aldiyamon said.
"If that is so, where are your human partners? As far as we all have been made known, the DigiDestined are partnered with Digimon."
"That is true," Aldiyamon confirmed, beginning to get nervous of the woman's questions. "They're…somewhere safe, we hope. Oh, look, we've got to go now! Superheroes' works are never done. To all the people of Malaysia…do not worry. We'll do our best to fend off the enemies. Until then…uhh…goodbye."
Before Rita Kaur could protest, Aldiyamon spread his arms and surrounded all five Wira Digital with orbs of white and gold. Within seconds, they teleported away, leaving the reporter and her cameraman sidekick awestruck. Her mouth was opened in a very un-ladylike 'O' shape.
"Umm…Miss Kaur? We're still on air."
Rita Kaur chuckled and turned back to the cameraman with a smile plastered on her face. "There you have it everyone – the heroes of Malaysia! The Wira Digital – Aldiyamon, Satriamon, Samudramon, Xianamon and Puspamon. Let us hope that they will do what they have promised. This is Rita Kaur reporting live for TV3. Now back to our usual program…"
"That's one fine scoop, Miss Kaur!" Chia the cameraman congratulated as soon as he switched off the video camera.
Rita Kaur smiled haughtily. "Yup. This will definitely put my…our names in history. I can see it now….Rita Kaur, most famous for her rare scoop with the Wira Digital! Now come on…let's go back to the TV station and ask for a raise. For all of our hard works and this very rare scoop, we deserve it! Move it."
"Yes, Miss Kaur."
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"Superheroes' works are never done?" JD laughed as he ruffled his cousin's hair. "That's so cheesy, Adam."
Adam grimaced and swatted JD's hand away. "It was the best I could think of. And I didn't see you helping out."
"Luckily we managed to escape that Rita Kaur from asking us more questions," Liu Ying said. "In times like that, your teleportation power really comes through."
Aldiyamon had teleported all the Wira Digital into a secluded vicinity of the Municipal Council, where he had checked out earlier. They then reverted to their composite selves and digitized their Digimon partners back into their Juara Digivices before making way towards the field where the whole school populace was at. Reporters were seen interviewing several students and teachers, some students were lounging about, discussing about what had just taken place. They saw Jackie and the principal underneath a tent, fiddling about with the microphone and on a table near them were Salamon and Gatomon, frozen in their stuffed-toy acts. The principal saw them coming and beckoned for them to join the others.
"Attention please, everyone," Mrs. Khadijah Basri called out, her voice amplified by the speakers. "Settle down, everyone. I have an announcement to make."
The crowd still was restless. Some paid the principal attention, but most others were too excited or engrossed in their conversation to listen. The principal repeated her words and gradually, helped by the teachers and the prefects, the students grew silent.
"I have received words that the school is now safe. But unfortunately, the Block A and the school canteen are damaged."
Murmurs resulted. The principal decided to continue.
"Until we can work a way to settle this, I will grant all of you holiday until the end of the week. Form Four and Five students will receive notifications on how we will get around with this problem, as their classes are the ones which suffered the heaviest damage." Groans were heard from the two eldest batches of students, eliciting an amused smile from the principal. "We can't possibly grant holiday to you all until the end of the year…what of your exams?"
"Great. A huge Digimon battle has taken place and all Mrs. Principal is worried about is exams?" JD groaned amidst the amused chuckles from the students and teachers.
"You're the one with a major exam this end of year," Liu Ying pointed out. "I suggest you listen up."
"Hmph. Thanks for reminding me."
"The municipal council has been so kind to arrange busses for us to return to the school. After collecting your school items, you may all return home," the principal concluded. The crowd, the DigiWira included, began to disperse as all of them headed to the busses to go back to school. It had been a tiring day, and the DigiWira found themselves so looking forward to go home for their long-deserved breaks. But in their mind, they couldn't help but notice that the villains they were facing now were much more dangerous than before. First the villains had attacked a major attraction place, now their town and school were targeted.
What would be next?
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Author's Notes:
This chapter doesn't feature a major attraction of Malaysia like the previous one, but I think it's important nonetheless. The attack at school is something I've planned for quite a while. Please pardon the rather randomness of the whole chapter. Originally, that part where Samudramon and Puspamon battled Shawujinmon and Astamon are its own independent chapter, while the 'School under Siege' theme is another chapter. I just decided to merge the two chapters together so that all Wira Digital get their moment in fighting, and tie them together using the ever-so-useful flashback method. :D
Why Ardhamon instead of Aldamon? Well, Aldamon and Aldiyamon are almost too similar in terms of spelling I'm afraid readers might confuse the two while reading the chapter. Ardhamon and Aldiyamon, now they look somewhat different. :D
I still can't find the time to complete the drawing for the other Wira Digital, because writing is my top priority. However, to those who haven't noticed, I have added the drawing of Liu Ying and Gayathri at my profile page. Xianamon and Puspamon drawing is still halfway done – Xianamon is done, Puspamon isn't.