Dina knelt by the seemingly unconscious Rosemon. She shook the woman's shoulders slightly, ignoring the rains that pattered on her head. "Rosemon?"
Silence. Then Rosemon slowly stirred. She inclined her head up, and saw her partner. A weak smile formed, though blood trickled from the sides of her mouth.
"Dina, it's not safe here," she whispered.
The girl shook her head. "You're hurt. Come on, let's get you out of here."
Dina helped Rosemon up, struggling as she did so. Rosemon was much taller than she had been after the power upgrade. Then she glanced sideways, as Adam, JD and Patamon stopped by her. Without a word, JD swooped beside Rosemon instantly, for which Dina was grateful, for JD was almost as tall as Rosemon.
"I don't see Beelzemon anywhere," said Adam, looking around warily. "Have you…?"
"No," said Rosemon resolutely. "Though I've sent him my strongest attack, he was resilient enough to resist it. He was thrown off, but far from deleted."
"So where is he?" grunted JD.
As if on cue, a dark chuckle ensued. They squinted hard against the rains, and saw a familiar shadow approaching. Dina gasped, her action mirrored by Adam. JD snarled and raised one glowing fist, and Rosemon beside him tensed. They slowly backed away as Beelzemon appeared. He too had blood trickling at the corners of his mouth, which was carelessly wiped off by the sleeve of his bomber jacket. His leather outfit was torn on many sites, and his helmet had suffered a noticeable dent on the front. The center eye was bruised.
"That was one strong attack," said Beelzemon, his nonchalant tone containing a hint of anger. "Now it's my turn." He flexed his claws. "I'm going to make minced data out of you four…"
"Not on my watch!" Rosemon shoved Dina and JD behind her, and prepared to attack.
Beelzemon cocked his guns. "Stop me if you can." He fired two shots towards Rosemon.
Rosemon whipped away the incoming bullets with rapid ease, apparently still having some energy to fight. However her knees buckled and she tripped.
"You're weakening!" Beelzemon exclaimed. He raised his claws up. "This is going to be a piece of cake. You've taken your friend's data for a test ride, now it's time to let me have 'em back…"
"No! Aguichant Levres!"
Beelzemon shot the hearts, not missing any of them. He then charged towards the kneeling Rosemon, eyes glinting with greediness.
Dina shrieked. Adam gasped, ready to teleport Rosemon away when JD let out a crimson blast which struck Beelzemon's looming claws. The blast shoved the demon's claws away, but did not do anything to hurt him. JD swore, and attempted to attack again when Beelzemon looked at them. He then looked at Rosemon, before shifting his gaze towards them once again.
"I'll deal with her later. First I have three meddling kids to take care of."
"No!" Rosemon attempted to stand up, but Beelzemon kicked her away without much effort. She fell into a dirty puddle, marring her white outfit, but she took no notice of that. "Don't hurt them!"
"Bastard," snarled JD. His fist flared to life once again. "Back the hell off!"
Patamon huffed. "Boom Bubble, PAH!"
Beelzemon didn't even faze when the air bubble knocked his helmet. He smiled, like a predator that had just spotted blood. "A Rookie versus a Mega? You've gotta be kidding!" He snickered towards JD. "Oh, and I'm so scared of a partner-less DigiWira!" He grinned when JD swore at that. "And you…" He leered towards Dina, who flinched horribly upon meeting his gaze. "You were the one I tried to kill last time, before your foolish friend jumped in the way. Heh, maybe I should finish the job."
"No…don't!" Dina screamed, having been reminded of Bel's death.
"Don't worry, girlie…it's gonna be quick," said Beelzemon, deftly swatting away a crimson blast from JD. He saw light orbs appearing around him, but strangely the orbs were diminished as soon as they had appeared and the smaller boy slumped onto the other. He raised his claws up. "On second thought, why not just finish all three of you in one blow? Darkness…"
Beelzemon was stopped however, as a flaring pink sprite streaked through his body. Sparks of small explosions resulted all over his body and he was thrown back.
Dina, Adam and JD saw a familiar presence from the sky. The newcomer was not that far, and even amidst the rain they could see her trembling with fury.
"Puspamon!"
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WIRA DIGITAL
Chapter 65 – Storm Front, Part III
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Puspamon stared hard towards Beelzemon. She couldn't believe it; she had barely recognized the demon when the winds told her of who he really was. She had heard him threatening Dina, and that was when she knew that this was him. He was the Majin General.
"You are not hurting my friends!" She stared hard towards Beelzemon, and grunted in grim satisfaction when their eyes made contact. "Dream Rose Mirage!"
Her illusion technique worked. Between her and Beelzemon, both could see a black rose blooming behind Puspamon, with thorny vines wrapped around Beelzemon tight. She saw the bewildered expressions of her friends; either they were surprised of her sudden appearance or that Beelzemon was flailing over nothing – since they could not see the illusions – she had no time to explain. She focused back towards the demon, teeth gritted in resurfacing fury as she tightened the illusionary vines against the demon's body.
Then, she willed for the tulip ornament on her chest to release energy replicas of it towards Beelzemon. They worked the same way as Rosemon's new technique, she noticed, when lasers burned against Beelzemon. Yet the demon was still tough enough to resist it. He howled, and Puspamon gasped when she felt her hold on the Dream Rose Mirage decreasing.
"AAAAGHH!! Darkness Claw!"
Beelzemon tore the vines away viciously. The technique failed, and she saw the demon panted heavily before glaring towards her. He raised one claw and was about to leap towards her, before she retaliated with her Sprite Scream. It managed to make him stagger, but nothing more. She sent another row of Jelita Shocker, but they were nullified by his gunshots. Running out of ideas, she attempted to execute her hurricane power but stalled midway when Beelzemon strangely turned around, and took off.
"You're not getting away!" shouted Puspamon, but was stopped when Beelzemon whirled around and fired several gunshots at her. She sent out an energy hurricane which drove the bullets off course, but soon realized that it was a diversion. Beelzemon was now out of sight.
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"Interfering fool!" shouted Valdurmon, and spread out his wings. "Purge Shine!"
Samudramon summoned enough power to form a retaliation attack. "Double-Edged Thunderblades, Powered Up Mode!"
Stream of white light met a crackling dragon of thunder, and an explosion resulted. Samudramon was pushed back to where Opie was at; the Silphymon was struggling to stand up, hand clutched on his chest armor which was now in a near-broken state. He felt the former Avian Shine gave him a look of wonder, but ignored it.
A shriek ensued and the smoke cleared, revealing Valdurmon getting ready to strike again."Aurora Undulation!"
Samudramon waved his trident and called upon the waves from the depth from out of nowhere. The two attacks collided, but Valdurmon's attack was more forceful. It pushed back the waves, engulfing them at the same time, before the waves vanished in data particles. The remnants of Valdurmon's attack blasted Samudramon and Opie, sending them crashing against a billboard nearby.
"He's too…strong," gasped Opie as he pushed himself away from the dented billboard. He grabbed on Samudramon, being close in physical size, and held him firmly.
Samudramon winced. Opie removed his hand slightly from the merman's waist, and saw a sharp wooden splinter jabbed at his abdomen. It wasn't a deep cut, but it would hurt. He hadn't realized that the wood was there due to his strong claws acting as a buffer. Quickly he pulled the splinter out, and Samudramon let out a pained cry.
"That hurts," he grunted, composing himself.
"If I let it be there then it'll hurt even more when it's time to remove it," said Opie.
Samudramon didn't reply. He summoned a pillar of water to stay airborne, and peeled Opie's arm off his body. That caused him to wince again; he had accidentally touched the wound, and there was blood leaking out from there. Remembering that wound could at least be washed by water to promote its healing, Samudramon did so, and gritted his teeth as pain seared from his abdomen. It was lucky that the wound was superficial. Both of them then looked up, where Valdurmon was looming.
"Opie, get back to the house," muttered Samudramon, readying his trident. "Protect Debbie and my mother."
Opie hesitated. "What about you?"
"I'll be fine. Go!"
"No," said Opie. "I can't go. And I won't. I promised."
"What promise? You never promised anything," said Samudramon, eyes fixed on Valdurmon who was getting closer.
"I did. You told me that there will be time where I can prove myself trustworthy for your sister. I know now that now's the time."
Samudramon groaned. "Not now! You're no match for Valdurmon! Go!"
"No! You're injured. Let me help you." Opie fixed him a look. "It's what Debbie would want."
Samudramon was about to retort when Valdurmon let out another piercing squawk, and made a dive towards them. Opie grabbed hold on him and zipped away with his speed, and Valdurmon clutched nothing. The birdman then spun and released a deep pink image of himself towards Valdurmon as they flew away. Samudramon had a fleeting thought that it was somewhat strange for Opie to clung himself at him so closely.
"You rather help him than your own comrade!" Valdurmon shouted. "Aurora Undulation!"
Samudramon saw a wave of brilliant light coming towards them. He felt Opie becoming rigid as he used himself as shield so that Samudramon wouldn't get hit. Samudramon gasped; Opie was going to take on the blast for him! "Opie! No! Let go!" Opie didn't budge. Horror swept through Samudramon as he realized the birdman's intention. "No! Don't do this! Opie!"
Opie didn't reply. Samudramon was blinded by the light, and he heard Opie howled in pain as the wave hit them while Samudramon was barely harmed. Valdurmon's laugh echoed as he continued releasing the Aurora Undulation against him. He felt Opie shook, but couldn't see what was happening with all the light. He…he's sacrificing himself for me! For us! No! Debbie…what would she think? Sorrow engulfed him and he attempted to turn around so that he could steer Opie away from the blast, but Opie's grasp was too strong. Debbie…I'm sorry. We're sorry.
The lights dwindled. Samudramon could see again. And what he saw gave him a shock of his life.
"V-Valkyrimon?" he sputtered. "Opie?"
Valkyrimon looked up, and Samudramon saw that his expression was contorted in pain and what oddly looked like relief at the same time. "Thank goodness," the warrior whispered weakly. He let go of Samudramon, and began to shimmer in white and blue lights. "Do you…trust me…now?" he coughed, sounding so weak.
Samudramon instantly feared the worst. "Opie…don't…"
He saw something shimmering from within his fist; lights were escaping from the spaces between his fingers. He opened it, and marveled upon seeing a D4 Digivice, white in color, with cerulean trimming – the same colors that Valkyrimon had on his outfit. The Digivice floated from his hand, shone, and engulfed Opie in white light. The former Avian Shine reverted to Muchomon before being absorbed by the Digivice. Samudramon drew the Digivice close to him and realized what this meant.
"A Digivice for Opie…and Debbie?"
"Now do you trust me?" asked Opie again.
Samudramon blinked back the tears that would have fallen. He smiled; Opie was alive.
"Yes. And you've earned it," he said. "Are you…"
"I'm alright," said Opie from inside the Digivice. "I think you'll need this."
Juara Access Digivolution!
The new Digivice flared brilliantly. A second later, Samudramon too flared with rich blue aura. A wall of water surrounded him as lightning raged the sky. Samudramon then saw his own Juara Digivice emerging from thin air, glimmering with sapphire and golden auras which soon spiraled around his body. The X-shaped armor that adorned his body detached itself from him, leaving his body bare for a mere second before a full body armor materialized in its place. It was contoured perfectly to his body – a shining metallic blue plate with chain-mails adorned over it for extra protection. The chain-mails were patented to appear as if they were made from the hardest scales of the creatures from the deep. His legs were protected by plain blue chausses that extended towards his knees where they were joined by a pair of thick metal boots. Navy pauldrons with golden rims padded his shoulder and a cape flowed down his back all the way until his ankles, gold on the outside and white on the inside. His helmet remained relatively the same royal blue, only with the blue fins that lined the center of the helmet turned into gold, as well as another golden fin added on each side, both patterned to sweep back. His hair remained silvery blue but his skin turned from pale to tan. The transformation was completed when his trident, formerly metallic was now as silver as Aldiyamon's sword; the three tips enlarged a little and turned blue.
An electric blue dragon of thunder emerged from the tips of the trident, spun around Samudramon once before soaring towards the sky, joining the raging lightning and the sky flashed once. The water barrier was lowered before diminishing into data particles, and he saw the shocked expression of not only Valdurmon, but the other Digimon and people around him.
Samudramon, Juara Mode!
He was now a Mega. Samudramon couldn't believe it. The power from his Digivice and his sister's had given him enough power to ascend to the next level. He felt power flowing throughout his entire being. His wounds had healed, and with the protection his new armor now gave him, he wouldn't be as vulnerable as he had been in his Ultimate form. Plus, he was now able to fly.
"Thanks, Opie," said Samudramon gratefully, and the Digivice vanished into his armor, joining his own Juara Digivice.
"So," snarled Valdurmon, "that ungrateful turncoat has even proven his point as far as extending his power to you weak human! No matter. I'll destroy the both of you!" The mighty bird of light swooped down towards Samudramon, wings shining, ready to attack.
"Not today." Samudramon spun his trident once before raising it towards the sky. "Zeus Ex Thunderstrike!"
Valdurmon was suddenly trapped inside a column of blue light before the sky thundered magnificently. Streams of lightning bolts streaked all over the sky before they converged inside the column, electrocuting the bird severely. The column vanished and Valdurmon – blackened due to the extreme lightning power – was nearly paralyzed.
"Amazing…"
This shocked even Samudramon; he didn't expect that his attack was this potent. Valdurmon shimmered before morphing into a three-legged crow. It was a Yatagaramon, Samudramon realized, for he had seen a Yatagaramon before. Obviously Valdurmon had been weakened, and that was proven when once more Yatagaramon glowed before regressing into a bird with colorful exoskeleton. It fell towards the ground, resulting in a sound crash.
"Wow…" It was all that he could mutter. He was beyond amazed. He looked down, and his excitement died away.
Beelzemon was lunging towards the fallen Avian Shine, and slammed his claws through the bird. He laughed maniacally as the bird combusted into data particles, and absorbed the data without a second thought. A pair of black wings sprouted from his back, and a huge blaster formed on his right arm.
Quickly Samudramon summoned the Zeus Ex Thunderstrike again, but the column of light was destroyed when Beelzemon slammed his claws through it. The lightning attack that ensued was absorbed by the blaster, and with it Beelzemon was ready to attack him back. "Chaos Flare!"
"Zeus Ex Thunderstrike!" It was able to nullify the Chaos Flare, but he soon saw that it was merely an act of distraction. Beelzemon had gone to fight Rosemon…and Puspamon? Samudramon gaped, and was about to chase after the demon before a shriek drew his attention. He spun and saw Leviamon moving freely, and only one Xianamon remained.
He must have escaped Xianamon's enchantments, Samudramon thought. His heart pounded as he looked back, where Beelzemon was already engaging Puspamon and Rosemon in a fight. But they look like they need my help too, but Xianamon's in bigger trouble…
Torn between two, Samudramon hoped that Puspamon and Rosemon would be able to hold off Beelzemon for the time being and flew towards Leviamon.
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"Miss me?" Beelzemon chuckled. "I'm back!"
"Not in a million years!" shouted Puspamon, disgusted. "Jelita Shocker, Powered Up Mode!"
To her horror, her strongest technique was merely deflected by Beelzemon's weapon. She tried again, but with the same result.
"Aguichant Levres!"
Puspamon saw energy hearts spewing lasers towards Beelzemon, but the demon had shielded himself with his weapon. She realized that this weapon had given Beelzemon an edge in this battle. That and his wings too; he was now able to fly – an advantage he did not have, and an advantage that had favored them.
She saw that Rosemon wasn't at her best. The attack she had sent earlier seemed to have cost her greatly. Rosemon seemed to be phasing in and out from her regular form and her charged form. She remained mostly at her Burst Mode, but Puspamon knew that it was only a matter of time before Rosemon would dedigivolve.
Beelzemon hauled his blaster and drew a pentagram. He aimed it towards Rosemon. "You're so old already, rosey. Ophanimon's gone. D'Arcmon's technically gone, if you didn't count the fact that you have taken her data. Why don't you join them?"
Rosemon looked up, Dina by her side, holding her hand. "Rosen…" Rosemon whispered, and a crimson rose bloomed before her and Dina. However her power failed and she reverted back to her former mode. The rose vanished. "Oh no, Dina…run…"
It was no use. Dina was either frozen with fear, or determined to stick by her side. When JD grabbed her from behind, she resisted, but was no match against his strength.
"Oh, how touching," mocked Beelzemon. He drew back a little and pointed the blaster towards all of them. "If you're so willing to die that much, I can finish you all at one go. Death…"
That minute, Puspamon snapped. She had witnessed Bel and D'Arcmon being killed by this cold-hearted murderer. She wasn't going to let her remaining best friend died in his hand as well. She growled, and burst of pink light exploded from her very being. It forced the demon away, much to everyone's amazement.
"No more deaths," whispered Puspamon. "No more."
Juara Access Digivolution!
Her Juara Digivice appeared out of nowhere as the pink light began to condense back towards her. It enveloped her, and when it was gone the first thing she realized that she had grown taller; she definitely had to be at the same height as Samudramon and Aldiyamon. Her outfit had changed; she was now lightly armored over her breasts and shoulders. The glistening armor was patterned like petals, and underneath it was a white leather outfit with soft lilac hues that clung to her body, arms and thighs. Her skirt was gone, and her boots had turned to metal ones, and had been lowered to knee-level. A glittering silver sash was tied around her waist stylishly, forming a flowery ribbon on one side with the remains cascading down to her ankles. Her visor remained pink but she had lost her tiara. Flower petals bloomed from each side of her visor, turned metallic, and were swept back before they froze in that position. Her dark red hair turned silvery pink and sleek, cascading stylishly to her waist. The only unchanged feature was her wings, which remained translucently soft pink and fairy-like. Her staff appeared, and instead of being black and wooden it was now made out of glittering diamond, with the rose tip crafted from a beautiful pink jewel. With one flap of her wings she sent a wave of flower petals towards Beelzemon, which then took form of a sprite, nearly sending him tumbling. Her Digivice vanished and she heaved a breath of awe and relief.
Puspamon, Juara Mode!
"You…" Beelzemon said in shock. "You're a Mega now! But no matter…" He clicked on his blaster and called out: "Death Slinger!"
The pentagram reappeared and Beelzemon shot through the center of the star diagram with rapid ease. Soon more than five energy spheres were sent her way, but Puspamon calmly waved her diamond staff towards the incoming spheres. The rose jewel on its tip sparked to life and Puspamon calmly proclaimed, "Viveka Chudamani!"
A burst of energy petals showered out from the rose jewel, and Beelzemon laughed at her attempt. Puspamon merely smirked, and watched as the petals collided with the spheres. To everyone's astonishment the petals glowed and the energy spheres morphed into harmless flowers of various types which were blown away by the rainy winds. Taking advantage of Beelzemon's surprise, Puspamon summoned more power and rushed towards the Demon Lord, utilizing her super-speed.
"Pushpa Vimana!"
The winds picked up around Puspamon and petals spiraled around her body. She became a glowing sprite as she zipped past Beelzemon, knocking his chest with the sharp tip of her boot. This was repeated many times at an unimaginable speed, and Beelzemon had no chance to evade it for Puspamon had speed at her disposal. Blow after blow after blow were given, and each time the pain was worse than before. Puspamon finally stopped by him and slammed her staff right upon the demon's chest.
However, Beelzemon was quick enough to raise his blaster, and a deafening clang resulted when the diamond staff collided with it. "My turn," grunted the demon. "Darkness Claw!"
Puspamon reeled away, causing Beelzemon to miss his target. She retaliated again by pointing her staff towards the demon. "Viveka Chudamani!"
Apparently there was more than one way the attack could be carried out; this time the tip let out fuchsia lasers that Beelzemon managed to deflect with his blaster. She frowned; she had no doubt that her attack could harm Beelzemon if he was without the blaster. He seemed to be somewhat reliant of it.
"Sweetheart, this baby's made out of Chrome Digizoid," said Beelzemon mockingly. "There's no way a simple attack like that could penetrate it."
She had to change her strategy. Nothing could destroy the weapon, but Beelzemon wasn't this tough when he was without it.
Beelzemon charged, but was stopped when thick vines wrapped around his legs, halting his movement. More vines tied around his wings, before another snaked around his arms and pulled them wide apart, leaving his body wide open for attack.
"You've spoken too soon, demon!" shouted Rosemon. "Puspamon, now! With all your strength!"
Puspamon saw her chance. She pointed her staff towards Beelzemon and fired again with the Viveka Chudamani. The lasers scorched the demon, eliciting a scream from him. Her normal attack was not working; she would have to increase it up a notch.
"More power, Puspamon!" insisted Rosemon. "I can't hold him for so long!"
"Nasty bitch! Let go!" demanded Beelzemon, struggling. "LET GO!"
"Over my dead body!" Rosemon retorted.
Spreading her arms, Puspamon Juara Mode willed the power of nature and wind to flow inside of her. Her wings grew brighter until they were no longer translucent, but seemed to be made out of pink burning light. Then she brought her arms forward, joining them together, and channeled the gathered power from her wings to her opened palms. A glowing dark pink sphere was formed, nearly as big as a truck, with flower petals coalescing around it. One look at it and one would think of a miniature sun.
"Dahlstar Sunset Pink!!"
"No! NOOO!!"
Beelzemon howled as the supercharged power sphere collided against him. Slowly it burned through him, and still he couldn't move because Rosemon's vines were straining him. He yelled and howled, trashing about viciously. But it was no use. Rosemon didn't seem to want to let go.
Puspamon's arms remained joined, ready to deliver a second attack if needed be. However, she saw Rosemon withdrawing her vines, and a rush of fear swept through her; Rosemon must be losing her power now. Beelzemon was free again, and he drew his hands towards the glowing nature sphere…
"Roses Rapier!"
"AGGGHHH!!"
Nobody anticipated that to happen. Rosemon's attack impaled through Beelzemon's chest, destroying the core that kept one alive – the heart. Puspamon's nature sphere then burned through the now-lifeless form of the demon, causing him to explode into data.
The Majin General was gone. Puspamon sighed in relief – the murderer of her best friend had been brought to justice, but she didn't feel happy at all. It was a bittersweet feeling; Beelzemon might have been deleted, but that didn't change the fact that Bel was dead. A tear escaped her eye as she descended towards her friends.
Rosemon had devolved to Lalamon, and Dina called her back into her Digivice for the Rookie looked like she really needed the rest. Puspamon suspected that Rosemon too felt the same way she was feeling, and Dina too obviously was thinking of the same thing. Adam and JD were both staring at her with awe, but before any words could be exchanged they heard a thunderous explosion.
Samudramon!
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"Two Juara Modes in one day," murmured Adam, "what a day!"
"I know," agreed JD quietly, watching his two younger friends with guarded expression.
Dina didn't say anything. She merely fixed a look at her Digivice, her face wistful as she traced a finger around the accents. Adam focused his mind, and caught hints of awakened sorrow, followed by a mild satisfaction, both conflicting against each other. He said nothing and tried to sense what his cousin was feeling – JD's expression was somewhat strained, he thought. Other than the usual pent-up anger and sadness, he now sensed longing too. Of course, he thought sadly, JD would have wanted to achieve Juara Mode too. But Agumon had been deleted, and hadn't hatched from his DigiEgg form.
"There's Liu Ying," said JD, pointing towards a distance. His voice broke Adam's thoughts, and he followed where JD was pointing at. Sure enough, the said girl was running towards them. "Come on, we better get back to that abandoned house before any of us catches pneumonia."
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"Water Tail Blaster!"
"Grand Wave Tsunami!"
The two water-based attacks collided against each other, and diminished into data. This marked the attacks being equal in power.
Samudramon grunted. He had tried everything, but none could penetrate Leviamon's tough scales. Somehow, Leviamon was immune to thunder just as he was, though Leviamon didn't seem to possess a thunder-based attack. He had used the Zeus Ex Thunderstrike multiple times, and the Demon Lord merely earthed it to the ground. And water technique didn't seem to be harming the demon either.
Worse, he was now alone, for Xianamon's power had failed her. She had received a Rostrum blast from Leviamon, and that had devolved her. Samudramon hoped that she had managed to get to safety. His only assurance was that neither Liu Ying nor Labramon were in plain sight, but that too didn't help much.
"Need a hand?"
Samudramon turned around in surprise, recognizing the voice. "Puspamon!" And then he noticed her altered look. She was different, yet familiar. "You…digivolved."
"Looks like I'm not the only one," said Puspamon. She then saw the Demon Lord, and her face wrinkled in disgust. "Is that used to be Shawujinmon?"
"Yes, and he's way tougher now." He then realized something. "Wait. I thought you and Rosemon are fighting Beelzemon?"
"Beelzemon's taken cared of," said Puspamon with a hard tone. "He won't be bothering us again."
"WHAT?!" snarled Leviamon. "It cannot be!"
"Seeing is believing," retorted Puspamon, "and I bet you won't be seeing Beelzemon anymore. Rosemon and I have made sure of that."
Leviamon roared when he realized that Puspamon was not joking. "You little whelp! Cauda!"
Both Puspamon and Samudramon were lashed by Leviamon's tails, but their armors ensured that they weren't harmed. Puspamon was the first to retaliate, pointing out her glittering staff towards the crocodilian Demon Lord and casting out an incantation that Samudramon couldn't comprehend. He saw Leviamon being drawn back by beams of fuchsia lasers emitted from the staff, and saw an opportunity to strike.
"Double Dragon Thunderblades!"
Two streaks of lightning burst from Samudramon's outstretched hands, and became two roaring dragons made out of electricity. One was blue while the other navy, both had sharp edges that denoted their thunder element. With an earthshaking roar they sped towards Leviamon and wrapped themselves around the demon, electrocuting him. Samudramon took the opportunity to attack again.
"Depth Bomber!"
Samudramon made a circular motion with his trident, generating trails of water that floated in the air. Once a full circle was formed, the inner part turned mercury-like, and from it torrents of water pods escaped and slammed the electrocuted Leviamon, further increasing the potency of the earlier attack.
Puspamon joined in the fray, firing lasers from her staff again. Most of her attacks were deflected by Leviamon's strong scales, but some managed to penetrate the scales after the abuse inflicted from Samudramon's attacks.
Leviamon growled, and glowed with dark purple aura. He destroyed the dragons with the aura, before rising to his hind legs. Then he used his front paws to capture the water pods fired his way. He threw a handful of water pod towards Puspamon, sending her flying towards Samudramon. The other water pod was thrown towards Samudramon, before his eyes glowed crimson.
"Poseidon Grave Strike!"
Leviamon's powerful finisher struck both Samudramon and Puspamon, sending them crashing against the nearly destroyed municipal council. They didn't crash through, but seconds later the second wave came and half of the building exploded. Debris rained and struck the nearby houses.
"I've anticipated this would happen!" snarled Leviamon. "Beelzemon was too reliant on the power he stole. I, however, have my power upgraded, from the Nine Negations Dark Arts!"
"Meaning what?" muttered Puspamon as she tried pulling herself away from the un-destroyed half of the municipal council. A crack was formed there.
Samudramon followed suit. "Means that even though we've both digivolved, Leviamon still has the advantage," he answered quietly. "And frankly, after fighting him, I'm sure that this is true. Valdurmon, or maybe even Beelzemon, were not this powerful."
"Who's Valdurmon…never mind." Puspamon watched around with dread. It was a site of total destruction. All the nearby buildings and houses were demolished from the battle. The roads were rendered useless with the cracks formed by Leviamon's heavy weight. Lamp poles lay haphazardly all around the roads.
"Our single attacks won't work with him," Samudramon continued to analyze. He looked at Puspamon meaningfully. "Our only way to beat him is by combining our powers."
Puspamon nodded. "I'm with you." She grasped his hand. He held hers tight as they flew towards Leviamon.
Recalling how they had summoned the Rolling Thunder Hurricane previously, now with more power they were about to summon a greater power. Their clasped hands glimmered with white aura while the other hands, holding their weapons, sparked with blue and pink. Knowledge flowed through their mind – and they realized that they had a new joined attack.
"Everlasting Storm!"
At first, the rain poured heavier, turning into a rainstorm. Dark clouds followed and the winds picked up. Thunders rumbled, and lightning struck as windstorm and thunderstorm were called out. Then a most peculiar phenomenon happened; the temperature dropped so low that the rains shifted into snows, and the winds turned into blizzard. Snows began to pile up as the two Juara Modes focused the chilling blizzard around Leviamon. Leviamon snarled and resisted the cold, but his wet scales began to freeze.
"What are you doing?" the demonic crocodile demanded.
Samudramon and Puspamon crossed their weapons and it released a stream of light violet that struck Leviamon's hind legs. They were encased in blocks of thick ice, much to Leviamon's surprise. He attempted to break free from it, and succeeded, but they continued to release the freezing wave at his legs, moving up gradually. The blizzard focused over the Demon Lord and caused frostbites to his unfrozen body parts. His face turned pale, faint frosts trailed his scales as his body was encased. Only his head and arms remained, and the two Juara Digital intended to finish the job.
"No! Stop it!" Leviamon howled, but it fell on deaf ears. "No…." His head had been encased wholly by ice.
The snowstorm ceased instantly. They uncrossed their weapons and took a moment to gather their breaths. They had used a substantial amount of their powers to create the Everlasting Storm, but the benefit of joined attack was that they had done it together, thus the attack didn't wipe out their powers entirely.
"It's not over yet," said Samudramon quietly, gazing up at the ice statue.
Puspamon nodded. "I know. It'll melt soon. We have to destroy it before it does."
"Double Dragon Thunderblades!"
"Dahlstar Sunset Pink!"
Two dragons and a sphere that bloomed into a fairy sailed towards the giant ice statue. They merged and formed a thin energy blade that sliced through it. It broke into half, and the upper part of the statue slid down and combusted into data. The lower half rocked back and forth before it fell back, exploding midway.
"Now…it's over," said Samudramon.
"But at what price?" There was no jubilance in Puspamon's voice as she looked around, assessing the damages. "It's KLCC all over again."
He laid a hand on her shoulder. "We did our best," he reminded her. "They could've done a lot worse. I'm glad that you've come back," he added, smiling slightly.
Puspamon smiled. "Me too." She inclined her head down ever so slightly. "I heard you calling for me."
"Heard?" Samudramon was perplexed. "How?"
"I don't know. I just…heard." She shrugged. "Never mind. It's not important."
The clouds parted, but it was already almost dark. Yet, thanks to the fact that their country was located at the equator line, the temperature began to climb up to normal, and the snow was slowly melting. Samudramon allowed some water flowed over the snow to promote its melting, while Puspamon used her wind power to levitate some of the remaining snow towards the sky, scattering it all over so that it would not pile up.
Then, they flew away as faint sirens were heard coming from afar.
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SkullSatamon let out a chuckle, as Beelzemon and Leviamon's powers flowed inside of him.
He now had the powers of six generals – The Mage, the Dryad, the two Puakas and now the Majin and the Kappa Generals. He would reach the threshold to the next step of evolution quicker than he had anticipated. It was lucky for him that Beelzemon and Leviamon were both deleted while they were in their Mega forms. He would have to wait longer if they were deleted in their Ultimate forms.
He remembered the final battle between him and Grademon like it was yesterday. He had digivolved to Diablomon, and Grademon had become Grademon Juara Mode. In their Mega forms, they were equally matched. That forced him to ascend into Armageddemon, a form with less brain and more brute. He hadn't been able to master it fully, but Grademon apparently had another trick up his sleeves. He too ascended, via the powers of his DigiSpheres, into the rare Burst Mode, and had greater control of his form.
It was a turn of event that he had not anticipated. Grademon had wielded his powers ably while he had struggled. He possessed greater power, but Grademon was in control of his form. Wizardmon, or Wisemon, or perhaps even Ancient Wisemon, must have taught him too well for his own good.
After days of nonstop battles, he'd had enough. They were still evenly matched. He then summoned all his power to create a massive attack that would have destroyed Grademon and the whole realm. Grademon had seen this, and had probably grown quite desperate himself. That time it had dawned to him that Grademon's power had also been dwindling. That must have been the reason then; instead of trying to defend himself with his own attacks, Grademon resorted to use the gifts he had acquired from other Digimon.
He saw Grademon using the art of light teleportation to divert his attack, purify it, before sending it back to him with both telekinesis and super speed as propellers to the purified attack. He had not anticipated it and had no way to defend himself when Grademon sent the attack back at him. All of his Mega power was stripped off him and he was left in his SkullSatamon form again. However, to fool Grademon into thinking that he was still able to fight, he had laughed off Grademon's effort, claiming that he had merely been caught off guard, that he would ascend to Armageddemon once again and destroy the weakened Grademon. That had proven to be his ultimate undoing, and till now he had regretted taunting Grademon. It was a foolish mistake.
Grademon had become more desperate. At that moment, it was clear to SkullSatamon that Grademon would do whatever it takes to win, even at the price of his life. Grademon had used his DigiSpheres, and bound his life-force to the White DigiSphere in order to create an impenetrable barrier surrounding his Horror Hall. The magic he had used ensured that since Grademon had died while invoking the barrier, the barrier would be nearly unbreakable. Only one single power stronger than the invoker would be able to destroy it, and Grademon had been two times the power of a normal Mega. Finding one that could match his power alone would be nearly impossible.
It had been impossible then, not now, he amended grinningly. It was good that he had a backup plan. But somehow, Grademon seemed to have gotten round with that piece of information as well. SkullSatamon however knew that Grademon had not gotten all the details, and had acted somewhat neurotically. Instead of imprisoning just his generals, Grademon had imprisoned all his minions, fearing that deleting any of them would give SkullSatamon extra strength. Better safe than sorry, perhaps, he thought snidely.
"The irony of it, Grademon," he said to himself. "You had worked so hard to ensure that I won't get the little powers I've bestowed my generals. And your heirs worked twice as hard in destroying my minions, thus giving me back the small insurance I have placed inside my generals. I have given them only tiny portions, and in return I get all their powers if they are deleted. Six down, three to go!"
He shuffled back to his bastion. "Oh, and another deliciously ironic situation: your young heir, naïve little Adam Ariff has come to me, so unexpectedly. With proper cultivation, I might have myself an absolutely unbeatable and loyal servant soon." He stopped by the entrance of Horror Hall and turned around, scanning the whole Shadow Realm with mild interest. "And for that, I must not let Lucemon enter the scrimmage…let Barbamon and Lilithmon do whatever they want, but Lucemon shall stay until he's done coaching Adam properly on how to utilize his gifts to the fullest."
He laughed. "It's Aldiyamon reaching a power you have never dreamed of, Grademon…or me! Either way, I'll win." He chuckled again. "It's like a race – who gets the more power wins the battle."
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Gayathri could not believe it. She had hoped that nothing else was wrong throughout the entire week. In her mind, she had thought that she would be able to share the details about her brief escape to Cameron Highlands. She had been especially eager to share the news about her encounter with Willis J. Johnson, the American DigiDestined. But now, the others had broken three bad news to her: TobuCatmon's death, Agumon's reconfiguration, and worse of all – JD's doomed fate. She searched each and every one of their faces intently, wanting to see whether they were joking, but all of them looked grim. They were not kidding, and they wouldn't have kid around with such subjects so she knew that it must be true.
Things seemed to have spiraled down from bad to worse. Just now, on television, the government had announced that their town had fallen under critical threat due to the attacks earlier. The destruction that resulted from the attack was too big for restoration work to take place. The roads were unusable, the municipal council destroyed, some of the nearby houses and shops were irreparable. The names of the victims were still being withheld, but the government had advised the townspeople to evacuate to towns adjacent to Subang Jaya.
She gazed at the dinner table by the kitchen, where Debbie was feeding her new Digimon partner some mushroom soup. She smiled slightly at the sight; who would have thought that a girl as young as Debbie would be partnered to a Digimon that was able to digivolve to Mega? So far, only Dina and Debbie had such privileges. The DigiWira had to work hard to reach Mega forms, and the Saintly Siblings needed to DNA digivolve to do so. Yet, she saw the reason; both Dina and Debbie needed strong partners for they were the least experienced. They had no powers of their own and thus, needed their partners to protect them, so that they would not end up as Bel and D'Arcmon.
She had just coped with the pain of losing a best friend, and now she found out that she was going to lose another. Granted, JD and she weren't exactly best friends, but they were good friends. The blond teen was like the eldest brother of the group. It saddened her greatly that she would lose him.
"I need to get going," said JD abruptly, breaking her train of thoughts. He shot a look towards Adam, as if indicating that he wanted the other boy to join him, before rising from his seat. "See you guys later."
Adam looked somewhat baffled, before excusing himself as well to join his cousin.
"They must be taking this really hard," said Gayathri towards the remaining people, once the cousins were away.
Liu Ying nodded. Gayathri thought she looked agitated. "They are. JD did quite a job hiding it before it was all revealed out in the open. We all saw him being dark and brooding at school, but he's always brushed us off when we tried asking him about it." She grimaced. "Well…he brushed me off, since Manny knew about it from the beginning."
"And Adam?" she asked. "He looks so pale, and there are dark spots around his eyes. It was how he was like when Kak Lisha was in coma…"
"He just knew about it two days ago," said Manny. "I don't think he's taking it well."
"JD suspects that he's up to something," blurted Dina, before she clasped her mouth. Her eyes widened in alarm when the three DigiWira looked at her.
"What do you mean?" Liu Ying asked sharply.
Dina slowly lowered her hand. "I don't understand much of it," she admitted, her voice meek. "I was there when they argued about it, while you guys were fighting those demons. It looked like JD was mad at Adam for disappearing on him… and then Adam said that he was at the Digital World, and explained what he was doing there. JD accepted his explanation, but there was this look on his face…I don't think he trusted Adam..."
Liu Ying and Manny shared dark looks. Gayathri frowned. "Is there something that I'm missing?"
"It's something that JD wants Adam to miss," said Manny with a sigh. He looked at her forlornly. "JD told us that the curse can only be cured when another person offers to take his place, right?"
"Yes. And he didn't want any of us trying to do that," said Gayathri, her voice mirroring the sadness her boyfriend's had.
"He needn't worry about that," said Manny. "Because although it's possible, I'm going to ask this flat out… who's willing to take his place?"
Gayathri hesitated. She saw Liu Ying and Dina having the same stricken expression. Manny too, looked troubled as he nodded.
"This disqualifies us from being the ones who can attempt to take the curse in his place. Even if we want to, we won't be able to."
"Manny, please stop talking in riddles," implored Gayathri.
"Sorry." Manny sighed. "The curse can only be taken away when the one who's taking the curse does so willingly, without even the tiniest flicker of doubt, due to their love for JD, despite knowing that the curse will kill them instead. The person must be entirely willing to sacrifice themselves in his place. Now, I can say for all of us that we all liked JD, and if there's any other way to save him we would have done it in a heartbeat…but this seems to be the only way, and we all hesitated. That disqualified us instantly."
"And Adam…"
"Friendship bond lies deep, but family bond lies even deeper," said Manny. "We're his friends, but Adam is his kin, his blood. And even without all those, he's still like JD's little brother." He smiled wistfully. "I've stayed with them a couple of times, and I have to admit…sometimes back then I felt a bit left out. They were so close." He joined his index and middle fingers together side-by-side to prove his point. "That's why… JD suspects that he would have done it, and would have succeeded…"
Understanding dawned to Gayathri. "Adam pulled that off before, for all of us…"
"Exactly," said Manny. "That's why Adam doesn't know about this."
"What? Why?"
"Because by notknowing about the true conditions about the curse's cure, Adam won't be the perfect candidate to take the curse in JD's place. That's what JD wants."
"So, you're saying that JD wants to die in one week time?" Gayathri whispered, horrified.
"No," said Manny. "He doesn't want to die, but he doesn't want any of us to die in his place either."
"What can we do?" Gayathri insisted. She didn't want more of her friends to die. "Manny?" she asked, but her boyfriend was looking down towards the floor wordlessly. "Liu Ying?"
The said girl looked away. Gayathri saw her shivering slightly. "Nothing…" A choked sob escaped the willowy girl. "Manny, I need to borrow your washroom?"
Manny nodded. "It's by the wet kitchen at the back. Blue door."
"Thanks." Liu Ying rose swiftly and left.
Gayathri doubted anybody missed a tear that escaped Liu Ying's eyes. Oh, Liu Ying…you really do care for him. It's killing you too…
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"I bet they're talking about me right now," said JD, as Adam approached him.
"What else would they want to talk about?" asked Adam. "Given your situation."
"I guess." JD shrugged. He noticed that Adam had shied a few steps away from him, and frowned. "So…you're heading home?"
"It's getting kind of late." Adam gazed up towards the three-quarter moon.
JD followed Adam's gaze and saw a painful reminder of his predicament. He snorted. "You can always teleport us back home."
"I'm too beat." Adam shook his head. "Besides, I wanted to make sure whether you're alright. You left so abruptly."
"Would you like to stick around as people discuss about your death?"
"Please don't say that, Josh."
"It's true. Why sidestepping it?"
"There's still one more week. Maybe…"
"Who are we kidding, Adam?" JD interrupted. He appreciated Adam's hope for the situation to get better, but there was no other way. "What's the use? Even if I kill Persiamon it won't make a difference. Oh, I'll kill her alright once Agumon hatches…but even so, I'll die too. So it might as well be me dying during battling her and Lucemon and that dried old bag of bones SkullSatamon."
Adam winced slightly. JD wondered what had he said that caused such reaction. Then he noticed that his voice had been somewhat harsh. "Sorry, kiddo. I wasn't lashing out at you, you know that."
"I know. It's just…" Adam had stopped there. JD saw him biting his lower lip down, as if trying to suppress his emotion or to stop himself from saying something.
Then it occurred to him; Adam now had the power of empathy, far more than any normal person. Such burning anger from him…Adam would have felt it. Quickly he took a deep breath to control those emotions, for his cousin's sake if not his own. He didn't want Adam to shy away from him; there was something he wanted to ask from Adam that night. He had wanted to ask Adam that for a long time, but the realization that his time was running out made him decide to not delay it anymore. He even had brought the necessary stuffs.
The rest of their journey was done in silence. JD wondered why Adam was following him still, but welcomed his company all the same. He decided to take a different route, which made them end up at Adam's apartment complex instead of his house. He inclined his head towards the complex, and they walked in, passing the guard who smiled at both of them. They stopped by the small playground before the block where Adam and his sister were living at.
"You want to come in?" Adam asked.
JD shook his head, and gestured towards the bench. They sat down, Adam looking at him curiously.
"Listen, Adam," he began. "I've decided that I'm through being mad. I don't want to be angry for this whole remaining one week. I'm gonna live it out the best I could."
Adam looked perplexed. Obviously to him, this came out of the blue.
He continued, "If this is my last week here, I won't spend it moping around, being miserable. I want to leave good impressions to the people who mean a lot to me. My Mom, Dad, Jade, Jas, Bibik….you, Kak Lisha, the other guys…" He gave Adam a small smile. "If I die next week, I don't want everyone to remember me as an ass."
"Josh, you don't have to pretend to be happy for us. We all know, and understand…"
"Who says I'm gonna pretend? I'm gonna do it sincerely. I'm gonna be a perfect son, a perfect brother…" He sighed. "And maybe even a perfect boyfriend for at least one week…"
"Boyfriend?" Now, Adam looked bewildered. "But you don't…"
"What do you think, Adam? Should I ask her out? Liu Ying, I mean?" He considered it for a moment. "You know I really like her, right? I've told you our stories…"
Adam nodded. "I don't know Josh…" He kept silence for a moment, looking away, before turning back at him. "Why not? I say go for it…but what would she say?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I'll find out." He then put his hand inside his jeans pocket, and took out a Swiss army knife that his dad had brought him. Adam stared at it curiously. "Now that's settled, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. Actually I wanted to ask you about this for a while now, but…" He grinned, and flicked a small knife out of the set.
Adam withdrew away. "You're scaring me."
"What?" He gazed at Adam's disconcerted look, then at the knife. He chuckled, noticing how this would look like in his cousin's eyes. "Adam, no. No.I'm not gonna hurt you. Umm…at least, I hope it won't hurt you…"
A strange look crossed the younger boy's face. "Josh…?"
"Oh, what the hell. I'm just gonna say it." He took a deep breath. "Y'know the concept of blood brothers?"
"Two brothers with same parents, or at least one same parent?" Adam asked innocently.
He could feel a sweat trickling down his nape. "Okay, that, and-"
Adam frowned. "Wait a sec. Didn't Myotismon and Matadormon, those two guys you and the others fought at Zephyrus City, called themselves the Blood Brothers?"
JD slapped his forehead. "No. That wasn't what I meant." Adam looked at him inquiringly. "Okay. It's when two guys swear loyalty to each other to become brothers, by making a small cut on each finger, and join the two cuts together to let their blood mix, hence making them blood brothers. They call it a blood oath or something." He inclined his head towards the knife. "What do you say? You and I?"
Adam seemed to be dubious of his suggestion. "Umm…Josh, you know I hate needles…"
"I thought you're in first aid team at school?"
"I give first aid, doesn't mean I like having it done to me."
"C'mon. It won't hurt. I promise. Compared to what you've been through, I think you can handle this little teeny one…?"
"Won't there be any infection or anything?"
"Last time I checked I don't have AIDS or hepatitis or anything."
Adam pursed his lips, showing his displeasure. JD thought that his cousin looked very young like that – if it was he, he couldn't pass of that look in a million years, or a week. Some people commented that he looked a bit older than his age suggested.
"Why do you want to do this, Josh?" asked Adam. "You and I both know that we're like brothers anyway. We don't need this…blood oath."
JD shrugged. "I guess I wanna make it official. You can say that it's one of my to-do lists before I die." He caught a grave look on Adam's face. "Of course, I'm not forcing you to do it. But it'll mean a lot to me."
Adam was quiet, as if considering it. "Fair enough," he said finally.
"You'll do it?"
"No, you'll do it. The piercing, the whole thing. I'm just gonna sit and close my eyes so that I won't see what you're doing and change my mind."
"Cool." He inched closer and took Adam's wrist. Carefully he examined the tip of the small knife, remembering that he had dabbed it with some Dettol earlier to disinfect it – Jade had taught him that, though not about what he was going to do. They shouldn't have to worry about infection now. Then he looked at the tip of his index finger, and without second thought, jabbed the tip of the knife into the fleshy part of his fingertip. Dark blood dripped out, and then he jabbed the knife into Adam's finger.
"Ow!"
"You big baby."
"Hey, it stings! A bit. Like an ant-bite."
"Okay, okay…now, I'm gonna press our fingers together. Think of us as brothers in your mind. No need to say it out loud, okay?"
Adam nodded.
JD quickly pressed their bleeding fingers together. Adam and I, brothers. He saw Adam's lips moving slightly, and smiled. Till the end.
"Alright. It's done."
"It is?" Adam opened his eyes and peered at his cotton-dabbed finger. "That wasn't so bad…"
"Told you so." From his other pocket he took out some cotton pads and a small bottle of Dettol. Deftly he uncorked the bottle and poured some of the disinfectant onto the cotton swab, and rubbed it onto Adam's bleeding finger, and gestured for him to press it against the wound. He did the same with his own, and kept the bottle and knife inside his pockets. "You want a plaster with that?"
"No, that's alright." Adam rubbed his left temple, before shooting him an accusatory look. "You planned this."
JD grinned. "Busted." He noticed Adam's action. "You okay there?"
"I think you're keep forgetting that I can feel other people's emotion," said Adam. "And that's when I touch them. Blood contact…" Adam made a face.
"Oh, shit! Sorry…I wasn't really thinking!"
"It's ok. I guess it's not something I'm not used to…" Adam's eyes widened in alarm. "The emotions part, I mean, not the you-weren't-thinking part."
JD blinked, before chuckling, before that turned into a laugh-out-loud. "So," he said, once the laugh ceased. "What did you sense from me when our bloodied fingers touched?"
"Sure you wanna know?"
"Oh, I know, lil' bro, I know. The question is, do you know?"
Adam gave him a sneaky smile. "Let's see…You want to huuuuggg her. You want to kiiiisssss her," he said in a taunting sing-song voice. "Aha! I'm right! You are blushing!"
"I am not!" He shoved Adam's shoulder lightly, but could feel his cheeks burning amidst the night. "Heh. That's it!" he said suddenly.
"That's what?" asked Adam.
"I'll sing to her."
"Sure you wanna go there, big bro?"
"Why not? I have a great voice."
"You're going to torture her ears as you have done mine."
"Very funny. You said so yourself; I have a great voice."
Adam rolled his eyes. "You sang in the shower. And in the room. The only way I could study when I roomed with you was by telling you that you had a great voice. Or else you wouldn't stop."
"What's the difference? A great voice is a great voice no matter where it's being used." JD grinned. "And I'll take the guitar as well. It'll be a blast."
"Oookay…" Adam said. "But even though she agrees, I don't think she'll want the hug and the kiss. It's not considered appropriate in her book."
"Don't worry. I know my limits."
"Ha! So you're admitting that you want those! I knew it. I knew it."
JD grinned. He really was enjoying this. He knew that he was making the right move – from this day on, he would live the remaining days of his life the best way he could. Ever since he learned about the curse, he hadn't been able to spend a genuinely happy time with those that mattered to him. He realized how much he had missed it.
Gazing at his cousin's face, he saw that while Adam looked genuinely happy, his eyes maintained that odd guarded look. But perhaps he was just being too paranoid. Maybe he was just being overprotective of his now-sworn little brother. Maybe it was the after-effect of their blood oath; it might have sent Adam's empathic power to an overdrive. Maybe.
Or maybe Adam was still hiding a secret or five.
Author's Notes:
Storm Front's done with, now a small mini-arc is approaching before I deal with JD's death curse wholly. Now you know why I have to splice the whole thing into three chapters instead of two. The double Juara Accesses, three villains that need to be written off from the story, SkullSatamon's recollection of his battle with Grademon, and the parts involving the DigiWira towards the end. That scene with the cousins is something I wanted to do for a while, but never gotten around to do it until now.
Samudramon Juara Mode is based from a merge between MirageGaogamon and Neptunemon, while Puspamon Juara Mode is based from a merge between QueenChessmon and Angewomon. Let your imagination run wild. For detailed explanation about them, and I'm sure most will be curious to know where do I get Puspamon's attack names….head over to my blog for explanation. As usual I'll put the info up a day or two after I uploaded the chapter, so that I won't spoil the chapter prematurely.
Wira Digital is TWO years old!