Ten minutes before Shibuya was encompassed by the massive white dome, sitting on a bench by the statue of Hachiko, was a teen wearing a black beanie, punk attire, and a pair of black shades, whilst reading a newspaper. The article he was currently reading was about the arrest of Mudo Ketsuyaga's punk gang, save for their leader, who was missing when the arrest took place. …hmph. They'll print anything, these days… he thought.
"…excuse me…" Hearing that voice, the teen looked to where it came from, where he saw something completely unexpected; a blond man wearing a purple helmet with a cross in front that covered his eyes, along with a completely white set of Shinto priest clothes. The most peculiar thing about him, however, was the two large wings on his back. "…but do you happen to own a Digivice?"
"…nice cosplay." the teen replied impassively, before looking back at the newspaper. "Can't say that I own anything like that, though; it's more for kids, isn't it?"
"…cosplay?" the priest uttered, as he looked around him. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, come on; like anyone isn't going to draw that conclusion." the teen uttered without looking at the priest. "You shouldn't walk around while dressed like that, though; you could get mugged."
"…listen, I don't have time for idle chatter; this place probably won't be around for much longer." the priest said, as he walked towards the teen. "You need to come with me."
"…isn't going to be around for…" the teen uttered, as he glanced at the priest. "What kind of bullshit are you spouting? Is this about some pseudo-religion you're fanatic about?"
"Boy, you are trying my patience…" the priest uttered, as he kept himself composed. "Listen; two rogue Digimon are going to reformat this entire place. Unless you own a Digivice, you need to come with me."
"Quit your bitching, already!" the teen suddenly snapped, as he stood up from the bench, glaring at the priest. "What's this about Digimon and Digivices? Everyone in Japan knows that it's nothing but fiction! So unless you start making some goddamn sense, I'm-" In that instant, someone slammed a fist right on top of the teen's head, knocking him out instantly.
"…IceLeomon…" the priest uttered, as he let out a sigh of disbelief. "…you didn't need to go that far." The one he was addressing was a man with skin as white as snow, only his head was that of a lion's; his attire consisted of black pants, belts wrapped around his left arm, and a sword hanging from the back of his waist.
"My apologies, MagnaAngemon…" IceLeomon uttered, as he picked up the teen, holding him over his shoulder. "…but this will work better than trying to persuade him, especially since we do not know where those two are hiding. We need to fill him in when we get back to the Digital World."
"Hopefully, he'll see things our way…" MagnaAngemon muttered, before he drew a sword out from his robes, which he slashed at thin air, creating a rift that led to someplace completely different. "Sadly, we won't be able to stop them before they put Omnimon X's data to good use… we need to deal with the problem later." Then, he and IceLeomon disappeared into the rift, as it closed behind them…
After defeating the Ogremon called Boss, and in turn gaining a new companion in this strange, deserted place that used to be Shibuya, Eddy and Rah were still in search of Sayoko, venturing through the sandy remains of what could have been a street.
However, one more obstacle shoved itself in their way…
"Maybe we should have let Boss give us some of that food before he went to hand it to Lira…" Eddy muttered, as he held his stomach, just as it, along with Rah's stomach, let out a growl. "My sandwich wasn't enough…"
"We need to find someplace where we can find something edible…" Rah moaned, as she kept her eyes closed. "If we run into another hostile Digimon, neither of us will have any strength to fight it…"
"But… we have to try, at least." Eddy noted, as he swung the club he had taken from one of the Goblimon who followed Boss around. "If we lose, we won't be able to find Sayoko…" As he muttered that, something dawned on him. "…oh, shoot! I've been so worried about Sayoko that I completely forgot about Hime and Kata!"
"More friends of yours?" Rah inquired, as she looked up at Eddy. "Well… we should look for all three of them. Just point them out if we happen to encounter them…"
"Sure…" Eddy nodded, as he rested the club on his shoulder. "Hrm… I should probably make some kind of strap for the club, so I can hang it on my back." he mused, as he looked at the club.
"Maybe Lira could help you with that?" Rah suggested, as she looked ahead of them, when she spotted something. "…what's that?"
"Hm?" Blinking, Eddy looked to where Rah was looking, as he spotted one stylish-looking building, with a few vending machines placed around the entrance. "…ah, that's where Hime's band holds their rehearsals!" he said, before running towards the building, with Rah quickly following him.
Once they got there, they stopped by one of the vending machines, which contained a variety of chocolates. "Alright… let's see if I brought some yen with me, and I'll get us something good…" he muttered, as he began rummaging through his pockets.
"How do these things work?" Rah inquired, as she glanced at Eddy with a curious look in her eyes.
"Well…" Eddy began, as he still kept looking for any loose change in his pockets. "…you put in yen, and you pick what food you want, from what's available. Pretty nifty, if you have enough cash…" Then, he pulled his hands out from his pockets. "…which I don't have."
"Ah, let me!" they heard a female voice say, as someone pushed Eddy aside, before putting in some yen into the vending machine. "What would you like?"
"…Hime!" Eddy uttered in surprise, as he looked at the woman who had pushed him aside; she had long, blonde hair that went far down her back, and she wore a pair of jeans and a red T-shirt. Also of note was her… well-developed physique. "Man, what a coincidence! Me and Rah were just looking for you!"
"…you and who?" Hime uttered, as she glanced from Eddy to Rah, who simply tilted her head once Hime looked down at her. "…ah, a Digimon! I'm not the only one with one as a partner, it seems!" she chuckled, before looking at Eddy. "But I thought that you hated Digimon, Eddy?"
"I do not hate it; I just grew out of it." Eddy responded, just as he realized what Hime had said just a few moments ago. "…wait… you have a Digimon partner, too?"
"…yes…" they heard another female voice utter shyly, as the three looked towards where the voice came from; as it turned out, it came from a small, dark-brown koala with an oversized nose, with a pair of tiny horns jutting out of her head, along with a pair of red wings, and a red line going across both her eyes. "…I'm Chi… nice to meet you…"
"A Phascomon…" Rah mused, as she looked up at Hime. "How long have you been partners?"
"Since I woke up." Hime replied, as she looked at Chi with a smile. "Isn't she the cutest thing? If she were a teddy bear, I'd be hugging her right now!"
"…really?" Chi uttered shyly, as she looked away from Hime. "…thank you…"
"…oh, yeah, Hime; I need to ask you…" Eddy began, as he looked back at Hime. "Have you seen Sayoko or Kata around here?"
"…sorry, Eddy; can't say that I have." Hime responded, before pointing towards the building. "We can take this inside; there's other monsters lurking around that aren't as cute. But first…" Then, she turned towards the vending machine. "…what kind of chocolate do you want?"
"…and after he went to get the groceries to Lira, we walked and eventually wound up here." Inside the building, Eddy, Rah, Hime and Chi all sat around a table, Eddy and Rah munching on some chocolate bars, with Hime and Chi watching them with interest.
"Hah, is that right…" Hime mused, as she tilted her head. "I didn't think that you'd be able to handle three Goblimon on your own, though, Eddy…"
"Believe me; I was surprised as well." Rah chuckled, as she took another bite out of the chocolate. "Mhm… this is delicious!"
"But about that beam that scanned Boss…" Eddy muttered, as he took out his Digivice, before showing it to Hime. "Since you and Kata already got this new model, maybe you can tell me what it was about?"
"…what, didn't you read the manual for the Digivice when Sayoko bought it for you?" Hime inquired, as she took the Digivice, before inspecting it.
"Well, she took it before I could read it; said something about collector's value…" Eddy muttered, as he watched Hime tinker with the Digivice. "…what are you doing?"
"I'm checking something; hold on…" Hime uttered, just as a light shone from the Digivice's screen. "Yes! It works just like mine!"
"…yeah, I guess that's nice…" Eddy began, as he looked at Hime with an annoyed expression. "…but how does it work? I'm no Digimon prodigy, so give me something to work with!"
"…alright, listen…" Hime began, as she showed the screen to Eddy, revealing the pixilated versions of Rah and Boss. "It's a very nifty system; you can use a special sensor to scan Digimon card info into the Digivice, and it'll be uploaded to the server as data." As she spoke, she took out her own Digivice; a purple color, in contrast to Eddy's black and white color scheme. "I can show you what data I got on my Digivice, for comparison's sake."
Then, her screen flashed on, and along with a pixilated Chi, it showed three more pixilated Digimon; namely Gabumon, Terriermon and Lalamon. "Admittedly, I had too much fun playing with what I had scanned (plus that band practice got in the way), so I couldn't get more data in on the Digivice before I went to bed." she continued, before she made sure that Eddy was still paying attention. "Now, this screen? It's touch-sensitive." To illustrate her point, she pressed the pixilated Chi on the screen, highlighting her.
"Ah…" the actual Chi uttered, as she slowly had a glow surround her. "Are… are you going to show them…"
"Yep." Hime nodded, as she pressed the pixel-Terriermon, which allowed a small menu to pop up, with several named options listed, Terriermon included. "Now, this Digivice's main gimmick is 'imprinting'. Imprinting is kind of like Digi-Modifying, only you don't have to pull a card through your Digivice every time you want to modify your Digimon."
"…so, what's with all the options?" Eddy mused, as he watched the screen with interest. "Terriermon… Gargomon… Rapidmon… MegaGargomon… that's the whole Terriermon family, right?"
"Yep." Hime nodded again. "The cool thing about it is that if you scan one kind of Digimon, you basically unlock its entire evolutionary line… well, at least the normal one for that Digimon." Then, she pressed her finger on the Gargomon option, before aiming the Digivice at Chi. "Alright, here's imprinting in action!"
At that point, a beam, much like the one that had scanned Boss earlier, shot out from the Digivice, hitting Chi dead-on. Then, Chi's arms actually began changing shape, turning into gatling gun-arms. "…wow…" Rah uttered at this sight, which caused her to drop her chocolate bar. "…imprinting can do that?"
"It doesn't last too long; but it can give your partner a boost when it really needs it." Hime chuckled, as she pressed the screen once, which made the gun-arms turn into Chi's regular arms. "There's also another cool feature about these; data exchange." Then, she pointed both hers and Eddy's Digivices against each other, letting a beam shoot from both of them, the beams colliding. After a short while, they disappeared, and Hime gave the black and white Digivice back to Eddy. "Check it out."
Blinking, Eddy looked at the Digivice, and to his surprise, along with Rah and Boss, he now had pixilated versions of Chi, Gabumon, Terriermon and Lalamon on the screen as well. "…neat." Eddy mused. "So if I use imprinting, I can give Rah new moves on the fly?"
"It really adds a whole new layer when it comes to competitive fighting, doesn't it?" Hime noted, before chuckling. "Of course, I wouldn't expect you to be into competitive Digimon battles."
"Well, I can't say that I have time for that just yet…" Eddy hummed, as he looked at the Digivice with a thoughtful look. "I still need to find Sayoko and Kata… and after that, find out what on earth happened to Shibuya."
"…now that you mention it…" Hime muttered, before sighing. "…this whole desert-scenario is giving me the creeps. I haven't been able to find anyone from the band; only more hostile Digimon. Of course, Chi helped to protect me!"
"…it… was nothing…" Chi muttered shyly.
"…pardon me, but did I hear actual humans?" Hearing that male voice, the group glanced towards the entrance, where they could see a man closing the door. He wore a red face-mask over his eyes, and for the most part wore nobleman's clothes. "I have to apologize for this rude intrusion, but I had to seek shelter somewhere."
"…well, don't apologize; come on over and sit down!" Hime called, as she motioned for the man to approach them, which he did. "It's nice to see another human here. I'm Himemiya Kidoriya, or Hime for short."
"…a pleasure to meet you, Hime." the man said, as he humbly bowed, before glancing at Eddy. "…your name?"
"…Edmund Banners; transfer student." Eddy said bluntly, as he gave the man a nod. "Call me Eddy; everyone else does that."
"Ah… Eddy…" the man uttered, before placing a hand against his own chest. "Well… my name is Kizoku. As I've said, it's a pleasure to meet you." As he spoke, he noticed Rah and Chi, both of them looking warily at him. "…more Digimon… so, they are your partners?"
"…yeah." Eddy nodded. "Rah, the Labramon, that is, is my partner. Hime's partner is Chi; the Phascomon."
"…indeed…" Kizoku hummed, as he folded his arms. "…well, you two must be lucky to have Digimon partners; I do not own one for myself."
"…well, you are an adult." Eddy noted dryly. "I think you're a tad bit too old to still be into Digimon."
"What, and you two aren't?" Kizoku presumed with a chuckle.
"Oh, don't listen to Eddy; if you're a fan of Digimon, it doesn't matter what age you are!" Hime shot in with a smile.
"…yeah, you keep telling yourself that…" Eddy muttered, before he glanced at Rah, who was still looking at Kizoku with a doubtful look. "…Rah? You okay?"
"…Mr. Kizoku." Rah began, as she raised an eyebrow. "Just where do you come from?"
"Me?" Kizoku said, before chuckling. "I'm from Adachi; I'm simply spending some time in Shibuya with my sister… but unfortunately, I can't seem to find her anywhere, with the condition that has befallen this place."
"…is that so…" Rah noted. "…very well; I suppose I'll take your word for it."
"We happen to be looking for someone as well." Eddy said, as he looked at Kizoku. "Maybe we can help you find your sister, while we're at it?"
"What happened to finding Sayoko and Kata?" Hime inquired, as she looked at Eddy with a raised eyebrow.
"Hey, we need to be able to help others, right?" Eddy replied with a shrug, before looking back at Kizoku. "Maybe you could describe what your sister looks like?"
All of a sudden, they heard a shriek from outside the building, before the door suddenly blasted right off its hinges, due to a massive burst of wind. "What was that?" Chi yelled in fright, as she hid behind Hime.
"…it must be a hostile Digimon." Rah uttered, as she glanced at Eddy. "Let's take care of it, before it decides to invade the building itself.
"…right." Eddy nodded, before glancing at Hime. "Hey, can you show Kizoku the back-door, while we hold off the Digimon?" he said, before he and Rah quickly went towards the entrance, out of the hole where the door had used to be.
"…right, Kizoku, just follow me." Hime said, as she stood up, before walking towards the left end of a stage within the building, where a door marked EXIT stood. "Right through here."
"I see. Thank you, madam." Kizoku nodded, as he approached the door, but not before glancing outside for a short moment. Then, he quickly exited through the door.
"…what about us, Hime?" Chi asked, as she looked at Hime. "…should we leave, too?" However, Hime didn't answer her, as she glanced towards the exit, where she could see Eddy and Rah getting ready for a fight.
"…so, Rah… what Digimon is that?" Eddy inquired, as he was holding his club at the ready, glaring at the Digimon that had attacked the building. The Digimon's upper body was that of a woman's, wearing plate armor over her chest, and a mask that was shaped like an actual face, whilst hiding her actual face. She also wore a pilot's hat made from metal, with a pair of feathers sticking out on both sides of her head, and she wore a red undershirt underneath the armor. Also of note were her arms, which were a pair of white and gold wings, matching her tail; this also made attention of her lower half, which was that of a bird's, with white-feathered legs, and black and white talons with red claws.
"…Harpymon." Rah responded, as she looked at this Digimon with a snarl. "An Armor-leveled Digimon, doubling as a Champion-level. She's on par with Boss in terms of strength; possibly stronger."
"…so, you are the source of the evil energy I detected?" Harpymon uttered, as she glared at Eddy and Rah. "It's a good thing that you decided to come out, instead of forcing me to tear down the building myself!"
"…evil energy?" Eddy uttered in a clueless tone. "What are you talking about?"
"Do not deny it!" Harpymon shrieked, as she flapped her wings furiously. "Wind Seeker!" As she flapped her wings, her feathers detached themselves from them, before rocketing right at Eddy, carried by an intense gust of wind. Without having any real room to evade the incoming projectiles, some of the feathers jabbed themselves into Eddy, knocking him right into the side of the building.
"Eddy!" Rah cried upon seeing this, as Eddy slowly slid down to the ground, gritting his teeth. "Are you alright?"
"…yeah…" Eddy muttered, as he slowly got up. "…just knocked the air out of me… she lacks the power that Boss had behind his attacks."
"…you are correct. My true strength lies not in sheer power." Harpymon said, as she took to the sky, looking down at Eddy, who had resumed his battle-stance, holding his club ready. "…it lies in my speed." Then, she dove down towards Eddy, aiming to grab him in her talons.
"RetriBark!" All of a sudden, Rah let out a howl that emitted a powerful sonic wave, knocking Harpymon off course, saving Eddy; however, it wasn't enough to defeat her. "…hm. It worked much better on Boss than it did on her…"
"…maybe because then, I was in mortal danger?" Eddy mused, as he looked up at Harpymon, who glared down at Rah. "…tsch, I can't reach her from this distance. Rah, let's try that imprinting thing, and see if we can't take her down!"
"Right! I'll keep her busy!" Rah nodded, as she ran a bit away from the building, still looking up at Harpymon. "RetriBark!" she called again, unleashing another sonic howl at Harpymon; however, the Armor-level easily evaded the attack by flying around it.
"Do you honestly think that a Rookie can best me?" Harpymon scoffed, as she began flapping her wings furiously again. "Wind Seeker!" she called, sending a burst of wind carrying some of her feathers down at Rah, who quickly leapt away from the attack.
"Alright, let's see here…" Eddy uttered, as he took out his Digivice, pressing the screen a few times to get to the option he wanted. "Yes, that should do it!" he said, before looking back at Rah and Harpymon's fight, which was turning into a constant exchange of sonic blasts and bursts of wind. "Get ready, Rah!" Eddy called, before aiming his Digivice at Rah. "Digi-Imprint! Data: Garurumon!" After saying that, a beam shot out from the Digivice, hitting Rah immediately.
"Wind Seeker!" Harpymon cried in that instant, as a volley of feathers were shot down at Rah with an intense surge of wind; however, instead of embedding themselves into her body, like they had done with Eddy, the feathers simply bounced off. "…what?"
As it turned out, Rah's fur, instead of simply being white now, had gotten some blue stripes all over it now, much like a Garurumon's fur. "…hard as Mithril…" Rah mused, as she looked up at Harpymon with a smirk. "…this imprinting may come in handy, after all. Fox Fire!" Without letting up for a second, Rah opened her mouth, as a massive stream of blue fire shot from her mouth, rocketing at Harpymon.
"What?" Not having expected that attack from a Labramon, the blue flames struck Harpymon like a rocket, exploding on impact, enough to send the Armor-level careening towards the ground.
"Yes! It worked!" Eddy cheered, as he glanced at Rah, whose fur was slowly changing to normal. "…seems like it only lasts long enough for the user to use one attack from the Digimon-data they were imprinted with. Better keep that in mind."
"…but I have to ask…" Rah uttered, as she glanced at Eddy with a raised eyebrow. "…Digi-Imprint? Did you just come up with that off the top of your head?"
"…well…" Eddy muttered, as he scratched the back of his head. "…I figured that it would seem kind of boring to just aim it at you and let the beam do the rest… so I said the first thing that came to mind." After saying that, he looked away. …man… I think I'm actually getting into this! But then again… real Digimon fighting us may have something to do with that.
"OW! That really hurt!" Hearing Harpymon cry that, both Eddy and Rah looked up towards the sky, where Harpymon still was flying, although her wings were a bit singed. "How did you manage to use a Garurumon's attack, anyway?"
"…wait… you're still not defeated?" Eddy uttered, as he tilted his head. "I could've sworn that the Fox Fire would've sealed the deal."
"Do you two not get it?" Harpymon scoffed, as she glared at Rah. "Even if you have a Digimon use an attack from a Mega-level…" Then, she shot down at Rah, readying her talons for a strike. "…if it comes from a Rookie, it's still only as strong as the Rookie is!" Before Rah could even hope to evade, Harpymon grabbed the Rookie with her talons, lifting her up into the air.
"RAH!" Eddy shouted, as he looked from Rah to the Digivice. "…I need to imprint again!" he said, quickly scrolling through the options he had, before aiming the Digivice at Rah. "Digi-Modify! Data: Lilamon!" he shouted, as another beam shot out towards Rah.
However, Harpymon was quicker, moving herself out of the range of the beam, which made it miss Rah completely. "If you think I'll let you try something smart again, you've got another thing coming!" she cried, as she flew circles in the air, making it too tough for Eddy to properly aim for Rah.
"…tsch…" Eddy hissed, as he closed his eyes. "Rah! Try that RetriBark on her! You've got a clean shot!"
"I can't, Eddy!" Rah called back, as she looked up at Harpymon. "If I hit her, she's going to drop me! Even with the sand dampening the fall… I'll be too crippled to properly fight her!"
"…but…" Eddy uttered, as he looked up at Rah and Harpymon again. "…can't you just use your Cure Liquor on yourself?"
"…I can only use that move on others, not myself!" Rah cried again, as closed her eyes.
"Hah! Do you see that you're outmatched?" Harpymon laughed, as she glanced at Eddy. "With your Digimon in my grasp, you have no proper way of fighting me! Now, I can take my time and finish you nice and-"
"Digi-Imprint! Data: Rapidmon!" In that instant, from the roof of the building, something shot towards Harpymon with speed so intense, that one could only see a green and brown blur shoot towards the Armor-level. Then, in less than a second, Rah was snatched away from Harpymon's grasp.
"…what?" Harpymon uttered in shock, as she saw who had grabbed Rah. As it turned out, it was Chi, only her small, red wings had turned into large, green, metallic wings with red points at the end. "A Phascomon?"
"…Chi?" Eddy uttered in surprise, before he looked towards the roof of the building. "…that means… Hime?"
"You didn't think that I'd let you fight alone, right, Eddy?" Hime chuckled, as she was standing on the roof, holding a cordless microphone in her right hand, and her Digivice in her left. "Stand back; me and Chi can take this chick!" she said, just as Chi flew towards Eddy, dropping Hime right next to him. Then, she flew up to the roof next to Hime, just as her wings returned to normal.
"…you…" Harpymon uttered with a venomous tone. "…you little…" Then, she began flapping her wings even more intensely than ever before. "WIND SEEKER!" she screamed, as a massive gust of wind blasted towards Hime and Chi.
"AGH!" While the wind blast struck them dead-on, all it did was push Hime and Chi a bit backwards, not completely blowing them away. "…what? That's all you have?" Hime chuckled, before bringing the microphone to her lips. "Come on! Show me what you really got!"
"…arrogant bitch!" Harpymon shrieked, as she shot right for Hime, and though one couldn't see it, her eyes were currently ablaze with rage.
"That's more like it!" Hime laughed, as she pressed a button on the microphone, which released a long cord from the bottom of it. Then, as Harpymon got closer, she began swinging the microphone around, the cord lashing about like a whip. "Try hitting me if you can!"
With a shriek, Harpymon was about to grab Hime by her shoulders, though Hime was quicker, leaping away from the harpy, before swinging the microphone cord at Harpymon's legs, the cord binding them together. "Here we go!" she laughed, as she ran after Harpymon, before she was lifted off the ground, Harpymon unwillingly carrying her.
"…Eddy…" Rah uttered in awe, as she looked at this with a stunned expression. "…what is she doing?"
"…you're telling me…" Eddy replied, as he tilted his head. "…but she's using a microphone cord as a whip…" Then, he suddenly gave Hime a thumbs-up. "That earns her a lot of points!"
"Since when did this become a competition?" Rah said in exasperation, before looking back up at the two. "…but what is she planning?"
"Argh! Let go of me, you damn human!" Harpymon shrieked, as she looked down at Hime, who was hanging onto the microphone for dear life, though she was still smirking.
"Not a chance! I have you right where I want you!" Hime chuckled, before glancing at Chi. "Ready, Chi? Prepare for Digivolution!" she called, as she held up her Digivice, aiming the screen at Chi, just as it, along with Chi, began glowing.
"Phascomon, Digivolve to…" Chi called, as her entire body-mass began changing, much like how Boss' body had changed when he Digivolved. When her body stopped changing itself, the glow faded away, revealing a wolf in the koala's place. The wolf had purple fur adorning most of her body, with red markings scattered across her body. Around the front half of her body, extra thick, grey fur was visible, and a purple, wing-like guard-piece was stretching around her neck, and shielding her eyes was a spiked, purple guard-piece. Also of note were her feet; all four of them covered in bladed greaves. "…Sangloupmon!"
"Wha- she Digivolved!" Eddy uttered in surprise, as he got a good look at this wolf-like creature Chi had turned into.
"And that's not a Phascomon's natural Digivolution, either!" Rah noted. "Phascomon usually Digivolve into Porkyupamon, not Sangloupmon!"
"Alright, Chi, get ready for another boost!" Hime called, as she pressed the screen of her Digivice with her thumb, before aiming it at Chi. "Digi-Imprint! Data: MetalGarurumon!" she called, as a beam shot from the Digivice, hitting Chi dead-on.
Then, along the wolf's back, two yellow, wing-like appendages shot out, just as beams of some form erupted from them. Growling, Chi leapt off the building, the beam-wings allowing her to fly towards Harpymon and Hime, just as blue energy began building up in her mouth. "…here it comes! Metal Wolf Claw!" Chi shrieked, before unleashing a massive, blue beam from her mouth that rocketed right towards Harpymon.
With Hime providing too much weight for Harpymon to accurately dodge, the beam blasted against the Armor-level, as she let out a shriek, before she began falling. "This would be my exit-cue!" Hime chuckled, as she unfurled the cord around Harpymon's legs, letting her fall down just as Chi passed by underneath her, leaving Hime to land safely on the wolf's back. "Take us down!"
"…okay." Chi nodded, as she swooped down to the ground, landing safely before her wings faded away. Once she landed, so did Harpymon, who crashed right into the sand after having been blasted with such a strong attack. "…did I do well, Hime?" she asked, as she looked up at her partner.
"Not just well, Chi…" Hime began, as she rubbed Chi's head with a smile. "…you did great!"
"…woah." Eddy uttered, as he and Rah could only look at the two. "…you saw that too, right, Rah?"
"…I certainly did." Rah nodded, as she couldn't tear her eyes from Hime and Chi. "…it was a reckless plan, but they managed to pull through."
"Ungh…" Harpymon groaned, as she slowly got on her feet, albeit weakly, whilst she glared at Hime and Chi. "…don't tell me… the evil energy… it came from you?" she managed to utter.
"…evil energy?" Hime inquired, as she tilted her head. "What are you talking about?"
"She said the same thing to me and Rah." Eddy noted, as he and Rah approached the three. "Though why she came to that conclusion, I don't know."
"…I…" Harpymon uttered, as she looked down at the ground. "…I sensed something sinister within the building… and when you came out, I thought that you were the source of it."
"…sorry to disappoint you, but I wouldn't consider any of us evil." Eddy shrugged, as he glanced down at Rah. "Maybe you should heal her."
"…yeah." Rah nodded, as she approached Harpymon, before placing her hand on the Armor-level's leg. "Cure Liquor!" she said, as her hand was surrounded by a glow, before slowly, the pain faded from Harpymon's body.
"…aah…" Harpymon uttered, as she looked at her wings. "…but… if you weren't the source of that evil energy… then who was it?"
"…wait a minute…" Chi uttered, as she looked back at the building. "…you don't think… Kizoku was the source?"
"…hrm…" Rah hummed, as she looked at the building as well. "…whether he was or not… he's gone, now."
"…but why would someone like him emit evil energy, to the point where Harpymon could sense it?" Hime uttered, as she glanced at Eddy with a puzzled look.
"…I'm not sure…" Eddy muttered, as he folded his arms. "…but somehow… I get the feeling that finding Sayoko and Kata will be the least of our worries in the end…"