Iron Vegimon
Previously on 'A New Destiny Arises'… The new team of DigiDestined made their first solo trip into the Digital World. But awaiting them was the Digimon Emperor himself. He used a gang of Tyrannomon to surround the DigiDestined. The gang had found four new DigiEggs that belonged to TK, Rini, Catherine, and Kari; thus enabling their Digimon to Armor Digivolve. Now that the team's complete, what new challenges will they face? Find out in the next chapter of 'A New Destiny Arises'…
The new team of DigiDestined, accompanied by Tai and Sailor Venus, are busy working hard in the Digital World.
"Alright everyone, stand back." warned Sailor Venus. The blonde Scout took a deep breath and held up her first two fingers to the side and above her head. "Venus Crescent Beam Shower!" she screamed.
Small, golden meteorites were created and destroyed the holding cells of the Digimon Emperor's jail.
"Sonic Bark!" Labramon combined her attack with her human partners', breaking all the cages doors, freeing all the captive digimon.
"Great job Labramon." Venus said to her digimon.
"You too V." giggled the labrador digimon.
Above the arena, Halsemon circled around and landed. His partner, Payson, dismounted from his back. Phoenixmon landed beside him, with Sailor Mini Moon also jumping off.
"Now let's get these digimon to safety, away from here." Mini Moon voted.
Sailor Venus nodded. "Alright all you digimon, get on Phoenixmon and Halsemon, they'll fly you to safety."
A trio of Gotsumon jumped onto Halsemon's back and a couple of Elecmon and Gazimon jumped onto Phoenixmon's back. The two armor Digimon flew out of the arena and onto the path in front of the forest. The DigiDestined regrouped with them a few seconds later.
"You guys are officially fugitives." Agumon told them.
"If that's the kind of defense the Digimon Emperor has, this fight will be over in the first round." Davis said.
"Something's weird though." TK sighed.
"What's weird TK?" Mini Moon asked.
"The fact that breaking out the Digimon was a little too easy." TK told his pinkett friend. "It's almost like he wanted them to escape."
"No way!" Davis contradicted. "He took one look at our awesome skills and took off." he turned to Sailor Melody and Kari. "Am I right?"
The two girls sighed. "I think TK's right on this one." Kari admitted.
"I agree." added Melody.
Davis sighed in annoyance.
"Anyway enough about that now." interjected Sailor Venus. "We'd better head home, it's getting late."
"I can practically smell the cafeteria from here." Tai chuckled as the group headed back towards the TV they entered from.
Nalamon turned her head and noticed a black, obelisk in the distance. "I wonder what that tower is?" she thought.
"Hey Nala, come on." Melody called to her digimon.
The lion cub digimon hurried to catch up to her human partner.
From where the tower was placed, there was a small village of Gazimon. Along with them were two of the Original partner digimon, Gabumon and Tigermon.
"Wherever a Control Spire stands, that area is controlled by me." announced the Digimon Emperor. "Don't even try to escape." he added. "Those who try, will have to answer to my soldiers."
In front of the Digimon Emperor stood three Vegimon, who were controlled by Dark Rings. They had evil smirks on their faces.
"How do I get myself into these things?" Gabumon thought to himself. Beside him, Tigermon sighed.
When the rest of the DigiDestined arrived back in the Real World, Izzy and Lita were waiting for them in the computer lab. When Lita caught sight of the Gotsumon, she screamed.
"Are you guys crazy bringing the Gotsumon back from the Digital World?" Izzy asked the others.
"We didn't have a choice Izzy." Mina defended.
"We couldn't just leave them there for the Digimon Emperor to make into slaves." Tai added.
"But how are we going to explain it if Mr. Fujiyama comes in here?" Lita asked.
"Don't worry." Cody told them. "I'll tell him I'm taking a sculpting class and these are some of my early masterpieces."
The Gotsumon struck a pose and stood completely still.
"'Early rejects' might be a better phrase." Payson sighed under her breath.
"Hey Payson can I ask you a favor?" Izzy asked. "May I borrow your Digivice?"
"Sure." Payson answered. "But what for?"
"It seems only your new digivices can open the gate to the Digital World." Lita told her.
"Lita's right." Mina chided in. "Tai and I tried to use ours and had no such luck."
"So the only way we older DigiDestined can get into the Digital World is if one of you new DigiDestined open the gate for us." Tai added.
Payson nodded and handed Izzy her red Digivice.
Down the hall and in the Gym, Piper was in her gold and black leotard, swinging on the Uneven Bars.
"Good routine Piper." said her coach. "Now let's see your dismount."
Piper sighed and did a double back flip and stuck her landing. Her teammates cheered and applauded.
The raven haired teen smiled and looked at the clock. "Shoot, I'm so late." she gasped. Piper grabbed her duffle bag and bolted out of the gym. "I am so late!" she said in her head.
In a room backstage in the school auditorium, Matt and a few other boys were waiting.
"Piper does realize she's late right?" said the teen behind the drum set, with the word 'Lycengals' in fancy blue and orange writing.
"I'm sure she'll be here soon." Matt told everyone.
Not a second or two later, Piper burst into the room, panting. "I'm here."
"You're late." said another male teen by the keyboard.
"I know Josh, sorry." Piper apologized, walking into a closed area to change out of her leotard.
A minute later she came out wearing her regular school uniform, brushing out her long, black hair.
"Now let's get this show started." Piper giggled.
Matt kissed her cheek and smiled. "Let's rock-and-roll Lycengals!"
The other members of the band nodded and hooked up their instruments.
Back in the Digital World, the Digimon Emperor had left the Gazimon village.
"Alright looks like we're busting out tonight guys." Tigermon whispered.
"Why wait?" Gabumon asked. "He's gone, so let's bust out now."
Tigermon's ears perked up and she nodded. Using her 'Thunder Claw' attack, Tigermon punched the cell wall, softening it up for Gabumon to land a final blow.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon used his attack and the wall gave, crushing the Vegimon guarding it.
Tigermon pounced on the Vegimon while Gabumon and the captive Gazimon escaped.
"Get off me you little furball." Vegimon grumbled under Tigermon.
The tiger cub digimon faced Vegimon. "Why don't you take a little nap." Tigermon suggested, her eye's glowed purple, and Vegimon fell asleep, snoring away.
"Too easy." Tigermon chuckled to herself.
She turned around and saw Gabumon being attacked by RedVegimon. Tigermon ran to her friend's aid.
"Leave him alone!" Tigermon yowled, punching RedVegimon.
The champion digimon retaliated and struck down Tigermon. "Apparently no one listens to instructions." he growled. "I am the biggest and ripest of all Vegimon. My Stink Jet attack destroys my enemies with noxious fumes."
"Just try and stop us, stinky." Gabumon growled. Beside him, Tigermon took a pouncing stance.
RedVegimon just stared at the two Rookies. "For trying to escape you have to smell my roots!" growled the champion digimon. "And I have root rot!"
RedVegimon attacked the two Rookies. With his final blow, he sent them over the edge of a cliff and into a river.
"My fur is dry clean only!" Gabumon gasped, as the current swept him and Tigermon down the river.
"Let that be a lesson to all you digimon. Never defy the orders of the Digimon Emperor!" RedVegimon warned, as the Gazimon ran away in fear.
The river led Gabumon and Tigermon to a gravel shoreline. A TV sat a foot or two away from them.
"We have to…warn the others." Gabumon gasped, crawling towards the TV.
The two Rookies collapsed. "Gabumon?" Tigermon whimpered.
"Yeah?" Gabumon asked.
"You stink." gasped the tiger cub digimon before passing out.
The last thing either Rookie said was their partners' names.
Back in the Real World, the sound of Rock music could be heard from the High School Auditorium. Inside was a packed crowd, and on stage was Piper and Matt with their band, The Lycengals.
Matt was playing his base guitar and singing into the microphone. "You can hear the melody of our hearts. From the day we fought."
Next to him, Piper held a cordless microphone and finished that verse, "I can remember that melody perfectly, no matter how far apart we are."
The two teens stood back to back and ended the song together, "If the melody of our hearts overflows, I'm sure it'll turn into power. I remember you. "
The song ended with a drum and base solo, but was drowned out by the applause of the crowd.
"Glad you enjoyed the concert and have a great day!" Piper said into her microphone as she and the other members of her band bowed and exited off the stage.
Once they were all off stage, they sighed.
"What a show." sighed Josh, the keyboard player.
"I'll say, they love us." added Simon, the drummer.
Piper handed her fellow band mates a bottled water. "Here's to a great show." she said, holding up her bottle.
Matt and the others did the same. "Alright get home guys." Matt told everyone.
"Home?" questioned Parker, the other base player. "I'm pretty sure there are a few dozen girls who want our autograph." the male teen grabbed his guitar case and headed out.
"All this fame is going to go straight to his head." sighed Simon.
"No joke." agreed Josh.
"Well, we'll see you guys." Matt said, grabbing his guitar case and heading out.
"Later." Piper added. "Oh and great job."
The two teens walked out and into the halls. Waiting for them were TK, Rini and Catherine.
"Nice concert, loved the song." Rini complemented.
"Thanks." Piper said, smiling.
"We need to ask you guys a favor." TK said, cutting to the chase.
"What do you need?" Matt asked.
The five DigiDestined walked down the hall, away from the exiting crowd.
"Listen, T.K., just because I have a rock band doesn't mean I can hide a band of rocks that happen to be Digimon." Matt said to his little brother.
"Well, think about it." TK replied. "Maybe they can be your backup singers?"
"They sound too gravelly." Matt told him.
"Maybe they can work dress up or something?" Rini suggested.
"Sorry but I already have that." Piper informed.
"Who?" Catherine asked.
"Amara and Michelle help me with that." Piper answered.
Catherine nodded.
Suddenly a teenager with spiky, maroon hair ran up to Matt asking for an autograph.
"What's your name?" Matt asked.
"Just make it to Jun Motomiya." said the female teen.
"Did you say 'Motomiya'?" TK asked.
"Yeah, and who are you?" Jun asked in return.
"That's my little brother, TK." Matt answered.
TK nodded. "Your brother Davis and I are in the same class as us." he said, motioning to Rini and Catherine.
Jun smiled, and then noticed Piper. "Oh my gosh, Piper!" she squealed. "I read your article in Gymnastics Weakly." Jun pulled out the magazine. "It was absolutely inspiring, can I have your autograph too?"
Piper smiled. "Sure you can." Piper took Jun's Sharpie and signed her article, right below the full body photograph of her.
Matt's digivice began to go off as Jun left, giddy.
"Something's up." Matt whispered to Piper, as her digivice went off as well.
"Payson just sent me an e-mail." Catherine opened her D-Terminal. "It says 'Emergency! Hurry back to the Computer Lab ASAP!'."
"An emergency?" Rini repeated.
"I hope our Digimon are okay." Matt said, as the DigiDestined ran down the hallway.
"Back off Davis!" Payson yelled, as the rest of the team ran in. "You're making me nervous."
"Can't you go any faster?" Davis asked.
The computer beeped. "Alright. The DigiGate is open." Payson announced.
"Let's get going." Kari voted.
Catherine and Davis held their digivices to the computer screen and they were transported to the Digital World.
"Gabumon." Matt gasped, as he saw his partner and Tigermon passed out.
"Tigermon." Piper ran and picked up her Rookie.
"Piper." whispered the tiger cub digimon.
"Are you two okay?" Matt asked, rubbing Gabumon's fur.
"Let's say we won't look at steamed vegetables the same way again." Gabumon answered.
"Tell us everything that happened." Piper said.
While the two Rookies explained everything, Payson said she would meet up with them after she got her digivice back from Izzy.
"Have no fear while Payson's gone." Poromon said, sitting in front of the screen. "This place shall be guarded by Poromon."
"Stay in touch." Davis signed off.
"Why do they call those things on top of the TV 'rabbit ears'?" Nalamon asked. "Why don't they call them 'cat ears'? After all, when was the last time you saw a rabbit sleeping on top of a TV?"
"This is what you think of?" Gatomon asked.
"Alright, show us where it is." Piper said to her Digimon.
Gabumon headed toward the forest with the DigiDestined right behind him. A few minutes later, they were on the outskirts of a small, Gazimon village.
"It's called Santa Garia." Gabumon informed.
"Sounds like it's in California." Davis noted.
"It was always such a quiet place." Tigermon added. "Everyone minded their own business. That is until the Digimon Emperor showed up." her ears went back.
"Look, there's one of those weird towers that scared the Gotsumon." Nalamon pointed to the black obelisk on the hill.
"The Digimon Emperor calls them Control Spires." Gabumon told them.
"Let's go!" Davis voted, but he was stopped by Matt.
"We can't just rush in." Matt told him. "For all we know it could lead us straight to an ambush."
"And the Digimon Emperor could also be using some captured digimon as a shield." TK added.
"That's right." Kari agreed.
"No matter what, we have to find a way to rescue the hostage digimon." Catherine added.
"The village is being guarded by Vegimon." Biyomon informed.
"I think I have an idea on how we can sneak in." Matt said, he walked a few steps and whispered his idea to Piper and their partner digimon.
"We can't take any chances on any of us getting attacked by these Vegimon." Davis said.
"It's not a big deal Davis." Rini told him.
"We've been attacked by a lot worse things than Vegimon." TK added.
"No joke." Catherine and Kari followed.
"I can't believe you're not worried about everyone's well being, T.A.!" Davis yelled
"T.A?" TK questioned.
"He forgot how to spell T.K!" Cody said as he, TK, and the girls cracked up laughing.
Piper and Matt saw the small fun the newer team was having.
"Hopefully they'll learn it isn't all fun and games." Piper sighed.
"I'm sure they will." Matt reassured, kissing his girlfriend's forehead. "Ready?"
Piper nodded. "Hey Rini! Catherine!" she called.
The two teens turned. "Yeah?" Rini asked.
Piper held her white, heart shaped brooch and smiled. Rini and Catherine nodded.
"Silver Crisis Power!" they shouted in unison. In a flash, they became Sailor Mini Moon and Sailor Melody.
Piper took a deep breath and exhaled, "Harmony Crisis Power!" In a bright, white flash, Piper became Sailor Harmony. This time her uniform was upgraded. Her raven hair was decorated with three rose barrettes and a silver clip with a rose in the center pulled her hair back. She had white shoulder pads with silver sleeves reaching her white gloves. Her skirt was white with gold and silver trim, and her ribbon was silver with gold, elongated ends. Under her skirt were white leggings reaching to her knees. Lastly she had silver/white knee high boots with a gold trim.
"Let's get to work." said Sailor Harmony.
The newer partner digimon pretended to be controlled by the Dark Rings and had captured the DigiDestined, Gabumon, and Tigermon. Fooling the Vegimon they were taken to the jail cells and the DigiDestined were thrown in.
"We could've caught them ourselves, but guess you beat us to the punch." said the Vegimon guard.
The Digimon took off their Dark Rings. "Speaking of punch, Lightning Paw!" Gatomon punched the Vegimon while the other guards were knocked out by the other digimon.
"Alright Harmony, can you get us outta here?" asked Melody.
Sailor Harmony chuckled, her golden crossbow appearing in her hand. "Stand back." she warned. Harmony lined up her rose arrow with the lock, "Harmony Rose Crossbow." she released her arrow and destroyed the lock. With a high-powered kick, the DigiDestined were free.
"That's my girl." Matt kissed his Sailor girlfriend.
The DigiDestined managed to escape the prison no problem. But to their dismay, the exit was blocked by more Vegimon.
"I say we fight." Davis voted, holding his digivice.
"Easy there, junior." Matt cautioned. "You have to learn fighting's not the only answer. It should only be your last resort."
"Let head back this way." Gabumon said. "We'll come out on top near the Control Spire."
"Lead the way Gabumon." Tigermon told him as the group doubled back, leaving Davis at the back.
The group was walking the path up a mountain, where at the top was the Control Spire.
"Oh Davis, I forgot to mention that I saw your sister earlier." TK said to Davis.
"Well so?" Davis said, not in a good mood.
"Well nothing." TK replied.
"She probably had a lot of mean things to say about me huh?' Davis accused.
"Well actually…" TK started but was cut off.
"Yeah she said that I bite my toenails, that I used to suck my thumb till about a month ago." Davis started. "Well next time I see her I'll teach her a lesson."
"Thanks for sharing but your sister didn't say anything bad about you!" Matt yelled, stepping into the argument. "She didn't even mention you! You're the one with the big mouth."
Davis and Matt were about to get into a fist fight, when Sailor Harmony stepped in, holding onto Matt's arm. "Come on, Matt, don't fight. He's younger than you are." she said. "He doesn't know any better."
Matt sighed "I don't care how young he is. He'd better learn some respect." He stormed off, Sailor Harmony right by his side.
After a few paces Matt stopped, "Thanks for stopping me back there."
Harmony smiled. "Sure thing. In fact I was having a dé·jà-vu feeling." she said. "Back when we were their age and all the fist fights you and Tai got into."
"Even back then you stepped in before it got to violent." Matt reminded.
Sailor Harmony smiled and looped her arm through Matt's. "But back then, that was something I admired about you." Harmony admitted. "The fact that you spoke your opinion about something."
Matt looked at his Sailor Scout girlfriend and raised an eyebrow. Harmony put her gloved hand on Matt's cheek and kissed him.
A few inches ahead of them were Mini Moon and Melody. They smiled at the sight of the couple behind them and continued on up the hill.
Soon they were all on top and found the Control Spire. But soon RedVegimon and an army of Vegimon cornered them.
"Alright I'm going to take that overgrown tomato and turn him into Vegetable Soup!" Veemon said, ready to fight. "I'm gonna make vegetarians around the world proud!"
The Rookie Digimon charged into battle, but RedVegimon was a bit stronger. While those two were busy fighting, the rest of the DigiDestined had the Vegimon army to worry about. A few of the Vegimon used their vines to restrain the DigiDestined and Digimon.
"Alright, time to bring out the big weapon." Sailor Harmony said. She took the silver clip from her hair and it turned into her staff with a rose-like crystal on the top. "Celestial…Rose…Javel" but before she could fire her attack, she was ambushed by three Vegimon who knocked her staff from her grip and restrained her, pinning her to the ground.
"Sailor Harmony!" screamed a restrained Mini Moon and Melody in unison.
Now all the DigiDestined were restrained, while Veemon was getting pummeled by RedVegimon.
"I can't watch this." Harmony grunted, turning away from the battle.
"Veemon doesn't stand a chance against him." Matt added.
Davis heard this and screamed his partner's name. RedVegimon barely hit Veemon, but also hit the Control Spire.
"If only we could digivolve." Tigermon said, struggling against the Vegimon restraining her.
"There has to be a way." Gabumon replied.
"But how?" Matt asked, looking at his digivice.
RedVegimon struck Veemon again, causing more cracks in the Control Spire. "I think I know!" Sailor Harmony said, noticing the Control Spire.
RedVegimon prepared one more attack. "Veemon!" Davis called.
"Duck!" Matt added.
"Now!" Sailor Harmony finished.
Veemon ducked as RedVegimon's made contact with the Control Spire. Suddenly Matt's and Piper's digivices beeped.
"Gabumon digivolve to…Garurumon. Tigermon digivolve to…Bengalmon. "
The two champion digimon scared away the Vegimon restraining the DigiDestined. Harmony grabbed her staff and Bengalmon stood beside her, swatting at a few Vegimon.
"DigiArmor Energize!" Davis yelled.
"Veemon Armor Digivolve to…Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage!"
Flamedramon faced off against RedVegimon, gaining the upper hand in the second fight.
"Davis!" Payson called.
Payson rejoined everyone, along with her and Hawkmon were Lita, Izzy, Mina, Tai, their partner digimon, and the Gotsumon.
"How were you able to digivolve?" Agumon asked Garurumon and Bengalmon.
"We're not sure." replied Bengalmon.
"I think when RedVegimon attacked the Control Spire it cut out its power." Biyomon guessed.
"They're certainly going to need a lot of glue." Hawkmon said, looking at the Control Spire.
"Well how do we get rid of it?" Bengalmon asked.
Sailor Harmony twirled her staff. "I have an idea how." she chuckled. "Celestial Rose Javelin!" the attack caused more cracks in the spire. Harmony's golden crossbow appeared in her hand in place of her staff. "Garurumon, Bengalmon. When I say when, I want you to fire your attacks, kay?".
The two champion digimon nodded.
Sailor Harmony carefully aimed her rose arrow. "Now!"
"Howling Blaster! Bengal Rings!" attacked the two champion digimon.
"Harmony Rose Crossbow!" Sailor Harmony released her arrow. When it made contact with the Spire, it crumbled down to a pile of black rubble.
The other DigiDestined cheered.
"That's my girl." Matt kissed Sailor Harmony.
RedVegimon took off his dark ring, "Whoa! Did I get married when I was asleep?" The other Vegimon slipped off their dark rings as well.
"Now I see." Lita said.
"See what Lita?" asked Zapdomon.
"The Spire, it acted like an electricity rod to power the Dark Rings." answered the brunette. "Making it possible for the Digimon Emperor to control all of the Digimon in a single area."
"Interesting theory Lita." Izzy complemented.
"So now I guess it's safe to take the Gotsumon back to their homes." Agumon said.
"Let's go, I'll lead the way." Tai said, leading the Gotsumon. Mina was right beside.
"Right behind ya big brother." Kari called from the back.
"Garurumon and Bengalmon will stay here and protect you Gazimon from the Digimon Emperor." Sailor Harmony said, rubbing each of the Champion Digimon.
"You can count on us Harmony." said Garurumon. Bengalmon nodded. The Gazimon cheered in excitement.
Sailor Harmony kissed Garurumon's muzzle and hugged him. "I'm also trusting you to look after Bengalmon as well."
The Bengal tiger digimon nudged Harmony's shoulder. The scout hugged her champion digimon and ruffled the fur on the side of her face.
The DigiDestined returned home to the real world, minus Tai, Mina, and Kari. Izzy pulled up a map of the Digital World that he found when he was examining Payson's digivice.
"See this white square?" Izzy asked, pointing to a single white square. "Well it used to be black, until we destroyed the Control Spire in that area."
"It'll take a while to turn all those black squares into white ones." Cody pointed out.
"No kidding." Payson agreed.
Later that evening, in the Digital World, Greymon and Dobermon managed to destroy a Control Spire.
"They don't make control spires like they used to." Greymon said.
"Ha! Way to go, Greymon! You're a one 'mon wrecking crew!" Tai cheered on his partner.
In his lair, the Digimon Emperor had the same map of the Digital World on his screen. "A spire was destroyed?" he questioned out loud. "Must be those meddling DigiDestined. But it doesn't matter, within a year I will control every area of the Digital World, including those so-called DigiDestined."
Wormmon looked at his human partner, concerned.
What is the Digimon Emperor's plans for our DigiDestined? Find out in the next, and future chapters of A New Destiny Arises…
To Be Continued…
A/N: The lyrics used during Piper and Matt's concert was the last few verses of "Our Melody" which is orginally the image song for Matt and Gabumon. But for this crossover story, think of it as Matt and Piper's couple theme^^