A stormtrooper lost in the Digiworld Chapter 5 – Training sessions.
Good day to all readers. I have decided to continue this story, even though my sister and brother now fear me very much, and quitted to ask me about the story. I have found out that there are some people, who actually like my story, so I will continue to write for them. Message for whatisee: could you tell me how old are you? Just for information. And I'm sorry for any grammatical mistakes that are in the text.
…Team continued their trip through the mountains, and it was close to an end. To make the travel easier, people tried to talk about something while walking. That's was precisely what were doing NZ and Ulairimon. And the only thing they could be talking about was… weapons.
"I have seen your weapon in battle. It was very effective. After all, not every human can kill a digimon in battle." Ulairimon hissed.
"Yes, E-11 blaster rifle is quite powerful. But the problem is that, once I have no ammo, it's useless. I fear that, once all of the ammo is spent, I will become worthless as a fighting force." responded NZ.
"Yes, that's just too bad. If we are going to fight numerous enemies at a time, we will need every warrior we can get."
"I saw your sword in battle also. Can I ask you something?"
"Of course, master. What is on your mind?"
"I wonder if you have a spare sword." NZ replied. If Ulairimon's eyes were visible, NZ could have been seen the amazement in his look.
"Why do you need a spare sword, master?"
"Well, I'll explain. When I will be out of ammo, I'll be standing behind and supporting you with
my digivice, like the other tamers. While you and the other digimon are in battle, some of the enemy digimon might target the tamers. In that case you or others won't be able to come in time to deflect the attack. That is why I will need something to protect the children and, in that situation, to buy some time for our digimon to come and destroy the attackers."
"I have a spare sword. But it's suicide for a human to fight a digimon in melee combat." hissed Ulairimon.
"Perhaps, but still, I am the only adult here, and it is my duty to protect these children and their friends."
"Why are you so loyal to them anyway? Isn't your life just as important as theirs? You all humans look the same to me."
"Yes, but don't forget that I'm also a soldier. So quit this useless discussion. You will have to teach me to fight with a sword, and to resist digimon attacks with it."
"As you wish, my master." he hissed.
The discussion ended. Although no one heard what they were talking about, the fact that they were talking was not unnoticed. Guilmon, who was bored, thought that this should be discussed with his second best friend – Terriermon.
"Hey you noticed that NZ was speaking to Ulairimon?"
"So?"
"Doesn't that seem strange?'
"No. Why do you consider strange the fact that a tamer speaks with his digimon?"
"Well, I don't know, but maybe they are up to something. I think I'll spy on them and will find out what are they hiding."
"You know, I think I will tell Ulairimon to scare you a couple of times. Looks like he didn't scared the stupidity out of you the last time. But, if you will find something important, inform me about it. And don't run to me when Ulairimon will decide do beat you up, because he will beat me up also if I'll get in his way."
"Alright then! I will go on my super mega spy mission and will gather information."
"Yeah, what ever. Good luck James Bond!" Terriermon replied and ended this. From now on Guilmon was acting strange, hiding in the bushes and thinking that no one sees him. Nobody gave that little game of his much importance. The group has taken another one hour break, and NZ decided that this was perfect time for his training. That is because he was not tired, and Ulairimon didn't even knew what that was. They have left a note on the stone, and left. Of course, Guilmon followed them, while the rest of the team was resting. NZ and his digimon came to a distance from the camp.
"Here, this will be your sword from now on, my master." hissed Ulairimon and gave his tamer one of his ghastly – looking morgul blades.
"It is a morgul blade. It is a poisoned magical weapon that can cut through almost anything. If you wound someone with this, a small piece of it is broken and remains in the wound, in time working its way to the heart." he added.
"That is a fine weapon. I am sure it will serve its purpose well. How about we go on to training?"
"As you wish. Do you know anything about sword fighting?"
"Yes. We learned it back in the Imperial Military Academy."
"That is good to hear. Shall we begin?" he asked and raised his sword.
"Ready." NZ replied and raised his. The training has begun… Meanwhile the super mega spy a.k.a Guilmon was following the "strange pair". He was proceeding forward, but suddenly he heard something. It was a sound of one steel hitting another. He moved carefully and saw the training in progress. He ran back to the camp as fast as he could, and he shouted:
"Everyone! Come quick! Ulairimon is attacking NZ! We must help him!"
This scream turned everything in the camp upside down. Terriermon said angrily:
"I always knew that he was a traitor!"
Just when Renamon was about to run and help, she noticed the note on the stone.
"Hey, hold on for a second, take a look at this." she said loudly. Everyone went to her to find out what she has found. Renamon read the note loudly:
"We are training in 500 meters distance north from the camp. If you need us, you can find us there. That is NZ's handwriting." Than everyone was looking at Guilmon, angrily.
"Hey, c'mon, who knew?" he tried to find an excuse.
"Forget it, James Bond, not interested." said Terriermon.
Rika was going to get away too, but Renamon stopped her for a while.
"Aren't you interested in going to watch this?"
"Actually, that is a good idea. Let's go." Rika nodded, and they went. When they have reached the training ground, they have stayed behind the stone, where Guilmon was hiding. They have witnessed an unusual scene. Rika thought that the training supposed to mean planning attacks and various physical activities, she was training Renamon that way. She was amazed when she saw those two sword fighting. Ulairimon was attacking very quickly, and NZ was retreating, but he managed to block the majority of the strikes. "Ulairimon is attacking fast, even for a digimon, and that stormtrooper manages to block them. Amazing. What is the purpose of this training anyway?" Renamon asked herself as she watched the battle. NZ tried to go into a counterattack, but made a mistake, and Ulairimon, taking the advantage of the situation, hit NZ with his leg and made him to fall. "That was a dirty trick!" Rika said quietly to Renamon. Ulairi quitted the attack, and helped NZ to get up. He picked up his sword, made a slight bow to his "nemesis", and the training was about to continue, but Ulairimon halted him.
"We are being watched." he said.
"Really?"
"Renamon, Rika, if you want to watch, there is no need to hide." he hissed loudly. "We are spotted, Rika" Renamon said to her. "Well, what do you know." she replied and went out of her hiding place. Renamon followed her.
"Anyway, what are you guys doing here?" Rika asked Ulairimon.
"I am training my master to use a sword against digimon." he replied.
"Really? Let me see how much he learned." Renamon said and approached NZ at her top speed. Then she tried to hit him lightly, but her paw didn't reach the target, it hit the morgul-blade NZ was wielding.
"Wow, I'm impressed. You actually managed to block my attack." she said. She was really surprised.
"Oh Renamon! Come here for a minute! Remember I told you will get loads of melee training when you first got nailed by a common soldier?" Rika asked, ad her face turned vicious.
"Y…yes." Renamon replied.
"Well, now you will get two loads of melee training! And for the same reason too. And I think we will start right now." Rika said, and then turned to Ulairimon.
"Ulairimon! Can you train Renamon too? It seems she is lacking experience." Rika asked Ulairi.
"Can I have your permission, master?" he asked NZ.
"Of course. Do everything Rika ask you to do without asking my permission."
"As you wish, master." Ulairi hissed and then turned to Rika.
"I have the permission of my master. When should we start?"
"Right now, but there are two rules: not to harm each other, and do not use malicious dark spells."
"As you wish." he hissed and suddenly attacked Renamon, and she barely managed to evade that attack. "He is fast, really fast, and he isn't joking. Oh crap, how on Earth I have got myself into this?" she managed to think while barely evading another vicious strike. Ulairimon was attacking like wild, and Renamon didn't have any chance of striking back at this speed. Finally, she managed to catch his sword between her paws. "Gotcha." she thought and hit Ulairimon with her knee. But … Ulairimon haven't moved to protect himself from this hit, instead he hit Renamon in the face with his iron fist, and send her flying. "Why that double-crossing two-timing …! He planned this all along!" she thought while flying to the ground. Meanwhile Rika, who was standing near the stormtrooper, and observing the battle, said:
"Your digimon fights dirty!"
"Is that a bad thing?" he replied.
"Well, technically no, but still…"
"In battle honor equals stupidity. You must dispatch your foe with any means at your disposal. If you won't kill the enemy, he will kill you."
"Yes, I see your point."
While they were talking the battle was already over. Renamon was on the ground staring at the blade near her throat.
"Surrender." her opponent hissed.
"I surrender." she managed to squeeze out of herself. She hated to lose. "At least there are only few witnesses of my embarrassing defeat." she thought. Ulairimon helped her get up and asked in his hissing manner:
"Do you want to try again?"
"Yes. I think my mistress will not be satisfied with my defeat." Renamon replied.
"As you wish." he replied and attacked again. Only this time Renamon was ready, and managed to evade that attack. She jumped in the air and shouted:
"Diamond storm!" as she launched a barrage of diamonds into the target. Although the attack was pretty slow, Ulairimon didn't made even an attempt to withdraw from the line of fire. That was because the diamonds ricocheted from his armor, partially hidden beneath his cloak.
"God I love this armor." he hissed and waged another attack. This time Renamon engaged her nemesis in close-quarter combat, but no matter how hard she tried, her attacks were always blocked by either a sword or a hand. But it was quite difficult for her to block the strikes of the sword, because she was afraid to lose her paw. Then Ulairimon tried to use his "dirty tricks" again, and hit Renamon in her knee. She managed to evade the sword attack that came after this, but now her knee was hurt, because Ulairimon's boot had spikes on it. "He will keep hitting me like this, until I will be wounded enough to surrender." Renamon thought. Her opponent came closer and attacked again. He managed to hit her knee one more time, and this time his spike went deep in the leg.
"Arhh!" she moaned and fell to the ground. Ulairimon's sword was near her throat again and he asked once again:
"Surrender?"
"Yes, that would be enough for today. You have damaged my knee cup and I am unable to fight."
Rika and NZ went to see what is going on. NZ saw that Renamon's knee was bleeding, and took out his first aid kit. He took some bacta and a bandage, and quickly wrapped up her knee-cup. After that was done, he said:
"There you are, now you will be alright in no time." and helped Renamon to get up. She limped on her damaged leg, so NZ helped her to get back to the camp, while Rika and Ulairimon were going behind. Back at the camp everyone was curious what happened.
"What the hell happened?" Henry asked.
"Training accident." Rika replied.
Bacta worked perfectly. In 30 minutes the group went further… The sun was going to hide behind the line of the horizon. Children were preparing for sleep, and the night-guarding force was rearranged.
"Now, Ulairimon, you will go with Guilmon and Terriermon, to make sure they are not sleeping on their posts." said Rika.
"I can assure you that they won't." replied Ulairimon, and then said to the two shivering digimon:
"Let's go, we have work to do."…
The firs trio's guarding time was over, and now it was NZ's and Renamon's. As usual, he took his post on the ground, but what was unusual, is that Renamon didn't took her average post on a nearby tree, and stood on the ground this time, close to NZ's position.
"Why aren't you at your tree - post as usual?" he asked.
"After today's training I am not sure in anything anymore, not even in my powers."
"So, why are you here and not in the tree?"
"Um… to be sure none of us will receive an attack from the back."
"Oh, alright then, carry on." NZ replied with his regular monotonic voice. Renamon was not telling the truth, when she replied to him. She couldn't tell him that she was just a bit scared of staying alone.
"Your digimon is very strong." she nodded.
"Yes, he is."
"Do you trust him?"
"I am his tamer. I have accepted it and I trust him, as well as he trusts me."
"I see. Can I ask you one more question?"
"Yes."
"What will you do when we will finally rescue our friend and will go back to our world?"
"I will go with your group to your world, of course. Then I will find a job, and will try to live the rest of my life peacefully."
"That is good to hear. As for me, I don't know what I will do. First I thought that my goal in life is to become stronger, but now I just don't know what to do."
"I can give you a hint. You could continue to be Rika's best friend."
"That is a good idea. Yet, sometimes I hate that people die because of age."
"Better to get used to that."
"You are right… So right… Always right…"
Suddenly, they have heard something from behind. The sound was very weak, but still detectable.
"What is that?" NZ asked.
"Don't know, let's go see." Renamon replied. When they came back to the camp, they saw Ulairimon. He was sitting on the stone, and the strange sounds were coming from his direction. Renamon saw that he had some sort of a devise in his hand, and earmuffs in his hood.
"Is that … an MP3 player?" Renamon asked in amazement.
"A MP3 what?" Ulairimon hissed.
"Are you listening to music or something? Where have found it?"
"I found this devise 3 days ago. I was going to search for your group and met some people, who looked like your tamers. But they were scared of me, and ran away, and have dropped this. I have figured out how it worked. So I listen to it, is that a crime? The undead can't sleep and is forced to stay awake all the time, so what else I must do during this time."
"People who look like our tamers… Hm… this information is important. But it'll wait for tomorrow, now our tamers are asleep. Anyway, what are you listening anyway? Can I listen too?" she asked.
"Of course. Here you go." Ulairimon replied, and gave her his earmuffs. Renamon recalled the band. Its name was SOAD. And the song was called "Soldier side."
Dead
man lying on the bottom of the grave
Wondering when Savior
comes
Is he gonna be saved
Maybe you're a sinner into your
alternate life
Maybe you're a junker maybe you deserve to
die
They were crying when their sons left
God is wearing
black
He's gone so far to find no hope
He's never coming
back
They were crying when their sons left
All young men must
go
He's come so far to find the truth
He's never going
home
Young men standing on the top of their own
graves
Wondering when Jesus comes
Are they gonna be
saved
Cruelty to the winner, Bishop tells the King his
lies
Maybe you're a mourner, maybe you deserve to die
They were
crying when their sons left
God is wearing black
He's gone so
far to find no hope
He's never coming back
They were crying
when their sons left
All young men must go
He's come so far to
find no truth
He's never going home
Welcome to the Soldier
Side
Where there's no one here but me
People all grow up to
die
There is no one here but me
Welcome to the Soldier
Side
Where there's no one here but me
People on the soldier's
side
There is no one here but me.
Song ended. Renamon returned earmuffs back to the owner, than said:
"That is a sad song."
"Yes, it is. Now, if you don't mind, get back to your duties." he hissed back. They went. For the rest of the night Renamon didn't said a thing. A phrase from the song she heard got into her head. "People all grow up to die… That is so true. Rika will die some time too. What I will do then?" she thought. Then she looked at NZ. "He is a soldier. He has a purpose to exist. And he is just a man. I wonder if it is a good thing or a bad thing to have the gift of eternal life… A soldier… The song is called "soldier side"… People can be so cruel… to themselves. That's it. I'm lost. Now I don't know what to think. But I understood one thing… I don't want anyone of them to die. And I won't let them…"
The sun was rising...
Another chapter ended. I am so sorry for this ridiculous foolish chapter, but this is all what I was able to think of. If you like or don't like something in the story – feel free to express yourselves in the reviews. Any opinion is important to me, as it will help me to anticipate any mistakes in the future.