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On the last chapter I forgot to say that every digimon featured in this story can be found on the digimon wikia page. Or type their name into Google and a picture should come up. If I make my own digimon I'll tell you, but that might be rare.
Author Confession: When deciding on the digimon I loved the idea of twin digimon like Lopmon Terriermon and Pegasusmon and Nefertimon. But I couldn't use Lunamon as someone's partner just because it didn't fit into the storyline. So while I was writing this chapter I brought her in temporarily. Her twin digimon is actually Shinya's digimon.
Recap:
"What in god's name are theses?!" Emi screamed thrusting the brown and green thing in his face.
"How should I know?!" He screamed back.
" Well I don't know. You're my older cousin!"
"So's Zack. Ask him!"
"Everyone stop shouting!" Zack pleaded.
"Look a dog. We can follow it back to its owner then go home." Rex suggested.
"The first good thing you've said all day." Zack confessed although it sounded forced.
The dog was seemed to a Labrador, mostly a white colour with purple highlights on the end of its tail and oversized ears. There were two purple triangles in each cheek, where a cats whiskers would be found. It had a small black nose and two small incisors could be seen coming out of it mouth. The tails was curly, wrapping the end into a twirl.
"So cute." Rini screamed running up to the dog. "Hi i'm Rini. Can you take us to your owner, we're not from around her."
The dog looked at her in surprise then opened its mouth to bark. "Hi I'm Labramon. We're in the digital world."
"WHAT!" All six of them screamed
Chapter Three:
Shinya stared at the talking dog thing, Labramon it was called. "What the heck is the digital world?" Emi screamed.
"The home of all digimon." The dog thing, Labramon, smiled. 'Can a dog smile?' He thought. "It has been such a long time since humans have come into the digital world. Are you humans?"
"Yes of course. Are you implying that humans have visited here before?" Tami asked.
Before Labramon could answer a pink light shot out of Rini device straight towards Labramon. "You have a digivice." Labramon called happily. "That means you're digidestined, I always wanted to have a partner. We're going to be best friends." Labramon began to wag its tail. 'Was it a boy or girl? Were digimon even a gender?'
"You're a talking dog." Zack stated. "This is all a messed up dream."
"I do not think we would be included in a collective dream." Tami pointed out.
"As much as it pains me to agree with her. I do." Rex agreed.
"Be nice." Rini said as she crouched down in front of Labramon. "What does it mean to have a partner?"
"It means we fight together and always trust each other. You give me power and I protect you while we are here." Labramon explained.
"Amazing." Rini screamed clapping her hands.
"Why were we called here?" Tami asked. "And these humans before us who were they?"
"Oh I never saw them, just a little egg I was when they left." Suddenly he fell to the ground, placing its paws over its face.
"It looks scared." Shinya pointed out to which Rini flicked him in the arm. "Ouch." He rubbed where she'd inflicted pain.
"Don't be so rude Shinya. He's a boy, aren't you?"
"Why are you such a small digimon and that one so big?" Rex said pointing at something in the sky. Shinya looked up to see a mantis like insect flying in the air. It was bright green with two massive sickles for hands. There were three white wings from each side and a pair of bright orange antennae. Shinya couldn't see any eyes only five long strips of purple.
The digimon was heading straight for them. "Um guys, maybe we should run away." Zack asked.
"It won't hurt us; look it's even turning away." Emi stated.
"Insects often turn around to change their trajectory to better reach their target. Before he would have flown over us. Now when he returns he will surely hit us." Tami said calmly standing as if walking about the weather.
Shinya thought about those sickles coming close to him. "RUN!" He shouted as they ran in the opposite directing of the green mantis digimon, Labramon leading the way.
"Maybe if we point these things at the digimon a light will appear blinding him." Zack guessed pointing his device at the mantis thing.
"That happened since they were partners. I don't want to have that thing for a partner." Emi worried.
Instead of a bright light blinding the digimon, a holographic image of it appeared from the small screen on Zack's device. "Snimon." A ladies voice said making them jump at the suddenness. Well expect Tami who just looked intrigued. "Champion Vaccine Digimon. Attacks: Twins Sickles, Ultimate Twin Sickles, Slamming Attack, Green Sickle Cut."
"Well that's handy; I always wanted to know how I'd die." Rex commented sarcastically.
"I wonder if similar comments are made for all digimon." Tami asked pointing her own device at Labramon.
A holographic image appeared from her own screen. "Labramon. Rookie Vaccine Digimon. Attack: Cure Liquor, RetrieverG."
"Didn't I say to be running?!" Shinya shouted as Snimon released his first attack on them. "Twin Sickles."
The attack flew above them, chopping down the trees in front of them. Shinya jumped out of the way of a falling trunk, while Zack and Emi helped each other over a fallen log. Labramon had sent out a bark, which Shinya assumed was an attack, which broke the tree heading for him and Rini in half. Shinya looked around for Tami and Rex. "AH!" Tami screamed as a tree was falling towards her but she didn't couldn't move out of the way. Suddenly Rex ran and pushed the two of them out of the way. 'Wow', Shinya thought, he never thought Rex would save Tami.
The two got up from the ground before they started running again. "This way, I know where we can hide." Labramon called as he took them towards a small cave. The opening was just big enough to fit Tami, the smallest of the group, the inside would get cramped very quickly.
"We can't fit in there!" Emi shouted.
"Slamming Attack." Snimon pushed his body towards the group of them. Shinya threw himself flat on the floor, as did everyone else. Snimon hit the wall of the cave instead.
"Better in there than out here." Zack commented before climbing in. "Guy's its fine."
"Can't argue with that logic." Emi said following her cousin.
"I am unsure. I'd need to know where the floor is located to exert the right jump. Also there is no indication as to if inside the cave is safer then outside. It could be a trap." Tami reasoned.
"Get ready to catch." Rex called before pushing Tami through the opening. "Girl thinks too much." He said before climbing in himself.
"Rini go next." Shinya commanded.
"I told you not to tell me what to do."
"My parents will kill me if I let you get hurt."
"You don't think my parents will do the same. I have Labramon, it's safer for you to go in first."
"You should listen to Rini, friend of Rini." Labramon said. "I can protect her."
"I'm sure you can," 'but I feel like I should' He thought. "If you aren't in this cave in the next three seconds I'm coming back out."
"Fine Shinya." Rini sighed which made him feel a little better.
Shinya stepped in only to miss his footing completely and started falling. There was no land after you stepped in; it was a slide that led you down to a cavern. The cavern, under the ground was much bigger and much nosier then he had thought it would be. Shinya picked himself up from the floor and walked over to his friends a few feet away.
The cavern was filled with small creatures, which he assumed were different types of digimon. They looked smaller than Labramon and Snimon, so they could less powerful. On the furthermost side from them were some large eggs with different geometric designs. It couldn't make them out clearly as the cavern was dark, the only light came from a few walking candles.
'Let's see if the digivice thing works' He thought as he pointed his Orange and Black digivice at the candle. "Candlemon." The ladies voice said. "Rookie Data Digimon. Attacks: Lava Loogie, Paraffin Paralyzer." 'Candlemon, no one wasted any brain cells there.'
A little digimon hopped over to him and started pushing at his feet. He moved only to have it follow him. It was green with blueish horns. It didn't have any legs, must a whisper of smoke for a tail. Shinya walked away again but it just followed him again. Sighing he picked the digimon up in his hands and walked over to his friends.
"Weeeeeee." Rini screamed happily as she came down the slide, followed by Labramon.
"Labramon did you happen to find anymore digimon?" One of the Candlemon said as he walked up to them.
"No, I was on my way when I found these humans and Snimon attacked." Labramon replied in a solemn voice, much different to outside. What exactly was everyone doing in this cavern?
"Why is everyone under the ground like this?" He asked.
Labramon turned to look at him then at the digimon in his hands. "I think I should explain from the start." He turned to Candlemon. "Have any de-digivolved?"
"Three in training digimon have returned to their fresh forms while five fresh have changed back into eggs. Tapirmon has kept the weaker digimon asleep, but I'm not sure who long even he can carry on." Candlemon replied. Shinya didn't need to be a rocket scientist to know whatever was happening was a bad thing.
"Labramon what's going on?" Rini asked concerned. As the Candlemon walked away the little digimon flew out of his hands and made its way into the crowd.
"I'll start at the beginning." Labramon said as they sat next to their friends.
"Typically the most effective point." Tami agreed yet when she looked at their faces she stayed quiet.
"The digitial world is divided in different sections and then villages. The village we are currently in is directly next to primary village where all baby digimon are born from their eggs. As these digimon grow older and digivolve they accidently venture into other lands. This wasn't much of a problem before since Elecmon and Swanmon, they look after the baby digimon, bring them back. But a few days ago Snimon began to terrorise this village, he'd attack any digimon he saw and it didn't matter if they were only fresh form." Labramon started yet already Shinya wanted to go and rip the wings of Snimon. Even if this was a dream he would have to do something. Little baby digimon lives were at stake.
"Me and a few other Rookie digimon banded together to save the digimon that crossed over and those native to the village. The digimon here aren't used to fighting, espically since they are so close to Primary village." 'It's nice they have a place for the baby digimon to grow up. If today was anything to go by the digital world was a scary place' He thought.
"Why don't you just band together and fight Snimon. Surely a few of you overpower one of him." Emi asked.
"Attacking could mean we sacrifice some of our digimon in the process. We've been focusing our efforts on protecting those we can, not attacking."
"But surely you want to get rid of him. You can only protect for so long."
"We know. But the village is peaceful, we cannot attack with Primary Village so close. Imagine if a Fresh Digimon appeared out of nowhere?"
Zack slowly raised his hand, as if they were in class. "What are the forms you're talking about. Fresh? I heard my digivice say Champion and Tami's said Rookie about you."
"Oh I'm so forgetful sometimes." Labramon smiled. "We digimon have different levels of power, you digivolve to go to the next level but its hard work to digivolve. I've been Labramon for a few years now. But it's cool. Well I hope to sometimes digivolve and now I can 'cause Rini's here. YAY for Rini!"
"What are the forms?" Tami asked, bringing Labramon down from his digivolved induced high.
"You start of as an egg,"
"That answers the question of what came first." Rex interrupted only to get shushed by Emi and Rini.
"When you hatch you are a Fresh. Then you digivolve to In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate and Mega. Few digimon have done beyond that though. Wouldn't be amazing if you could though." Shinya could just see the stars in the digimon's eyes.
"As interesting as your tale is, why there are so many digimon here?" Tami asked.
"As I said before we protect them. But since we cannot just walk out and get food whenever we want some of the younger digimon don't have the energy to keep their form and di-digivolve. Those eggs you see their as the lowest form of some of the digimon here."
"That's so sad." Rini gushed.
"Why were we sent here? Why are we digidestined? What are we meant to be doing?" Shinya asked, unable to keep it in anymore. He'd been silent for so long it couldn't continue. If they did whatever they were meant to quickly then they could go home. Hopefully their parents hadn't noticed them gone yet.
"I don't know. But know what you're here it will be so much fun." He began smiling idiotically again. 'Couldn't they talk to a sane digimon?' Shinya wished.
"I don't exactly know why you are here but you should ask Baromon. He's the keeper of the digital world's histories. I don't know anyone better than him to answer your questions." Another digimon said walking up to them. "Since I see into dreams of digimon I will tell you what little I know. You all have digivice I presume, if so you will all have a partner in the digital. All the other digidestined before you have found their partners before trying to take on the bad guy. Baromon will not speak to you unless you can prove you are digidestined and have your partners. He is most particular about such things."
The digimon was blue with a brown overcoat along its back. Its head was covered by a metal mask, leaving space for two tusks. It had two front legs, one held a gold ring with some inscriptions, while in the place of back legs where whispers of smoke.
"How do you know so much about the other digidestined?" Zack asked but before the digimon could answer a bright brown light shone from Emi's digivice straight towards the new digimon.
"Well isn't that unusual." The digimon replied looking down at the light then at Emi. "I hope we have a good partnership. One that is mutually beneficial." The digimon sounded kind of bored. It reminded him of someone, just a bit.
"So who are you?" Emi asked hesitantly.
"Surely that digivice will tell you the information you need. I saw the brown haired boy point it at the Candlemon." Shinya blushed at being caught.
"I would much rather you tell me." Emi pushed.
"Very well, as you wish. I am Tapirmon, a Vaccine Rookie digimon that can infiltrate dreams. Yes digimon do dream before someone begins to ask the question. My attacks are Nightmare Syndrome and Deleting Virus. If we ally ourselves with a Digitamamon I can deliver a Double Nightmare Syndrome, but I find them highly annoying and will only do so under extreme circumstances."
"You say Vaccine. Is this the type of digimon a digimon can be?" Tami asked.
"Yes a digimon is typically a Vaccine, Data or Virus. Their type holds no bearing on their alliance to good or evil."
"That's good then. How do you know so much and Labramon knows so little." Emi asked ignoring the 'Hey' Labramon barked.
"I have travelled before coming to this village and I have ventured into many dreams of digimon much more powerful then myself. I only help here to save the little digimon."
"They didn't hurt you did they?" Emi asked her eyes watering.
"Oh my god. It's like a second Tami." Rex joked to which Emi flicked him.
"Do not talk to my partner that way. He's amazing and clever." Emi smiled.
Tapirmon didn't say a word just sat down next to Emi. "Well if what the little guy is saying we need to find our partners. Then find Baromon, wherever he is. Maybe then we can go home. So first thing to do is defeat that flying mantis so we can get out of here. Oh and save the little digimons too." Shinya said, pumping his fist into the air. The quicker they could leave the carven the quicker they could get home. He didn't want to spend a second longer then he needed.
"May I ask something?" Tami raised her hand.
"Not now." Zack whispered to her, but the carven didn't help muffle his voice.
"Presume when we meet this Baromon he informs us that we need to choose between this world and our own. Which would you pick? Even if we could help these digimon and a few more, would we stay the help the rest? Presuming we cannot talk the digimon home with us what will you have us do? What will be tell our parents of our absence? The truth or a lie?" Tami questioned, which only made him feel worse. It wasn't that her questions were wrongs but they had only been at the digital world a little under an hour and she was already having such thoughts about the future, something about that didn't sit right with him.
Sure Tami was the youngest and smartest but did she have to say these things out loud when their friends and the baby digimon were there. She was only scaring them and herself.
"Let's find Baromon first, then we can worry about the rest." He reasoned.
"That is not enough to set me to rest. You are the leader, lead us!" She shouted which out of turn for her. Never in the twelve years he'd known her had he ever heard her shout or sound so distressed. 'She must really be scared' He thought. Shinya still thought it was a dream.
He wasn't a leader, though. Where did she get that idea from?
"Paraffin Paralyzer." The Candlemon fired shooting some white blobs at Tami which sent her falling to the floor. Zack caught her and set her down on the floor slowly, Shinya only then saw the white blobs were hot wax.
"What are you doing?!" Emi shouted.
"She was scaring the digimon." He reasoned.
"She was scared herself. You don't go attacking everyone that annoys you have some manners."
"We have been down here for three days."
"Well you should be used to it then. We've been her one hour! Be considerate. We're trying to help you shouldn't have attacked."
"Emi if you wish I can enter her dreams and make sure nothing else scares her." Tapirmon said offering help.
"No." Shinya said. "We will need you in the fight."
"The fight? What fight?" Rini asked.
"Look I've been here for only a bit and i hate it. God knows how these digimon survived without killing each other."
"One day your impatience is going to get us killed." Zack commented dryly.
"It's obvious you guys want to fight so just direct that towards Snimon." Shinya ignored Zack's comment at his flaw.
"How do you propose we do that?" Tapirmon asked.
"We have in training and Rookie digimon. That should do." Shinya answered pumping his fists into the air.
"Yeah!" Rini shouted.
"We have several weak in training digimon, four rookie digimon. You want us to go up against a champion digimon." Tapirmon asked again.
"Don't be such a downer." Emi said, breaking her glare at Candlemon to look down at her partner.
"I am not a downer, as you all it, I just think we should be logical when thinking of attacks."
"Look, Snimon doesn't look that tough, I bet we could beat him with one attack. Come on take a risk." Shinya urged.
"Shinya's right. We need to get out of here, find out digimon and find Baromon. We can't do that stuck down here. I'm in, who's with me." Rex shouted.
"It wouldn't be you fighting though will it?" Candlemon commented. "Who do you propose we do it?"
"You said four rookie digimon, who's the fourth?" Zack asked, standing up.
"Lunamon." Tapirmon stated. "But she's too weak to fight. You see she needs the moon to restore her energy. But down here she doesn't get much moonlight. She's very shy as well, so talking to her will not be easy."
"Will the three of you fight though?" Shinya asked, wanting to make sure he had a small army even if Lunamon didn't agree.
"I will if Emi requires it of me." Tapirmon answered.
"Count me in!" Labramon shouted happily.
"I guess if it would make up for what I did." Candlemon agreed.
"Guess I'll go talk to Lunamon then." Shinya said slowly turning around. 'Was this why Tami called him the leaders, because he took matter onto himself' He thought, 'The way I'm acting reminds me of Takuya. Weird right?"
Lunamon was a rabbit. That was the first thing that came into his head when he saw the small digimon sitting in the corner of the cavern. It was the darkest part but she gave of a little moonlight, which didn't let him see what she looked like apart from the basic outline.
"Hey there." He said sitting down next to her. 'Hopefully I didn't sit on a digimon' he wondered, 'could there be digimon shaped like dirt. He'd seen a dog, candle and mantis so why not."
"Hi." Lunamon replied before silencing herself again.
"The other digimon say you're shy." He stated hoping it would work.
"I guess so."
"But you're talking to me."
"I know you're only talking to me so you can get me to fight with you."
"Will you?"
"No." She whispered.
"Why?" He tried to not shout at the small digimon.
"I'm talking to you because I can sense the power you have, you link to the sun. But not even you can get me to fight."
"Don't you want the moonlight? Wouldn't you need it?"
"I do but there are some things that I can't do. Fighting today is one of them. Where I to fire even one attack I would de-digivolve."
"Would you not de-digivolve if you just sat here?" Shinya stood up then crouched down in front of her. "Just remember if you don't fight you'll de-digivolve anyway." He began to walk away when she called his name.
"Is the moon out?" She asked and he nodded before returning to his friends plus Candlemon.
"She isn't going to fight."
"Well I'm not surprised." Labramon smiled. "Let's go."
"Wait." Rini shouted taking out three chocolate bars. "You said you needed energy this is the quickest way I know to get some. I sneaked from home. Shush don't tell anyone."
"What's that?" Labramon asked taking the one offered to him.
"It's chocolate. Don't you have some here?" Labramon shook his head at her question. "Try it." Labramon took the unwrapped chocolate and bite into it. His eyes sparkled, again, and he devoured the bar in seconds.
"Amazing. Can I have the others?"
"No. It's for Tapirmon and Candlemon."
"Emi, may it?" Tapirmon asked after Candlemon ate his one. Emi nodded and within seconds all three bars were gone.
"Smart thinking. Bit of a coincidence." Rex commented with his hand in his pockets. "Just when we need it you have it."
"Actually I only had it since your mum hates making chocolate desserts. I love chocolate." She spread her hands out and span on the spot. 'She's an idiot sometimes' Shinya thought.
"Great let's go." Shinya shouted walking towards the slide. 'How do we get up from here?' He thought looking up the slide curiously.
"Um, Shinya what are you going there?" Emi asked from across the cavern. They were stood by some stairs which obviously lead to the surface. They all looked curious; well expect Rex who looked like he'd start laughing at any second.
"Just making sure no one was coming down." He lied, walking towards them.
"Zack said he'd stay with Tami." Rex told him when they got to the surface.
"Okay gang we only have one shot at this. Any good attacks we can use?" Shinya asked. The digimon narrowed their eyes at him.
"All our attacks are great. Rude human." Candlemon sneered. "Just leave it to us."
"Cure Liquor." Labramon said and the other two digimon were surrounding in the pink light. "It was the least I could do."
"What was that?" Rini asked.
"I restored some of their energy."
"Thank you." Tapirmon said as Snimon appeared in front of them.
"Back for more?" He taunted.
"Lava Loogie." Candlemon sent a burst of flames towards Snimon but it was deflected by Snimon's sickles. "Lava Loogie. Lava Loogie." He sent two more flame balls, while they did hit Snimon it didn't do much damage.
"It's not working." Rini whined.
"We can see that." Rex added. "Not blind you know."
"Shut up Rex." Emi said.
"Oh yeah I forgot I'm not allowed to speak."
"Excuse me." Emi shrieked.
"Every time I talk I end up causing problems. Maybe I should keep quiet."
"Yeah do that."
"Deleting Virus." Tapirmon rammed into Snimon knocking him back a few steps.
"The problem is that he can fly. We need to get him down." Rex said pointing at Snimon.
"Didn't you say you'd stop talking?" Emi said.
"I will when you stop being a stuck up brat."
"Not now, you two." Shinya reprimanded.
"RetriverG." Labramon sent a powerful bark at Snimon which caused him to momentarily stop.
"NOW!" Shinya shouted.
"Nightmare Syndrome." Tapirmon sent Snimon to the floor, moving in pain.
"What was that?" Rini asked.
"I put him into a nightmare." Tapirmon answered yet Shinya wasn't sure he liked the attack. He hated nightmares, sending one to a digimon just seemed low.
"Lunar Claw." Two claws shaped images went into Snimon slicing him. "Lunar Claw, Lunar Claw." More of them went into Snimon until he scattered in little bits of data.
"Who's that?" Rini asked pointing to a figure behind some trees.
"Oh it's me. Lunamon." Lunamon said coming out from behind the trees and smiling. "You were right Shinya, I had to fight. I just went to primary village first and got Swanmon." Another digimon appeared behind her. It was a swan. Predictable. 'Well what it you expect with a name with Swanmon? A lion.' Something inside him said.
"I'm here to take the digimon home. Lunamon filled me in on what is happening so don't worry about them anymore. Snimon has already become an egg at Primary village, you see when a digimon is destroyed it returns to primary village. Yet when they de-digivolve they remain where they are." Swanmon explained in a calm sweet voice. Just like a mother. Shinya suddenly remembered his mom. 'The sooner we find Baromon the sooner we can go home.'
Swanmon and Candlemon went into the cavern while Lunamon stayed outside with them. "I'm sorry for not agreeing before." She said twisting one of her feet on the spot. "I hope I can make up for it."
"Don't worry about it you were just scared." Shinya said crouching down in front of her.
"I shouldn't have been. I'm Lunamon. To make up for it please let me come with you digidestined until you all find your partners. I want to help you."
Shinya shared a look with his friends, Emi and Rex didn't think it was a good idea but Rini's eyes said she would like it. "Okay, until we find our digimon."
"Thank you." Lunamon giggled wrapping her tiny arms around his neck.
"No problem." He smiled back. "Let's get Tami and Zack."
When they got back down, Tami was already up and was peeling the last of the wax of her skin. "It's real isn't it?" She stated as he sat down next to her.
"'Fraid so." He agreed.
"But don't worry guys. We have each other." Rini smiled sitting next to him.
"We've got each other back." Zack piped in from beside Tami.
"We aren't going to give up on each other until we get home." Emi called from behind them, her elbows on his shoulders.
They all looked at Rex; since they'd all said something surely he would too. "I'm not allowed to speak." He said crossing his arms.
"Excuse me for pointing out, but you just happened to do so." Tapirmon added.
"You're so funny." Lunamon giggled climbing into Shinya's lap.
"Let's make a pact to not separate until me get home." Rini stated. They all agreed.
One hour later.
"No we go this way!" Rex calmly stated pointing to the right hand path out of the three in front of them.
"You're wrong. It's this one." Shinya called pointing to the one of the left.
"Both of you are idiots. It's obviously that one!" Emi shouted pointing at the one in front of them.
"Right!"
"Straight."
"Right."
"Left."
"Straight."
"Why don't we flip a coin?" Zack asked.
"NO!" The three of them shouted back.
End of Chapter.
So first time in the digital world, first fight and they made some allies. Wondering why they were called to the digital world, so are they =) Don'r it won't take them long to find to get to Baromon.
Rex is still not being a team player... Don't worry he should start helping in the next chapter. It has his point of view but I haven't decided yet if it's all him.
Hopefully you won't hate me for what will happen (hides behind cushions). I'll just say this: it will give him relief from constantly fighting with Emi.
Oh, Lunamon is not Shinya's partner, there is a reason for her tagging along. When a partner is found a light goes from the digivice to the digimon in question. Like with Tapirmon and Labramon. If I didn't describe them properly just pop over to the digimon wikia website.
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