A New Enemy

We were about to set out on our adventure on Server. Just then, the screens on our digivices glowed. I sighed. "Looks like we're getting another heaping helping of trouble… Can they hold the gravy this time?"

It was so well-timed that Andrew busted out laughing. "I hope so, Cole, because I'm not a fan of it either." I could tell that he couldn't help but chuckle as he spoke. Suddenly, what appeared to be a ghost (that is, a Halloween-type ghost, someone with a sheet thrown over them, but there was no one under it) with a witch's hat on appeared out of nowhere. In fact, several of them appeared. Our digivices beeped at us, and we looked down.

"Soulmon?"

I sighed. "They really need to get a new naming system… every digimon has the same last name. I can't tell which mon is my mon and which mon is your mon. Hey, Andrew? I think you're the mon!"

Sighing, Andrew shook his head and looked away. "Ready, Leormon?"

"You bet!!!'

The Soulmon started to attack. "Necro Magic!!!"

"Leormon, digivolve to… Liamon!!!"

"Commandramon, digivolve to… Sealsdramon!!!"

Liamon ran towards the ghosts. "Thunder of Kings!!!" Electricity leapt off his mane.

Sealsdramon got behind them, as usual. "Death Behind."

As we watched, the Soulmon slowly disappeared.

After a few minutes, when they had dedigivolved, we started walking again, only to see something that looked very familiar. It looked like that thing we'd seen, Patamon, that had digivolved to Angemon, but it was purplish in color.

I looked at it funny. "You're… Patamon, right?"

He looked insulted. "No!! Patamon's my cousin. I'm Tsukaimon. You're new around here, aren't you?"

We nodded. "Yeah."

"Well, you should know, everyone listens to the great Persiamon. Her advice is taken by everyone!!! You should see her!"

I could see a smile forming on Tsukaimon's face. "Thanks, but I'll take my chances. We have more important tasks." Andrew was the one talking.

"There is nothing more important than a conversation with Persiamon."

I turned to him. "If she gives advice, maybe she can tell us where the tags are."

Andrew turned to me. I'd always known he was smarter than me, but I was a bit older, by about 6 months or so. So right now, while I was 10, he was only 9. Still, he didn't seem to like the idea. "With that evil grin? No thanks."

I was shocked. "Dude, what's with you?"

"Maybe you're a little behind? I'm trapped in a new, Digital World, I'm stuck eating berries and dry leaves, I'm about to trek across a continent searching for tags and crests, and I'm a little ticked off that I'm constantly under attack. Not to mention I have to help save this world. Add in a flying rat, and I'm just a little exasperated, Cole. You coming or not… dude?"

I shook my head. "No… I'm going to meet Persiamon."

"Suit yourself. I'll talk to you when you come to your senses. You can find me with your digivice, I'm sure." And with that, Andrew and Leormon walked away. Tsukaimon started to fly off to the north, and Commandramon and I followed him.

"This should help us out…"

We arrived at a palace of sorts. It was Egyptian in style. Tsukaimon led us in, and all around us were monkey and turtle digimon. Commandramon recognized them.

"The monkeys are Koemon, and the turtles are Kamemon."

I nodded. "Nice palace."

Tsukaimon led us to a throne, and on the throne sat a person that looked like a cat. Or was it a cat that looked like a person? Well, it was something like that. She had two tails, both had three golden rings on them, and very long hair. It was a sight to see, that's for sure, and very hard to describe.

"What advice do you seek?"

I cleared my throat. "We're looking for the tags and crests."

"You must be the Digidestined then…"

"That's what I keep getting told."

"Let me see your device…" She pointed to my digivice, which rested on my belt. I noticed it was glowing, but I didn't think anything of it. "…it may help me to divine where the tags are…"

I took the digivice from my belt and tossed it to her. She caught it. Almost immediately, a huge, black tyrannosaurus came crashing through the over-sized doors and opened its mouth. "Fire Blast!!!" A huge ball of fire shot forward. Commandramon pushed me to the side, just in time.

I turned to him. "Digivolve!"

"I'm trying!!!"

Persiamon laughed. "He can't!!! Not while I have your digivice!!!"

I glared at her. "You tricked me!!!"

"Yes, I did, and it worked quite well."

Just then, a familiar roar reverberated through the hall. "Thunder of Kings!!!"

Andrew rode in on Liamon's back as the tyrannosaur fell. "That takes care of DarkTyrannomon. Now for Persiamon!"

Liamon skidded to a halt next to me. "Thunder of Kings!!!"

Persiamon knocked the bolts of lightning emanating from Liamon's mane aside like they were toothpicks. Andrew jumped off as Liamon leapt forward. "Critical Strike!!!" This time Persiamon bodily threw Liamon across the room, and he dedigivolved.

Andrew ran to his partner. "LEORMON!!!"

Commandramon and I ran over, and we glared at Persiamon. She grinned. "You can't beat me."

Andrew stood. "I'm not so sure. He ran up, his digivice held up in front of him, and held it up to her face. It emitted the same bright light it had emitted with Devimon. It didn't drive her away, but she dropped my digivice. Andrew kicked it over to me and we ran like we'd never run before, a horde of Koemon and Kamemon following us.

Persiamon's voice followed us. "FIND THEM!!! DESTROY THEM!!!"

Andrew grinned. "I hate to say I told you so, but…"

I glared at him. "Liar."

"I told you so."

"If you really hated to say it, you wouldn't say it."

"Yeah, I know. Listen, I found a temple-looking place."

"Yeah, and?"

"There was a strange symbol carved into the outside."

"Yeah, and?"

"It looked like the digivices!!!"

"Yeah, and?"

"I think it's where the tags are!!!"

"Yeah, and?"

"Are you going to say anything beside that?"

"Yeah, and?"

"You're hopeless…"

"Yeah, and?"

I did it to drive him crazy. It worked. He shut up, and just led the way to a stone ruin. We walked through the entrance into a small room, where an angel-like creature stood. He reminded me of that Angemon character, except, instead of six wings, he had two, and instead of blue clothes, he had red clothes. I blinked at him. "You remind me of Angemon."

"I am a cousin of Angemon's."

"Last time I met a cousin of a good guy, he turned out to be a bad guy…"

Andrew hit me in the stomach. "Well, if you'd learn to trust me and trust your digivice, you'd be better off."

The angel looked intrigued. "Did you say digivice?"

We nodded. Andrew seemed to have an idea. "Gennai said that the guardian of the tags would recognize the digivices…" Andrew held up his digivice.

The angel bowed. "My name is Piddomon. I am the guardian of the tags that you seek."

"Great!!! Can we get them?"

Piddomon nodded, and led the way down a passage to our right. There, at the end of the hall, was a stone chest. "It will only open for your digivices."

Andrew and I held out our digivices, and there was a sound akin to a click, or maybe it was a thud. Whatever it was, it was loud. Andrew tried to open the chest, but couldn't. I tried to help him, but failed. Finally, Piddomon opened it. Andrew and I grabbed the two crests, and put them around our necks. "Wow… That wasn't so hard. But now we have a new enemy…"