The light of the Ice Sanctuary was almost blinding. Yet it brought comfort to those who were within it. Two figures walked down the hall. Well one walked, the other bounced. Fairydramon and Tsunomon had been called forth, and this was a summon that couldn't, wouldn't be missed. The two of them stopped near the edge and bowed. Again, one bowed, the other squished themselves until they were lowered enough that their face wasn't entirely clear.
"Angemon-sama." Fairydramon spoke with reverence. "We answer your summon."
"You may rise." the figure spoke with a wave of his hand. The two digimon rose, still staring up at their leader. "The darkness is continuing to spread it's evil. I know you can sense it."
Fairydramon braced herself, while Tsunomon shivered. "Yes my lord. It grows far off."
"If this evil continues to spread, it will soon reach the island. And soon it will engulf the world." Angemon continued. "The prophet has foretold the coming of the Five Lights. They will arrive upon the continent of Folder."
Fairydramon immediately brightened up at that news. "But my lord! That's wonderful! The Digital World will be saved!"
Angemon nodded. "Yes, but this relates to the task I must ask of you."
XXX
"And so Angemon-sama entrusted Penguinmon and I with the sole task of finding the Five Lights and bringing them together." Fairydramon finished her tale with perfection in each syllable. Her eyes were closed as she spoke the story, at last opening them up upon its completion. And she opened them to notice...nothing. No reactions, nothing.
"Did you say something lizard?" Jun asked, using her finger to dig in her ear.
Fairydramon was dismayed! None of them had listened to her! They were too busy with their own things. Chiisi and DemiDevimon were close to Sakura, Jun was doing the aforementioned ear digging, with Penguinmon sticking close to her. Sho was farther away, while Labramon was dangerously close to him. Kazuya was in the lead and wait, where was Gazimon? Just then, Fairydramon felt the feeling of fur against her, that warm but discomforting feeling. Discomforting for she knew who it belonged to.
"You tell that story like a pro babe." Gazimon said with a smirk.
Fairydramon shirked back away from him, far away as much as she could. Crossing her arms, she snorted a puff of smoke in his direction and turned her head away. Gazimon coughed a bit as he fanned away the smoke.
"I wasn't asking for your opinion!" she retorted. The last thing she needed was a compliment from a virus type.
"He's right you know?" Sakura's voice suddenly spoke up. "You did tell that story well." The girl looked down at her with her kind eyes.
"Oh, why thank you my dear." said Fairydramon. "Frankly it's good to be appreciated in regards to the task at hand."
"Hey I appreciate you just fine babe." Gazimon said with a cocked eyebrow.
That alone made Fairydramon shiver. "Ugh why do I have to be around virus types?" she asked.
"Virus types? What do you mean by virus types? What are they?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah I'm a bit curious myself." Kazuya mentioned.
Fairydramon gave a little squeal of delight. "Oh goodness me! I'm glad you asked my dear girl and fellow!" Fairydramon darted to the front causing everyone to stop. "Attention everyone! For those of you who are new to our world and for those who need a refresher course, I shall explain." Clearing her throat, Fairydramon began. "Digimon are divided into three attribute types. First there are vaccine types such as those two over there." she said pointing to Labramon and Penguinmon. "Data types such as myself." she said gesturing to herself. "And virus types such as those two individuals over there." she said directing to Gazimon and DemiDevimon.
"Are they divided into good and evil?" Chiisi asked.
"Here we go." DemiDevimon muttered.
"Excellent question, vaccine types are usually good and put a high emphasis on justice and morals."
Labramon gave a little yip of joy. "Labramon is a defender of justice!" she said with a puffed out chest of pride.
"Data types have the capacity to be good or evil, but value peace above all else." Fairydramon continued.
"Now here comes the preachy vaccine like talk." DemiDevimon continued to mutter.
"And lastly, virus types desire power and can often be greedy, selfish, and wild." Fairydramon lifted her claws one by one as she listed the personality points.
Just then, DemiDevimon snorted some laughter.
"Is something funny virus?" Fairydramon directed.
"Yeah, you. If data types like you can be good or evil, does that mean you could become the Digital World's next psycho?"
Fairydramon's tail and overall features stood erect as she heard what the bat had just said. "Excuse me!? How dare you imply such a thing! I was raised within the Church of Light! And I would never threaten this world's purity!"
"Hey I'm just making a point. You presented it." DemiDevimon said with a shrug.
Fairydramon opened her mouth to speak but shut it quickly. Fuming quietly, she silently admitted the bat had a point. And she hated that. But there was no time to dwell in the past. She had to move forward. That was the only way she knew how to progress after all.
"Well anyway, we must keep up a steady pace! Come on now!" the fairy dragon urged taking the head of the party.
"Aint she a pushy one?" Jun said aside to Sakura.
"She's just spirited." Sakura defended. Sakura couldn't deny she had grown fond of the small dragon, and Fairydramon had become fond of Sakura. Right away, everyone could tell they were a perfect match. Really the only perfectly attuned partner pair. At least it seemed that way. The kids still had yet to get used to their respective digimon and it showed. The way they moved with one another was not quite up to step and there was the matter of the group's overall goal.
And that goal was halted momentarily when they came to a stop. Right in front of them was a large cave. It was dark inside, not a faintest hint of light.
"So what was that about moving forward?" DemiDevimon smirked.
Fairydramon felt a vein pop. "Well move forward we shall! Through this cave and onward to our destiny!" the dragoness declared.
Though several reservations were made about this, the only way forward was through the cave. It wasn't as if they had anywhere else to go. And so forward they moved. As they stepped inside, the group found that the cave itself wasn't as dark as initially presented. They could still make out what was in front of them at least. But still, not enough light.
"So really do we knew where we're going?" Sho asked.
Nobody really had an answer.
"I smell fear on ya Sanbara." Jun mocked.
"I-I-I'm not afraid!" Sho protested.
A mean chuckle escaped the girl. "Yeah yeah. Ya just a big chicken aint ya?" Suddenly the girl rushed forward but then pulled herself back at that very moment. But she had accomplished her goal. "Made ya flinch hehe."
Kazuya had heard everything, and was about to step in when someone beat him to the punch.
"Hey! Leave Sho-chan alone you big meany!" Labramon protested. "Don't worry about being scared Sho-chan. Labramon will keep you safe!"
"But I'm not...ugh fine." Sho gave up.
Jun only continued to laugh. "Aww. You're widdle girlfriend is coming to your rescue."
Sho felt even more embarrassed than before, but Kazuya was willing to put a stop to that. "Hey! How about you knock it off for five minutes okay?" said Kazuya. "The guy doesn't need you heckling him."
"Oh that's so brave of you Miyamoto." Jun snarked. "You want to fight about it. I'm still up for our rematch."
Penguinmon cowered and shivered but nudged against Jun. "Um Jun maybe you shouldn't. It's not nice."
"Can it bird!" Jun spat.
Penguinmon shrank back, recoiling with disappointment.
"And that's another thing! Why do you have to be such a jerk to him?" Kazuya asked.
"Because he's annoying me that's why!" Jun retorted, hands upon her hips.
Another fight was brewing. Already it was bubbling to the surface and in short time it would erupt. Though perhaps merely the foundation had been laid. Not enough for a full breach of peace. But it was there, and somebody had to step in.
"Now everyone just calm down!" Sakura stepped in. "Look I know we all are a little new to this, but we can't turn on each other like this." The girl tilted her glassed up, adjusting them to a proper position, "So please no fighting."
Kazuya and Jun looked to each other, then to Sakura, and then turned right back around and continued walking.
"Masterfully done." Fairydramon complimented.
Sakura shrugged with a grin. "I wasn't entirely sure if it would work. But it did. And with that out of the way they continued walking. The path stretched on, going endlessly and without a clear end in sight. That is until...
"Look! There's something ahead!" Chiisi called pointing.
In the distance a light shined. It wasn't just that, it was a sign. A huge neon one on a long pole. Just below it was a rectangular building with the same glowing lights as the sign. If they didn't know any better than they would say it was a...
"A convenience store?" Kazuya questioned.
Sure enough, it was a convenience store. Green and red lighting on the outside with a yellowish glow coming from the inside.
"What's a convenience store?" Gazimon asked.
"It's a place where humans by things." Kazuya answered. "Most of them are pretty small, but they've got food-"
"Food!?" Labramon piped up. Her canine face brightened and her tail went into full wagging mode. "Labramon wants! Labramon wants!" And the canine was off.
"Hey!" Sho called. "Don't go to far!" The boy took off after the dog, yet Labramon was far in the lead. The rest of the group took off after the canine, right towards the convenience store. In short time they were there.
"Where's the food!? Where's the food!?" Labramon excitedly asked. The canine rapidly looked around searching for anything edible. She sniffed the air but to her disappointment, "Labramon doesn't smell anything." she pouted.
"That's because they're in wrappers." Sho said. Sho's first instinct was to go to the candy area, but he stopped short when he noticed most of the products were chocolate. He quickly remembered that chocolate and dogs didn't mix. Probably not a good idea to give her actual candy as well. So he went for the next best thing. "Here we go beef jerky." Sure enough, there was a bag of beef jerky.
"Beef jerky? What's that?" Labramon asked.
"It's food. It's really good." Sho insisted.
That was all Labramon needed to hear. As soon as Sho had opened up the package, she snapped it from his hand and dug her snout inside. She emerged with a mouthful of jerky. The taste danced against her tongue, pleasing her all the while. But she quickly found something out.
"It's hard." she managed as she swallowed down her chew.
"Yeah, sorry. I should have mentioned that." Sho said rubbing the back of his head.
Labramon placed a paw upon the bag and held up her nose. "Labramon doesn't like hard food."
The rest of the group wasn't so picky and went right away to eating. Most of it was candy. Even if a majority of them were teenagers, the lull of their sweet tooth's were too much. Jun had another call however. And it was a call that Penguinmon followed.
"Jun? Aren't you hungry?" Penguinmon asked.
Jun ignored him. She was digging behind the front counter. First she looked in the cash register itself. She found nothing.
"Figures." she muttered. But she found a new prize. "Jackpot." she said with triumph. There they were, her rectangular prizes: cigarettes. A whole plethora of them. She pocketed a few with a smile upon her face. "The good stuff." she said. "Always good to have some backups."
Meanwhile, the rest of the group were enjoying their meals.
"Man this is great! I haven't eaten anything since lunch!" Kazuya said as he noshed upon a chocolate bar.
"You said it!" Gazimon concurred, noshing on his own chocolate bar.
Chiisi and DemiDevimon quietly chewed, while Sakura took a big bite.
"Wolfing down your sweets as usual sis?" Chiisi commented.
It was a the truth, Sakura did love sweets. She was a sweetoholic. The same couldn't be said for Fairydramon. Out of everyone, (besides Jun and Penguinmon), she was the only one not eating.
"What's wrong Fairydramon? Not hungry?" Sakura asked.
The dragoness stared at the candy selection before giving a shrug. "Sweets are just a plethora of calories."
"You're just afraid you'll turn into a fatty." said DemiDevimon.
"I beg your pardon?" Fairydramon's voice rose.
The bat just shrugged. "Hey it's alright. Must be hard work being a prude."
"A what?"
"A prude, ya know, an old lady?"
That fully got Fairydramon's attention. "Old lady!" She exclaimed, plumes of smoke and fire spurting forth from her nostrils."
"Yeah. Only an old lady wouldn't want to have sweets." DemiDevimon added.
With that said, Fairydramon grabbed hold of a bar of chocolate, unwrapped it, and took a bite. She chewed savoring it and then she swallowed. For a moment, she paused, and then suddenly, something happened. The fairy dragon began to shake, first her claws then her tail, followed by her legs and lastly her entire body.
"Fairydramon?" Sakura asked with concern.
"That..." Fairydramon spoke. "Was..." Her face was unreadable as she kept it low out of everyone's sight. Then, in that instant, she raised her head up and with a bright smile, announced. "DELICIOUS!"
Everyone watched as the dragoness wolfed down the rest of the chocolate bar, and wolfed down another, and another, and another, and so forth.
"Fairydramon! Slow down!" Sakura cautioned.
Chiisi just watched with a raised eye brow. "Did you expect this to happen?" he asked DemiDevimon.
The bat digimon snickered. "Hey. Better than nothing."
Fairydramon continued to eat away, not caring about what was going on around her.
"Fairydramon slow down!" Sakura cautioned. The fairy dragon did nothing but continue. Sakrua watched the frenzied gluttony and knew she had to stop it. "Snap out of it!" With a mighty slap, Sakura knocked some sense into the dragon.
Fairydramon came to an abrupt halt, her mouth smeared with chocolate. Slowly she looked about the room, before finally coming to the realization of what she had just done. "I'm...I'm sorry. I don't know what came...what came over me." she said with hint of embarrassment.
Suddenly, the entire room lurched and shook.
"What the hell is going on!?" Jun shouted.
Suddenly, something burst from the floor as a massive drill bore its way through. And connected to the drill was a creature. It looked like some sort of mole. Least that's what the whole image presented. The upper half of its body was violet while the lower half white. And then there was that drill.
"It's Drimogemon!" Penguinmon cried.
The angry look in Drimogemon told them he wasn't there to make friends. And the first action the group took was the run.
"Let's get out here!" Kazuya was the first to shout.
"Right behind ya!" Gazimon shouted.
The rest of them piled out, not caring to look behind them and see if the digimon was following them. But the moment they got halfway out of there, another burst of dirt sent them flying. Something had burst right underneath them. It was Drimogemon and he didn't look any happier.
"What's this guy's problem?" Kazuya exclaimed. And then everyone noticed.
"Look around his leg!" Sakura yelled. And there it was, a dark digimental.
"Drimogemon. champion level." Fairydramon recited.
"Champion level eh?" Kazuya said holding his digivice aloft.
Gazimon saw this and knew what was coming. "All right lay it on me!"
Kazuya's digivice began to glow and so did Gazimon.
"Gazimon digivolve to! Genkimon!"
In a flash, Gazimon had become his Champion form of Genkimon, standing tall and proud.
"Oh yeah." Genkimon smirked. "Now this is what I'm talking about!"
Everyone present stared in awe at the digivolved creature. Everyone except Fairydramon.
"Oh lord." she said slapping a claw to her face. "Don't tell me he's going to be our savior again." The dragoness had still yet to grown used to the idea of a heroic virus type.
Drimogemon turned his attention towards the feline digimon, growling in a low tone. Genkimon merely continued to smirk, confident in his strength.
"Remember! Go for the object around his arm!" Kazuya instructed.
Genkimon replied with a snort of a chuckle. "No problem." And with that, he was off. He darted towards Drimogemon who responded by digging into the ground. Genkimon skid to a halt, dumbfounded as to what had transpired. "Wha? What happened? Why'd he do that?" he asked in a confused tone.
Fairydramon was the first to realize what was going on. "He's tunneling under you!"
A low rumble spread below his paws and he quickly listened to the dragon's words. "Thanks babe!" he thanked the dragoness.
Fairydramon sighed, slapping her face with her claw yet again. "Please don't call me that." she replied in a low tone.
Slightly springing himself, Genkimon leapt away just as the ground erupted signaling Drimogemon's arrival. Though he was looking good at this, Genkimon wanted to end things quickly. The opening had left Drimogemon open, and that digimental was in plain view.
"Genki Rush!" Genkimon called surrounding himself in a blue aura. He rushed forward striking the glass portion of the digimental. It shattered instantly, just as Genkimon stood on the opposite side. Immediately, the dark glare vanished from Drimogemon's eyes.
"Huh? What?" Drimogemon spoke in a confused tone. "What just happened?" he asked in a rather friendly voice.
"You did it Genkimon!" Kazuya called happily.
The bunny cat flicked his ears back and smirked all the while. "Naturally!"
Drimogemon let out a yawn. "Funny, it feels just like I'm waking up from a nice long nap." And then he noticed who was around him. "What's this? Humans? And digimon together? What's going on?"
"You were being controlled by a dark digimental." Fairydramon explained. "That...virus type freed you from it's control."
"It did?" Drimogemon took a gander at his leg."Now that you mention it, I do recall something clamping itself to my leg, and then everything went blank."
"Yeah you nearly bored right through us!" Jun piped up. Penguinmon wanted to speak up for her abrupt remark, but kept silent.
"I did? Well gosh, I'm terribly sorry about that." Drimogemon apologized.
"Sakura smiled. "Hey it's no problem. You weren't yourself."
Drimogemon smiled at the girl's words. "Well thank you maam, that means a lot to me."
"Speak for yourself." Jun muttered.
"Since you folks helped me out, I owe you a favor." Drimogemon explained.
None of them were expecting any favors, but there was one that came to mind.
"Well if you want to help, maybe you could point us the way out?" Kazuya suggested.
Drimogemon was happy to oblige. "Certainly! It's right over there." he pointed to the far off corner where sure enough, there was an opening. "Just keep going straight and you will find a way out, but mind the statues, those darn things are creepy."
"Statues?" Sho questioned.
And then drilling into the ground, Drimogemon was gone. Though they felt there was more to ask and say, the party knew they had to get going.
"Okay everyone, just stand behind me, I'll keep us safe from any baddies." Genkimon offered. He took a few steps forward, and then stopped to crane his face towards Fairydramon. "Especially the ladies." he remarked with a wink. Fairydramon shivered in response.
"Come on everyone, we better get going." Kazuya directed, taking the lead along with his digimon.
The rest of the digimon stayed close to their respective humans, Fairydramon was a prime example, sticking close to Sakura whom she had gained a repertoire with.
"I can't believe this is happening." the fairy dragon muttered.
"What?" Sakura asked.
Fairydramon gave a soft groan before answering. "We were saved by that virus again." she said without hiding her disgust. "A virus type saved us! Saved me!"
"So? What's wrong with that?" asked Sakura.
"Everything!" Fairydramon answered. "This wasn't supposed to happen! I was supposed to find a group of heroic vaccine or data type digimon. An Agumon! A Gabumon! Or maybe even a Patamon! Not a Gazimon! Or even a DemiDevimon!" The dragoness grew frantic in her speech and body language. "Then there was the incident with the chocolate! I made a pig of myself! A stuffed, gluttonous pig!"
The dragon's frantic patterns were halted as she felt a soft hand upon her shoulder. "Calm down."
Fairydramon listened well to the girl's words. For some reason, Sakura just comforted her so easily. It was like that ever since she had met the human.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just-I-so many digimon are counting on me and I fell like I let them down."
"You haven't let anyone down!" Sakura insisted. "Look, you went out to find the Five Lights and you did, us."
Fairydramon processed that thought. Indeed she had succeeded in what she set out to do.
"But I honestly think you should go a little easy on those two." Sakura aded.
"Those two?" Fairydramon questioned.
"Gazi-er-Genkimon, and DemiDevimon. I know you said virus types are usually bad, but those two don't seem like it."
"Yes but-"
"You shouldn't judge someone based on their race." Sakura stated with a bit of firmness in her voice.
Fairydramon thought for a moment on that. Perhaps the girl was right. As much as the two virus types got under her skin (Gazimon or Genkimon more specifically), they hadn't done anything particularity evil. In fact, they were the digimon of two of the Five Lights. That had to count for something.
"As for the chocolate attack..." Sakura drifted off, not sure of where to go with that.
"It was a momentarily lapse in weakness...I don't eat sweets a lot and I just..." Fairydramon started to excuse herself.
"It's okay." Sakura said placing her hand upon the digimon's shoulder.
Fairydramon smiled up at her. "Thank you Sakura."
Sakura smiled back at her. "No problem. Just trying to help."
The pair of them felt something at that moment. It was small, but it was evident. It was a bond, and it was the first time they had felt it in a while. Not since they had first met.
The group continued through the pathway. All of them closed in together as the path narrowed. It was suffocating to say the least, but they kept going nonetheless. They kept going until the path opened up into a wide chamber. And what they saw made Drimogemon's earlier claims of creepy accurate. The entire room was filled to the brim with statues. Not just any statues, dragon statues. Least dragon was the first image that came to mind. They were imposing statues, all in the same position: teeth bared and claws out.
"What the heck are those supposed to be?" Jun asked, hardly fazed by the statues themselves, but finding them creepy nonetheless.
Fairydramon, had taken the lead while they walked, only now she had come to a stop. She too was staring at the statues, a look of solemnity upon her face. "Devidramon." she spoke.
"Devidramon?" Sakura repeated.
"A champion level virus type." Fairydramon answered.
"And a member of my digivolution line." DemiDevimon suddenly said. "Least one branch."
That made Fairydramon shiver. For she knew it wasn't just part of his possible digivolutions. "We should keep moving." she said.
And so they walked, ignoring the statues and heading down towards the opening at the far end. The chamber was big, and with a wide ceiling. A hole lay above, large enough for one of the Devidramon to fly upward. Least if they were real.
"Wait!" Labramon suddenly called. The dog had come to a halt, and just as she had said, the others stopped, but not because she had asked them too. They stopped when they noticed Labramon on all fours and growling up a storm.
"What's wrong girl?" Sho asked.
Labramon's snarls turned more ferocious as her eyes narrowed. "There's something here, something bad." was all she said.
Everyone stood at the ready, keeping an eye out for anything that seemed out of place. So far, they found nothing. They looked around though, still going even if everything seemed clear. Fairydramon herself could sense something was amiss. Nothing was as it appeared, she knew that. And being raised within the Church of Light, she was attuned to the darkness, and what it could bring. That statues maybe? No, they were just ordinary statues, weren't they? And then she noticed something. One of the statues, or rather what was under it. Rubble, lots of stone rubble scattered about. They were tiny pieces. And not just there, but everywhere; even a tiny piece at her feet. And then a glint hit her eye. It was brief, but noticeable. It was around the arm. And it was black. Black with a glass orb.
"Oh no." she muttered.
Right away, the stony image melted away into a new form. Where as cold stone once was, there was now a black skinned figure. It was hunched over, with two tattered wings upon its back. A brown wrapping was upon it's long bony right arm, while the left arm held a series of belts. Long crimson nails poked out. A long tail swung about, it too wrapped in a series of belts. It's entire body was black, with a skull symbol upon its left shoulder. Black as the body was, it gave off the illusion of a suit as the mouth was a pale blue color. Four glowing red eyes stared down at the assembled group, but it was hard to tell if it was from the digimental, or the digimon's natural colorization.
The Devidramon leapt forward, claws bared as it readied it's attack. Everyone scattered, but Genkimon was the quickest to attack.
"Genki Blast!" The balls of blue energy struck against the body of the demon dragon. "Don't worry I got this guy handled-ahhhhhhhh!" Genkimon was then suddenly struck aside and hitting against one of the statues.
"Genkimon!" Kazuya cried.
Devidramon wasn't finished yet. From it's eyes, red beams shot forth, and struck the feline digimon. A bright flash filled the room and Genkimon's form began to shrink. The light died away revealing Gazimon.
"Ow..." Was all Gazimon muttered.
"Fairy Flame!"
"Retriever Bark!"
"Demi Dart!"
Penguinmon was the only one not to attack, until..."Get in there!" Jun shouted giving him a sharp kick.
"I-I-I-Icic-c-c-c-cle Prism!"
All the attacks struck (with Penguinmon's hitting last), but it did nothing to Devidramon.
"Fairy Flame! Fairy Flame! Fairy Flame!" Fairydramon didn't give up however, she kept going.
"Fairydramon?" Sakura asked, noticing a direct change in her digimon's demeanor.
Fairydramon's eyes glared at the massive beast. A new feeling was swelling up within her. It was a feeling that many felt, and often was overtaken by it. It was rage. And then, as she attacked, something inside her snapped. It was a thin string that was held together by the littlest of feelings. She hated this beast, she wanted it gone. The others couldn't understand, but still.
"Mama!"
And then her attack stopped. She began to think for herself, and the memories came flooding back. Memories of two who loved her. Memories of those who kept her safe. Memories of those who had left her. She hadn't thought about those memories in that time. But that was the least of her worries. No, she had another one. She could see Devidramon bearing down upon her. Sakura was in danger, she knew that, and something had to be done.
"Fairydramon! We need to move!" Sakura directed.
But the dragon was too stricken to do anything. The red beams fired, and they were heading right towards Sakura.
"Sakura!" Fairydramon cried, flying up in the way. The attack hit her dead on and she was sent flying into the girl. The both of them skidded to a halt, Fairydramon's body tossing to the ground.
"Fairydramon!" Sakura cried.
"Sakura!" Kazuya and Chiisi cried.
"Honeybuns!" Gazimon also cried as he noticed the fallen dragon.
The attack hadn't hit her, so Sakura was able to rise. She immediately went to the dragon and held her close.
"Fairydramon! Are you okay?"
The dragon slowly opened her eyes and worked her way out of the girl's grasp. "Sakura, you...need...to...let me handle this." the dragon stated. She stood in front of the girl, before she could say another word.
"But you're hurt! He'll kill you!" Sakura protested. "I'm not going to leave you!"
Another feeling began to swell, right as Fairydramon felt the impeding doom. But most of all, it was for herself, her own feelings. The glowing of Sakura's digivice signified what was happening.
"What?" Sakura asked herself as she noticed her digivice. The same glow enveloped Fairydramon.
"Fairydramon digivolve to! Tiamon!" Fairydramon's form began to grow and rise. Two legs falling upon four, wings spreading, tail elongated, and then died away.
Everyone stared in awe at Fairydramon's new form. Or rather Tiamon. Tiamon was a giant dragon digimon. Just as big as Devidramon yet fully on all fours. Her scales were the same shade of green, yet the scales seemed more polished. The tail was longer swinging back and forth. Pink leggings were wrapped around the legs, warm and comfortable. The antennae still remained, hanging backwards upon her head. The wings had become like a traditional dragon wings, no longer bearing resemblance to a fairy's. Her face looked firm and serious. A pure reptilian visage.
Devidramon sized up his opponent, and right away he felt a territorial rage. Tiamon could sense it. Just like a male to act this way. But it confirmed something. "It's not her...so get serious!" That's all she needed.
"Everyone. Stay back. I'll handle this." Tiamon spoke, her voice now far more mature.
Everyone complied, save for Gazimon who was still hurting all over from Devidramon's attack. But still he had his own comments. "Such beauty! Exquisite!"
Thankfully for Tiamon, she couldn't hear.
The dragons began to circle one another, eyes glaring at one another as they sized each other up. And both were quick to strike. Teeth bared, the pair grabbed hold of their shoulders, biting hard upon one another. Neither looked ready to let go. Tehy dug hard into each other, teeth breaking skin. They only let go as blood streamed down.
But that didn't stop the attack. Devidramon shot forth his beams, and they struck Tiamon. She skid back a few feet, the attack clearly hurt her. There was a type disadvantage after all. Devidramon was a virus type, while she was still a data. And viruses always triumphed over data types. Still, that wouldn't stop her. This digimon wanted to her her, and at the same time, he was a victim. She had to step things up.
Opening her mouth, trails of smoke rose from her nostrils. "Tiamat Fire!" A blast of violet colored fire shot forth and enveloped Devidramon. The digimon let out an angry roar as despite the type advantage he held, fire still hurt like the dickens.
"Keep going Tiamon! Don't give up!" Sakura cheered.
Even Jun had to feel a twinge of jealousy. Why did the four eyed geek get the kickass dragon, while she got stuck with a cowardly penguin? Life was funny like that she supposed.
Tiamon neared toward Devidramon, still keeping the fire going. But that changed as Devidramon flew upward. Flapping her own wings, Tiamon followed. The pair were facing one another and they were quick to assault. Teeth bared, they dove towards one another, both ready to sink their teeth into dramon flesh. But Tiamon had a different idea. At the last minute, she dove to the left, and sank her teeth into something, but it wasn't just an arm, but what was on the arm. She bit hard into the digimental and ripped as much as she could. A great clatter of metal sounded out as she felt the device shatter in her teeth. She dropped and spat it out, falling to the ground below.
Right away, Devidramon snapped to attention, looking about as he tried to reason what was happening. But instinct took over and he flew up, up and away into the ceiling hole. Tiamon watched attentively, yet she descended to the ground, as she could feel the new energy leaving her body. The digivolution was ending. She soon hit the ground and the light died away and she shrank back into Fairydramon.
As the light died away, Fairydramon nearly toppled over. "Oh my, oh dear. That was a rush." She soon felt another rush as something grabbed hold of her. It was Sakura, and the grab was a tight hug.
"Fairydramon! You were incredible!" Sakura exclaimed.
The dragon politely pushed away Sakura's grasp. "Yes, quite...I'm just glad I could help."
"But why did you get all riled up against him earlier?" Sakura asked.
That made Fairydramon freeze. "Oh that...well I-"
Just then, she felt another hug against her body. "Oh Fairydramon-chan! You were incredible! You were great! You were-ooof!" Gazimon stopped as he felt a punch to his gut."
"Apparently you need to learn about personal space." Fairydramon grumbled.
But he wasn't the only one to offer congratulations.
"Sakura! Your digimon was awesome!" Kazuya proclaimed as he tended to Gazimon. Though he didn't show it, he kind of felt Gazimon had that punch coming.
"Yeah I gotta admit four eyes, that was pretty impressive." Jun had to admit.
"Um...thanks." Sakura said, feeling that comment hit her deep. It was times like this that she wished she didn't have glasses.
"You guys were great great great!" Labramon yipped.
"Uh yeah, what she said." Sho said, slightly embarrassed by Labramon's display.
The only one who didn't say anything was Chiisi.
"What? Got nothing to say?" asked DemiDevimon.
Well, he had something to say. "We should get going. Before anything else surprises us."
Everyone had to agree, and soon all were on their way.
"So. Are you really okay Fairydramon?" Sakura asked, as they traversed further into the cave.
Fairydramon stopped, and thought back to Devidramon. So many thoughts in her head, all stopping at one memory.
"Mama! Papa!" she felt the words upon her tongue, but she cast them aside.
"I'm fine Sakura." she smiled. "Come now, we must keep going. We are the Five Lights after all!" she cheered.
And though she wasn't fully convinced things were right, Sakura nodded and they were off. The rest of their journey was still ongoing, and they knew there was more to come.
A/N: Woah man. Personally I think I ddi better earlier in the chapter. The latter part near the end wasn't so well written. Least in my opinion. I wasn't sure how much more I could drag this chapter out, but really I wanted Fairydramon to digivolve and get to the fight scene. Did I mention that writing fight scenes are hard. That and to have the digimon dedigivolve with good reason. Well I hope you enjoy this. And now I have to decide on who should Digivolve next? I have ideas, but I need to think about how the next chapter should go.