High above in the sky, something sped by. It was large and looked very much akin to a blimp. In fact, it wasn't just a blimp, but instead a blimp shaped digimon; Blimpmon. Now a normal Blimpmon was bronze in color with a tannish center. But this one was modified. It's bronze parts were coated red, and its center had painted flame patterns upon it. A pair of eyes hung above it scanning all it could see. Several cannons were jutting out upon it's sides and just below it was a small carrier. The carrier was painted red, just as the rest of the monster, yet at it's doorway was a skull symbol emblazoned upon it.
Inside, the faintest traces of light passed through and inside lay a chair, which was currently seated. And in that seat, SkullMeramon mused.
SkullMeramon, an Ultimate level digimon, and one of the greatest commanders in the Fallen Angel Army. He had conquered much but there were still areas left unaccounted for. Chip Town was one of them. He had had his eye on it for a while, but part of him considered it not worth anything. But still, potential recruits and slaves. But for now, he simply cruised. There was nothing really worth noting. But still, he was itching for something new to happen. He had sent some of his Guardromon troops in the area. But so far they hadn't returned. He grunted in annoyance. Despite being enslaved to his will, Guardromon were still Guardromon. Helpless without someone to guide them. Why even he bet that the lead Guardromon probably couldn't find his way back.
And then suddenly, something beeped on the radar. Getting up from his seat, he stared at the built in radar and noticed a blip. Only one thing could have given off that signal: a dark digimental.
"HELLO SIR?" a voice spoke through the radio.
Taking the radio he spoke into it. "Yeah? Come in."
"SKULLMERAMON-SAMA. THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS LOST, BUT I MANAGED TO ATTAIN THE LEGENDARY TREASURE."
Skullmeramon looked aside. Well he would be damned, they had actually pulled off something right.
"Bring it to me." SkullMeramon ordered.
The radar blip grew closer, and in anticipation, SkullMeramon opened the door. Sure enough, the Guardromon was floating outside holding a strange orb.
"This is the treasure?" SkullMeramon questioned.
"AFFIRMITIVE." Guardromon answered.
SkullMeramon stared at it without so much interest. But still, he could sense something within it. "Excellent work. Take it back to base and no screw ups you hear!? If anything happens to it I'll recycle you into scrap!"
"YES SIR. BUT BEFORE I GO. THERE IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW. WHILE THERE I ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL HUMANS."
Humans? That got SkullMeramon's attention.
"Humans you say? Did they happen to have digimon with them?" the fiery general asked.
"AFFIRMITIVE SIR. THEY WERE IN THE GENERAL VICINTIY OF THE RUINS NEAR CHIP TOWN."
"Chip town eh?" SkullMeramon grinned. More than likely they were still in the area. "Good. Report back to base and await further orders from me."
"YES SIR!" the Guardromon said before flying off.
Closing the door behind him, SkullMeramon sat in his seat and braced both of his fists. "Blimpmon! Set a course for Chip Town!"
There came a great groaning of metal as the Blimpmon changed its course. SkullMeramon clenched his fists. It had been so long since he had a good fight. These human children were capable of digivolving the digimon they were traveling with. Certainly it would be a good fight.
XXX
The events of what had happened still hung within the minds of the Five Lights. They had met new friends, partook in a battle, and one of them had witnessed a death. That last bit of tragedy still clung to Kazuya. Kazuya couldn't shake the image of a dying digimon from his mind. Watching Centaurumon just delete like that. One moment he was whole, and the next he was nothing.
"Kazuya? Are you okay?" Sakura asked, noticing her friend's forlorn expression.
Kazuya brushed off what was in his mind and smiled. "Yeah. Yeah I'm fine. Just thinking is all."
"Well enough about thinking goggleboy, I'm ready for something." Jun said throwing her hands behind her head.
Yes after some action, the group craved more, or at least wanted something to happen. They just weren't sure what? Looking around the town, they could see it was a place of action. So much life was teeming and so many stories were in motion. They wanted to see them all, but one whole group couldn't cover an entire town.
"Say? Since we're in a new place? How about we explore?" Kazuya suggested;.
"Oh yeah! Hitting the town! I'm for it!" Gazimon cheered.
Chiisi cupped a hand to his chin. "Well I'm for it. Anyone else?"
Looking to the others, the group each shared one another's sentiments. Though one had some different ideas.
"Look. Do we have to all glom together? I just want some private time. Away from all of you." Jun said with a slight hint of disgust."
Though despite her rude comment, each of the group had their own ideas on fun. So they came to a decision.
"Well alright. We can split up." Kazuya suggested. Everyone murmured their approval, and so it was unanimous. "How about we meet up here in the center of town when we are done?"
With their digivices, they could easily track one another, and so that made things easier.
So splitting up, the Five Lights and their digimon each went off their own separate ways. Well group wise. Kazuya and Gazimon with Sho and Labramon. Sakura and Fairydramon with Chiisi and DemiDevimon, and lastly Jun and Penguinmon by themselves.
Three different stories were about to unfold.
XXX
The two boys and their digimon walked along taking in the sights of the town. They had never seen so many digimon gathered together. It was just like a human town. Yet at the same time it wasn't like a human town.
"This place is amazing." Kazuya said.
"Yeah." Sho replied, a bit lacking in emotion.
Kazuya could pick up something was wrong. "What's the matter?"
Sho let out a sigh, "It's just that, exploring this place is exciting and all, but has anyone even thought about how we're going to get home?" he asked.
"Hey just relax!" Kazuya said throwing his arm around Sho. "If there was a way here, I'm sure there's a way back."
"Maybe you're our parents much be worried sick about us." Sho reminded. "I mean I have a life back home, an older brother, a little sister."
"You have siblings?" Kazuya asked, a bit unbelieving."
"Why do you say it like that?" Sho asked.
"Sorry, you just gave off this only child vibe." Kazuya replied. "I mean if you have a little sister, then that makes you a big brother right?"
Sho let out another sigh. "If you could call me that. I swear, Shiori is so independent."
An independent younger sibling. Kazuya could see that Sho and Sakura had a lot in common.
"I mean we did have fun at festivals." Sho remembered. "There was this one time she was trying to win a goldfish and she was having trouble with it. She kept breaking the paper." Sho managed a laugh. "But then I showed her how to do it and well...I really felt like a big brother at that point."
Kazuya, being an only child, envied Sho a bit. He had always wanted a sibling to bond with, even if the bond was small.
"But really, to her, I'm just her wimpy middle child brother." Sho lamented.
"Come one! Come all!" a booming voice spoke through the streets.
Everyone looked up and noticed something. It appeared to be a giant egg with green legs sticking out of it. A small break in the shell revealed darkness within and a pair of yellow eyes staring out. Gazimon and Labramon immediately recognized the digimon as Digitamamon.
"Sign up for the hot dog eating contest! Winner gets a special prize!"
Sho's walk came to a halt as something stopped him. It was Labramon, and her feet were firmly planted upon the ground.
"Did he say eating?" Labramon asked. A grumble from her gut gave off enough evidence that she was hungry. Then again, being Labramon, she was always hungry. "A contest for eating? Food for Labramon!?"
"Um yeah. That's what he said." Sho said a bit nervously as he saw his digimon shaking.
A shrill bark of excitement rang out as Labramon swiftly turned her head to Sho. "Oh Sho-chan please let Labramon enter! Pretty please with sugar on top!"
Sho stared down into the canine digimon's pleading eyes. They were so big and wide and shiny. He just couldn't resist. "Um...okay sure."
"Yipee!" Labramon cheered jumping into the air. "Labramon's going to eat! Labramon's going to eat! Going to eat until her tummy bursts!"
That last thought wasn't very settling, but Sho was glad to see his digimon happy.
"I'm entering too!" Gazimon suddenly piped up.
"Huh? Why?" Kazuya replied.
"If that prize is special then this would totally impress Fairydramon!" Gazimon said with excitement.
The two digimon rushed off to sign up, Leaving Kazuya and Sho alone.
"Why do I get the feeling this is going to end badly?" Kazuya asked.
"Ditto." Sho replied.
The two boys went off to watch their digimon's feeding frenzy. Both boys were not really looking forward to it, but really had no choice but to follow. Just how much could digimon eat? They were about to find out.
XXX
"Wow! This place is huge." Sakura exclaimed.
She, Chiisi, and their digimon had splintered off on their own. And gazing back at their sights, they had to admit it was impressive.
"Yes. The true grandeur of digimon architecture." Fairydramon announced.
"Forgive me for saying this, but I'm just surprised that non human creatures are so detailed." Sakura added.
The buildings themselves showed a lot of care, and the whole layout of this village showed some planning.
"No offense taken my good girl, but we digimon have sprung up from mere packets of data to create splendorous sights!" The dragoness spread her arms out. "There! Take it all in!" she cried.
The dramatic placing of this moment, was disrupted by a soft snicker.
"Geeze. You really like piling on the drama there." DemiDevimon laughed.
Fairydramon placed both of her claws to her hips and turned to him. "One should have appreciation for their kind. But I wouldn't suspect a virus to have that."
"Yeah yeah I heard it all before. I swear you may be a data but you talk like a vaccine." DemiDevimon said amusingly.
Fairydramon snorted some smoke before turning around in a huff. "Let's just keep moving."
As they kept walking, Chiisi suddenly came to a stop. "Look there." he said pointing.
"What is it Chiisi?" Sakura asked.
There in an alley, there was a small stand.
"Let's check it out." Chiisi said before rushing off.
"Chiisi wait!" Sakura called after her brother, but before she knew it, all of them were at the stand.
There at the stand lay a strange digimon. It appeared to be a goblin of sorts, what with the green skin, dark green skin. A yellowish green tuft of hair lay upon it and it was adorned in a blue jacket vest. It was a Shamanmon.
"Welcome. And oh I see I have two humans in my midst." the Shamanmon said. "Have you come to have your fortunes read?"
"Fortunes?" Sakura asked.
"Yes." Shamanmon nodded. "For a small nominal fee of course.
Fortune readings were fun, and Sakura always wanted to know her fortunes.
Reaching into her wallet, she pulled out some yen. "Will this cover it?" she asked.
Shamanmon took it and examined it. "Hmm...This shall be sufficient. Now who want's to go first?"
"Oh I will!" Sakura excitedly piped up. "So how does it work?"
"Just lend me your palm." Shamanmon explained. Sakura offered it which the goblin digimon took. He began to rub a finger into the palm, slowly but methodically.
"I see. Yes. I see your kind spirit being tested. You will have to face a great test. What is it? Is it against someone you care about? Yes! Oh yes. I see you and four others trying to call out to one of your own."
As Sakura listened, her alarm grew. She hadn't expected her fortune to be like this. Instinctively, she pulled her hand away, staring at the digimon with wide eyes.
"And that is all I see." Shamanmon said, "Would anyone else like to try?"
Noticing her partner's alarm, Fairydramon was a tad perturbed. But nonetheless, she held her claw out.
"Hmm. Yes. I see something here." Shamanmon said softly. "You are filled with pain, a deep regret and loathing in your heart. This will all come to a head and you shall be faced with a choice of forgiveness. And that is all I see."
That fortune was a little less worrying, so Fairydramon felt a little relief at her reading. Next up was Chiisi. The boy held out his hand and Shamanmon went to work. He ran his finger through softly yet with firmness. And then he came to an abrupt spot.
"How odd. I see nothing in your future. Only darkness."
Chiisi's eyes widened for a moment, before going back to their original size. He took his hand away and examined it for a moment. Then Shamanmon looked to DemiDevimon.
"Sorry. I'm not into that sort of thing. My future is my own." DemiDevimon stated as a matter of factly.
Though Chiisi admitted that was amazingly stoic of his digimon, he paid it no mind. And that was part one of their day.
XXX
Jun fidgeted inside her pocket for her lighter, and the other for a cigarette. Quickly she lit it up and breathed a cloud to the air.
"I really wish you wouldn't do that Jun." Penguinmon cautioned.
"Not this again." Jun muttered.
"I mean that stuff smells, it can't be good for you." the bird replied.
Breathing out another cloud, Jun looked to the open air. "Can't a girl smoke in peace?"
The question was rhetorical. She wasn't expecting an answer. Honestly it would probably be easier to quit, but she wouldn't. What had started as a way to make her look tougher, had now evolved into a habit. Still, habits could be broken. If only they wanted to. And she didn't want to.
As she walked, she noted how boring the town was. Nothing worth noting. Sure there was a strange digimon to note here and there. But really she ached for some excitement. Some new challenge, anything. Even if it were petty theft. Speaking of which.
There it lay, a fruit stand. It wasn't chocolate, but food was food, and she was hankering for some fruit. But what was exotic about the fruit was that it was blue, a blue apple that is. Part of her wondered what it tasted like, and the seller wasn't paying any attention. All it took was a swift motion, and she would be fed. Her hand reached for the blue apple but just before she took it.
"Jun don't take that!" Penguinmon suddenly piped.
Without warning, she grabbed hold of Penguinmon and rushed into a nearby alley.
"Are you crazy!? You could have given me away!" Jun rasped in a hushed voice.
"I saw what you were going to do. You were planning on stealing that apple!" Penguinmon said chidingly.
"Yeah so?" Jun scoffed.
"Jun stealing is wrong!" Penguinmon scolded.
"Yeah, yeah I've heard that before. Look I'm hungry, and he's got plenty of apples. So what's the big deal?"
Penguinmon stared at his partner, giving off a firm look. But yet, that look melted awy into a disappointed glare. "Why do you have to be like this Jun?"
"Like what?"
"So...so mean."
Jun bit her lip looking away from the bird. "I don't need a criticism for how I am."
"But you can be different! You can be...you know? Nice." Penguinmon lamented.
"I aint nice." Jun countered. "It's just not me."
Penguinmon flapped his flippers. "But we're partners! And I'm nice!"
"Doesn't mean I have to be nice!" Jun countered.
Honestly this whole partners thing was something new to her. So some higher power chose her to save another world (not giving her a choice in the matter), and she was partnered up with some flightless bird.
"Look, this is just the kind of thing a girl like me does." Jun argued.
"Who says? Just because others say you have to doesn't mean you do." Penguinmon counter argued.
A grumble sprang up from Jun's stomach. She was hungry, and she needed to fill it.
"Damn. I'm hungry." said Jun.
"Jun please. Don't do the wrong thing." Penguinmon pleaded.
Jun looked at her partner for a few moments and went back to the stand. She stared at the fruit in contemplation.
"Hello? How can I help you?" The Deramon vendor asked.
Jun looked up, her face firm, but her decision made. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out some money. "I'll take some of this and that." she said pointing to a blue apple and something Penguinmon couldn't see. When she was done she walked back to the blue bird and plopped something in his flippers.
"Here." she said, as she took a bite of her blue apple. When she swallowed, she took another drag of her cigarette and did the rest in a rhythmical motion. Eat and smoke, eat and smoke.
Penguinmon looked at his flippers and beamed with happiness. "Pink Pitless Cherries!" the little bird cheered. "Oh thank you Jun! I'm so proud of you!"
Jun looked aside, averting her gaze from her partner. "Yeah yeah." she said before returning her attention back to her apple and cigarette.
Penguinmon popped a cherry into his mouth all with a happy face. "Maybe there was hope for his partner yet?
XXX
Kazuya and Sho had never seen anything like it before. Well they hadn't seen an eating competition before, so they were unsure of how it was like. But if this was any indicator, then they were glad they weren't.
Gazimon and Labramon had turned into a pair of eating machines, scarfing down hot dogs like nobody's business. Though both were putting on an equal ferocity, Labramon still had the edge. Not to say that Gazimon wasn't putting up a good effort. The key difference was that he was doing this out of love (or a rather repellent crush) where as Labramon was doing this out of gluttony. And when it came to eating, gluttony always won out. Yet nonetheless, both contestants ate, out eating everyone else. But eventually all of that had to give out, and it certainly did for Gazimon. Swallowing one last hot dog, the cat rabbit's face turned a peculiar color and fell over.
"Gazimon!" Kazuya cried, running up to his partner. Sho did the same, fearing that Labramon would soon be in a similar condition. When they arrived, Kazuya immediately asked, "Gazimon? Are you okay?"
Now the concept of being okay was quite divided. Someone could say they were okay, but in realty they really weren't. The same could probably apply to Gazimon. Though the rest of his body looked fine, his face was completely dazed, and then there was his belly. Quite frankly, Gazimon looked as if he were nine months pregnant.
"Yeah...never...urp...better." Gazimon managed, stifling back a burp. He blearily looked up, raising his upper body slightly. "Did...I...win?" he asked.
"And we have a winner!" the announcer suddenly announced.
Briefly Gazimon looked elated, but soon fell when he noticed the said winner was none other then Labramon.
Labramon looked absolutely proud as she lay there patting her belly. She certainly did win, for there wasn't a single hot dog left. Labramon had cleaned off everything, even from the other contestants plates. Her tail was on a full on wag, but soon stopped when she fell over with a thud. Where as Gazimon merely looked as if he were expecting, Labrmon was giving off a good impression of a beached whale.
Just then, Labramon released a large burp to the open air. Sho grimaced and faulted his face with embarrassment. Labramon was his responsibility and if he were a pet owner, letting your dog engorge herself would be a no no.
"My I've never seen an enthusiastic display of eating since the Numemon incident five years ago! And for your valorous devouring, you win the special prize."
"Yay me! I won Sho-chan!" Labramon cheered.
Gazimon held in a hiccup, "Woo hoo." he wearily sighed.
The Digitamamon then presented a shining pass. "This pass will allow you and up to nine other guests onto the Locomon express!"
Hmm, Loco? Train related? The boys thought. A train would certainly make getting around easier. So it was a win for them. There was only one problem.
"Hey Kazuya? Mind giving me some help? I can't seem to get up." Gazimon pleaded.
With a belly that big, Kazuya wasn't surprised. "Sure." Kazuya said pulling Gazimon up. With some effort, Gazimon was back on his feet, letting out a small groan as he felt his stomach attempting to digest his huge meal.
"Well at least my efforts will impress Fairydramon." Gazimon said optimistically, rubbing his belly to soothe the pains.
Somehow, Kazuya wasn't convinced.
But there was another matter to attend to. Seeing as she had eaten more, Labramon was pinned firmly to the ground, and Sho was having a lot of trouble getting her up.
"Need a little help there?" Kazuya asked.
"Yeah...please." Sho groaned.
The two boys put a lot of effort an elbow grease into hoisting up the bloated and gluttonous hound, but their efforts fell as they fell over. Labramon just lay there and gave a tiny hiccup in confusion.
"Is it okay if Labramon mentions she's still hungry?" she innocently asked.
Both boys let out another groan.
XXX
Sakura still couldn't shake off the fortune she had received. What had started as a simple innocent endeavor had left a clear mark upon her. But it was just a fortune right? Those were all fake right?
"Sis? Are you okay?" Chiisi asked.
"Huh what? Oh sorry. Yeah I'm fine." Sakura lied.
"You're lying." Chiisi saw through it.
Sakura flinched. Her brother was really sharp. Too sharp for his own age. "Okay fine. I'm just worried about what the fortuneteller said." she admitted.
"Oh that." Chiisi realized.
Sakura was a sharp one as well. She too could see that her sibling was bothered by what he had been given.
"My advice to you two? Try not to think about it." DemiDevimon suddenly said.
"Well frankly that's easy for you to say, seeing as you didn't have your fortune read." Fairydramon noted.
"Hey I told you I don't believe in that sort of thing." DemiDevimon replied.
"So that's why we can't take your whole "just don't think about it" seriously." Fairydramon stated.
The dragoness suddenly let out a gasp as DemiDevimon flapped in front of her. "Hey at least yours wasn't so bad. Your's just talked about forgiveness and all that jazz."
Fairydramon had to admit to herself. Her's wasn't all that bad. But still, it made her think.
"Hey look it's Jun." Sakura called out.
Well that thought was put on hold as Fairydramon saw both Jun and Penguinmon.
The girl was finishing off the remains of a blue apple and smoking a cigarette on the side. Taking the core she tossed it into a trash can and turned her attention fully towards her cigarette.
"Yo. What's up?" Jun asked, breathing out a cloud of smoke.
"Oh hey, have fun?" Sakura asked.
Jun dropped her cigarette and stamped it out. "Eh this town is a drag. See? It's so boring I don't even want to finish this cig."
"Um...okay?" Sakura noted down at the crushed cigarette. She wasn't sure how being bored related to not smoking, but whatever.
"Well I can tell you I had a great time!" Penguinmon cheered. The bird stared up at Jun with endearing eyes. They were so big and shiny that it made Jun recoil.
"Yeah. Whatever. Anyway. You do anything great?" Jun asked.
"We got our fortunes read." Sakura answered.
Jun made a scoffing sound with her hands upon her hips. "You actually believe in that?"
Sakura sheepishly fiddled with her skirt. "Well I thought it was fun."
"Well anyway. I think we should be heading back. I'm sure Kazuya and Sho are waiting for us." Chiisi said.
Unanimously agreeing. The rest of them joined together and headed back to the meeting place. Along the way, Fairydramon couldn't help but notice that Penguinmon was looking at Jun with an expression that clearly meant pride.
XXX
"Oh hey! That place has food! Can we stop there Sho-chan?" Labramon asked.
Sho looked at his digimon with a look of disbelief. "I think you had enough."
Upon saying that, he took in the full view of Labramon and quickly realized that he was right. With much effort, they had managed to hoist Labramon back upon her paws. Though her little binge had left it's mark. The dog digimon now walked with a prominent waddle, her belly swaying and jiggling with audible sloshes. It was almost hypnotic. Gazimon on the other hand simply held both paws upon his belly, trying to comfort it. Sound came from it, groaning mixing in with Gazimon's own moans.
"Serves you right you know?" Kazuya scolded.
"Ugh...You don't have to remind me." Gazimon moaned.
Although Gazimon had done it out of his strong feelings for Fairydramon, he was now having doubts that it was a wise choice. Still, what was done was done.
"I mean really, how can you still be hungry after all of that?" Sho asked,
Labramon flashed a happy grin and answered, "I dunno, Labramon just really loves to eat, even if she's full."
Sho had to admit, at least his digimon was honest. Even if she was proving herself more of a shameless glutton.
"Hey look there's everyone!" Kazuya noticed.
Sure enough, the rest of the group was joining in and the other half began to slowly sink in.
The first thing they noticed however, was Labramon's belly.
"Woah damn! What happened to the mutt?" Jun asked with a mixture of disgust and shock.
Sho rubbed the back of his head, "Eating contest."
Sakura then noticed Gazimon's condition. "Did Gazimon enter the same contest?" she asked.
Gazimon let out a groan but that pained feeling quickly turned to joy the moment he saw Fairydramon. "Hey babe!" he called. He moved over to Fairydramon, doing his best attempt to be suave. He removed his hands revealing his swollen gut, something that made Fairydramon grimaced. "So it's pretty impressive right? I mean I entered that contest to win the special prize. I didn't win but the effort was what counted right?" he then let out a burp. The smell was strong and wafted over to Fairydramon.
"You mean engorging yourself like a stuffed pig? I hardly call that impressive." she said disgustingly.
Gazimon fell, both from the full feeling in his stomach. And from the feeling of being rejected yet again by Fairydramon.
The entire group was together, and they were just about to plan their next move, but that was put on hold the moment they heard a strange sound. It was like a loud deep whine that was growing louder by the moment. All the digimon stopped to look in the sky for they noticed the sound as well. Slowly something came into view. Everyone couldn't believe it, but it was a large blimp. But what was most noticeable about it were the painted flames upon it. As it hovered into view, it stopped directly above the children. Then, before anyone could react, several blasts fired from the cannons striking all of the buildings in their path. Explosions gave away as the digimon townsfolk scatter.
"What's going on!?" Kazuya cried.
"Is that thing a digimon?" Sho asked,
"Whatever it is it's destroying the town!" Sakura exclaimed.
Missiles upon missiles fired upon the town, destroying all in their wake. The Five Lights stood strong for they knew that somehow they would have to do something about this.
"Look! Something's there!" Chiisi called to above.
Everyone squinted their eyes as they noticed something standing above. And that very something was growing closer. The Five Lights and their digimon scattered as the figure dropped down. It knelt down low before it finally rose up, revealing its details in full.
The creature was very humanlike in proportions, with a human skin tone. Chains wrapped around its chest in an x formation, wrapping all the way around its arms. Several belts held up a pair of black pants. Black pants with a flame pattern on each side. Below that were four metallic bands on each leg with boots that each had a metallic skull upon it. The same metallic skull lay upon its face with two red dots for eyes. Wild blue hair flowed upward, with indigo on the sides.
"Well. So you're the little pests destroying all of my dark digimentals?" the creature asked in a hiss.
All of the humans stood ready, though admittedly, they were nervous upon seeing a fierce opponent. Though they weren't digimon, they could tell he was powerful.
"Who are you?!" Kazuya demanded. Upon hearing that he was responsible for the dark digimentals, they knew who was their enemy.
"I'm the great SkullMeramon-sama! One of the highest generals in the Fallen Angel Army." Once he announced his name, they could tell he was a digimon. SkullMeramon looked over the assembled group, but more noticeably their digimon. "A Gazimon, Labramon, Penguinmon, DemiDevimon, and a Fairydramon. Quite the motley crew you got here." And then he noticed the little devices on the children's waists. "Let me guess, these are the little tools that allow digivolution? Well I gotta say, my masters will want to see this. And although I should destroy you all for getting in our domination, I'm eager to see this gift for myself." SkullMeramon braced himself, fists raised and stance in fighting mode. "Come at me. Digivolve and show me what you got!"
The children didn't quite expect this. An enemy that was actually daring to fight them. This was a little too inviting. But still, they were happy to oblige.
"All right! You asked for it! Everyone!" Kazuya cried.
Everyone raised their digivices and their digimon stood ready. Each digivice shined a brilliant light and the digimon glowed in return.
"Gazimon digivolve to! Genkimon!"
"Labramon digivolve to! Siesamon!"
"Penguinmon digivolve to! Thunderbirdmon!"
"Fairydramon digivolve to! Tiamon!"
"DemiDevimon digivolve to! Devimon!"
Before SkullMeramon now lay five Champion level digimon. They all looked ready and eager to fight. Even Siesamon, whose belly had now shrunken down to normal. The same couldn't be said for Genkimon, who was still sporting a portly gut.
Genkimon took one look at Siesamon and grumbled. "So not fair."
"Well what are you waiting for? Come at me!" SkullMeramon dared.
"Gladly!" Siesamon boldly declared.
The canine dove forward, teeth bared. But the moment she got near, SkullMeramon dodged and grabbed her by the tail. Swinging her with force, he threw her into a building.
"Siesamon!" Sho shouted.
A smirk crossed over the metal faced demon's face. "No really? I mean come at me with all you got!"
Seeing how easily their friend was subdued, both Thunderbirdmon and Tiamon flapped upward until they were over SkullMeramon.
"Spark Wing!" Thunderbirdmon squawked!
"Tiamat Fire!" Tiamon roared.
The two attacks mixed in with one another, swirling into a torrent. The attack struck SkullMeramon dead on, but there were no cries of pain. The flames and electricity continued to swirl, but soon the column began to shrink. It shrank until it left a very humanoid shape. SkullMeramon stood there no worse for wear.
"I admit, the electric attack tickled, but come on! I'm fire incarnate! Did you really expect that to work?!" SkullMeramon bellowed. With a thrust of his arms, the chains upon them elongated. "Flame Chain!" he cried.
The chains did their work and wrapped themselves around Tiamon and Thunderbirdmon's necks. Flames ran up them until they reached the two Champions. They howled in pain and finishing things off, SkullMeramon threw them both on the opposite sides. They hit the ground, breaking some pieces of building as they did. And when they did, their bodies shrank down into their Rookie forms.
"Fairydramon!" Sakura cried, running over to her digimon. Jun did the same only without calling her digimon's name. "Are you alright?" Sakura asked with urgency.
"Ow! That hurt!" Penguinmon whined.
"We have to flee! He's an Ultimate, we don't stand a chance!" Fairydramon warned.
"An Ultimate?" Sakura repeated.
"Touch of Evil!" Devimon's cries rang. The devil digimon held both of his claws outstretched and began to slash against the higher leveled digimon. But as he did, SkullMeramon merely smirked. Then with a might hand, he grabbed hold of one of Devimon's arms.
"Tiida Ija" Siesamon's voice called out.
SkullMeramon looked to see several bolts of holy light shooting towards him. Thinking quickly, he pulled over the next thing he could think of as a shield.
"No wait!" Devimon called. But it was too late.
The attack his Devimon square in the chest. Then with a mighty throw, SkullMeramon tossed Devimon aside. As he flew through mid air, he suddenly devolved back into DemiDevimon.
"DemiDevimon!" Chiisi cried as he ran towards his partner.
"You cowardly jerk!" Siesamon cried in outrage. Just as before she leapt forward teeth bared. But SkullMeramon was prepared for her. As she neared, SkullMeramon delievered a sharp kick to her head. She flew back with the rest of the digimon, reverting back into Labramon as well.
"Oh no! Labramon!" Sho ran after his digimon with concern.
The only one left standing was Genkimon. Kazuya could see the sheer magnitude in the level separation.
"Genkimon! Get away!" he called.
"No way!" Genkimon scoffed. "After hurting my precious Fairydramon, you think I'm going to let him get away with it?" Genkimon felt a rumble inside him, one he had felt growing all the more. An he knew he had to let it out. "Genki Blast!" he cried, but what came out instead was a belch.
With a laugh, SkullMeramon dove forward and with a might punch, he connected with Genkimon's jaw. The Champion skid upon the ground, reverting back into the still pudgy looking Gazimon.
"Really? That's the limit of your power!?" SkullMeramon laughed. "If so I'm not impressed!" he finished with a cross of his arms.
The entire group knew they were outmatched, and when you were outmatched, you had no choice but to..."Run!" Kazuya cried.
Gathering up their digimon, the party ran off, deep into the town. SkullMeramon merely grinned and followed after. As he did, he gave a snap of his fingers. High above, a hatch opened atop of his customized Blimpmon. And from it came a swarm of dark digimentals. They flew through the air and landed upon the town, finding suitable hosts. Every Digimon screamed out in pain as the mind control took effect.
"We have to help them!" Sakura cried out in horror.
"There's no time! We have to get away!" Kazuya replied.
Though Sakura hated to admit it, they stood no chance against SkullMeramon, so their best chance was to run, but to where? Everywhere digimon were being enslaved, and there was nothing they could do about it. But then, there came a glimmer of hope.
Locomon Express.
"There!" Sho shouted. Fiddling in his pocket, he pulled out the Locomon pass Labramon had won. "This is a train pass! We can escape with this!"
"Good thinking Sho-chan!" Labramon yipped.
They all ran towards the gate and soon entered inside. There situated were several trains, but they were no mere trains, but instead Locomon, Ultimate level digimon.
"The next Locomon will be departing shortly." an automated voice spoke through the speakers.
"You don't have to tell us twice!" Jun shouted.
Everyone followed Sho's lead as he flashed the pass and got them inside. They piled inside the train car and took a seat. They all awaited patiently while the cries of carnage raged outside. But sure enough there came the telltale train whistle and with a shake they were off. And so the Locomon pulled out of the station and off along the tracks. They were safe from danger, for now.
A/N: Okay. So now we get an official look at our first villain. For a little refresher, SkullMeramon was in the last version of the story. There he was the second villain the children faced and more or less filling in for Etemon. Back then he had a huge network to keep track of his domain and had a big personality. Although instead of being a hammy Elvis impersonator, he was axe crazy. In this version I toned down on the craziness and made him simply arrogant and loving a good fight. Also in the original version, Boogeymon was the first villain the kids faced, but here I made him SkullMeramon's subordinate. Oh and for those who were curious, yes Boogeymon is dead. Also I have gone back to spelling Labramon's Champion form as Siesamon. That's what is written on the Digimon Wiki so I'll stick with that. Also I hope people paid close attention to Shamanmon's fortunes.
Well, until next time. Please read, review, and enjoy.