Story by Green Garden
Against the Ace
Chapter 1: "Ace Struggle"
Other Names: Digiegg Birth
Previously on Against the Ace:
Acemon sent Dreadincemon to destroy the only primary village in Nada Christila. Elzom got detention and after detention he left, but while he was in the school he experienced a heart attack, yet he woke up in some devastated site. Acemon watched Elzom's arrival in the Digital World with Sorcerimon through Sorcerimon's crystal ball. Dreadincemon was sent back, and he attacked Elzom; Tapirmon, and the digiegg. Tapirmon was deleted, but Elzom found his D-Satuza, and with his Digiegg was able to escape to Sacred Star Island, where Sorcerimon's crystal ball couldn't see. There are many questions and Elzom's about to find out about them...
"Master Acemon!" Dreadincemon yelled, bowing in Acemon's throne chamber.
The thrown room had fur of skunks on it. The throne itself was made of a complete skunk. A skunk that was huge, but only its fur. It was dyed purple in color. There were painting of Acemon in the throne room in different place, including the throne room and in some battles. Dreadincemon was on his knees, with his head staring at the floor. He was facing the back of the throne. Acemon had his paws tapping on the throne's arm. The throne slowly turned around.
Acemon faced his minion.
"Get on your feet Dreadincemon. I witnessed yet ANOTHER failure. What has gotten into you lately? You haven't failed me before twice in a row." Acemon remarked.
"I know master and I apologize. It was just that I didn't expect that the human would obtain his D-Satuza master." Dreadincemon informed, getting up on his feet and staring at Acemon.
"Only your success in dealing with Tsukaimon's assistant has saved you. For now, let's just wait for awhile for me to come up with some plan. The human is named Elzom Greenglade Dreadincemon. You remember that, because I fear he and his copedam would be our downfall. Before you leave, where are the remaining Basimon that came back with you?" Acemon inquired.
"They're in their underground den master." Dreadincemon replied.
"Very well. You may go now, and DON'T try to locate or battle Elzom and his copedam on your own!" Acemon warned.
"Yes Master!" Dreadincemon bowed, and quickly left Acemon's throne room.
Acemon turned his throne around again, away from the entrance of his throne room...
After putting his digiegg in Aisnap Village under Shomon's care, Elzom followed Denmon to the sandy beach coast of Sacred Star Island. Denmon sat down on his butt, just staring off to the horizon. Elzom took a seat next to Denmon, taking off his school bag. He opened it up and took out his D-Satuza. He closed his school bag once he had his D-Satuza. Denmon stared at Elzom's school bag, while Elzom stared at his D-Satuza. Elzom's school bag was on the sand in front of Elzom.
"Do all humans in your world carry those bags?" Denmon asked.
Elzom blinked. "What?"
He glanced at his school bag and chuckled. "Yes. Students that go to school carry them from school to home, and from home to school. They're called backpacks or school bags. You do know what school is, right?"
Denmon frowned. "Of course. Here school is where I or other caretakers of Primary Villages around the Digital World teach the young codelimin. We teach the babies how to survive and numerous other stuff that I'm going to share with you."
"So they're basically the same, but different in their own sense." Elzom concluded.
"Yes." Denmon nodded.
"... So this is officially named "D-Satuza"? What is it?" Elzom asked.
"It's a digivice that connects you with your copedam. A copedam is a native creature of this world that are partnered with humans, but copedam ARE rare. D is for Digital, and I don't know about satuza. I just know it has different abilities including helping your copedam evolve to higher stages." Denmon explained.
"This looks similar to a cellular back home." Elzom muttered.
"Cellular?" Denmon repeated.
"It's a device that many humans have that help them contact each other over different distances quickly." Elzom replied.
"I see." Denmon nodded.
Some aquatic and marine codelimin were having fun in the water in front of Denmon and Elzom. Denmon was watching them with delight. Elzom glanced up at them.
"Why are they so close to this island?" Elzom asked.
"The codelimin... Codelimin are native creatures of this world and they're either copedam or not. Anyway, they are safe in playing in these waters because no evil codelimin can approach them by sea or air." Denmon informed.
Elzom only nodded. He aimed his D-Satuza at them one by one. A 3D image of a marine codelimin was imitated out of Elzom's cellular, with the marine codelimin spinning around. The voice that spoke, giving information about the marine codelimin, was close to Elzom's.
"Dolphmon - Maturity Aquatic Jerebi - Dolphmon was short for Dolphin Monster. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. Dolphmon were also known as Rukamon. They travel the seas and oceans of the Digital World many countless times. They live in schools and migrate when they need to. They are gentle and friendly - Their attacks are: Pulse Blast and Dolphin Kick."
"Wadramon - Maturity Marine Jerebi - Wadramon was short for Water Dragon Monster. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. They were related to Dolphmon. They are very friendly and gentle, and don't fear humans. They mostly live in the depths of the seas or oceans, but occasionally they surface around File Island or Sacred Star Island, and that's when they're seen. They were patient and friendly creature of the depths and were always willing to help, but were sometimes playful. They live in close tight families in their schools. They were very social codelimin, and they only spoke dolphin language - Their attacks are: Depth Dragon and Depth Sonic."
Wadramon were black dolphin with green eyes.
"Depth Siromon - Maturity Marine Meric - Depth Siromon was short for Depth Siren Monster. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. They were commonly seen in the oceans or other water places in the Digital World. They were distantly related to the knight Siromon. Depth Siromon lived in tight families, and not in schools. Instead of evolving, Depth Siromon grew like normal humans and mammals. Depth Siromon could go onto land a little. They were fast swimmers and divers. They could easily navigate in storms and in harsh waters or in the dark depths. Their food was the oxygen in the water. They understood and spoke codelimin language and human language - Their attacks are: Siren Alert and Fin Pulse."
Depth Siromon were big seals. They were completely black seals with green adorable eyes. Around their backs were dark green leather saddles. On their forehead was the outline of the crest of myths as a birthmark and it was light blue.
"What is this Meric and Jerebi stuff? I think there was also grasl. Who's Siromon?" Elzom asked.
"Meric; Jerebi, and Grasl. They are different types of codelimin. Meric is Data, having a balance of both darkness and light in them. Jerebi is Vaccine having the balance shifting to light, and Grasl is Virus having the balance shifting to darkness. Grasl codelimin aren't necessarily evil. You might have only meet evil ones so far though... Siromon is a legendary knight. I'm sure you'll eventually see him for yourself someday and then you'd understand." Denmon explained.
Elzom nodded and continued on analyzing the codelimin in the waters.
"Gomamon - Juvenile Marine Jerebi - Gomamon was short for Gouman Monster. Gouman meant proud or conceited. He was part of the Tsunami Tides family. He has the ability to form bridges out of fish with his Marching Fishes attack. They are caring seals, and sometimes mischief in their play. Gomamon were excellent fishing hunters - Their attacks are: Marching Fishes; Claw Attack; Sharp Edge; Big Wave Attack; Fish Power; Fish Net."
"Octomon - Maturity Aquatic Grasl - Octomon was short for Octopus Monster. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. Octomon wore stuff that he finds in sunken ships in the deep seas or oceans - Their attacks are: Spurting Ink and Octopus Trap."
"Shellmon - Maturity Marine Meric - Shellmon was short for Shell Monster. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. With their large shells, Shellmon move slowly on land but are fast on the water - Their attacks are: Hydro Pressure and Slamming Attack."
"Penguinmon - Juvenile Bird Jerebi - Penguinmon was short for Penguin Monster. Penguinmon are also known as Penmon. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. They aren't capable of flight, but they are good swimmers. These codelimin could evolve into some swimming codelimin or flying codelimin - His attacks are: Eternal Slapping; Sliding Attack; Ice Prism; Super Slap."
"Zudomon - Migration Marine Jerebi - Zudomon wield their known hammers. They were part of the Tsunami Tides family. They are slow on land, but their shells protect them, and others, from heavy attacks. They are reliable codelimin. They are good water transports - Their attacks are: Vulcan's Hammer and Horn and Tusk."
"What's with all this family stuff?" Elzom asked.
Denmon was quiet for a few moments, thinking of a way to explain it to Elzom.
"... You know, that could be added as a lesson. Anyway, there are nineteen families. The first is Nether Troops. Nether Troops are basically codelimin that have bad intentions and would cause mischief. They also follow Nether Demons, which is the second family. Nether Demons are powerful evil codelimin. The third family is Tsunami Tides, which basically are all the codelimin that live in water, or that are water related codelimin.
"Next is Cloud Gales, which is the fourth family. Cloud Gales are basically dragons of numerous types. They are sometimes also reptiles. Solar Mists is the sixth family, and any codelimin that is related to nature is a Solar Mist. Tamed Beasts is the seventh family, and they are mostly mammals; animals, or beasts. Afterwards is the Wiring Gears family. Anything mechanical; Cyborg; machine, or android are in that family. Afterwards is Knight Blades family, which are basically knights.
"Next comes the Mystic Ancients family, which are codelimin that are ancients. They are codelimin that have lived long in the Ancient Digital World, and in most cases their names start with "Ancient". That was the ninth family. Moving on into the tenth family is Tropic Breezes. Tropic Breezes are bird codelimin or numerous codelimin that could fly in numerous ways basically, but not always. Angelic Vanguard is the eleventh family and all angels are part of that family.
"Raging Sparks are fire codelimin or codelimin with fire related attacks basically. It's the twelve family. Arcane Casters is the thirteenth family and they are basically wizards but not always. Next is the fourteenth family that is Legend Tales. Legend Tales are codelimin that are mythical basically. Odd Tests are composition codelimin and they are the fifteenth family. The sixteenth family, Buzzing Vibrations, are insects.
"The seventeenth family is Giant Jurassic, which are basically dinosaurs. The eighteenth family is Bright Souls, and they are humanoid; warrior, or perfect codelimin. The last and nineteenth family is Night Children, which are basically baby codelimin." Denmon explained.
"What about this juvenile; maturity, and migration stuff?" Elzom asked, turning to Denmon.
"That's kind of a long lesson, but I'll do my best anyway. Basically codelimin evolve differently, or GROW differently from humans. Depending on the level and how high it is would also depend on time. The higher the level, the longer the time for instance. There are many digiegg of numerous colors and numerous shapes on them. After the digiegg the first and most vulnerable form is embryo. It is also known as Fresh and Baby I.
"It would take a few days at least for the embryo to evolve to its caterpillar or infant form. The level is also known as In-Training or Baby II. They are less vulnerable, but they still need much attention. With the help of a digivice or some other device an embryo could easily evolve into its caterpillar form in the matter of hours if not less. Next is juvenile and it is also known as Rookie or Child. They become less vulnerable and more independent on themselves.
"Compared to higher evolved codelimin, juvenile are weak. Juvenile is the most common form a codelimin could reach. With the help of a digivice, or some other device, the codelimin could continue evolving, until they reach their highest form within as close as a day or even less. However when codelimin are weak they could easily devolve to their previous or lower form, or when they're defeated, but not deleted.
"Staying on a level requires energy, and some times the energy is too much to evolve or more than enough. When it's too much, the evolved codelimin would remain evolved for a few moments before devolving, but when the energy is more than enough to evolve, the codelimin stay longer, and some times even permanent, in such a form. It depends on size; type, and level of the codelimin really.
"Even when the codelimin could hold a permanent form, there is still a chance that it could devolve. It is important for you to know that different codelimin have certain specific evolution lines, and yet some unique evolution lines, or there would be an evolution that's totally different than the rest of the evolution line. Specific evolution lines are when codelimin evolve to stronger and similar forms of themselves without changes in their type.
"Unique evolution lines happen to only special rare codelimin that only have such a evolution line and no other. Of course an evolution line could be chaotic and have different forms. Size doesn't matter when it comes to evolution because there are codelimin that are smaller in size but higher in evolution for like juvenile type. Back to the levels. After juvenile is maturity. It is also known as Adult or Champion. That is when the evolution line starts to show what course it would take.
"Maturity also start to show their strength and are capable of holding their own a little even against higher evolved forms. Maturity is also common but happens in critical or unnecessary situations. After maturity is migration and its a powerful level. It is also known as Ultimate; Fully Evolved, or Perfect. It isn't the most powerful, but it's uncommon. Some times the codelimin when they evolve change from meric to virus to jerebi for instance, or from virus to jerebi etc.
"The highest achievable level is mate. It is also known as Mega or Ultimate. That's the most dangerous and most independent codelimin around. There are some known levels higher than mate, but there aren't any records of any codelimin evolving higher than mate. I assure you there are though. There are other ways for evolution, like hudidos, which is also known as Jogress or DNA. That's when two separate codelimin merge together to form one codelimin.
"Such an evolution is extremely rare, but it does happen. It can happen at different levels, like two juveniles could some times merge and form a mate, or two maturities merging and forming one migration. I'm sure of other evolutions that exist, yet I'm not aware of them." Denmon explained.
"That fascinating." Elzom whispered in awe.
"Yes. It is. Just remember, some times a maturity codelimin doesn't evolve higher than that, or migration remains migration." Denmon informed.
"Does a codelimin need a digivice to evolve like to mate?" Elzom asked.
"A codelimin could evolve directly to mate or pass through their maturity and migration forms. No, a codelimin doesn't need a digivice or something to evolve. A digivice only helps with copedam, only. Like I said, a codelimin could evolve without a digivice, but getting to mate might take years, or decades, or longer, if such a codelimin ever reaches such a level." Denmon explained.
Some Depth Siromon moved out of the ocean and moved on the beach, approaching Elzom and Denmon. Both noticed, and Denmon smiled.
"They want to greet us and welcome you most likely." Denmon remarked.
Some Depth Siromon walked over to Denmon. Denmon put up his paw and rubbed their heads softly. Other Depth Siromon turned their attention to Elzom, knowing that he was a human. One Depth Siromon got close enough for Elzom to rub its head. Feeling the caring; gentleness, and kindness for him, the Depth Siromon approached Elzom closer, letting Elzom rub his gloved hand on its head better. Elzom removed his right hand and took off the glove on that hand.
Elzom put back his hand on the Depth Siromon's head and rubbed it gently. It seemed that the Depth Siromon liked it and was enjoying it. Elzom felt the moisture on its head. Denmon turned his head towards Elzom while rubbing one of the Depth Siromon's heads that was near him.
"You know, it is rare, but some codelimin adopt individual names for themselves. And this would be a nice photo." Denmon smiled.
"Yeah." Elzom agreed.
Elzom giggled. "Hey. I'm Elzom Greenglade. It's really nice to meet you."
"You too Elzom." The Depth Siromon replied, in a feminine voice.
Elzom blinked. He removed his hand out of surprise. Denmon laughed.
"Don't be surprised. There are numerous male and female codelimin of different types. Sometimes a codelimin isn't a him or a her, just an it. That Depth Siromon is a young female. Not an infant, but not an adult either." Denmon explained.
Elzom gasped. He blushed, lowering his head, suddenly remembering Ansita and his home back on Earth, but specifically Ansita, and those few times they spent alone in Elzom's room when the Whistlebow family visited the Greenglade family. The Depth Siromon wondered if she had done something wrong and turned to Denmon. Denmon shrugged.
"He's a shy guy." Denmon informed.
The Depth Siromon nodded, and stared at Elzom for a few moments. She eventually turned around and went back to the ocean and started playing again with other Depth Siromon. The Depth Siromon on the beach followed her back into the ocean and went back to playing with each other, leaving Denmon and Elzom alone on the beach.
"It is more than you being shy, isn't it?" Denmon asked, staring at Elzom.
Without raising his head, Elzom nodded solemnly. Denmon stood up and patted Elzom's right shoulder.
"You'll be able to return home soon enough." Denmon assured. "I'm returning to Aisnap Village to check up on the digieggs and the babies. This was a nice moment with you. When you feel like coming back and checking up on your digiegg... It's up to you."
Denmon walked away, leaving Elzom alone in his thoughts on the beach with the different tsunami tide codelimin playing in the ocean. Elzom quietly put his right glove back on his right hand, and he put his D-Satuza back in his school bag, closing it after he put it in. Elzom brought the school bag closer to his chest, hugging it, while Elzom just stared off into the horizon...
Acemon slid down the tunnel that led to the underground Basimon den. He landed on his feet with his knees knelt. There were numerous openings to different Basimon homes, but Acemon knew which one he was looking for and he knew that they knew he was coming, so he waited for them to exit on their own. The four Basimon did eventually come out, glaring at Acemon. Acemon grinned, summoning a card of his. Without any hesitance, the four Basimon attacked Acemon.
"Skunk Spray!" Acemon yelled.
Acemon rose his tail into the air, and he sprayed black rain from his tail at the four Basimon. Only one Basimon was quick enough to act.
"Serpent Guard!" Basimon yelled.
Basimon's eyes turned red and a red energy serpent was summoned in front of Basimon and twirled around itself, forming a red serpent shield with the serpent's head at the front. The black rain hit the shield and spared one of the Basimon of the hideous smell not making it stink. Acemon only shrugged. With three Basimon stinking, they continued on their charge towards Acemon.
"Serpent Petrify!" One Basimon yelled.
Basimon released red energy from his twin yellow eyes towards Acemon.
"Ace Guard!" Acemon yelled.
Acemon's spine extended out of his spine and formed a black spiked shield in front of him. The Serpent Petrify hit Ace Guard, saving Acemon from turning to stone. Acemon knew how dangerous Basimon were, and he didn't underestimate them, but he was determined to delete them and absorb their data for his own. Even though his shield was part of his body, it didn't turn to stone and Acemon brought it back into his body.
"Serpent Death!" The three Basimon yelled.
Acemon flipped backwards three times, avoiding the three attacks from the three Basimon.
"Serpent Whip!" One Basimon yelled.
Acemon was able to barely duck in time. With his card still in his hand, black lightning started circling around it.
"Ace Lightning!" Acemon yelled.
Acemon aimed the card at the Basimon that attacked him with Serpent Whip, and a black lightning bolt was released from the card towards the Basimon. The bolt hit the Basimon and it instantly was deleted. Acemon's card vanished with Acemon grinning.
"One down, three to go." Acemon remarked.
"Arachnid Acid!" The three remaining Basimon yelled.
"We went through this already. Oh well. Ace Guard!" Acemon yelled.
The black spiked shield formed in front of Acemon, protecting him from the red deadly acid. He recalled his shield back into body and summoned a card into his paw.
"Ace Destroyer!" Acemon yelled.
Acemon released the card towards the furthest Basimon, which was the one that protected itself from from Acemon's Skunk Spray.
"Serpent Guard!" Basimon yelled.
"That won't work." Acemon informed, shaking his head.
The card changed into a black energy skunk, which leaped towards the Basimon on all four legs. While approaching the Basimon, the energy skunk released barrages of black energy towards Basimon, slamming into its shield. The energy skunk went through the shield like it wasn't there and collided with Basimon in an explosion, deleting it.
"Two down, two to go." Acemon grinned. "Now hold still and this would be finished quickly."
A card formed in his paw. "Ace Pour!"
Acemon released the card towards the remaining Basimon duo. Once released towards them the card split into smaller bits of itself and changed into numerous small black spheres. All the spheres collided into the two Basimon, deleting them. Acemon walked around the ground littered with numerous bones, absorbing the data of the four Basimon he deleted.
"That was some good target training. I'm ready to start my conquest now." Acemon grinned, going back up the tunnel he slid down from...
Shomon was carrying the digiegg that was Elzom's to Elzom on the beach. Shomon put it down beside Elzom. Elzom glanced to his right; holding his school bag tightly, and smiled when he saw his digiegg. His digiegg was completely green with some sort of crest outlined in gold on the center. Elzom didn't know what it was. Nonetheless, Elzom took out his left hand and rubbed the top of his digiegg.
"I'll get some bottles." Shomon informed. "It's almost time for him to be born, and you'll need to feed him."
Elzom blinked, staring at Shomon. "How do you know it's him?"
"For one thing, it's the color. Green isn't common with girls, but it is with boys. For another, once you've taken care of digieggs and baby codelimin for as long as I or Denmon has then you'd know. Milk bottles coming right up." Shomon explained, rushing back to Aisnap Village.
Elzom put his school bag to his left and picked up his digiegg. He put it down between his legs and cuddled it with its body. With his head on the digiegg, and his gloved left hand rubbing the digiegg, Elzom closed his eyes and softly hummed to himself. Shomon returned and he stopped when he saw Elzom holding his digiegg the way he did. Shomon smiled.
'You're going to have one great human partner.' Shomon thought, slowly approaching Elzom.
A bottle full of white milk appeared in front of Elzom, Elzom glanced up and saw Shomon carrying bottles of fresh milk. Elzom took a milk bottle from Shomon.
"Where do you all get the milk from?" Elzom inquired.
"There's a device back in Aisnap Village that produces natural tasty milk. Having many cows and milking them would take too long, so Denmon was the genius behind the Natural Milk Device." Shomon replied. "It sometimes processes enough milk for the babies, and other times more than enough. It's sufficient for Aisnap Village."
Shomon put down the milk bottles beside Elzom on the beach.
"Does your bag have any space to carry them?" Shomon asked, nodding towards Elzom's school bag.
Elzom shook his head. "Not that I know of."
"Pity because I was thinking of putting them in it." Shomon shrugged. "Oh well. I'll be back in Aisnap Village if you need my help."
"... Elzom?" A voice asked.
Elzom looked up and saw the female Depth Siromon that he was kind to before. At least he thought it was her. The Depth Siromon smiled. She was the only who got onto the beach and approached Elzom.
"Yes. I'm the same female." Depth Siromon giggled, reaching Elzom.
Glancing towards the waters near the beach, Elzom noticed that the codelimin playing in the waters started leaving.
"Denmon told me that there are codelimin that have individual names... Umm... Do you have one?" Elzom asked, not looking at Depth Siromon.
"I do have one." The female Depth Siromon replied. "It's Nowara. You can call me that."
Elzom smiled. "It's a nice name."
"I know." Nowara nodded. "I wanted to share you that I some times stay here for long periods of time. It's really quiet and peaceful here... I know of another more peaceful and wondrous place that I could show you... Just as long as you don't tell anyone about it. Want to see it?"
"May I bring my digiegg with me?" Elzom questioned.
Nowara thought about it for a moment. "... I think it would be safer for it to remain here."
"But Shomon said that it was almost time for him to be born." Elzom informed.
"Him?" The Depth Siromon repeated. "My, Shomon is learning well. Well, I do trust Shomon and Denmon on such issues. It's going to be dangerous, but if you insist..."
"I do." Elzom nodded.
The Depth Siromon nodded. "O.K. We'll have to go underwater. Bring your D-Satuza, but KEEP your bag here on the beach. It's safe; no one would steal on this island."
"I won't need to take off my clothes, would I?" Elzom asked.
Nowara blushed and lowered her head. "No. You can keep them on. They would help you in a way."
Elzom sighed. He opened up his school bag and took out his D-Satuza. He closed his school bag once he had his D-Satuza. He moved away from his digiegg and stood up. He put his D-Satuza in his pocket in his shorts. With both hands, Elzom knelt down and picked up his digiegg. Nowara walked towards the waters and quickly went into it. Elzom was about to follow her, but she surfaced her head and shook it.
"You don't need to dive yet. Just stay close and you'll know when to dive. A word of advise when you do, don't struggle, even if your digiegg somehow gets out of your arms." The female Depth Siromon explained.
Elzom remained silent, and took Nowara's information. Nowara swum close to the island's coast, with Elzom walking on the beach near her with his digiegg in his arms. Following Nowara on the beach, Elzom remained on the beach until he reached a dead-end, which was a rock mountain blocking his path. Elzom glanced towards Nowara and saw her diving in time. Elzom took a deep breath.
"I guess this is where I dive." Elzom muttered, walking towards the waters.
Reaching the waters, Elzom walked deeper and deeper into the waters. He held his breathe and closed his eyes going underwater. A strong current moved Elzom through the waters and Elzom tried to remain conscious with his eyes open, but he fainted...
"Elzom?" A familiar voice inquired.
Slowly opening his eyes Elzom realized that he was on dry land once again. Elzom coughed violently, forcing the water out of his stomach. Once he had calmed down, Elzom took a look around, noticing that his digiegg was with him on dry land again. The pure clear water of the lake was surrounded by a beach, which Elzom; his digiegg, and Nowara were on, and on the other sides steep cliffs kept the fall a secret hidden place.
Like magic, continuous water fell from the top of one of the cliffs on the opposite side of Elzom; his digiegg, and Nowara. The place was so well balanced that the lake never flooded and the water of the fall never ended. A few yards away passing the beach was grass. After the grass were tall trees covering another side of the secret location. Bushes and thorns were between the trees, making it extremely difficult to navigate through.
"What is this place?" Elzom asked in awe.
"I don't know." Nowara replied, shaking her head. "I only found this place a few months ago when the strong current took me underwater and through an underwater tunnel to this place. There is another underwater tunnel where one could exit, and the strong current brings anyone out through it."
"... Does anyone else know about it?" Elzom inquired.
Nowara shook her head. "Not that I know of."
"... I think "Miracle Fall" is a good name for this place, don't you Nowara?" Elzom asked.
Nowara blinked, nodding. "Yeah. It's a good name."
Elzom got onto his feet and walked over to the digiegg. Somehow his clothes weren't wet or otherwise he would have felt the heaviness and wetness of his clothes. He felt his pocket, and the D-Satuza was still secure in it. Elzom reached the digiegg and sat down in front of it, opening up his legs. He put his digiegg between his legs, and cuddled it with his face and arms. Nowara smiled at the site. She turned her head away and watched the waterfall quietly.
She approached the water closer and sat down on her belly being quiet. While rubbing his digiegg, Elzom felt something pushing his cheek momentarily from inside his digiegg. Elzom raised his head and opened his eyes, smiling down at his digiegg. Moments later a crack appeared on the top of the digiegg, and Nowara heard, as she turned her head towards it. She watched the digiegg that was with Elzom closed.
The crack spread around the digiegg, covering it in cracks, but not breaking it. In a puff of green smoke, the digiegg hatched, and Nowara got up, walking over to the newly hatched baby codelimin. Elzom closed his eyes and coughed the green smoke out, waving it away from his face. When the green smoke vanished, Nowara had reached Elzom and both had a look at the baby codelimin. Taking his D-Satuza out from his shorts' pocket, he aimed it at the baby codelimin.
"Survivomon." The baby codelimin cooed, staring at Elzom.
"Survivomon - Embryo Micro Jerebi - Survivomon was short for Survival Monster. He was part of the Night Children family. Survivomon was an embryo level of the Owl Copedam. He hopped around, but he also could float around. He could speak his and another codelimin's name only - His attack is: Emerald Shock."
Survivomon was Botamon's size, though his skin was dark green. His eye were green.
Elzom laughed, and hugged his copedam happily.
"Sur-vivo-mon." Survivomon struggled.
'Too tight!' Survivomon thought.
Elzom released Survivomon, blinking at him.
'Umm... O.K. I'll try this. Can you hear me Survivomon?' Elzom thought.
Survivomon smiled. 'Yes. It's great to meet you before I even hatch Elzom Greenglade. I know I can call you Elzom, but I want to call you chief.'
'Wh-what?! Chief? Whatever. I guess I'm O.K. with that. Are you hungry?' Elzom thought.
'Yes.' Survivomon thought. 'A lot.'
'Wait here.' Elzom thought, getting up on his legs. 'I just need to go and get you some milk. I'll be back. Depth Siromon here, or you could call her Nowara, will keep you company.'
'O.K.' Survivomon thought, watching Elzom.
He went towards the lake and quickly dove in.
"Where is he going?" Nowara asked herself, witnessing Elzom dive underwater.
She turned back to Survivomon and saw that he was staring at her.
"And how are you?" Nowara inquired, smiling.
'Hungry, but other than that great! Wait. I don't think you hear me. I guess only chief does.' Survivomon thought, lowering his eyes.
Noticing him lower his eyes, Nowara realized that Survivomon was sad, but she didn't know why or how to help, so she just remained by his side, giving him silent company. She decided on giving him silent company until Elzom returned at least...
"Run for your lives! Acemon is attacking!" A Koemon yelled, running away from an advancing army led by Acemon.
"Green Flare Breath!" Some Coredramon yelled.
Their attacks hit their targets, and their targets exploded. Some of their targets were homes of the isolated codelimin village, while others were peaceful codelimin.
"Soul Predator!" A Metal Phantomon yelled.
The attack targeted some codelimin, instantly deleting them.
"This massacre is going to stop!" An angel exclaimed, stepping in front of Acemon and his advancing army.
Acemon chuckled. Behind the angel, the surviving codelimin looked on, but they quickly left their village, knowing that they won't survive, heading towards the nearest village. The Koemon that warned about Acemon advancing was one of them. The village was located on some plains somewhere in the Digital World, so grass was short all around them. Acemon took his time to look at his opponent, while his army stopped behind him.
"Should I deal with him?" Dreadincemon inquired beside Acemon.
Acemon shook his head. "No. This angel is mine! Any last words before your deletion Lord Holy Angemon?"
The angel remained silent. "... Soul Banish!"
Quickly responding, Acemon summoned a card. "Ace Destroyer!"
"Let's see if that'll handle you." Acemon whispered.
Ace Destroyer neutralized Soul Banish and continued on its way towards Lord Holy Angemon. The angel gasped.
"Excalibur!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled.
Acting quickly, the angel's weapon slashed through the energy skunk before it reached him. Acemon shrugged.
"Interesting. Another try, shall we? Ace Pour!" Acemon yelled.
"Heaven's Gate!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled.
Heaven's Gate sucked all of Acemon's Ace Pour into it. With Acemon's attack destroyed, the gate vanished.
"Master?" Dreadincemon asked impatiently.
Acemon grinned. "No Dreadincemon! I can take him. This is going to be a longer fight than I thought."
"What about the codelimin villagers?" Dreadincemon asked.
"Let them escape to another village. We'll go after them after I deal with this little obstacle here." Acemon replied.
"Yes master." Dreadincemon nodded.
Stepping forward, Acemon prepared himself for a battle he knew he would either win by deleting Lord Holy Angemon or by the angel withdrawing. Either way it didn't matter. With his Excalibur charged, Lord Holy Angemon rushed at Acemon. In return Acemon rushed at the defending angel. The village was empty now, and Acemon; Acemon's army, and Lord Holy Angemon all knew it. Even though Lord Holy Angemon knew he didn't have a chance in winning, he kept fighting.
Lord Holy Angemon slashed at Acemon with his Excalibur, but Acemon dodged it. With a swift kick to his stomach, Acemon kicked Lord Holy Angemon a few feet away. Lord Holy Angemon panted, staring at his foe. Acemon shrugged at his opponent. He summoned a card into his paw.
"Let's see how you handle fire. Ace Torch!" Acemon yelled.
Instantly lighting his card aflame, it wasn't quickly burned, as it was acting like a torch. A few moments later and Acemon released his flaming card at Lord Holy Angemon.
"Soul Banish!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled.
Soul Banish deleted Ace Torch and continued on its way towards Acemon. Acemon quickly flipped back a few times.
"Ace Guard!" Acemon yelled.
Acemon's spines extended out of his spine and formed a black spiked shield in front of him. Soul Banish slammed into Acemon's shield in an explosion and Lord Holy Angemon didn't notice, but Acemon did wince from the explosion impact on his shield. Soul Banish was canceled after slamming into Acemon's shield. Dreadincemon noticed his master's slight discomfort. Shaking off his opponent's attack, Acemon withdrew his shield, grinning.
"You have to do better than that you know." Acemon informed.
"That's exactly what I intend to do." Lord Holy Angemon replied.
"Good! Skunk Spray!" Acemon yelled.
"What?" Lord Holy Angemon asked, gasping.
Acemon raised his tail into the air, and he sprayed Lord Holy Angemon with black rain, being released from his tail. Caught off guard, the hideous smell landed on Lord Holy Angemon, making him stink. Lord Holy Angemon coughed a few times from his smell, but quickly regained his composure.
"If you do escape, you stinking would be a sign that I fought you, if not defeated you." Acemon chuckled.
Taking to the air, Lord Holy Angemon took an advantage, if not only one, against Acemon. Acemon snarled.
"... I'll give you that." Acemon muttered. "Ace Lightning!"
Summoning a card of his, black lightning circled the card in Acemon's paw. Acemon aimed it at Lord Holy Angemon in the sky, and both a black lightning bolt was released from the card and from the sky down towards Lord Holy Angemon. The angel was able to avoid the joint attack. He was thankful that he was able to avoid it, yet he knew it was far from being over.
"You don't like bolts?" Acemon asked. "Well, let's see if you like to be wet. Ace Drench!"
With another card, Acemon released it into the sky, and without warning Lord Holy Angemon was attacked by a sudden flash flood. The sudden massive flood pouring down onto the angel was too much, and the flash flood forced him to the ground on his face. Acemon laughed, along with Dreadincemon. The flood quickly vaporized into thin air.
"I see you do like being wet." Acemon noted.
Lord Holy Angemon slowly got back up onto his feet, soaked in water. He remained silent, and realizing something, he smelled himself. The angel noticed that the stinking smell on him from Acemon was gone. He grinned.
"Well, your Ace Drench did neutralize your Skunk Spray." Lord Holy Angemon remarked.
Acemon blinked, and rubbed his chin. "I didn't think of that... I guess I'll just have to spray you again. Skunk Spray!"
"Not this time!" Lord Holy Angemon exclaimed.
He quickly flew away from the black rain, avoiding the stinking smell. His wetness from Acemon's Ace Drench did drag on him and made him heavier, so it wasn't easy to avoid Skunk Spray. Acemon moaned in mock disappointment.
'This is taking too long.' Lord Holy Angemon thought. 'I think it would be best to withdraw to Sacred Star Island. Denmon needs to be informed that Acemon has begun his conquest of Ancient Digital.'
"Soul Banish!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled.
"Ace Guard!" Acemon yelled.
Lord Holy Angemon quickly followed his attack, the attack slammed into Ace Guard, making Acemon wince, but it did cancel Soul Banish. He quickly withdrew his shield, grinning, but his eyes quickly widened. Acemon ducked and rolled out of the way hastily, avoiding Lord Holy Angemon's attack.
"I guess I should've seen that." Acemon muttered. "Well done Lord Holy Angemon."
"I'm not through yet." Lord Holy Angemon informed, glaring at Acemon's army.
"What?" Acemon asked, confused.
The angel quickly flew towards Acemon's army.
"Penta Wing!" Dreadincemon yelled.
Lord Holy Angemon's Excalibur slashed through the attack, canceling it.
"Heaven's Gate!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled, landing close in front of Acemon's army.
"Shit!" Dreadincemon yelled, quickly rolling away and taking to the sky.
A lot of Acemon's army was sucked into the gate, being deleted. But before most of his army could be crushed, the gate vanished.
"Soul Banish!" Lord Holy Angemon yelled.
Dreadincemon growled. "Deceiving Pentagon!"
The two attacks exploded on each other, and taking the chance, Lord Holy Angemon quickly flew into the sky, flying away as he withdrew from the battle. The two attacks had canceled each other out, and when the dust from the explosion settled, Dreadincemon noticed Lord Holy Angemon withdrawing out of sight. He turned to his master.
"Shall we pursue?" Dreadincemon inquired.
Acemon shook his head. "Not now. He has survived this time. He's a skilled opponent, I'd give him that. We need to head back to the palace to gather up other soldiers to continue my conquest."
"Very well master." Dreadincemon sighed.
Withdrawing from the direction he came from, Acemon led his surviving army back to his palace. Acemon noted that his Coredramon were deleted, but his Metal Phantomon had survived...
It was awhile before Elzom had returned, and he returned carrying his school bag on his back. Once out of the lake, a cool breeze rushed by Elzom and he felt the breeze swiftly drying him up from the water. The breeze also dried up his school bag, and the contents of his school bag. Elzom walked over to Depth Siromon and Survivomon. He stopped in front of his copedam, and knelt down. He took off his school bag and opening it up, took out a milk bottle.
Closing his school bag and putting it aside on the beach. Survivomon's eyes widened when he saw the milk bottle, but he waited for Elzom to invite him to it before he went to it. Elzom nodded, smiling and Survivomon hopped towards Elzom. He got onto Elzom's lap and Elzom put the milk bottle's rubber nipple into his copedam's mouth. Survivomon eagerly sucked on the milk in the bottle.
'Did Nowara try talking to you while I was away?' Elzom thought.
'Yes. But I guess she can't hear me.' Survivomon replied in his thoughts.
'Don't worry about it. I know we're using telepathy with each other. Telepathy is when you share thoughts with some else, and that some one else share thoughts with you. Nowara doesn't have telepathy so she can't communicate with you.' Elzom thought.
'Well that does explain it.' Survivomon thought, continuing his sucking of the milk non-stop.
"Why did you bring your bag?" Nowara asked, eyeing Elzom's school bag.
"It was the best way to bring the milk bottles. I couldn't just bring all the milk bottles with me through the water." Elzom reasoned.
Nowara nodded. "Of course."
After drinking to his satisfaction, Survivomon rested on Elzom's lap and closed his eyes. Elzom fondly patted his copedam on his head.
'I feel nice.' Survivomon thought.
Soon afterwards Survivomon turned transparent green. He hopped off of Elzom's lap.
"SURVIVOMON DICRENOL!"
"EMERALDMON!"
Elzom quickly grabbed his D-Satuza, and aimed it at the newly evolved Survivomon.
"Emeraldmon - Caterpillar Micro Jerebi - Emeraldmon was short for Emerald Monster. He was part of the Bright Souls family. Emeraldmon was the miniature form of his juvenile form - His attack is: Emerald Bubbles."
Emeraldmon was Otazoidmon in a miniature form. He didn't have his cape, as his shirt and pants were shorter and smaller, so they could fit him. He didn't have a belt, but he still had the gloves on, along with the crest of myths on the upper right of his shirt. His eyes were still green, as his hair was brown; short, and smooth.
"Emeraldmon." Elzom smiled.
"Yep." Emeraldmon nodded.
Elzom blinked. "You can talk?"
"Yeah. I only can't talk when I'm Survivomon." Emeraldmon informed.
'But we still can share telepathy, right?' Emeraldmon thought.
'I heard you, so I guess so.' Elzom thought.
'This is good.' Emeraldmon agreed.
"He evolved in a way like I haven't seen before." Nowara muttered.
"Hey Nowara. Thanks for keeping me company when Elzom left." Emeraldmon thanked.
Nowara blinked, and blushed. "Your welcome!"
"Well, you hatched here in Miracle Fall. That has got to mean something." Elzom muttered.
Emeraldmon chuckled. "Maybe, but even if we didn't come, I might've still hatched on the beach of Sacred Star Island."
"This place is special and unique. One can't easily come to it, so you hatching here is also special because of that." Nowara agreed with Elzom.
"I should've known you'd side with Elzom." Emeraldmon moaned.
"What? No, I just agree with him." Nowara retorted.
"Yeah, yeah. Keep telling yourself that." Emeraldmon remarked.
Nowara growled, but remained silent.
"... I think we should have Denmon and Shomon meet you Emeraldmon." Elzom decided.
"Yeah. You're right chief. When do we go?" Emeraldmon asked.
"Chief?" Nowara repeated.
Elzom shrugged. "It's something Emeraldmon wants to call me. You need to be warned Emeraldmon about the currents."
Emeraldmon blinked. "I'll handle them."
"What about your bag?" Nowara asked.
"We'll keep it here until I figure out a way to bring it back without getting it wet." Elzom replied, putting his D-Satuza securely into his pocket.
Without waiting for Emeraldmon or Depth Siromon, Elzom rushed towards the lake and dove in, keeping his school bag behind. Emeraldmon quickly followed him, followed by Depth Siromon...
Leaving the water, soaking wet, Elzom dragged himself onto the beach. Emeraldmon followed Elzom. Nowara remained on the water but she watched with interest in her eyes. Elzom and his copedam dragged themselves away from the beach and deeper through Sacred Star Island.
"How was your first time underwater?" Elzom inquired.
"Cold." Emeraldmon replied, shivering and hugging himself.
Elzom smiled. "You'll get used to it."
"I have a feeling there'll be a lot of things I'm going to get used to." Emeraldmon moaned.
Soon enough the two saw numerous bushes and some large trees with wide trunks. The two entered Aisnap Village, with the village being totally and oddly quiet. There were numerous baby codelimin all around and there were digieggs hanging from some of the large trees, while other digieggs were on the ground. Some digieggs were even in the bushes.
"I don't remember the village being this quiet before." Emeraldmon muttered. "Then again I haven't been here long to know."
"You've come back Elzom. There's someone who wants to meet you personally and he has urgent news to tell you." Shomon informed.
The human blinked, pointing at himself. Shomon nodded. Denmon and some angel codelimin approached Elzom and Emeraldmon. Taking out his soaked D-Satuza from his soaked shorts, Elzom aimed his digivice at the angel.
"Lord Holy Angemon - Migration Angel Jerebi - Lord Holy Angemon was short for Lord Holy Angel Monster. He was part of the Angelic Vanguard family. This angel fights for justice when he needs to but when he knows that withdrawal is the best option, he does so. He wielded an Excalibur like Magna Angemon. Lord Holy Angemon was the lord of one of the villages in Process Continent until Acemon destroyed it with his Ace Army - His attacks are: Heaven's Gate; Excalibur; Soul Banish."
Putting his D-Satuza back in his pocket, Elzom stared in awe at the angel codelimin. Shomon and Denmon both noticed Emeraldmon and approached.
"You were in that green digiegg, weren't you?" Shomon inquired.
Emeraldmon nodded. "Yes. I'm in my caterpillar form now. Chief here fed me some milk and I evolved from my embryo form."
"Where were you born?" Denmon questioned.
Emeraldmon glanced at Elzom.
'What should I say chief?' Emeraldmon asked, not wanting to tell Denmon and Shomon about Miracle Fall.
His human shrugged. 'Just tell them it doesn't matter. What matters is that you're here now.'
'Right chief.' Emeraldmon thought.
Turning back to Denmon and Shomon, Emeraldmon smiled at them.
"I would think that it doesn't matter where I was born, but that I'm here now." Emeraldmon replied.
"... True..." Denmon muttered.
"But you were born today." Shomon remarked.
"Yes! Less than an hour ago!" Emeraldmon exclaimed.
"... What's your name?" Denmon asked.
Emeraldmon sweat-dropped. "Emeraldmon."
Both Denmon and Shomon noticed that Emeraldmon had addressed his partner as "chief". They decided to ignore it, and understood that it was something between Emeraldmon and Elzom.
"It's a pleasure finally meeting you in person Elzom Greenglade." Lord Holy Angemon greeted, extending his arm.
"... The pleasure is all mine... What's the urgent news?" Elzom inquired, shaking hands with the angel.
Lord Holy Angemon lowered his head, and shook it letting go of Elzom's hand. "Acemon and his Ace Army attacked my village that I led and protected. Just like what your digivice mentioned. I was able to cripple his army but only temporarily. It would be a matter of time before he returns to destroying numerous other villages, then he would attack cities. I'm fearful that he's begun his conquest of Ancient Digital."
"Did you personally battle Acemon?" Elzom questioned, rubbing his chin.
"Yes." Lord Holy Angemon nodded. "I was able to keep up with him, but only barely. He's a very powerful codelimin."
"When Lord Holy Angemon arrived, he was so exhausted. Partially from flying all the way over here and partially because of his battle with Acemon." Shomon informed.
"Did he massacre any codelimin?" Emeraldmon asked.
"... I wouldn't say "massacre", not yet at least. Innocent codelimin were deleted, while others that survived fled their village to other nearby villages. I kept Acemon busy by battling him and so the surviving codelimin of my village succeeded in fleeing. I don't know how they are now." Lord Holy Angemon explained.
"Was Dreadincemon with him?" Elzom asked.
"Yes." Lord Holy Angemon replied. "I also faced him momentarily in battle, and he's an annoying loyal codelimin to Acemon."
"Would you be able to take us to the nearest village of the destroyed village?" Emeraldmon inquired.
"After I've had my rest I would. There's no guarantee that Acemon won't have attacked that village by the time we arrive." Lord Holy Angemon informed.
"What was the village's name that you protected and led?" Elzom asked.
"Havenwings." Lord Holy Angemon replied in a sad voice.
"Then I promise you that you'd get to establish Havenwings once more some time in the future. I don't know when, but I promise you that'll happen and Acemon won't stop it or harm it." Elzom decided seriously.
Lord Holy Angemon smiled. "I thank you Elzom."
"I have the best place for rest." Denmon informed, clapping his paws. "Please follow me."
Elzom; Emeraldmon, and Lord Holy Angemon all followed Denmon. Shomon knew where they were going so he didn't follow them. Some babies were crying and Shomon went to them to intend them...
Denmon didn't take his guests far. He stopped in front of an empty green ground, with Elzom; Emeraldmon, and Lord Holy Angemon stopping behind him. The three remained silent, and they watched as the ground slid backwards into itself, revealing some stairs that led down underground. When Elzom looked down he didn't see the bottom. Denmon passed Elzom, going down the stairs. Lord Holy Angemon was next, with Elzom and Emeraldmon in the rear.
The red fox led the way down the stairs. Along the way, Denmon pressed on something on the wall where the top of the stairs was closed shut. Elzom jumped when it closed, and he glanced back, noticed that he was trapped underground. Pushing his fears aside, he followed Denmon. The stairs were lit with lighted torches. Soon enough, Denmon; Lord Holy Angemon; Emeraldmon, and Elzom all reached the bottom of the stairs.
Stopping in front of a door at the end, Denmon waved his paw over some scanner on the wall near the door, and the door slid open to its sides. Elzom witnessed it all, and Denmon was the first to step in. He stepped aside, letting Lord Holy Angemon; Emeraldmon, and Elzom pass him. When Elzom passed by the slide door, it closed shut behind him. It seemed that they were in some sort of huge cavern underground. They were also close to the ceiling of the cavern.
Taking a few steps towards the ledge, Denmon noticed the slide. He turned back to Lord Holy Angemon; Emeraldmon, and Elzom.
"This slide is the way down. There is a way back up, but we'll get to that later on. You can slide down the slide or fly down as you like Lord Holy Angemon." Denmon informed.
The angel looked down the slide and shrugged. "I could easily fly down, but why not have some fun?"
Taking a deep breath, Lord Holy Angemon jumped down the slide, rapidly sliding down. He was quickly out of Emeraldmon's and Elzom's sights. Denmon turned to them.
"Where's your school bag Elzom?" Denmon asked.
"It's safe." Elzom replied. "I'm not worried about it."
Denmon nodded. "O.K. You and Emeraldmon have no choice but to slide down."
"I always enjoyed slides." Elzom grinned.
'Would it be fun chief?' Emeraldmon thought.
'Try it for yourself and you'll find out.' Elzom replied.
Emeraldmon stepped up beside Denmon and glanced down the slide. Emeraldmon momentarily closed his eyes, before quickly opening them. Without any words Emeraldmon jumped onto the slide and slid down out of Elzom's sight. Denmon turned to Elzom.
"Are you coming down?" Elzom inquired.
Denmon nodded. "Yes. I'll be right behind you, but be sure once you reach the bottom to move aside for me."
"Right." Elzom nodded, stepping up to the slide.
Knowing what to expect, Elzom laughed as he jumped onto the slide, quickly sliding down the slide.
"Oh yeah!" Elzom cheered, letting the fresh clean air rush through his own hair.
Soon enough the ground of the cavern appeared and Elzom braced himself for a landing. He reached the ground and let his legs rush forward a little before stopping and moving aside, joining his copedam's side. Emeraldmon was smiling, apparently having enjoyed the slide down. Moments later and Denmon appeared. When he reached the ground, he leapt off a little and somersaulted over himself on the ground before jumping back to his feet and turning around.
Denmon was quiet for a few moments, noticing how his three guests enjoyed their slide down the slide. He approached them and stood in between Lord Holy Angemon on one side and both Emeraldmon and Elzom on the other.
"You three can rest here." Denmon informed. "Follow me."
Taking the rear once more with his copedam, Elzom took a look around the huge cavern. He saw a lake at one side of the cavern. On a corner near the slide he slid down was some sort of white device, which Elzom assumed was the milk making device. Elzom noticed that they were heading towards some colorful fluffy beds. There were around 7, with each one a different color, or some had more than one color.
The red fox stopped in front of the beds, turning around to his guests.
"We're all in an underground shelter that's under Sacred Star Island. Shomon and I bring the babies and digieggs here when it rains; hails, or even snows. The young ones love it here, and when we do move them here we get help from other friendly codelimin that we're friends with. Choose your beds. I'll return and check on you all later." Denmon explained, walking away.
Elzom and Emeraldmon quickly had their sights on a green bed, and both rushed to it and jumped on. The two let themselves fall on their stomachs on the green bed. Lord Holy Angemon chose a white bed and quietly sat on it.
"If you don't mind me asking Elzom, how did you get here?" Lord Holy Angemon inquired, turning his attention to the human.
Elzom turned around onto his back and sat up facing Lord Holy Angemon. Emeraldmon just turned around onto his back. Elzom thought about it for a few moments, and then he decided to tell what he remembered. He told Lord Holy Angemon his story starting from when he stopped on the stairs in his school until he met up with Lord Holy Angemon. He didn't leave anything out, including Miracle Fall.
He explained that was where Emeraldmon was born, and where he left his school bag. Lord Holy Angemon listened patiently, every once in awhile nodding his head until Elzom finished. Emeraldmon glanced at Elzom.
'Are you sure it was a good idea to tell him about Miracle Fall?' Emeraldmon inquired.
'I trust Lord Holy Angemon. We won't be betraying Nowara or anything like that. It's O.K. Emeraldmon.' Elzom replied.
Lord Holy Angemon smiled. "You don't have to worry about me telling others, especially Denmon or Shomon, about Miracle Fall. I'm an angel, and I understand this as being a secret, so I'll keep it, as an angel's word... As for the telepathy between you two, I sensed the link when I first saw you two and I have to apologize on eavesdropping on them during the short time I've been with you two."
"You know we can telepath?" Elzom asked, blinking in surprise.
"Forget that! You can hear us telepath?!" Emeraldmon exclaimed.
Lord Holy Angemon laughed. "Yes. Many angels can telepath themselves, including myself. I some times intrude into the residents' minds of Havenwings in the past without telling them. I also intrude on my opponents' minds sometimes, including Acemon's and Dreadincemon's minds. When I do so, it is really useful."
"... Anything useful from Acemon?" Elzom asked.
"Only his plans of conquest of Ancient Digital." Lord Holy Angemon sighed.
"That could be really useful!" Emeraldmon exclaimed.
"Not for us." Lord Holy Angemon shook his head.
"We need to get some rest. It's been a really long day for us." Elzom reminded.
"Yes, and don't forget about taking us to some village." Emeraldmon added.
"Of course." Lord Holy Angemon nodded, lying on his back careful not to hurt his wings.
Elzom and Emeraldmon also laid down on their green bed, with the two being beside each other, and just staring up at the wall. The two eventually closed their eyes and dozed off. Lord Holy Angemon noticed and smiled.
'As for me, I can get my rest without having to close my eyes, especially if I'm going to take them to a village that Acemon would've attacked by now.' Lord Holy Angemon thought, sighing to himself...
Having got their rest and prepared for their journey, Lord Holy Angemon carried both Elzom and Emeraldmon in his arms, flying towards the nearest village that was nearest to his own Havenwings Village. Lord Holy Angemon mentally and emotionally braced himself for any destruction he might witness with Elzom and Emeraldmon. Elzom enjoyed flying in Lord Holy Angemon's hold. It was the first time he had ever flown in the air. It was also Emeraldmon's first experience.
And he was enjoying it a lot. Emeraldmon begun to wonder if he would ever be able to fly on his own in any of his evolved forms. The flight was quiet, with the fresh breeze blowing on Elzom and Emeraldmon acting as if nothing was wrong in Ancient Digital. Lord Holy Angemon knew when he was approaching the village, but he didn't see any smoke rising into the air, and he didn't know what to think. Once his sight was on the village, Lord Holy Angemon gasped.
He flew faster and reached the destroyed village quicker. He landed on an unspoiled green ground. All around them there were destroyed homes, and there were craters in numerous random places on the green ground. Lord Holy Angemon shook his head, and let both Elzom and Emeraldmon out of his hands.
"... Are you sure this is the nearest village to Havenwings?" Elzom inquired.
"Yeah. For all we know this could be Havenwings itself... Or some other village that was attacked." Emeraldmon agreed.
Lord Holy Angemon turned his attention towards Elzom and Emeraldmon, but he remained silent. Moments later and he started walking around the destroyed village, looking around. After having his look around, he returned to Elzom and Emeraldmon.
"No survivors. Acemon has attacked this village. If there were survivors, they probably escaped to a further distant village." Lord Holy Angemon explained.
"Maybe we should head towards that village now? I mean there's nothing for us here now, right?" Emeraldmon asked.
"... I'll take you two to a quick visit to the ruined Havenwings so you would know that this village at least isn't Havenwings." Lord Holy Angemon decided.
Elzom and Emeraldmon quietly got into his arms, and Lord Holy Angemon took to the sky, flying towards his ruined Havenwings. Considering the distance between the two villages, it was quick flight between the two. Elzom and Emeraldmon noticed the differences of destruction in Havenwings than the previous destroyed village they were in. Lord Holy Angemon landed and let go of Elzom and Emeraldmon. The battle the angel had with Acemon was still clear in his mind.
Both Elzom and Emeraldmon were the ones to walk around the ruined village with Lord Holy Angemon remaining in his spot. Elzom and Emeraldmon saw the numerous craters where some of the attacks had landed. The two felt that there were homes that were entirely destroyed that there wasn't any sign of them. Elzom and Emeraldmon eventually returned to the angel when they had their satisfied look around.
"Did you get information of why Acemon had attacked Havenwings first?" Elzom inquired.
"... No, but that's an interesting question. From what I read from Acemon's mind, there wasn't anything to answer your inquiry. It might have been a random starting point for his conquest, or it might've had a strategic reason. If Havenwings did have some strategic position, then I wasn't aware of it." Lord Holy Angemon replied.
"Maybe now we could head to the distant village where the survivors are?" Emeraldmon questioned.
Lord Holy Angemon nodded. "Yes. We'd be heading there now."
Both Elzom and Emeraldmon got back into Lord Holy Angemon's arms and he carried them into the sky, departing the ruined Havenwings. They passed the destroyed village near the ruined Havenwings without stopping. Elzom stared at the destroyed village with his copedam until it was out of their sights.
"If you don't mind me asking Lord Holy Angemon, what were you before you evolved?" Emeraldmon asked.
Lord Holy Angemon smiled. "I was Lucemon."
"What's the name of the village we're heading to?" Elzom asked.
"It's named Crystalville. It's named that because of the large amounts of numerous crystal minerals around it." Lord Holy Angemon replied.
The rest of the flight was in quietness. The flight towards Crystalville was longer because it wasn't the same distance that the ruined Havenwings and its ruined neighbor are.
"I can understand why Acemon would attack Crystalville. It would be because of the numerous crystal minerals around it, and he would want it for some reason. It's a good strategic place because of its crystal deposits." Lord Holy Angemon muttered.
In the distance, both Elzom and Emeraldmon saw the village.
"We're close!" Emeraldmon exclaimed.
"Yes." Lord Holy Angemon nodded, noticing the village.
Soon enough Lord Holy Angemon had reached the village and he stopped in midair above the village. When he stopped, some codelimin stopped where they were and looked up at Lord Holy Angemon and his two friends. Lord Holy Angemon descended into the village and he let go of Elzom and Emeraldmon. Elzom and Emeraldmon looked around the village and saw that the homes were made of shining crystal. It wasn't only the homes, but all the buildings.
"It seems that Acemon didn't come here yet." Elzom whispered.
"I don't agree. He might have come and took some crystal loads with him away. He like raided this village." Lord Holy Angemon whispered.
"It looks like its bigger than a village." Emeraldmon noted.
"Yes. It's almost as big as a town. I won't be surprised if this village eventually grows to become a city." Lord Holy Angemon remarked.
"Lord Holy Angemon!" A voice exclaimed.
The addressed angel turned towards the voice, and his eyes widened under his helmet.
"Koemon." Lord Holy Angemon whispered.
Elzom and Emeraldmon watched quietly. Koemon rushed towards Lord Holy Angemon and stopped in front of the angel. Lord Holy Angemon knelt down on his knees, putting his left arm on his right knee.
"It's good to see you Koemon." Lord Holy Angemon smiled.
Koemon was panting, but he nodded. "You too."
"These are Elzom Greenglade and his copedam Emeraldmon." Lord Holy Angemon introduced.
Koemon glanced at the human and his copedam.
"A human?" Koemon inquired.
Elzom nodded. "Yes."
"You are going to battle and defeat Acemon for us, aren't you?!" Koemon questioned, pleadingly.
Elzom was silent, as he didn't know how to respond, and neither did Emeraldmon.
"They're not strong enough yet to face Acemon, much less any of his minions. His time will come. Just Elzom being here shows that Acemon's time in Ancient Digital is limited." Lord Holy Angemon explained.
"Oh." Koemon whispered.
"How do you two know each other?" Emeraldmon asked.
"Koemon is one of the survivors from Havenwings. We're close friends as well." Lord Holy Angemon replied.
The angel turned to Koemon. "Has Acemon appeared here in Crystalville?"
"That he has Lord Holy Angemon." A feminine voice replied.
Lord Holy Angemon turned towards the voice. Elzom and Emeraldmon also turned towards the voice. Everyone was silently watching what was happening. When the angel saw who answered him, he smiled.
"How long has it been Petamon?" Lord Holy Angemon inquired.
With all the new things happening to him and his copedam, Elzom had momentarily forgotten about his D-Satuza, but it was then when he remembered it, and he aimed it at Petamon. A 3D image of Petamon was imitated out of Elzom's digivice, with Petamon spinning around. The voice that spoke, giving information about Petamon, was close to Elzom's. Some residents of Crystalville momentarily turned their attention towards Elzom and his digivice.
"Petamon - Maturity Nature Jerebi - Petamon was short for Petal Monster. She was part of the Solar Mists family. Even though Floramon's maturity form was Kiwimon, Kiwimon was only one of Floramon's maturity forms. Petamon was another, and she was Floramon's true maturity form. Petamon used the crane for her attacks. She was the mayor or "mistress" of Crystalville in Ancient Digital - Her attacks are: Daisy Net; Flower Storm; Petal Sphere."
Petamon's height was the same as Rosemon's. Her skin was green in color, furry with grass covering it. A large jasmine petal covered her forehead and head. Her hair was short; smooth, and blond. Her eyes were green and her ears were long and pointed, like an elf's. Jasmine petals were on her shoulders; knees, and elbows. Petamon wore a green fur coat, covered with green leaves. She wore a yellow tulip bra, covering her breasts.
She wore green boots, covered by grass, up to her knees. She held a crane, with a large jasmine flower at the top. Her hands were colored green and no grass covered the skin, with the nails being long and green. The crane was wooden, but entangled with some green leaf branches, ending just before the large jasmine flower.
Elzom remembered what Denmon had told him about Solar Mists, and with that in mind, he aimed his digivice at Koemon, with the 3D image of Petamon blurring to a 3D image of Koemon, with Koemon spinning around. The voice that spoke, giving information about Koemon, was close to Elzom's.
"Koemon - Juvenile Mammal Grasl - He was part of the Tamed Beasts family. Koemon was also known as Monmon, which was short for Monkey Monster. Koemon was a survivor from his native village of Havenwings, which was ruined by Acemon and his army. Koemon was also close friends with Lord Holy Angemon - His attack is: Swing Swing."
With the analyzing done, Elzom put his digivice away. Petamon patiently waited until Elzom's D-Satuza had finished its analysis. When it was done, Petamon turned to Lord Holy Angemon.
"Too long Lord Angemon." Petamon replied.
"... Has Acemon raided Crystalville?" Lord Holy Angemon questioned.
Petamon nodded. "Yes, and he took much of our mined crystals. That was all that he took. He didn't harm any resident."
"Acemon definitely has plans for the crystals." Lord Holy Angemon muttered, rubbing his chin.
'Lord Angemon?' Emeraldmon thought, glancing at Elzom.
Elzom shrugged. 'I'm just as confused as you are Emeraldmon.'
Lord Holy Angemon smiled as he eavesdropped on the telepathy between Elzom and his copedam.
"Are we going to stay here for awhile?" Emeraldmon inquired.
"You three are welcome to stay in Crystalville for as long as you three wish." Petamon allowed.
The angel nodded. "Yes. We'll be staying here for awhile, but you two would have to eventually head back to Sacred Star Island."
"Would you be coming with us?" Elzom asked.
"No." The angel replied, shaking his head. "I won't be taking you back, but I do have someone in mind when it is the right time."
'It's not everyday one gets to stay in a town made of crystal buildings.' Elzom thought...
COMING UP! CHAPTER 2: HUNTING AN ACE