A/N: First off, the title of this chapter is the product of me watching too much anime. Second off is the disclaimer.
Digimon is owned by Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, and Bandai-Namco. The following (and preceding) text is a fan-made story meant for entertainment purposes only. Please support the official release.
Third is that I haven't thanked the people that sent me OCs, so I'm gonna thank them in the ending A/N because this one is really long already! On to the story!
Chapter 6: Enter Phoebe Drake! The Name of the Game is Pain?!
I've learned many things since my recent arrival on File Island three days ago. One of the most shocking to me was that Lopmon was not a girl, but in fact a guy. Another thing I found out was that Artur could access his Digisoul like I could. Although he couldn't manifest it physically, he was able to alter the digital world with it. I also found out that the only digimon that I liked besides Lopmon and BlackAgumon was Tactimon, he had a kind heart. A lot of the other digimon around the base were at least tolerable. The few digimon I don't like are Datamon, Devimon, and the self proclaimed royal jester ChaosPiedmon.
I mean seriously, the guy's jokes aren't even that funny.
But the biggest thing that happened was Renamon's escape. Apparently Deputymon was an idiot and forgot about Renamon's ability to switch places with another person/digimon. Oh, and the girl that the Renamon came with escaped as well.
I stopped writing in my journal as I sensed someone approaching. I closed the book and put it in my knapsack. I saw the sheepish Knightmon walk towards me.
"Excuse me, but could I, perchance, ask thee a favor." The mix of old and new english almost physically hurt, but I nodded anyway. "You see, I've three squads of Commandramon that hath gone missing."
"And... what do you want me to do?" I asked impatiently.
"I was wondering if perchance, thou couldst search for them, and not tell Lord Lucemon." Knightmon's eyes darted back and forth as though the child-like angel were standing in the corner of the room, waiting to pounce.
"And you're asking me because...?" I motioned for him to continue.
"Lord Artur is busy searching for the escaped damsel, and thou art the only one available." Knightmon seemed to get more nervous by the second.
"I'll go search for 'em, but you need to at least tell Tactimon about this." I said as I got up and began to search for Lopmon. Knowing the rabbit, he would be lazing about in my room.
I entered my room to see the brown bunny sleeping on my bed. I sighed and grabbed him by the ear and slung him over my shoulder. The little bastard didn't even wake up after that, so I left the base and headed in a random direction into the forest. Eventually Lopmon woke up and noticed that I had him slung over my shoulder by his ears.
"Hey, that hurts." I let the bunny drop. "Ow." I looked down to see that he had landed on his butt.
"Next time, don't sleep in my bed."
"Jeez, fine." Lopmon grumbled. "Anyway, what're we doing out here?"
"Searching for missing patrols." I picked Lopmon up and put him on my head. "And I brought you along for some field experience."
Lopmon sighed as he got comfortable on my head. "So basically watch and do nothing? Sure."
I continued to wander aimlessly until I heard someone humming. The melody was beautiful, but when I heard it I felt a chill run up my spine. All my instincts screamed for me to run in the opposite direction of the haunting song. Under normal circumstances, I would have listened to my instincts and get the hell out of dodge. However, I was on a mission, so I pushed my feelings of unease to the back of my mind.
As I got closer to the sound, I saw a girl with messy brown hair sitting on a log, eating a few nuts and fruits she must have scavenged.
Lopmon, shivering full time asked me in a shaking voice, "We aren't going to ignore that like a sane person would, are we." It would have come out as a question if it weren't for the defeated tone in his voice.
I deigned not to answer and stepped into the small clearing where the girl was sitting. I noticed she was around my age and swallowed hard. I had heard about this great enemy from my father. The enemy that all boys must face at one point or another to make them men. Nerves when talking to a pretty girl.
"H-hey. Are you lost?" I began stuttering but caught myself in time to finish the sentence. The humming stopped and the girl looked at me with wary emerald eyes. As those eyes met mine, I felt the feeling of unease return sevenfold. Then she smiled.
"I am a little lost, do you know where we are?" The girl's voice was bright and bubbly, and yet it caused that feeling of imminent doom to increase.
"Yeah... m-my name's Rick and... we're on file island." I focused all my energy into ignoring the the feelings of absolute despair that seemed to be caused by this strange girl.
"Really?! Isn't that where the digimon resistance base is?" The girl seemed surprised and the feelings of dread lessened. "Hey Lunamon! File island is where the digimon rebellion is based, right?" I looked around and noticed a small white rabbit with two sets of ears and a crescent on it's forehead shyly come from behind the log the girl had been sitting on.
"Y-yes, l-l-lady Phoebe..." The rabbit digimon, which I had never seen before, answered in a shaky voice.
"Okay!" Phoebe turned to face me again, and the feeling of dread returned. "Let's play a game!" These words inspired so much terror in my body that were I a lesser man, I would have thrown up.
I ignored every part of me that screamed for me to run away and not look back, figuring that if I played this game that, Phoebe I think that Lunamon called her, would like me more. "Alright, let's play." I smiled and instantly regretted my decision as I saw her the kitchen knife come at me almost too late for me to dodge it. I darted quickly to the right and felt my left arm explode in pain.
Phoebe giggled as she then shouted, "Stab, YOU'RE IT!" She darted backwards and eyed me warily.
"Lopmon!" I focused my energy into the pair of headphones around my neck. This would be the second time we would do this, but this was an emergency.
"Got it!" Lopmon nodded as he felt the familiar warmth of his partner's digisoul. "Lopmon digivolve to..." The rabbit grew to the size of a large man as his body proportions shifted, giving him large hands feet, legs and forearms along with a ridiculous sized upper torso when compared to his stomach Two bony protrusions grew out of his shoulder blades as his feral voice called out the name of his new form "...Wendigomon!"
"My left arm's out for now, so attack her!" I called to my partner.
"Wind Crusher!" (Koko Crusher) The beast man digimon swung his oversized hands together and clapped to create a shockwave that headed towards Phoebe.
"Displace!" Phoebe moved behind Wendigomon with a soft Vwip sound. The shockwave slammed into the trees behind where the brunette had been standing less than a moment ago, splintering the trunks and causing the nearest one to fall. "Luna!"
"Yes milady!" I heard the white rabbit digimon shout from behind me, all traces of her nervousness now gone. "Lunamon digivolve to..." I watched as the rabbit grew until it was nearly the same size as Wendigomon, albeit having a much more slender figure. The only similarity in body proportions was the large waist and legs. Several tubes filled with a strange liquid came out of her back, her face now covered by a metal mask. "...Lekismon!"
"Midnight Kick!" The strange beast man jumped 50 feet into the air, angling herself against the sun, causing Wendigomon to lose sight of her, only realizing where she was when her foot connected with his face.
Phoebe took this chance to make a run for it, and I followed.
"Manifest!" I focused my Digisoul into blades which I shot after the fleeing girl. Each time one came near to her, she would teleport away with a vwip and my blade would slice through a tree. (Any time Phoebe teleports from now on, I'm just going to say that she vwipped, or vwips, or is vwipping.) I was beyond enraged. I had only wanted to help this girl, and she goes and stabs me in the arm! Suffice to say, I wasn't pulling any punches. If one of my blades hit her, she would die.
"You're too slow!" Phoebe taunted, and in my rage filled state I easily grew even more angry. I started summoning several blades at once and began shooting them at her all at once.
I chased her for around an hour before we arrived at a cliff edge. "There's nowhere to run now..." I growled at the girl in front of me. "NOW YOU DIE!"
Lekismon watched Phoebe leave, and the strange boy that shot blades followed. This temporary lapse in concentration nearly ended the fight when Wendigomon threw a punch at her center of mass.
'I can't beat this Wendigomon right now.' Lekismon thought to herself. From what she knew, Wendigomon tended to act berserk and insane. Yet this one seemed like it was attacking with a calculated calm. While she knew that under normal circumstances, she would be able to handle a Wendigomon, this one was different. All the odds were not in her favor: when the moon wasn't visible, her powers were weak compared to her normal strength; Wendigomon, a virus digimon that normally gave up intelligence for an extreme boost in speed and power, was acting rationally; and to top it all off, her attacks were weaker against it due to its attribute while a single hit from it would most likely leave her in a catatonic state.
Wendigomon, after having Lekismon jump ten feet back to avoid his punch, simply waited and watched for an opening. Lekismon silently did the same. Wendigomon simply smirked. He knew he would win in a battle of attrition. His partner's supply of digisoul was nearly endless, although the sudden spikes in power every few seconds were slightly worrying. And while he knew that Lekismon had the advantage in speed, he had a trick up his sleeve.
Lekismon feigned to the left, catching Wendigomon off guard as she swooped in from the right and struck his forearm several times. Wendigomon merely grunted as he turned his body to face the direction the white beastman was in, but paused when he noticed his arm wasn't moving with him. He then realized he couldn't feel his arm and, glancing at it, he noticed it was covered in ice and frozen to the ground.
Lekismon was worried when the Wendigomon began to chuckle at the state his arm was in. Her eyes widened as he lifted up the chunk of earth connected to his arm and swung it at her. "Cable Crasher!" She almost avoided the attack completely, but due to the extended range she felt the moon crest on her chest get jarred by the piece of earth her enemy wielded as a weapon. She willed an arrow of ice into existence and quickly formed a bow using two of the tentacle protrusions on her back.
"Teardrop Arrow!" The projectile flew forward at an extreme speed, grazing Wendigomon's cheek. He narrowed his eyes at the data attribute beastman. While that attack hadn't been enough to draw blood, it still hurt. He flexed his right hand, shattering the ice covering it. The kiddie gloves were coming off.
Wendigomon rushed forward, aiming to end the fight quickly, as Lekismon jumped a few hundred feet into the air. "Fine then."
Lekismon had her back to the sun as he used the moisture in the air to create a volley of arrows. "Teardrop Arrows!" The icy projectiles flew towards the ground in unison.
"What are you aiming at?" Lekismon's eyes widened as she turned her head to see Wendigomon above her.
"H-how?"
"I'll tell you... WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING!" As Lekismon was unable to dodge while falling, she simply tensed her body to absorb the blow from the viral champion, and when Wendigomon's club-like arm smashed into her, she was sent hurtling towards the ground. She knew she was fucked as soon as she saw Wendigomon appear where she was going to land, and braced herself again. Wendigomon then casually backhanded her into a nearby tree.
Lekismon's mouth shot open as the force of the impact caused her to cough blood. She fell to the ground with her arms as her main support. She trembled. "No... Is this it? Is this all that I'm worth?" She felt tears well up in her eyes at the knowledge that she had failed to do the one thing she was meant to do. The only reason for her existence. She had failed to protect Phoebe. She let out a sob, which soon evolved into full out crying.
Wendigomon paused at the sound of his enemy's cries. He sighed as he reasoned out what to do. On one hand, he could assist Rick and end that battle sooner; and on the other, he could stay here and comfort this digimon that only fought him because she was scared for her human friend. He also knew that not all the digimon in this forest were benevolent, and might take advantage of a weakened champion for her data. Plus, she was kind of pretty... He sighed once again and sat next to the crying beastman.
"Why?" Lekismon didn't even glance at him as she asked, her voice filled with pain. "You were holding back."
"Yes." Wendigomon abhorred needless death, unlike his partner. "I don't like to kill the innocent."
"You should have killed me." Wendigomon could tell Lekismon was on the verge of hysterics. "I can't do anything, I should have died, I should-"
"STOP!" Wendigomon yelled at the weakened champion next to him. "I highly doubt Rick will kill your partner, so keep living for her sake." Wendigomon hoped his lie sounded believable, he knew that Rick was almost certainly going to kill the girl unless something bad happened to him. Wendigomon helped his companion into a sitting position as he started conversing with her.
As time passed by, Wendigomon found himself actually enjoying Lekismon's company, and Lekismon felt the same.
"It's nice out here, you know?" Lekismon said, after talking to the large beastman beside her, she felt a familiar sense of welcome emanating from him. "Nothing like being stuck inside a stuffy room all day."
"Yeah, I-" Wendigomon began to respond, but stopped when he felt his partner's digisoul levels spike dangerously. "GAAAH!" Wendigomon focused the huge influx of energy Rick was giving him to create a warped bit of space large enough for Lekismon and himself. Lekismon was startled as she saw their surroundings become colored grey. Then her eyes widened in shock as everything around them seemed to be obliterated by tiny white specks that flew past where the champions were.
"W-what?!" Lekismon squeaked as she saw the display of power.
"This is one of Rick's strongest abilities. He told me it requires a huge amount of his digisoul." Wendigomon replied. "We should be safe in here until the attack ends."
Moments later, the stream of particles seemed to abate, and color returned to their surroundings. Lekismon marveled at the pure destruction around them. Nothing was left except for the grass inside the area Wendigomon had protected. She covered her eyes as a blinding white light engulfed Wendigomon, and saw that he had reverted to what must have been his In-Training form. A brown slug-like creature with three horns on its head.
"Go stop the fight..." The small digimon said, before passing out. Lekismon grabbed it and quickly ran toward the origin of the attack, praying she wasn't too late.
Earlier...
"NOW YOU DIE!" With this cry I charged Phoebe. "Manifest: Sickle Blade!" I focused my energy into a small one-handed scythe. The handle was black and the blade was a lime green. I slashed at the girl as soon as I got within range. She deftly dodged to my left. I turned and deflected the knife blade that was aiming for my injured arm with the blade of my sickle. I quickly smashed my skull into her face. I heard a crack. Vwip. I felt Phoebe's presence behind me, so I quickly swung my elbow behind me. It connected and I turned to see what damage I had done.
Tears welled in the girl's eyes as blood streamed from her now crooked nose. Despite this, she had an excited look in her eyes, and a happy smile on her face. "This is the best game EVER!" Her eyes shone like emeralds, I might even have found it cute if I weren't currently angry beyond reasoning. She charged, and I sidestepped, slamming my elbow into her back as she passed by, shifting her flight path to straight down. Vwip. I saw her shadow above me and angled my sickle's blade cause the knife she angled straight down to glance off harmlessly.
My plan worked as I felt the girl's weight land on me, knocking us both to the floor. I reached to push her off, grabbing something soft and squishy. I let go immediately and quickly wiggled out from underneath her. "FUCK YOU! FUCK YOUR TELEPORTATION POWERS, AND FUCK ALL YOUR SHIT!" I was done with this fight and wanted to end it in a single attack. I gathered all my energy for one final burst. I lifted my left arm feeling that the nerves that had been severed had reconnected and shouted out the name of my ultimate attack. "MANIFESTATION: WAVE!"
A/N: Holy crap that's another long one. 3K+ words again. Wow. Anyways, I finally finished this one and I left it at a cliffhanger. You'll have to see what happens in the next chapter. ;P
As promised, here's the names of the OCs along with the people that sent them.
BestOCMaker/Gigabyte with Artur Blaze.
Onetruepanda with Koharu Saishiro.
Thalen de Valdor with Tony.
Periwinkles and Lilacs (I was sure your name was something else before) with Phoebe Drake.
DaysbyGrace with the so far unintroduced Remi Akane.
And of course Ricku28 for Rick. (Just kidding, I don't need to thank myself)
Also, next chapter is going to have some fluff between Rick and Phoebe. If Periwinkles and Lilacs will let me, I'm going to possibly have those two become romantically involved somewhat. But no matter what the next chapter is going to be fluff.
I also changed a bit of Phoebe's traits to match her personality better, so now she's a sadistic masochist instead of just a sadist.
Also, two more chapters until the introduction of Remi, so look forward to that.
If anyone has any questions about what went down this chapter, just shoot me a PM or ask it in your review, I'll try to answer any questions since this chapter might bring up a few.
Anyways, if you enjoyed this chapter, leave a review. I'd appreciate it.