Author's Note: This is the spirits of the human partners and the spirits of the first generation of Legendary Warriors speaking
Selena curses internally as her pain levels ratchet up to unbearable. Her chocolate eyes roll into the back of her head although she manages to keep her feet and shake off the feeling of faintness. " Dai, we need to stop. "
Davis looks back at her and his eyes widen upon seeing her look so pale. He races to her side and helps her to lay down. " Veemon, are there any natural remedies here for pain relief and fevers, preferably both? " Davis asks.
Veemon thinks on this, " Yeah, there are, I'll be back. "
While Veemon was gone Selena whimpers softly and Agunimon watches over her, Dammit, why the hell can't I wake up! Selena needs me.
Agunimon inwardly rolls his eyes at his partner, Davis and Veemon can handle this, Takuya.
Her goddamn arm is broken, she's in pain, oh and let's not forget the fever she has!
Agunimon had to admit his partner had a point, If necessary I can probably summon Lord Seraphimon or Bokumon.
Gah, damn Kanbara luck. It should be me and Ser raising the kids, not my mom.
Veemon has returned by this time and the pair set to work on making the medicine Selena needed. Davis pauses as he can feel tremors traversing through the ground, " Veemon, something's coming but I don't know what. "
Veemon looks at his partner, " You're connected to the Earth now, so naturally you can sense things coming. Hopefully whatever's coming is friendly because I don't think either one of us is up for another fight. "
" That's true. " Davis admits and soon they're administering the natural medicines to Selena.
Davis whips around just then, D-Tector in hand, " Easy there, I'm no threat to you, I'm Meteormon, and old friend of Koji Minamoto's. Lobomon asked me to come help out. "
Agunimon snorts at this and Davis' eyes widen as he sees the spirit. Agunimon groans, " Sorry, now that you're a legendary warrior you can actually see and hear me, though you are a chosen child of fire as well. "
With Meteormon to help watch over them Davis and Veemon allowed themselves to rest. " Agunimon, Koji says to tell Kanbara that they'll all watch over Selena while she's here. " Lobomon says, approaching the fire warrior.
Izzy and Mimi have joined up with Matt, Tai, TK, and their partners by now with Sora and Joe enroute as well. They were all heading back towards Infinity Mountain. By the next morning Selena's fever has been significantly reduced, Meteormon had made more medicine for her as well. The two warriors and digimon make their way towards Infinity Mountain where they knew they were needed. Davis keeping a close eye on Selena as well, he knew the medicine would only last for so long, though Meteormon had mixed up some different medicines and was even teaching him how to make them, helping him ID the different flora of Digiworld.
Davis took this information to heart, as he knew it may become useful again and stores the medicine in the purple backpack he now wore, as Selena could barely move herself at the moment. Meteormon's medicine was helping to speed up the healing process though as the herbs had natural sugars in them. One thing was for sure, they had to get to Infinity Mountain and join up with the others, fast. They had eaten any flavor cabbages and Veemon had gone to get more for their supply along with more Meat Apples and he'd gotten them some bananas to eat as well.
As they make their way towards the mountain in the distance Selena looks at her traveling companions, " If we're to stand a chance of kicking Devimon's ass then Davis needs to use his Beast Spirit, which means he has to try it now, as Beast Spirits are hard to control and test their wielders. "
Davis sighs and hands the backpack to Meteormon, four loops of fractal code around his left hand, as he scans the code he calls out, " Execute… Beast Spirit Evolution! Ahhhhhhhh! Yêshòumon! Beastly Lord of Earth! "
Yêshòumon was a clay colored quadruped beast that Selena thought looked like a cross between a fox and coyote, both notorious tricksters in certain legends. Selena looks at his eyes and curses as they were glowing brown, " He doesn't have control of it yet. "
Veemon whimpers, he couldn't sense his partner anymore, " Dai, listen to me, don't be afraid of your primal instincts. You can control Yêshòumon, I know you can, Dai. " Selena calls out.
A roar is let loose just then and the eyes slowly turn a soft brown, " Well, this is going to be interesting, now how about we arrive in style. We'll get there quicker. " Yêshòumon says.
His other three companions climb up onto his back and they arrive just in time for Greymon and the others to get tossed aside like ragdolls. Selena, Veemon, and Meteormon all slide off of his back, " Tectonic Slam! "
Tai goes over to Selena, " Where's Davis? "
" That is Davis, the Spirits of Earth bonded with him. Beast Spirits are equal to Ultimate level digimon. " Selena answers.
" I'm Meteormon, Lobomon sent me to help them out. "
Veemon smiles as he watches his partner, " Hand of Fate! " Angemon cries out.
Yêshòumon slams into Devimon and then leaps up above him, hitting him with another Tectonic Slam. " Angel Rod! "
" Rockslide Howl! " Yêshòumon calls out and Devimon's fractal code can be seen, " Yêshòumon, slide evolution… Erdemon! Devimon, let your impurities be ground into dust, fractal code… digitize! "
Davis collapses, losing hold on his spirit form immediately after that, " Sel, some of that any flavor cabbage would be nice, hell, cook me Meat Apples, I'm hungry, dammit. "
Selena chuckles and takes her backpack, " Meteormon, Veemon, let's feed the hungry beastie. "
" Oh, ha ha, Sel, very funny. " Davis mutters even as the aforementioned Digimon get a fire going and they set to cooking the apples. Davis gets the first apple and then the rest of the digimon get fed. Then the rest of the humans, Matt's eyes light up, " Oh, wow, this tastes like corned beef. "
" Hence why they are called Meat Apples. " Selena points out.
" Prime rib, my fave. " Tai says.
" Venison, yummy. " Mimi says.
" Hey, this tastes like rabbit, nice. " Izzy admits.
Selena smirks and looks at Davis whom was on his fifth apple. Veemon had made sure to pick as many apples and cabbages as he could. Considering the nature of the backpack, well, they had a lot of food now. Selena pulls out her canteen and Veemon twists it open for her. She downs some water and then the medicine that Meteormon had made for her.
" Selena, what was that you just took? " Joe asks.
" Digiworld natural remedy, I do have a busted arm after all. " Selena replies.
" How did that happen anyhow? " Tai asks her.
" Bed crash landing. " Davis answers, on his seventh apple, he had already drained his canteen once as well.
Izzy winces, " That's right, you two were together because Selena didn't trust what was around us, good call on her part. "
" Mama could always see through illusions due to her ability to see auras. I inherited that particular little trait. " Selena says.
" Fascinating, how could your mother do that? " Izzy asks.
" Mama was Legendary Warrior of Water first, then at fourteen she found this black cat being bullied, saved said cat from these rotten little kids, pulled off the band aids they had placed on her forehead to reveal an upturned golden crescent moon. Said cat found her later on the same day and told her she was the scout of the moon, Sailor Moon. "
Everyone froze at that announcement, Selena's mother was Sailor Moon! Davis just shrugs, he already knew that, as Selena trusted him with this stuff, knew that he'd keep his mouth shut. " I… okay, I did not see that coming. " Matt says.
TK's eyes light up and soon Selena is regaling the others with tales of her mother's solo battles, tales that no one else ever heard about. " What about her battles with the other scouts, I know they turned on her, but they were good battles, weren't they? " Mimi asks.
Selena sighs, " No, they weren't, Mimi. They used mama as a distraction and then she had to finish the youma off yet too. Mars would always yell at her for being late even though she was generally the last notified and to top it off she was generally on the opposite end of Juuban from where she needed to be. That's not even mentioning how she would have to fight through several youma just to reach them as well. Papa was all that kept her sane then, he'd let her vent however she needed to be it crying, yelling, ranting, or beating him to a pulp. If she tried to voice doubts with the scouts they'd just tell her to quit being a baby. "
" Those self-righteous, sanctimonious calumniators! How dare they do that! Did they even listen to her? " Mimi explodes.
Selena looks up startled at this, " Man, that just bites, they were never even her friends, they were just using her. " Matt says scathingly.
Selena starts to laugh at this, " Dear Selene, mama would like you two, only papa has ever had that type of reaction other than Uncle Koichi when told what was going on. "
" It just goes to show that power can corrupt anyone. " Izzy says matter of factly.
" You said your mother was abused by her parents, why? " Sora asks.
" Near as mama could figure she just wasn't good enough, they treated her little brother like a prince and her like garbage, beat on her for anything that went wrong, and also for her grades. Mama was an undiagnosed ADHD student, it's why papa could tutor her so well, he was diagnosed and got the help necessary. She started trying to kill herself at eight, but being the Moon Princess reincarnated she always woke up the next morning. Lady Ophanimon and Papa saved her, on the very day she had finally figured out how to finally kill herself Lady Ophanimon sent the message, Do you wish to start? With the options yes or no, and seeing as how her loving mother had just taken a marble rolling pin to her ribs she said yes. Papa was the only one other than Molly Osaka that mama ended up trusting but even Molly didn't know about her home life.
Papa burned through her defenses on the Trailmon ride here. Of course, he's also the only reason mama survived that first trip. Mama's a being of light but her body can't filter out the negativity of evil or anything else negative, too much can be toxic to her. The older she gets the more tolerance she has. Papa had to share his inner flame with her in order for her to survive. " Selena says.
" Oh, wow, hated that much by her own parents that she wanted to die but couldn't due to her last life, that sucks. " Tai murmurs.
" It does, mama ended up coming to trust the rest of her fellow warriors and went to papa when being leader of the scouts was too much as he happened to be her leader. " Selena says.
Just then a rainbow of lights crop up and Selena blinks, " Who in the name of the Celestials are you? "
" I am Gennai and I have been watching you all. I work for Azulongmon, one of the sovereigns. "
Selena and Agunimon both scoff at this, " I work for Lady Ophanimon, pal, I'm a legendary warrior, same with Davis. "
Gennai's eyes widen, " You work for my boss' bosses? "
" Indeed, so where do we need to go and whose asses do we need to kick, plus, what is needed to do this. " Selena asks, cutting straight to the point.
" First you must find the tags, I am on the continent of Server, across the ocean, Devimon stole the tags, and the crests are scattered throughout Server. You need both to be victorious over our enemies. " Gennai states.
Matt and Joe go hunting for the tags with their partners while Izzy gets a Digimon Analyzer and map from Gennai. Davis finally stops eating after his twelfth Meat Apple, " Why do we need the Crests and Tags anyway? " Davis asks.
" So your digimon can reach the next level. " Gennai answers.
" Will the crests enable them to reach Mega as well? " Selena asks.
" Mega? " Izzy asks.
" The levels go fresh, in-training, rookie like Tentomon and the others, champion level would be the next stage, then ultimate, mega, super ultimate, and there's one more level after that. " Selena answers.
" I get it, Kabuterimon is a champion level digimon and then the next level is ultimate. I see, thank you for that information, Selena. " Izzy says.
" Young Selena, I do not know if the Crests will enable digivolution up to Mega Level or not. " Gennai says.
Selena nods at this just as Matt and Joe return with eight tags. Once the ones with partners put the tags on Selena turns to Gennai only to find the connection had been cut, " Okay, now we have to somehow get to Server and find the Crests, joy. This ought to be loads of fun. "
Agunimon snorts, just like her father with that comment, still, getting to Server would be a challenge. " Selena, how will we get to Server? " TK asks.
" Oh no, Tai-nii is the leader, he can figure it out. " Selena retorts.
" Yeah, TA, you can't expect Sel to do it all. " Davis points out.
TK rolls his eyes, he had long since gotten used to Davis messing up his name, he swore Davis did it on purpose too. Selena looks at her best friend and Davis grins unrepentantly at her. The eight year old girl smiles and shakes her head, he just wouldn't be Davis if he didn't find some way to bug someone. Tai smiles as well, Davis just had to needle someone, he normally focused on his sister, though Tai had met Jun. The girl had some serious issues.
" I say we get some sleep first and then think of what to do after we've rested. " Tai says.
Selena almost cheers at this and curls up against Davis, he'd make sure she didn't bump her arm while she slept. Meteormon agrees to take the first watch and Matt would get the second, then Joe, then Sora, and Izzy would finish up the night. Selena was already conked out and Davis made sure to move gently when settling down himself. Veemon stuck close to his human partners, he did indeed view them both as partners. Selena may have her spirits but right now she couldn't even spirit evolve.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or Sailor Moon.