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Chapter 6: Kumamon, Small Bear Grown Up
"So, I missed Z getting her Spirit back and beat an over-grown rabbit? Man, I feel really left out," Takuya joked after Kouji had told him what had happened while he was unconscious. He was still in a lot of pain. Zoe was also with the two, trying to change Takuya's bandages. However, Takuya seemed to be in more pain while she was changing his bandages.
"Ow! Z, can you be a bit gentler, please? My back feels like its going to (Crack)...ow… never mind…" Takuya's back cracked some more causing the brunette to be in even more pain and Kouji to wince. Kouji then tried to stop Zoe from re-bandaging Takuya, and stop his pain.
"Shouldn't someone else do this? Maybe…Taiya…I mean…she seems a bit better at doing this…"
"I'm not doing that bad."
"Ow…can't…move…" Kouji sweat dropped.
"Are you sure about that?" Zoe looked at the withering leader who was also stiff. She then began to pout.
"Am I bad at this?" Takuya looked her straight in the eyes before answering her.
"Not to be mean or anything…I think that when it's a serious injury…you should let someone who knows what they're doing…do it. Ow…" Another audible crack came from Takuya's back causing both Zoe and Kouji to wince.
"I'll go find Taiya," Zoe said, a little hurt but knew that Takuya meant it in a good way. She left to find the quiet brunette girl, leaving the boys to talk. Takuya was the one to break the silence.
"Where's everyone else?" Kouji didn't really want to talk about the others, with one exception, but how to beat Daemon before he revived Dimensiomon. Then he reminded himself that Takuya put the group before anything else. He sighed and answered the question.
"JP, Yamato and Bokomon are at the library, updating Bokomon's book, the Himi brothers, Kouichi and Taiya are at the beach and I have no idea where Neemon and Shinya are, but they have to be around the town." Takuya sighed guessing what Kouji would ask him.
"Why did Shinya change his attitude and become such an arrogant brat?" Takuya muttered under his breath, trying to decide whether or not he should tell Kouji. He finally decided to tell him.
"Well, Shinya's in his rebellious stage, only it's more than just that." Kouji grabbed a chair and listened intently.
"It started when he began junior high. Since I had a so called 'high' reputation, he wanted to prove that he was as good as or better than me. Shinya was automatically selected for the soccer team because I was the star player and the captain. People must have expected him to be like me. You know…"
"Hot headed, action without forethought, soccer star and idiot?" (Thwack), "Forget what I just said. Please continue." Takuya glared at the lone wolf before continuing.
"You got all but one wrong. It was the soccer star on. The coach told me that Shinya 'wasn't what he expected'. Shinya got angry at that. But that wasn't the worst for him; it was the 'Mini Takuya' label."
"That's the worst? Kouichi and I have never had that trouble and we're twins."
"Kouji, you and Kouichi go to different schools and are the same age. So you aren't put under pressure to be like Kouichi. The coach wants Shinya to be like me, a soccer star. But Shinya had been interested in computers, video gaming and networking; not soccer so much. Now Shinya is interested in fights and black mail." Kouji listened, very surprised and horrified, as Takuya listed off some of the things that Shinya had tried to pick up.
"He tried to pick up smoking but I caught him and stomped it out of him, which took awhile. Then, I caught him with a gangster trying to get him to do drugs…"
"What? Shinya joined a gang? And drugs?" Kouji yelled, unable to keep quiet. Takuya hit him on the head with a bowl to stop him from yelling anymore questions.
"Will you keep it down? I don't want the rest of the group to know. Now shut up and let me finish, unless you don't want me to finish." Both boys glared at each other; Takuya for Kouji yelling and Kouji for being hit on the head. After a few minutes, Taiya walked in and glanced at each of the glaring boys.
"Is this a bad time?"
"No, it's not. Actually, Kouji was getting on my nerves, so great timing." Kouji hit Takuya's back in retaliation to that remark and winced at an extremely audible crack before Takuya screamed in pain.
"Kouji, you (censored) bastard, that hurt!"
Yutaka, Tommy and Kouichi were still on the beach, taking a walk while Tommy told Yutaka about his first time here. They were still close to the town and were startled by a scream. It sounded like…
"Kouji, you (censored) bastard, that hurt!"
A string of colorful words and threats to hurt Kouji when he got the chance followed the first sentence, screamed from the same person. The three sweat dropped as they listened.
"That's gotta be Takuya screaming at Kouji for something. What did you think Kouji did, Tommy?" Kouichi asked the youngest member of the two with him. Tommy replied.
"Well didn't Zoe-nee-san say that Takuya was all sore and that his back kept cracking? Kouji must have hit his back." Kouichi nodded in agreement. All the yelling had stopped by then leaving quiet once again.
Zoe came down to the beach soon after accompanied by Kouji, surprisingly.
"What happened?" Yutaka asked. Zoe frowned and replied.
"Takuya said that Kouji was annoying him when Taiya came in and Kouji…" she gave him a glare, "hit his back in retaliation. You probably know the rest." They all nodded. Kouichi then turned to Kouji.
"Why did you come down with Zoe? Wanted to get away before Takuya could carry out his threats?"
Kouji glared after Kouichi said that but didn't reply. Zoe answered for him.
"Actually, Taiya pretty much banished him from the room. You'll have to ask her how because whatever she said or did worked." Zoe then looked around.
"Ok, I know that Yamato and JP are in the library with Bokomon, and Neemon is either daydreaming or sleeping somewhere but where is Shinya?" Kouichi frowned.
"I don't know. Yutaka, Tommy and Taiya wouldn't know either. Do you know Kouji?"
"No, I don't."
"Hey Tommy…" Tommy turned to Yutaka, who had spoken, and listened, "Can you tell me more about the Spirits? I mean…I don't really know much about them and what did Ophanimon mean by 'tame your Beast Spirit'?" Tommy thought for a moment and decided that Yutaka should know about the Spirits, he could leave out the part about fighting Mercurymon, and that he should know about his Beast Spirit, Sakkakumon, so that he wouldn't lose control.
"Well, I don't know much, you need to ask Bokomon for more information. Takuya has the Spirits of Flame, Agunimon, his Human Spirit, and BurningGreymon, his Beast Spirit. Kouji has the Spirits of Light, Lobomon and KendoGarurumon, and Kouichi is his opposite with the Spirits of Darkness, Lowemon and JagerLowemon, which makes then yin and yang. Zoe has the Spirits of Wind, Kazemon and Zephyrmon. JP has the Thunder Spirits, Beetlemon and MetalKabuterimon. I have the Spirits of Ice, Kumamon and KoriIkkakumon. The Spirits you have are the Metal Spirits, Mercurymon and Sakkakumon. The Spirits that have not been claimed, yet, are the Spirits of Water, Ranamon and Calmaramon, Wood, Arbormon and Petaldrmon, and Earth, Grumblemon and Gigasmon. The Beast Spirits need to be tamed because they are harder to control. In a sense, they are wild beasts. Only Kouichi and Zoe were able to control their Beast Spirits when they first got them."
"Can you tell me anything about my Spirits?"
"Well, er…"
"Is there something you're not telling me, Tommy? What is it?" Yutaka asked curiously. Tommy didn't look like he wanted to answer so Zoe answered for him.
"Well, we didn't have a very good history with the Spirits of Metal, Water, Wood and Earth. They are strong but they helped us…only once."
Yutaka didn't look too thrilled that his Spirit had only helped once; he guessed that Mercurymon had hurt them the rest of the time.
None of them noticed two figures walking towards them, one seeming to lean on the other. When the two got closer, the one who needed support walked away from the other over to Kouji. He then punched Kouji.
"What the hell?" Kouji yelled turning around to see Takuya. All of them were surprised that the leader was here. Tommy decided to ask why he was here.
"Takuya-nii-san, what are you doing down here?"
"I wanted to get Kouji back for that slap on the back and find out where Shinya is."
"If you wanted to know that, you could have asked," Taiya said.
"What, you know where Shinya is?"
"Neemon as well."
"Then where is he?"
"Shinya was dragged off to the library by JP who caught Shinya terrorizing a baby digimon. And Neemon…" She pointed further down the beach to a form sleeping in the sun with a large snot bubble coming from its nose which turned out to be…
Neemon.
Everyone, not including Taiya and Takuya, fell over animatedly as Neemon's snot bubble became large then small from his breathing. Zoe shook her head, looking disgusted, Kouji, Tommy, Takuya, and Yutaka were sweat dropping and Kouichi looked amused.
"Well, he better hope that Bokomon doesn't want him to help update the Book unless he wants Bokomon to snap his pants. Now, who wants to help me bury Neemon?" Tommy nodded his head vigorously and Kouji and Yutaka smirked. The four boys crept up to Neemon, laughing silently, and started to pile sand on top of an oblivious Neemon, who continued to sleep, unaware that he was being buried.
When the boys were done, Neemon was completely covered, except for his head, by a giant sandcastle. All of the boys were laughing quietly, Zoe was giggling and Taiya looked halfway between amused and stern.
The boys were giving each other high fives when a tremor started. Taiya grabbed Takuya to steady him before he fell. The boys ran back to the others and Neemon…well, he woke up when his snot bubble popped, it popped when the tremor started, and wondered.
"What's going on?" his answer came from a Meramon that was towering over him. After seeing the Meramon, Neemon screamed himself senseless.
Digimon Status:
Name: Meramon
Attribute: Data
Level: Champion
Type: Flame Digimon
Attacks: Burning Fist, Red Flames
Zoe: Oh no! This Meramon has one of those bands around its arm! That means that it's corrupt! Be careful, his Burning Fist and Red Flames will burn you to a crisp! Look out!
"Burning Fist!" Everyone separated to dodge the attack. Taiya was surprisingly quick even though she was a bit burdened by Takuya. She began to pull Takuya away from the Meramon before he could try to Spirit Evolve and fight. That became harder when Takuya tried to get free. Kouichi ran over to help Taiya keep Takuya from fighting. Yutaka thrust Tommy into a hole so that he would be safe, and the hole was already occupied by Neemon. How he got out from under the sand, I have no idea. Zoe, Kouji and Yutaka pulled out their D-Tectors and faced Meramon.
Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will
The armor mode of each Spirit drew itself onto D-Tectors screen. Each person put their left hand out and watched as a ring of Fractal-Code appeared around their hand. Each did their moves and scanned the code.
"Execute!"
"Spirit Evolution!" Their clothes were ripped off and the Spirit appeared behind them. The armor then appeared around them and fused to their bodies. Landing on their platforms, they completed their Spirit Evolution.
"Kazemon!"
"Lobomon!"
"Mercurymon!"
"Tempest Twist!" Kazemon tried to kick Meramon but it failed as Meramon grabbed her leg and swung her around.
"Yaaaaaaaahhh!" she screamed as Meramon threw her into a wall. She hit it with a sickening crack and thud.
"Shield Blade!" Mercurymon ran up and hit Meramon with his shields, sending him further down the beach.
"Howling Laser!" Lobomon's attack hit and caused Meramon to howl in pain.
Kazemon had gotten back up and flew back into the air. She then spotted more trouble.
"There's an army of them!" she yelled. Lobomon and Mercurymon soon found themselves surrounded.
"What the hell?"
The Meramon then all combined and digivolved into one digimon. Bokomon, JP and Yamato came running up with Shinya a safe distance behind them. The boys gaped at the new digimon while Bokomon looked up the information about the digimon.
Digimon Status:
Name: SkullMeramon
Attribute: Virus
Level: Ultimate
Type: Flame Digimon
Attacks: Heavy Metal Fire, Heat Chain
Bokomon: This is bad, horribly, seriously bad! SkullMeramon is well known for his fatal attacks, Heavy Metal Fire and Heat Chain! Both of these attacks can heat up outside temperature, so be careful!
"He can bring up the temperature!" Lobomon yelled. Bokomon nodded.
"Yes! For example, if it's 40 degrees outside, he can heat it up to over 70 degrees!"
"Great! Just great! We are fighting a digimon who can make this place feel like a desert?" Mercurymon yelled, dodging SkullMeramon's 'Heat Chain'. Taiya and Kouichi were beginning to have trouble holding Takuya back as he was struggling to get free.
"Don't Takuya. You're still injured. You need to let your wounds heal and your back will only hurt more if you fight." Takuya gave Taiya a death glare, telling her to shut up unless she wanted to get roasted by Agunimon's fists.
"Hurricane Wave!" The attack didn't even faze SkullMeramon as he roared and stomped after an extremely scared butterfly Warrior.
"Yaaaaah! I don't want to be thrown around again!" Kazemon screamed as tried to get away from SkullMeramon's, um…swinging mood. Lobomon and Mercurymon wisely chose to stay out of SkullMeramon's way as he started to swing his arms around, roaring.
Tommy clenched his fist, wishing that he had his Spirit. If he had one of them, he could cool SkullMeramon a little and restrict his movements while the rest finished him off.
'They need my help! But I can't evolve…how can I help them? Kumamon! Where are you? I need you to give me strength to fight once more; you were my strength when I first came to the Digital World! I want to help them!'
The temperature dropped as a cold wind began to blow. All of the Chosen were surprised at the sudden temperature change. SkullMeramon, however, just roared and attacked a random hybrid. Unfortunately for Lobomon, he was SkullMeramon's first choice.
"What the (censored)?" Lobomon yelled as SkullMeramon attacked. He was able to dodge and took out his light sabers.
"Lobo Kendo!" Lobomon whacked SkullMeramon who howled, angrier than before. Kazemon shivered and rubbed her arms.
"Is it getting colder?" Mercurymon nodded and dodged as SkullMeramon's fist came crashing down.
"Shield Blade!" he yelled and hit SkullMeramon. It had some effect, besides making SkullMeramon angrier. Tommy welcomed the cold and soon felt something familiar. He grinned and climbed out of the hole. After standing up, he pulled out his light turquoise and green D-Tector. SkullMeramon stopped and glared at the grinning teen.
"Tommy! What the hell do you think your doing?" Mercurymon yelled as SkullMeramon roared and charged at Tommy. The original Chosen knew what he was waiting for and Kumamon appeared from the sky. He froze SkullMeramon a little before SkullMeramon defrosted himself. Kumamon the turned to Tommy and chirped.
"We won't look the same, but we will still be the same as last time. Are you ready Tommy?" Tommy nodded and Kumamon became his armor mode and then entered Tommy's D-Tector. The symbol of Ice appeared on the screen and Tommy grinned even wider.
Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will
Kumamon's armor mode drew itself onto the screen. Tommy stretched out his left hand with the palm facing inwards and watched as a ring of Fractal-Code appeared around his hand. Bringing his hands close together in front of him, he held them in place before scanning the code.
"Execute!"
"Spirit Evolution!" Tommy's right hand went above his head while his left hand went to his side. His clothes were ripped off before Kumamon's armor appeared behind him and changed form before snowflakes exploded from the armor.
The new armor appeared around Tommy before fusing with him. Turning around, the snow that hid his eyes left, revealing brown eyes. Skiing down to his platform, he became a pile of snow when he landed before solidifying into ice and returning to his new form. He completed his Evolution by giving a peace sign and yelling his name.
"Kumamon!"
The original Chosen stared at Kumamon. He was now more human than bear. He was a little shorter than Agunimon but his hair was the same style as Agunimon's only it was white. His armor was mostly green with hints of ice blue and orange. He wore a mask like Lobomon only it was shaped like a bear, not a wolf. Bokomon looked through his now updated book and cried out in joy when he found what he was looking for.
"The Spirits change as the one who wields them changes! Since Tommy was a child when he first came here, Kumamon, his Human Spirit, took the form of a cuddly looking polar bear. Now he has grown up and Kumamon has taken on his true mature form! Mercurymon did the same thing but only because this time a human is wielding him!"
Kumamon took a deep breath, preparing an attack.
"Crystal Freeze!" He encased SkullMeramon in solid ice. He then gave the other hybrids a thumb up. Unfortunately, SkullMeramon broke his ice prison roaring, even angrier, if that's even possible. Taiya tapped Kouichi's foot, getting his attention.
"{Hold him. I have an idea but I need to get to the water.}" Kouichi nodded in understanding before getting a better grip on Takuya so that Taiya could get to the ocean.
Lobomon was the first hybrid Skull Meramon attacked after getting out of the ice. He was hit head on by a Heavy Metal Fire attack and sent flying. JP, Yamato and Bokomon were in his way as he came back down, so he punched the ground to stop his momentum. When he punched the ground, there was a snapping sound and he de-evolved to Kouji. Kouji collapsed in exhaustion.
Mercurymon was next as SkullMeramon punched him hard many times before he was sent flying by a Heat Chain attack. Before he landed, he converted back to Yutaka. Kumamon took out his launcher and attacked SkullMeramon before he could go after Kazemon.
"Blizzard Blaster!" he yelled. Snowballs hit SkullMeramon and stopped him from attacking Kazemon but now he attacked Kumamon.
Before SkullMeramon could hit Kumamon, a jet of water erupted from the ocean and hit SkullMeramon. SkullMeramon roared and looked for the attacker.
There was no one to be seen and another jet of water hit SkullMeramon. Then, a wave of water built up until it fell on SkullMeramon.
"Kumamon! Use 'Crystal Freeze' now!" Kouichi yelled, understanding what Taiya's idea was. Kumamon nodded and took a deep breath.
"Crystal Freeze!" SkullMeramon was frozen solid and this time he wasn't able to get unfrozen. Kumamon then took out his launcher.
"Blizzard Blaster!" Snowballs broke the ice and SkullMeramon. After breaking, SkullMeramon's Fractal-Code appeared.
"Controlled spirit! You are trapped in a blizzard of evil! Let this Digivice now make you as pure as the snow! Fractal-Code! Digitize!" Kumamon scanned the data and de-evolved back to Tommy. Yamato had gone over to Kouji whose arm was hanging strangely and JP had gone over to a beaten and bruised Yutaka. Kouichi and Takuya made their way down to Tommy with Shinya behind them. Bokomon was praising Tommy.
"You did wonderfully! You unlocked Kumamon's true form! Oh, Lady Ophanimon, Lord Seraphimon and Lord Cherubimon will be so proud when they find out…" Taiya came up to them.
"Come on, we should get back to the inn. Tommy, Zoe, Kouji and Yutaka need to rest. Yutaka looks like he's having trouble walking on his own, Zoe might be hurt after being thrown into that wall and Kouji will need to see a digimon or someone who can heal or is a doctor. That snapping sound was his arm." She then stumbled and Kouichi accidentally let go of Takuya to steady her. Takuya fell down and screamed in pain again.
"What the (censored) hell? Is it cause-Takuya-a-lot-of-pain day?"
Yutaka: Looks like Kouji and I won't be able to fight for awhile.
Tommy: Don't worry Nii-san. We can handle it.
Shinya: What is that?
Zoe: A SkullGreymon!
Yamato: I'll help! Execute! Spirit Evolution!
Kouji: Next time on Digital Union, Frontier! Arbormon's New Leaf! It's time to Spirit Evolve!