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Chapter 8: Ranamon's Rain Returns
The rest of the night passed without anymore attacks. Taiya was on watch for most of the night but there was always someone else awake. Mostly it was Takuya who was deep in thought. However, Takuya did notice what she did while she was on watch. She had sat down next to a sleeping Kouichi, who, for some reason, was very tired after the attack even though he had not fought or anything. Anyways, Taiya had pulled out a small notebook and wrote in it. What she wrote, Takuya couldn't tell but he assumed that it was a diary or journal that she kept, so he didn't ask. However, soon after, she put the notebook away, pulled out a bigger book and began to do something in it. Takuya watched for a moment, trying to see what she was doing but she noticed and when she looked at him, it seemed like if he asked, she wouldn't answer. After awhile, she put that book away and just looked at the Digital Worlds moons while she ran her hand through Kouichi's hair.
Now everyone was awake and continuing on their way to Toy Town. Tommy was telling Yutaka and Yamato about Toy Town and all the digimon who lived there; ToyAgumon, Pandamon and Monzemon. Both were listening intently causing Yutaka to trip over a rock and not notice until he hit the ground. Tommy and Yamato laughed as Yutaka tried to get up while he cursed himself for not paying attention to the ground. Takuya snickered as Tommy and Yamato helped the older boy up while everyone else chuckled and Yutaka laughed with them. Taiya seemed tired as she tried to stifle a yawn.
Shinya had not stopped his whining and complaining. Everyone had gone back to their way of ignoring Shinya. Takuya was in a better mood and was…smiling? Yes. After staying up all night thinking, Takuya was in a good mood causing him to smile all day and freak Kouji out.
"Did you hit your head or something? You're very smiley today," the long haired boy asked glancing at the leader. Takuya explained why he was so smiley while he continued to smile.
"Well, my Kaa-san said, 'whether you're in doubt or anything bad, try to keep a smile on your face because someone might fall in love with it'." Zoe blushed when she heard that because she was falling in love with it. Kouji was still skeptic about Takuya's reason for being smiley…but why should he complain?
They walked for a few more hours until it was time for a lunch break. Everyone had the same jobs as they did they did before except for the people who gathered leaves were assigned a group. Yutaka and Kouji were once again left in the small clearing. After everything was gathered and the fire was lit, the meat apples were cooking around a large fire. Everyone talked until the meat apples were done.
Kouji had some difficulty eating because the apple kept slipping out of his hand. That is, until Taiya pulled out a small knife from her backpack and handed it to Kouji so that he could cut his apple. Kouji thanked her and began to cut up his apple. Taiya had given a small smile in response.
Shinya glanced at the knife, which looked like a small dagger and looked back to Taiya.
"What's with all the knifes? Are you planning on hurting somebody?" Taiya snapped her head around to face Shinya, looking angry and hurt. The rest of the group gave him death glares after his comment, except for Takuya. He just sat there, smiling. JP was beginning to wonder if Takuya was in his chaos mode and hoped that he wasn't or Shinya would be sorry. Very sorry. Then again, Takuya looked extremely scary with the smile that was etched on his face as it began to widen…oh no…not good…
"Hey Shinya, I've got an idea. Why don't we hang you in a tree and wait for Daemon to come? That way, we can destroy Daemon and send you home." Everyone's eyes widened and they all sensed that Takuya was not joking. Shinya got the message and shut up. Takuya was in his chaos mode…everyone knew that he shouldn't be taken lightly. He then looked at the other Chosen.
"What? I think that he'd make good bait." Everyone sweat dropped after their leader said that. Bokomon paid no attention as he looked through his book and Neemon had another snot bubble coming from his nose.
After lunch had been eaten, the Chosen set off again on their way to Toy Town. Takuya kept his word about his idea of using Shinya as bait as he, still smiling, pulled out some rope he had hidden who-knows-where and waved it around Shinya's head, causing the younger Kanbara to shut up, or at least mutter under his breath, for the rest of the walk. A chaos mode Takuya is NOT someone you should mess with. Absolutely not. Anyways, the Chosen continued on their trek to Toy Town. The journey was silent, with the exception of Shinya's muttering, and calm except for a couple digimon attacks which always failed because Yamato made a point to Spirit Evolve, before the digimon could attack, and knock them into the next generation. Kouji frowned as he watched Yamato help Yutaka walk.
'He must want to show us that he can protect us even though this is his first time here and that he can protect us as well as anyone else who has a Spirit. But he is going too far…'
Soon after, Shinya stopped muttering and went back complaining out loud. Takuya, in response, gave Shinya the same warning as before, accompanied by him pointing up into the trees, and Shinya, once again, began to mutter under his breath. Zoe was hoping that Takuya hadn't lost his mind or Kouji would have to be the leader. Which she knew that the long haired boy wouldn't be thrilled to do.
Regardless, Zoe watched Takuya carefully, JP kept a close watch on Shinya and Kouichi watched Taiya. Kouichi soon requested that they rest, seeing that Taiya was still very tired. When Kouichi tried to help her, she began to speak in a language that was unfamiliar to the Chosen. Kouichi, who seemed to have understood what she had said, sweat dropped after she finished talking and wouldn't tell the others what she had said. So, the Chosen who hadn't understood what she had said, asked her to repeat what she had said in Japanese. Kouichi turned red and began to shake his head rapidly, trying to stop Taiya from telling them. Taiya translated what she had said anyways.
"I'm fine. You worry too much and if I had known that you would worry this much, I wouldn't have told you that I was tired. If I want a break, I'll ask. For now, stop worrying about me like you're my uncle." Everyone laughed after Taiya finished and Kouichi turned redder. Kouichi glared at everyone laughing to shut them up.
"Are you sure you don't need a break, Taiya? You look pale and a little flushed," Takuya asked the brunette girl who nodded and started to walk again. Everyone looked at each other, shrugged and followed the quiet girl. Soon, they found themselves walking near the ocean. After walking a while longer, Yamato suddenly stopped and pointed ahead as he said somewhat shakily.
"Guys…we have a problem…" Everyone looked in the direction that Yamato was pointing and saw a BlackRapidmon in front of them.
Digimon Status:
Name: BlackRapidmon
Attribute: Vaccine
Level: Ultimate
Type: Cyborg Digimon
Attacks: Rapid Fire, Golden Triangle
Yutaka: BlackRapidmon has a very strong radar system that allows him to know where any digimon in its range is! He needs it because he is a night Rapidmon who usually comes out only at night! We have to watch out for his Rapid Fire and Golden Triangle attacks or we're dead!
Everyone got out of the way before a Golden Triangle attack hit. Takuya began to rap out orders.
"JP, Taiya! Get Kouji and Yutaka to safety and take Shinya! Everyone else, Spirit Evolve now!"
"Hey Takuya! Did you forget about me?"
"Oops…sorry Kouichi…just…go with them…"
"I feel left out for some reason…"
Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will
The armor form 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.
"Agunimon!"
"Kazemon!"
"Kumamon!"
"Arbormon!"
JP was helping Yutaka get away while Kouichi pulled his brother along. Taiya had grabbed Shinya and was following the two boys. Agunimon gave out more orders.
"Kumamon, Kazemon, you two attack first! Arbormon, you and I will stay on land to protect everyone else!" He then fired a few Pyro Darts at the cyboric-rabbit digimon. Kumamon took out his blaster after Agunimon attacked.
"Blizzard Blaster!" It had no effect and Kazemon tried next.
"Hurricane Wave!" On shore, Agunimon fired his fists up.
"Pyro Punch!" Both attacks hit BlackRapidmon at the same time but it made little difference as the cyborg's armor was very tough. Arbormon then tried his attack.
"Machinegun Dance!" he yelled and punched BlackRapidmon to some effect. The punches had pushed the cyboric-rabbit back but BlackRapidmon growled. Without hesitation, BlackRapidmon attacked Arbormon using Rapid Fire and knocked the cyborg-hybrid into a tree. Arbormon got back up fast but BlackRapidmon was watching the unarmed Chosen.
Then, without warning, BlackRapidmon attacked the unarmed Chosen with a Golden Triangle attack but Agunimon blocked it. He threw a few Pyro Darts at BlackRapidmon, making the cyboric-rabbit back off, before yelling at JP.
"Oi! What are you doing? Get out of here! I'm giving you as much time as I can but you need to get away from the battle!" JP gave a salute before grabbing Shinya. Kouichi helped Yutaka hobble away and Taiya pushed a protesting and resistant Kouji along. As the battle raged on, it became apparent that the four hybrids were having trouble fighting BlackRapidmon. Actually, only Agunimon and Arbormon could get decent hits on the cyborg rabbit digimon while Kazemon and Kumamon were just making BlackRapidmon angrier.
BlackRapidmon attacked Kazemon and Kumamon using Rapid Fire which sent them flying into trees.
"Keep out of his attack range! The missiles explode when they are a certain distance away from BlackRapidmon and the Golden Triangle disappears at the same distance! So, KEEP OUT OF RANGE!" Agunimon bellowed. Kazemon and Kumamon wondered how their leader knew that. The answer is that he had studied BlackRapidmon's attacks to see when they disappeared, if they didn't hit anything first. They listened to his advice, pushing away the surprise of instead of just attacking, Agunimon was observing. Both dodged a Rapid Fire attack before powering up their attacks.
"Hurricane Wave!" The attack hit BlackRapidmon and was quickly followed by a 'Blizzard Blaster' attack from Kumamon.
"Arbormon, now!" Agunimon yelled and Arbormon attacked.
"Machinegun Dance!" Arbormon's fists hit BlackRapidmon multiple times and the digimon had no time to dodge Agunimon's attack.
"Pyro Punch!" The attack hit hard and smoke covered the area. The Chosen who couldn't fight were watching at a distance until…
"Where did Kouji go?" Kouichi yelled and tried to find his younger brother. Somehow, Kouji got the sling off and had Spirit Evolved to Lobomon. Agunimon was not happy when he saw the Warrior of Light. Though that would be an understatement, but…I'm just going to say that Agunimon was not happy.
"Lobomon…"
"Shut up! I'm going to fight and you won't stop me!" an extremely pissed Lobomon snarled and everyone shut up. An angry Kouji or Lobomon, like a sadist Takuya, is not to be messed with. No matter what.
"Howling Laser!" he yelled and the laser hit BlackRapidmon with so much force that the cyborg digimon just blinked at the pissed wolf Warrior, unsure of what to do. Everyone watching sweat dropped.
'He's THAT pissed?' everyone wondered as Lobomon took out his sabers and began to hit BlackRapidmon to no end. For some reason, BlackRapidmon didn't attack back; instead he just blinked at the hybrid.
BlackRapidmon then came to its senses and attacked, sending Lobomon some distance away. It then looked in one direction and attacked…Taiya, who had followed Kouji when he had snuck away. Before the attack could hit her though, a jet of water neutralized the attack. A second jet of water came up, with Ranamon on top of it. The Warrior of Water then landed in front of Taiya.
"Well sugar, looks like we'll be partners. Are ya ready ta fight?" Taiya nodded and pulled out her D-Tector. She had never taken it out before, so everyone finally got to see the colors. It was cerulean blue with a midnight blue. Ranamon changed into her armor form before entering Taiya's D-Tector. The symbol for Water appeared on the screen and Taiya began to Spirit Evolve.
Frontier Spirit Evolution Theme: With the Will
Ranamon's armor form drew itself onto the screen. Taiya made a circle going backwards with her arm, almost like she was doing backstroke. When her left hand was above her head, she stopped and watched the ring of Fractal-Code as it appeared around her left hand. She then turned around, switching her hands as she did, and turned again, bringing both hands above her head as she scanned the code.
"Execute!"
"Spirit Evolution!" Both of her hands dropped to sides and her clothes and backpack were ripped away. Ranamon's armor appeared behind her and changed before the armor created a whirlpool.
Ranamon's armor began to appear around Taiya before they took their places and fused to her body. Turning around, water left her eyes to show ruby red eyes instead of blue eyes. Jumping down, Ranamon created a rain cloud and gave a salute, completing her Spirit Evolution.
"Ranamon!"
Ranamon, like the Spirits of Metal, Ice and Wood, looked different. She was Kazemon's height and her armor was different. It still looked like a swimsuit but was made from a light blue, lightweight metal and it covered her back. She had light blue boots that came up to below her knees and skin-tight blue gloves came up to her elbows. She still had her head gear on but it covered her ears, which were normal sized, and she had shoulder length light blue hair coming out from under her head gear. Her skin was still blue but was paler than what it had been.
Ranamon glared at BlackRapidmon.
"Naughty BlackRapidmon. Let me show ya what happens when ya mess with my friends!" she yelled running up to BlackRapidmon and punching him. The Chosen who had seen Ranamon fight before remembered that Ranamon never used physical attacks, so they knew that Taiya was the one who knew how to fight with her fists. Anyways, Ranamon kept punching BlackRapidmon until he was over the ocean.
"Wicked Wave!" she called out as a whirlpool appeared below BlackRapidmon and came up to hit the cyborg digimon. She then looked at the other hybrids.
"Do I have to defeat him myself? Or are ya'll gonna help?" The other hybrids sort of woke up then and attacked at once.
"Hurricane Wave!"
"Blizzard Blaster!"
"Howling Laser!"
"Pyro Tornado!"
"Drainin' Rain!"
BlackRapidmon howled as the attacks hit and a ring that was camouflaged by his coloring broke. Ranamon walked forward as BlackRapidmon's Fractal-Code appeared.
"Soul drowning in an ocean of evil, now find an island of purity! Fractal-Code! Digitize!" Ranamon scanned the data and BlackRapidmon disappeared. Everyone de-evolved to their human state. Takuya was still in his chaos mode and looked at Kouji.
"How's your arm?" Kouji flexed his arm a little.
"It's healed!" Yutaka stared at Kouji.
"Your arm's healed? Maybe I should Spirit Evolve to heal my ankle…"
"Don't you dare Yutaka. Unless you want to be the bait for Daemon."
"You can't be serious. Hey! Don't dangle that rope in front of me!"
Kouji: Takuya's still in his chaos mode.
Yamato: I hope he snaps out of it soon.
Tommy: It's nighttime no and something doesn't seem right.
Zoe: Look out! It's Duskmon!
JP: Wait, wasn't he purified?
Kouichi: I won't let him control me again! Execute! Spirit Evolution!
Taiya: Look out!
Kouichi: Next time on Digital Union, Frontier! Battle of the Dark Warriors! It's time to Spirit Evolve!