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Rainy Day Stories
When he awoke, he could only see darkness.
"Ugh, where am I?" He asked no one in particular while wincing in pain. The boy looked around him and saw that he was in a large cage hanging on the underside of a cliff. A patch of land with a large throne and a large chalice faced the dark water below him. "No… not here. Not again." He mumbled.
"Hello!" A booming voice greeted. The black water seemed to shake at the sound, in both the sea and the cup.
"Y- you!"
"That's right, welcome to the Dark Ocean, Ichijouchi." Deamon chuckled. "I told you I'd be back, didn't I?"
Ken looked at the glaring eyes that radiated from under Deamon's dark hood. "So you were behind this!" He exclaimed.
Deamon gave a menacing chuckle. "Of course! You didn't think I was finished with you yet, right?"
"Well you're too late! The Dark Spore is long gone!" Ken exclaimed.
The demonic Digimon didn't flinch at the news. "Yes, that Oikawa did a number on yours didn't he, cloning it and creating those flimsy knockoffs. However, the original is still intact, if only shattered by your crest."
Deamon held out his hands out at Ken, who screamed as a dark mist left his body and gathered around the Demon Lord's hand. "Perfect." He chuckled, grasping the small pulsating ball in his hands.
Ken struggled to support himself with the smooth obsidian bars of his cage "What… What are you going to do with that?" He gasped as. He could swear that he could see a smile beneath Deamon's hood.
The Demon Lord chuckled as he dropped the dark spore into the chalice. "Ken, Ken, Ken. You've heard of a catalyst before, haven't you?"
When the pulsating spore reached the cup, a reaction caused all the black water to pulsate with a weak purple light. "That's not water!" Ken realized. "They're all Spores!"
"Yes, they are." Deamon chuckled.
"What are you planning?" Ken growled from his cage. Deamon chuckled again like it was the funniest thing he had seen in a while.
"You know what." Deamon said, "I have some time to spare, so let me give you some despair." He chuckled at his rhyme. Ken thought he heard someone groan in annoyance. "You see Ken, it took a while for this plan to come to me, but thanks to a certain group of meddling children, I've had some time to think. It does take a while for the Dark Spores to grow from the powers of the DigiDestined and there are too many in comparison to the amount of humans that have Digimon partners on Earth. So an option would be to wait and plant a spore on every DigiDESTINED IN THE WORLD!"
Deamon paused for a dramatic effect. "But that will take too long and your irritating group would most likely discover what's going on quickly. So do you know how else a Digimon can obtain a… power boost if you will."
Ken's eyes widened as he realized Deamon's plans. "No, the Crests." He whispered.
"CORRECT! Now DAGOMON!" The Octopus Digimon rose from the dark water, with MarineDevimon following behind him. Ken noticed SkullSatamon and Grizzlymon appearing on the cliff beside him.
"I have the Crests." Dagomon said. "We should have extracted their power soon."
"Yes Ken Ichijouchi! Fall to despair! Once these seven Crests are fully charged with dark energy, the spores shall reveal their true power!" Deamon gave out a maniacal laugh. It subsided when he realized that only he was laughing. "What's the matter?" He asked his silent companions.
They squirmed a bit before Dagomon spoke up. "We… only have five Crests Deamon."
The Demon Lord of Wrath remained silent. Ken noticed that his clawed hands were twitching slightly, like he was holding back an urge to destroy everything in sight.
"THAT – That is quite a – HUGE – bit of a problem." He growled. "I – DON'T – don't have the energy to send you – FOOLS – guys all back for another assault."
Dagomon gave a smirk in seeing Deamon try to hold in his anger. "You could send Grizzlymon back through the Digital World." He suggested.
Deamon thought it over. "Yes, they should be looking for ways to get back to the Dark Ocean, no doubt to find a way to rescue Ichijouchi – hmm – Right."
The Demon Lord of Wrath reached over to the chalice and grabbed some weakly pulsing dark spores. He squeezed his hand and a mass of stagnant spores fell back down to the chalice, causing the remaining ones to have even weaker pulses. The remaining spore in his hand beat rapidly, and Deamon handed it over to the purple bear.
"Take this when you cross over. It should help you with any threats that you might find."
"What threats?" Dagomon scoffed. "They are weak after the thrashing that we gave them."
Deamon floated over to Dagomon and came close to the Ultimate's face. "Never underestimate the DigiDestined. They are like cockroaches, the only way to get rid of them for good is to completely annihilate them all, otherwise they will find some way to bounce back when we least expect it." Deamon growled.
Ken watched as Deamon talked on how he needs some time before he gets enough strength to open another portal. He must have some grudge against us for putting him in here, The Bearer of Kindness thought, unless there's something else…
"Well," Deamon sighed as he stretched his shoulders, Ken noted that the Digimon was addressing him, "we have some time to spare, so I'll tell you a story."
The rest of his allies groaned.
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"Um, we already know about Tai and the other's adventures." Davis said. The group had easily found a spare computer and was now resting in Gennai's living room under the lake.
"Davis, I don't think it's about them." Cody said before taking a sip of his tea.
"Do we really have time to be listening to stories?" Tk spoke up, "I mean, Ken is still out there, who knows what they are doing to him right now."
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"And that was the story of how I discovered never to give a Volcandramon a bath."
"Thank god it's over." Dagomon sighed with relief. This was worse than torture.
"May I go yet Deamon?" Grizzlymon asked impatiently.
Ken didn't see what was wrong with the other Digimon. The story was interesting, so perhaps it was Deamon's voice.
"Oh dear, I'm not at full strength yet. I guess I can tell another story."
"NNNNOOOOOO!" Four voices cried out in agony.
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Gennai walked in with his last tray of tea and passed it out. He then pulled out a TV monitor and placed it on the table. "Gennai," Kari said, "Do you know where Tai is? He should listen to this as well."
"Izzy and I have tried to track him through his Digivice, but there is some sort of interference that prevents us from getting his location. He'll have to listen to this later, but now it is time to begin."
"What's with the TV?" Davis asked as Gennai flicked the switch. "Is there a video that goes along with your story?"
"No." The TV spoke. Static cleared and Azulongmon appeared on the screen.
"Though I would like to tell the entire story, I only know fragments of it. Azulongmon knows more of it than I."
The blue dragon chuckled. "Yes, and even I do not know everything, these events happened several millennia ago. The other Harmonious Ones prefer that I do not tell you the story, because it is so incomplete. I do believe, however, that you all have the ability and skill required to discover some of these secrets in your upcoming conflicts."
No one interrupted the dragon's reason, so the dragon began the tale.
"The story begins with the great Wall of Fire, this was long before the time of our rule, when the world was split between angels and demons. The Master of the Ligh soon discovered that the wall was breached, and that something terrible had crossed into the Digital World, something as terrible as Apocalymon had been."
The seven original Digidestined shuddered at the name of the Digimon behind the Dark Masters.
"The arrival itself wasn't what worried the Master of Light, it was that the Viral King reached it first."
"What went through the firewall?" Izzy interjected.
Patamon chirped up. "Oh, this story sounds familiar, who were these Digimon again?"
Azulongmon paused for a moment, contemplating on whether or not to tell the Digidestined. "We don't know many facts about this era of the Digital World's history." He answered. "That said, there have been enough records that survived to identify, the Master as a HolyAngemon, and the King… as a Deamon."
The name brought a hush over the group.
"So as I was saying, Deamon obtained the Digiegg first – Yes Izzy, a Digiegg." Azulongmon anticipated. "And Davis, you would definitely be scared, if not terrified, of a Digimon rumored to eat a Piedmon when it first hatched."
Nobody spoke up against the screen.
"Now if we are all done with the interruptions, I shall continue." Azulongmon said with the tone of a teacher dealing with talkative students. "Deamon found the egg and attempted to hatch it. HolyAngemon decided to bring a human to the Digital World to counter."
"Who was that guy?" Kari asked.
The dragon sighed. "Bear in mind, Kari, that there are limited records from this era. Anyways, the human had a partner, an ancient type Digimon, and the two of them were sent on a quest to gather tags to enter Deamon's base and defeat the creature. Two of them was described a unique combination, smart, strategic, carefree, and together never lost a battle."
"Never?" Matt spoke up. "Man, if we had him with us in the Digital World, it would have been so much easier."
"Right. AS I was saying, they were a great team, too great for Deamon's liking. To counter HolyAngemon, Deamon brought another human to the Digital World to hinder his progress."
"An Evil Digidestined?" Tk growled.
"The records say that evil is relative. As the two fought, the Ancient Digimon continued to grow stronger, while the other human bonded with the creature when it hatched from the egg. The creature devoured Deamon and then assaulted HolyAngemon for his data as well."
"The human betrayed Deamon?" Mimi asked.
"Serves him right." Yolie said.
"With the two energies, the creature grew to his Mega Level, and then his partner brought him beyond the limits. The Ancient grew to his mega level and brought the creature down, only for Deamon to corrupt it from the inside and become surpassed his form as well, overcoming the Mega Ancient. The pair managed to surpass their limits as well and defeated Deamon."
"Azulongmon, you're talking like they went to a level even higher than Mega." Izzy pointed out.
The dragon grew silent. "Because there is. It is a form of such power that they could completely annihilate all four Harmonious Ones with ease." He admitted to the DigiDestined's shock. "When the cataclysms started in the Digital World, we had believed that it was Deamon's work. Since then we have found too many similarities between this tale and recent findings and events."
"So we just need to find this Digidestined of Victories and his Digimon and we can save Ken." Davis simplified. "Let's start asking around then!"
Gennai sighed. "It won't be that simple Davis." The man said.
"Why?" Chibomon asked.
"Yeah! We need to save Ken!" Leafmon exclaimed.
"There's a reason why there are different rulers since then." Gennai said. "As technology in the human world advanced exponentially, so did the Digital World. The old world became obsolete as the new world began to expand. The Harmonious Ones were created from the new one and judged the fate of the old world. Since neither world was not compatible with each other decided that the old one had to be erased to be integrated into the new Digital World."
"So… basically the Digital World had to delete an old file and download a new version." Izzy interpreted.
"More like replacing the hard drive." Azulongmon said. "As we erased the old world some things happened. Most of the old world Digimon were easily reformed in this world, but there was a number who didn't make it through the process and became lost. Unfortunately, their data collected into the Dark Area and eventually formed the Digimon you knew as Apocalymon." The dragon paused to take a breath and to allow the Digidestined to take in the information. "There were Digimon, who fell through neither category. They were unable to be reformatted into our world and they were incompatible with the Dark Area. Their data simply rested in the old world, and somehow it did something to our world, destabilizing it. It had to be done."
"What do you mean?" A couple of the Digimon asked while the others whispered about this news. Chibomon wasn't sure why, but he felt a weird twinge of excitement from the story. Is there a way he could get stronger, beyond Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, or even Paladin Mode?
"To be specific, it was like a Memory Wipe. We tried to completely delete the excess data from the old world… Sure the data disappeared, but for some reason, there were unforeseen effects on the human world. People who had connections to the old world lost their memories of these events."
"So they lost their memories? That's horrible." Sora said.
"If this person doesn't remember anything then why do you think he can help us?"
Izzy began to think. Azulongmon was using a lot of computer references and talked a lot about memory wipes. "Do you think that the person could get his memories back?" He asked. "Is there some way to reboot, or backup his memories of the Digital World?"
The rest of the Digidestined looked at the Bearer of Knowledge, then to the screen of Azulongmon. "I believe it's possible." The dragon said.
"Then can you tell us who this person is?" Joe asked.
Azulongmon was about to answer when the underwater house started to shake violently. The Digidestined scurried under the table like they did in countless drills they went through at school.
"What's happening?" Yolie exclaimed.
"I think something is breaking through into the Digital World!" Izzy said.
"Can you check where it's going to emerge?" Matt asked.
"Already on it!" The Bearer of Knowledge exclaimed, furiously typing on his pineapple lap top despite the shaking. "According to my calculations, the emergence is going to be – RIGHT ON TOP OF US!"
The shaking stopped but there was still a pounding sound from outside of the house. The group rushed out and saw a Digimon slamming at the barrier. Cracks formed and water started to flood through. Gennai ran out with the TV under his arm, Azulongmon had vanished to static. The man scowled and split away the water to prevent the Digidestined from drowning.
With the water gone, the attacks on the barrier became more rapid. The Digimon smashed through the barrier and for the second time that day the Digidestined faced Grizzlymon.
The soaked bear had a vicious smile. "You're coming with me Digidestined, storytime's over." Grizzlymon said, and then muttered, "Thank goodness."
"Well look at this guy, what's with the overconfidence?" Matt scowled.
"Yeah! You're outnumbered Ten to one!" Davis declared. "What can you do?"
Grizzlymon looked at the Partner Digimon. Most were still tired from the fighting earlier, but all of them were willing to fight the bear. Easy pickings. "This." The bear Digimon smirked.
The Digidestined watched as a pulsating sphere hovering over the enemy suddenly jammed itself into the bear's flesh. Grizzlymon let out a roar of pain as the spore integrated into his data, but then let out a vile chuckle as he felt the power surge throughout his body.
"GRIZZLYMON! WARP DIGIVOLVE TO! CALLISMON!"
Yolie smacked Davis in the back of his head. "Really?" She asked.
His fur had shifted from dark purple to deep brown. His hand had three barrels attached to a device. He had large claws, a bulky build, and some clothes similar to a biker.
Izzy typed furiously into his laptop. "What? This Digimon isn't registering in my analyzer. There's a weird interference on this Digimon, I can't get its data."
Callismon aimed his gun at the Digidestined. Gennai quickly fiddled with the TV, which shimmered with light and engulfed all of the Digidestined with light. When it subsided, the entire group had vanished to the human world. The bear looked irritated that all of his prey had gone missing, but he wasn't too distraught. Hunting them all will be fun, but first…
"Hand over the TV." He growled.
Gennai looked at the machine in his hands. "No." He said as he smashed the device on the ground and quickly sped into the house. Callismon growled and aimed his arm guns.
RODEO BULLET!
The bullets tore through the house and created a massive fireball. After that, he walked out of the hole and headed for the nearest Digiport.
From the wreckage, Gennai climbed out of the hole that led to the archives. "May luck be with you all." He whispered his prayer as he went down to observe the coming events.
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Ugh, explanation chapter is done.
Destruction, Explosions, and Jaywalking shall commence next time.
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