THE DIGITAL WORLD_ _ _| SEVERAL YEARS AGO_ _ _| UNKNOWN ZONE_ _ _|
"DIGIMEMORY! LEVIAMON'S ROSTRUM, ACTIVATE!" A powerful, commanding voice ordered as the general inserted a small memory card shaped device into the Red Xros Loader in his left hand. Not a second later, and a Gigantic, red leviathan like creature appeared from a circle of data.
"Those who face my Rotsum never live to tell the tale." The beast smirked at the Troopmon before him. "Do You feel Lucky? ROSTRUM!"
There was a surge of water, spiraling outwards into a tornado from seemingly nowhere, and then the Troopmon were submerged in their watery graves.
ISLAND ZONE_ _ _| NEPTUNEMON'S MANTARAYMON CARRIER_ _ _| DAY 2_ _ _| FOURTY MINUTES EARLIAR_ _ _|
"Eh? The Code Crown's Underground?" Neptunemon blinked at the Flymon's report.
"Yes, lord Neptunemon. We overheard the Villagers bragging of their plan to claim the code crown out from underneath our very noses!" The leader of the 42nd Squadron of Flymon started. "We Flymon will be sure to get the Code Crown for Island Zone before this 'Xros Heart' Does!"
"Excellent!" Neptunemon grinned. "You know what to do."
"Yes! Lord Neptunemon!" The leader and his subordinates cried out in unison.
"Those fools... Idiots... Island Zone shall be mine!" Neptunemon smirked.
*cue Main Theme*
Akari! Shining Memory!
YEARS AGO_ _ _| UNKNOWN ZONE_ _ _|
Six-year-Old Akari Hinomoto watched in awe as her father summoned their army's trump card- the Leviamon Digi-memory.
"Be gone, Foul Demon! Return from hence thou came!" The Opponent- A Gesomon fused with his subordinates- was then washed away by the favored attack- "ROSTRUM!"
A Flash of data, and the Gesomon was deleted, giving Akari a cause to cheer. "YAY! Daddy! You beat them!" she then ran into her father's arm.
"Heh... Yeah... We beat them..." the man smiled as he glanced up the the glowing red Memory of a Digimon. "What do you think, Leviamon? Did we beat them?"
"Beat them? HA!" the beast flashed his toothy smile. "I Obliterated them, Hinomoto! None can stand up to my full fledge power!"
"YEAH!" Akari punched a fist into the air. "Daddy! You and Leviamon can't be defeated!"
ISLAND ZONE_ _ _| DAY TWO_ _ _| THIRTY MINUTES EARLIAR_ _ _| KING ISLAND_ _ _| NORTHERN MOST CLIFF FACE_ _ _|
Akari grimaced as she watched the oncoming horde of Flymon. "They have great timing, don't they...?"
"Yeah, it'd be great if we could've gotten down there before they found out..." Shoutmon grumbled.
"Ah, I hate to be the one to ask..." Zenjirou started as he and Ballistamon dragged the last batch of Digi-noir down from the Forrest. "But how exactly are we getting these underground? I Don't see any tunnels around here..."
"We're going to swim, of couse!" Lopmon smiled as she jumped up onto Akari's shoulder.
"Eh!" Zenjirou's eyes widened. "There's an underground cave?"
"More then that." ChibiKamemon started. "Lots more!"
"Must be some shrine..." Zenjirou wondered aloud as the red Pickmon hopped up onto his head. "Just to be hidden like this..."
ChibiKamemon nodded. "Yeah..."
Taiki frowned as he watched the approaching Flymon. "They're moving slow."
Dorulumon growled. "They're carrying something..."
"Digi-noir." Ballistamon suddenly noted, making everyone jump. "They're carrying large cases of Digi-noir."
"I forgot he was a robot..." The red pickmon commented. "Makes sense he'd have telescopes for eyes!"
"They're also carrying red cases that I can't recognise." Ballistamon continued. "No identifying logos."
Shoutmon held up his Mic stand. "Well, then... Let's see what they are..."
For Flymon Commander of the 42nd Squadron, this was a brilliant mission. Drop bombs mixed in with Digi-noir into the water, from which they would be dragged underground by the currents and then explode. "Prepare to release!"
"YES SIR!" the other flymon nodded as they reached the cliff face.
"In three...!" The leader cried out. "Two..."
"RELEASE!" the first wave cried in unison, then dropped the huge canisters of Digi-noir and the explosives into the water.
In slow motion, the leader watched as they fell down to the water, and then...
FWHAAAAAM!
Several combined attacks came from the foliage on the edge of the cliff face, smashing through the Digi-Noir canisters and the bombs alike, causing them to explode. "N-Nani!" Before he could halt the order, Waves two and three then let loose their product- and then two Microphone wielding maniacs came flying off the cliff face.
"ROCK DAMASHIII!" Akari smashed a few firey musical notes into the red marked explosives.
"ROWDY ROCKER!" Shoutmon swung his Mic-stand into another explosive canister.
Then, off on the cliff face, a glowing fusion emerged, Ballistamon with Dorulumon on his shoulders in the form of two cannons- Dorulumon and Ballistamon as one- Ballistamon Six-Launcher! (SR)
"HEXAGONAL CANNON!"
Six precisely aimed energy bolts launched out of the shoulder cannons, the wrist cannons, The Dorulumon head shaped blaster mounted on the chest, and even Ballistamon's own head, and into several more Explosive canisters.
The Flymon Commander growled in anger as all of the explosives were destroyed before they even hit the water. But he had a back-up plan. If He couldn't get the food eaten willingly, then he'd just have to do it by force! "PLAN E!"
Before Akari or Shoutmon could react beyond surfacing out of the water from their bomb-destroying dive, a bright red lobster with very large claws emerged before them- EBIDRAMON! The Lobster threw one of it's giant claws at the two generals in the water and pushed them up against the cliff face. "Hehehaha... Now you die-eeee..."
"Gah!" Shoutmon growled as he struggled to free his arms. "He's got me pinned!"
Akari let loose a scream of pain. "He's going to crush us!"
Ballistamon SR looked at Taiki. "I can't get a clear shot! They're too far down!"
"Pickmons!" An idea was already forming. "Quick! Get down there and-!"
CRACK!
Too late, the entire island trembled, and began to rise up out of the water. Ebidramon was spontaneously knocked away from the two he was crushing by a spurt of water from underneath him, dropping Akari and Shoutmon into the churning water.
Zenjirou cried out in terror as he clung to a tree. "What is this!"
"King-Whamon!" ChibiKamemon quickly explained. "This island isn't really an island!"
Indeed, the "island" now rising up in the water was infact the Giant Whale's upper jaw- KingWhamon: A white whale Digimon whose entire back is an island! And this whale was sucking in the water that Akari and Shoutmon- and most of the surviving Digi-noir- had landed in. In short- the 'island' was eating!
Everyone could only watch in horror as a few flymon began to dive bomb for the closing mouth only for three total to make it- and the rest 'splating' against the cliff face.
The Commander Flymon growled as Ebidramon surfaced from the spontaneous water spout. "That... Could have gone better..."
Taiki tightened his grip on the Orange Xros Loader. 'Akari... Shoutmon...!'
INSIDE_ _ _| TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES AGO_ _ _|
A thrilling water ride later, and Akari and Shoutmon arrived in KingWhamon's stomach, both coughing violently from their previous lack of oxygen and sudden submerging in water.
"Gak... Remind me never to do that again..." Shoutmon grimaced.
Akari rolled her eyes. "Right... I'l try..."
For a few moments, the two sat there as they caught their breath, both noting the conspicious lack of buzzing, but the increased sounds of water preasure against metal and leaky pipes.
"So... Ah... Think we lost them?" Shoutmon asked.
"Probably..." Akari nodded. "We went through so many turns..."
"Yeah..."
YEARS AGO_ _ _| ISLAND ZONE_ _ _|
The founding General of Xros Heart smiled as he watched his daughter play tag with several of the children villagers. "You know... I was hoping it wouldn't come to this."
Jijimon, elder of Green Zone, nodded. "It's saddening that this has to happen, but Bagura..."
The man sighed, then handed the elder a small, pentagonal shaped box. "Have this hidden deep underwater. If Akari ever has to follow in my footsteps..." he paused, not liking that train of thought. "If she has to, this will be the first place she'll come."
Jijimon nodded solomonly as he opened the box. "You're sure about this...?"
The General laughed. "All of her favorites."
ISLAND ZONE_ _ _| TWELVE MINUTES AGO_ _ _| KING-WHAMON-ISLAND_ _ _|
Jijimon sighed as he watched the battle continue- Turuiemon X2LS Versus a Hord of Flymon and Ballistamon SR Versus an Ebidramon, at long range. 'Is this really what you wanted, my friend?'
Then, a sudden thought struck him. "ChibiKamemon..." He turned to the small Computer Mouse. "Could you go retrieve something for me?"
"Eh?" The small child blinked.
INSIDE_ _ _| NINE MINUTES AGO_ _ _|
A long walk later, and they'd found the Shrine for the Code Crown. "Yahoo!" Shoutmon grinned. "We found it!"
"Yeah..." Akari nodded, then took a step towards the shining gem of yellow, floating inside the carved head of a whale with three eyes. However, the Shrine had other ideas.
BZZZ!
A small dome of golden energy came into existance, stopping the girl from progressing any further, en-citing a sigh. "Right... Of course..."
"Aggrivating." Shoutmon sighed, then went to take a step forward...
"Eh?"
...And found that he couldn't move at all.
"Odd... Hey Akari, take a step back, okay?" Shoutmon asked. "I think the shield's keeping me from moving too."
Akari nodded- Then realized that she couldn't. "Um... I can't move either..."
"Eh... That's not good." Shoutmon frowned. "So why can we still talk?"
"No clue." Akari tried to shrug, but growled as her body refused to move.
Then, as a small laugh began to float into the chamber, they realized that the buzzing they were hearing wasn't from the shield around the Code Crown, but instead from the three Flymon that had been following them.
"Oh, You should realize that our buzzing will make anyone stop in place." One of the Flymon grinned as he floated into the room. "It's basic Biology after all!" The whiny, grating voice sounded like it'd fit some sort of mad human child wielding the power of a forbidden left spin top more then it would a Fly. "But, I suppose I can forgive you for not remembering..."
Shoutmon narrowed his eyes as the other two Flymon began to enter the room. "Oi... Don't come any closer! Or the force field will-"
"Oh be quiet!" The first Flymon sneered, then turned towards his two fellows. "Now keep holding them still... I think I'll collect the Crown, then have a little fun with them..." the laugh was annoying too.
Akari growled. "You can't get it..."
"You sure about that?" The flymon asked as he floated up towards the golden barrier in front of the girl. "It seems to me like our buzz made you freeze before you could even get to it!" he reached a claw out towards the dome. "Infact, I'll bet that this thing is more like a warning sign, and won't do any-ZIIIIIIING!"
The flymon wrenched back in pain as a thousand volts of electricity pumped through his exoskeleton.
One of his fellows struggled to hold back a snicker, Shoutmon outright laughed, and Akari just sent a glare at the slightly dazed flymon. "Told you so."
"Grrr..." The flymon grumbled. "So... It really is a force field... Oh well... I know how these things work..." a smirk started to form on his face. "They only show to the victor of a battle, when the general of one army is killed!" As the flymon's non-visible eyes scanned Akari's body, the smirk widened. "And you look like a general to me..."
Akari's eyes widened in shock. "No...!"
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Shoutmon cried out in horror. "It's me you want! I'm the general!"
"Nice try!" The flymon rolled his non-existent eyes, then readied his poisoned stinger. "But she's the one with a Xros Loader, not you!"
Adrenaline began to pump through Akari's body as the fight or flight instinct told her to run away as fast as she could, but the paralyzing buzzing from the other two Flymon made that impossible. "Please...!"
"I'd wish I could say it was a pleasure knowing you..." The flymon then shoved forward, pushing his stinger dirrectly into Akari's lower chest. "But It really hasn't!"
"AKARIIIIIIIII!"
Made of Data and born in the digital realm: Digimon. They laugh, fight, and cry just like us! They're our special friends! Let's gather up as many teammates as we can! Come along with us on this marvelous adventure through the world!
"DIGI-XROS!"
*Cue Never Give Up! (Tv Size) By Sonar Pocket*
ISLAND ZONE_ _ _| FOUR MINUTES AGO_ _ _|
Shoutmon could only watch in horror as the Flymon pulled out his stinger, dripping with a sticky, red substance. "Heh... How delightful..." With that, he began to... lick his stinger clean.
Akari's body, frozen with shock and the Flymon's buzzing, still remained in it's current pose, looking all the world to be perfectly fine. But Shoutmon knew better- A Flymon's sting could kill a fully grown Mammothmon within Twenty-five minutes, and that was due to it's mass. How long would she last? He didn't want to think about it.
"You... You Monster!" Shoutmon growled. "She didn't do anything to you!"
"Heh... Didn't do anything?" The flymon rolled his nonexistent eyes, again. "I'd say she did something just by being here..." Then, that sneer appeared on his face again. "Maybe I should hit her again?" The stinger went into the same spot, and more poison entered Akari's body, her eyes widening in shock.
"NO!" Shoutmon struggled against the invisible restraints. "Stop!"
"Hmm, doesn't seem to be working... So how about AGAIN!" The stinger pulled out, then shoved back in, sending a convulsion of pain through the girl's frozen body.
"M...MONSTER!" Shoutmon cried out as tears began to flow from his eyes. "Stop it! Please!"
"Allright..." The flymon gestured with his right hand. "Maybe it'll work faster if we un-freeze you..."
As if on command, the buzzing in the room lightened slightly, and then Akari's body slumped to the floor. Shoutmon, however, was already running on pure rage. "RAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Before any of the three flymon could react, their defacto Leader was shoved into the glowing golden dome by a rampaging Shoutmon, sending those same 1,000 volts of electricity into Flymon once more, and offering no recoil.
The smell of roasted fly filled the small room as the Rowdy Rocker jumped towards the remaining two Flymon, twin musical notes in his hands. "ROCK DAMASHII!"
YEARS AGO_ _ _| GREEN ZONE_ _ _|
Akari Hinomoto was dreaming. Dreaming of the past. Dreaming of the day she longed to forget.
The last time she would ever see her father.
"I'm Sorry Akari." the man sighed as he put his hand on the girl's red head. "But you can't come with me this time."
"Awww!" The seven year old girl cried out in disappointment. "Why not!"
Meanwhile, the present day Akari watched on with a slight dis-attachment on the events, the way a third person would view a video. "Why am I here...?"
"It's too dangerous. This Zone... I'm afraid it might be too much even for me."
"But daddy! You and Leviamon can handle anything!"
The man laughed, and Akari mouthed the words as he said them. "Yeah... We can, can't we?"
"YEAH!"
INSIDE KING WHAMON_ _ _| THREE MINUTES AGO_ _ _|
Akari's skin was turning purple from the poison. Four more minutes, and she would be dead "No... Come on... I can't loose you..." Shoutmon wrenched his eyes closed. "I Can't... Not after everything..."
He quickly reached out to check her temperature- cold. She was getting colder. "No... Come On Akari! Snap out of it!"
He glanced to the red Xros Loader on the ground, and growled in annoyance at the fact that it had slid across the ground through the shield when Akari had collapsed from the release of the Flymon's paralysis. "Stupid thing!" It wouldn't have even worked on Poison anyways. So what did it matter?
He glared at the Code Crown. It was because of that stupid thing that they were even here. "Why... Why do you want this...?"
The shining gem had no answer, but the owner of said gem did.
"You Are Shoutmon, of Xros Heart, Correct?" the deep, bellowing voice of KingWhamon began to float down the endless corridors. "And She is the Daughter of The Founder of the team, is she not?"
Shoutmon sniffed. "Yeah... Stupid flymon..."
"Her father is a man of great importance to this world. He has save countless zones, and numerous lives." Whamon continued. "Tell me, what is it you seek?"
Shoutmon glared at the Code Crown, having no other focus point. "We wish to save the Digital World from the Bagura Army!"
"How do you wish to do so?"
"Re-unite the zones by getting every Code Crown!"
"Tell me, do you wish to save the Melody of this Zone?"
Shoutmon roared. "What does it matter if she dies!"
"You wish to save her Melody?"
"YES! A thousand times yes!" Shoutmon glared at the roof. "I Can't live without her...!"
"Then Use the Xros Loader in conjunction with the Code Crown. As if by that, the shield around the Code Crown vanished, and the shiny object and the Xros Loader began to lift up into the air and float over towards Shoutmon. "Say 'Download' to begin the process." As the crystalline structure around the Code Crown vanished in Shoutmon's hand, KingWhamon continued. "Place this oil on the wound and I shall work to remove the poison while the Code Crown heals the physical injury." When he finished, a thick glop of oil spontaneously formed on the floor.
"Th...Thank you... Whamon!"
ISLAND ZONE_ _ _| YEARS AGO_ _ _|
The young girl siged as she stared into a small pond. "He's not comming back..." The smaller version of Shoutmon next to her looked at her in concern.
"Don't Worry, Akari... I'm sure he'll be back!"
"Yeah... But he's usually back by now..."
"Don't worry! It'll be all right!"
Akari sighed as she watched one of the best memories she had relive itself.
"T...Thanks Shoutmon..." the younger girl smiled, a blush forming on her face. "For everything..."
"Hey, Come on..." the dragon crossed his arms. "You've gotta stop being so formal when you're upset! IT's a dead giveaway!"
"Shouto..." both girls blinked. "Arigato..."
Then, without any warning, she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, making his eyes widen in surprise.
"A...Akari?" he turned his head to face her.
"Yes?" she asked back.
It would take a falling, rather scorched Xros Loader, landing on a nearby tree branch, bouncing off, and hitting the back of Shoutmon's head to cause him to return the kiss, fully on the lips- mostly due to the force of the falling object, however.
Neither blamed the device, despite what it signified.
NEPTUNEMON'S CARRIER_ _ _| PRESENT_ _ _|
"Ebidramon has proved to be my saving grace!" Neptunemon smirked. "Soon... Island Zone's Code Crown Will...!"
Beep Beep.
The sudden cry of an incoming message made the Merman blink. He quickly turned around towards the communication console and pressed the button to open communication with the main Bagura empire. "Tactimon-Sama!"
"We have been locked out of all teleportation protocols. The Code Crown has been taken." Tactimon started. "Do you have it in your possession?"
Neptunemon smirked. "Not yet, sir! But My Flymon have gone underground to retrieve it! If you have been locked out as you say, and the Crown has been taken, then I am victorious!"
"Hmf. We'll see." Tactimon shook his head. "Somehow, I doubt it was that easy."
As this was said, the Island shook violently again as it's massive jaw began to open.
"Ah... Here they come..." Neptunemon smirked.
The Flymon Commander and his remaining forces (only fifteen) stared at the opening mouth to see if their commrades were the ones to come out.
Ballistamon SR and Turuiemon X2LS also waited with baited breath, wondering if Shoutmon and Akari were okay.
Even Ebidramon was holding off his attacks to see if those comming out were ally of foe.
All recieved their answer when a burst of mutilated static cut across every available communications Device.
"HELLO ISLAND ZONE!"
Taiki grinned at the voice voice. "Yeah..."
"He who takes the Code Crown, Takes the Zone!" Shoutmon started into the Red Xros Loader as he spontaneously jumped into view. "Well, Bad news everyone, Cause Guess Who!" With that he held up the glowing Memory Card shaped fragment. "Heh.."
The Flymon commander growled. "So... he takes the Crown..."
Neptunemon gasped in shock. "No.. The Flymon...!"
Tactimon said nothing, however, as he listened to Shoutmon's little speech. "So could all of you buzzing about with your silly little wings be quiet up there? Because I. AM. TALKING!"
The Flymon commander blinked. "Eh?"
Turuiemon X2LS paled. "Did he really just ask that?"
"Now!" Shoutmon continued. "The question of the hour is 'Who Has the Code Crown?' Answer: I DO. Now Who's going to take it from me?"
Neptunemon's jaw hung open in shock, the Flymon didn't seem to think too lightly of this, and Ebidramon seemed to be trying to pick something out of his ear.
"COME ON! Look At me! No Plan! No shields! No weapons with good long distance!" Shoutmon spun around quickly for effect. "OH! And Something else I don't have: ANYTHING. TO. LOOSE!"
Zenjirou blinked. "Hey... Wait... This sounds kinda familiar..."
The Red pickmon laughed as he Jumped onto Zenjirou's head. "He's paraphrasing a TV show that was floating around as random data!"
"SO If you plan on taking the Code Crown TONIGHT!" Shoutmon flipped the artifact like a coin for effect. "Just Remember who's standing in your way, Neptunemon! Remember ever black Day Xros Heart has ever stopped your like! Remember every attack We've ever stopped! And then... AND THEN!" He paused to take a quick breath. "Do the smart thing."
There was a collective held breath as a smirk spread on Shoutmon's face.
"Just surrender when We're around."
As if on that command, a sudden wall of flame appeared inside the cave/whale's mouth behind him, swirling and twisting before transforming into a roughly solid shape- a flaming horse with wings- before jumping out of the cave/mouth, spreading it's wings, and soaring up through the remaining Flymon- burning them alive and deleting them instantly.
Then, another familiar voice entered the audio fray. "You Know, I really hate flies."
Jijimon sighed in relief. "Her luck hasn't run out after all..."
Now standing behind Shoutmon- with her microphone stand slung over he shoulder- was the last remaining General of Xros heart- Akari Hinomoto. Only, a little different from before- mostly in the clothing design. In place of her blue overalls were a pair of blue jeans; the slightly worn Pink Heart T-shirt looked brand new, with most of the pink being replaced by a bright red; over said shirt was a similarly shaded leather jacket; her sneakers had been replaced by grey hiking boots; she now had a pair of black, fingerless gloves on her hands; and, finally, she wore a V shaped hat on her head. The only physical changes to her were the golden yellow marks painted onto her face.
"Yeah, I'll agree to that!" Shoutmon grinned as he cut the all-frequency broadcast to Local team only. "I'm glad you're okay."
"Thanks Shouto." She smiled. "I don't know what you did, but thanks..."
"Eh..." He shrugged. "It was Whamon's idea in the first place."
"Well then..." With that, Akari snatched the Red Xros Loader from Shoutmon. "Let's make a dinner out of that Ebidramon."
Speaking of Ebidramon, he was still trying to get whatever it was out of his ear.
*Cue DIGI-XROS*
"SHOUTMON!"
"OKAY!"
"BALLISTAMON!"
"N'Gah!"
"DORULUMON!"
"ROGER!"
"DIGI-XROS!" Akari cried out as she held the Xros Loader to the sky.
Ballistamon SR quickly split back into his component forms, then re-launched into the sky in their respective beams of energy to meet Shoutmon. "DIGI-XROS!"
*Switch to WE ARE XROS HEART*
tachiagare tomoyo tomaranai BURNING SOUL
doko made mo yuku sa kimi wa hitori ja nai
"SHOUTMON! XROS THREE!" the fusion appeared in a flash of light.
"STARMON! PICKMONZ!" Akari called next. "DIGI-XROS!"
nakama no kizuna ga kirifuda sa
The Star Sword was formed, but this time, with much more Pickmon in the fusion. Shoutmon Xros Three Caught the sword, then swung it in a wide arch. "SHOUTMON! XROS FOUR!"
inochi wo moyashite RO-A-RR!
"Eh? A sword makes it Xros Four?" Zenjirou blinked.
ima hitotsu ni GREAT XROS tokeau
Then, the fusion from that dream, seemingly so long ago, dove towards Ebidramon, the sword raised above his head. "BURNING STAR CRUSHERR!"
ore ni kure minna no hajiketa SHAUTO wo
A mighty swing brought the un-aware Ebidramon's left arm to an un-expected end.
"GAAAH!" The Lobster wrenched back in shock
ima umareru GREAT HEART asu no kiba
"We're XROS HEART!" Xros Four smirked under his helmet. "Engrave it on your heart!" He jumped back a short distance, then held his sword out infront of the V on his chest. "FOUR VICTORIZE!"
tobitate
A burning V shaped laser launched out, and immediately sliced through Ebidramon's head.
tatakae
And with a resounding explosion, the Lobster was no more.
WE ARE XROS HEART!
On his carrier, Neptunemon's mouth gasped and floundered at the explosion
"Hmm, I have a feeling this is the last time we'll ever speak to each other, Neptunemon." Tactimon started solomonly. "Have a good life." and with that, he cut the connection.
Shoutmon Xros Four landed on the cliff face, allowing Akari to slide off his shoulder before splitting back to his main forms.
Turuiemon X2LS had also split back into her main forms, so, while Lopmon ran up to hug the red headed girl, Lila just raised an eyebrow. "Did they have a gift shop down there or something?"
Akari shook her head. "You wouldn't believe me even if I told you."
"So... We've got the Code Crown." Zenjirou smirked. "Shall we finish off the merman then head off to the next zone?"
Hangyomon nodded, sporting a devilish smile on his face. "I Can't wait to run that Neptunemon through with his own spear! That's irony for ya, mister fisherman!"
Red Pickmon cheered. "Yay for Random Impaling!"
Just then, Jijimon and ChibiKamemon came running up, the latter carrying a rusted, slime covered, pentagonal box. "Everyone!"
"Eh? What is it?" Shoutmon asked, his eyes widening at the sight of the box. Was it a big juicy diamond?
"Akari, your father wanted you to have this should you decide to follow after him." Jijimon started as he reached over to open the lock on the box. "These are some of the most valuable items in all existence besides the Code Crowns."
Taiki blinked. "More valuable...?"
Akari gasped as Jijimon pulled five small black objects from the box. "Are those...?"
"Digi-Memories." Jijimon nodded as he handed her the objects, revealing pictures on the front of each- MarineAngemon, HolyAngemon, Agumon, Garurumon, and Leviamon.
"The.. Digi-memories...?" Akari's eyes widened. "Why...?"
"Wahooo!" Starmon cheered. "Now we can kick some major Bagura gun!"
"We could take out Neptunemon with one solid strike...!" Dorulumon's eyes narrowed. 'Leviamon... why leave such a powerful artifact hidden for so long?'
Taiki set his sights on the lone Manatraymon carrier out on the water. "Neptunemon. You're next!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Data Search is Fun!
"Looking up Data on our enemies..." A Chibi-Monitamon recites to the Chibi-Audience. "DONDOKOMON!" A picture of the drum like digimon came up. His technique includes raising the spirits of both enemy and ally Digimon alike with Dondoko Ondo!" A pause, and the image changed into two exclamation marks followed by one question mark. "Eh? It cheers up the enemy Digimon too? Well, I'm all up myself! 'Stand up, my friend!' Stand up!"
A Chibi-Shoutmon stared slack-jawed from the audience. "W..We are Xros Heart...?"
NEXT TIME!
"Neptunemon! Come and Face us like a 'Mon!"
"Digimemory! Ocean Love!"
"Akari, need some help here?"
"What! The spear acts on it's own?"
"BURNING STAR CRUSHER!"
"Next time, Digimon Xros Wars! XROS FOUR! Break the Ice!"
"I... I SHALL RETURN!"
A.N.: Yeah... What an episode, eh? This is where the AU part begins to come in, if the Hangyomon from the last chapter wasn't enough of a hint. Just to clarify, the Flashbacks this chapter were (from Akari's POV) induced by the Flymon poison. The one with Jijimon was just him reminiscing, but provides important support for the next chapter/episode. Akari's wardrobe change? See Beelzemon's reincarnation in the main Xros Wars series, ish. I'm going to make it a point of showing that the "Download" revival process doesn't always work the way it should {Something always seems to interfere. ;) }, so, in this case, Whamon's Oil sped up the process by removing the poison, while the Xros Loader focused on the wounds, and apparently decided to fix her clothes too. (Couldn't have a main character go around with a bloody hole in their shirt for the rest of the series, could I?)
On the Flymon's voice description, I was imagining Ryuga from the Beyblade Metal Fusion dub. Just watch one episode with him in it, and you'll want to shove him into an electro dome too! Stupid ape. Now: Shoutmon's Paraphrasing the 11th Doctor from the S5 finale of Doctor Who. "Hello, Stonehenge!" Such an epic moment. Next episode: Neptunemon get's impaled by his own spear, and the Xros Heart team takes a night off before moving on to the next zone. More on Akari and Shoutmon then. ;)
Also, for those curious, I've got a picture of Lopmon up on my DA page, so take a look if you want to see how different she looks from regular Lopmon.
_DTC