*cue XROS WARS MAIN THEME*
"My name is Kudo, Taiki. Three days ago I was drawn into this strange world- The Digital World- where I met it's strange in habitants- begining with Dorulumon, Ballistamon, Shoutmon, and Akari."
The four zoned map appeared again, this time with a door with a picture of Nene's face on it in the lavender zone, a chibi- Kiriha staring off at the red zone from his blue zone, chibi Akari and Shoutmon dancing and drinking out of a couple of frothy mugs, and a bowl of rice with Neptunemon and several Seadramon sitting inside, X's over their eyes.
"Yesterday, we defeated Island Zone's invading Bagura commander- Neptunemon. Shoutmon Xros Four Marine, plus Hangyomon and the use of MarineAngemon's Digi-Memory ended the battle exactly at sunset. However, after this, I met a strange girl, with a fondness for yellow, who reminded me of Nene's Sparrowmon. She brought grave warnings of a "Heaven Zone" and told me to leave should I ever find myself there. What exactly does that mean?"
*cue Title Theme*
MAGMA ZONE! EXPLOSION!
THE SPACE BETWEEN ZONES_ _ _|
Inside an endless green field rested multiple land masses- the Zones of the digital World- and- currently- three humans- Kudo Taiki, Tsurugi Zenjirou, and Hinomoto Akari- all of whom were floating away from the Island Zone area of space.
"The last trip went pretty quick." Taiki started. "We barely managed to see anything."
Akari nodded. "That's why we have to have everyone inside the Xros Loader this time, if we didn't..." As if to prove her point, her hat began to start losing data. "And I guess I'm not immune either." She grimaced, then handed Zenjirou the Red Xros loader. "Hold onto that for a bit."
Before Taiki could comment, the girl glowed a bright white light, then entered the orange Xros Loader.
Zenjirou stared. "She...She's really a Digimon then...?"
Taiki nodded. "That's probably why Xros Heart's been restricted to Island and Green Zones."
"Great! They're using us as free rides!" Zenjirou huffed.
"Oi!" Shoutmon's voice echoed out of the Orange Xros Loader. "We can hear you, you know!"
"yeah! Really!" Lila's then came out of the Red Xros Loader. "Don't act like we can't hear you!"
Zenjirou tensed for a moment, then made a not-quite-so-accurate horse sound. "The Zenjirou Express is Happy to Serve, Ma'am!"
"That's more like it!" You could practically hear the enjoyment in the Lillymon's voice.
Taiki shook his head and commented (simultaneously with Dorulumon). "Yare yare."
MAGMA ZONE_ _ _|
There was a flash of green and white, and then all of Xros Heart was unceremoniously dumped down onto the ash covvered ground of this volcanic region.
"Oi..." the red pickmon grumbled as he covered his mouth/nose area. "What's that smell!"
Lopmon wrenched her eyes shut as they began to water. "It's sulfur..."
Zenjirou grimaced as he looked around. "We landed in a volcano ring..."
Dorulumon grimaced as well. "How annoying."
"But you know what Sulfur means!" Jijimon cried out as he made yet another startling appearance (making everyone jump). "Right?"
"Jijimon!" Akari glared at the elder of Green Zone. "Didn't you go with Kiriha back to Green zone!"
"HOTSPRINGSSS!" Jijimon continued on uninterrupted. "There are hotsprings near by!"
This caught Lila's attention. "Hot springs?" her eyes widened. "I haven't been to a hot spring in ages!"
Lopmon nodded. "That does sound nice actually..."
Taiki and Shoutmon slapped their hands on their foreheads in unison. "Doh!"
Dorulumon took the time to explain their reaction."Didn't we just spend the night on a tropical island?"
Akari nodded. "Right, and besides, it's early in the morning. I doubt that traveling in the Xros Loader is that tiring."
Lopmon and Lila turned towards her with pleading eyes. "Pleaseeee..."
"Akari-onee-chan..." ChibiKamemon cut in suddenly, making everyone jump (again). {This en-cited Hangyomon to comment "Not another one!"}
"Eh... ChibiKamemon...?" Akari looked down at the Computer mouse.
"Can we...?" He started.
"Erm... I... uh..." Akari blinked. Why was everyone asking her?
"Oi oi." Zenjirou coughed before an argument started out. "It'd be a wise idea if we left someone around to guard those who would go swimming. We are in foreign territory after all."
"Well Said, Zenjirou." Shoutmon nodded.
"Personally, I think someone should go out and see if this is a hostile zone in the first place." Dorulumon frowned. "Otherwise it'd be pointless to let our guard down, even partially."
Taiki nodded. "Reasonable."
Lila cheered and immediately linker her left arm with Zenjirou's right. "Ooookay then! Let's go to the Hot Springs!"
ELSEWHERE_ _ _| TEMPLE RUINS INSIDE A MOUNTAIN_ _ _|
"BOOM BOOM! BANG BANG!" A loud, echoing cry... erm... echoed throughout the ruins. "Eeeentruders you say?" This odd sounding voice belonged to (none other than) the Bagura Commander: AncientVolcamon. A ghastly, round creature, having his limbs off to the sides, his head on front, and a massive smoldering mound of a volcano on his tippy top.
The shirtless, chained man enshrouded in fire before the General bowed. "Yes, My lord!"
"Down in myyyy Hot Springs?" AncientVolcamon put a hand on his chin. "Reserved only for us Bagura Elite?"
"Yes, My Lord!"
"BOOM BOOM BANG BANG!" The Living Volcano roared, magma begining to pour out of his massive top. "I WANT THEM GONE!"
One of many Men made of living flames, only this one Blue, quickly called out for the Snow Squadron- Consisting of SnowAgumon and Chibi-Fridgimon. "Quickly! Cool off our master before he kills us all!"
"YUKI!" The Chibi-Fridgimon let loose cooling air currents by punching the air.
"YUKI!" And the SnowAgumon froze over the magma mound with their icy breaths.
Within seconds, the boiling Magma monster sighed as his Back Volcano began to look loosely like Mount Fuji. "Right... Let's go about this more calmly then..."
DeathMeramon, the man in burning chains, nodded in agreement. "Yes, My Lord!"
ELSEWHERE IN MAGMA ZONE_ _ _| MORE RUINS_ _ _|
Taiki frowned as he, Dorulumon, Cutemon, and Hangyomon found themselves overlooking a Mining field, run by the cruel Meramon, living men of flames. "Bagura occupies this zone..."
"Indeed." Dorulumon narrowed his eyes. "And it's one of the worst there ever is."
Hangyomon grimmaced. "A Labor camp."
"Atleast we know they haven't found the Code Crown yet." Dorulumon started. "That's the only reason these Digimon are still digging." Included in the laborers were Prairiemon, Gotsumon, Chuumon, Pumpkinmon, and Bearmon.
"It makes my blood boil." Cutemon growled as he clenched his fists. "I Can't stand to see people cry."
Taiki happened to be looking at Dorulumon as Cutemon said that, and managed to catch the flash of pain in the wolf's eyes. 'Dorulumon...'
"Regardless, We should head back to the others..." Dorulumon quickly dispatched that pain with determination. "They need to know this is going on..."
The General and the other two Digimon nodded in confirmation.
SOME SMALL HOT SPRINGS_ _ _|
While most of those who were with Xros Heart at the moment were in the hot, steaming water, a few were on the edge- one of those was Ballistamon- whom Lila and Zenjirou were trying to get to join them. (For those of you wondering, Thanks to a nifty little feature in the Xros Loader, anyone who had been wearing normal clothes earlier were now wearing swimsuits. "Reconstruction.")
"Come on... It's relaxing!" Lila smiled.
"I Can't." Ballistamon crossed his arms. "I'd rust."
"Then you'd be Rustamon!" Zenjirou commented with a chuckle.
Akari was the other not in the water, although she was relaxing in her own way- laying out on the ground, letting the steam wash over her. "Water or not, this is relaxing..."
Shoutmon nodded. "Yup..."
Lopmon smiled as she perched herself on a small boulder. "It is really nice here..."
It was then that something caught Chibi-Kamemon's eyes. A small flicker of blue on an otherwise orange cliff. "What's that...?"
Akari sat up. "What's what?"
ChibiKamemon simply pointed towards the blue speck on the cliff. "That..."
Akari narrowed her eyes as she stared at the dot. "That's..." For a few seconds, nothing became visible... And then...
DeathMeramon smirked as an army of Meramon appeared behind him. "Let's get to work, Boys...!"
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*
There was a moment of panic as three Meramon approached the hot springs, but that was quickly abated.
"HEAVY SPEAKER!"
Thanks in part to Ballistamon and his refusal to get even a speck of rust on him.
*Cue Kougeki Kaishi*
"It's a Battle! A Battle!" Dondokomon quickly gave a quick drum beat before diving completely into the hot springs. "You're on your own!"
Starmon blinked, but immediately leapt into action. "WISH UPON A STAAAAARR!" With a glittering flash of gold, several dozen glittering metallic stars shot out of the sky, and through more oncoming Meramon.
"ROWDY ROCKER!" Akari, not at all caring that she was still wearing her pink swimsuit, swung around her Mic-stand as wildly as always.
"SUGAR PLUM DANCE!" On Cue, the Metalic Pickmon brigade leaped into action, swirling around as many Meramon as they could, confusing the living flame men to no end.
"FIRE BALL!" A Meramon threw a Doom sphere of Doomy flames of doom at the group.
And that was met by an equally Doomy Doom sphere of Doom with an equally loud Kaboom of Doom. "ROCK DAMASHII!" Courtesy of Shoutmon.
"MAD DOG RUSH!" The Red Pickmon seemed to be yelling random syllables (in a seeming appearance of an attack name) now as he dove towards any nearby Meramon and began to gnaw at their toes, thereby causing them much discomfort.
And then, Akari held up the Red Xros Loader. "EVERYONE!"
"SHOUTMON! BALLISTAMON! DIGI-XROS!"
"BALLISTAMON XROS TWO!"
"STARMON! PICKMONS! DIGIXROS!"
"ZENJIROU C.S.!"
"OPTIC LASER!" Without warning, twin laser beams soared out of Xros Two's eyes, blasting a group of Meramon to nothing.
"CHORD CRUSHER!" Zenjirou began to show off his marvelous Kendo Skills once more as he easily cut a Meramon's torso in half.
"BUDDY BLASTER!" And another Meramon bit the dust.
And, within seconds, most, if not all of the Meramon were defeated, leaving DeathMeramon with a sour taste in his mouth- and no, it wasn't from the sulfur. "If you want a job done right, you've got to do it yourself!" With that, he jumped down into the field of battle.
Akari growled as she griped onto her MicStand a bit tighter. "You're with Bagura, aren't you?"
"Perceptive little girl, aren't you?" DeathMeramon smirked.
"We're not afraid of you, slime ball!" Ballistamon X2 would have smirked back if he had a visible mouth.
"Slime? You call me slime?" DeathMeramon roared in laughter. "Here I am, covered in flames, and you call me SLIME?" He roared with laughter again. "Is that the best you've got?"
While no-one was looking, one of the surviving Meramon had sneaked up on Lopmon and was reaching out to grab her, and crush her in his fist.
"KYUUUU!"
Too bad nobody told him that a certain little pink wrecking ball was in the Zone, and looking for plenty of opportunities to crush Meramon skulls under his feet. Before this Meramon could do more then hold onto Lopmon's right ear for more then two seconds (barely enough time to cause some minor discomfort), he was deleted instantly.
"Don't hurt my friends, Kyu!" Cutemon ordered the floating data.
"Cutemon!' Lopmon's eyes widened in shock, surprise, and thanks.
"What the...?"
"DRILL BUSTER!"
And then, a sudden rain shower of golden drills descended from the sky, all of them targeted towards DeathMeramon.
"OOF!" The Meramon Perfect ducked for covver as the drills impacted him and the area around him.
Meanwhile, on the cliff where they all remained, BlueMeramon watched with baited breath. "I know that attack...!"
DeathMeramon glared up at a nearby cliff face, where the attack had been launched. "So it's you..." Standing there was none other then Kudo, Taiki and Dorulumon. "Filty traitor."
"Oi, how many times do I have to repeat myself?" Dorulumon rolled his eyes. "Oh, Wait, everyone I've said it to's ended up dead. Never mind."
"Why you...!" Death Meramon shook his fist in anger.
Suddenly, a cry of "Retreat!" Echoed down from the cliff- and then several of the surviving Meramon began to run away (if they could, that is).
"You Fools!" DeathMeramon shot one more glare at Dorulumon, then bounded away after them. "I'll Be Back!"
After quickly re-locating, Xros Heart let out a collective sigh of relief. "Man, those Meramon came out of nowhere." Shoutmon grumbled.
Akari growled as she spotted Lopmon's singed ear. "When I get my hands on them..."
"No, it's okay." Lopmon shook her head, only wincing slightly. "It doesn't hurt, really."
"No, you're not," Cutemon spoke up suddenly.
"No, it's fine..."
"Still! Of all the nerve!" Zenjirou huffed. "Attacking us when we're already in hot water!"
"That's how Bagura works." Dorulumon looked up at the slightly glowing sky. "They don't care who they hurt or how they do it, just so long as they get what they want."
Nobody made any further comment, well, until Cutemon's hands started glowing green as he used that strange power of his to begin to heal Lopmon's burnt ear. Taiki's eyes widened. "He can heal too?"
"Cutemon are naturally healers." Dorulumon explained. "But, once in a few generations, one will be born with a bit..." he seemed to struggle for the right word for a moment. "...More then healing powers."
Akari narrowed her eyes. "Okay, I've got to ask..."
"Why are we traveling together?" Dorulumon stoped her with a shake of his head. "It's a really long story."
"We've got time." Shoutmon noted.
Dorulumon cast a glance at Cutemon (who was solely focusing on healing Lopmon and keeping her attention focused on laughing at... something), then started. "Roughly Three years ago..."
FLASH BACK_ _ _| UNKNOWN MOUNTAINOUS ZONE_ _ _|
"Let me through, Kyu!" Cutemon frowned as three Goblimon blocked his path. "I've got to find my parents!"
"Hey, hey, do you think he'd make a good good luck charm?" One of the Goblimon asked his companions, completely ignoring Cutemon.
"Yeah! Let's make him our gopher!" The third Goblimon nodded.
"Gopher! Gopher!" The second grinned.
"Oi! I'm not a Gopher!" Cutemon growled.
"Hehehe!" One of the Goblimon reached towards Cutemon when...
CLANG.
A certain Golden Drill tipped tail whaped him on the top of the head, pushing the poor Goblimon nose deep into the dirt- Much like the Gopher he wanted to turn Cutemon into.
"You woke me from my nap." Dorulumon dryly noted.
CLANG. CLANG.
Within seconds, the other two Goblimon were pushed into the ground like their companion.
"You're amazing, Kyu!" Cutemon started as Dorulumon started walking off in some random direction. "I wish I could be as strong as you!"
"Yeah, good luck pulling that one off." Dorulumon rolled his eyes. "Later, Kid. Try not to get into any more trouble."
For a while, Dorulumon walked, only barely noticing the slightly slower pace of feet behind him. He stopped, and so did Cutemon. Dorulumon cast a glance back at the kid. "Oi, are you following me or something?"
"Nope." was the reply. "Just walking the same way."
"Heh... Right." Dorulumon shook his head, then continued on. And Cutemon started following him again.
Almost half an hour, several U turns, and a deliberate dive into a river later, Cutemon was still following him.
"Oi, I thought you said you were only walking the same way?"
"Did I?"
"Look, kid, I don't have time to baby sit you." Dorulumon narrowed his eyes. "Go Home."
And then Cutemon's determined face broke into a frown. "I don't have one."
"What?"
"Bagura... The Bagura Army destroyed my village." Tears began to well up in his eyes.
'Oh no.' Dorulumon winced inwardly. Now he'd done it. Gone and made the kid cry.
"My parrents... they put me on a boat and I..." He sniffed and stared at the ground. "I'm the only one who made it out."
Dorulumon sighed. "Yeah, well, that's life, kid."
"But that's why..." Cutemon looked up at him, a sudden green fire burning behind his eyes. "That's why I have to become strong like you!"
Dorulumon's eyes widened. 'That fire...!'
"I have to become stronger so I can go rescue everyone from my village!" Cutemon Clenched his hands into fists. "So I can make sure nobody will every cry again because of them, Kyu!"
"There's nothing wrong with becoming stronger." Dorulumon narrowed his eyes. "But if you can't even defend yourself from three weak Goblimon? If you can't even fight?" Cutemon's eyes started to water again. "Then what good is that strength in the first place?" With that, he turned to leave.
A few seconds passed, and then, he heard those tiny feet running to catch up with him, so he began to walk faster. Cutemon picked up pace as well. Faster. Faster. And then...
"KYYUUU!" There was a small, fairly weak impact on his back right leg. Then there was another. And another. That was enough to make him stop, at-least.
"Eh?" Dorulumon turned his head back towards Cutemon, repeatedly punching Dorulumon's leg with no seeming effect at all. But that look in his eyes, that green fire of determination... "Oi, stop that."
No response.
"Come on, if you keep that up, you're just going to hurt yourself."
"I Won't give up!"
"Oi, Stop it!" Dorulumon growled.
"Never!"
"Is that how you respect your teachers at school?" He didn't think such a random question would work, but it did.
It got a reaction.
Cutemon stopped with his not-so-powerful punches, and turned his head to look at the wolf's face, a slightly goofy grin on his face. "Am I your student then?"
Dorulumon's eyes widened. 'D...Did I just fall into his trap?'
MAGMA ZONE_ _ _| PRESENT_ _ _|
"And that's that." Dorulumon sighed as he looked up at the sky. "I've been teaching him ever since then."
"Dawww..." Lila practically melted as she collapsed into Zenjirou's arms. "Have you ever heard anything more touching?"
Akari nodded. "In any case, I think we know our next move."
"Prison break?" Shoutmon grinned. "Please tell me it's a prison break!"
She gave a thumbs up. "Exactly!"
ANCIENTVOLCAMON'S FORTRESS_ _ _|
"Dooorulumon you say?" The volcano asked in curiosity.
"Yes, my lord." DeathMeramon nodded. "He alone forced us to retreat!"
"Re...Retreat...?" And DeathMeramon regretted saying that. "BOOM BOOM BANG BANG!"
The Ancient Volcano began stomping his feet on the ground (causing earthquakes) and spewing Magma into the enclosed chamber (also causing it to happen outside on a near by volcano).
"ChibiFridgimon! SnowAgumon!" Bluemeramon ordered. "Cool our general off before he kills us all!"
"YUKI!" Came the cold punches.
"YUKI!" Came the freezing breath.
AncientVolcamon shook his head out as he calmed down. "Let's think this through more clearly..."
Ironically, they had no more time.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE_ _ _|
*cue BATTLE IN DIGITAL WORLD*
"DUAL SOUL CRUSHER!" Twin soaring attacks of flame cut through the front door, smashing through it AND the Meramon behind it.
"Let's Go!" Taiki ordered.
"DRILL BUSTER!"
"HEAVY SPEAKER!"
"METEOR SQUAAAALL!"
And the Meramon behind THOSE first Meramon were crushed behind intense walls of Sound, impaled with dozens of Drills, and bashed into the roof by flying Pickmon.
"Perfect!" Akari grinned. "Now let's find the prison!"
"What? First you call me Slime, then you want to break into prison?" DeathMeramon spontaneously knocked a door down as he made his re-entrance. "You fools are more idiotic than I originally thought!"
"ROCK DAMASHI!"
And, before Meramon could react, Shoutmon had thrown a musical note fire ball at him- "WH-OOFFF!"- Knocking him back through the door he'd came through.
"Akari! Now!" Shoutmon called out.
*Cue Digi-Xros*
"SHOUTMON! BALLISTAMON! DORULUMON! DIGI-XROS!"
"OH YEAH!"
"N'GAH!"
"ROGER!"
"DIGI-XROS!"
"SHOUTMON! XROS THREE!"
*Cut to WE ARE XROS HEART*
Before they had time to form the Star Sword, DeathMeramon was up out of the chamber, lightly dusting his shoulders off. "Such a cheap trick! Now it's my Turn to attack!" With that, the chains around him unwraped themselves, straightened out, and launched towards Shoutmon Xros Three. "HEAVY METAL FLAME!"
"THREE VICTORIZE!" Xros Three countered that with a V shaped laser beam...
And the two were evenly matched.
"GRRR!" DeathMeramon growled. "Your laser is mighty indeed, but it is no match for my flames!" And he started to gain ground.
"Dorulumon!" Cutemon cried out. "You can do it!"
"SHOUTMON!" Akari shouted. "Don't let him beat you!"
"Rusta-ER-BALLISTAMON!" Zenjirou corrected himself. "Take Him out!"
And, with a combined roar from all three involved in the fusion, three more attacks launched out. "DRILL BUSTER!/SOUL CRUSHER!/HEAVY SPEAKER!"
Emerging from the Dorulumon shoulder pad was a rush of drills, from the V on the chest emerged a burning wave of fire that merged with the Three Victorize attack, and from the Ballistamon Shoulder pad came recurring waves of sonic waves. (Redundant, I know.)
With the shock of FOUR attacks coming at once, DeathMeramon's Flame attack looked weak and tiny in comparison. "N-!"
KAFWHAMMMM!
And with an marvelous explosion, DeathMeramon was sent crashing through- not one, not two, not even FIVE, but TEN COUNT 'EM TEN walls at once!
Understandably, after such a marvelous show of power, Everyone in Xros Heart let loose a major war cry of Victory.
Unfortunately, their victory was short lived: For, moments after Xros Three split back to normal, the brute known as Ancient Volcamon came barging through one of the holes made by DeathMeramon's dramatic exit.
"Bun...Bun...Bang Bang..." AncientVoclamon took in a ragged deep breath. "BAAAAAANG!" And let loose a massive explosion of Magma into the roof of the chamber.
Not.
Good.
TO BE CONTINUED.
DIGIMON CORNER!
"Looking up data on our enemies..." A Chibi Monitamon began to Recite to his chibi Audience. "GUREIMON!" An image of the Dinosaur appeared on his monitor. "His technique includes mowing down the enemy with his intense flame, Mega Flame!" Then, the image switched to some sort of cafe plate with assorted foods on it. "You can roast things over and over in it! First, some salted beef tongue for three!"
A ChibiShoumon jumped up on stage, his jaw dropping down low. "You're using it to cook meat?"
ChibiMonitamon continued on with his order regardless. "And some galbi too!"
NEXT TIME!
"Don't you hate it when a trailer spoils not one, but two episodes in advance?"
"Yeah, completely un-reasonable! They just give the best plot twists away in advance!"
"And then there's the Internet too! And all the magazine spoilers too!"
"Eh? What? We're On?"
"Erm... Next time! Digimon Xros Wars! General Tactimon Approaches!"
"What? I'm in the next one?"
"Be glad you get any lines at all, Tactician."
AN: Well, that was shorter then I thought it was. Of Note, the clothing function I mentioned in the Xros Loader is my little hand wave for how Akari got brand new clothes inside Whamon in the Island Zone arc. I figure, why couldn't the Xros Loader be able to do things like that if it can, A, Store Digimon inside it, B, fuse multiple Digimon into one Digimon, and C, open portals to other zones. Well, in any case, I decided to go a bit Lucky Star for the "Next time" Segment for no other reason other then that I didn't want to remember lines from the episode only to not have them match in the final version. (it was a pain working in Neptunemon's "I WILL RETURN" last chapter.) As for the triple attack on DeathMeramon? I thought it was only fitting, considering that Dorulumon could use his attack while fused, so, why not the others?
Happy Turkey Day, everyone!
_DTC