The Saga: Successors
By: Linkmaste
Chapter 14: Activation 04: Crest of Power
Author's Note: So now we got that stressful part of the story out of the way (it was a road block), we can kinda keep going ahead with the story. Some things will start to develop differently. I wanted to include some more Demon Lords and Royal Knights fun. So, without further ado we are starting to bring in the big boys. Starting with our lovely Daemon.
Author's Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. I own Marianna, Luke, Tiguramon, Jaguramon and Pumamon.
Tiguramon snapped awake and felt on alert. Her ears twitched and she made a huge stretch, arching her back and extending her claws out of natural reflex. Walking on the large bed, she avoided Luke to the best of her ability and nudged her Tamer awake. Marianna opened her chocolate brown eyes. Goraning, the woman looked at the clock. It was three in the morning and she wanted more sleep, especially since she was off school.
"Chica, what's up?"
"Digimon." Tiguramon said.
Marianna, Tiguramon, Luke and Bakemon were back at the mansion Luke used to live in with his family. The quartet decided to visit home and see how everyone was doing. That and Luke's servants were in and they could cook and do their laundry. Sometimes, it sucked living on your own but the two were enjoying it so far for the most part. Just Marianna wasn't going to pass up on free laundry services. She has a lot of clothes.
Slowly rolling over to grab her D-Arc, she noticed it was flashing red which was a sign a Digimon was nearby-and usually not a good one. Making an annoyed sound, she sat up to look at her partner. The Latino Canadian's hair was wild and bags were under her eyes.
"Do digimon have no regard for my beauty sleep?"
Tiguramon nudged the Tamer with her large head to try to wake her up more.
"They are just inconsiderate. We'll teach them a lesson, right?"
"Mhm-babe wake up. Digimon."
Luke made a noise but other than that, remained motionless in his sleep. Marianna growled,
"Luke! Wake up."
She smacked him in order to get his eyes to open slightly.
"Baby, I don't want to go."
Marianna climbed out of bed. Without worrying over her makeup or clothes she stepped out with some cards and D-Ark ready. With strained effort, she got Bakemon to wake up who was floating in the corner of the room.
"Can you get Luke to wake up, Bakemon?"
"No problem, Marianna." The ghost digimon yawned and phased into his Tamer's body. Luke lunged up with eerie glowing eyes.
"Luke, buddy! We're waking up-c'mon."
Bakemon took Luke's body and marched it out of bed, put on some pants and a sweater and grabbed his D-Arc. Finally, when the four were at the door, the spectre digimon left Luke's body who was annoyed.
"Bakemon, what did I say about possessing people-specifically me?"
Bakemon turned his head upside down with a sly grin.
"Your precious woman was ordering me to. How could I say no to that face?"
Tiguramon used her tail to smack the ghost digimon and scolded him for calling her Tamer just a woman. Bakemon rolled his eyes and said he would meet them down at the front door while phasing through the walls and floor. The trio talked about what kind of digimon it could be while going down the large staircase.
"I hope it's nothing more than a champion. That way, we can blast him for disturbing our sleep." Luke grumbled.
"You think it's one of those Ogremon that Ally was talking about?" Marianna whispered.
Luke shook his head.
"Probably not. SangLoupmon already defeated him. You going to be alright doing this babe? I don't want you to hurt yourself again."
Marianna rolled her eyes. Sometimes her boyfriend was too much of a worry wart. She assured him she would be fine. The group went down a path outside the mansion and came to a large hydro field a few blocks away. There in the dead center was the digital barrier. A gust of wind blew around them, almost like it was enticing them to step further. Bakemon chattered his fangs,
"Maybe we should just go back, huh?"
No one listened to him and the others stepped into the barrier. Luke and Marianna had their shades on and D-Arcs out ready to attack anything in sight. In the barrier it was obvious that the digimon was plant based. Vines covered the area and pretty flowers sprouted everywhere.
"They smell so good..." Marianna whispered leaning in close to one unopened blossom. Tiguramon growled.
"Marianna! Get away from that!"
She tacked Marianna to the ground as the blossom opened and a dart flew out, almost hitting the woman in the neck. Gasping, Marianna crawled back.
"Baby!" Luke growled and sprinted forward to scoop her up. "Don't get close to that."
"No shit." muttered Marianna. She scanned her D-arc among the vines and blossoms that were now opening more and more. The barrier fog lifted slightly and ahead of them was their challenge.
"Okay you big, barboso, stupidio digimon. Salga!" Marianna shouted and added some more of her Spanish language. Tiguramon admitted a low growl and her eyes turned into slits while her claws were ready to slash and tear anything coming harm to her Tamer.
Bakemon lifted his claw like hands ready to attack. His spectre eyes looked up at the digimon, unveiling itself.
The digimon appeared with a crackle of laughter. She looked like a flower with purple and yellow petals decorated around her round, yellow face. A scar was over each eye. Four dark green leaves set behind her back and four of the little flowers around her snapped eagerly to fight. Vines were slithering around her looking like she was behind the attack earlier.
"I have come on behalf of Lord UltimateChaosmon." she hissed.
Luke and Marianna's D-Arcs revealed the information:
"Blossomon. Data, ultimate level. Special Attack: Thorn Whip. I think you should digivolve Tiguramon."
"Right." Tiguramon crouched ready for the evolution.
"Bakemon, let's do this." Luke took out his glowing silver crest of loyalty. Bakemon cackled loudly and his eyes glowed red.
"I'm ready, Luke."
DIGIMODIFY
Marianna swiped the digivolution card and shouted,
"Digimodify! Digivoultion Activate!"
Luke put his crest into the silver D-Arc.
"Crest Digivolution activate!"
DIGIVOULTION
"Tiguramon Digivolve to…"
"Jaguramon!"
CREST DIGIVOLUTION
"Bakemon crest digivolve to..."
"Phantomon!"
In place of Tiguramon was a humanoid tiger with an angular face, fists clothed in wraps and a headband around her head. She took on a fighting stance prepared to throw her Shuriken knives. Equipped on her back was her katana.
Bakemon had been replaced with a floating spectre with a red hood concealing his face. Angry glowing crimson eyes shone from underneath and he carried a long scythe that had the crest of loyalty on it. He let out warning growl.
"Black Darts!" Jaguramon charged forward and unleashed her black Shuriken knives. They flew so fast into Blossomon that Luke and Marianna hardly could see it. The plant digimon just giggled at her.
"My turn! Spiral Flower!" The small flowers on her started to attack Jaguramon and she was thrown back. Marianna cringed at the damage she and Jaguramon were receiving. This ultimate was not kidding around.
"Shadow Scythe."
The ultimate was busy cutting through the cluster of flowers and vines that got in his way. Making sure Luke was unharmed, Phantomon had swung his scythe as far as he could to attack anything near his Tamer.
"This plant freak is splitting us up." Marianna commented furrowing her eyebrows. Biting her lip, she shuffled through her cards for a idea or a plan but nothing was coming to mind.
"Thorn Whip!"
A vine snuck around Jaguramon's leg and dragged her high up in the air. Giving out a yelp, the feline digimon tried to access her katana but it was just out of her fingertips.
"Jaguramon!" Marianna cried looking worried. She turned to Luke. "Please, help her!"
"Phantomon, go get her. I'll be okay."
"Shadow Scythe!" Phantomon was hacking and slashing through the vines and found enough time to escape the onslaught. He floated over his teammate and swiftly cut the vine holding her by the leg. With an ungraceful catch, Phantomon tried making a curt remark.
"Normally I'd charge women for falling into my arms."
"Not now Phantomon-we have a Blossomon to pluck." growled Jaguramon who shifted her eyes down to the digimon. "You try to attack from behind, I'll charge from the front."
"Gotcha."
The two digimon regrouped and Phantomon disappeared in black smoke. Vines tried to grip around him but the ghost digimon was evasive and slippery. Jaguramon spun one of her knives in her paws and threw it at the digimon.
"Black Darts!"
Blossomon used her vines to swat away the attack and smack Jaguramon away. Just as she did that, the digimon had enough time to whip around and stop Phantomon from using his 'shadow scythe' attack. Using her vines, Blossomon pulled Phantomon closer into her.
"You think you can stop me?"
The sneer was met with the cool gaze of Phantomon who replied,
"I know we can stop you. You're weak and pathetic serving for someone as insane as UltimateChaosmon."
Blossomon's eyes narrowed at him.
"We will see about that-Spiral Flower!"
The attack ripped through Phantomon and he was tossed aside beside Luke who watched him change back into Bakemon. The white ghost digimon gave a groan,
"Ow...sorry, Luke."
He scrambled to pick up the digimon and shushed him.
"It's okay Bakemon, I got you."
"Luke..."
Marianna found a card in her deck and swiped it into her baby blue D-Arc. In seconds Jaguramon was ready to fight round two with the healing boost.
"Thank you Marianna! Black Darts!"
"HA!" shouted Blossomon who snagged Jaguramon. The tiger champion flipped out of the way and with impressive dexterity dodged the vine attacks. Running along one of the vines, the plant digimon taunted her,
"You think my Lord will let you all live? He will come for the Gazimon, he will destroy that pathetic demon lord over there, and he will make sure chaos rules everywhere!"
"What do you mean by that, plant?" Jaguramon jumped onto the flower's head and slashed her petals. She screamed,
"Stupid little cat! Get over here!"
"Demon Lord?" Luke whispered to himself and looked down at Bakemon. The digimon gave a little weak chuckle,
"Gigs up, huh?"
"Bakemon, you..." Like trailed off, eyes widening. Was his digimon a Demon Lord? However, Bakemon could only cough up some data as a response.
"Jaguramon! Try attacking from behind!" Marianna called but as Jaguramon flipped over, Blossomon simply threw her back with her attacks.
"Just give me the Gazimon!" Blossomon demanded. Her face was pressed into a snarl becoming frustrated with Jaguramon's evasive tactics. Marianna felt confidant and flicked her hair back.
"Uh, how about no? We are not going to give you anything, puta!"
"Then prepare to suffer!" Slashing her vines, Jaguramon fell on the ground breathing heavily. Marianna shrieked as she sprinted over to her digimon's side. As she knelt down, Marianna put a gentle hand on the champion,
"Get up Jaguramon, please." begged Marianna. Luke ripped his vocal chords to try to get to her, but Marianna was not listening to his cries.
"Marianna..." groaned the digimon.
"Gah!" Marianna screamed as Blossomon with a simple flick of her vine, threw her back into a bed of vines and tied her up.
"I'll deal with you next." Blossomon muttered and crept to the injured Champion. "Where is the Gazimon?"
"I will never tell you." Jaguramon whispered eyes looking hard at the ultimate. She tried to get back up but Blossomon's vines slithered around Jaguramon each pulling at her arms, and legs. The tension grew, and Jaguramon felt her body being pulled in four different directions. Marianna growled and struggled to pick a card. When she did, she slid it into the D-Arc not knowing what it was but hoped it would help.
"DIGIMODIFY!" she screamed.
Jaguramon's fists started to burn bright in flames and the digimon smirked.
"Meteor Wing!"
The vines burned and travelled to Blossomon who caught alight. Screaming, she released the others and tried to put herself out. Jumping down, Marianna ran to Jaguramon who didn't realize her crest was glowing. A baby blue light shone brighter the faster she ran,
"You will never touch my friends!" Marianna screamed. Jaguramon saw that the Crest of Strength was glowing.
"Marianna! The crest!" Jaguramon called feeling strength trickle into her. Marianna looked at the crest slowly. Nodding her head, she knew she had to be strong for Jaguramon! The power went into the brown haired womans's baby blue D-Ark as well as a mysterious red light. The Tamer took the crest and slammed it into the D-Arc.
CREST DIGIVOULTION
"Jaguramon crest Digivolve to..."
Jaguramon suddenly grew taller and her once gloved fists acquired two long sharp metal knives on each of the knuckles. A striped blue and white scarf covered her face and blowed in the 'wind'. Some black spiky hair flew out but none covered her face nor her vicious amber eyes. Her legs grew more muscular and larger almost out of proportion but they were decorated with belts and necklaces that had teeth and feathers on them. Camouflage blue and whites were printed on the outfit while the amour around her neck and shoulders was dark blue with black stripes. Upon her feet were black boots. A belt was also wrapped but lopsided to her left on her waist and her body became more human and full of figure.
"PUMAMON!" she cried out emerging from the light and ready to fight. Marianna was gripping the vibrating D-Ark like it was her only hope in the battle field. Her ferocity matched her partners as they both let out a war cry. Blossomon just snorted at the transformation,
"Oh please, like your going to stop me? Thorn Whip!" Blossomon called out but Pumamon gripped the vine like it was nothing. Pulling the vine back, she used her free hand to slash it dismembering the vine from the evil ultimate. Blossomon let out a shrill cry of agony feeling the data dissipate where her primary vine used to be.
"I will stop you!" Pumamon hollered, running up and kicking the digimon with her boots.
"Combat Kick!"
The attack took Blossomon for a surprise as the now ultimate digimon kicked straight through her creating a large gaping hole. Pixels and data started to disappear and the hole slowly grew bigger. Kicking aside a vine, Pumamon, Marianna and Luke went over to ask the digimon questions.
"What does Gazimon have to do with all of this?" Marianna asked sternly.
"Screw you." groaned Blossomon. Luke furrowed his eyebrows and kicked the digimon.
"My girlfriend asked you a question. Answer it."
"She's the prophet for my master's destruction. We will keep coming to destroy her at all costs. None of you will live and we will...kill you all. You won't make it out of this. Neither will you..." Blossomon turned her disappearing body to Bakemon who looked sullen. "...Daemon."
With that, Blossomon was fully destroyed. Pumamon made a move to absorb the digimon's data but Marianna shook her head.
"Let it go, chica."
A low growl was the only response and Marianna's D-Arc presented her with the new evolution of Pumamon.
"Pumamon," Marianna read carefully breathing heavily. "Ultimate and special attack Combat Kick. Wow..." she looked up at her partner and tears came to her eyes suddenly.
"What's wrong!?" cried Pumamon kneeling down to the woman. With a lunge, Marianna hugged her partner and held her tight.
"You're so amazing, Pumamon. How you can keep fighting for me-I do not know. I would have quit a long time ago without you."
Pumamon chuckled, interrupting Marianna's tears. Shocked, she pulled back and the digimon wiped her tears slowly.
"Carina, you are the reason I live and fight. Without you, I am nothing."
"Just...don't get your self killed okay? I really do care about you sweetie." Marianna had a warm heart for her digimon partner. Ever since they met and got to know each other, they had that special bond. Then, the silence set in and Luke turned to his partner with a strange look in his eye.
"Bakemon..."
The ghost digimon let out a sigh and floated over to Luke. Unlike his usual self, the digimon carried himself in almost a tired manner.
"I...have a lot of explaining to do, don't I?"
"Yes. Yes, you do." Punamon crossed her arms at the ghost. Marianna looked interested.
"Was what Blossomon said true, Bakemon? Are you a Demon Lord?"
The ghost digimon looked up with an different look in his eyes. What was once considered playful and almost annoying were now dark and distant. Luke clenched his D-Arc tightly.
"I think it is time to introduce myself; I used to be Lord Daemon-leader of the Seven Great Demon Lords."
Author's Note: This is a bit of a twist. I know. Relax, it will all be explained. I changed Dianamon (who I'm pretty sure I knew was already a digimon just I didn't care) into Pumamon and changed her style a little more. Also, Luke and Bakemon got more time. Next episode will be Kazu and Kenta's Second Excellent Adventure and we will introduce a bit of a new/old character! Also, we will go back to Bakemon who will explain what happened all those years ago!