The 7th war
Chapter 2: True friends come from any where
Man it's hot in this forest.
After crashing on an island in this mysterious world Seth had run a full hour from the meadow and finally slowed to a walk. He had entered a forested area. However it wasn't much better here, as the humidity shot up tremendously and became a sauna even with the light breeze flowing through. Wiping sweat from his brow Seth took a breather against a tree.
As Seth sat down and examined his surroundings, Okay, as far as I can tell...some life is living here, small insects buzzing and birds chirping, however, He strained his eyes and ears to the forested area around himself.
No sign of other humans, larger animals, or even a mouse around. Hmmmm it's really a different world, rubbing his chin Seth felt around his pockets to see if it was possible to use his phone to check for signal and time, however something else was discovered in his pockets.
The heck? This isn't my phone. Seth pulled out what was supposed to be his phone, it was now an oval shaped device with a small screen a gray button positioned below it, and two smaller buttons on each side of the gray button. The device itself was white all over except for a blue rubber grip on the lower left side of the strange hand held machine, and a black circle around the square screen. The unknown device was no bigger than an average hand held cordless phone.
Wondering what this device did, Seth pushed the gray button in the lower middle of its design. The screen blinked to life as streams of data and code flew past the screen like the credits to a movie. After showing a loading screen showing the Digimon logo on it, a symbol that looked like a circle with a solid black dot in the middle appeared on the screen.
A monotone voice came from the device,
"Welcome young Tamer to the Digital world, I am your Digivice's A.I, or artificial intelligence as you humans know us in your game systems. I will be your guide through this world as a map, storage device, Digimon codex, and scanner. I will also be able to give you detailed descriptions of enemy Digimon you encounter on your journey in this world. I will also be able to act as your bank with any money you gain on your journey and I.D. for entering other Digimon towns. Your journey will start once you meet your Digimon partner and form a contract. For now please say your name so that I can log you as my one and only user."
Looking at the screen with a blank look on his face Seth was currently processing everything this handheld computer just told him.
Okay, First; this is awesome! Second; I'm in the f***ing digital world! And Third...
"What the HELL IS GOING ON?!", Seth screams at the top of his lungs to the digital heavens above. He hears a beep from his hand and hears the same monotone computer voice say,
"Please confirm: Set 'What the Hell' as Tamer user name?"
Then two options appeared above the smaller buttons on either side of the on the left button appeared YES, on the right appeared NO.
Staring at the two options and his accidental Tamer name, Seth let out a tear at how he felt like he had been the butt end of a bad joke like in many mangas and books he has read. And presses NO making the Digivice go to the set Tamer name screen. And says in a clear and even voice,
"Seth Silverfang."
The machine beeps to the confirmation screen and asks him to confirm the name Seth Silverfang. Clicking YES, Seth sees a code number appear on the back of his hand showing it to be the number 1 in simple print. Looking at the new tattoo Seth thinks,
Wonder how my parents would react if I showed them this tattoo... Mom would probably faint dead away.
Looking through his Digivice's menu options he scrolls down to scan area and waits for the map function to load. While checking his surroundings Seth swears he sees some small pink orb appear and disappear from sight once in a while during his 3 minutes of waiting. His Digivice beeps showing a 3D hologram map of an island with a red dot indicating where Seth was on this island.
This 3D island showed to be about the size of Hawaii's main island of its chain. A large mountain in the center of this island reading up to Mt. Everest in height and showing various areas with their own labels as well. One area was called Bit Forest where Seth currently was, earlier during his landing he had been in the Flower Garden area, following in a clockwise motion from his old and current locations showed areas labeled; Resistor Jungle, followed by Tusk canyon, Data Factory, Frozen Drive, Browsing plains, Beasts cavern, then a symbol showing a city labeled as Holy Angel Palace. The Map showed that this was the destination that Seth needed to head to, with a large green arrow saying Destination pointing above the palace location on the hologram. Looking counter clockwise from his current location showed that he had a shorter path to follow, however the areas didn't have as nice sounding names. From his location going counter clockwise Seth saw; the Flower Garden, Phantom Ruins, Deleter lava ridge, And Dragons Pass, then the city.
Weighing his options Seth looks at both paths and decides on a route.
Let's see I can risk a shorter travel time with higher risks by going towards the lovely sounding lava area or I can get answers when I get there by going through the more friendly sounding areas of this place...
"If I want answers fast about this place I'm going to need to get there fast so I guess I'm going lava hopping."
Getting up and dusting off his pants Seth feels a lump in his back pocket, reaching in he finds his deck of Digimon cards. Taking them out Seth checks them and sees his Digivice as well and an idea comes to mind. Taking the cards he holds them up to the Digivice and sets it to scanner mode. Soon a scanner scans through his deck and sucks them into it one by one. After looking at the process in horror at his cards disappearing in front of him Seth hears a cheerful ding from the device saying,
Cards have been loaded into memory, you may use any cards saved in battle to support and boost your Digimon.Simply call out battle, boost, or support card and you will be able to load any card saved under those categories in battle to help your Digimon.
Looking at the card section from the Digivice menu, Seth found that all his cards were there and even some new ones he apparently unlocked due to the type of cards he loaded.
Grinning to himself Seth thinks out loud,"Well now I can't wait to find my Digimon partner to try these cards out, and to understand this partnership and how it works in this world, versus how it worked in the game."
After clipping his Digivice to his belt using a clip on the back of it he hears a large rustle from the bushes to his right.
Is it that pink thing I saw glimpses of earlier?
Approaching a few feet towards the bush carefully Seth says in a low friendly voice, "Hey there bud, you been following me around?"
As Seth was about to push the bushes branches back a green blur jumps over him and lands behind him. Turning around quickly Seth sees with his own eyes his first Digimon enemy. A scanning ray shoots out from his Digivice and goes up and down the green Digimon's body. Seth sees a four foot tall green humanoid with a large jaw and chin showing huge lower canines that peek past his lips and a red mohawk on his head. This Digimon is wearing a brown leather vest with a brown loincloth as well, in his right hand this Digimon is wielding a large brown club with four thick nails in the top of it for extra smashing damage. The scan finished with a beep and soon a hologram came out of the Digivice's screen showing that this Digimon is called Goblimon a rookie level beast/virus type Digimon, the Digivice showed his nature is set to hostile and evil. Seth hears Goblimon chuckle with a goofy thug voice,
"Heh a human in my woods eh? Well I can't have that! Die!"
Pulling back his club in an overhead swing, he swings forward calling out,
"Goblin Strike!"
Causing a fireball to shoot out from his club's top, said fireball shoots towards Seth who is wide eyed and trying to move out of the way of the approaching ball of flames. Suddenly a pink orb the size of a soccer ball shoots out from the bush to Seth's right hits him in the side and knocks him down onto his back and out of the way of the fireball.
Groaning Seth rubs the back of his head from his rough landing on the ground and looks at the strange weight he feels on his chest, staring into what looks like two large brown eyes shaped like large almonds staring back into his eyes. Looking around the eyes Seth sees a small round pink body about the size of a soccer ball and two long tattered ribbons acting as ears, on the Digimon's head.
Being the Digimon gamer he is Seth didn't need the scan to know this was Koromon an in-training level Digimon who is a Dragon/Vaccine type Digimon who was his personal starting Digimon in his world's game. Holding Koromon out from him in both hands Seth asks in a disbelieving tone,
"Are... Are you really... Koromon?"
Giving a big wide smile below his two eyes Koromon answers with a cheerful,
"Yep! Good to meet you Seth! I'm your partner and I've been waiting for you ever since I hatched a while ago!"
Seth is about to question this new information when he hears,
"Goblin strike!"
Grabbing Koromon and tucking him under his right arm Seth Runs to the side barely avoiding a blistering fireball attack from Goblimon again. Panting from the close call Seth looks to Koromon,
"Think you can take him? I won't be able to dodge forever!"
As another Fireball goes past the running form of Seth, Koromon analyzes their opponent from the arm carry he is currently tucked into. Smirking his body turns to look up at Seth,
"Oh yeah! Just get your cards ready and I can take him!"
Jumping out from Seth's arms Koromon jumps to in front of Goblimon and Stares him down as Seth readies his card screen on his Digivice.
Goblimon sneers at Koromon,
"What's this? A new ball for me to kick around? You're just free data for me to absorb! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-urk!"
Seth brought up his first card which is called Dragon scales this card doubles the defense of the target Digimon for 10 seconds, after using it the card's effect covered Koromon in hardened scales looking like a small gator ball as he tackled Goblimon right in the gut. Not expecting this Goblimon doubled over in pain and dropped his club falling to his hands and knees. Seeing his chance Seth activates the next card called Power Boost this one boosts Koromon's power by double his normal strength for one attack. Monopolizing on this Koromon jumps up and blows a fast pink bubble at Goblimon's face.
"Bubble Blow!"
Seth flinches at the loud smacking sound that accompanied the bubble hitting Goblimon and sending him to his back from the force of it.
Jeesums! That attack must have been as hard as a rock thanks to the power boost card I used on Koromon!
Scanning Goblimon once more he sees the enemy on his last bit of Health Points and asks hi one question,
"Will you give up? Or will we need to turn you into a Digi-egg?"
Picking up his fallen club Goblimon charges at Seth with a wild swing primed and ready only to hear,
"Bubble Blow!"
He feels a hit to the side of his face before he shatter into data bits and reforms into a forest green Digi-egg. Shaking his head Seth looks at Goblimon's egg and loads it into his Digivice's storage unit for eggs.
I'll try to see if there is a nursery for Digi-eggs at that palace place I saw on the map. Until then I'll do my best to survive this place with Koromon at my side.
Looking over at Koromon Seth sees him absorbing some of Goblimon's loose data from the spot he turned into a Digi-egg. The Beeping of his Digivice alerted Seth to Koromon's growth in stats similar to how the games Digimon leveling system worked to help your Digimon grow stronger. Seeing the growth Seth wonders how strong Koromon will get by the time they make it to the palace. Shaking his head free of these thoughts Seth goes over to pick up the excited Koromon who is happily bouncing up and down at his victory and growth in strength.
"Didja see? Didja see? I beat him! I beat a rookie level! Even though I'm just an In-training Digimon! Thanks partner!"
Seth chuckles at Koromon's enthusiasm and looks towards their path along the map seeing how much they have left to go.
"C'mon Koromon we're heading to the Holy Angel Palace, and to do that we're heading to the Phantom ruins south of here."
Koromon's eyes widened at that.
"Are you sure we can handle that? There are champion level and stronger opponents in that area!"
Seth brings Koromon up to eye level,
"Koromon, we are going to train here and in the Flower Garden first, I want you at least to make it to Agumon or even Greymon in strength, I'm going to do my best to raise you as not only a Partner, but as a friend as well. This has been the most exciting thing to happen in my life and I'm not about to let my first Digimon friend die on me because I was being foolish. Now how about we study up on enemies and work on combinations for your attacks and the cards?"
Koromon looked like he was about to cry and smiled widely from cheek to cheek,
"Yeah Seth! Let's do it!"
Cheerfully the duo left the forest path towards a clearing to set up a make shift camp using the stored supplies in the Digivice to rest for the night. Up above unknown to them was an Angemon, the one sent to look out for Koromon holding a communication Device in his left hand.
"Everything is going well here Lord Seraphimon, the Tamer and Koromon have defeated a Goblimon and have grown together rather quickly as a pair. Should I bring them back to the palace for preparation training of the coming threat?"
Silence filled the other end of the line as Seraphimon fell into deep thought at this new development,
They already bonded well, worked as a team, and defeated a Digimon a Digivolution above Koromon's level... these two will go far. I must focus on training the tamers who made it to the palace already.
"Angemon you will continue to observe and watch over them, help them if only absolutely necessary as I want them to grow by themselves. They have great potential and that's without us being involved in their growth."
Angemon looked at the communicator and then at the pair of partners currently setting up the tent as they studied the Digimon encyclopedia stored in Seth's Digivice. He chuckled and simply said,
"Understood my Lord, I will watch over them, they have my attention now as well. I shall give you daily updates on their growth and progress. Angemon 098 out."
Satisfied with his duties fulfilled Angemon flies off to find a good sized tree to rest in for the night.
Meanwhile: Holy Angel Palace
Seraphimon looks at the sleeping Tamers who are resting from the day of trying to find their Digimon partners from the eggs presented to them. The progress has been slow and there has barely been 10 new partnerships today out of the 1,000 Tamers Seraphimon summoned to this world.
"This was a good backup option Jennai, But I fear we will only be able to hold back the 7 Vices army until the chosen 8 are picked from these Tamers brought here by the program. I pray to Yggdrasil that we won't have to activate the Holy Knight Digimon unless we want half the Digital World to be destroyed in the cross fire."
Turning off his computer system Seraphimon goes to his private chambers to rest for the evening. In the corner working hard as a personal assistant should sits a Digimon scanning a map of the Digital World. This Digimon had a white wizard hat and white cape on along with white leather looking pants with zipper all over them and a staff set to the side with a metal white/blue snowflake on top of it. Typing another command into the map computer left him with another negative result. Rubbing his exhausted eyes Sorcerymon leaned back in his chair from the strain. He looked to where his lord disappeared into and looked back at the map, turning it to auto scan mode he set a simple command in for the scanner to function,
"Please let this be enough to ease the stress this war is putting on Seraphimon, he can't take much more since Ophanimon and Cherubimon left for the front lines 3 weeks ago."
One simple code was put in as Sorcerymon left to get his own rest,
COMMAND ACCEPTED SEARCHING FOR TRACES OF THE CRESTS ENERGY ANYWHERE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
And the computer continues to scan every inch of the world, in the dark of the lonely palace chambers. While no one was around a quiet ping of confirmation sounds out scanning the middle of a clearing in Bit Forest where a certain duo had just formed a life long friendship.