The 7th war
Chapter 3: Bonds of Friendship
Urgh... now I hope I'm dreami- "Oof!"
Seth was woken up by the feeling of something, or in this case someone, bouncing on his chest. Seth opens his eyes to see an ecstatic Koromon grinning at him from on top of his chest.
"Morning partner!"
With the energy not seen unless it was a Christmas morning back in the human world, Koromon jumps off of Seth's chest and bounces to outside of the tent. Seth gets up and checks his digivice to see the time had just barely clicked to 7am in this world.
Yawning and stretching Seth applies the auto cleaning function of his Digivice to clean his clothes and his body of grime and smell and heads outside to practice with Koromon on combos using their cards and Koromon's attack patterns.
The Digivice also had training equipment stored inside it and they had been using a moving target line to practice Koromon's bubble shooting and a punching log to practice Koromon's body slam attacks. Using this schedule and the food inside the Digivice to keep them going, Seth and Koromon had been in the Flower garden for the last 3 days training and showing good progress given how Koromon's stats had grown quite well.
We've done well in improving his base stats of attacking, aiming, and defending using these tools... But he hasn't gained any experience to level up at all. Just like the Digimon game in my world unless you battle you can't over boost your digimon with training alone. To evolve into a Rookie he needs to break through a few more levels or Koromon will forever be an In-training.
Seth then felt a tugging on his pants leg, looking down he sees Koromon sweating from his training regime being over already.
"Sorry Koromon I was lost in thought, did you need something?"
Koromon childishly puffs his cheeks out in a pout as he looks at Seth with an annoyed look.
"I said I'm done with my morning training and want breakfast PLEASE!"
Seth rubs the ringing out of his ears and checks his Digivice to see he had been lost in thought while Koromon did do his entire hour of training.
"Whoops! Sorry buddy I'll get something started for you real quick."
Quickly preparing some bacon, eggs, and fruit they sit down to eat while Koromon inhales 4 full dinner plates of food.
Chuckling to himself Seth leans back and stores their plates in the auto clean cycle in his Digivice, as he looks up into the sky.
"Hey Koromon."
Koromon looks over to Seth from his full belly.
"Yeah Seth?"
"What do you say we explore Bit Forest some and find a wild Digimon to fight? That way we can get some experience and boost your stats and level some?"
Koromon thinks about it for a while before bouncing into Seth's lap with glee and a big smile.
"Heck yeah! Let's show these Digimon that I'm not just a basic in-training Digimon!"
Chuckling at his partners attitude Seth packs up the camp and stores it all into his Digivice again as the pair of friends heads into Bit Forest to gain some good old battle experience.
As they made their way through the forest they picked up various herbs and edible plants to restock some of their supplies in the Digivice. Eventually they heard someone yelling very loudly.
"YOU FOOLS! FIND THAT BIYOMON NOW!"
In response they heard three very frightened voices call back,
"YES SIR IMPMON!"
Looking through the brush Seth and Koromon see what looks to be a 3 foot tall imp with a sharp toothed smiley face on his stomach and a red bandanna tied around his neck with a pair of red gloves on his three fingered hands. He was yelling at 3 Goblimon's that looked absolutely terrified of him. They rushed off to find the Biyomon that had apparently pissed of Impmon. Seth looks at his Digivice to find a picture of Biyomon, he found a 4 foot tall pink bird with a red beak and blue accents on the feathers on his screen.
They are all Rookie level so Koromon should be able to defeat those guys.
Looking around Seth spots one of the Goblimon's that went searching and motions Koromon to ambush him from behind with his main attack. Koromon got into a good position behind Goblimon, and with Seth activating the card Power Boost, Koromon was ready to blast the Goblimon from behind with a twice as powerful Bubble Blow attack. Koromon jumped up and fired his attack straight at the Goblimon.
"Bubble Blow!"
"What was tha-agh!"
Goblimon turned at the sound of an attack being called out and was rewarded with a powerful Bubble blow straight to his face for his reaction speed. With the damage boost and the increase of stats from training the attack hit home and depleted Goblimon's health completely as he turned into a Digi-egg. Koromon gained another level as Seth stored the egg in his Digivice.
They soon heard foot steps approaching and hid themselves in the bushes again just as another Goblimon emerged from the treeline.
"Shoot, just missed whatever that was!"
Goblimon was searching around for the source of the noise as Seth used another card, this time it was called Speed Boost, this card would double Koromon's speed for one minute. He used the speed and the Dragon Scales defense card to perform a fast body blow attack.
"Body Blow!"
Koromon shoots out from the bushes like a bullet right into Goblimon's unprotected back, causing him to practically bend in half as his health bar depleted completely.
As he shatters into pieces from his defeat Koromon looks to Seth in glee at his victory, only to see Seth running from the final Goblimon chasing him from the bushes. Koromon charges in using Bubble Blow first to slow down the Goblimon then finishes him off with a Body Blow once he caught up to the enemy Digimon. As he shatters into data as well Seth looks to Koromon's stats and sees he is close to Digivolving.
Then the radar function detects the energy source of the Impmon from earlier coming to their position. Seth thinks fast to try and figure out a plan for fighting an Impmon.
Okay an Impmon is a Higher grade of Rookie Digimon given their intelligence being higher than a simple Goblimon and using more accurate ranged fire attacks. The scary part is how fast he can summon and use his Fire Darts attack. If only we had a way to- "That's it!"
Koromon jumps in surprise at the sound of Seth's yelling voice.
"What's on your mind Seth?"
Seth looks to Koromon with a gleeful smile at him.
"Koromon the Impmon from earlier is approaching here, I think we can defeat it but it will be a tough fight for you. Will you trust me partner?"
Koromon thinks for a minute and sees the honesty in his tamers eyes and the energy that has helped them become so strong already. With a firm nod.
"Yeah I trust you partner!"
A few minutes later Impmon enters the clearing barely breathing hard from his run over here after he lost the signals from his Goblimon troopers.
I swear if those nincompoops are trying to steal a nap while we are out here I'm going to make them wish they had never been-
Impmon stops his thoughts and in mid walk as he lays eyes on something he clearly didn't expect to see in the Digital world. His eyes get comically wide as this realization struck him.
"A Human!? What are you doing in the Digital world?!"
Smirking at how effective the distraction was going Seth answers with a lot of sarcasm.
"Hmmmmm? Me? I was just taking a stroll out here and figured I'd take the scenic route through the forest."
Sputtering for a response Impmon suddenly hears a voice call out.
"Bubble Blow!"
He does his best to somersault away from the bubbles but a few hit his body and it feels like a couple of rocks suddenly hit and broke against his skin leaving some bruises. Looking up in anger Impmon sees Koromon shooting down at him from an upper tree branch while yelling.
"Body Blow!"
A hit so strong it knocked him off his footing and made Impmon skid on his back several feet had him seeing stars for a few seconds. Koromon lands next to Seth charging up his next attack. Seth looks at the scanner for Impmon's stats and sees he is only half way down in health.
"Fire Darts!"
Koromon couldn't dodge the six flame darts in time and they all caused small explosions on his body and flings him into Seth arms. Seth barely catches Koromon and sees he his in the red on his Health. Impmon gets up completely and glares with pure hatred at the Tamer and his Digimon.
"YOU FOOLS! I am a sergeant of the 7 vices Digimon army! You think you could beat me so easily?! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA wait until I destroy your Digimon and capture your Tamer for experiments on how to use his Digivice to strengthen our troops! Soon I will be promoted with this and then-AAAAAAAAGH!"
As he is engulfed in flames hotter than a bonfire, Impmon kneels down with scorch marks all over his body looking in shock at the Orange 3.5 foot Dinosaur with green eyes and three sharp claws on each foot and hand standing in front of the startled Human. It was the Rookie Agumon!
Impmon tries to wrap his head around how Digivolved so suddenly, 2. How his attack brought him down from 50% health to 8% health from one attack, and 3. How this newly Digivolved Digimon seemed to have healed completely from his transformation?!
"I-it can't b-be! You shouldn't be ab-able to Digi-Digivolve yet?!"
As Impmon shakes in fear Agumon takes a small breath and looks disdainfully at him.
"That's because unlike you who doesn't respect his comrades, I have a partner, who I love and trust as my friend and brother, that I know will always be there for me. You are so wrapped up in your pursuit in power that you can't get stronger without help. As such you lost this fight."
Agumon looks to Seth with a look of happiness and trust in his eyes and Seth smiles back and nods as Agumon turns back to Impmon to charge up another attack to finish him off.
"Pepper breath!"
A 2 foot diameter fireball shoots from Agumon's mouth and heads straight for Impmon. An explosion occurs only to clear and both Tamer and his Digimon are shocked to see a 7foot tall man in a black and red cape with a blue renaissance lords uniform underneath and a red bat themed domino mask across his cold blue eyes.
Scanning him Seth shivers in fear and finds out this is Myotismon an Ultimate level Digimon who is leagues above where Seth and Agumon are now in stats and battle experience. Smirking at the two Myotismon grins evilly while picking up Impmon by his red scarf and simply tsks at him.
"You loose the squad we give you to find that Biyomon and you are beaten black and red by a newly Digivolved Dino and his Tamer. If it wasn't for your Brother as one of our Generals then you would be left here to be turned into a Digi-egg. But orders are orders even for a shrimp like you. And you two don't need to worry I won't be doing anything to you two... yet."
Laughing evilly Myotismon disappears with Impmon through a portal back to wherever they came from. Seth's knees give out as Agumon goes to his Tamer in worry to check on him.
"I'm okay Agumon I'm just glad we survived that encounter with an Ultimate. That... and I'm so happy with your Digivolution man! You look awesome and strong! I can't wait until we can beat stronger Digimon together like that Myotismon from earlier!"
Agumon shakes his head and looks to his Tamer with a shy look and a blush of embarrassment from the praise. But he focuses and nods in confirmation.
"Oh yeah! We can do it together Seth! We were about to beat Impmon, but next time I know we can do it no problem we just need to train and gain more battle experience for now!"
Seth nods and looks to his map on his Digivice. He sees the areas and decides on a good plan of action.
"Alright Agumon first we are going to stay around here and possibly explore Resistor Jungle some for both experience and to see if we can find and help out that Biyomon that those guys were hunting. Let's see if we can get you to champion level before we tackle the shorter path to the Holy Angel Palace. Sound good?"
Agumon thinks back to how he barely protected his Tamer from Impmon and how he was practically paralyzed from meeting Myotismon. Nodding to Seth Agumon says.
"Let's do it Partner! I'm ready to help you through this world and whatever is thrown at us as well!"
The two partners shake hands and head off deeper into the forest to gather experience and find the Biyomon that is currently being hunted.
Up above the Angemon that is keeping an eye on them is sighing with relief that they are still strong and alive after meeting the Ultimate Digimon Myotismon. Still this Tamer and Digimon are quite the pair to be able to train so well and Digivolve so fast together. He thinks about how Seraphimon is trying so hard to find a new chosen 8 from all those tamers he summoned through Sir Jennai's back up plan and thinks to himself.
I wouldn't be surprised if these two have the energy of a crest inside them that is boosting their abilities to be able to progress so fast through these challenges of theirs. However only time will tell.
Meanwhile: Holy Angel Palace
Back at the palace Seraphimon is chuckling as he sees the 30 new partner ships that have formed between the tamers and their Digimon as they try their hand at training with his combat instructor Sir Leomon. It was small but they had made progress in finding some partnerships for new Tamers to combat the coming threats, However finding the new chosen 8 was still a challenge in of itself. Sighing to himself Seraphimon looks to his hard working assistant Sorcerymon who seems to have made a breakthrough in his scanning for the crests residual energy.
"Sorcerymon! Did you find something I haven't seen you this active and excited in a long while!"
Sorcerymon jumped in surprise being roused from his work by his lord but answered him with excitement.
"Lord Seraphimon! My scanner has picked up the signs of crest energy three days ago and I'm now trying to pinpoint the location since it just appeared again in another sector!"
Seraphimon rushes over to look at the scanners reports as chuckles with joy at this prospect. Looking to his assistant.
"Sorcerymon if it shows up again I want you to let me know so I can send some troops to find it and retrieve it for our chosen 8 program understood?"
Sorcerymon bows to his lord and answers with regale and respect.
"I will do my best to find this source of Crest energy My lord."
"Good now I must go and communicate with the front lines to see how we fare with the war effort."
"Very well good luck my lord."
Seraphimon goes to the communication room as Sorcerymon sits at his equipment again and starts to search more closely for the energy in the Bit forest sector of their world.