The 7th war
Chapter 11: The secret revealed?
Phantom Ruins Main Church
Three days have passed peacefully since the team of friends began training harder to be better and stronger for the next area of their journey.
Seth is in a lotus meditation position as he thinks deeply on how to grow their strength for a more solid approach to the process known as Digivolution. He has already pieced together the emotions and feelings involved in it but the tricky part was how to access them into that raging inferno of power that helped them with the final part of the equation.
When they first Digivolved they said it felt like they had their feelings and hearts explode with their biggest fear of failing to protect each other and me, while mixed with the courage and love they held for our friendship and to help us in our times of need. But there is something missing to that story… what helped us use that raw emotion and energy to become a key to Digivolution.
Sighing and popping his neck muscles to loosen them after 2 hours of meditation Seth gets up as he looks at his Digivice. He had searched for any tips on Digivolution in it but all that came up was:
When the emotions of the Tamer and Digimon reach their peak it will happen eventually
Seth grows a tick mark at the only clue he found, Who the hell wrote this help guide! It's like they researched what was obvious but left the important bits out completely like they didn't know these things themselves despite making the damn thing!
Meanwhile at the Holy Angel Palace throne room Seraphimon sneezed
Back with Seth he was looking at those moments of Digivolution again from his memory, Given my own first hand accounts that clue isn't wrong but at the same time it's doesn't capture what the process really does our emotions definitely reached their peak but only The first Digivolution seems to rely on that. When Agumon and I managed to redo it it was because we were in sync with our wants desires and… our... emotions…
His thoughts paused at that last tidbit Seth realizes that he may have made a bigger problem than he needed to out of this situation.
Looking at his Digivice again Seth decides on a process that has a decent chance of working.
I hope this works, Seth thinks as he calls for his two partners, "Agumon! Biyomon! I need you two real quick!"
After yelling that phrase, both Digimon suddenly blur into existence in front of him with their back to him and looking around for danger.
He facepalms after realizing how he worded his call, "Not that kind of need."
Looking sheepish at their hasty response for danger they both turn and look to their tamer expectantly with Agumon perking up first, "Then what do you need us for Seth? I was enjoying a nice nap."
Seth chuckles at the Dino's antics and shows them the Digivice, "I have a theory on how we can freely use the Digivolution process so we don't need to be near death like the last two times you both Digivolved."
Biyomon then realizes something about Seth's words, "Wait in the last battle Agumon Digivolved without that 'near death' situation happening!"
Seth nods as Agumon realizes this as well, "Hey! Yeah! I just assumed I had managed to become strong enough to do that without needing Seth to be in peril like the first time!"
Seth then grabs their attention as he claps his hands, "Not quite but you are both on the right track. Agumon did Digivolve but it was with the help of the Digivice and myself boosting your ability to Digivolve to the next form, and I believe it comes from a combination of things we didn't think about before. Such as how we felt, what we desired, and how we needed them to manifest."
Agumon and Biyomon both nodded for the first two parts but were completely confused by the third part of the explanation.
"Wait wait wait, how we needed them to manifest? What do you mean by that one Seth?" Biyomon asked while Agumon was holding his head trying to figure it out himself.
Seth thinks his words over carefully, "Well what I mean is that during the Devimon fight we had been losing badly and Both Biyomon and I were in terrible danger and pain. However my emotion was of courage to keep fighting, the determination to protect you two, and my loyalty to both of you."
Agumon nods and gestures for Seth to continue his train of thought.
Seth takes a breath as he gathers how to word the next piece of the puzzle.
"Then when he was planning to finish you off Biyomon my desire became one of protection to save you and protect you from further harm."
Biyomon nods in understanding while Agumon continues to think on this information.
"Then the way it manifested showed that these emotions and desires we had for helping and showing our feelings for each other is what helped me solve this puzzle."
Biyomon perks up this time, "Wait you mean that line of data that covered Agumon and I during the Devimon fight and the IceDevimon fight was the Digivices way of manifesting these emotions and desires into what needed to happen to make these feelings happen?"
Seth pauses as he then sighs, "Yeah and now you stole what I was going to say, but the follow up to that is that Agumon and I wanted to both protect you from Devimon killing you during that fight so the manifestation of that desire and emotion was to become Greymon, a Tank type Dragon Digimon, with mid speed but high defense and attack stats."
Biyomon nods as she is seeing the logic behind that explanation.
Agumon is puffing his chest out in pride remembering that fight but then stops, "Wait but I Digivolved in the heat of the moment against IceDevimon? How did that work?"
Seth takes a breath and calmly explains, "Well we had a plan to have you as the front line tanker who would defend Biyomon and I and when you and I both wanted you to be able to protect our team and defeat the enemy those must have been the emotions and desires to help you grow and Digivolve in that moment. You wanted to protect us and help us defeat the enemy as that would help ensure our survival in that fight. It also helped that the enemy was an ice version of the foe that pushed you to reach that form before as well."
Biyomon nods and continues to explain as she has gotten into the flow of where the conversation was heading, "And for me I wanted to protect you both while my passion to defend my new found family, you two, burned within me as my affection for you both warmed me up and allowed me to become my Birdramon form!"
Agumon hits the closed right claw into the palm of his left claw in realization, "So basically as long as our desires and emotions are strong enough and we want the same goal, they will manifest into a form, in this case champion, that will allow us to achieve this goal!"
Biyomon and Seth both look at Agumon in disbelief that he got such an accurate synopsis of what they were leading to to close this train of thought.
Agumon just tilts his head in confusion at his teams reaction before realizing why his friends were looking at him like that, "Hey I may be young but that doesn't mean I can't learn and reach where you two are in smarts!"
Seth and Biyomon immediately apologize to him and promise to treat him more equally from then on.
As they sit down for a nice lunch to continue their discussion Agumon realizes something that might be a possibility, "Hey so if our Greymon and Birdramon forms were a manifestation of a tank type for the need to protect and a flaming bird for the need to warm and protect the family with the flames of passion from the cold hand of death, then what happens if we had a different emotion and desire guiding the Digivolution?"
Seth and Biyomon both pause mid bite and chew respectively as they then contemplate the Dino's remark and interesting thought.
Seth swallows as he gets an idea to try, "Hey! Yeah! I believe you both have subspecies forms to achieve just like how IceDevimon is a subspecies of Devimon!"
Biyomon and Agumon both jump up in excitement and eagerness to try this idea out, it would give them so many more options for combat especially with the auto heal function that Digivolution usually brings given their last few fights when they turned into champions.
After finding a good open space to try and experiment they begin to recall those fights and how they felt channeling those desires and emotions through their bodies once more.
Seth feels the burst of emotion as he some how connects to both his Digimon and their feelings and desires about what they plan to try and do to push their limits and be better help to him and to each other.
For Agumon, Seth feels his desire to grow stronger, better, faster, and more efficient at combat to stop holding back their team work. Soon the energy of their combined desire and emotions manifests and surrounds Agumon in an egg made from the one's and zero's from the Devimon fight once more as their goal is achieved in using a new way of growing stronger.
For Biyomon, Seth feels her desire to protect her two new family members while being more able to strike faster and harder when the enemy least expects it so she can defeat them before they hurt her team mates. Both Seth and Biyomon feel this desire to strike first and to support the team from the shadows of their opponents manifest and surround her with a shadowy energy this time creating a dark blue colored egg of one's and zero's to achieve their new goal.
This time when Agumon's egg cracks open he roars out in a less gruff voice but one full of power and compassion. "GeoGreymon!", while unleashing rich orange flames from his mouth while his tail whips around as he assumes a horse stance ready for combat.
This time instead of a T-Rex type body GeoGreymon has the body of Dinosaur that became more toned like a Velociraptor with toned muscles along the legs and arms along with a toned flat belly. GeoGreymon is still orange with blue stripes however his trio of claws are on longer fingers with red MMA fighters bandages wrapped around them. His shoulders each sport a new long spike with blue tips on each one and his horned helmet has spikes going along his upper jaw with red colored tips on the horns and spikes.
Biyomon escapes from her egg by diving into the shadow of a nearby tree only to emerge from the top of it's branches and spreading her flaming wings while calling out in her slightly mature screeching voice, "Saberdramon!"
This time instead of a bright orange/red phoenix, like Birdramon, Saberdramon now has a shadowy blue flame covering her body while sporting the same talons and sharp toothed beak of Birdramon and rich gold eyes instead of the bright blue of Birdramon.
Seth gapes up at the 20ft MMA Dino and the new shadow phoenix in shock and awe at their new forms, shaking from his stupor by the Digimon looking at him with expectant looks he quickly scans them and his eyes widen to the size of dinner plates at how their stats changed.
Before in Greymon's form he had average speed and energy while being a heavy strength, defense, and health type. GeoGreymon's stats were based on strength, speed, and energy, while his defense and health were average.
Meanwhile Birdramon's stats were heavy speed and energy with mid strength and health and low defense. Saberdramon was similar but now her health was the low stat and defense was now an average level stat for her.
Feeling woozy at how his two Digimon now had two champion forms and four potential types of team ups for future combats Seth sits down at all the excitement and rush of happiness and pride he has for his two partners.
While Seth was processing this new information, GeoGreymon and Saberdramon were moving around and getting used to their new bodies and how their stats felt to them now that they had new types of stats to get used to for their combat style.
GeoGreymon starts by punching a nearby tree with his now more flexible and longer arm, causing a hole to go straight through the 6ft thick trunk, feeling good about that result he then whips his tail around to smash through the base of the tree and practically uproots it as it now leans at a 120 degree angel from the flat ground. Smirking at his efforts and great first attempts of using just his new found strength and speed to his advantage he then checks mentally what attacks he has and is excited to try them out one by one.
Saberdramon is currently getting used to her new found abilities dealing with shadows. She practices by jumping from one shadow to the next at a decent speed and even tries to travel between shadows.
Her practice results in… mixed results.
On one hand she manages to dive between shadows fairly well, on the other hand she doesn't know how to control where her shadow travel will end up.
In one example of a bad shadow travel she pops out of GeoGreymon's shadow right as he was trying to use his tail as a natural whip again and barely dives back into his shadow to avoid being beheaded.
GeoGreymon didn't even notice as he completed the tail whip sheering through a tree instead of simply uprooting it.
Saberdramon sweat drops at the poor trees fate and the damage she just avoided.
While also blushing a decent amount as the sun shines off his sweaty body from all the practice GeoGreymon is getting with his new more toned body.
Shaking her head of the blush and refocusing her attention Saberdramon simply thinks, Training now… admiring his new muscles later.
After practicing more with her shadow travel and gaining limited control to travel short distances and pop out successfully she then check her attacks and grins at what she now has to practice with.
As the two Champion Digimon train and learn their new attacks Seth finally comes out from his stupor at his friends growth and checks their attacks and abilities seeing a nice array of fire attacks and physical attacks from GeoGreymon, while Saberdramon has a nice range of sneak attacks and long range attacks at her disposal.
Beginning the planning he has in mind Seth calls both Digimon over to begin planning how they can attack and fight in tandem with each other against various opponents using both of their new forms in various team ups.
By the end of their discussion the Tamer and his two Digimon friends were ready to put their new combinations to the test in the Deleter Lava Ridge Zone.
The two Digimon devolve into Rookie form and have determined looks on their faces as they all face the entrance to their next trial on their journey to the Holy Angel Palace.
Hey all begin to walk towards their destination with hope and bravery in their hearts and minds with their goals clear and bright as they face their ne-
"DINNER TIME YOU THREE! GET YOUR BUTTS INTO THE MESS HALL OR NO FOOD FOR YOU BY THE TIME YOU GET IN HERE!" Screams a Bakemon in a chefs hat at the trio of brave adventurers.
The team mates all falter and trip at the loud interruption as, all at once, their stomachs cry out in a chorus of hunger at the call for dinner.
The first to recover is Agumon as he runs in yelling out, "NO! MY FOOD!"
Seth and Biyomon look at the dust cloud of Agumon's running form then at each other with chuckles and smiles.
Seth begins to walk forward with the Rookie bird Digimon flying alongside him, "Why is he only this fast when food is involved?"
Biyomon hmm's at this and simply says, "If he used that amazing dash power in champion form I feel like he would be faster than even my Saberdramon form."
Seth mulls it over and laughs loudly while they enter the church as he thinks of an idea, "Well there is one idea to make that happen."
Biyomon turns to pay attention to him as he continues his train of thought, "We can always douse the opponents in beef stew and tell him food is ready! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Biyomon laughs at the idea and can't help but laugh at the idea, "Yeah! Hahahahahah! We would need plenty of Pffffft-! Stews and soups full of meat to make that- hahahahahahah!- even work though!"
They continue to laugh at the idea to make Agumon faster during combat as they enter the mess hall to see what has become of their dinner.
They stop laughing immediately and go slack jawed at seeing an entire 40ft long table with enough plates on it to make a buffet line possible… however the plates have all been over turned and licked clean.
They look at the other end of he table when they hear a loud BURP!
Agumon is lying on his back with a stomach full to the brim that makes it look like he ate tire for a truck and is picking his teeth with his claw point as a toothpick.
Noticing his friends Agumon turns to them with food induced sleepiness evident in his eyes as he simply asks, "Where are your portions?"
Shaking in Anger Biyomon begins to beat up and slap Agumon into oblivion at how much of a glutton he was.
While a cartoon fight cloud covers the battling Digimon with Agumon's limbs and head popping out once in a while in pain, the Bakemon chef comes out with fresh servings of the food Agumon ate and is refilling the buffet table with his Candlemon assistant cooks.
Seth looks back to his warring friends as the buffet is restocked and simply shakes his head with a heavy sigh and begins to load up a plate for himself while thinking, sometimes they are the best of friends, other times I think they have something besides friendship growing between them, and at other times they are as immature as children… but hey that's friend ship in its best form!
Chuckling at that thought Seth sits down at a nearby table and sees Agumon's stomach has gone back to normal and he is kneeling up right while Biyomon scolds and lectures him with a large tick mark. Not even caring that he is covered in scratch marks and bumps on top of bumps on his head she continues until she grows too hungry to continue and finally sits down to eat.
Other Digimon that are still resting and recovering in the church come out to join them for the buffet line of food and show thanks and gratitude to Seth and his friends once more for saving them from the tyrant and also thanking the cooks for an amazing meal as chatter and discussions happen in the wide open mess hall.
After smiling at the warm and friendly atmosphere the trio of adventurers turn back to focus on their meals and each other. The friends chat and work out more plans while eating, well Seth and Biyomon eat, Agumon sits there sad Biyomon has forbade him from eating anything else to allow others to enjoy a nice Dinner as well.
And they enjoy their time as friends late into the night long after dinner is over.
Holy Angel Palace courtyard
Leomon stretches his tired body as the last of the Tamer recruits head back to the barracks to rest up for tomorrows training.
Cracking and popping his joints and neck to a satisfying level, Leomon heads over to his favorite training field, with the champion level battle simulations, for his personal training. When he stops at edge of the entrance due to the sounds of combat.
Peeking into the training arena he is shocked to see the one of the advanced tamers training alongside their Rookie partner to near exhaustion, if the amount of sweat and broken simulation cubes was anything to go by, in the new battle strategy he has been teaching them for the last three days, as the pair is fighting off a simulated Ogremon.
Looking at their progress Leomon can't help but be interested in how this human designed his… What did the humans call their forms again? An avatar? Yeah avatar.
After that thought Leomon checks their practice session again and sees that this pair of Tamer and Digimon are doing well against the Ogremon with their new strategy and lessons helping their efforts.
The Tamer Leomon sees practicing so hard was named Klein, a 20 year old young man with red spiky hair, 6ft even, black vest, blue jeans, red long sleeved shirt, black finger-less gloves, necklace with a long sword as the pendant on a chain, and gray and blue sports sneakers. Klein wields a long sword and buckler as his weapons.
Klein was batting away the Ogremon's bone club swing with his shield and sword working together as his partner darts by Klein to strike Ogremon square on the head.
Klein's partner is revealed to be a Kotemon. Kotemon is a three foot tall Digimon with purple dragon feet and tail poking out at the bottom of his Japanese ken-do armor set with two glowing yellow eyes poking out from the helmets guard, two armored chain sleeves keep his arms and hands from being seen and he wields a shinai, a training sword made of bamboo, and has two metal cone shaped horns at the top of his helmet.
After striking down on Ogremon's skull with his Solid Strike technique, the Ogremon simulation buzzes out and becomes a floating cube of energy generated by the simulation arena.
Klein and Kotemon both sit down in exhaustion panting hard with sweat dripping down both of their bodies onto the floor. Leomon looks at the 17 deactivated simulation cubes littering the floor of the training hall and realizes they have been training hard for at least an hour if they had defeated 17 Champion level simulations in one sitting.
Heh kid and his Digimon are training about as hard as I did back when I was a Rookie level, Leomon mused as he grinned at their hard work, I should recommend Klein and Kotemon for joining our other field team… Seth I believe he was called, so he can get some real field experience and interact with an equally hard training Tamer.
His musings were cut short as he received a mail from Sorcerymon on his wrist computer, opening it he sees the message and news about Seth understanding a secret regarding Digivolution between Tamer and partner. Leomon closes it and thinks the message over then gets a feral grin as he sees the pair of hard working individuals getting back up and looking like they are ready for another round of training.
Activating the training console on his side of the training hall he sets a single opponent for them to face but increasing the difficulty level beyond a basic Ogremon strength with a new Champion for them to face and see if they can use their bond to grow to Champion like Seth and his partners have.
Klein gets up while stretching his arms out to his sides and sheathes his sword into its scabbard while looking at his partner, who is currently swinging his arms back and forth to ease the strain they have been gathering from their training.
"Well partner? How do you feel after that training?" Klein asks his armored partner.
Kotemon looks up to Klein his glowing yellow eyes blinking in thought as he tilts his head slightly, "Well I definitely feel stronger but I think I have one more good fight left in me so we can see how far we can push my current stats limits and hopefully grow them further."
Nodding in agreement Klein heads over to the console for choosing simulated opponents while answering back, "Sounds good buddy all we need is something stronger than an Ogremon what do you thi- What happened?!"
Klein shouted as the console closes and sinks into the wall signaling to the partners that another simulation has begun and they have 10 seconds to get ready for it.
Both Tamer and Digimon immediately stand side by side with Klein's shield up in a defensive stance as his sword is drawn and ready while he is in a balanced stance meant for attacking or defending quickly. Kotemon has the basic kendo stance for his upcoming battle meant for combat and stands firm and ready for their new threat.
The simulation cube rotates faster and faster 5 feet off the ground as cubes made from data compounds swirl around it creating a simulated body for their opponent. The cubes form into an 8 foot tall boar that is 14 feet long and is coated in fiery orange flames for fur, with a raging fire as its main and twin red tusks with a black stripe half way up their length. It has a bright metal plate covering the forehead of this flaming boar as it rears up and lets out a loud squeal of battle to challenge them to a fight.
Kotemon gulps as he says, "Um Klein why did you summon Boarmon? He is a high level tank type Champion."
Klein answers while his eyes never left his opponent, "Well I wasn't the one who set this as our next challenge, but we can do this together partner, we just need to do our best like we have been doing and work together to defeat him as a- DODGE!"
Kotemon quickly rolls to the left while his human partner rolls to the right to avoid the large fiery boar that was rushing at them both with his tusks ready to impale them both after calling out, "Flaming charge!"
The two partners feel the heat of the attacks flames pass by as they come out of their rolls, they look at each other and move as one, Kotemon jumps up and strikes the side of the champion with his Solid Strike technique while Boarmon was turning around to strike again. This caused the Champion to stumble as Klein comes up from the other side to slash his sword right through the fiery coat of Boarmon with a satisfying cut appearing on the Champions hide.
Roaring in anger Boarmon quickly rams his head around slamming into Klein and breaking his shield into three pieces as he slams against the wall of the training dome.
Kotemon gasps and quickly rushes at Boarmon to get his attention focused on himself while Klein recovers from the blow. "Leave him alone you great big pile of overcooked ham!"
Boarmon retaliates from another sword strike by shooting out his Nostril Flame attack right into Kotemon, causing Kotemon to become heavily burned and roll back from the heat and force of the flames.
When Kotemon tries to get up his is headbutted by Boarmon into the wall of the dome so hard cracks appear in the wall and on Kotemon's armor. Groaning at the pain Kotemon tries to rise once more as Boarmon readies himself for another charge.
Well at least Klein has had time to run away, I'm sorry I couldn't stay by your side partner, Kotemon thinks sadly as his injured and almost broken body starts to shut down from the amount of damage he has taken.
"I've got you Kotemon!" Kleins voice shouted out loud and clear as he runs in front of Kotemon with only a sword in hand as his shield is too broken to use again.
Kotemon gasps in shock as he sees his bleeding and hurt Tamer trying to become a shield for him instead of the other way around. "Klein!? What are you doing?! You should be running away! Get to safety! or You'll-!"
"Die? Like I almost died when my dad did and I couldn't do anything to save him?! I won't fail to save someone important to me again! Not so long as I breathe!" Klein solidifies his stance and readies his sword to attack as Boarmon activates his charge attack head first with his tusks aflame.
Kotemon sees Klein about to be skewered, No! I can't lose my first friend! My partner! My Tamer! My Brother! I will protect him like he is protecting me right now! AND! I! WILL! NOT! FAIL!
A raor comparable to a dragon's escapes Kotemon's throat as a large burst of data from Klein's Digivice surrounds him in a small twister of red 1's and 0's.
Klein looks on in awe as he hears Kotemon yell out,
Kotemon Digivolve tooooo!
Dinohyumon!
Suddenly in front of Klein stopping Boarmon dead in it's charge was a 6'6" tall green scaled humanoid wielding a large cleaver blade with small axe blades adorning both forearms and twin meat cleavers strapped behind his waist while he has feathers and beads adorning his body and baggy pants like a tribal warrior.
He grins at Boarmon who is now shaking slightly in fear at how easily his attack was stopped by a single blade wielded by a single warrior.
Pushing Boarmon back he looks back at Klein and nods to him once while Klein hold tightly to his Digivice to continue to give Dinohyumon more power and strength as he readies his cleaver to attack the enemy Champion.
Raising his blade over his head Dinohyumon jumps into the air yelling out "Dino Slash!" as flames erupt around his main large cleaver blade and comes down on Boarmon's head plate. A slight clang is heard as the blade meets the metal plate on Boarmon's head, the simulated Champion trying to push against the blade until it hears metal creaking and feels it's metal plate bending and cracking where the blade has met it. The blade heats up until it looks like the entire cleaver is made of flames before it shears through Boarmon's plate, and Boarmon himself. The Champion level boar is split evenly into two separate halves as the data breaks apart to reveal the simulation cube.
Which is cut in half as well as it falls to the ground in two even pieces ending the fight and simulation.
Klein runs up to Dinohyumon who is leaning on his giant cleaver blade for support after the exertion of using such a high level attack without proper training. And looks to his running tamer and catches him in a hug.
"You were so reckless with distracting Boarmon buddy!" Klein says with tears in his eyes.
Dinohyumon simply gives a small smile in return and says, "Well it worked and we are both still alive, and that is what I am grateful for here, not the victory itself, but of the fact that we are both alive, both have grown, and have been able to gain much needed knowledge and experience with this recent battle. And I am overjoyed that you are still here to continue to walk with me through our time together in this war and into the future."
Klein looks at his partner awestruck, "Dang bud you should become a philosopher after this war! That was beautiful and I am also very happy and excited that we've reached the next level! We can now help out more in this war! Especially since it will be as partners with each other and knowing we can continue to grow stronger from here on out as well."
Dinohyumon reverts back to Kotemon as he looks up at his tamer with his eyes giving him the classic 'eye-smile' as he says, "And I am happy we were able to protect and support each other even more to continue our friendship Klein! I also want to do our best together to help others in this war with our new power and abilities!"
Klein rubs the top of Kotemon's head while nodding in agreement and approval.
As the two are cooling down from their victory they hear a loud slow clapping at the entrance of the training dome to see Leomon approaching them with a wide smile on his face at their accomplishments from this last bout they have survived.
Both Tamer and Digimon stand at attention to the presence of the Commander of the Holy Angel Palace knights, but he simply chuckles causing them to look at him in confusion as he laughs lightly at their faces and attention stances.
"No need for ceremony, I was coming to congratulate you on a job well done against a powerful Champion level enemy I set up from my console outside the training simulation arena." Leomon explains simply.
Both Tamer and Digimon perk up at this and chuckle to each other before they bow to Leomon and thank him for the help in realizing what they were missing for their pursuit of Digivolution.
Leomon laughs softly at their respect towards him and has them raise their heads before his next instruction, "Klein, Kotemon, you both have done this achievement as a team that is needed for guidance so others can follow in your footsteps and also reach this realm of power and companionship. Please if you can show them they can reach this by teaching them what they need to do as I Digivolved without a tamer and cannot teach them this way of Digivolution, Can I count on your both?"
Klein punches his left fist into his right palm and shouts excitedly, "You bet sir! We'll help our fellow Tamers and Digimon get to this level of strength and beyond!"
Kotemon raises his sword in excitement as well, "Yeah! After all we need to work together to help each other out and grow stronger, or else this war will never end!"
Leomon nods in happiness at their selflessness and orders them to rest for the night and to begin their teachings in the morning with the others after breakfast.
Saluting and running off to their barracks looking forward to tomorrow the Tamer and Digimon miss seeing a sad gleam in Leomon's eye.
Leomon looks to the stars above with a hint of sadness in his voice, "We have defenders and allies now, but when the time comes, can they keep their souls and ideals intact during this war? Or will they change for the worse as they fight and shed blood in this world? I can only hope the lord Yggdrasil is watching over them so they can retain some of their innocence during their time here."
With a final sigh of melancholy Leomon heads off to his own quarters to rest up for their next day of training.
Phantom Ruins exit gate to Lava Ridge Zone
the next day Seth and his Digimon have said goodbye to the Church Digimon and headed to the end of Phantom Zone without any encounters due to them having dealt with all the evil Digimon under IceDevimon's rule.
They soon saw the gate out of the current zone to the next one and were concerned over how quickly the zones looked like something out of a badly made RPG map system.
The gate was just like the entrance gate, a creepy stone made cemetery gate with badly maintained metal doors. However the gate to the Lava Ridge Zone was worse in a different way, given how it was a pair of rock pillars, each 15ft tall, spewing lava from their tops with a gate message made of rock between them saying,
Welcome to Lava Ridge Zone! Don't enter unless you are a Dragon or Fire type! If not you will melt quickly or be eaten by said Dragons and Fire types!
Seth, Agumon, and Biyomon all sweat drop at the message and quickly check their stocks before entering, Seth wears a temperature control cloak that was stored in his Digivice and gives a similar item to Biyomon only this one is in the form of a necklace, while Agumon was completely fine due to him being a Dragon type Digimon.
"Alright guys remember we adjust to the situation and plan accordingly, we don't let ourselves be separated for anything and if we do get separated we look for Biyomon flying overhead to locate a good rendezvous spot for us all to meet at. Understood?" Seth says in a firm but gentle tone.
Agumon nods in confirmation, "And if we find a Digimon while separated we assess and judge if we can fight them, if not then we hide and try to find our way to each other or send up a fire attack in a certain pattern to alert each other, that way we just need to hold out until reinforcements arrive."
Biyomon also nods, "And we will also only go Champion if absolutely necessary as we don't want to attract too much attention from the more powerful Champions here hunting for data so they can Digivolve. Or even the attention of one of the rare Ultimate's living in this area."
Seth chuckles and scratches the back of his head in embarrassment, "You know, I think I might have gotten too serious when telling you guys our emergency plan."
Both Digimon look at each other and laugh in a good mood at Seth's serious attitude when telling them the emergency measures for emergencies.
Agumon pipes up, "Don't worry Seth we understand and totally get that some back up plans for separation situations are better than having nothing, besides how else would we get back to you so we can continue to enjoy your amazing cooking?" Agumon ends his word with a little bit of drool remembering some of their more delicious meals.
Biyomon sighs with a mix of laughter and exasperation, "Of course the food is a part of your motivation to remember a rendezvous plan in case we get separated from each other."
Agumon shrugs with a light giggle, "Can you blame me?"
Biyomon laughs a little, "No not really, I'm guilty of it too after all."
Seth laughs at the antics of his two friends as the trio of travelers enter their next Zone and next Challenge to reach the Holy Angel Palace.