A/N: Now we begin the second interlude chapter before it transitions to the next arc. This one shall cover Teen-Reaper's reincarnations. Enjoy!
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Digimon Fusion Ascendancy
Chapter XX: Dee's Reincarnations - Dorothy & Avengemon
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(Cue Dragon Ball Super OST - Cha-La Head Cha-La (Days of Battle))
"Hey all, this is Tai again! How's it going on? Boy, aren't you all in for a surprise.
Well, for starters me and my friends just had our annual Odaiba Reunion on August 1st. I feel it's something to be celebrated and commemorated since it's the day we were first swept up into our first Digital World adventures.
Unfortunately, our reunion was cut when some crazed wild girl and her partner Digimon who calls himself Avengemon confronts us. Somehow using a D3 Digivice model, this girl manages to arrive in our world and challenges me. It was the confirmed this girl, named Dorothy Kaimodosu, and Avengemon are Teen-Reaper's reincarnations. To say I was shocked was a big understatement. I couldn't believe it, but somehow I had a feeling.
So, this was that unknown human Izzy and the others had discovered not long ago. Well, Dorothy gave him quite a fight. She showed me she definitely was Teen-Reaper's reincarnation. She fought me brutally and exhibited a potential far beyond human capacity. While I foguth her, I knew if I could train her I could help her bring out her full potential. And Avengemon was no slouch as he provided VictoryGreymon a decent challenge.
And it was decided I would adopt Dorothy to train her. But, who would've thought I'd had to take care of her. Max believed this would be a great way to build parental skills before I have my own child one day. Well, Max, I'm not about to let you down."
(End theme)
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Odaiba District/Odaiba Notama Apartments/Room #122/August 2, 2010/1:00 PM
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai OST - Kame House)
"Welcome to our humble abode. Sorry about the mess, haven't had time between training and working," Tai showed Dorothy Kaimodosu and Avengemon into his messy apartment room.
However, Dorothy didn't seem to care or mind considering she was born a wild child. She and Avengemon had no real place to call home in the Digital World.
"This place is now your home!" Agumon welcome them in.
"Hmm, we accept your generous offer," Avengemon said, watching Dorothy scan Tai's messy apartment. She dug through for any leftover food items.
"Sorry, but you ain't gonna find any food there. I always finish what I eat," Tai snickered, scratching the bridge of his nose. He gawked when he saw Dorothy picking up an article of his clothing, a pair of shorts, and sniffing it. "Whoa, hold on!" He snatched his shorts from Dorothy, who jumped up for it. "These are a dirty pair! I haven't even washed them yet!"
"Dirty?" Dorothy pointed to it. "Like me?"
"Well, you could use one. No offense," Tai nodded. "So, how about we give ya a bath before above all else?"
"Ok, but Avengemon give me baths," Dorothy pointed to Avengemon.
"It's true. I've been her caretaker, but I can allow you to bath her, Mr. Tai," Avengemon said.
"Just call me Tai. No need to be formal," the Bearer of Courage walked Dorothy to his bedroom. "My apartment only has one bathroom and one tub. So, we'll have to take turns. Avengemon, I'll leave bathing responsibilities to you?"
"No, me can try on own," Dorothy insisted as she walked into the bathroom.
"At least let me give you a towel and the other stuff," Tai offered, handing Avengemon a towel, soap, shampoo, and conditioner. Make sure to scrub her down really good."
"Leave it to me, Tai," Avengemon nodded as he walked Dorothy into the bathroom.
After closing the door behind them, Tai and Agumon turned to each other.
"What did Max have in mind for her training?" Agumon queried to Tai.
"She has the energy to form some kind of Ki and has a D3 Digivice model. I imagine Avengemon taught her to use it. She's got some fundamentals down, but she hasn't learned to fly. So, teaching her to fly is crucial," Tai noted the strengths and flaws he assessed during his brief scuffle with Dorothy yesterday. "She's definitely got untapped potential. When I fought her, her punches packed with raw power. It was like I was fighting Teen-Reaper again."
"You felt the same way, too?" Agumon related to this. "I definitely sensed that too when I was fighting with Avengemon."
"I can't wait. The more we train her, the more she'll let out all that untapped power and she'll be a force to be reckoned with. Who knows? Maybe one day when my time comes, she can take my place."
"Maybe you can give her a pair of goggles once she graduates?"
"Now there's an idea, Agumon. Can't lead a future team of Chosen without goggles, right?"
(End theme)
After over an hour of bathing, the door kicked open off its hinges. Tai quickly caught the door and set it down. He and Agumon both watched as Avengemon walked out first.
"Please excuse Dorothy. I'll have that door put back on," Avengemon apologized.
"No problem. Agumon and I have broken a share of our doors for not controlling our strengths."
"Yep, we completely understand!" Agumon nodded.
"Me am clean now," Dorothy said as she walked out wearing one of Tai's robes, which was oversized for her petite frame. Her skin was spotless and free of dirt. Her long blonde hair was wrapped in a towel. She sniffed herself, smelling a fruit-like scent.
"Why me smell like fruit? Smell like strawberries?"
"Isn't that Sora's, Tai?"
"Oh yeah. She left that here when she stayed the night the other week. Do you like it?"
Dorothy replied with a big, infectious smile. "Me like! Me like smell of strawberry!"
"Guess we can ask Sora where she got it so we can find some."
"So, I take it you'll provide meals and clothing for her, Tai?" Avengemon asked.
"Well, of course! I'm not cruel!" Tai shouted. "I mean, I am practically Dorothy's caretaker now. Almost like her… legal guardian now?" He poked his head into his bathroom and gawked. He blanched in disgust as he saw all the dirt stains in his shower and tub, which all came off Dorothy. "Boy, I really should've gotten a two bathroom place."
"Me sleepy now." Dorothy leaned her head against his waist.
Gazing down at Dorothy already asleep on him, he blinked. Is this what it feels like raising a kid? He smiled as he patted Dorothy's head. "I guess if Max's gonna eventually be born into this world, then I'll at least have experience caring for a kid. I mean, this is part of that training, too, right, Max?"
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Odaiba Park/August 3, 1999/2:30 PM
Tai and Sora sat together talking about his parenting of his newly adoptive 'daughter'. Meanwhile, Dorothy chased Agumon and Biyomon around. Avengemon monitored Dorothy close by.
"How's the first day of parenting, dad?" Sora teased her boyfriend.
"Haha. Well, Agumon and I spent all day cleaning the bathtub after the mess she left for us. Thankfully she's a deep sleeper, so that allowed me to clean my apartment."
"Ah, so raising a kid's prompted you to clean after yourself, huh?"
"Well, I have to set a right example. Like you said, I'm practically her dad now."
"Wouldn't Avengemon be her father, too? I mean, he did raise her before you have."
"That's true. I guess she has two fathers now."
Dorothy unleashed quick punches and kicks at Agumon, who dodged her attacks. Biyomon kept her distance from the wild child.
"I did get her some new clothes since all my stuff would be too big for her."
"Yeah, you're not exactly Mr. Fashion Sense," Sora chortled, noting the new clothing Dorothy was provided with. "A sports tee, loose pants, tennis shoes, and a big cap. How about you let me and Mimi help?"
"That'd be great, but don't let Mimi go overboard."
Dorothy threw a punch at Agumon, who caught her hand. Agumon had to jerk his claws back.
"Ow! Wow, you got a mean punch!" Agumon shook his throbbing hand.
"Sorry! Me do have a strong punch!" Dorothy chuckled.
"Dorothy, you need to learn restraint," Avengemon sighed as he walked over to her.
"What has Max said to you about Dorothy's training?" Sora asked Tai.
"Well, teaching her to fly is paramount. Also, train her to utilize her Ki and get her to operate her Digivice to make Avengemon evolve. Sora, it's scary how much power this girl has. When I fought her the other day, you saw how she manhandled me. Thankfully, I restrained from using my Ascendant God power."
"Why didn't you use it?"
"Cause I'd kill her if I did. Look, Dorothy's strong, but she's nowhere near ready to fight me using my Ascendant God strength. I do believe once she's released all her untapped power, she'll be as strong if not stronger than Teen-Reaper was."
Sora paled at this. "And you're sure you want to raise her on your own?"
"Max and I talked about it before I brought her to my place. If I hadn't offered to take her in, the other option was leaving her with Max. And I didn't want to saddle Max with that responsibility. He's just stepped down as full-time Watcher status and he deserves a break. Besides, what else do I do these days besides work and training?"
"Spending time with me and our friends."
"That, too. I guess… what I wanted to say is… maybe I want to learn how to raise a kid. Ever since Max revealed himself to you as our son, I thought long and hard about our possible future. If you and me ever have Max, I should learn how to be a parent. This presents a perfect opportunity to pick up on good parenting skills. Double that with training her to meet her potential. Sora, I'm looking at her to maybe take my place as a Chosen leader and future protector of two worlds alongside Max."
Sora wasn't sure what to make of Tai's decision. She nodded in disapproval. "So, you're deciding her future based on her potential and what she can do when you decide to step down? Tai, I'm all for you raising her and training with her is fine, but shouldn't you let her decide if she wants to be a leader and protector like you? And don't you think you should let he be her own individual? You don't need to project your image onto her."
"Yeah, maybe I'm looking too far into the future, but look… I'm not going to be here forever. Neither are you or our friends. With me becoming Ascendant God and now new challenges like Beerusmon appearing, there's a good chance I might not live long enough to see Dorothy hit her full potential or us having Max should we decide to."
"Did you forget we have the Digicores to revive you if anything happens?"
"Yeah, but how many times will I have to be revived until SliferGigaSeadramon decides to say 'no'? And if I'm gone, who's going to be left to protect y'all? Protect our future?"
"We'll manage somehow. Matt can get stronger. We still have older Max and his friends. We can convince Kari to put her studies…"
"No, don't interrupt Kari's future for the sake of mine."
"Tai, you're just looking at future possibilities. Maybe nothing will happen to you."
"Maybe, or maybe my fate will be sealed for good. When I look at Dorothy, I see a former destroyer in one life becoming a savior in this reincarnated life she's been given. I trust older Max can pick up where I leave off."
"Tai…" Sora muttered, pivoting over as she watched Dorothy jumping up flapping her arms to fly. She also watched Biyomon flying over her. "It's not over yet. You're still here. And we're here to help if you need it. Just ask and we'll come."
"Thanks, Sora," Tai smiled, holding her hand. "Hey, how about a front row seat of me training with Dorothy?"
"Go for it," Sora lightly pushed him off the bench.
With encouragement from Sora, Tai walked over to Dorothy.
"Ok, Dorothy. Let's take some time to train a little. You see my friend Sora over there?" Tai asked her.
Dorothy nodded as she spotted Sora.
"She wants to see if you can fly."
"Me can't."
"Yes, you can and I'm going to teach you. You know how to use your energy?"
"Uh-huh, I do."
"Can you control that energy?"
"Yeah, Avengemon teach me to."
"All right, hold that energy within you," Tai instructed.
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai: Buu Saga OST - Go! Gohan!)
Nodding, Dorothy closed her eyes and tried to hold her Ki. After a few minutes, she sighed and shook her head in frustration.
"Take your time, Dorothy. We're not in a hurry."
"Ok."
After an hour, Tai and Dorothy were standing side by side focusing their energies. Initially, Dorothy had a hard time trying to hold her Ki. Dorothy's big flaw was her impatience. Tai taught her to be patience and create a serene mind for herself. Once Dorothy sorted out her patience issues, she began to notice her a difference. She was able to hold a good amount of Ki within her and used some of it to create a Ki ball, which she accidentally fired. Luckily, Tai stopped the Ki beam and discarded it into the sky.
"Good, you're starting to get a grip on it, Dorothy," Tai stated. "Now we begin to focus on that energy you've gathered and use it to help you fly."
"Ok," Dorothy nodded.
"Watch me."
As Tai concentrated, he used his inner Ki. He harvested enough that allowed him to fly off the ground. Dorothy still had trouble even lifting herself off.
(End theme)
Soon, Sora was joined by Max, Mimi, Kari, TK, the Digimon partners, Keke, Tike, Kara, and David. They watched Tai training with Dorothy.
"Hey, does this remind you of Tai training you?" TK asked Kari.
Kari smiled and replied genuinely. "Yeah, and I'm happy to see he's training someone he thinks can lead a future team. I know he trained me to be the one, but well life happened."
"You choose wisely to pursue your dream, Kari," Gatomon added.
"Agreed, follow your career path and do well, Kari," Max concurred. "Of course, you can offer advice to Dorothy should she need it. Same goes for the rest of you if she needs guidance."
"Heh, never thought I'd be offering advice to my admirers," Mimi put on a self-assured smirk.
"They've been at it for an hour," Sora informed them.
"Yeah, but it shouldn't be long 'til she gets the hang of it," Max said.
"What do you mean?" Mimi asked him.
"Just watch."
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai OST - Running Across the Land)
It finally happened. Dorothy flew into the air and stayed afloat. As a big smile formed on her face, she flew around.
"Look! Me can fly! Me can fly!" Dorothy shouted, flying and zipping around.
"Nice job! I knew you can do it!" Tai yelled out.
"She was able to get the hang of it!" Agumon cheered her on. "Way to go!"
Avengemon nodded proudly. "Well done, Dorothy." He hovered into the air and watched her fly all over the park.
Max approached Tai. "Great work, Tai. The student of mine has become a master on his own."
"Heh, thanks. I knew she could do it. She's the Teen-Reaper's reincarnation after all."
"True, her development won't take long. Hell, it's only a matter of time before she becomes a formidable opponent for you."
"That's what I'm hoping for," Tai chortled, watching Dorothy fly with Avengemon. "Give me a few months to a year tops, I'll give her a final exam."
"And I imagine that final exam is a duel with you."
"Yep, that's the goal."
Max shrugged. "Well, let me know when you know the time is right."
"Sure," Tai watched Dorothy proudly.
"Yeah! Me can fly! Look, look! Me can fly!" Dorothy yelled out for all to hear.
(End theme)
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(Cue Dragon Ball Kai OST - Premonition of a Grand Adventure)
"This is Max Kamiya here to give y'all a progress report on Dorothy's development these past few months. Shortly after she learned to fly, Dorothy had Ki control down and started developing techniques. Her sparring partners varied from Avengemon, Tai, VictoryGreymon, myself, BanchoLeomon, BW, and a few others. Her greatest strength is being a visual fighter. Every technique she's learned, she picked up from visual contact. Call me crazy, but the evil D-Reaper had that exact copy ability.
Izzy, Ken, and Sam helped expand Dorothy's vocabulary by having her read books. Being a visual learner allowed her to speak complete sentences. She applied more 'I' subject pronouns than 'me' these days.
The girls were a big help expanding her fashion sense. Although Dorothy preferred her martial arts wardrobe over skirts.
Tai's parental skills have improved immensely and I can say with great confidence he'll be a great father to the me that will hopefully be born in this dimension. I'm proud of my dad.
Oh, how can I forget? Today is the day Dorothy finally meets Dee, her previous incarnation's good half. This should be an interesting meeting."
(End theme)
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Digital World/Mummymon Mansion/March 21, 2011
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai OST - An Elegant Noontime)
Upon arriving outside the Digiworld champion's mansion, Tai & Agumon and Dorothy & Avengemon met Mummymon and Dee. It didn't take long for Dorothy and Avengemon to take the portly pink creature.
"Fancy to have you here, Tai. What can we do for you?" Mummymon asked. "I could've asked my butler to serve you refreshments?"
"This won't take long, Mummymon," Tai declined a drink offer. "We came here to introduce you to Dorothy and Avengemon."
"Oh? These are your students I've heard so much about?" Mummymon curiously glanced over Dorothy and Avengemon. "How long have they been with you?"
"Wow, it's been over 6 months already! How time flies."
"I'll say," Mummymon checked over Dorothy.
Dorothy cautiously glared at Mummymon. As Mummymon stood in front of her, she bowed politely to him.
"She's pretty well disciplined. So, she lives with you?"
"Yeah, and you can say she's my foster daughter. And this big guy here is her partner Avengemon."
"Good day, sir," Avengemon greeted Mummymon.
"Big guy is an understatement," Mummymon chuckled nervously in Avengemon's presence. "And just by looking at Dorothy here, she looks pretty built."
"Well, besides training, she eats pretty well!"
"Having a healthy appetite can never be bad for the body. That's what I always say. So, anything else I should know about these two?"
"Well, you remember when I asked for Teen-Reaper to be reincarnated into a good person so I can fight again?"
"Yeah…" Mummymon then quickly did a double take. He turned and gawked at Dorothy. "No way, y'mean…?! She's that evil psycho's reincarnation?!"
"Yep!" Tai said very nonchalantly.
"Gosh, it's hard to believe," Mummymon blinked, trying to wrap his mind around this shocking revelation.
"Dee can believe. Dee can feel a connection with these two," Dee approached Dorothy and Avengemon. He stuck his portly face in front of Dorothy, who became slightly disturbed by the creature's face.
"Hum… nice to meet you, Mr. Dee?" Dorothy waved to him.
"No need to wave. Let's shake, other Dee!" The pudgy creature shook Dorothy's hand.
Avengemon chuckled. "He's quite an odd fellow."
Speak for yourself. Agumon thought.
"Somehow, I do feel like we've met before, Mr. Dee. You've got a funny face," Dorothy chuckled modestly, getting a good grip in her handshake.
A big smile formed on Dee's chubby face. "Dee like you this way better, other me."
Dorothy turned to Tai. "He keeps calling me 'other me', Tai. Was I a part of him once?"
"It's complicated, but let's just say he was a byproduct of your previous self."
"Ok…" Dorothy was not so surprisingly confused with this vague statement. "Either way, it doesn't matter to me. I just know I feel a bond with you now, Mr. Dee."
"Likewise with me," Avengemon said as he and Dee shook hands.
"Hey, why don't we introduce you to Mummymon's daughter Meryl, Dorothy? You and her can probably hit along well," Tai suggested. "This way I can sit down and talk with Mummymon here about some important stuff."
"Um, ok," Dorothy nodded.
"If you're looking for my daughter, she's out in the back playing with Salamon," Mummymon said. "I'll take you to her."
(End theme)
"Mummymon! She's gone…!" The voice of Arukenimon yelled out from the other end of the hall.
"Who's gone…? You mean Meryl?!" Mummymon shouted as Arukenimon ran up and grabbed him.
"She and Salamon must've climbed over the back to find that Gatomon that's been lurking our mansion lately! And you know how I feel about her going near that cliff!"
"The cliff near the sea?! No, Meryl!"
"A Gatomon?" Agumon curiously asked. "Definitely not our Gatomon."
"Yeah, well whatever it is, if it's with Meryl and Salamon, we can find them before something bad happens," Tai said. "Dorothy, are you in for a rescue mission?"
"Yeah, let's go, Tai!" Dorothy said.
"Show us the way if you can, Arukenimon," Tai asked her.
"Certainly."
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As they went several miles past the mansion, Meryl and Salamon followed the Gatomon near the cliffside near the ocean. Gatomon suddenly paused.
"Why are we stopping, Gatomon?" Meryl asked her.
"I'm sorry…" Gatomon replied apologetically. She took out a smoke bomb and dropped it, causing sleeping gas to seep out. She quickly put a gas mask on.
"Smoke! I can't breathe…!" Meryl cried out as she and Salamon both coughed. As Meryl collapsed, her Digivice glowed, giving Salamon a quick evolution boost.
Salamon evolved into BlackGatomon and tackled Gatomon. The feline Digimon rolled around. BlackGatomon eventually got on top of Gatomon and raised her claws to her.
"What do you want from us?!" BlackGatomon hissed at her white-furred vaccine counterpart.
"Why, we came to blunder Mummymon's riches of course! Yar!" A pirate's yell was heard followed by the sound of a cannon shot.
The next time BlackGatomon knew, a small cannonball hit her gut. BlackGatomon fell down, doubling over in pain. Gatomon got up and turned to her savior, who was her boss.
(Cue Pirates of the Caribbean OST - Barbossa Is Hungry)
A moderate-sized man garbed in a violet pirate's garb emerged. He wore a golden hook for a right hand. His left arm was an oversized silver cannon. He had one good eye on his left while the other was hid behind an eyepatch.
"Yar, matey! Good job, Gatomon! Now we can plunder Mummymon's riches for all he's worth!" The pirate declared. He beckoned his crew, which consisted of Numemon, Garbagemon, Hagurumon, Bakemon, Black PawnChessmon, Divermon, and Fugamon. All of his minions wore pirate garb, including the hats, bandanas, and patches. "Onward, crew!"
"YAR! Hookmon!" The crew roared in unison.
"No, leave daddy's… stuff alone…!" Meryl pleaded.
"You're not getting there without a fight!" BlackGatomon hissed. As she lunged at Hookmon, Gatomon cut her off from the pass.
Gatomon hit BlackGatomon with a Lightning Claw.
"Excellent, now ya can take anything ya want!" Hookmon beckoned BlackGatomon forward.
"Thanks…" Gatomon said before looking over to Meryl. "Sorry for deceiving you child…"
Meryl coughed. "Please… don't steal from… my family…"
Gatomon suddenly stopped and gritted. She started having second thoughts, but Hookmon called for her again.
"C'mon! What yar waiting for?!"
"I…" Gatomon muttered. "Wait, this is wrong."
"What?" Hookmon asked. "We're pirates! We're supposed to rob from others!"
"But, I had to lie to a child to gain her trust…"
"It's what we pirates do to get what we want."
"But this is wrong…"
Hookmon grabbed Gatomon. "Yer wasting time! Let's go before they find us…!"
(End theme)
Bam! Wham!
Suddenly, Hookmon and Gatomon watched as half of their entire crew were quickly wiped and knocked out. They saw it was Tai, Agumon, Dorothy, Avengemon, and Dee that took them down.
"Meryl! Honey, where are you?!" Mummymon called for his daughter.
"Daddy…!" Meryl coughed as she fell asleep.
"Meryl!" Mummymon screamed out as he and Arukenimon rushed over to retrieve her.
"Honey, we're here now," Arukenimon said, holding Meryl.
"Meryl, sweetie, daddy is here," Mummymon hugged her. His lips twisted into an angry scowl. "Dee, take down these riff-raff!"
"No need to tell Dee to beat up bad guys!" Dee shouted as he rushed and belly flopped a Bakemon.
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai OST - An Outcome-Switching Recovery)
As Divermon threw a bunch of harpoons at Dee, the portly creature's body absorbed them. Dee then shot them right back at the Divermon. Amidst the harpoons flying back at them, the Divermon were quickly taken down by Tai and Agumon. Tai punched out a Divermon. Agumon blasted some Divermon with Pepper Breath.
Dorothy rushed a bunch of Black PawnChessmon. She knocked out each one with punches and kicks. When a Fugamon tried to ambush her, Dorothy turned and caught him with an elbow to his face. Avengemon grabbed two Garbagemon and smashed their heads together.
"Yar are all being sissy boys!" Hookmon yelled out.
"Ok then, Captain Ahab, how about a go with me?" Tai challenged Hookmon.
"And me!" Agumon dared him.
"Errrr, on second thought…" Hookmon turned to a fallen Bakemon. "How about fighting the face of someone ya know!"
"Hey!" Tai called out to him.
Hookmon put a hand on Bakemon and performed a Jogress with the Ghost Digimon. The two combined into the familiar form of Mummymon, baffling the Digiworld champion and Arukenimon.
(End theme)
"That guy's taken on my form?!" Mummymon fumed over this. "First he and his crew hurt my daughter, now he takes on my likeness?! That does it, I'm taking down this fraud!"
"Mummymon!" Arukenimon yelled out as he rushed at his fake counterpart. "Well, at least Meryl isn't awake to see this."
Evil Mummymon cackled evilly, shooting a Snake Bandage at Mummymon. Mummymon dodged and quickly disrobed, revealing his battle mode. He flew at Evil Mummymon and kicked him back.
"Ooof, hahah! Nice try, champ, but once I'm done with you, I'll become the one and only Digital World champion!" Evil Mummymon blasted Mummymon back.
"Ugh!" Mummymon roared as he was blasted back.
"No!" BlackGatomon yelled as she mounted Evil Mummymon's back.
"Mummymon!" Dee called to his friend. He turned to the evil one and clocked him with an elastic punch to his back.
"Ah!" Evil Mummymon felt the impact of Dee's punch break him in two. As he rolled away, Evil Mummymon desperately absorbed all his own crewmates, sans Gatomon, and evolved into the golden-garbed behemoth Pharaohmon.
(Cue Dragon Ball Kai: Buu Saga OST - Crisis)
"No, what are you doing?! Those are our crew!" Gatomon was flabbergasted by her captain's baffling actions.
"They're a means to an end. They serve to make us rich!" Pharaohmon declared. "Now once I take all of the champ's valuables, I'll take what means most to him: his life and those of his family!"
"Yeah?! You'll have to go through us first!" Tai retorted.
Agumon quickly evolved into VictoryGreymon. "We can take him, Tai."
"Yeah, piece of cake."
"Dee can handle him!" Dee puffed mad air.
Dorothy dropped into a stance. "Let's beat him, Avengemon!"
With that, Pharaohmon charged and went for a big fist. Tai, VictoryGreymon, Dee, Dorothy, and Avengemon spread out, easily dodging Pharaohmon's punch. Tai flew down and punched Pharaohmon's face, breaking open a portion of his pharaoh's mask. VictoryGreymon broke Pharaohmon's back with his Dramon Breaker.
Pharaohmon spewed ghostly creatures from his mouth. Dee countered by shooting them with his Candy Beam, turning the evil spirits into gobstoppers. Dee swallowed up the candy, crunched them, and spat his own variation of Daike's Super Ghost Suicide Attack. The phantoms exploded on impact with Pharaohmon.
"My turn!" Dorothy fiercely kicked Pharaohmon's chest, shattering his chest armor.
Avengemon came up behind Pharaohmon and hit him with a sledgehammer blow. Having succumbed to his enemies' attacks, Pharaohmon collapsed.
"And this one's Meryl!" Mummymon charged at Pharaohmon with a punch.
Suddenly, Pharaohmon grabbed Mummymon.
"I've got you now!"
"No, let him go!" Tai demanded.
"Not until I take all Mummymon's worth!" Pharaohmon roared.
(End theme)
"Daddy…" Meryl muttered as she slowly came to.
"Meryl? Honey?" Arukenimon heard the child stir.
Just then, Meryl's Digivice glowed in response to her need to save her father.
"Meryl… I won't let you down…!" BlackGatomon gritted as data rings formed over her. Her cat body grew into a tall female humanoid form. In place of BlackGatomon was LadyDevimon. Brandishing her sharp red nail, LadyDevimon flew toward Pharaohmon and struck his face.
"You want some of this, too?!" Pharaohmon bellowed. With one hand swipe, he knocked LadyDevimon down.
"NO! STOP!" Gatomon pleaded. She threw herself in front of LadyDevimon. "Captain, this is going too far!"
"Consider yourself off the crew!" Pharaohmon bellowed, preparing to fire a beam at Gatomon.
Closing her eyes, Gatomon resigned to her fate.
Suddenly, Dorothy threw herself in front of Pharaohmon's attack and cupped her hands. She summoned a bluish wave of Ki in her hands and launched a Tsunami Wave, wiping out Pharaohmon's hand.
"Wow, nice shot, Dorothy!" Tai cheered her on.
"You saved me…?" Gatomon gasped.
"Of course, you're not bad anymore, right?"
"Y-Yeah!" Gatomon said.
"Fool... " LadyDevimon awoke.
"I protected you, didn't I?" Gatomon slyly grinned at the dark clad woman.
"BlackGatomon… please team with the other Gatomon…" Meryl muttered as her Digivice continued to glow brightly. The Digivice pivoted toward Gatomon. "It'd be really nice if I had two Gatomon, right? How about it?"
Overhearing Meryl's offer, Gatomon mulled over it. After a few moments, she finally considered the offer.
"Hey, it has to be better than serving some self-serving jerk, right?!" Gatomon cried out.
LadyDevimon sighed. "Just don't try taking over my space…"
"No promises," Gatomon chuckled as Meryl's Digivice fired a beam, which hit Gatomon.
(Cue Digimon Adventure tri. OST - Brave Heart (0:00-1:29))
A bright glow covered Gatomon changing her into the familiar tall blonde-haired female angel clad in a white revealing wardrobe and a silver helmet. Gatomon became Angewomon and grabbed LadyDevimon's hand, pulling her up. Angewomon and LadyDevimon exchanged competitive looks before turning their sights on Pharaohmon.
"Whoa, Meryl just gained a second partner?!" VictoryGreymon was taken aback by this.
"Looks like it, but I'm not complaining," Tai added.
"Woo-hoo! Go go!" Dee cheered them on.
"Shall we?" Angewomon asked LadyDevimon, who nodded.
The angel and the fallen angel put their hands together. They flew at Pharaohmon, hitting him with a double dropkick, breaking the remnants of his pharaoh's mask. As they combined their light and darkness powers, they unleashed an energy beam of chaos. The beam tore into Pharaohmon, weakening him. Pharaohmon roared in pain. His body regressed as he split back into Hookmon and his crew.
(End theme)
As Hookmon came to, Mummymon punched and knocked him out.
"And stay down, you dirty pirate! No one steals from the champ and his family!"
"Yeah… dad, BlackGatomon, and Gatomon did it… I'm glad…" Meryl muttered as she awoke to her three heroes saving the day.
LadyDevimon and Angewomon faced each other. They had a brief staredown, wondering if their rivalry urges would kick in.
"I know fate would pit us against each other, but how about for your partner, we work together? Besides, now that Hookmon has been apprehended for his crimes, I have no place to call home," Angewomon offered to LadyDevimon.
LadyDevimon snorted. "Tch, I don't know. I was Meryl's partner first."
"But now it looks like she's happy to have us both as her partners. What do you say?"
"Us co-partners to Meryl?" LadyDevimon considered. "Well, if there's anything I want is Meryl to be happy. And if this makes her happy, then I accept us as co-partners." She and Angewomon sealed it with a handshake. "But you'll have to make new space in our place."
"Deal," Angewomon smiled ironically.
"Meryl has two partnered Digimon. No often you hear someone with two Digimon partners," VictoryGreymon said.
"I'll say. Wait 'til Kari and our Gatomon hear of this," Tai nodded.
"Maybe Dee can be my partner?" Dorothy wondered, turning toward Dee, who healed Mummymon and Meryl.
"Perhaps," Avengemon said.
(Cue Digimon Adventure tri. OST - Butterfly ~Tabidachi~)
After being healed, Meryl was greeted by BlackGatomon and Gatomon. She hugged her two partners and welcomed Gatomon into her family.
"Thanks for saving my daughter," Mummymon expressed his gratitude to Tai and company.
"And don't worry about these jerks," Tai said after he and VictoryGreymon tied up the pirates. "This one's on us. We'll deliver these pirates to the authorities."
Before making their leave, Meryl rab over to Dorothy.
"Thank you for saving my daddy. By the way, I'm Meryl."
"I'm Dorothy Kaimodosu," she kindly replied. "Next time, I'd like to come and visit to play with you."
"You will? Yay, please come again!"
"Ready, Dorothy?" Tai turned and asked her.
"Coming!" Dorothy answered back.
"Bye! It was good to meet you!" Meryl called out, waving to Tai and company.
Dee watched them leave. A smile formed on his chubby face, seemingly pleased to meet the reincarnation of the Teen-Reaper. "Bye, other me."
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After handing Hookmon and his crew over to a Digimon police force, Tai, VictoryGreymon, Dorothy, and Avengemon headed off to meet with BanchoLeomon. The Bancho warrior was in the middle of training his new students: BanchoMamemon, BanchoLilimon, BanchoGolemon, and BanchoStingmon.
"You've been keeping busy, BanchoLeomon. Damn, I was going to as if you could assess Dorothy by sparring with her," Tai asked of him.
"Honestly, there's no reason for me to. I can already tell she's stronger than my students here," BanchoLeomon said.
"Well, sorry for bothering you, big guy," the Bearer of Courage said while glancing over the Bancho Digimon. "And these are your students?"
"Yeah, they're improving, but still need a ton of work," BanchoLeomon stated.
"Right. Now you've given me reason to keep up Dorothy's training," Tai said, giving a wink to her. "Well, maybe you'd like to see me give Dorothy her final exam?"
"Her final exam, huh? I'm curious what you have in mind for her," BanchoLeomon raised a brow.
"Heh, you'll see. It's gonna be something to look forward to."
Hearing this, Dorothy's body filled with anxiety. Whatever Tai had in mind for her final exam, she anticipated yet felt very anxious for it.
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Digital World/Azulongmon's Realm/July 9, 2011
The final exam day finally arrived. It was the day Dorothy had to prove her full potential to Tai. Tai would determine whether she was ready to be a potential successor to becoming a protector of two worlds.
Dorothy and Avengemon stood in front of a set of large doors leading into a spacious room of time and space. Over to her right, she saw X, BanchoLeomon, Pikkan, and Falcomon. Dorothy came dressed for this important exam: a white schoolgirl uniform top, a red skirt, and yellow laced up boots.
Tai and Agumon approached Dorothy and Avengemon. The Bearer of Courage patted Dorothy's shoulder, smiling.
"Are we ready for the final exam?" Tai asked his 11-year-old prodigy.
Dorothy nodded with a determined glare. "Yeah!"
(End theme)
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Next chapter: A Crossover Gathering
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A/N: And this ends the interlude chapters. The story now transitions over into the Cross Generations saga, more specifically the Dimension Missions arc.
This chapter serves three purposes: 1) development for the Uub duo, Dorothy Kaimodosu & Avengemon. 2) The duo meeting Dee, which sets up the eventual merger of Dorothy/Avengemon/Dee. 3)To give Meryl her second partner so she'll have Mastemon in the future.
Should be no surprise Dorothy learned to fly and harness Ki so quickly since she is after all Teen-Reaper's reincarnation. However, this by no means makes her a match for Ascendant God now. Maybe with her merger with Avengemon and Dee, but that remains to be seen.
Hookmon's DNA/Jogress merger with Bakemon (or Fugamon) does allow him to become Mummymon. And of course, Mummymon's next evolution is Pharaohmon, who in another universe (YYGDM-01) was a central villain. Here he's a throwaway bad guy and a freshly evolved Mega that gets taken down by Dorothy and angel and fallen angel duo.
The last scene perfectly transitions to one of the first scenes of Cross Generations first chapter (Enter the Cross Era). And next time will be a gathering of the legendary Digiteams from across the Nexus multiverse.
While I'm simply retelling Cross Generations starting next chapter, I will mostly be showing scenes from the DF-616/DFK POV. For the purpose of Ascendancy, YYGDM-01 and other universe scenes that don't feature any DFK character will not be shown.
Anyway, send a review and see you very soon with more Ascendancy!