Welcome to the next chapter everyone!
Sorry that this one's a bit short compared to the others, but we did the best with what we had.
Also, we have an instance of a japanese Digimon named being used here, just so you all know, as well as an attack getting a name change so it's less weird/awkward.
Break Through! AtlurKabuterimon!
Weiss frowned as she and Tentomon walked through the rocky area. "We're...really far away from the others, huh?" she sighed. Three weeks. That was how long it had been since they'd been separated from the others. As it was, she thanked any deity she could think of that they'd at least split the supplies in the pouches they'd developed, so at the very least, she and Tentomon had been able to sustain themselves by rationing their supplies AND restocking at any chance they found...something that hadn't been easy due to the area they were in.
"Well, at least we have the radar to help us out so we have an idea where the others are," Tentomon said.
"Not just that, if we can, I'd like to see if we can find Gennai, or at least another projector along the way," Weiss added. "Remember, Wizardmon clearly said that hole was supposed to close by itself eventually, yet it exploded. I HIGHLY doubt it was a natural occurrence."
"So you think our next enemy was responsible for that?" Tentomon asked.
"I don't just think, I'm betting on it. And like it or not, Gennai, or even Renamon's faction, are the only ones who can probably answer our questions," Weiss explained. "And I fully intend to get answers, especially if they may be what keeps us all alive."
"That's what I like about you Weiss. You're always looking to answer the important questions." Tentomon said, and if he had a normal mouth, he'd most likely be smiling.
"Well, we have to remember what's really important. Otherwise we'll just be wandering aimlessly," Weiss said with a smile. "At any rate, we should keep going while we still have daylight."
The two of them continued walking for a while, going up the mountain trail and through the seemingly barren landscape...until they came across a sign.
"Watch out for… falling poop?" Tentomon read, before he pictured what the sign was describing and shuddered.
"Let's turn the other way." Weiss said in disgust. Normally she'd think this was some kind of joke, but after encountering Digimon that DID indeed throw their own poop...not to mention how nonsensical this world could be...she decided it best to not take chances.
"Right." Tentomon said with a nod as they went another way… and came upon another sign "Watch out for… the pit of poop."
"Turning again!" Weiss said loudly before Tentomon even had a chance to picture it.
"Agreed!" Tentomon said… and they saw a sign right as they turned "Beware of man eating… poop."
Silence reigned between them for a few moments "This place is full of itself." Weiss said lowly.
More silence for several seconds, before Tentomon snapped the fingers on his middle limbs "Ah! I get it, because it's full of shit."
Weiss couldn't help but chuckle at that, and at her impromptu joke, before she shook her head. "But in all seriousness, if I had to take a guess, I'm fairly sure the last sign is lying," she sighed. "If this entire area was THAT awful, we'd have seen something by now."
"Good point," Tentomon admitted. However, before they could move to get out of the area...the ground cracked before breaking away from under them.
"Oh Oum dammit!" Weiss shouted as she and Tentomon fell down the hole. "Quick, you have to evolve so we can get out of here!" Weiss said.
"I would, but I can't seem to fly!" Tentomon shot back frantically, as true enough, his wings were beating as fast as they could, but he wasn't flying at all. If anything he was falling faster.
"In that case…!" Weiss tried to summon some Glyphs to slow their fall...but the Glyphs were falling with them. "This isn't right! Where in Oum's name are we falling?!"
"You are falling towards hell." a disembodied voice said from… everywhere around them honestly.
"Hell?! But, how?! Why?!" Weiss asked, somewhat pale at the thought of falling to hell.
"Because you hold desire in your heart," the voice said.
"What?! But I don't want anything!" Weiss exclaimed, a bit annoyed and confused.
"That is false, you want knowledge. You wish to know everything." the voice continued to explain.
"Well doesn't everyone want to know something?! Even if it's trivial!" she shot back. This was ludicrous.
"Then you will fall into hell," the voice said simply, as they started to fall further. "If you wish to not fall, then you must cast away your desires."
"Don't listen to him Weiss!" Tentomon said urgently.
Weiss grit her teeth as another glyph she created just fell along with them "I know… but I don't think we have a choice. If we don't survive… then it was all for nothing." she said, as the two of them slowly fell into the darkness "I don't want to know… I don't want to know… I don't want to know…" she repeated like a mantra, before moments later, something that looked like a large purple gem rose out from the shadows.
The moment the gem rose up, Weiss and Tentomon soon floated up from the darkness, though Weiss seemed a little unfocused for some reason. "I feel...weird…" she mumbled, as the gem floated away, before a figure appeared from the darkness, and now they all appeared to be in some kind of area that resembled outer space.
"Good, you have cast aside your inquisitive heart, now you can truly open yourself to the universe." the figure said as they fully came into view, and they looked like… well, an alien with a huge brain was the best way of putting it, because their body was just very strange, since it was mostly made up of tentacles from the looks of it, and it held a ray gun in one hand.
"You… you're Vademon, right?" Tentomon asked, remembering having heard about this Digimon.
"The one and only." Vademon said, bowing at the… hip, as it were.
Digimon Analyzer: Vademon
Vademon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Alien Digimon. It claims to be a Digimon born from data that came from the deepest reaches of space, but in actuality, it was just a glitch in an agricultural computer. Despite its rather strange appearance, it's a terrifyingly powerful Digimon. Its special attacks are Demon's Blown Kiss, which makes a complete fool out of the opponent by blowing them a kiss which makes meteors and planets appear to be hurled at the target, and Abduction Ray, firing a beam from the ray gun in its hand.
"I am the overseer of the Sacred Mysterious Universe," Vademon explained, before the gem rose up. "This is the inquisitive heart you discarded. It must not be allowed to tarnish this Universe's sanctity," he said, before the gem was absorbed into the ray gun in his hand, before sighing in relief.
Before either Weiss or Tentomon could say anything, Weiss soon found a textbook in her hands. "In exchange, here is a book to help you attain the cosmic powers of this universe, and reach enlightenment," Vademon added. "Study it well," he said before chuckling as he vanished from the space.
Both of them stared at the spot where Vademon was, before Tentomon looked at Weiss "Are you actually gonna read that book?"
Weiss looked at the title of the book, before opening it "Try for a bit." she answered, and Tentomon sighed as the two drifted along.
Meanwhile, Vademon went through what appeared to be a door in another part of the space, and came out in...a shop?
Yes, it seemed Vademon had left space and entered a shop of some kind, before he took out his ray gun, and ejected the gem that was Weiss's Inquisitive Heart. Holding it in both hands, he chuckled as he went deeper into the shop. "An inquisitive heart, I'll place it next to an ignorant heart," Vademon chuckled, before developing into a full on noble's laugh. Yes, it was that annoying…
"Welcome to the Sacred Mysterious Universe, emporium of hearts and other such items. We only give the best for our customers," Vademon said, practicing a salesman line. Right as he said that, he heard the sound of a bell. "Oh! A Customer! I'll be right there!"
Meanwhile, outside of the shop, and of the strange universe, DemiDevimon was pressing the bell button hanging off a small pole repeatedly "Come on, I don't have all day." he muttered in annoyance. Right as he said that, Vademon popped out of the hole, scaring the little imp a little.
"Welcome! Thank you for the wait. How may I help you today?" Vademon said.
"Right, did you happen to see THIS human?" he asked, pulling out a photo of Weiss with Tentomon.
Vademon looked at the picture and nodded with a smile. "Ah yes, that one. I'll be right back," he said, before hopping into the hole. A few moments later, he jumped out, holding Weiss's Inquisitive Heart. "Sorry for the wait, here you are, sir."
DemiDevimon looked at the heart...and sighed. "No no no, that's not what I want."
Vademon frowned. "Excuse me? Sir, if you came here just to fool around, I kindly ask you to leave."
"No, I DID come here for business. Heck, I got a nice pile of poop ready to trade too," DemiDevimon said.
Vademon stilled at that, before raising an eyebrow "How big of a pile?"
"Taller than you at least." DemiDevimon said with a grin.
"Taller than me…" Vademon trailed off, picturing it in his mind, before swallowing hungrily.
Disgusting.
"You have yourself a deal customer!" Vademon said eagerly "What exactly where you looking for?"
"I just have a drawing of it, but, here, it looks like this, and it should be around her neck." DemiDevimon said as he showed Vademon a crude drawing of a Tag.
Vademon studied the image, before nodding after a few moments "Very well, I'll see what I can do, I should be back shortly." he said, before jumping back down his hole.
"...this book is garbage…" Weiss said flatly tossing the textbook aside. She'd read it and while it TRIED to sound like it was actually teaching anything, she could tell it was all talk and no substance.
"So, what do we do?" Tentomon asked, currently upside down.
"Thinking is… a bit hard." Weiss admitted as she rubbed her forehead "But… we have to find a way out of here."
"Hm...maybe if Vademon comes back, we could do something…" Tentomon mused. Vademon DID claim to be the overseer of this 'universe', so it made sense he probably had a trick or two up his proverbial sleeve.
As if called by his words, Vademon suddenly appeared in the space. "It seems this space still finds something you hold unworthy of being here. Please, relinquish all material possessions."
Weiss looked at him for a good long moment, before looking down at herself, then back up at him "All I have left are essentials."
"Are you sure? You MUST have something unnecessary. Such as perhaps a necklace of some kind?" Vademon pressed, before waving his hand, and from Weiss's dress, her tag levitated out.
Weiss tried to grab it, but it got pulled towards Vademon more quickly than she could move.
"Give that back!" Tentomon said as he angled himself to move quickly towards Vademon, having finally gotten the hang of moving in this strange place.
Vademon however, simply aimed his gun and fired, knocking Tentomon back, and causing him to degenerate to Motimon, though Weiss managed to catch him as he was tumbling back.
Motimon shook off the dizziness and looked ready to try again, but Weiss held him back...right as Vademon started to move away. "We can follow him…" she said.
"Right." Motimon said with a nod, as the two silently followed after him, keeping their distance for now.
Eventually, they saw him disappear behind a door, going up to it and peering through the small window attached to it, finding what looked like a curiosity shop.
"...we've been tricked…" Weiss said, her currently less than lively voice only adding to the deadpan tone.
"Seems like it," Motimon said flatly.
Silently, the two sneaked inside, thankful for the lack of a bell on the door, as they looked around the immediate area in the entrance. From the sound of it, they could hear Vademon talking to someone...and it seemed like he wasn't happy.
"We better not go that way. First things first, I think we should get my heart back," Weiss said.
"Good idea. Then we can get your Tag back when we get a chance," Motimon nodded. With that in mind, they made their way to the back of the shop, scanning the area, and before long…
"Here it is," Weiss nodded, picking up the gem. "Now...how do I get it back?"
"Well… you got rid of it by NOT wanting to know… so maybe the opposite would give it back?" Motimon suggested.
"Better than nothing." Weiss said with a nod, before touching her forehead to the gem, and repeating "I want to know… I want to know…" softly in a mantra.
Slowly, the gem sank into her body, and when it was fully inside, her eyes snapped open… and she was angry "I'm going to tear Vademon to shreds."
"There's my favorite Weiss." Motimon said with a smile.
"Thanks for putting up with me just now. I felt like an airhead without my curiosity," Weiss sighed. "Now then...how to get my Tag and Crest back?"
"Ambush?" Motimon suggested.
"...that'd work," Weiss nodded. With that in mind, they laid in wait. True enough, the sound of arguing became louder, before Vademon came back, looking rather angry...with her Crest in his hand.
"Wait for it…" Motimon frowned, waiting for Vademon to get closer...closer… "Now!"
Vademon barely had a moment to turn and register it, as he was suddenly pounced on by the two, a small comical smoke cloud appearing, before they both ran back to the door they came in from, Weiss's tag and crest in their hands again.
And it gained a soft glow as she placed it around her neck.
"Get back here!" Vademon shouted as he ran after them after reorienting himself.
"Nope!" the two called back as they ran out of the shop and into the strange space again, and Motimon finally reverted back into Tentomon "Good to be back!" he said as he turned towards the door.
"Let's not waste time." Weiss added, before her D-Core glowed.
"Tentomon, Evolution! Kabuterimon!"
"Don't give him a chance to fight back!" Weiss ordered, and Kabuterimon was all too happy to oblige, as he charged forward, forcing Vademon to duck and avoid the attack.
"Hey!" Vademon shouted indignantly...but soon had to duck again as Kabuterimon came in for another attack. "Fine then, try this! Abduction Ray!" he shouted, shooting his ray gun...only for Kabuterimon to evade it too, and ram into him with his horn, sending him flying through space.
Vademon quickly regained his balance and glared. "Alright, you asked for it! Demon's Blown Kiss~!" he called out, placing a hand to his lips, and making the motion of blowing a kiss, sending out what appeared to be a black kiss shape...which soon grew and turned into asteroids.
"What the fu-?!" Kabuterimon didn't manage to finish before he slammed head first into the asteroid, causing him to be thrown back.
"That's gonna hurt." Weiss said with a wince "Are you ok Kabuterimon!?"
"Hurt like hell but I'm good!" he called back.
"You won't be for long! Demon's Blown Kiss~!" Vademon shouted as he repeated the attack, even more asteroids slamming into Kabuterimon.
"Kabuterimon!" Weiss shouted in worry as she floated towards him "Please, you have to get up! We need to find the others! We need to find a way to save this world together!" At that moment, her crest responded to her desire to find a solution to the great problem not just her, but all their friend faced, and began to glow brightly before reaching its peak.
(Play Brave Heart)
Weiss's D-Core vibrated, turning purple with maroon buttons, before a beam of light shot out, going through the back of the Tag and out the front, releasing the Crest from within. The Crest ascended beyond the clouds as it gathered energy in its ascent, before reaching its peak and releasing a burst of energy that sent down a beam of light that flowed into Kabuterimon. "Kabuterimon, Super Evolution!" he called out as his body started to change. Energy passed over his head, changing the helmet from a dark gray into a maroon color, with a new proper rhinoceros beetle horn replacing the old one, the same energy then passing over his four arms, covering them in maroon chitin armor while his hands remained blue, the same happening to his legs, while his torso became a lighter shade of maroon, with an almost skeleton like armor covering the front of his torso, as his wings receded into his back, and a new shell covered it, complete with a large teal gem on top of the shell. "AtlurKabuterimon!"
Vademon was laughing in satisfaction, confident of his win...until his asteroids promptly exploded as the newly evolved Digimon broke through them.
Digimon Analyzer: AtlurKabuterimon
AtlurKabuterimon. Vaccine Type. A Perfect Level Insectoid Digimon. His horn has soared in strength upon evolution, and has become far better at flight, his new shell giving him one of the highest defensive capabilities as well. Overall, AtlurKabuterimon is a powerful Digimon, and known to defend the weak and helpless, just like a knight. His special attacks are Horn Buster, firing a bolt of energy from his horn, and Hyper Blaster, essentially a powered up version of his previous form's Mega Blaster.
"Our turn," AtlurKabuterimon smirked, before charging forward with Weiss on his back, breaking through the various asteroids.
"Don't get cocky!" Vademon growled. "Demon's Blown Kiiiissss!" he called out, shooting a kiss that this time turned into what looked like a moon or small planet. However, right before it impacted against AtlurKabuterimon, its velocity was slowed down by a large Glyph appearing, Weiss straining to keep it at bay, while giving AtlurKabuterimon a chance to brace against the large rock, before he soon began pushing it back.
"Wait, what?!" Vademon gasped at the sight, too stunned to do anything as it came closer.
"Here's a present for you! Horn Buster!" AtlurKabuterimon growled, energy gathering around his horn, before he fired the bolt at point blank range, causing the moon to explode, the explosion throwing Vademon off balance as he struggled to regain his balance. However, just as he did, he saw something coming for him, and didn't have time to react, before letting out a choked gasp as he was ran through, Weiss having leaped off of AtlurKabuterimon before driving Myrtenaster through the treacherous Digimon's chest.
"This...is for everyone you've tricked and would have tricked into giving up their hearts!" she growled, before activating the Dust Chambers, and filling Myrtenaster's blade with fire Dust. Vademon didn't have time to respond before the volatile substance ignited inside him, and he was soon deleted by the ensuing explosion.
(End song)
At the same time, outside the strange dimension, the surrounding area was shaking, and a small group was worried.
"Oh come on! An earthquake now of all times?" Jaune said in worry as he kept away from the cliffs.
"I want off this ride!" Nora added as she held on tight in the back seat, her and Ren having been found by Jaune and Pyrrha a few hours ago after GrandLocomon dropped them off at the mountain station.
"Whatever you do, just don't panic!" Salamon said from the the box in the back of the jeep (like one you'd find on a pickup truck)... before Gomamon started shouting "Too much." she finished lamely.
And then an area in the mountainous region burst open, and they saw a huge maroon beetle flying out.
"I think Weiss activated her crest." Pyrrha said with wide eyes, as none of them doubted this was an evolution of Kabuterimon… especially when it landed near them and Weiss hopped down from him and he reverted back to Motimon.
"Oh not again!" Motimon groaned, before his stomach growled "Oh great, now I'm hungry to boot."
"Plenty of food in here." Ren said in amusement.
"Good, I was getting hungry." Weiss said with a smile, glad they had found the others so quickly, before everyone blinked in surprise as one of the rocks AtlurKabuterimon had sent flying landed in front of them… and a projector was on it.
"Talk about convenient." Wormmon said.
"Honestly, isn't everything that happens to us convenient in some way?" Gabumon added as the projector turned on, and Gennai appeared.
"Good to see you again Chosen Children, I don't have much time at the moment so I'll make this quick. I'm afraid that the distortions that plague the Digital World are still numerous, so your work isn't done just yet. As well, I decided to give you a bit of help, by sending something to all of your scrolls." Gennai said, his form already wavering "I have to go now it seems, good luck." he said, before the projector shut off.
"Well that was… abrupt." Weiss said, before opening her scroll, and seeing a new app on it, clicking it open and blinking at the name "Digimon Analyzer?" she said, before scrolling through it, and seeing it had information on every Digimon they had ever encountered "Well, at least we'll be less surprised by our opponents from now on."
"Now that that's taken care of, let's go! We still have the rest to find!" Motimon said as he jumped into the back of the jeep while Weiss stepped into the bench on the back, with Nora being in between her and Ren, before the group drove off, hoping to reunite everyone soon.
And done!
Again, sorry for the short chapter, but this episode didn't have much going on.
Now, the reason for Weiss being different from Koushiro without curiosity.
For starters, she has more willpower than Koushiro did, and, she's also more mature than he was back then.
Also, yes, Weiss killed a Digimon, reason why that went so easily, Vademon isn't THAT powerful, mostly relying on trickery and his attacks.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed, because...
The Adventure Evolves.