I've come to a conclusion.
Every Digimon has what is either the most wonderful or the most horrible sense of timing ever.
Because it seemed like each and every single one of them only ever showed up after school, or on the weekend.
Which was wonderful, because it meant that the Tamers were always free to go deal with them. It was also horrible, because the Tamers were always free to go deal with them. No chance to cause collateral damage, but also not exactly conducive to their continued health.
Take this guy for instance.
Allomon, he's called. He's a giant dinosaur about three times my height, which is... actually pretty fucking awesome.
Less awesome is the fact that he's trying to eat me, but as he wasn't having any success with that, I'd let it pass.
He charged, his mouth wide open, aiming to swallow me whole.
I rolled my eyes, and slapped him to the side as he came close, my not-inconsiderable strength coming into play for just a moment.
"You missed. Again. How many times have you failed at this now?" I asked, taunting him.
Really, you'd think he'd learn.
Allomon growled -so many Digimon did that, I realised-, getting back up. "How about you try this on for size!"
His mouth opened, beginning to glow with an inner light. "Dino Burst!"
Fire rushed at me, a continuous stream of red flames coming out of Allomon's mouth.
I rolled my eyes again, letting the blaze roll over me.
"Oh no, fire. My one weakness. Please, stop, it burns."
The flames continued.
"Please, somebody help me. I'm helpless against these flames."
The flames continued
"You know, it is no fun when you don't react."
The flames continued.
"Allomon, stop it."
The flames continued.
"Oh, whatever. I'm getting bored of this."
I held my hand up, the flame's intensity insufficient to even disperse my form. A ball of Darkness appeared, which quickly exploded into water.
Cool water that was directly in the center of a torrent of hot flames.
Allomon yelped as the resultant steam explosion filled his mouth with scalding water vapor, his flames petering out in an instant as he was sufficiently distracted.
Allomon coughed, rearing back.
"You know, I can do flames too." I said, point my index fingers at him. "Here, watch. Pshoooo~"
Purple-green flames leapt from my fingers at Allomon, making the Digimon writhe as he was burnt by the unnatural flames. They weren't nearly close to the same intensity I'd use on Shukaku, which was pretty much the only reason that Allomon didn't instantaneously explode.
I sensed a pair of Hearts coming close, and I let both the steam and the fire fade away back into Darkness, though that didn't get rid of scalding caused by the steam or the burns caused by the fire.
"Hello Rika, Renamon." I greeted without turning around, the presence of those two being the only reason I had let the steam and fire fade away. Wouldn't want them to get hurt, after all.
"Not a Digimon. Yeah, right." She said, under her breath, but still loud enough for me to hear her. "You're already here."
"Indeed I am. I felt that someone should attend to this chap when he arrived."
Rika stared at me like I had grown a second head. "You're weird." She finally said.
"So I have been told." I said, turning back to face Allomon, who was finally beginning to recover. "Tell you what, since you finally arrived, how about you take over for this guy?"
"Afraid?" She asked, a smirk on her face.
Allomon charged at me, rage in his eyes. I let my hand charge with Darkness, and once again slapped him away when he came close, releasing a simultaneous gravity pulse that lifted Allomon clean off the ground.
I turned back to Rika, instantaneously noticing that she wasn't smirking anymore. "Bored, more like. I kind of feel like giving Allomon a chance, no matter how minor it is, with you."
She swallowed, before turning to face Allomon, who was already getting back up. "R-Renamon."
Renamon appeared in front of Rika, and Rika quickly drew two cards out of her back pocket, slashing them on after the other.
Ho?
Starting with the modify cards straight off the bat?
"Digimodify! Agumon's Frozen Wind, Hyper Chip, activate!"
Allomon finally got back onto its feet, glaring at me- and ignoring Renamon...
Alas, poor Allomon. I hardly knew ye.
"Frozen Wind!" That got his attention, making him turn towards Renamon and the encroaching wall of cold air.
"Dino Burst!" Allomon called, starting another torrent of fire.
Too late, however. While it might have worked in any normal situation, Renamon was currently being boosted even further by Rika's cards.
Allomon's flames simply weren't strong enough.
The Frozen Wind overwhelmed them quickly, beginning to freeze Allomon's entire body in short order, leaving him fragile, and vulnerable.
Renamon leapt in the air. "Diamond Storm!"
I turned away, not needing to see the shards raining down on Allomon to know the conclusion to this battle.
Specifically I turned towards Takato, Guilmon, Henry and Terriermon, all of whom were only now entering the Digital Field.
"You're a bit late." I told them, Allomon exploding behind me. Much like the foregone conclusion of the battle, I also didn't need to look back to tell that Renamon was already absorbing Allomon's data.
"We came as fast as we... could. Why are you wearing a top hat?" Takato asked.
"Finally, somebody acknowledges it."
"Oh, I saw it, I just wasn't nearly curious enough to ask." Rika deadpanned. "What are you two doing here?" She asked, her tone significantly more venomous.
Oh dear, this won't be good.