Ch6
When I'm writing this, I was thinking that should I make it easy for them? Or myself for writing next chapter? Then I decide nah, I'll go with this. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I talk more about it on footnote.
"How..." Zhuqiaomon is still growling nonstop, he emits fire into the area around him. He already has a short temper and now it's getting worse after he felt like his pride was tarnished by a random Digimon's attack. Ebonwumon only stayed silent as he focused on healing Lopmon. He finally turns both of his heads to his peers when the treatment is halfway done and the bunny life isn't at risk anymore.
First, he checks Zhuqiaomon's body, observing him with both of his heads, trying not to miss a single thing. "Strange.." He thought, nothing is wrong with his body. Not even a scratch could be found, so he assumes it's different things. "Are you angry that you lost them?" Ask the right head. "I'm not trying to be rude, but this is unlikely from you." Add the left head.
"It's not about them!" Yell Zhuqiaomon loudly, fire coming out of his beak, scaring Lopmon who hides behind Ebonwumon's leg. Ebonwumon keeps his cool, this is just a normal thing coming from the vermilion bird.
Ebonwumon's right head lowered itself to see Zhuqiaomon's lower beak, he found nothing. "Mind telling us then? Because I don't see anything wrong with your body, or perhaps you got something wrong inside your body?" Said the left head. "It's only two of us right now, or do you want to wait for them first?" Continue the right head.
Whether Azulongmon and Baihumon know about this later doesn't matter to him, he planned to tell them sooner or later. It's just that they have something to deal with right now, possibly protecting other levels of plains while he's on his way to save the three. He looks at his right wing, it's perfectly fine unlike what he felt when he lost them.
It makes Ebonwumon worried when Zhuqiaomon falls silent and stares at his own wing. That wing looks fine, and if it's not, then his friend would've complained nonstop about it. "Zhuqiaomon?"
"It was just a simple attack, a weak one! That attack was so weak I don't even feel a thing." Lopmon looked at Ebonwumon and he got the same confused glances from him, what they just heard didn't make any sense. "I can't feel my right wing after that attack."
Both of them were shocked to hear that, especially Lopmon. "What do you mean you can't feel it?" Asked Ebowumon.
"I can't feel a thing, that's the strange part." He replied. "It doesn't hurt, but I can't feel anything." Zhuqiaomon lets out a heavy breath, it sparks a fire that makes Lopmon tremble. "I should've dropped them and went for it." He growled.
They continue to discuss it further, yet nothing comes out of it. Even Zhuqiaomon admits that he was thrown into panic when he couldn't feel his right wing, it caused him to lose balance as he couldn't time his wings flapping well. Worse, he didn't check who'd attacked him with that dark beam. On top of that, Zhuqiaomon also angry with himself that he lost them, it's a blow to his pride after he acted as their saviour only to fail them not long after.
While the two Sovereigns talking, Lopmon only stays silent and listens. He doesn't dare to ask anything, not even about Impmon and Terriermon. Plus, Zhuqiaomon is in a very bad mood right now, he could've roasted alive if he wasn't careful. That makes him recall what Zhuqiaomon said before, that the sovereign still considers him a traitor. For now, Lopmon just takes his time to rest while listening to the two gods. Maybe he could learn new information as the two talk, like Ebonwumon just mentioned that the other two sovereigns have gone to check some plains on different levels.
A Digimon appeared in the middle of their conversation. A centaur-like Digimon stopped and bowed his head to the sovereign. "I'm sorry that I'm late, there was a group of Digimons that ambushed me on the way." Said the Digimon.
"Did you finish them!?" Zhuqiaomon's voice is loud and scares him, only to soothe back when he nodded as an answer. "Good, don't show mercy to them."
"Enough, control your emotion, Zhuqiaomon."
The two sovereigns start bickering, which makes both small Digimons near them scared again. Lopmon takes his time more calmly as he saw them having a more heated argument before, he moves closer to the deva in front of him. "Vajramon?" The centaur nods to him, though it's clear that he's unable to answer freely in front of the sovereigns. If Lopmon were still in his position as deva, he would've done the same thing.
Suddenly, Lopmon felt a surge of power coming to his body. He feels stronger and his body starts to change. He digivolve into Antylamon. Which makes him wonder if he's about to get his title as deva again. When he turns to them, they're already done with the argument.
Ebonwumon's right head leans closer to him. "This just temporary, we need you to find your friends. Rest assured, you don't need to come back as deva, you already have her as your partner." Antylamon relieved when he heard that, his time with Shaocung might be short, but he grows fond of her. Now the right head moves back before the left one starts to talk. "I detected a portal forming in a certain plain, but before you two walk away, I give you a chance to ask. I suppose you have a question about Vajramon."Both Vajramon and Lopmon surprised when he said that.
"Yes, I thought I was the sole survivor. But.. Caturamon was alive. Although he doesn't seem to be himself before he's on the death door." Vajramon shocked to learn about Caturamon, he's about to ask Antylamon only to get a nod from the bunny. Which clears his question about Caturamon's current condition.
"Which you can already tell, we needed deva as our hands. So we chose some Digimons to fill the role, we gave them power and 'their' past memories or what's we can collect. Although not everyone got it." Explained the left head. "And Vajramon here doesn't have his past memories, hope that clears a lot of things."
With no more important question on his mind, Antylamon and Vajramon are ready to head off towards their destination. Before they could walk away, Antylamon gets a surge of power once more. This time not from Ebonwumon, it's Zhuqiaomon who gives him that. It raises a question, especially from Ebonwumon. He never saw him give his power willingly like this, not even when they chose the new deva. The sovereign looks angry as well, like channeling his wrath into Antylamon.
"The one who didn't want another you is me, hence that position is still empty. This time I choose to trust you again, so don't fail me twice, Antylamon."
In a fight, every second counts, and a single moment could determine the winner. After going through so many battles himself, Pajiramon knows that very well, yet he's still surprised when he sees Justimon fighting Zudomon. They're out of his league, one is a biomerged tamer with their Digimon while the other is a Digimon whose level should be on par with his. Ryo and Cyberdramon's power isn't that surprising, he saw it before and as much as he doesn't want to admit it, he knows they are stronger when together. It's normal when Justimon is just on a different level, but this Zudomon shouldn't be this strong.
Justimon jumps back when he realizes that Zudomon's body is very tough. At that moment, Zudomon raises his hammer high. "Cold.." He's not attacking Justimon directly, who's distancing himself. "Crusher!" He hits the ground. This bipedal walrus strength alone could create a crater from his hammer impact, but that's not what's scary about this attack from him.
A wave of ice with very big ice spikes that emerges from the ground quickly swipes the area in front of Zudomon, like a shockwave that's coming very fast. Justimon switch his right arm's form into his 'Accel arm', Ryo and Cyberdramon prefer their Blitz arm but it won't have the same power. This accel arm has a size that's almost the same as his body, packing more power than other arm's types that he has.
"Thunderclap!" The moment Justimon slams his arm to the ground, it creates shockwaves that destroy the incoming ice wave.
After that attack, Zudomon seemed to hold himself back, not attacking right away. Both of them trying to measure up each other's power, Justimon falls back a bit to Pajiramon's side. Pop! A heart-shaped bubble hits him and heals the damage he took from Zudomon. "Thank you." Said Justimon without looking at his friend, MarineAngemon himself not answering back and focused to treat Guardromon after Justimon.
"Something feels off, Justimon." Pajiramon shoots an arrow, and somehow it catches Zudomon off guard because he's focused on Justimon too much. It hit his left arm, yet he's not showing any response, not even a flinch. "See?"
Justimon nod. "That didn't mean your attack wasn't doing damage, Pajiramon." They see Zudomon hold his hammer with his left hand and cover his face with it so his right hand can take out the arrow. "My attack connected, just.. too tough."
"Use your big arm as a finisher, I'll chip him from distance." Said Pajiramon. "I have pride myself, especially with my bow. Trust me."
Switching his arm back to the blitz arm, Justimon makes his move and dashes towards Zudomon. "Cyberdramon.." Ryo said in their minds, his partner grunted instantly before he could finish his words. Ryo quickly understands that they are on the same page, and they focus back on Zudomon.
The first thing that Zudomon noticed was Justimon's right arm, which is his blitz arm, glowing yellow. He saw that move from that arm type before. 'Justice Burst' is a move that shoots an orb of lighting from the blitz arm. Too focused on his enemy's right arm, Zudomon surprised when Justimon jumped. The biomerged mega leaps into the air and about to deliver a kick, he quickly shifts his arm and tries to block that kick.
Shunk!
Just like the first feint, Zudomon unable to see the real attack. A big arrow stabbed his left arm once again, he doesn't flinch yet he's unable to freely move it. It goes limp instantly as the data that constructed his left arm scrambles. When his focus shifted to Pajiramon, that second feint turned into a real attack. A powerful kick landed right at the side of Zudomon's head.
Despite those attacks, Zudomon doesn't back down and instead moves forward. The walrus howls and tries to stab Justimon with his horn. Justimon narrowly evaded it and charges his blitz arm, it clashes with Zudomon's hammer and he's forced to back off. Seeing an opening, Zudomon moves closer and swings his hammer vertically. It forces Justimon to sidestep it.
Shunk! Another arrow hit his left shoulder, then another one grazed his cheek. The target is clearly his head, and Zudomon is fully aware of that. He lowered his head a bit and able to block the incoming arrow with his horn.
"COLD CRUSHER!" Frustrated by Pajiramon's attack, he slams his hammer down and wave of ice swipes the area in front of him. Pajiramon had no choice but to dodge it, it's not just freezing the ground which is already cold, but the ice spikes could delete him instantly.
This is the fight Zudomon wanted from the start, one-on-one with Justimon without the annoying deva meddling in their fight. Inside Justimon, Ryo feels nervous when his enemy rushing at him. It's not Zudomon's strength that makes him scared, it's his tenacity that's more like desperation, or insanity. Even with his left arm still numb and unable to be used, Zudomon keeps swinging his hammer. Justimon shot lighting orbs from his blitz arm, but those seemed to deal no damage at all. Each swing also gets harder to dodge, and Zudomon stomps his right leg. Zudomon raises his hammer high and ready to pummel Justimon into the ground.
Their minds may be working together, but that doesn't mean Ryo is able to react accordingly. Fortunately, Cyberdramon's instinct saves them, they grab Zudomon's forearm mid swing, stopping his attack. Justimon switches his blitz arm into accel arm. The walrus doesn't have anything, his right arm caught while left arm still unusable. "Thunderclap!" Nothing stopped the mega's huge arm from hitting his body.
Unlike before, this one hit directly on Zudomon's body. The shockwave that travels on the ground now directly attacks his body. Zudomon's back armor fell down as the belt that holds it snapped from Justimon's attack.
Pain? Fear? Those feelings aren't present inside his mind, the only thing that he thinks about is beating his opponent. Zudomon bites Justimon's shoulder, forcing the mega to release his right arm. His chin punched and he couldn't maintain his bite, yet he still attacking. A horizontal swing from his hammer sends Justimon into the ground full of his ice spikes. Before he could move closer to Justimon, twin rockets hit his face. That's not fazed Zudomon as his vision still on Justimon, he sees MarinAngemon trying to help Justimon. He drops his hammer and grabs his back shield that's on the ground. He throws that to MarinAngemon, knocking him away before he could heal Justimon.
"Cold Crusher!" He slams his hammer again, the tremor enough to stagger Guardromon and the spikes hit Justimon who just got up. Shunk! An arrow hit him, he could see his data starting to fizzle off his arm yet he's still moving forward. Pajiramon could send a rain of arrow at him and he will ignore it, all he can think off is finishing Justimon. His hammer kept hitting the mega, those attacks were blocked yet the damage still through.
Pajiramon dashes to the fight, he doesn't care about the ice spikes as he realizes that his arrows weren't enough. He rammed Zudomon right in the chest, it barely affected him and he got bashed by his hammer right in the head. This still gives Justimon a moment, but he gets a hard beating from Zudomon. Pajiramon knows he can't match Zudomon's strength close up, he tries to fight back, yet the walrus just won't stop.
Unable to take any more beating, Pajiramon desperately blocks Zudomon's attack with his bow, it instantly shatters into pieces. Zudomon raises his hammer and goes for the final blow, but he notices Justimon already recovered. Zudomon's hammer sliced by a voltage blade from Justimon's critical arm. At the same time Zudomon takes the chance to thrust his horn into Justimon's chest, the mega barely blocks it with his left arm and reduces the damage.
Zudomon's wounds are beyond saving, all of them could see it including Zudomon. His left arm is almost gone as its data fizzles away. All of his stuff is gone, his hammer and armor aren't with him anymore. One good thing that happens for Zudomon is his subordinates swarming at their position, he could retreat and try to stop his data from being destroyed completely, yet he still moves.
Ryo and Cyberdramon split off, they can't maintain their mega form. Both bruised and barely able to move, all happen when the enemies coming to get them. Zudomon rushes at Ryo and Cyberdramon quickly put his body as a shield, but Zudomon's punch hits Pajiramon instead. A portal created beside Guardromon, the deva is well aware of their situation.
"Go!" Pajiramon keeps blocking Zudomon's punches, but he can't deal with Commandramons, Ikkakumons, or normal Zudomons that come to get them. Ryo takes out some of his cards, ready to buff Cyberdramon. "Ryo! What are you doing!? Go!" A punch hit Pajiramon's face, he lost his balance but able to deliver a counterpunch. It wasn't strong enough to hurt Zudomon, but the walrus's body is very weak now.
Those Digimons get closer each second. Cyberdramon grabs Ryo and runs to the portal as fast as possible. Ryo could see those Digimons swarming to Pajiramon. He glances at him when the portal gets smaller, the deva smiles at him.
"You go first, boy. I'll catch up later"
Darkness and cold are all that he can feel. Every inch of his body feels numb. "Am I dreaming?" He starts to question himself, something just feels off. All of his limbs refused to move, or rather he couldn't tell if he just moved them or not. Never mind about moving his body, his vision and mind are still hazy. No matter what he tries to do, it feels useless. For a few minutes he forced to stay still while waiting his senses to recover, and it's not a pleasant experience either as he starts to feel pain when his senses are coming back.
Slowly but surely, his strength coming back, he moved from lying on his side to sit, or that's what he could tell right now. "Where am.. I.. arrgh!" A sharp pain coming to his head and back, it's coming with ringing sounds all over him. He starts to breathe erratically, he's suffocating without any reason. Then it slowly dies down and he can see much more clearly, and the first thing he sees is mud.
Only then does he notice that he's in some sort of jungle, the ground is more like a swamp and it's raining quite heavily. He hears a rustle sound and turns around. There are trees and vines as far as he can see, which at most a few meters in front of him. Did he hear that wrong? Another one came from his back when he just turned around, he quickly gets up and punches it. What he just punched is a tree, he shrieks in pain while holding his right hand. There just trees in his sight, yet he could swear that he heard something just a few seconds ago.
"Hey" A voice made him jump a bit, it came from his right. Unfortunately, he's barely able to see and that voice is something he's never heard before. "Hey, you good?" It asked him again, which makes him confused. He takes a few steps back.
Another Digimon? Weird Creature? He can't tell at all yet it has a very small body, the colour of it is hard to tell as this jungle is too dark right now. Suddenly, it moves a few steps towards him. "Don't move!" He yelled at it. "Stay away.. or I won't hesitate anymore."
"W-What? What do you mean?" It moves even closer, he goes into panic. "What is wrong with-" He takes a step and throws a punch, but it dodges his attack so easily which makes him scared. "HEY! What was that!? It's not funny!"
Nothing makes any sense to him, he wakes up in a strange forest and now this little creature is taunting him. He keeps throwing punches yet it able to dodge them like those punches are nothing. Worse, he could feel a sharp pain on his back, like being stabbed by a thousand needles. Did they fight before? Perhaps this little creature attacked his back, messing up his senses. What makes it more confusing is that this creature kept asking him to stop. "SHUT UP! You think I'm dumb!? Shut your mouth! I'll get you in no time!" He yelled angrily. This creature must be trying to lower his guard and then attack him when he's not aware of it, he assumes that's its tactic to overcome their difference in strength.
The mud is slowing him down and the hard rain makes him shiver, yet there is no choice but to keep going. If he let this little thing flee then it might try to pull a trick later, he can't let it slide. Overcoming the pain on his back, he able to drive him into a tree. His hand almost reached the trembling creature.
When he thinks it's over, he lets it talk for the last time. "D-Don't shoot me! Snap out of it! It's me, **********!"
Shoot? Did it just say shoot? He's confused, shooting with what? He just extending his arm to get it's body. "What? Who are you again?" He asked it, cause he couldn't hear it properly before.
"What do you mean!? IT'S ME! **********!" It yelled yet he can't hear its name. "******! Are you out of your mind!? You just saved me!"
That just makes him even more confused. Why wouldn't it say its name? He's quite sure that he specifically asked that. Moreover, it said that he saved its life before, but when and why would he even do that? As far as he could understand, he doesn't know this creature or even met him before. So why is it so adamant that they know each other? Is it another trick? Before he could understand or even decide his next move, he felt a sharp pain on his back again. This one is so strong that he limps back and falls to his knees.
"Terrier Tornado!"
A gust of wind knocks him right in the face, he falls to the mud and stares at the dark sky. The rain starts to get even worse now, and it makes him hard to even see if his vision isn't bad already. Then something covers his face from the rain, a familiar white angry face, though it turns into a more soft expression. "What do you mean shoot, dumbass? I don't even.. ugh.. use my fire.."
He got slapped in the face. "Don't you see yourself?" Terriermon asked him back. Something clicked inside his head and his body starting to revert into his rookie form again, which his friend respond with a huff. Since when did he use his mega form? At least that explained why Terriermon said 'don't shoot'. "I said my name not just one time.." Terriermon sighs as he helps him get up. "And you act like a fool when I call you by your rookie name, if this is just a joke, then it's not funny."
Impmon snorts at him. "Let's save that for later, where are we?" Terriermon said nothing and only shook his head. "Good, we're done for this time."
"Moumantai Impmon, it seems like there is no enemy right now. And didn't I tell you to stop dragging our morale down?"
They don't say anything after that, like silently agreeing to brush their feelings for now even though they understand their situation isn't any good. The rain gets even worse and they can hardly move thanks to the thick mud, so they climb a tree and try to get some rest. This swampy forest seemed to be empty, or the Digimons who lived here just wouldn't come out in this rain. Either way, they got to rest, and that's what they really need right now.
These trees aren't small for their size, some branches are big enough for them to rest side by side, which they prefer to do. Their exhausted bodies demand some heat thanks to this harsh weather, and leaning against each other somewhat help them despite both being soaked wet. They stare at front for minutes before one of them finally breaks the silence.
"Are you really okay?" Terriermon asked him. "Can you see clearly now? I mean it, cause.."
Impmon glances at him. "Because what?"
"Because I almost lost my life thanks to you!"
Impmon's eyes widen for a bit before he shut it tight, no sighs, grunts, or even a denial coming out of his mouth. "I'm sorry.." He mutters it faintly. It's not about who is right or wrong, he's just too exhausted to even think clearly. The pain in his back is coming back as well, causing him to whimper. Impmon tries to sleep just so he can ignore the pain. As he leans on to the trunk again, a soft and thick 'pillow' is placed in between him and the wood. At first, it sends a jolt of pain to his wounded back, but it gradually feels way better than the cold and hard trunk. "Oh, didn't you just throw tantrums like a kid? Hahaha.."
Terriermon huffs and gently slaps him in the head with his other ear. "Moumantai, if I didn't like this then I would've said it days ago." It makes Impmon chuckle, it's quickly muffled when Terriermon closes his mouth with his big ear. "Shut it before I change my mind, you'll just cause me more trouble if you stay awake." It's not taking a long time before Impmon starts snoring beside him, he pushes his friend forward a bit to see his back.
It was terrifying. He thought he'd die when they fell to the ground, only to be transported to this place by that strange portal. The problem wasn't solved because they were still falling from a high place, they just fell into a jungle instead of sand. He tried to use his wind to slow them down. "Terrier Tornado!" Terriermon recalled that both of their bodies were pushed back a bit, yet they were still going down very fast. That's when he heard his friend groaned in pain just to digivolve, he got hugged tightly as they fall into this jungle. Branches broke their fall, and despite being protected, he still lost consciousness.
Looking at Impmon again, Terriermon leans his head toward him. Then he wraps his arms around Impmon's right arm, ending with his right ear covering both of their bodies. Twitch! For a moment, he thought Impmon had woken up, thankfully he didn't disturb his sleeping friend. "I should be the one who say sorry, Impmon" He mutters faintly. "Didn't even say thanks as well.."
"Moumantai.." Impmon's voice startles him, he looks at his eyes and they're still closed. But Impmon is showing a little smirk. "That's cute.. even for you, dumb bunny.."
Terriermon is very embarrassed, yet his grip on Impmon is just getting tighter. "S-Shut up.." Despite hating this smug side of his friend, he's relieved that he could say it to him even if his friend just heard it by accident. Impmon's chuckles could be heard, and then all they could hear is the rain before both of them fall asleep.
A portal appears in a snowy forest, its position isn't too high but not too low either. About five meters or sixteen feet from the ground. What comes out of it are a bunch of teens, an adult, and a big chicken. All of them landed on their feet without any problem, which makes the two youngest members of the pack confused. They stare at a little crater around their feet, wondering how they aren't injured from that.
"Ohh, someone is scared~" Shaocung pokes Ai on her arm.
It makes Ai huff and pout in annoyance. "I-I'm not scared!" Shaocung giggles at her, she's about to tease Mako but the boy seems to be lost in his own thoughts while looking around.
Jian pats his sister's head. "Don't taunt them, okay? This is their first time unlike the rest of us." He looks around, they're on the edges of the forest. They could go further into the forest, though this forest seemed to have nothing in it. The majority of the trees have no leaves, and there are no Digimon on sight. The other choice is to traverse a snowy field with only rocks in sight.
"What a surprise, you coming with us willingly, Yamaki." Said Ruki to Yamaki. "Is office life bore you that much?"
The blond man shakes his head with a sigh. "You don't seriously think I'll let you guys jump in without any means to fight." He tries to turn on his rifle. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to it. Then he asked Takato about his D-Ark, which the boy only replied with headshakes. "Hey, where is this? Why don't you take us to a safe place? This is too.. empty."
Siduramon grunted when he heard Yamaki's complaint. "I'm not planning to take any of you! Didn't I say this world is in chaos before? Geez, this is beyond foolishness, I don't even know if you humans are brave or just plain stupid." He stares at the snowy field, there are some Digimons that he can see quite far away. "Just so you know, I can't detect everything in Digital World, not even the gods could do that. And even if I could bring you directly to them for safety, I wouldn't do that. If those rebelling Digimons could detect a portal appeared.." The deva tilted his head a bit. "Well, you know."
"Should we go and try asking those Digimons then?" Suggested Takato, he feels uneasy about staying in this spot for too long. He stares at the field with Digimons on the other side of it.
Ruki narrowed her eyes and grabbed his shoulder. "Hold on, Goggle-Head. What's we're going to do if those Digimons attack us?" Asked Ruki. "Did you even think about that before?" Despite what she said, Ruki herself knows that they have very limited choices.
Clack! Yamaki prepares his rifle. "Takato is right, we can't sit around and wait for help." He knocked on Sinduramon's armor two times. "We've got a deva as well, it's not that we're fully defenseless."
All of them finally agree on it, it's not like they have another choice to disagree with that. On the way, Siduramon couldn't help but notice the weapons that Yamaki wields. He feels a bit better when they have a chance to fight, or at least to buy time for retreat without solely relying on him. At first, he wanted to give them a heads up about his power. Yamaki was overestimating his strength and underestimating their opponents. Though after watching them get calmer when he said that, Sinduramon just played along with it. He doesn't need to scare them even more.
When they're close to those Digimons, they can see that most of them are injured. They don't seem hostile either, most of them just stare and others move closer. It's quite a strange scene, these Digimons look happy when they see them. Among these Digimons, one steps right in front of them. Yamaki aimed his gun but Jian trying to reassure him that this one isn't an enemy.
Juri scans the Digimon. "Gaogamon, a champion level Digimon" To everyone surprise, Juri moves closer and pet the big blue dog's snout without any fear. It surprises Gaogamon as he lost himself in his thoughts for a moment. He takes a few steps back. "Hey, hey.. it's okay." Said Juri with a smile. "You look.. are you okay? What happened?" The blue dog feels calmer, he lets Juri pet his snout and then faces Sinduramon.
"I was saved by a deva.. The rest of us were saved by a deva just a few hours ago." He said it faintly, looking back at the Digimons behind him. Most of them are far weaker than him, plus they're just rookie level Digimons at best. "It's not just a single deva that saved us, but there is a human as well."
"A human? Is he uhh, is he a bit taller than us?" Takato asked him back immediately.
When he heard that, Gaogamon couldn't be more happy. "I see, you guys are Ryo's friends." They also have a big moment of relieve as a lot of stress lifted, the king is still alive. "Ryo and Pajiramon helped us, but I wish they had come soo-" Gaogamon shakes his head. "Pardon my words, I didn't mean that. It was my own fault that I tried to run, if only I.." He stares down in shame, angry at himself.
Juri tries her best to comfort Gaogamon while others question the surrounding Digimons, most of them can't give much information and some even suggest they just ask Gaogamon for it. Just as he's about to fully explain them, a loud noise of steps comes towards them. A group of Digimons consisting of Commandramons, Ikkakumons, and Zudomons marching to them. Running is out of their options, they will get caught if they choose to run.
Most of those Digimons cower in fear, only Sinduramon and Gaogamon stand in front of tamers. Behind them is Yamaki who's ready to shoot his gun, cold sweat running down his cheek. They are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Amidst the panic, their focus shifted to Gaogamon, who's growling and ready to fight despite his wounds.
"I-Impossible.." Said Gaogamon, his anger and disbelief shown from his face. Which makes them confused. "Get ready to run, I'll hold them off as long as I can."
Takato moves to the dog side, watching those Digimons slowly coming their way. "What do you mean? Do you know them?"
Gaogamon nodded. "I say just get ready to run, I'll hold them off."
Yamaki gritted his teeth, he didn't expect a large group coming at them this soon. "That's impossible, you won't stand a chance. Running isn't an option as well, look at those guns they have." He looked down at his own gun, it's pointless and rather stupid to fight them. But he won't just kneel down and accept defeat when they just arrived in this place.
"I know that very well, glasses man. Those Digimons are the reason I'm like this. Move your legs, please, lead those Digimons as far as possible." Begged Gaogamon.
"I think we need to try and talk, I can't think of anything else beside that." Suggested Takato, but that rejected very quickly by Gaogamon, which still willing to fight even with the odds that they have. They stare at each other for a moment. "Okay, I'll do my best to keep them safe. Be careful." Takato leaves their side and starts telling the rest of them about it. They move as fast as they can but they're just too slow, most of these rookie Digimons are exhausted.
The only one who still appears to be calm is Sinduramon, the deva isn't sure about winning or talking to those Digimons. He also knows how they would negotiate for peace with anyone outside their group, especially a deva like him. Once they see the tamers and a deva, that option is as good as surrendering themselves. "Gaogamon, I have something to show. I just need you to distract them or hold them for a moment, but the next move might cost something great from you." Said the deva.
Not even a slight hesitation came from Gaogamon, he nodded right away. "If you can keep them safe, I'll do it." That surprised them a bit, this determination to protect them is too big for someone they just met.
"My reputation is on the line here, I'm not playing around." The deva chuckled. "Now, let's wait for them to get close, veeery closeee~"
I know you'll understand what I meant on the early note after reading. Oh, if you don't, too bad then. I'll write it better on the next chapter.
Okay, for this chapter I tried to do what if a deva fight along side the characters. Honestly, I should've rewatch tamers again before I write this. Especially for cards stuff, I really want to use it more. But I vaguely recall that as the show goes, cards didn't matter a lot, which is a shame in my opinion but understandable. I got a fun time trying to think about the fight with the help of cards or a fight as a team and not one on one.
Let me know how you think of this chapter and how I wrote the fight. Hope you like this, thanks for reading.