And now, it's time for the plot to pick up speed!
Hang on to your seats, because quite a few things happen in this chapter.
EDIT: Just deleted a review that reminded me of a question I wanted to answer to a guest.
The guy who asked about Harpoon Vulcan, thank you for ASKING where I got the name from, and not telling me I'm wrong like the one who's review I just deleted.
Anyway, to answer you question, I get all the attack names from the japanese version of the anime, with a few tweaks here and there.
Envoy of Darkness, Devimon!
"Now that we're all the way up here...man, it really sinks in how we're on an island," Pierce mused as he looked over the edge.
"Still though...this island really is a nice place," Yang said as she sat down next to him.
"Yeah, hard to believe the gears are causing so much trouble. You wouldn't know from way up here," Veemon nodded in agreement. Currently the six of them were waiting for the rest of their friends to make it up the mountain and join them.
"Hey, I think I see them down there," Jaune said from another part of the area they were in.
A few minutes later, and Jaune was rubbing his shoulder where Gyro had hit him.
"Never do that again, you had us all worried when we woke up." the goggle head said with a sigh.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry…" Jaune said apologetically.
"Well, the most important thing is that you and Gomamon are okay...but Gyro's right. Please don't do that again," Pyrrha said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
And if one could see into Gyro's mind at the moment, a party was being celebrated at this little interaction between them. However, he quickly focused, since they had more important things to worry about. "Alright, now that everyone is here, let's go. And get ready guys, once we reach the top, there's no telling what might happen."
At the same time, in another section of the impossibly high mountain…
"These Black Gears are growing concerning, sending Digimon into a frenzy. I must find the cause of this." muttered a humanoid being, who had a lion's head instead of a normal human one, claws at the tip of his fingers and toes, wearing a pair of black pants with a sword hanging off the back of his waist, his mane was a shining yellow color.
Digimon Analyzer: Leomon
Leomon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Beast Man Digimon. Known as the Noble Hero, Leomon is a true heroic warrior who fights for justice. He is a master of the blade with his sword, King of Lions. His special attack is Fist of the Beast King, launching a blast in the shape of a roaring lion's head from his fist.
Leomon continued on his path...until he tensed, sensing a familiar presence. One he knew wasn't friendly. True enough…
"I found you! Leomon!" shouted what could only be described as ogre as he jumped down from a higher area, white hair on his head with two long horns protruding out the side of his skull, his mouth was large and wide open, filled with quite a few large fangs. It seemed the only type of clothing he knew about was belts, as he was even wearing a kilt made of belts, while in his hand he wielded a large bone club.
Digimon Analyzer: Ogremon
Ogremon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Ogre Digimon. Known as the Digimon Hunter, it's said his weapon is the femur of a Digimon he defeated in battle. For all intents and purposes, Ogremon is a bandit of the Digital World, and is surprisingly intelligent compared to what his appearance would make you believe. His special attack is Fist of the Supreme King, launching a shot of formless dark energy from his fist.
Leomon immediately drew his sword and blocked the club coming from Ogremon, before said ogre jumped away. "Leomon, today we finish this!"
"Stand aside, Ogremon. There are more important matters to attend to than our battle," Leomon growled, though he had no illusions they would be heard.
"Not on your life! Fist of the Supreme King!" Ogremon shouted, launching his signature attack.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon countered with his own move, the two attacks meeting and exploding. "Very well then, if you insist on fighting, I shall oblige!"
However, before they could continue, a new voice entered the scene. "That's quite enough for now," came the smooth, almost gentlemanly voice, yet it carried an undertone of malice. "From now on you two need to cooperate with each other."
"That voice…!" Leomon blinked in alarm.
"Devimon?" Ogremon said, recognizing the owner of the voice.
Out of the shadows of a rock, Devimon emerged, and he was worthy of his name, his body clad in a dark black suit with several belts wrapped around one leg, his thighs, and one of his arms, both of which were rather long, actually reaching down to his ankles. Skulls were emblazoned on his outfit on both of his right knee and his left shoulder while an orange, bat shaped mark was on both his chest and his left foot. His wings were large and leathery, but riddles with tears and holes, two long horns sprouting out the side of his head as his red eyes stared at the two Digimon before him, his lips set in a thin line as his mouth, and grey skin, was exposed.
Digimon Analyzer: Devimon
Devimon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Fallen Angel Digimon. Rumored to have once been a shining angel Digimon, Devimon was tempted into the Dark Area, becoming what he is now, the Mark of Evil on his chest being proof of that. Known for his cunning and intelligence, Devimon is no easy adversary. His special attack is Death Claw, extending both of his hands to a higher reach to enforce his will upon those he clutches in them.
Neither combatant seemed particularly impressed by that statement. "Gimme a break, like I'm gonna work with him of all Digimon!" Ogremon snorted. "You better got a damn good reason for saying that."
"The Chosen Children have arrived," Devimon said simply.
"The Chosen Children!" Leomon gasped in surprise, before his eyes narrowed at Devimon as he held up his blade to fight "Now I see, those Black Gears, you're the one behind them aren't you? You've been trying to use them to kill the children."
Devimon glanced at him, his lips almost quicking into a smirk "Was there ever any doubt? Those children WILL be destroyed if it's the last thing I do."
"No, they won't." Leomon growled "Because I'll destroy you first!" he shouted, before lunging at Devimon, bringing his sword down, only for the blade to cleave the stone Devimon had been in front of right in half. However, the demon was nowhere to be seen.
"Fool. Did you really think that would work?" Devimon chuckled, Leomon looking around almost frantically to find him, and didn't notice his hand sneaking out of his shadow. "Now then, Death Claw!" Devimon declared as he grabbed hold of Leomon, the lion roaring in agony as he felt Devimon's evil will seep into him, attempting to turn him into his puppet. His struggles lasted for a few minutes, before finally he slumped forward, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were blank and lifeless, Devimon smirking as he rose up from behind the once good Digimon.
"This mountain really does earn its name," Gyro mused, overlooking the island from one of the higher points of the mountain, a pencil and clipboard in hand.
"What are you doing?" Agumon asked as he stood on the tip of his toes to try and get a look.
"Drawing a map of the island, as accurately as I can anyway, who knows, it might be helpful." Gyro said with a shrug.
"That doesn't sound like too bad of any idea." Weiss said as she walked up behind him, looking over his shoulder to see that the map looked like a rough sketch at the moment, with several areas marked down as to what they are, which included sections they had yet to visit such as the canyon and the snow filled area of the island, which they had checked and saw it was north.
"Yeah, Gyro was the one who designed our weapons for the most part, Azure was the one who actually built them though." Pierce supplied as he walked up to them.
"Still though…" Pyrrha frowned. "It doesn't really seem like there's anything as far as the eye can see. What do we do after we defeat whoever is creating the Black Gears?"
"Well...remember what Waspmon said, about the continents?" Ruby said. "Maybe...if we don't find anything here, we could...try to find something there?"
"Hopefully we'll be ready for them, he did say the Digimon there were tough after all." Yang said with a frown.
"We'll keep you safe! We'll do our best and try to evolve even further so that you won't have to worry." Biyomon said in determination.
"Thanks everyone," Ruby said with a smile to all the Digimon.
However, before they could speak of it any further, they heard the sound of something breaking, and running to the source, they found that a part of the pathway had been destroyed.
"Anybody else not liking the look of this?" Gomamon asked, a grimace on his face.
"I think we all share the sentiment," Jaune sighed. It honestly wasn't a surprise to any of them at this point. However, when they looked to the other side, they noticed a figure walking towards them. A large humanoid lion-like Digimon.
"Oh hey, it's Leomon." Patamon realised with a smile.
"So cool! We finally get to meet him in person!" Palmon cheered.
"So, is he some kind of celebrity or something?" Nora asked with a raised eyebrow.
"He's the greatest hero on File Island is what he is!" Salamon said with a grin.
"That sounds nice… but have you considered the Black Gear issue?" Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.
The Digimon all paused at that, staring more closely at Leomon to see his posture was more hostile than anything "Oh… right." all of them said together.
As if to confirm that… "Chosen Children...Destroy…" he said.
"Oooh, brainwashed sounding voice. NEVER a good sign," Pierce sighed. It was really telling how bad things were that they'd gotten used to attempts on their lives by now.
"Wait, did he say Chosen Children?" Ren pointed out in slight confusion.
"As much as I'd love to figure out what that's supposed to mean, I think we should run for now." Gyro said, the others agreeing before they all turned and ran down one of the many paths of the mountain. Though it was true they were aiming for the top of the mountain, it would be no good if they fought unnecessarily before the real enemy. However, they didn't get far before they were met with another problem.
"Welcome, Chosen Children!" came a new voice as they were met with a green skinned ogre-like Digimon wielding a spiked club and a face only a mother could love.
"And this would be?" Pyrrha asked in a bit of annoyance.
"That's Ogremon, Leomon's rival, he's kind of a jerk." Gabumon answered, sharing the same sentiment as his partner.
"And of course, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place." Gyro said as he had turned behind, and saw Leomon had easily caught up to them.
"Guess we have no choice. We gotta fight them," Agumon frowned.
"Don't push yourselves too much," Ruby whispered.
"She's right. These guys aren't our real target. If needs be, we can run and try again another time," Jaune said as well.
"Right," the Digimon nodded. Any further discussion was cut short, when the two Digimon lunged for the group. At that moment, 9 Digivices glowed brightly.
(Play Brave Heart)
"Agumon, Evolution! Greymon!"
"Gabumon, Evolution! Garurumon!"
"Palmon, Evolution! Togemon!"
"Salamon, Evolution! Gatomon!"
"Wormmon, Evolution! Stingmon!"
Leomon who had been in mid lunge with his sword drawn was forced back as his sword collided with one of Greymon's horns. The brainwashed Digimon growled, leveling his sword at them, not even once backing down even when faced with 5 Adult Level Digimon.
Likewise, on the other side of the path, Ogremon was also in mid lunge with 4 Child Level Digimon in his way, until…
"Biyomon, Evolution! Birdramon!"
"Tentomon, Evolution! Kabuterimon!"
"Gomamon, Evolution! Ikkakumon!"
"Veemon, Evolution! Veedramon!"
Ogremon was knocked back when he collided against Ikkakumon's horn, causing him to hit the ground with a pained groan, but quickly got back on his feet. Up on a higher part of the mountain, overlooking the fight, Devimon watched the combatants, a slight frown on his face. "So 9 of them have gained the ability to evolve," he mused, before his eyes went to Patamon. "I'll have to deal with the last one before he does, it would be far too dangerous."
Back with the fight, things were going...very well for the partner Digimon. No matter how powerful their opponents were, the fact remained, they were all of the same level, and THEY had the number advantage, as they quickly put the two opposing Digimon on the defensive with a coordinated barrage of attacks, pinning both down or forcing them to dodge. Leomon was forced to block fireballs and needles, pushing him back, before Gatomon and Stingmon took advantage of this and landed a double kick on his chest, knocking him back. At the same time, Ogremon was...almost comically avoiding a rain of Harpoon Vulcans and Meteor Wings, and with Kabuterimon and Veedramon just waiting for an opening, needless to say he wasn't going to be making any progress anytime soon.
However, before any significant blows could be struck...a portion of the mountain suddenly exploded, sending a small avalanche of rocks headed right for the group.
(Song end)
Thankfully, the Digimon were quick to react.
"Fox Fire!"
"Mega Blaster!"
"Mega Flame!"
"V-Breath Arrow!"
The four attacks all collided with the rocks, destroying them into nothing but sand that pelted the group.
They had to cover their eyes from the debris, before looking around when they found that the ledge had suddenly become quiet.
"Their gone." Pierce said in surprise.
"Did they fall?" Veedramon wondered as he looked over the edge, before he and all the other Digimon reverted back to their Child forms.
"Doubt it. That was way too convenient. The rockslide happening when they were clearly losing," Yang frowned.
"So they must have someone else helping them," Ren nodded.
"Or someone is pulling their strings. Someone like say...whoever is making the Black Gears," Gyro said, eyeing the top of the mountain suspiciously.
"In any case, we should probably retreat for now, we'll need a plan of attack before trying this again." Ruby pointed out.
"Hopefully we can find our weapons before trying again." Weiss agreed with a sigh.
"Let's start by getting down the mountain. There's another path this way," Nora said, as even she could tell how serious this was.
As the group made their escape, Devimon watched from his vantage point with a frown. "They are stronger than expected. Then again, I suppose it was my mistake thinking those two could win against them when they're all together," he mused. "No matter, now that they've tired themselves out a little, there will be many more chances to destroy them."
"I wonder what Leomon meant by Chosen Children?" Ren said as the group had gotten down from the mountain and were currently walking through the surrounding forest.
"I swear, if this is some kind of prophecy thing…" Pierce grumbled, a bit annoyed at the thought.
"Yeah, I mean, it would certainly be cool if we were destined to come here, but it would also be pretty annoying in a way." Gyro said with a sigh.
"Doubly so if that basically means we've had bull's-eyes on our backs the whole time," Jaune sighed. "Though, it was pretty cool how some of the Digimon evolved twice in a single day. They used to only be able to do it once."
"Yeah, it wasn't easy, but we managed," Veemon nodded.
"Guess that means we've gotten stronger," Gomamon said.
"That makes sense. I mean, they HAVE been fighting a lot since we came here," Blake nodded, seeing the logic.
"At any rate, we'd better be even more careful from now on," Pyrrha cautioned. "If we ARE part of some prophecy, there's always someone aiming to prevent it...and if movies are anything to go by, they'll aim to do it by removing us from the equation."
"I thought Blake was the morbid one?" Yang said in a half joking tone.
"I'd rather call it...genre savvy," Pyrrha chuckled at the light joke. But then she frowned as she looked towards the Digimon, all of them looking rather worn out. "But more importantly, we should find a place to rest. Everyone looks like they'd need it."
"You don't have to do anything special for us." Tentomon tried to wave off any concerns.
"Nonsense, we'll try to find a nice place for the night, it's starting to get late anyway." and Weiss was having none of it.
"Well, don't look now, but I think we just did." Ruby pointed, and everyone looked past the trees, seeing a mansion within a clearing.
"Well… that's pretty convenient." Jaune said with a blink.
"A little too convenient though." Gyro said, before pulling out his map "And I'm pretty sure I didn't see this place from up top."
"Maybe you just missed it, or thought it was some trees, I mean, the roof is green." Pierce said with a shrug as he indicated the roof.
"...possibly," Gyro sighed.
"But Gyro's right though," Ren said. "It IS kinda too convenient."
"Then let's keep our guards up," Yang nodded.
"So… sleep with our clothes on then." Nora summed up.
"Basically." Blake shrugged.
With that said, the group went into the mansion, looking around warily in case of any traps within, so far the only thing of note was the painting of an angel hanging on the wall.
"This place looks deserted." Jaune said as he looked around.
"Maybe it is? I have to admit, I've never heard of this place before, so maybe there isn't a Digimon here." Gomamon said with a shrug.
"The painting is rather beautiful though." Weiss commented as she went up and observed it.
"You know, it's got me curious, are there any angel like Digimon out there?" Gyro asked curiously.
"What's an angel?" Patamon asked.
"A holy being said to watch over people from heaven." Blake answered.
"Oh… maybe." Patamon shrugged, not too sure of the answer.
"Well...do you think that means this place is safe then?" Nora asked. "I mean, aren't angels supposed to be protection from evil and all that?"
"Normally yes, but see...not ALL angels are like that," Gyro frowned. "Still…"
However, before he could say anything else, he was interrupted when Gabumon suddenly spoke up. "Hey, I smell food! In fact...it smells like a feast!"
"Hey, I smell it too!" Agumon grinned.
"Smells really good too!" Wormmon added, and before any of the huntsmen could say anything, the Digimon had already ran to the source of the smell.
Pierce could feel his eyebrow twitch "We're going to have to teach them some self-restraint, aren't we?"
"I believe we are." Pyrrha answered with a sigh as they followed after the Digimon.
When they came to the room their partners were in, they found the Digimon sitting before a banquet table...with a full spread of various foods before them...to which the Digimon were already eating their fill.
"Self-restraint lessons...pronto…" the hunters (save Nora) all muttered at the sight of their partners eating from food they didn't even know where it came from.
"This stuff is really good!" Agumon said through a mouthful.
"You should have some!" Veemon said as he held up a chicken leg before biting into it.
The hunters all looked between each other at that, honestly unsure, as this seemed too good to be true. Eventually though, the smells got to them, as well as the sight of the Digimon eating the admittedly good food, and figured if the Digimon were eating it so much and nothing was happening...it should be okay to eat.
"...well...okay, I guess I could eat," Pierce sighed.
"Same here," Jaune admitted as he took a seat.
"Let's dig in!" Nora cheered and took a bit out of some roasted meat. "It's good!"
The rest soon followed and all of them found the food to be...delicious. Dare say, it might have been the most delicious thing they'd ever tasted, and despite themselves, they all soon polished up the entire spread.
"I'll admit, this is a pretty sweet deal we got here," Yang admitted after polishing off her last plate.
"But still...it's really suspicious that we found this mansion, then all this food is just sitting here waiting for us like this…" Blake frowned.
"But it wasn't poisoned or anything, and it tasted great," Ren mused.
"Yes...it's really hard to tell if this is a trap or if we're just that fortunate," Weiss agreed. Even if she had enjoyed the meal, this felt too...convenient.
"Well, now that we're full, let's take a look around, but be careful, we don't know what could be hiding in here." Gyro said, everyone nodding in agreement as they started exploring the mansion, trying to get a feel for it. So far it seemed...normal...save for the lack of life in it. They even found a good sized bedroom with enough beds for all of them, and a bathroom that had fully working toilets not far from said room.
"Okay...so far this place SEEMS normal," Ruby frowned. Honestly, for some reason all she was finding was only making her even MORE suspicious. An empty mansion in the middle of the woods, but nobody is here? Yet there was a full spread of food...even she knew that was WAY too good to be true, but at the same time, they just COULDN'T seem to find ANYTHING that implied there was foul play at work.
"Even though a bath would be great, I think we can go without it, we had one yesterday after all, so we're still good for now." Gyro said, and even though that meant they would have to endure the smell of sweat, it was tolerable, and much more safe than being literally caught with their pants down.
"In that case, I suggest we do a perimeter check. Assuming this is real, all this and nobody living in it? I find it hard to believe," Pyrrha suggested. "There might be something else living nearby."
"Good point, if I were a local Digimon, I'd DEFINITELY wanna live here," Nora nodded in agreement.
"I'll do it," Ren volunteered.
"Not alone you're not. I'm coming along," Jaune said, earning a nod from Ren.
"Holler if anything happens. We'll come running," Yang said.
"Speaking of which...has anyone seen the Digimon? I haven't seen them since we split up to explore the mansion," Blake commented. As if to answer her question, one of the doors opened, and out came Patamon and Salamon...on a work chair with wheels, the two mon looking like they were having a ton of fun right now. "...guess that answers that question."
Turns out the Digimon had ended up finding a study and a living room that while cozy, also had a window looking to the outside, showing that night was falling. It didn't take long for Ren and Jaune to return, reporting no hostile Digimon in the area...in fact, they didn't find ANY Digimon...and that honestly worried them more. However, they didn't say a word of this to their partners, who seemed to obliviously be enjoying the mansion and its luxuries. Eventually, night fell and the 20 of them were gathered in the bedroom, each of them sharing a bed with their partners.
Once they were in there...Gyro immediately locked the door, while Weiss drew the curtains, but not before making sure there was nobody outside.
"So...I think we can all agree this is bull shit, right?" Pierce said bluntly.
"Swear!" Ruby shouted, apparently on reflex as she then quickly put her hands over her mouth "Sorry. Force of habit."
"Yeah, you can blame our uncle for swearing so much she calls someone out on it each time." Yang said dryly.
"What's an uncle?" Biyomon asked.
"It's a family member." Yang gave her the short answer, earning a nod from her partner.
"We're getting off topic," Jaune sighed. "I think we can all agree this mansion just screams 'trap', right?"
"What are you talking about? This place is great," Gomamon said. "I mean, the food is good, there's lots of fun stuff, and comfy beds too."
"Right...funny how there's such a convenient mansion...but literally nobody else," Blake pointed out.
"She's right. Jaune and I scouted the area earlier...and there are literally no Digimon living nearby here. You would think a mansion this nice would attract some of the local Digimon to live in it, but there's absolutely none," Ren agreed.
"That DOES sound rather odd." Wormmon hummed in thought.
"Now that you mention it, it's kind of weird how we couldn't smell anything before coming in here." Agumon realised.
"My roots do feel kind of odd on the floor now that I think about it." Palmon frowned in thought.
"But...if this place IS a trap...what do we do?" Patamon asked.
"At this point? Sleep with one eye open if you have to," Gyro sighed. "It'd be nice if we're just being paranoid and it turns out this place is legit...but it's just too perfect to be what it looks like. I've seen this in movies enough times to know how it works. Whoever set this up is waiting for us to be in a false sense of security, and right when we least expect it…" Gyro punctuated the rest by moving a finger across his neck.
"Should we even actually sleep then?" Veemon asked with a slightly nervous look.
"We should, because if we just stay awake all night we'll be too tired in the morning to do anything." Pyrrha said simply.
"But just in case…" Weiss frowned. "Everyone should have their scrolls with them. If ANYONE sees or finds anything suspicious, send a mass call."
"And obviously, we're sleeping with our clothes and armor on like usual, even if they have bathrobes in the closets." Gyro pointed out, everyone nodding in agreement before they all turned in, but slept lightly.
At first things seemed peaceful...until Gyro was woken up by Agumon.
"Considering how much you all ate, I'm surprised you're the only one who needs to go," Gyro chuckled as he walked his partner to the bathroom, though he had his scroll at the ready. As they walked to the bathroom, the painting of the angel on the first floor rippled, before going dark, as Devimon emerged.
"Hm...they're more cautious than I thought. No matter, they've still fallen for my trap," he said calmly with a slight smirk, knowing things were already in place.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Gyro was leaning against one of the sinks while Agumon was sitting in one of the stalls.
"You sure you need to go buddy?" Gyro couldn't help but ask as he listened to Agumon groan and try to… well, it doesn't need to be said.
"It's really weird, I ate so much, but nothing wants to happen." and then his groaning was cut off as Agumon started farting… a lot "Well, except for that."
"I can hear," Gyro chuckled, idly using his semblance to keep the gas away from him.
After a moment, Agumon sighed as he walked out of the stall "So we-" and he was quickly cut off as the stall next to his burst open.
"Dear lord you stink!" Ogremon shouted as he pointed at Agumon.
"...exactly how long WERE you in that stall?" Gyro said. "Cause I have to admit, of all the ways I was expecting to run into you or Leomon again...this was actually not one of them."
"Uh… well about an hour or so I guess." Ogremon answered plainly.
"Huh. You're surprisingly patient. Almost makes me feel bad for this next one," Gyro chuckled. "Science question: Ever heard of methane?"
"Meta-wha?" Ogremon blinked.
"It's the stuff that's in farts. And its flammable," Gyro said, before directing the wind he was controlling at Ogremon. "Light'im up!"
"Baby Flame!" Agumon quickly complied as he shot a fireball at Ogremon, and as soon as it made contact with the gas, well…
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! IT BURNS!" Ogremon shouted as he was rather easily set on fire… and the flame probably wasn't the only thing burning him.
Gyro and Agumon couldn't suppress the small bout of laughter as they ran out of the bathroom, while Gyro quickly hit the call button on his scroll as they ran. Good thing too, as they didn't get far before they were met with the imposing figure of Leomon. "Chosen Children...destroy…" Leomon said as he advanced towards them.
"You really need a dictionnary… well that or an exorcism." Gyro said, before looking over Leomon's shoulder "Also maybe you should be sure no one is following you."
Unsurprisingly, Leomon didn't pay his words any mind, clearly intending on doing exactly as he keeps threatening to do...only to stop as he promptly felt something hit the back of his head. Hard. And shatter like glass, the large Digimon soon slumping over and falling flat on his face, the broke remains of a vase around him.
"And that's why you should listen when Gyro gives you advice," Pierce chuckled as he and the other hunters and Digimon stepped around Leomon and regrouped with Gyro.
"Guess this place really was a trap," Veemon frowned.
"But if these two were clearly the puppets...who's the puppeteer?" Weiss frowned.
"I must admit...you all exceeded my expectations. I can see why it has been so hard to eliminate all of you," came a new voice, causing all of them to turn to the source, and when they did, all the Digimon froze in fear.
"...okay, you have GOT to be the most obvious bad guy I've ever seen," Gyro couldn't help but say as they beheld the devil-like creature standing on the opposite end of the mansion.
"And you're the biggest nuisances I've had the displeasure of meeting." Devimon said, a clear frown of annoyance on his face.
"We'll take that as a compliment." Yang shot back.
Devimon's frown became more of a snarl "This farce has gone on long enough." he sneered, before snapping his fingers, the mansion shattering away and revealing it had been nothing but an illusion, now nothing more then ruins.
And as the illusion ended, the Digimon suddenly fell down.
"Guys?" Ruby said in worry as she checked on Palmon.
"So hungry… it's like we didn't eat anything all day." Palmon said with a groan.
"But you guys...son of a bitch!" Pierce's eyes widened in realization. "The food was an illusion too, wasn't it? That...okay, I gotta admit that's honestly pretty impressive considering how real it felt," he admitted begrudgingly.
"Why thank you. I had crafted this illusion just for all of you. You did well to not be taken in so easily," Devimon smirked. "But the time for games is over. Now begone!" with a wave of his hand, all of them save Gyro were blown away, and landed on their beds which had suddenly begun floating, and suddenly they were forced to hang on for dear life as the beds flew around the air over the mansion.
Gyro felt a bit of confusion as he saw his friends all flying around on beds, looking back at the devil like Digimon "I'm not gonna like the answer, but why wasn't I sent on a magical bed ride?"
Devimon's smirk became, well, devilish "Because I had something special planned for the leader."
At that moment, Gyro's instincts screamed at him, and he ducked, Leomon's sword passing right over his head and cutting off a few strands of hair. Rolling out of the way, he looked up at the brainwashed Digimon and chuckled nervously. "I'd like to ride the bed of death now…" he managed to say before rolling out of the way of another sword strike. Too bad he wasn't looking where he was rolling, as he rolled right off an edge, causing him to fall to the first floor.
"Gyro!" Agumon said in alarm, and despite the utter exhaustion he was feeling, managed to jump down after his partner. "Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine. Gotta love Aura, huh?" Gyro reassured as he got to his feet...then Leomon jumped down after them. "Though I get the feeling he's about to make sure we're both not fine for much longer."
"I really wish I had more energy to evolve." Agumon frowned as he stepped away from the mind controlled hero.
"Yeah, well, not much time to eat." Gyro answered, before his foot brushed up against a pile of rubble, loosening it just enough for a few stones to move as he glanced at it… and grinned.
Just as Leomon brought his sword down, it was blocked by a pair of curved blades.
"Back in action!" Gyro grinned as he used Ascalon to hold off Leomon's sword.
Although… his grin twitched a bit as he took a moment to look at his weapons, seeing that it was damaged in a few areas, specifically the ones that would allow it to enter its multiple modes. "Okay, not the best...but I can still kick your butt with this," he grimaced slightly, before turning to Agumon. "Agumon, stand back. I got this now," he said with a confident grin.
(Play This Will Be The Day)
Gyro shifted the weight a little, and disengaged his swords, allowing Leomon's sword to hit the ground, while he used the momentum to roll out of the way, but immediately he began his counter attack. Using his semblance, he darted forward carried by the wind, and swung his swords at Leomon, the Digimon blocking with his sword, but Gyro didn't lose any momentum, and flipped over him, and managed to land a strike to his back, causing him to growl in pain and stumble forward, though it seemed the attack was unable to do much damage. Leomon growled as he tried to strike again, but Gyro proved to be much more nimble than he was, especially using his semblance to help on that area, while regaining his weapons meant he could now fight in the way he'd been training for for the last few years.
"Woah…" Agumon breathed in awe "Gyro's so cool!" he gushed, honestly impressed with how well his best friend was doing.
Back with the fight, Gyro was able to more than keep up with Leomon...the only problem was he didn't seem to be doing nearly as much damage as he wanted as things were, and Leomon was hardly slowing down. "As much as I'd like to do this all night, I got friends to save," Gyro smirked as he landed a strong kick to Leomon's face. "So do both of us a favor and stay down!"
Leomon growled, before his fist glowed. "Fist of the Beast King!" he roared as he fired the attack, but Gyro shot into the air using his semblance, and soon came down, swords at the ready.
"Good night!" he smirked as he brought the sword down, Leomon block it, but the force still generated a small shockwave. At that moment, as if in response to his determination, his Digivice began to glow, but instead of Agumon evolving, the light of the Digivice illuminated Leomon, the lion suddenly reeling, backing away. Realizing the light was doing that, Gyro disengaged, and grabbed his Digivice, before pointing it right at Leomon, the intensity growing and right before Gyro and Agumon's eyes, a black phantom of some kind was pushed out of Leomon, before burning away in the light.
(Song end)
Leomon groaned slightly, but when he opened his eyes, they were no longer blank, and now had actual life in them. "The evil has vanished," he said in realization.
"Huh, guess that's another thing we didn't know these things could do," Gyro blinked as he looked at his Digivice.
At the same time, Devimon saw the whole thing and frowned. "This is bad," he growled, before willing the beds that by now had gotten high enough to start falling, intending to kill all the remaining hunters and their Digimon. However, Leomon acted quickly.
"Fist of the Beast King!" he called out, forcing Devimon to dodge, breaking his concentration, and accidentally sending the beds flying into multiple directions. "Devimon, your evil ends here!" Leomon declared.
Devimon glared at them...before it turned into a smirk. "Do you really think that? No, this is just the beginning. For as we speak, my Black Gears have already taken over File Island!" he declared, and on cue, a violent tremor shook the island, and before the eyes of the hunters and Digimon on the beds, the island cracked, and actually broke apart into various sections, revealing countless Black Gears hidden in the ground itself.
"You have GOT to be kidding…!" Gyro couldn't help but say at the sight of the island literally splitting apart.
Devimon laughed "This island is only the beginning! Soon, the whole Digital World will be beneath my heel!"
"Not happening!" Gyro growled.
"Yeah, we won't let you do as you please!" Agumon agreed as both stepped forward...only for Leomon to stop them.
"No, you must find your comrades first," he said.
"But…!" Gyro started, only for Ogremon to suddenly come out of seemingly nowhere, and attempt to strike them, if Leomon hadn't stopped him and pushed him away.
"The Chosen Children MUST be united to end the nightmare. Go!" Leomon roared as he used his sword to sever a section of the ground, dropping it and Gyro and Agumon to the ocean, leaving it to drift away on another section of land. "You all are this world's only hope!"
Gyro let out a grunt as he fell on his back, quickly getting back up as he saw Leomon fight against Ogremon, Devimon still present "Dammit! It's two against one for him!"
"What can we do?" Agumon asked with a frown.
Gyro grit his teeth, his grip tightening on his blades, he hated feeling so utterly useless! Especially when things finally started to turn in their favor! "LEOMON!"
The last thing they heard before the section of land they'd been on was out of sight was Leomon roaring in pain...
And done!
Yeahp, Gyro has Ascalon back now, but it's been damaged enough that all he can use is the twin blades mode.
Don't worry, it's going to get fixed... eventually.
But, yeah, things went a bit different here than they originally did, just a bit though, as Devimon made the mansion TOO convenient, setting off red flags to the group.
Even so, he's still a cunning opponent.
Also, I'm sure you're all curious as to just how Gyro could hold his own against Leomon.
Well, that's just it, he was just holding it, there was no way he was going to win on his own.
Anyway, for now...
The Adventure Evolves.