Welcome back to Digital Story!
Now, Season 2 isn't starting JUST yet.
It's why there's no intro in this chapter.
Think of this as the Prologue to Season 2.
Anyway, we hope you'll enjoy this small chapter!
Troubled Waters, Uncertain Skies
The voyage towards Menagerie was a relatively slow one, not because the ship they were using was slow, but because they were purposely taking a bit more...round about...way. The less they used more mainstream paths, the less likely they were of being noticed. "Gotta say...being basically a fugitive sucks," Pierce sighed as he was looking over the railing to the ocean below, several of the rainbow colored fish that Gomamon summoned popping out every now and then. These were their warning signs in the event any Grimm were approaching.
"Technically we're not officially anything," Weiss mused, looking through her Scroll. "There's nothing beyond normal news regarding the Diablomon incident...though views on Digimon DID take a bit of a hit since one Digimon nearly caused a LOT of damage. Fortunately the fact we stopped it managed to balance things out a little," she sighed. "Other than that, it seems Atlas has finally unveiled its prototype Digital Gate. So far it's still just in the prototype phase, but the news says they've been able to send AKs into the portals with them coming back with recordings. You can even see them here," she added, showing one such recording of several baby Digimon playing in a field, while a Digimon that looked like a swan was watching over them.
"Huh, that's surprising… how many you willing to bet ended up falling into the ocean or some volcano though?" Veemon asked with a grin.
"Probably a lot honestly." Tentomon chuckled.
"They DID say some AKs were terminated, so it's likely the drop is random." Weiss admitted with a smirk.
"Well, guess they're not about to be actively going into the Digital World anytime soon then," Pierce chuckled. "Speaking of active, who's turn is it next?"
"I think you said it would be Blake and Patamon next," came Velvet's voice as she walked up to them. "Though...I still find it an odd image that you all say you need therapy. Of course...with how Meicoomon admits she and Dobermon weren't around for most of what happened...I'm guessing it was really that bad…"
"Considering we purposely sprang a trap just so we could beat up the guy setting the trap for catharsis...yeah, we decided we needed to get some professional help," Jaune sighed from nearby. "Never mind the part we've basically accepted murder as the best option to fix issues these days...yeah…"
"Not helping that things Digimon do actually wear off when you kill the one causing it," Gomamon added.
"Ah...yeah...I can see the problem there…" Velvet nodded, looking decidedly uncomfortable.
A few moments after she said that, Gyro and Agumon walked up from below deck "I honestly feel a lot better now." Gyro said, his shoulders sagging.
"Same here, feels good to just talk about everything and have someone help you make sense of the confusing bits." Agumon added.
"Thank Oum for Gennai am I right?" Gomamon told them with a laugh when they got close.
"Yep," both of them nodded.
"I'm just glad we're finally addressing the problem," Blake sighed as she and Patamon soon went below deck, to the room where Gennai was waiting via a screen to be their therapist, since they literally couldn't talk to anyone else without spilling the secret.
"Speaking of problems, how's Neptune doing?" Weiss mused.
"I asked Sun earlier. He says not much change, but at least Neptune is moving around more," Ruby said.
"That's something at least, and its way better than what Neptune in the webshow was like," Gyro said, chuckling a little at the last bit. It WAS pretty funny when used for humor.
"Though at the course we're taking, how far before we reach Menagerie?" Veemon asked.
"Klein said with the current course, we should reach Menagerie in a week or so," Weiss answered.
"So...in the 'original story', what happened?" Coco's voice said as the girl came up to them. "We're headed to Menagerie cause its a bit off the normal grid, but you said there was something else too."
"Well...since we have time, I guess now is a good time as any to give you a recap of things to come. Call everyone else, they should hear this too," Gyro said.
It wasn't long before everyone (including Blake and Patamon who put their session on hold cause this was important, as well as Klein who'd put the ship on auto pilot for now, and Gennai who was present via a screen) was gathered on the deck, with Gyro and Pierce once again prepping their scrolls and unlocking the classified info to share. "We've gotten past the Battle of Beacon with an end result WAY better than what it 'should' have been, so lots of this info may or may not be accurate anymore, but since most of these events happened outside of Vale...it shouldn't make a major change," Pierce said as they prepared to start telling.
"So, first things first, the events of Volume 4 were presented from 4 different viewpoints, Ruby in Anima, Yang in Patch, Blake in Menagerie, and Weiss in Atlas. Volume 4 ended with Ruby and the remnants of team JNPR reaching Mistral, Yang setting out for Anima, Blake still in Menagerie, and Weiss sneaking out of Atlas." Gyro started.
"And before anyone asks, yes, shit happened which ended with Team RWBY split up by the end of Volume 3, which we've handily avoided," Pierce sighed. "Between a mix of emotional drain, depression, obstructive parents, and wanting to find out some reason to all the insanity, all four of you were on separate paths at the time."
"Yeah...thanks for helping us avoid that," Yang smiled a bit, though she still couldn't help but touch her arm, remembering how she was supposed to lose it in the 'original timeline', to which she suppressed a shudder.
"I'm guessing the reason we're going to Menagerie has to do with why Blake was there, right?" Coco asked.
"Yeah, when she went there, it was originally just to go home and clear her head, but Sun followed her there." Gyro said, making said monkey faunus whistle innocently when several turned to him "Anyway, she met her parents after being away for a while. We also get introduced to the two that Ilia dreams of strangling every night."
"Am I that obvious?" Ilia asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You tend to strangle your pillow in your sleep." Blake informed her girlfriend helpfully.
"You also grin sometimes when doing it." Kotemon added, making the chameleon faunus's freckles turn pink in embarassment.
"Don't sweat it, we'll let you get first dibs if they try anything funny," Pierce chuckled a bit.
"Ooookay, yeah you guys probably still need a few more sessions," Yatsuhashi sweat dropped. "Though...how bad are we talking here?"
"They're perfectly okay keeping Ghira in the dark of what the White Fang is devolving to, since they were secretly part of Adam's growing faction of WF members who think going to war with humanity is a good idea," Pierce said dryly.
"...please tell me they didn't get away with it," Blake growled.
"One of them died in the fire of your home and the other was arrested… can't remember which is which though since it's been a while last we watched." Gyro admitted.
"So they didn't get away with it. Not sure what to feel about the died in a fire part, and more than a little disturbed that it was my home, but at least there's that," Blake sighed.
"As for Ruby and Team JNPR...or team RNJR as they're called during their travels cause well...you know…" Pierce sighed, everyone in the know looking understandably uncomfortable, and everyone who didn't know the full details could read the atmosphere and realized better not to ask. "ANYway, they went through several shenanigans, but the biggest highlights I'd say were encountering one of Salem's followers, a deranged Scorpion Faunus named Tyrian, and running into Ren's old village...and avenging it."
Ren perked up at that "I finally killed that thing then?" he said, blinking a few times, before letting out a sigh "Good to know."
"That Grimm was Scary with a capital S!" Nora added.
"Yeah...it really was especially before it was properly shown," Pierce nodded. "Though for all the hype, it was beaten by the four members of RNJR so...yeah. Don't really know what to say about that considering its apparently destroyed entire towns, or at least played a key role in that."
"...hate to say it but I can see what they mean," Wormmon sweat dropped. How does a monster responsible for destroying entire towns lose to four teenagers?
"...so anything else?" Jaune asked, wanting to break the awkward moment.
"Well, there's the part where Qrow gets poisoned by Tyrian, but we're aiming to avoid that," Pierce mused.
"Well jeez, I hope we are, that's my uncle we're talking about." Ruby said.
"Speaking of Uncle Qrow, think he's found Oscar yet?" Yang wondered.
A knock resounded on a large barn door, which, after about a minute of hushed conversation on the other side of it, slowly opened to reveal a certain farmboy with a D-Core clipped to his suspenders, and Huckmon who peaked out from over his shoulder, the two looking up at Qrow who had an amused look on his face.
"So, kid… I got a weird question for you… do you have an old man talking to you in your head?" Qrow asked with a knowing look.
Oscar stared at him for a good moment, before muttering "Don't rush me." to someone "He's wondering how you found us so fast."
Qrow sighed, though it was in relief "Oh man am I glad to see you're actually there Oz. So, the how… that's a crazy story, and you'll want to sit down, trust me, it's gonna floor you."
"It can't be that bad." Huckmon said as they let Qrow into the barn.
Several minutes later….
"Hah! Summer owes me 50 Lien," Qrow smirked when he saw Oscar, with Ozpin in control, looking like he was trying to catch flies with his mouth. "But yeah, that's basically how I felt when I found out we'd been played by a bunch of teenagers, and that some of them know a version of the future that would have happened if they didn't step in."
It took a moment, but Ozpin's mind eventually rebooted and he straightened himself out. "Well...I must admit that it is...very surprising…" he said, trying to regain a more composed look. "Though...I always DID find it strange at how prepared Azure seemed to be...not to mention how his and his siblings' profiles seemed odd somehow."
"Yeah, in retrospect, they always WERE off, but, hey, can't say I blame them too much if they did this to save the world. I think we have one hell of a fighting chance against Salem now." Qrow said with a confident smile.
Ozpin was deep in thought at that, before looking up at Qrow, nodding slowly "I believe… you may be right old friend. Even more so with the incredible potential Digimon show." he added as he looked at Huckmon.
"Well, these kids are the Chosen Children apparently, so they have even more potential, I'm pretty sure they even made the white knight that we saw on the scroll a little while back." Huckmon added.
"And the information they have...even if incomplete, is a great help," Ozpin nodded, before frowning. "But still...what happened to Leo to make him betray us…?"
"From what the twins told me, basically he's doing it to survive. I get the sentiment, but the twins had a point when they called him being a coward, from the angle where he's okay with destroying hope for a change just so he can live a bit longer...and that is also tied to how long he's useful," Qrow frowned.
"Something we will no doubt have to deal with," Ozpin sighed, before Oscar took control.
"I...I don't FULLY understand, but I get that this is really important, like...fate of the world important. I'd...like to help," he said.
"And where Oscar goes, I go," Huckmon said with a smile.
"Well then, glad to have you all on board," Qrow smirked a bit, before tossing him the handle to Ozpin's cane, Oscar catching it, and with Ozpin telling him how it worked, extended it outwards, looking it over, before nodding to Qrow.
With that, they set out, to go and reunite with the others, hopefully sooner rather than later.
"Meh, probably." Biyomon shrugged.
"Okay, so we covered 'Volume 4'. What happens next?" Fox asked.
"Well, the next is the last Volume we have knowledge of," Pierce said. "Volume 5."
"Lay it on us, can't be that bad." Palmon said.
"Well…" Gyro mused "I guess compared to the last ones, it DID have a bigger feeling of hope. Anyway, for starters, by the start of Volume 5, everyone was gearing up to reach Mistral, if not already there. But, we learned at the end of Volume 4 that the headmaster of Haven, Leonardo Lionheart, was a traitor, and sold everyone out to Salem."
"He WHAT?!" Sun jumped up, actually in rage "You never mentionned our headmaster was a fucking traitor!"
"We didn't? Sorry, we might have forgot what with the immediate things we were worried about," Pierce apologized. "But...yeah, as much as we'd LIKE to try to give him some credit...he's a traitor and a coward, honestly no nice way to put it. He sent Huntsmen...fathers, mothers, to their deaths, all cause he was too afraid to stand up to Salem. He'd much rather help her kill off possible resistance and with it more and more hope for a change just so he could live a bit longer. Sorry guys," he said, referring to the group from Haven who all looked like they wanted to choke someone, probably their (as far as they were concerned) FORMER Headmaster.
"That… that fucking bastard!" Scarlet roared, surprising most of them "My parents went on a mission as a request from him two years ago! They died! My older sister and I were fucking devastated, and it was all his fault?!"
"My father did as well, about four years ago." Sage said quietly "Mom went into shock when we heard he died on the mission… she passed away just a few months after because she just stopped."
"Jesus shit…" Tinkermon breathed quietly, before frowning as she went to hug Scarlet's shoulder, while Koemon simply climbed onto Sage's back and held him.
"Damn...sorry guys, we didn't know," Pierce sighed.
"Though...to be VERY fair, we don't actually know WHEN Lionheart turned traitor…" Gyro added. He wanted to at least make that bit clear.
"They were on routine missions that even a fresh graduate would have had no issues with," both of them said, before gaining a dead look and looking at each other. "But suddenly there were an abnormal number of Grimm," they said...in perfect synch. The circumstances were EXACTLY the same.
"...you both can have first dibs," Gyro and Pierce said with a tone dry and cold enough to be the Sahara Desert at night.
"So...anything else?" Velvet asked, looking decidedly uncomfortable, even if she fully understood the reason for it.
"Well...guess there's what happens with Yang and Weiss...though Weiss won't have most of the issues, seeing as they stem from her bastard of a dad," Pierce said.
"What happened originally?" Weiss asked with a sigh.
"Well, you managed to get out of Atlas by sneaking on board a transport ship that was carrying supplies, well, ok, you actually paid the pilot to let you come onboard without making it known, but close enough. Then you reached some floating islands of some sort, and you got attacked by a Lancer nest. You managed to take down the Queen Lancer at least, so good on that… but then your ship crashed and you got captured by the Branwen Tribe." Gyro explained, ending with a sigh.
"Of course…" Weiss sighed. "Even if something tells me we're not going to bother with the tribe beyond pointing Keenan at them so he can have justice for his family, what happened and what part do they play in all this?"
As she said that, said boy idly polished his boomerang...and cut a random rock he had in half. Yeah...he was looking forward to that.
"Well...Raven has a young woman named Vernal playing Spring Maiden, and yes, we're talking about the 4 maidens who are real, and their powers are currently in the middle of a stupid power struggle, but basically the REAL Spring Maiden is Yang's mom, but she's having a body double ready," Pierce said for the ones who weren't already in the know. "Cinder comes calling and basically coerces them to help her get the Relic of Knowledge, an item apparently left by the gods with one of each hidden inside the four Huntsmen Academies. Basically the Relic in Haven needs to be unlocked by the Spring Maiden, which is why she came calling. At any rate, for all of Raven's talk of survival of the fittest, she actually loses more points than Leo, since he at least fully GETS he's a coward who's killing other people just so he can live. Raven calls it 'doing what is necessary to survive'," Pierce said darkly.
"...you sure you don't know where the camp is so we can tear them apart?" Yang snarled. The more she learned of what her mother had left her and her father for, the more she was honestly GLAD she was never raised by that woman. If anything, since she was so willing to justify everything for the survival of herself and a band of thieves, then she thought it was high time karma came biting her in the ass.
"Anyway, ignoring the worst mother ever for a bit." Gyro started "Yang ended up finding her after beating up one of her bandits, and then she found Weiss caged up… for like a second before she busted herself out with her Arma Gigas summon."
"Which we'll be avoiding," Tentomon said with a nod. "Though since Yang WOULD have met her mom, I'm guessing something happened."
"Well, Raven said a lot of stuff, but it boiled down to 'Don't trust Ozpin' which whe would instead put as 'Don't trust everything he says'. Ozpin is a good man, that much we're sure of, but we're sure he's said some lies from time to time." Gyro added.
"And to be fair, what leader hasn't had to tell a few lies here and there. Honesty IS necessary, but too much of it can bring its own problems too," Pierce sighed. "Don't ask us if we think he's got a good balance or not though. Anyway, after that at Yang's request, Raven portaled her and Weiss all the way to Mistral...where Ruby and Co were," he continued. "Oh, and there was the bit of Yang and Weiss being disturbed about Raven being able to turn into a bird, and confronted Ozpin about it regarding his use of magic on the Branwen siblings but well…"
Yang and Weiss had flat expressions at that. "That's honestly normal compared to the crazy we have to deal with," they both said dryly.
"Yeah, that's what we thought too by now." Gyro said with a shrug "Anyway, after that was the reunion, Yang being emo about Blake having ran, Oscar got more training, Blake smacked some sense into Ilia, and then the Battle of Haven took place, much smaller than the Battle of Beacon mind you, it was touch and go for a bit, but you all actually won that one. Though Yang decided to, just once, return the favor to Raven for the save on the train, and let her leave after she opened the door to the vault, which means we got the Relic hidden down there, and last we saw of Cinder she was frozen and falling into a ravine below."
"And team RWBY was reunited, right?" Blake asked.
"Yes, and Adam showed the level of crazy suicidal, at all cost, type of person he is, and basically lost any and all respect he might have still had in the WF...assuming him killing Sienna didn't already kill most if not all of it." Pierce said.
"Wait, what?!" Blake and Illia said in alarm.
"Oh yeah, we almost forgot to mention that one." Gyro blinked "We'll want to make sure we get to the main headquarters of the Fang fast enough to stop that, I'm sure having humans save her will help Sienna see we aren't all bad."
"Well, is there anything you remember about the timing?" Ren asked with a hand on his chin.
"Uh… let's see…" Gyro muttered as he looked through his scroll "Ah, there we go, it happened during Episode 2 of Volume 5… right on her first appearance… it was just before Weiss's ship crashed."
"So we're going to need to handle that as soon as we reach Mistral then, straightforward enough." Jaune said with a sigh.
"That's assuming Adam even CAN start his coup this time around," Pierce snorted. "Between the critical hits to his sanity and physical body, I don't know how much of a viable leader he is anymore."
"He'll probably try anyway," Blake sighed. That was something else they had to worry about.
"Feels like everywhere we turn there's something that might make the world fall apart," Coco frowned after hearing all that.
"Yeah well...we get used to it," Agumon sighed. "Seriously, we're barely 2 years old if you want to be technical," he noted, realizing they literally only hatched a short time ago.
"That's...honestly pretty messed up when you think about it…" Nora couldn't help but say, a sentiment the rest shared when they realized that yes, the Chosens' Digimon HAD in fact hatched not THAT long ago.
"And...I think that's about everything important so far," Gyro mused.
"Wait, Lionheart. You never said what happened to him," Sun said.
"Oh right. Salem kills him after the plan falls apart and he tries to run away," Pierce said simply.
"Good to know he didn't get away in the end." Scarlet growled lowly.
A few more days passed after that, and with the current course, it wouldn't be long before they reached Menagerie. "So once we get to Menagerie, we lay low for a bit, scope out what's going on, and if possible, expose those two who are secretly working for Adam, right?" Sun double checked.
"Pretty much, yeah," Gyro nodded. "After that, we'll play it by ear. We'll make our way to Mistral, but from there...it all depends on what kind of effects our actions have had on history."
"About as good as we can get, I guess," Coronamon shrugged.
"Hey, Gyro?" Sage started, coming up.
"Yeah?"
"Did a ship being attacked by Grimm happen in the story?"
Gyro was silent for a moment, before he walked out onto the deck of the ship… and saw a Sea Feilong attacking a passenger ship not too far off the coast of Menagerie.
"Of course this still happens, part of me was hoping since Blake and Sun weren't on it would be avoided." Gyro sighed in aggravation "Alright, time to kill an annoying Grimm people!" he shouted loud enough for everyone on the ship to hear.
"I'll maintain a safe distance from the ship. If you need to retreat, please do so," Klein spoke up from the PA. "And do be careful."
"We should probably focus on using fliers," Weiss said as they got to the deck. "And we should have some people stay here to help defend the ship.
"Actually, I don't think we need even that," Sun mused, noting how focused the Sea Feilong was on the other ship. It didn't even seemed to notice they were here.
"Sun...what are you thinking?" Ilia frowned. She was afraid he was going to do something stupid.
"We got a clear shot for a quick kill," Sun said, pulling out his D-Ark. "Let's go, Coronamon!" at that the D-Ark glowed.
"Coronamon, Evolution! Firamon!"
Before anyone could stop him, he and his partner were already flying towards the other ship. "Fira Claw!" Firamon shouted, getting close to the Grimm that JUST noticed him...and cut its head off with his claws.
"Nothing to it," Sun and Firamon grinned as the headless Grimm fell into the water. However, just as it sank below the waves and the people started to cheer...several large tentacles burst out of the water, and wrapped around the ship, one grabbing the two who were still in mid-air. "What the heck?! They never said anything about...oh...damn butterfly…!" Sun gasped as he and Firamon struggled to get free.
"How nice of the universe to remind us it likes to cause us trouble here and there…" Pierce growled at what they'd seen, which only became worse when several more Sea Feilong started to appear, swimming around the waters, and attracted to the screams of panic from the other ship.
"The Sea Feilong aren't the source of those tentacles though." Weiss said with a narrowed eyes.
"Ok, what Mystery Grimm is this then?" Gyro asked.
Right as he said that, a large, black form emerged from the water, and… well…
"That… is a Kraken." Coco said, lowering her sunglasses to look at the large Grimm that sported a bulb shaped head and a maw with several razor sharp teeth near where it's tentacles were sprouting from.
"Okay...this just got a lot harder than it needed to be," Jaune groaned. "Alright Gomamon, looks like we'll have to use Vikemon…"
"No wait!" Ruby gasped. "If we use Ultimate here, we'll risk hitting the other ship!"
"That'd be bad. Guess we'll have to stick to Perfects then…" Ren frowned.
"But there's another problem," Yatsuhashi said. "A Kraken is a rare and powerful Grimm. Fighting it in the water would be very bad for us…"
"Then we'll have to use someone else who can fight in the water...which we only have one," Pyrrha frowned, realizing the problem.
"We do have someone else but…." Velvet trailed off, looking to the entrance to below deck where Neptune was still holed up.
"I'll get him," Betamon said, and quickly went below deck. A minute later, Neptune came out, looking a little shaky in the legs, but otherwise grimly determined.
"Before anyone asks, I'm still afraid...but I'm more afraid about my friend being Grimm chow!" Neptune said, holding up his D-Core, which began to glow.
"Betamon, Evolution! Seadramon!"
He wasn't the only one, as several other forms were going over or along the water. Altogether, the group consisted of Birdramon, Garurumon, Ikkakumon, Stingmon, Kabuterimon, and Waspmon, with Gatomon, Meicoomon, and Dobermon being carried along by the larger Digimon, with their partners coming along...though Neptune was with the flyers...and clearly doing his best to not look down at the water.
The Grimm were having a field day now that they both outnumbered and outgunned the ship, but their 'fun' was soon interrupted again when several attacks hit them, throwing them into slight disarray...though the Kraken continued to hold tight, making escape near impossible for anyone in its tentacles.
"This guy's pretty stubborn!" Yang frowned.
"Then we'll just have to make it hurt!" Birdramon said as she fired her Meteor Wings again, impacting several Sea Feilong, and raining fire on the Kraken, which roared in anger.
"Get off!" Stingmon and Gatomon shouted as they landed their attacks on its tentacles, drawing more pained shouts from it, while the Sea Feilongs were forced back into the water by several other assaults, Seadramon and Ikkakumon peppering the Kraken with their attacks, causing parts of it to freeze and get blasted. Eventually the pain was too much, and the Kraken let go of the ship which teetered unsteadily, to which several of the Digimon went to brace it, while some like Waspmon and Garurumon kept the Grimm at bay in case they tried to keep attacking.
While they'd managed to keep the Grimm away from the ship, Sun and Firamon were still caught in one of the Kraken's tentacles. "Guys? A little help please!"
"We're coming!" Jaune said, to which the Digimon and Huntsmen soon focused on the Kraken, particularly the tentacle that had their friend trapped.
"Just a bit more!" Neptune said...and the Kraken was definitely taking a beating...but instead of letting go it did something worse. It went and dove into the water.
Everyone gasped in horror at that, while Neptune...Neptune was having some bad flashbacks, and even as the aquatic Digimon were diving to chase after the Kraken...he was remembering what happened all that time ago...and that it was going to happen again to his friend...and he had only one thing to say about that. "NO!" he shouted, and before anyone could stop him, he dove into the water.
The fact Neptune actually dove into the water made everyone who knew him stop short. Heck, Neptune half couldn't believe he'd just done that, but by then his body was moving on auto, and was swimming through the water, while Seadramon and Ikkakumon were working to free the two trapped teammates in the tentacle. They tore and bit, but the Kraken was for some reason intent on not letting go. Neptune managed to reach them, and pulling out his trident, stabbed it into the tentacle tip, and sent a jolt of electricity through it. The shock while not causing much damage, was enough to surprise the Grimm into letting go, to which the two Digimon (having had a moment of shock at seeing Neptune in the water) quickly dove at the Kraken to make sure it doesn't try catching again, while Neptune grabbed Sun and Firamon (who thankfully being a flying Digimon actually weighed less than he looked), and slowly pulled them to the surface, the three breaking the surface, gasping for air.
"You two okay?" Neptune asked with a gasp.
"Yeah, we'll live," Sun gasped. "Thanks Neptune," he said...before realizing what he'd just said. "Neptune?! You're in the water?!"
"Yeah… I… I guess I am." Neptune said, smiling after a moment "I think the do or die bit made me get over it."
"Well...glad something came out of us nearly drowning," Firamon chuckled weakly, as they were soon helped out of the water by the others. However, before they could pull Neptune out, he felt something snag his leg and he was pulled under again.
"Hang on buddy!" Sun gasped, ready to dive in himself and return the favor...but several of the Sea Feilong were back. "Oh come on!" he growled in anger at the Grimm stopping him from helping his friend back.
Under the water, Neptune was stabbing at the tentacle, which forced it to let go, the jolts enough to loosen its grip. But at the same time he saw Seadramon and Ikkakumon in a bind. Literally. Gritting his teeth, he swam closer and started stabbing at it as best as he could, freeing Seadramon's mouth, his partner soon shooting attacks at the Kraken, but it stubbornly held on. Despite that, they kept fighting. They weren't going to give up! At that moment, time seemed to stop for Neptune and somehow he found out he could breathe again...despite clearly being underwater. He didn't have a chance to question it as his D-Core floated out, and in a bright flash of light, it transformed, turning into a D-Ark with a light blue ring and strap. Following that, the light from the screen soon materialized a Blue Card, and Neptune already knew what this meant as he grabbed the Blue Card, and soon scanned it on the D-Ark.
(Play 'EVO')
"Matrix Evolution," the drone like voice said, as the waves of energy were released from the D-Ark as Neptune held it against his chest, the light glowing brighter as it soon released the Matrix Crystal, colored the same shade of light blue as the D-Ark, a charming grin on Neptune's reflection, before it flew towards Seadramon's forehead, and absorbed into it.
"Seadramon, Matrix Evolution!" Seadramon called out, as his body started to be encased in ice, which soon shattered revealing red scales from what were once blue, with several additional fins. At the same time, a horn grew out of his head, with lightning coming down and striking it, transforming his helmet, making it more metallic in appearance and charging up the horn with lightning. As that was happening, his body grew longer and stronger, with some green 'hair' growing out from under his helmet. "MegaSeadramon!" he roared.
Digimon Analyzer: MegaSeadramon
MegaSeadramon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Aquatic Digimon. A Seadramon that evolved to survive in the harsh environment of the Folder Continent, where the weak are food for the strong. The lightning shaped blade on its head is said to be a conductor for powerful storms. Its special attacks are Thunder Javelin, firing a powerful thunderbolt from the horn on its head, and Ice Reflect, slamming his tail down to erect a wall of ice.
The Kraken was met with a slam of MegaSeadramon's tail. "Ice Reflect!" he called out, causing part of it to freeze over, and mixed with the force of the strike, it was enough to finally force the Kraken to let go.
"Great timing to reach Perfect," Ikkakumon said. "Though...shouldn't you be swimming for the surface now?"
Neptune blinked and realized he didn't feel his lungs burning or anything. "Huh...somehow I don't feel like I need to," he admitted.
"Maybe it's because of our bond?" MegaSeadramon mused...until they heard the Kraken roar in anger as it was coming back. "Worry about that later. Deal with this one now!"
Above the water, things were also quite intense as Sun was currently riding on top of one of the Sea Feilong, shooting it from point blank, while Firamon was hitting several others as fast as he could. Right after he finished killing one, Sun soon leaped back onto his partner...and soon saw more Feilong appearing. "What the actual heck?!" he growled.
"Maybe the Kraken has the same kind of ability as the Wyvern!" Pyrrha frowned. "It might be attracting all these Feilong!"
"Then we'll just have to take them out faster than they keep coming!" Sun said determinedly. "Come on buddy, we're gonna give Neptune a hand too!"
"I'm with ya all the way!" Firamon agreed, and at that moment, Sun's D-Ark started to glow, and from it, a Blue Card materialized.
"Perfect timing!" Sun grinned, grabbing the card and not wasting time in scanning it.
"Matrix Evolution!" the drone like voice said from his D-Ark, as it released waves of energy as Sun held it to his chest, and from the light, a dark orange Matrix Crystal appeared, an image of Sun grinning reflected on it, before flying into the air, and soon entering Firamon through his back.
"Firamon, Matrix Evolution!" he called out, as above him clouds faded away, revealing a bright sun and under the light his armor began to glow before his body ignited, shifting from a quadrupedal build to a bipedal build. His mane and tail grew longer, while he gained more armor along his body, and when the flames dispersed, it revealed his new form. "Flaremon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Flaremon
Flaremon. Vaccine Type. A Perfect Level Beast Man Digimon. Its regal mane and imposing manner seem imposing at first, but this Digimon will brave any hardships for the sake of its comrades. There are rumors that its flames are powered by a faraway sun, and that should it one day reach it, its power would become immense. Its special attacks are Fist of the Crimson Beast King, unleashing a powerful red flaming fist in the shape of a lion's head, and Crimson Lion Dance, a wild combination of flaming kicks and punches.
"Let's show them who's boss, Flaremon!" Sun said.
"Gladly!" Flaremon grinned as he flew to a group of Feilongs, flames starting to ignite as Sun jumped on top of one of them, and distracted it. "Crimson Lion Dance!" Sun jumped out of the way as the attack hit, tearing apart the Feilongs at a rapid pace. At the same time, something broke the surface, revealing the Kraken...with its body impaled on MegaSeadramon's horn, its pained screeches heard as it was dragged through the water.
"You too?" Neptune blinked from where he was riding on Ikkakumon as Sun landed there as well.
"Looks like it yeah," Sun nodded with a grin, before the two high fived.
"Double Perfect for the win," the two grinned.
By then Flaremon had thrown any remaining Feilongs into the Kraken, while MegaSeadramon got his horn unstuck. "Finish these dopes in one hit?" MegaSeadramon offered.
"Definitely," Flaremon smirked as they set their sights on the downed Grimm.
"Fist of the Crimson Beast King!" Flaremon called out, punching forward and firing a flaming fist shaped like a lion.
"Thunder Javelin!" MegaSeadramon called out, firing the electric blast, which speared through the Grimm before the fist burned them to cinders.
(End Song)
The two Perfects soon approached Ikkakumon, their bodies glowing, before shrinking, and soon landed in their partners' arms, revealing what could only be called a tiny sun with a flame on its head and a smiling face, Sunmon….and another Bukamon.
"Huh, kinda weird seeing another Bukamon that isn't me," Ikkakumon noted.
"And this happens everytime we go Perfect or higher?" Neptune's Bukamon groaned.
"Only until you both get used to it," Ikkakumon chuckled as they soon made their way back to their ship.
"In that case...Sun, we're gonna learn to get used to Perfect form ASAP," Sunmon said.
"So you don't lose your limbs?" Sun joked.
"Why else?" Sunmon laughed.
"Well I'll be… that sure was a sight." a young man with a southern accent spoke as he had been watching the fight going down through a pair of binoculars.
"I'll say, they must be good if they hit the Perfect Level." a purple reptilian like Digimon said.
"Looks like they're heading over here too." a young woman's voice noted in interest.
"One wonders what for? Perhaps, a journey of some sort? How exciting that would be!" a red avian Digimon said with a small bark of laughter.
"Well, I reckon we'll probably end up finding out somehow." the young man said with a slight grin.
And there's the chapter!
Sorry for the clifhanger mystery, but don't worry, you'll all find out what's up soon enough.
Also, yeah, Neptune facing his fears and making his partner reach Perfect, and Sun hitting Perfect as well.
Anyway, hope you enjoyd, because...
The Adventure Evolves.